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Wed 2 Dec – Frightened Rabbit, As Tall as Lions, The Phantom Band

It’s testament to how the stock of these two outstanding acts continue to rise, as the ticket demand for tonight show has reached near fever pitch, with excitement brimming on the faces of those in possession of their prized ticket and dismay on those who don’t, casting an envious glance at the rest. The Phantom Band flawless Checkmate Savage albums has seen them entrenched amongst Chemikal Underground’s legendary coterie, and as for our headliners, they continue to garner rave reviews and fans in high places, so it’s perhaps no surprise to see the sad sight of dejected fan after fan being turned away by sullen bouncers, with no ken of the fervour in which these kindle of Frabbit follower regard their heroes (no doubt ready to burrow a tunnel underneath just to catch a glimpse…)

It would be unfair of me to comment on As Tall as Lions as I only caught a fleeting glimpse of their jazz-funk overtones, playing what sounded suspiciously like ‘Moving on Up’ by Curtis Mayfield - so onwards to The Phantom Band, who kick things off in stirring and intensive fashion, it’s as if Fat Sams has suddenly taken the form of a ominously creaking Route 66 highway pit-stop with an unsettling score to match, as a dark and creeping deep bluesy Americana unfolds and resonates round the venue powered by throbbing bass that shakes you to your very core as we’re surrounded by swirling suggestive synths all put to mesmerizing effect and propelled forcefully forward by commanding yet intricate and exotic percussion.

To describe them using purely foreboding and dramatic tenor, would be to do them a disservice, as they eschew compartmentalising, having an extraordinary knack of melding psychedelic, avant-garde and esoteric influences with instantly accessible elements of indie-folk-rock, if not sharing a flirting glance with their trenchant pop sensibilities.

‘Folk Song Oblivion’ has an impressive bluesy swagger, while ‘Left Hand Wave’ and ‘Crocodile’ owes a great debt to our Teutonic Krautrock and Techno pioneers, with a sprinkle of Captain Beef Heart bedlam. No matter what chameleon-esque guise they take, one element remains constant - the bulwark of percussion that lies at The Phantom Band‘s core, proving to underpin the free-form psychedelic expression and experimentalism but never managing to hamper its spirit.

After a brief scurry back-stage to speak to the aforementioned, aloof chameleons, I end up catching a few moments of Frightened Rabbit thundering through a slew of Midnight Organ Fight’s familiar highlights (‘Modern Leper’-‘I Feel Better’-‘Old Old Fashioned’) from stage-left, but soon I’m inexorably drawn into the thronging masses due to the sheer energy and vehemence of the crowd.

The sight of a ebullient Scott Hutchinson decked out in flannel, seems to elicit a strong reaction from the female contingent amongst tonight’s Dundonian audience, with more than a few seemingly hankering after the Hutchison seed and gene-pool, although this is no one-man band, Scott’s bolstered by an ever-growing band of brothers and rack of expensive guitars and equipment, with every song sounding fleshed out and amped up a notch or two including the newly aired track ‘Nothing Like You’ and latest single ‘Swim Until You Can’t See Land’ which goes down a storm.

It’s amazing to think that that this humble Selkirk band that hold no rock-star pretentious, adept at creating contemplative compositions imbued with dark humour and emotions laid-bare have been embraced on both sides of the Atlantic and further a field. It could well be down to their self-deprecation disposition, universal themes and ability to write emotionally resonant songs without ever sounding maudlin or self-pitying, instead their Scottish character is ingrained in every track, trading clichéd affectations for a national authenticity that holds more in common with Tartan Export than Tartan Shortbread.

With this in mind the night draws to a close with the melancholic and raw relationship lament ‘Poke’ and as the crowd get evermore more raucous they finish on the rousing ‘Keep Yourself Warm’ complete with it’s crude, ribald lyrics steeped in relatable social-realism - “You won’t find love in a, won’t find love in a hole…it takes more than F--king someone to keep yourself warm” is sung back with such fervour and spirit that it could almost pose as a post-modern, surrogate National Anthem for a more reflective and unified Nation, focusing on inner turmoil and temperament rather than pitched battles and causes of Auld Lang Syne.

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http://www.isthismusic.com/frightened-rabbit-the-phantom-band

these are in a rough order

52. Stored Up Wonder (Supernatural Force) - Sebadoh
51. I Talk To The Wind - King Crimson
50. Rock 'N' Roll Star - Oasis
49. 6060-842 - The B-52's
48. Split Myself In Two - Meat Puppets
47. Breather - Chapterhouse
46. In The Flowers - Animal Collective
45. Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
44. See Emily Play - Pink Floyd
43. 25 O'Clock - The Dukes of Stratosphear
42. Bennett Cerf - Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
41. Up Front - Wipers
40. Lowdown - Wire
39. Birdhouse In Your Soul - They Might Be Giants
38. Hanging Around - Stranglers
37. Brave Captain - fIREHOSE
36. Soul Kitchen - The Doors
35. The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen
34. Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
33. Jack's Shadow - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
32. Your Protector - Fleet Foxes
31. Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
30. The Wicker Man - Iron Maiden
29. That's When I Reach For My Revolver - Mission of Burma
28. Hateful - The Clash
27. Inside Me - The Jesus and Mary Chain
26. She's So High - Blur
25. Step On - Happy Mondays
24. Going Away To College - blink-182
23. IfWhiteAmericaToldTheTruthForOneDayIt'sWorldWouldFallApart - Manic Street Preachers
22. Dig For Fire - Pixies
21. Soul Love - David Bowie
20. Slip Inside This House - Primal Scream
19. Beginning - The Durutti Column
18. Aneurysm - Nirvana
17. It Girl - Brian Jonestown Massacre
16. Young Hearts Spark Fire - Japandroids
15. What Do I Get? - Buzzcocks
14. Off Duty Trip - The Raincoats
13. She Bathed Herself In A Bath of Bleach - Manic Street Preachers
12. Is She Weird - Pixies
11. 50ft Queenie - PJ Harvey
10. At Home He's A Tourist - Gang of Four
09. Spend, Spend, Spend - The Slits
08. Cold Hands - Black Lips
07. Elevation - Television
06. Geek U.S.A. - Smashing Pumpkins
05. Sugar Kane - Sonic Youth
04. Metal Mickey - Suede
03. Die In The Summertime - Manic Street Preachers
02. Words Fail Me - The Sound
01. Aladdin Sane - DAVID BOWIE


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A machine generated artifact:

1: (2006-08-11 13:00:21): Juke Boy Bonner - I'm Getting Tired
10: (2006-08-11 13:36:28): Strangers - Love Rock
100: (2006-08-11 19:20:00): Joseph Spence - Mary Ann
1000: (2006-08-14 07:58:27): Bobby Brown - My Prerogative
10000: (2006-09-11 15:26:10): The Heptones - Cool Rasta
100000: (2008-02-08 15:32:20): Curtis Mayfield - The Makings of You (Backing Tracks, Take 32)

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P E A C E

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Every now and again a record comes out that re-affirms everything that you inspired your love for music. King Khan & The Shrines are a refreshing hot furnace blast that will re-invigorate your love of music and have you swinging like it's 1969. There are barely enough adjectives to describe the sound of this band, who are an electrifying blend of psychedelic soul, rhythm & blues, garage, funk, & 60's Blow-Up-A-Go-Go style retro dancefloor.... and boy do they bring it. From the belting opener, 'How Can I Keep You (Outta Harms Way)’ will have you shakin' your booty around your living room, and wildly foot-tapping in the bus queue. It's the perfect summer album, and i'm secretly hoping could be the sound of the Summer... fingers crossed.

The wall of sound created by this band is powered along by an amazingly tight and powerful brass section that wouldn't sound of out place on some of Motown's greatest hits backed up by the pedigree percussion of Ron Streeter (who performed with all the greats back in the day, (Ike & Tina Turner, Bo Diddley, Curtis Mayfield). I think they must have a tardis as the music sounds so authentically 60's it's like they've been transported from a different time and they certainly get around, now based in Berlin, and originally from Canada, (and if you believe their myspace page via South Georgia & the Sandwich Islands) they have been picked up by Vice Records and now have a greater distribution which is great news.

The deliciously psychedelically daft " I Wanna Be A Girl" is a fun little number, "Welfare Bread" bringing up the rear with a slower paced slouchy number that'll have you reaching for a spliff and rose tinted glasses.

"Land Of The Freak'' is the stand-out track of the album bringing showcasing the tightest horn section and funkiest Hammond organ sound ever. Sly & The Family Stone eat your heart out. The amphetamine fueled pace makes you feel like you're wired on some damn good drugs or a gazillion espresso's.

The album bounds along, occasionally taking a breather in '69 Faces of Love' an uber cool track that wouldn't be out of place in a Tarantino film, in fact if Tarantino doesn't use one of their tracks in one of his next films i'll eat my hat. King Khan's vocals are blisteringly raw and ready throughout lending an Iggy Pop inspired influence especially on 'No Regrets' which sounds like it would be perfectly at home on a Stooges record.

A psychedelic influenced album wouldn't be complete without the obligatory freak-out track, in this case 'Cosmic Serenade' that sounds inspired by Sun Ra's cosmic free jazz, (not everyone's cuppa tea i'll admit), and also 'Fear and Love'. It's an album that wears it's influences heavily on it's sleeve and it doesn't break any new ground in the originality stakes. That doesn't matter however, it's a sound that's been forgotten somewhat and diluted over time into a pale imitation and parody of itself, (The Dolly Rocker Movement & Tame Impala would love to be this band I suspect). These guys are the real deal, bringing the immediacy, power and fun of great music to shake your booty to and great musicianship back to the table.

If you don’t like this album you must be dead inside.

My top 50 Albums as posted on fok!, version 2009.

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1 1 1 ::: Pink Floyd ::: Wish You Were Here
2 20 11 ::: Bruce Springsteen ::: Born To Run
3 6 6 ::: Supertramp ::: Crime Of The Century
4 4 3 ::: Dire Straits ::: Alchemy Live
5 -- -- ::: Calexico / Iron & Wine ::: In The Reins
6 7 17 ::: Bruce Springsteen ::: Darkness On The Edge Of Town
7 8 12 ::: Pink Floyd ::: The Wall
8 5 -- ::: Bruce Springsteen ::: The Wild, the Innocent & the E-street Shuffle
9 3 2 ::: Keith Jarrett ::: Köln Concert
10 12 13 ::: Coldplay ::: A Rush Of Blood To The Head

11 9 4 ::: Alan Parsons Project ::: Tales Of Mystery And Imagination
12 -- -- ::: Wilco::: Summerteeth
13 -- -- ::: M. Ward ::: Post-War
14 11 -- ::: Pink Floyd ::: Final Cut
15 -- -- ::: Curtis Mayfield ::: Curtis
16 -- -- ::: Wilco ::: Sky Blue Sky
17 17 16 ::: Miles Davis ::: Round About Midnight
18 -- -- ::: Calexico ::: The Black Light
19 -- -- ::: Andrew Bird ::: The Mysterious Production Of Eggs
20 -- -- ::: Radiohead ::: OK Computer

21 21 63 ::: Led Zeppelin ::: Physical Graffiti
22 10 25 ::: Mark Knopfler ::: Sailing To Philadelphia
23 94 78 ::: Damien Rice ::: O
24 -- -- ::: My Morning Jacket ::: Z
25 18 8 ::: Dire Straits ::: Love Over Gold
26 -- -- ::: Nick Drake ::: Five Leaves Left
27 14 49 ::: David Bowie ::: Ziggy Stardust
28 19 19 ::: Van Morrison ::: Into The Music
29 22 23 ::: Fleetwood Mac ::: Rumours
30 -- -- ::: Prince ::: Sign 'O' The Times

31 -- -- ::: Bob Dylan ::: Highway 61 Revisited
32 -- -- ::: Weather Report ::: Heavy Weather
33 -- -- ::: Pavement ::: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
34 -- -- ::: Andrew Bird ::: Armchair Apocrypha
35 13 -- ::: Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau ::: Metheny Mehldau
36 -- -- ::: Curtis Mayfield ::: Superfly
37 59 35 ::: Miles Davis ::: Kind Of Blue
38 46 45 ::: Michael Jackson ::: Thriller
39 -- -- ::: Pavement ::: Terror Twilight
40 78 57 ::: Cardigans ::: Long Before Daylight

41 -- -- ::: Ben Folds Five ::: Whatever & Ever Amen
42 -- -- ::: Beck ::: Mutations
43 24 15 ::: Deep Purple ::: Made In Japan
44 -- -- ::: Jeff Buckley ::: Grace
45 -- -- ::: Arcade Fire ::: Funeral
46 30 40 ::: Beatles ::: The White Album
47 35 31 ::: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers ::: Moanin'
48 -- -- ::: Jayhawks ::: Hollywood Town Hall
49 -- -- ::: Arctic Monkeys ::: Favourite Worst Nightmare
50 -- -- ::: Elbow ::: The Seldom Seen Kid

Atículo en castellano e inglés


Article in spanish and english



Tras mucho investigar e indagar por varias páginas de la red que tratan sobre música, recompilé la información necesaria para encontrar los mejores grupos y solistas de la historia de la música.

Todo el mundo sabe que la mejor música siempre será la música clásica pero para los que no están aún preparados ante tal maestría y talento se puede acceder a música más "fácil" de escuchar como lo es el Rock o similar.

A pesar de no ser música tan grandiosa como Mozart, Beethoven, Bach o compañia, se puede encontrar verdaderas preciosidades dignas de ser escuchadas para el oído entrenado o la mente abierta.

Repito, he indagado mucho para encontrar, al fín, la lista de los verdaderamente mejores músicos de los ultimos tiempos. Son para degustar delicadamente por esas personas que de verdad sepan apreciarlos. Abtenerse los necios.



After much investigate on several pages of the net about music, I re-compiled the necessary information to find the best groups and soloists of the history of music.

The whole world knows that the best music always will be the classic music, but for those who are not prepared such mastery and talent, one can accede to "easier" music to listen like it is the Rock or similar.

In spite of not being a music so grand as Mozart, Beethoven, Bach or company, it is possible to find real preciousness worth being listened for the trained ear or the opened mind.

I repeat, I have investigated very much to find the list of really better musicians of last times. They are for these persons with delicately taste and who indeed can estimate them. Don't for fools.



La lista/the list:


- A Tribe Called Quest

- AC/DC

- Agalloch

- Al Green

- Albert Ayler

- Alice Cooper

- Andrew Hill

- Arcturus

- Aretha Franklin

- Art Blakey

- Arvo Pärt

- Big Star

- Bill Evans

- Bill Hicks

- Billie Holiday

- Björk

- Black Sabbath

- Blind Guardian

- Bob Dylan

- Bob Marley

- Boogie Down Productions

- Boredoms

- Brian Eno

- Bruce Springsteen

- Caetano Veloso

- Camel

- Can

- Candlemass

- Captain Beefheart

- Carcass

- Cecil Taylor

- Cocteau Twins

- Coil

- Creedence Clearwater Revival

- Current 93

- Curtis Mayfield

- Charles Mingus

- Danny Elfman

- David Bowie

- Dead Can Dance

- Death

- Deep Purple

- De La Soul

- Depeche Mode

- Devin Townsend

- Dream Theater

- Duke Ellington

- Elvis Costello

- Elvis Presley

- Ella Fitzgerald

- Elliott Smith

- Emperor

- Ennio Morricone

- Eric B. & Rakim

- Eric Dolphy

- Fairport Convention

- Faust

- Fleetwood Mac

- Frank Sinatra

- Frank Zappa

- Fugazi

- Funkadelic

- Gal Costa

- Gene Clark

- Genesis

- Gentle Giant

- Glenn Gould

- Godspeed You! Black Emperor

- Gong

- Grateful Dead

- Guided by Voices

- Herbie Hancock

- Howard Shore

- Howlin' Wolf

- Hüsker Dü

- Ice Cube

- Iron Maiden

- Isis

- Jackie McLean

- James Brown

- Jay-Z

- Jethro Tull

- Jimi Hendrix

- John Coltrane

- John Fahey

- John Lennon

- John Williams

- John Zorn

- Johnny Cash

- Joni Mitchell

- Jorge Ben

- Joy Division

- Judas Priest

- Judee Sill

- Kate Bush

- Keith Jarrett

- King Crimson

- Klaus Schulze

- Kraftwerk

- Kreator

- Led Zeppelin

- Leonard Cohen

- Los Hermanos

- Lou Reed

- Magma

- Marillion

- Marvin Gaye

- maudlin of the Well

- Melvins

- Mercyful Fate

- Metallica

- Miles Davis

- Modest Mouse

- Motörhead

- Neil Young

- Neu!

- Neurosis

- Nevermore

- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

- Nick Drake

- Nico

- Nirvana

- Nobuo Uematsu

- Opeth

- Ornette Coleman

- Os Mutantes

- Otis Redding

- OutKast

- Pain of Salvation

- Parliament

- Paul Simon

- Pavement

- Pearl Jam

- Pere Ubu

- Peter Gabriel

- Philip Glass

- Pink Floyd

- Pixies

- PJ Harvey

- Porcupine Tree

- Portishead

- Premiata Forneria Marconi

- Prince

- Public Enemy

- R.E.M.

- Radiohead

- Rahsaan Roland Kirk

- Rainbow

- Ramones

- Randy Newman

- Red House Painters

- Richard & Linda Thompson

- Robert Wyatt

- Roxy Music

- Rush

- Sam Rivers

- Santana

- Sepultura

- Serge Gainsbourg

- Simon and Garfunkel

- Skinny Puppy

- Slayer

- Sly and the Family Stone

- Smashing Pumpkins

- Soft Machine

- Sonic Youth

- Sonny Rollins

- Sparks

- Steely Dan

- Steve Reich

- Stevie Ray Vaughan

- Stevie Wonder

- Sun Ra

- Swans

- T. Rex

- Talk Talk

- Talking Heads

- Tangerine Dream

- The Allman Brothers Band

- The Band

- The Beach Boys

- The Beatles

- The Byrds

- The Clash

- The Cure

- The Chameleons

- The Doors

- The Fall

- The Flaming Lips

- The Gathering

- The Jam

- The Kinks

- The Misfits

- The Mothers of Invention

- The Olivia Tremor Control

- The Pogues

- The Replacements

- The Rolling Stones

- The Smiths

- The Stooges

- The Velvet Underground

- The Who

- Thelonious Monk

- Tim Buckley

- Tindersticks

- Todd Rundgren

- Tom Waits

- Tool

- Townes Van Zandt

- U2

- Ulver

- Van der Graaf Generator

- Van Morrison

- Wayne Shorter

- Ween

- Weezer

- Wes Montgomery

- Wilco

- Willie Nelson

- Wire

- XTC

- Yasunori Mitsuda

- Yes




Todos estos artistas han logrado cambiar la música de su momento de alguna u otra manera o grabaron discos dignos de ser joyas preciosas de las mejores colecciones.

Si entiendes de música sabrás apreciar a todos ellos, si no, te pierdes la vida chico/a y no puedes llamarte a tí mismo amante con mayusculas de la música. Dejad de perder el tiempo y dedicarselo a lo que de verdad vale, hay mucho alrededor y solo el que sabe buscar encuentra. ¿eres uno de ellos?

Repito, deja de perder el tiempo y sé más exigente, sube un nivel y escucha algo de esto, te aseguró que en un futuro te darás cuenta de como esos grupos que idolatrabas no expresaban nada.


Siento que mi esfuerzo a merecido la pena y he logrado al fín la lista de la mejor música actual definitiva dentro del siglo XX y XXI.



All these artists change the music of his moment or they recorded discs worth being precious jewels for the best collections.

If you deal on music you will be able to estimate all of them, if not, you get lost the life dude and cannot be call you lover with capital letters of the music. Stop losing the time and devoting it what indeed costs, it is very much around and only the one that can search finds. Are you one of them?

I repeat, stop losing the time and be more demanding, raise a level and listen to something of this, assured you that in a future you will realize since these groups that you were adoring they were not expressing anything.


I feel that my effort to been worth it and I have achieved the list of the best current definitive music inside the 20th and the 21st century.