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UNDER FURTHER CONSIDERATION #1: REACHIN’ 26 Aug 2013 | 01:54 am
“Under Further Consideration” was born out of the many online chats I’ve had about music. These are almost always off-the-cuff convos yet, at times, they yield insights I only get through dialogue (vs...
PICK SIX: SUMMERTIME 25 Aug 2013 | 07:10 am
How have I never done this before? “Summertime,” originally composed by George Gershwin and written by DuBose Hayward, has become one of those rare American pop standards that has fans across many dif...
A QUANTIC DOUBLESHOT GIVEAWAY 14 Aug 2013 | 10:34 am
Late summer can be a slow time for new releases but Quantic has blessed us with not one but two new 7″s, each of which are well worth copping. This week, he dropped his cumbia remake of “Doo Wop (Tha...
PICK SIX: RUBY ANDREWS 12 Aug 2013 | 05:11 am
Despite appearances otherwise, I’m not much of a completionist. I may go through pet phases of interest in a particular artist or label but generally, I lack the time (or better said, focus) to dive i...
LOWRELL: CALL HIM MR. MELLOW MELLOW 11 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
Lowrell: Mellow Mellow, Right On (LP version) From S/T (AVI, 1979) For whatever reason, I have had this LP in my “new arrivals” crate for a long time and whenever I wanted to throw something on to l...
EASTSIDE SOUL 11 Aug 2013 | 07:38 am
Thee Midniters: Come Back Baby From S/T (Whittier, 1965). Also on Thee Complete Midniters Ronnie and the Pomona Casuals: Slow Jerk From Everybody Jerk (Donna, 1965) Bonus: Sunny and the Sunliners:...
BARBARA LYNN MIXES IT UP 11 Aug 2013 | 05:18 am
Barbara Lynn: Why Can’t You Love Me + Mix It Up Baby From Here Is Barbara Lynn (Atlantic, 1968) I first heard this LP at The Groove Merchant and then ended up getting a copy through The Record Jungl...
FUNK DEL MEXICO 11 Aug 2013 | 02:48 am
Los Socios Del Ritmo: Frijol Con Puerco From S/T (EMI, 1971) Los Lazos: La Rola From Como Has Hecho (Orfeon, 1970) I’m not saying, “if you see a record by a Mexican band from the early 1970s where...
IS THERE THE SONG OF THE SUMMER? 11 Aug 2013 | 01:14 am
I recently participated in a lil online debate over the notion of there being the song of the summer, i.e. “one song to rule them all.” This stemmed from a piece by Slate’s Chris Molanphy and that tu...
TWO FOR CHARLIE 4 Aug 2013 | 05:09 am
Charles Spurling: Popcorn Charlie From 7″ (King, 1969) The Rock: (Charlie, Brother) We Got To Love One Another From 7″ (Scorpio, 196?) Pure coincidence but I digitized both of these 7″s this week....
