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Chimera Musica

http://chimeramusica.wordpress.com

A litany of the obscure and the doomed - maverick genius from the last fifty years

• Added on: Oct 5th, 2008
• Country: United Kingdom
• Language: English

• Author: Chris Wright
• Listed in: Rock Arts
• Tags: video literature quotes films mixtapes nusic

Recent Posts

• A Serious Man

  Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 03:00 in movie, woody allen, coen brothers, no country for old men, manhatten, a serious man

  When television is dominated by Reality shows, film by Torture Horror and music is made by committee it is a wonderful thing that the Coen Brothers are still working in film. Imagine if you will, the pitch for ‘A Serious Man’….R...

• Interpol – Turn On The Bright Lights (2002)

  Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 15:54 in magazine, Alternative, television, editors, new wave, art rock, interpol, psychedelic furs, bauhaus, alt.rock

  City smart, moody with a whiff of sulphur, Interpol snatched their influences from the new wave. The music of Joy Division, Bauhaus, Television, The Psychedelic Furs and Magazine was ingested and polished to a diamond hard intensity. Spaces were ope...

• Lloyd Cole – Solo show, Live at Brighton Komedia

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 03:16 in Alternative, folk, leonard cohen, ballad, kris kristofferson, killers, lloyd cole, alt.rock, commotions

  Lloyd Cole – Live! A filthy night in Brighton is not for the fainthearted, but Lloyd Cole is a talent worth braving the elements for. For those not in the know, Cole’s star burned brightly in the eighties when he was lauded by the music ...

• Eels – Electro-Shock Blues

  Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 14:11 in Rock, Alternative, eels, t-bone burnett, mark everett, jon brion, alt.rock, mark e

  Eels – Electro-Shock Blues (1998) Why it’s taken me so long to get round to Eels is anyone’s guess. Perhaps it’s the fact that there is so much choice. ‘Daisies of the Universe’ for example soundtracked a whole su...

• Psychedelic Furs – Talk Talk Talk

  Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 12:58 in Rock, punk, art rock, bowie, psychedelic furs, alt.rock

  Psychedelic Furs – Talk Talk Talk (1980) The Psychedelic Furs delivered on the post punk promise with verve, this, their second album sprints from the traps like a whirling dervish, a cacophany of guitar, sax, drums and Richard Butlers tradema...

• Rickie Lee Jones – Balm in Gilead

  Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 13:03 in Alternative, jazz, folk, country, americana, chanson, ballad, van morrison, tom waits, alt.country, joni mitchell, rickie lee jones

  Rickie Lee Jones – Balm in Gilead (2009) A perplexing, iconoclastic talent; responsible for one of the best and most heartbreaking albums of the eighties, or maybe any decade in “Pirates“, Rickie Lee Jones does exactly as she pleas...

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This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

ElGuappa

1) Exceedingly well-written
2) Varied content
3) Excellent taste
4) Displays tact and diplomacy, something which I sorely lack
5) Vast genre coverage

Posted: January 9th, 2009 | More Reviews From ElGuappa | Report This Comment

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