Back at it…
First up is an instrumental piece that I wrote over the past week. I was experimenting with a less-electronic sound. I’m very pleased with what I feel is a very “New Order-ish” guitar tone. @nubis – “Shimmer.”
I was first hooked in by the name of the band: Butch Walker and the Lets-Go-Out-Tonites. But rather than what I expected to hear (smoking rockabilly lounge-y stuff), what I got instead was a damn near perfect pastiche of T-Rex, circa 1973. The guitar riff and backing vocals are a shameless homage to “20th Century Boy.” Plus, the song title is great. Butch Walker and the Lets-Go-Out-Tonites – “Hot Girls In Good Moods.”
Another take on a recognizable sound, this time the early to mid sixties girl-group vibe…and again, another absolutely nifty song title. Johnny Boy – “You Are the Generation That Bought More Shoes And Now Get What You Deserve.”
This is pretty cool. It’s a Jamaican dub version of Dave Brubeck’s “Take Five” — I’m surprised how well it manages to adapt to the style: Val Bennett – “The Russians Are Coming.”
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Shifting gears — I was a big fan of Level 42 in the 80s. Here in America, they’re considered a one-hit wonder, with “Something About You” being pretty much all anybody over hear ever heard from them. So, for my fellow Americans, here is an example of the sort of stuff you missed — here’s another single from the same album, which hit big overseas, but not here: Level 42 – “Lessons In Love.”
For fans of trip-hop and chillout music, here’s another sterling entry from one of my favorite acts: Thievery Corporation – “Holographic Universe.”
Goth makes me laugh sometimes with it’s earnest overwroughtness. Here is a track that tries so hard, both in subject matter and in instrumentation, that it just makes me smile. Who’s a cute little creature of darkness? You are! Yes! Woodgy-woodgy-woodgy! Vampire Division – “Demonica”
Enjoy.