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Month: February 2017

26th February 2017 Track 2 Comments folknewsrockTrack of the Week

Wild Fire

What would you get if Lou Reed was to take a walk on the wild side with Joni Mitchell? Well, I'll tell you. You'd get something that sounds a lot like Wild Fire, a track from Laura Marling's sixth album Semper Femina, which is due to be released on 10th March. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EUdZFcq-QE Laura Marling has…Read more Wild Fire

19th February 2017 Track 2 Comments 2010sfusionhip hopjazzTrack of the Week

Sasse

A band called Antiloops appeared on the Crotchety Radar recently. I liked what I heard and added Luna from their 2014 Electroshock album to my list of tracks to feature in these pages. Then, two days ago, I played Luna again to refresh my memory of the music and to think what I might say about it.…Read more Sasse

16th February 2017 Album 8 Comments 2010sAlbum of the Monthalternativeindierock

Little Fictions

There has been a lot of talk recently about "fake news" and its equally alarming cousin, "alternative facts". Some say those alternative facts are nothing to worry about; they are just white lies, little fictions that reveal a deeper truth. Pictures of the crowd at Donald Trump's presidential inauguration may have shown fewer people than at…Read more Little Fictions

12th February 2017 Track 3 Comments 2010salternativepopsoft rockTrack of the Week

Laiks

Here's a song for all my Latvian readers. Laiks is a track from the Tavs Stāsts album by the Latvian pop-rock band Sound Poets. Judging by the pictures on the band's Facebook page Sound Poets are huge in Latvia and are building a following elsewhere in Europe, too. Reliable information is hard to come by because almost…Read more Laiks

5th February 2017 Track 4 Comments 1960spoppsychedelic rockTrack of the Week

The Fool On The Hill

"We're going away for a few days", said Mrs Crotchety, "for your birthday". The look of anticipation on my face prompted her to continue. "I'm not telling you where we're going, just that we'll be going on the train", she said, enigmatically. So, for several weeks, I wondered where we would go and what we…Read more The Fool On The Hill

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