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Full Album Appreciation 11/17

This morning’s album:

Dean & Britta – 13 Most Beautiful Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests

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Right so Andy Warhol, yeah? Used to do this thing in the Warehouse where he would take film reels and fill a full one by just filming people who came into his studio, one person per reel. And they would just do whatever, brush their teeth or laugh or just stand there or whatever. The reels used were a bit over 4 minutes long and he ended up collecting loads of them, full of his friends.

A while after this right, the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh decides they’re going to put on a big exhibit of them but since all the videos are silent they get Dean & Britta in, a married couple who were in this band Luna together, to create an album for it. And they did. And it was great.

Each song for a different film, below I’ve listed the track name next to who Warhol took the film of.

  1. Silver Factory Theme – Billy Name
  2. I’ll Keep It With Mine – Nico
  3. Not a Young Man Anymore – Lou Reed (Found the video for this one on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLpjmOWTMZI) It’s also especially exciting cause it’s a velvet underground cover from when Lou Reed was the singer.
  4. I Found It Not So – Mary Woronov
  5. It Don’t Rain in Beverly Hills – Eddie Sedgwick
  6. Incandescent Innocent – Freddy Herko
  7. International Velvet Redux – Susan Bottomly
  8. Teenage Lightning and Lonely Highways – Paul America
  9. Herringbone Tweed – Dennis Hopper
  10. Richard Rheem Theme – Richard Rheem
  11. Knives From Bavaria – Baby Jane Holzer
  12. Eyes in my Smoke – Ingrid Superstar
  13. Ann Buchanan Theme – Ann Buchanan

A few of these were velvet underground covers which was cool cause they played in the Warehouse all the time.

Every few years for the past decade or so the high museum will put on a performance where they get Dean & Britta in and they perform while the screen tests are projected. Here’s hoping that comes back around soon.

Thursday, November 17, 2016 | Posted in Full Album Appreciation | Comments Off on Full Album Appreciation 11/17

Full Album Appreciation 11/3

This morning’s album:

Shana Falana – Set Your Lightning Fire Free

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By New York City based artist, Shana Falana. After this album I closed out this set with their newest release which came out October 21st,

Shana Falana – Here Comes the Wave

Shana Falana is a New York based Duo composed of songwriter Shana Falana and Michael Amari. Shana was raised in San Francisco and, fun fact, lost half of her index finger in 2006, which is a real big deal for a musician.

They’ll be playing at 529 this upcoming Wednesday night, 11/9. Highly recommended.

Thursday, November 3, 2016 | Posted in Full Album Appreciation | Comments Off on Full Album Appreciation 11/3

Full Album Appreciation 10/27

This morning’s album:

Gil Scott Heron – I’m New Here

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This was the final release of Gil Scott heron after 28 years of silence. It came out only a year before he died.

Since it was a rather short album, the show started off with select tracks from Gil Scott Heron’s first album, Pieces of a Man, as listed below:

  • The Revolution Will Not be Televised
  • Save the Children
  • Lady Day and John Coltrane
  • Home is Where the Hatred is
  • Pieces of a Man
  • I Think I’ll Call it Morning
  • Chains
  • A Toast to the People

Gil Scott Heron was an extremely influential musician who talked about real important stuff. Having grown up in a broken home and coming of age during the prime of the civil rights movement, his first album centers around large scale social struggles as seen from a very personal perspective.

While his first album was funky and jazzy and soulful with traditional instruments (the man himself featured on piano), his final release, I’m New Here, made large use of more modern electronic sounds and if possible, had even more soul than the first. It focused more on his personal life from the perspective of his final days after having suffered through oppression, prison, drug addiction and having been diagnosed with HIV AIDS. His use of spoken word and dark, harsh rhythms is way haunting. 10/10 would recommend.

Thursday, October 27, 2016 | Posted in Full Album Appreciation | Comments Off on Full Album Appreciation 10/27

Full Album Appreciation 10/20

This morning’s album:

The Internet – Feel Good

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This was the second studio album by The Internet, released back in 2013 after their debut album in 2011, Purple Naked Ladies.

The Internet includes Syd tha Kyd and Matt Martians from Odd Future as well as a bunch of other way talented people you should look up. They’re still running in the same circles as Odd Future as well, and even did the song “Ya know” off of Odd Future’s, “The OF Tape Vol. 2”.

Since this album, Ego Death was released in 2015 and they’ve become much more prominent, even receiving a Grammy Nomination and stuff.

They also have an NPR tiny music desk on youtube, link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6j49uzPugA   but be careful cause they cuss so if you’re not into that, don’t watch.

And a KEXP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fuf3_eW85s

Catch ya next week!

Thursday, October 20, 2016 | Posted in Full Album Appreciation | Comments Off on Full Album Appreciation 10/20
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