The Another Bag of New Songs edition is Amazing Songs & Other Delights #26. It airs tomorrow on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ or on the app 3-4pm (gmt+1). My bag is filled with new songs, newish songs or remixed songs. It is an upbeat edition with songs ranging from newcomer Lola Flowers to veteran Liam Gallagher. Tracklist below.
Tracklist: 01 – !!! (Chk Chk Chk) – Storm Around The World (ft. Maria Uzor) 02 – Anthony Moore – Judy Get Down 03 – Emily Jane White – Poisoned 04 – Fontaines D.C. – Jackie Down The Line 05 – Horsegirl – Billy 06 – Hot Left Pole – A Very Wise Old Man 07 – Liam Gallagher – C’mon You Know 08 – Lola Flowers – I Look So Good 09 – Matt Dorrien – Dance 10 – Maxwell Farrington & Le Superhomard – Two Hopeful Lovers x 11 – Naoise Roo – Whore (John Agnello Remix) 12 – Perspex – Ceefax & Asbestos 13 – Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Dive Deep 14 – Ryan Egan – Alone For The Last Time 15 – Sean Riley w/ The Legendary Tigerman – Good Kids 16 – Sopa de Pedra – Fonte 17 – TheBobbyLees – Dig Your Hips
text: Neno Costa (freely translated by Raquel Pinheiro); photos: Telma Mota
Helms Alee Seattle’s trio Helms Alee returned to Portugal, ensuring they were a stimulating opening act, combining a rough sound texture with well-matched and creative melodic brushstrokes, avoiding the most commonplaces of noise rock. Portentous bass and energetic drums, refreshed by an intense guitar Helm Alee fulfilled the first part of the concert almost without fault (it seems that in Lisbon it was better), leaving our mouths watering to be better listened to.
Russian Circles With a well-defined identity, Russian Circles belong to the sound universe of excellent composers of instrumental post-rock, such as Mono or Godspeed You! Black Emperor (some great concerts promoted by Amplificasom are fondly remembered). Masters of an energy purified from the gratuitousness of the formulas that inhabit some worlds of the heaviest sounds, the Chicago trio saluted those who sold out Hard Club’s Sala 2 with a first-class sonic trip. The pretext of their latest album Blood Year (2019), which promotion was cur short by the pandemic, served as a ride to revisit some of the many brilliant themes that inhabit Russian Circles seven studio albums. In fact, only two themes from their latest work were included in the proposed menu -Arluck and Quartered- the first as an opening painting the air with Brian Cook’s portentous bass, followed by Dave Turncrantz’s vigorous beat dilating the walls of the room, merging with Mike Sullivan’s irreproachable guitar electrifying the hanging heads. A lingering guitar riff filled the air with Afrika (Guidance, 2016), on a journey from primordial ingenuity to an indefinable urgency to lead to redemptive hope. Subjective landscapes, yes, but also one of the merits of some aphonic bands, as is the case. Harper Lewis (Station, 2008) continued the well-woven progression of the line up, with punchy rhythmic phrases hand in hand with moving and fresh melodic clearings. The first clear chords of Quatered progressed until collapsing in an eloquent and overwhelming harmonic avalanche. If digitally reproduced sound is tasty, live is even more superlative, full-bodied, crisp and immersive. Tuned like clocks, without scenic artifice or gestural theatrics Russian Circles guided the audience’s emotions through dynamic and fluid bridges between unique landscapes such as Deficit (Memorial, 2013), 309 (Empros, 2011), Conduit (recent theme) and Vorel. (Guidance, 2016) ending with Youngblood (Station, 2008) in a well-constructed visceral intensity to finish off an impeccable concert that we already miss.
Helms Alee O trio de Seattle Helms Alee regressou a Portugal, assegurando uma primeira parte estimulante, conjugando uma textura sonora áspera com pinceladas melódicas bem conjugadas e criativas, evitando os lugares mais comuns no noise rock. Baixo portentoso e bateria enérgica, refrescadas por uma guitarra intensa, os Helm Alee cumpriram a primeira parte do concerto quase sem mácula (parece que em Lisboa esteve melhor), deixando água na boca para melhores audições.
Russian Circles Com uma identidade bem definida, os Russian Circles pertencem ao universo sonoro de compositores exímios nos trilhos do post-rock instrumental como são, por exemplo, os Mono ou os Godspeed You! Black Emperor (recorda-se com saudade alguns dos grandes concertos promovidos pela Amplificasom). Senhores de uma energia depurada da gratuitidade das fórmulas que habitam alguns territórios das sonoridades mais pesadas, o trio de Chicago brindou todos quantos esgotaram a sala 2 do Hard Club com uma viagem sónica em primeira classe. O pretexto do seu último álbum “Blood Year”(2019), cuja promoção se viu amputada pela pandemia, serviu de boleia à revisitação de alguns dos muitos temas brilhantes que habitam os sete álbuns de estúdio dos Russian Circles. Com efeito, somente dois temas do seu último trabalho integraram a ementa proposta -Arluck e Quatered-, com o primeiro a abrir o concerto e a pintar o ar com o baixo portentoso de Brian Cook, seguido pela batida vigorosa de Dave Turncrantz a dilatar as paredes da sala, fundindo-se com a guitarra irrepreensível de Mike Sullivan a eletrificar as cabeças penduladas. O riff prolongado da guitarra encheu o ar com Afrika (Guidance, 2016), numa viagem da ingenuidade primordial até uma urgência indefinível para desembocar numa esperança redentora. São paisagens subjetivas, sim, mas esse é, também, um dos méritos de algumas bandas afónicas, como é o caso. Harper Lewis (Station, 2008) deu continuidade à progressão bem tecida do alinhamento, com frases rítmicas enérgicas de mão dada com clareiras melódicas, comoventes e frescas. Os primeiros acordes de Quartered, límpidos, progrediram até desabar numa avalancha harmónica, eloquente e arrebatadora. Se o som reproduzido digitalmente é saboroso, ao vivo é ainda mais superlativo, encorpado, nítido e envolvente. Afinados como relógios, sem artifícios cénicos ou teatralidade gestual, os Russian Circles guiaram as emoções do público através de pontes dinâmicas e fluidas entre paisagens únicas como Deficit (Memorial, 2013), 309 (Empros, 2011), Conduit (tema recente) e Vorel (Guidance, 2016) terminando com Youngblood (Station, 2008) numa intensidade visceral bem construída a rematar um concerto irrepreensível que deixou saudades.
Set A Light Lester Bangs Special is a sound film/sound collage by Raquel Pinheiro & Rui Pimenta dedicated to music critic and larger than life person Lester Bangs who died 40 years ago today at the age of 33. It airs today, Saturday 30th on Yé Yé radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ at 7pm (gmt+1): (or on the app). Was Lester the greatest rock critic ever? Who knows. Jim DeRogatis thought he may, at least, be “America’s greatest rock critic”. Textbook Case by Birdland with Lester Bangs is one of the song featuring Lster himself that can be heard on the show. The full tracklist is below the text.
Bangs wrote for Creem, Rolling Stone, The Village Voice and several other publications. He was excessive, passionate, unmerciful and honest when it came to write about music. Is too blunt a thing? Again, who knows, but Lester often certainly was. He also didn’t shy from confrontation, even in interviews. His interview with Lou Reed, originally published in Let It Rock in November 1973 is such an example: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/nov/08/lou-reed-lester-bangs-interview Is that even an interview or is it a roasters fight? Hard to say, but it may be better not to try it at home, or if we happen to be interviewing someone. Lester and Lou can pull it off, the rest of us are mere mortals. Did he took it to far when he played typewriter on stage at Cobo Hall in Detroit with the J. Geils Band? Who’s to know. What it is knows is that his riff, sorry, typewriting inclued “VDKHEOQSNCHSHNELXIEN(&H-SXN(E@JN?”. And that, afterwards, Lester destroyed the typewriter like a proper rock star. You don’t get it? Nor do we. Or do we? … If you think we’re making it up just to make things more interesting, we’re not. The story is told by the man himself in My Night of Ecstasy With the J. Geils Band that is part of Lester’s posthumous writings Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung—The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock ‘n’ Roll As Literature and Literature As Rock ‘n’ Roll, edited by Greil Marcus.
Set a Light Lester Bangs Special starting point is Almost Famous, Cameron Crowe’s film in which Philip Seymour Hoffman, another larger than life person, plays bangs and Patrick Fugit as 15 years old William Miller (William, the teenage wanna be music writer. Lines from the movie and inter-weaved with Lester’s own bands, or bands he played with, bands he trashed like MC5’s Kick out the Jams – does Detroit Sucks? we don’t think so, but, who knows … Maybe Lester did… – bands he loved, Teenage Jesus And The Jerks, bands who mentioned him in their songs, R.EM., Scott B. Sympathy and even a band he liked, at least early on and wrote a kind of despondent, but honest and unmerciful? biography about Blondie. There are a little over 60 minutes of a few things Lester Bangs on this special Set a Light. All things Lester Bangs would require a whole day show and we may (who are we kidding, we would) still fall short.
Set A Light is a forthcoming regular radio show by Raquel Pinheiro & Rui Pimenta that focus on things, and people, around and behind a band/artist. From music writers to producers through graphic designers, photographers, fans, and others/more.
Tracklist:
01 – Almost Famous – Introducing Mr. Lester Bangs
02 – Lester Bangs – Let It Blurt
03 – Almost Famous – if you like Lou Lester Bangs to William Miller
04 – Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side
05 – Almost Famous – do you take drugs Lester Bangs to William Miller
06 – John Coltrane – This Are A Few of My Favourite Things & Typewriter
07 – Almost Famous -an assignment Lester Bangs to William Miller
08 – Silence (from John Cage’s 4’33) & Black Sabbath (Planet Caravan)
09 – Almost Famous – honest Lester Bangs to William Miller
10 – Teenage Jesus And The Jerks – I Woke Up Dreaming – (from the No New Work LP, 1978, compiled and produced by Brian Eno)
11 – Lester Bangs – About Music
12 – Roxy Music – Just Like You
13 – Birdland with Lester Bangs – Textbook Case
14 – Lester Bangs – on Beatles Nostalgia (1981)
15 – John Lennon – Gimme Some Truth
16 – Lester Bangs and The Delinquents – I Just Want to Be a Movie Star
17 – Almost Famous – women Lester Bangs to William Miller
18 – Blondie – Little Girl Lies (Live at El Mocambo, Toronto, August 3rd, 1978 – FM Radio Broadcast)
19 – Count Five – Psychotic Reaction
20 – The J. Geils Band – So Sharp
21 – Almost Famous – unmerciful Lester Bangs to William Miller
22 – MC5 – Borderline (live at Detroit’s Grande Ballroom)
23 – Almost Famous – starry eyes Lester Bangs to William Miller
24 – R.E.M. – It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
25 – Scott B. Sympathy – Lester Bangs Stereo Ghost
26 – Almost Famous – the day it ceases to the dumb it’s the day it ceases to be real Lester Bangs to William Miller
Set A Light Lester Bangs Special is a sound film/sound collage by Raquel Pinheiro & Rui Pimenta dedicated to music critic and larger than life person Lester Bangs who died 40 years ago tomorrow at the age of 33. It airs tomorrow, Saturday 30th on Yé Yé radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ at 7pm (gmt+1): (or on the app) Was Lester the greatest rock critic ever? Who knows. Jim DeRogatis thought he may, at least, be “America’s greatest rock critic”. – show’s tracklist below the text.
Bangs wrote for Creem, Rolling Stone, The Village Voice and several other publications. He was excessive, passionate, unmerciful and honest when it came to write about music. Is too blunt a thing? Again, who knows, but Lester often certainly was. He also didn’t shy from confrontation, even in interviews. His interview with Lou Reed, originally published in Let It Rock in November 1973 is such an example: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/nov/08/lou-reed-lester-bangs-interview Is that even an interview or is it a roasters fight? Hard to say, but it may be better not to try it at home, or if we happen to be interviewing someone. Lester and Lou can pull it off, the rest of us are mere mortals. Did he took it to far when he played typewriter on stage at Cobo Hall in Detroit with the J. Geils Band? Who’s to know. What it is knows is that his riff, sorry, typewriting inclued “VDKHEOQSNCHSHNELXIEN(&H-SXN(E@JN?”. And that, afterwards, Lester destroyed the typewriter like a proper rock star. You don’t get it? Nor do we. Or do we? … If you think we’re making it up just to make things more interesting, we’re not. The story is told by the man himself in My Night of Ecstasy With the J. Geils Band that is part of Lester’s posthumous writings Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung—The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock ‘n’ Roll As Literature and Literature As Rock ‘n’ Roll, edited by Greil Marcus.
Set a Light Lester Bangs Special starting point is Almost Famous, Cameron Crowe’s film in which Philip Seymour Hoffman, another larger than life person, plays bangs and Patrick Fugit as 15 years old William Miller (William, the teenage wanna be music writer. Lines from the movie and inter-weaved with Lester’s own bands, or bands he played with, bands he trashed like MC5’s Kick out the Jams – does Detroit Sucks? we don’t think so, but, who knows … Maybe Lester did… – bands he loved, Teenage Jesus And The Jerks, bands who mentioned him in their songs, R.EM., Scott B. Sympathy and even a band he liked, at least early on and wrote a kind of despondent, but honest and unmerciful? biography about Blondie. There are a little over 60 minutes of a few things Lester Bangs on this special Set a Light. All things Lester Bangs would require a whole day show and we may (who are we kidding, we would) still fall short.
Set A Light is a forthcoming regular radio show by Raquel Pinheiro & Rui Pimenta that focus on things, and people, around and behind a band/artist. From music writers to producers through graphic designers, photographers, fans, and others/more.
Set A Light Lester Bangs Special Tracklist: 01 – Almost Famous – Introducing Mr. Lester Bangs 02 – Lester Bangs – Let It Blurt 03 – Almost Famous – if you like Lou Lester Bangs to William Miller 04 – Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side 05 – Almost Famous – do you take drugs Lester Bangs to William Miller 06 – John Coltrane – This Are A Few of My Favourite Things & Typewriter 07 – Almost Famous -an assignment Lester Bangs to William Miller 08 – Silence (from John Cage’s 4’33) & Black Sabbath (Planet Caravan) 09 – Almost Famous – honest Lester Bangs to William Miller 10 – Teenage Jesus And The Jerks – I Woke Up Dreaming – (from the No New Work LP, 1978, compiled and produced by Brian Eno) 11 – Lester Bangs – About Music 12 – Roxy Music – Just Like You 13 – Birdland with Lester Bangs – Textbook Case 14 – Lester Bangs – on Beatles Nostalgia (1981) 15 – John Lennon – Gimme Some Truth 16 – Lester Bangs and The Delinquents – I Just Want to Be a Movie Star 17 – Almost Famous – women Lester Bangs to William Miller 18 – Blondie – Little Girl Lies (Live at El Mocambo, Toronto, August 3rd, 1978 – FM Radio Broadcast) 19 – Count Five – Psychotic Reaction 20 – The J. Geils Band – So Sharp 21 – Almost Famous – unmerciful Lester Bangs to William Miller 22 – MC5 – Borderline (live at Detroit’s Grande Ballroom) 23 – Almost Famous – starry eyes Lester Bangs to William Miller 24 – R.E.M. – It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) 25 – Scott B. Sympathy – Lester Bangs Stereo Ghost 26 – Almost Famous – the day it ceases to the dumb it’s the day it ceases to be real Lester Bangs to William Miller
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