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2018. július 31., kedd

31-07-2018 12:48 ~ PREHiSTORiC:MiX ~ 33 pieces excavation finds from ancient sounds ~ 1940s & 1930s


31-07-2018 12:48 ~ PREHiSTORiC:MiX ~ 33 pieces excavation finds from ancient sounds ~ 1940s & 1930s   >>Marilyn Monroe, Lonnie Johnson, Memphis Jug Band, Blind Lemon Jefferson, The Boswell Sisters, Django Reinhardt,Fats Waller & His Rhythm, Count Basie and His Orchestra, Billie Holiday, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Patton, Duke Ellington, Blind Willie McTell, Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong<<

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1940s-1930s



Comedienne, iconic 1950s movie sex symbol, and appealing interpreter of flirtatious vocal ballads.  Although film actress and Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe has been the subject of a large number of albums, she rarely stepped into a recording studio to make a commercial recording and only appeared in five real movie musicals (with a few other musical performances in her straight films), making for a total record and soundtrack output of less than three dozen titles that are recycled endlessly along with bits of movie dialogue and radio and TV appearances on the frequent reissues.
Marilyn Monroe
My Heart Belongs To Daddy (C. Porter) 5:01
Bye Bye Baby (Styne, Robin) 3:22
from Goodbye Primadonna

A hugely influential and original blues musician in the early 1900s, often crossing over into jazz.  Blues guitar simply would not have developed in the manner that it did if not for the prolific brilliance of Lonnie Johnson. He was there to help define the instrument's future within the genre and the genre's future itself at the very beginning, his melodic conception so far advanced from most of his prewar peers as to inhabit a plane all his own. For more than 40 years, Johnson played blues, jazz, and ballads his way; he was a true blues originator whose influence hung heavy on a host of subsequent blues immortals.
Lonnie Johnson
A Broken Heart That 2:56
Blue in G 2:55
Guitar Blues 3:19
from Guitar Blues


Memphis Jug Band - Sun Brimmer's Blues 3:25
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Matchbox 3:01
Lonnie Johnson- Playing With The Strings 3:01
The Boswell Sisters - Rock And Roll
from Roots of Rock N' Roll Vol 1 1927-1938
The Big Bang! The Birth of Rock and Roll
In the early 1950s, a new form of music exploded onto the scene, exciting a growing teenage audience while startling many others who preferred the music of Bing Crosby and Patti Page. Popularized by disc jockey Alan Freed in 1951, the term "rock and roll" came to be used to describe a new form of music, steeped in the blues, rhythm and blues, country, and gospel. Teenagers fell in love with this new sound, listening to it on transistor radios and buying it in record stores. Many parents believed that this music was simply noise that had a negative influence on impressionable teens. Either way, it became clear that rock and roll was here to stay, bringing with it important changes. Examine the impact of rock and roll, and explore how the birth of this new music influenced and was influenced by technology, teen culture, race, and geography...
Swing’s African Roots and Early Influences

2018. július 28., szombat

2018. 07. 28. 9:40 # magyarugar:MiX # 33 válogatott szám



2018. 07. 28. 9:40 # magyarugar:MiX # 33 válogatott szám >>Péterfy Bori & Love Band, Black Nail Cabaret, cs. kalotas | k6, Apey & the Pea, Bohemian Betyars, Szabó Balázs Bandája, R.A.S., Kalumet, 30Y, Dig It All<<


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Péterfy Bori & Love Band
Föld hívja Földet 3:46
Lakatlan sziget 3:36
Tíz perc szerelem 4:03
~ Bori X 2017
„MEDDIG LEHET MÉG ELMENNI" – PÉTERFY BORI-INTERJÚ
...Ez most nagyon elektronikus, popos lemez lett, gitár szinte nincs is rajta, ami élőben is eléggé átalakítja a megszólalásunkat, de szerencsére Nagy István gitárosunk zongorán is nagyon jó. Jelentősen más irányba tolódtunk el, az előzőnél sokkal vidámabb az új album. „Legyen tánc!” – ez volt a mottónk. Boldogság és az alternatív hangulatból való kiszakadás jellemzi. Volt olyan lemezünk, ami lényegében teljesen élő volt, ez most nagyon elektronikus, Ambrus (Tövisházi Ambrus, a zenekar alapítótagja és producere – a szerk.) elképesztő munkájának, a megfelelő hangok megtalálásának és a stúdió-próbateremben töltött sokezer órának az eredménye. A dalok általában mindig ugyanúgy születnek, kettőnk között indulnak el, ebben nem volt most sem eltérés. Ambrus átküld egy zenei alapötletet és arra elkezdődik a szövegírás. Ezt általában én és Tariska Szabi indítjuk, de van, amikor már rögtön érezzük egy dallamon, hogy ezt Hujber Szabinak vagy Dévényi-Hajós Kristófnak küldjük el. Már érezzük, hogy ki mire harap. Ezúttal is volt olyan szám, amire három szöveg is született, végül az enyém lett a végleges, de Tariska Szabi arra írt szövege meg kapott egy másik zenét. Amikor a zene és a szöveg kezd összesimulni és szerelembe esnek, akkor ahhoz jönnek még további finomítások és úgy alakul ki a végeredmény. Többször a zenekar dúsítja fel ezeket, mindenki a maga ötleteivel. De alapvetően Ambrus szerzi a zenét és hangszerel...



Black Nail Cabaret
Fekete 4:20
Steril 3:10
~ Steril 2015
Árnyak, ezúttal magyarul
...A magyar nyelv szokatlan a zenekartól és elsőre igen meghökkentő is. „Annak, hogy ez az első magyar nyelvű EP, az az egyik oka, hogy korábban nem tartottam magam érettnek a feladatra, hogy magyar dalszöveget írjak, mert nagyon könnyű magyarul giccsesen hangzani. Nekem dalban mindig jobban ment angolul az önkifejezés, de nagyon sok verset írtam már magyarul, egészen kicsi korom óta – jelent is meg pár – de amikor megénekeltem, valahogy sosem hangzott elfogadhatónak. Most jött az első olyan szám a Steril formájában, amire úgy gondoltam, hogy vállalható és megállja a helyét a magyar nyelvben”. – mondta el Árvai-Illés Emese.
A dalok kicsit talán lassabbak az előző lemezhez képest, de mind hangulatban, mind igényességben abszolút egy szinten vannak. Egy apró érdekesség – ami szerintem az EP csúcspontja -, a nyitó Fekete c. dalban Celine Righi brácsázik. A játéka gyönyörű, nagyon jó ötlet volt egy ilyen szép vonós hangszert beletenni, abszolút nyerő...


cs. kalotas | k6
jun. 3:22
jul. 1:49
aug. 2:43
~ K6is12 2014
RECORDER -ALBUMPREMIER
...A Realistic Crew egykori egyik fele, Kalotás Csaba ma már leginkább filmzenék (Viharsarok, Társas Játék, Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open) szerzőjeként ismert, ám most megjelenik - egy Kamikaze Scotsmen-átdolgozással felvezetett - első saját, szerzői albuma is, ami valójában több, mint nagylemez. A K6is12 egy fotós-zenés-utazós projekt, 12 hónap fényképeken megörökített úton levésének 12 tételes, instrumentális, gyönyörű zenei lenyomata. Kalotás Csaba éppen egy éve kezdett bele ebbe a K6is12-be, ahogy mondja: „egy éve pont ezen a napon kezdtem el ezt a projektet. Aznap lett meg a jogosítványom. Aztán 45000 kilométert utaztam, autóval, gyalog, repülőgépen. Ennek az összesítése ez a tizenkét zene és a tizenkét epizódra osztott képek.”...


2018. július 25., szerda

25-07-2018 13:35 # WORLD:MiX # 33 selected ETHNiC FUSiON tracks # WmW

Raul Rodriguez

25-07-2018 13:35 # WORLD:MiX # 33 selected ETHNiC FUSiON tracks # WmW
   
Raul Rodriguez, Tania Saleh, Axel Krygier, Dina El Wedidi, Boubacar Traoré, Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble, Brzzvll, Anthony Joseph, Carrie Rodriguez, Aziza Brahim, Amadou & Mariam

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Flamenco guitar and Cuban tres player Raúl Rodríguez Quiñones was born in Sevilla (Spain) in 1974. He started out playing electric guitar and drums, taking a particularly interest in blues and rock music, but by age 17 shifted his attention to playing flamenco guitar.
Raul Rodriguez
Razón De Son (Intro) 1:14
Razón De Son (Punto Flamenco) 4:18
El Negro Curro (Sonería) 6:53
Si Supiera (Blueslería) 4:24
from Razon de Son 2014

Interview with Raúl Rodríguez “Razón de Son”


Tania Saleh is a Lebanese singer/songwriter who has been paving her own path in the Arabic underground musical scene since 1990. Her voice is wise and true, a soft mix between the traditional Arabic music she was raised on and the western sounds she chose to follow. She writes about the daily worries of a troubled society, of love and hate and what’s in between. Her music follows the rhythm of her daily life and mirrors her changing mood, creating a boiling pot of tunes, feelings and love for innovation. 
Tania Saleh
Beirut Windows [As Janelas De Beirute] 4:03
A Few Images [Algumas Imagens] 3:50
Hushed Scat [Silêncio] 2:39
from A Few Images/Algumas Imagens 2014
A Lebanese woman writes about love.  The songs are about love, though not the sweet romantic kind. Rather this is about all-consuming, passionate love, and lost and failed love. This is love seen from a woman’s point of view in a region of the world where men rule, where a woman's needs are silenced or suppressed...

Axel Krygier is a musician and composer from Buenos Aires (Argentina). His music does not bear any simple definition, it is rather a fusion between the characteristic sounds of South America (cumbia, tango), European folk melodies (Klezmer, Balcan) with groove, dub, psychedelia, twist and countless styles, as Axel Krygier's sounds are a constant surprise.
Axel Krygier
Hombre de Piedra 4:37
Alcohol 3:43
Mosquito 3:31
Mi Piel de Animal 4:35
from Hombre de Piedra 2015
Inspired by the French prehistoric documentary Lascaux: Le Ciel des Premiers Hommes, Argentine maverick composer/musician Krygier’s fifth album is his first concept work. He uses a dizzying array of musical genres to tell his tale of Big Foot’s journey from the Stone Age to the Information Age. Though the vocals are in Spanish, anyone can enjoy the musical delights to be found here. Among genres one encounters on this journey are B movie lounge music (on the title track), disco, rockabilly, and he even pays homage to Italian maestro Ennio Morricone with a spaghetti-western theme. And that’s just the tip of the musical iceberg on this world-music cornucopia. With his deft ability to morph from one style to another between tracks, it’s easy to see that Krygier’s résumé includes music for films, plays and dance performances...

2018. július 22., vasárnap

22-07-2018 11:11 JAZZ:MiX # 33 jazz tracks on the the JAZZ_line 1980-1968

Herbie Hancock

22-07-2018 11:11 JAZZ:MiX # 33 jazz tracks on the the JAZZ_line 1980-1968 # Herbie Hancock, Jack DeJohnette New Directions, Keith Jarrett, Zbigniew Seifert, Joe Diorio, Flora Purim, Joe Henderson, Alice Coltrane, Chase, Steve Cropper, Larry Coryell, Chick Corea, Miles Davis

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1980-1968


Inventive, intelligent, and talented pianist/keyboardist whose distinguished career has covered modern jazz, fusion, hip-hop, and dance.  Herbie Hancock will always be one of the most revered and controversial figures in jazz -- just as his employer/mentor Miles Davis was when he was alive. Unlike Miles, who pressed ahead relentlessly and never looked back until near the very end, Hancock has cut a zigzagging forward path, shuttling between almost every development in electronic and acoustic jazz and R&B over the last third of the 20th century and into the 21st
Herbie Hancock
Spiraling Prism (Herbie Hancock) 6:25
Shiftless Shuffle (Herbie Hancock / Paul Jackson / Bennie Maupin / Harvey Mason, Sr. / Bill Summers) 7:07
from Mr. Hands 1980
Herbie Hancock's lackluster string of electric albums around this period was enhanced by this one shining exception: an incorrigibly eclectic record that flits freely all over the spectrum. Using several different rhythm sections, Herbie Hancock is much more the imaginative hands-on player than at any time since the prime Headhunters period, overdubbing lots of parts from his ever-growing collection of keyboards...

Chick Corea has been one of the most significant jazzmen since the '60s. Not content at any time to rest on his laurels, he has been involved in quite a few important musical projects, and his musical curiosity has never dimmed. A masterful pianist who, along with Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett, was one of the top stylists to emerge after Bill Evans and McCoy Tyner, Corea is also one of the few electric keyboardists to be quite individual and recognizable on synthesizers...
One of the two great vibraphonists to emerge in the 1960s (along with Bobby Hutcherson), Gary Burton's remarkable four-mallet technique can make him sound like two or three players at once.
Chick Corea and Gary Burton
Señor Mouse (Chick Corea) 10:17
Crystal Silence (Chick Corea / Neville Potter) 12:09
from In Concert: Zürich, October 28, 1979 (1980)
During Chick Corea's freelance period after Return to Forever broke up and before he formed his Elektric Band, the pianist collaborated with many of his favorite musicians. This two-LP set contains eight duets with vibraphonist Gary Burton (highlighted by "Senor Mouse," "Bud Powell" and a remake of "Crystal Silence") along with one solo performance apiece by the two masterful musicians. The music is often introspective, but there are some exciting moments.

Premier percussionist and drummer often considered the finest modern jazz drummer of the '70s after Elvin Jones and Tony Williams.  At his best, Jack DeJohnette is one of the most consistently inventive jazz percussionists extant. His style is wide-ranging, and while capable of playing convincingly in any modern idiom, he always maintains a well-defined voice. DeJohnette has a remarkably fluid relationship to pulse. His timing is excellent; even as he pushes, pulls, and generally obscures the beat beyond recognition, a powerful sense of swing is ever-present. His tonal palette is huge as well: No drummer pays closer attention to the sounds that come out of his kit than DeJohnette. He possesses a comprehensive musicality rare among jazz drummers.
Jack DeJohnette
feat: John Abercrombie / Lester Bowie / Eddie Gomez
Bayou Fever (Jack DeJohnette) 8:40
Dream Stalker (John Abercrombie / Lester Bowie / Jack DeJohnette / Eddie Gomez) 5:55
from New Directions 1978
This album was indeed a new direction for drummer Jack DeJohnette, by then an ECM mainstay who with this effort flirted with the free-flowing atmospheres then characteristic of the label’s popular European projects. John Abercrombie—another household name whose amplified strings do wonders for DeJohnette’s impulses—forms, along with Chick Corea veteran Eddie Gomez on bass, a triangular foundation upon which trumpeter Lester Bowie—the album’s shining star—builds his towering sentimentalism...  A spacious inner current, heir apparent to a straightforward jazz with no strings attached, feeds into every moment of New Directions. The performances are attentively recorded with a present, live feel that gives the drums all the room they need, and us all the sonic candy we crave.

2018. július 19., csütörtök

19-07-2018 12:58 BLUES:MiX # 33 blues songs from the BLUES circle 1989-1978


Charlie Musselwhite
19-07-2018 12:58 BLUES:MiX # 33 blues songs from the BLUES circle 1989-1978 # Charlie Musselwhite, Henry Gray, Snooky Pryor, Chris Thomas King, Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland, Robert Cray, Pee Wee Crayton, ZZ Top, Hound Dog Taylor, Robin Trower, Jack Bruce, Bill Lordan, Tom Waits, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Jimmy Johnson


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1989-1978


A Mississippi transplant whose rangy, subtle harp playing made a splash in Chicago blues circles beginning in the 1960s. Harmonica wizard Norton Buffalo can recollect a leaner time when his record collection had been whittled down to only the bare essentials: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite's South Side Band. Butterfield and Musselwhite will probably be forever linked as the two most interesting, and arguably the most important, products of the "white blues movement" of the mid- to late '60s -- not only because they were near the forefront chronologically, but because they both stand out as being especially faithful to the style.
Charlie Musselwhite
If Trouble Was Money (D.A.R.) 5:21
It Ain't Right (Walter Jacobs / Little Walter) 3:59
Finger Lickin' Good (Charlie Musselwhite) 4:0
from Memphis Charlie 1989
Charlie Musselwhite earned the nickname “Memphis Charlie” during his years in Memphis, Tennessee, where he learned to play guitar and blues harmonica. Moving to Chicago in 1962 to look for better-paying work, Musselwhite jumped into the blues scene, becoming a regular at blues venues, sitting in and playing with some of the great musicians of the Chicago scene. This album, released in 1989, contains songs recorded in 1971 and 1974 that feature the electrifying blues vocals and harmonica of Memphis Charlie.


This harmoinca player's records were harbingers of the amplified, down-home sound of post-war Chicago blues.  Only recently has Snooky Pryor finally begun to receive full credit for the mammoth role he played in shaping the amplified Chicago blues harp sound during the postwar era. He's long claimed he was the first harpist to run his sound through a public address system around the Windy City -- and since nobody's around to refute the claim at this point, we'll have to accept it! James Edward Pryor was playing harmonica at the age of eight in Mississippi...
Snooky Pryor
Broke and Hungry (Snooky Pryor) 2:36
Judgment Day (Snooky Pryor) 4:16
Key to the Highway (Big Bill Broonzy / Charles Segar) 2:55
from Snooky 1987
An outstanding comeback effort by Chicago harp pioneer Snooky Pryor, whose timeless sound meshed well with a Windy City trio led by producer/guitarist Steve Freund for this set. Mostly Pryor's own stuff ... with his fat-toned harp weathering the decades quite nicely.

Initially known for his audacious fusion of blues and hip-hop, Chris Thomas King reached a whole new audience with the Coen Brothers film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, not only appearing on the award-winning soundtrack but playing a prominent supporting character as well. Despite the much-celebrated, down-to-earth rootsiness of O Brother's music, King had previously been a determined progressive, hoping to reinvigorate the blues as a living African American art with a more contemporary approach and adamantly refusing to treat it as a museum piece whose "authentic" forms needed careful preservation. King eventually modified that approach to a certain degree, attempting to create a more explicit link between blues tradition and the general musical present.
Chris Thomas King
The Blues Is Back 3:37
Cheatin' Women Blues 4:38
Going Home To Louisiana 3:43
South Side Shuffle 1:45
from The Beginning 1986
Recorded at Reel To Reel Sound Factory - Baton Rounge, La.

Albert Collins - The embodiment of the Texas blues guitar style, with non-standard tuning and slashing blocked chords. 
Johnny Copeland - An influential blues guitarist since the 1950s, journeyman hit critical paydirt in the 1980s. 
Robert Cray - The guitarist who brought blues back to the charts in the '80s via songs that defined blues themes but added modern and personal twists. 
Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland, Robert Cray
T-Bone Shuffle (T-Bone Walker) 4:58
The Dream (Unknown Blues Band) 5:32
Blackjack (Ray Charles) 6:34
from Showdown! 1985
More cooperative than competitive in spirit, Showdown! ranks above other blues ‘supergroup’ sessions in the cohesiveness of the music, as three of the top names in blues of the 1980s shared the spotlight with a tight rhythm section in support. There were still plenty of hot guitar licks, though, from Collins, Cray and Copeland, with Albert even taking a turn on harmonica. T-Bone Walker’s T-Bone Shuffle provided a common ground for the triumvirate to kick the album off, and the rest of the program consisted of originals and lesser-known covers of Muddy Waters, Ray Charles, Texas legend Hop Wilson and others....

2018. július 17., kedd

17-07-2018 11:59 ~ FAVTRAX:MiX ~ 33 FAVOURiTE tracks 2015-2018-2016

Charles Howl

17-07-2018 11:59 ~ FAVTRAX:MiX ~ 33 FAVOURiTE tracks 2015-2018-2016  >>Charles Howl, Savages, Jo Passed, Mike Stern, Lana Del Rey, Courtney Barnett, Jack White, Neil Young, Promise of the Real, little hurricane, Emma Ruth Rundle, The Kills<<

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2015-2018-2016

London-based band that combines the trippy psych of the '60s with the hazy psych of '90s dream poppers.   With one foot in the jangling, psychedelic world of the '60s and one in the jangling, psychedelic world of '90s dream pop, London's Charles Howl add in some surf, post-punk, indie pop, and '70s German rock influences to round their sound out nicely. Comprising guitarist/vocalist Danny Nellis (aka Charles Howl) and guitarist Bobby Syme (aka Danny Voltaire), the band formed when Nellis set aside his Jerry Tropicano project...
Charles Howl
The New Shade 3:26
So Long 4:19
Lunacy 3:58
from Sir Vices 2015
The duo of Charles Howl and Danny Voltaire are lovers of hazy, misty psychedelic sounds as heard since the 1960s. As the rhythm section of the Proper Ornaments, they get a chance to play a Velvet Underground style, but on their own as the driving force behind the band Charles Howl, they cast a wide net that gathers in all sorts of trippy sounds on their debut album Sir Vices. Taking all they can from the best practitioners of psychedelic sounds, whether it's the rambling feel of the 13th Floor Elevators, the tinny jangle of the Paisley Underground bands, the repetitive waves of sound of My Bloody Valentine, or the reverb-heavy crunch of modern groups like Crystal Stilts. A long list of styles and bands like that might lead one to think that Charles Howl are overly derivative, but that's not the case at all. Thanks to a light-fingered touch, they manage to beg, borrow, and steal just enough here and there to help build a sound that is mostly theirs alone. Plus, the songs are good enough that it wouldn't really matter if they heisted every fuzz box, Farfisa organ, and chord progression that was left lying around unguarded...



British all-female quartet revisits influences from London's punk heyday with its own brand of noisy, blistering music.  The all-female post-punk four-piece Savages recall the tenacity and more artistic movements of London's punk heyday with their blistering sound and noisy guitars. Hailing from the English capital, they formed at the end of 2011 after guitarist Gemma Thompson and singer Camille Berthomier -- known as Jehnny Beth -- had procrastinated over a name and starting a band until they eventually settled on Savages and set to work writing songs. Soon after, Ayse Hassan joined on bass and Fay Milton completed the lineup on drums.
Savages
The Answer (Jehnny Beth / Savages) 3:30
Evil (Jehnny Beth / Savages) 3:36
from Adore Life 2016
On Silence Yourself, Savages' passion burned so brightly it seemed like it might consume itself before they could record a second album. Fortunately, Adore Life proves that the band not only has the endurance to return, but the finesse to come back better than ever. Jehnny Beth and company sound as bold as they did on their debut, but with a newfound precision that only makes their impact more powerful. Adore Life depicts love's most fearsome and joyous sides with a hunger that feels like these songs are really about devouring and being devoured...


Dreamy but aggressive guitar-based indie pop from Vancouver, led by guitarist and songwriter Jo Hirabayashi. A band whose music exists somewhere between dream pop, shoegaze, indie rock, and prog, Jo Passed balance languid melodies and blissed-out vocals against guitar figures that are by turns artful and aggressively physical. The Vancouver-based group was formed by guitarist and songwriter Jo Hirabayashi in 2015, originally as a two-man recording project with drummer Mac Lawrie; this edition of the group produced two EPs in 2016. After a sojourn in Montreal, the band expanded to a quartet with the addition of guitarist Bella Bébé and bassist Megan-Magdalena Bourne.
Jo Passed
In 4:28
Lego my Ego 4:27
No, Joy (I'm Not Real, Girl) 4:51
from Out 2016
...If you’re a fan of heavy layers of distortion and reverb, then this EP is going to speak volumes to you. Concerning the volume, Jo Passed get LOUD to the point of drowning out Hirabayashi’s vocals. Appropriately, there’s a song titled “Rage” on the Out EP, but it’s not the cannon blast of chaos you’d expect from its name. The song’s declarations of rage are more subtle than the EP’s opener “In”. Instead, “Rage” is comparable with sludgy, stoner rock. Hirabayashi does seem to be an admirer of Ty Segall’s balls-to-the-walls bad assery. Four out of five of Out‘s songs drive this point home with “Spring” being the most volatile; reaching thunderous highs and easing into a calm climax...