Archive for May, 2007
Gal Costa
by teabog on May 24th, 2007
Gal Costa
“Samba Rosgado” (From the album Gal Tropical)
Ever since I saw Os Mutantes’ last year, I’ve made it a habit to pick up every “Island Beats” or Brazillian LP that I come across. And, man, I come across a lot. Most of the records that I buy are at Goodwill, and most come in big piles since after an old person dies his or her kids send all their music to Goodwill for psychopaths like me to paw through. Aside from Christian music and classical, tropical and Brazilian albums are far and away the LPs that are most commonly found in Goodwill stores in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls metro area. I can’t explain it—it just is.
Anyhow, the majority of these albums sound exactly the same, but there have been a handful that have stuck out. Gal Costa is consistently brilliant. This track is off her 80’s release, “Gal Tropical,” and it sounds kinda like the theme from “Moonlighting” if “Moonlighting” was made in Brazil.
Fu Manchu “Shake it Loose”
by teabog on May 8th, 2007
Fu Manchu
“Shake it Loose” (From the album We Must Obey )
Woah. Been a while. Swore I had updated since the middle of April but I guess you just tend to forget stuff when you’re living in an alcoholic haze, don’t you?
This here some metal. Or it’s some stoner rock. I’ve heard it called both. Stoner Rock, it turns out, isn’t just Pink Floyd or whatever kids listen to while they’re high, it’s actually a whole subgenre of metal/hard rock that’s spawned from Black Sabbath. I honestly don’t think it’d be that great to listen to while high.
Anyhow, Fu Manchu’s one of those band’s that been around for decades but no one seems to know about them but their small group of devoted fans. This is off their new album, and I found it surprisingly accessible. Metalheads might find it a bit tame, indie kids might find it a bit harsh, but I think it’s juuuuuust right.