Today we bring you a few new names. First, we have Acapulco Lips, a trio from Seattle (although they have that modern San Francisco sound). Then we have Outtacontroller, a straight forward rock band from Halifax in Canada. Iza is a new band from Belgrade. Legendary Hawkwind are back with the new record the first one in four years. Finally, we say farewell to Guy Clark, one of the legendary Texas troubadours, who passed away last week at the age of 74.
Jon S Williams – This is;
The Forty Nineteens – Wasn’t It You;
Acapulco Lips – Tonight;
Victims – Television Addict;
The Radiators From Space – Television Screen;
Kursaal Flyers – Television Generation;
Outacontroller – Television Zombie;
Kurt Baker – Sleeping With the Television On;
Giant Giant Sand – Undiscovered Country;
John Doe – Alone in Arizona;
John Doe – Alone in Arizona (Live in CLE);
Iza – Na kraju;
Stone Cupid – Shed My Skin;
Guy Clark – Desperados Waiting For a Train;
Guy Clark – LA Freeway;
The Pretty Tings – Turn My Head;
Hawkwind – The Machine.
Philadelphian musician Greg Koons turned back the clock almost 35 years backwards and, without too many unnecessary innovations, he recorded an album in the best outlaw singer-songwriting traditions of Guy Clark and Gene Clark. 2009 was definitely the right time to return to these traditions as we begun to loose track of these great records. When you put this record on, you will find 11 modern songwriting masterpieces. At the same time, Koons’ backing band The Misbegotten will give a sharp rocking edge to his laments on heartbreaking loves, hookers and cities passed on the road. A picture of a US soldier who died in Vietnam is a dedication to the outlaw sentimentality and an anti-war cry at the same time. No misses on this one.