03-02-2022 FAVTRAX:MiX ~ 33 FAVOURiTE tracks 2009-2015 (2h 26m) >>Rival Sons, Wolf People, Polar Bear, Nicolas Jaar, The War On Drugs, Ty Segall, Ultraísta, Alvin Lee, Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Mike Dillon, Duke Garwood<<
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Evoking the riffy, bluesy rock of bands like Led Zeppelin and the Black Crowes, California's Rival Sons emerged in the early 2010s as hard rock classicists with a modern edge... Establishing a strong collaborative bond with Nashville producer Dave Cobb to helm each of their albums, the group enjoyed modest success at home in the U.S. while becoming perennial chart staples throughout much of Europe thanks...
The brainchild of singer and guitarist Jack Sharp, Wolf People started in 2005 when Sharp recorded a demo album in the English town of Bedford. Named after the children’s book Little Jacko and the Wolf People, the band is a throwback to the bluesy psychedelia of Black Sabbath, Cream, Traffic, and early Jethro Tull and Fairport Convention, tackling the sounds of the past with a kind of nostalgic reverence...
Not to be confused with the American alternative rock outfit of the same name, Polar Bear are a British experimental post-jazz five-piece influenced by the likes of Beethoven, Stevie Wonder, and Björk. Formed in London in 2004 by drummer Sebastian Rochford, previously an early member of Babyshambles, saxophonists Pete Wareham and Mark Lockheart, double bassist Tom Herbert, and electronic musician/guitarist Leafcutter John, the band first attracted attention with its 2004 debut album, Dim Lit, whose eclectic fusion of avant jazz, folk, electronica, and punk earned them a nomination for Best Band at the BBC Jazz Awards...
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2009-2015
Evoking the riffy, bluesy rock of bands like Led Zeppelin and the Black Crowes, California's Rival Sons emerged in the early 2010s as hard rock classicists with a modern edge... Establishing a strong collaborative bond with Nashville producer Dave Cobb to helm each of their albums, the group enjoyed modest success at home in the U.S. while becoming perennial chart staples throughout much of Europe thanks...
Pocketful of Stones 2:56
Tell Me Something 4:06
from Before the Fire 2009
There’s a ton-wad of “When The Levee Breaks”/”When you get to the bottom, you go back to the top of the slide” blues-rock goodness inside Rival Sons‘ 39-minute opening salvo, Before The Fire (Front Line Music). This is rock so un-ironic that the singer screams, “Whooo!” before the intro to marvelously Zeppelin-y opener “Tell Me Something,” and they retain that high energy, just-barely-on-the-rails mojo throughout. Lead singer Jay Buchanan tears into every syllable with laughter and lust, the sort of sound that makes young girls damp and grown men spill their drinks. Buchanan strongly recalls the Freddie Mercury of Queen’s raunchy early work, and the rest of the band is messy-tight, flexing and strutting with utter confidence but little care for the jagged edges they leave behind. Rival Sons echo the best of their ’70s ancestors (the spark scattering pairings of Bowie/Ronson and Page/Plant come readily to mind, with interestingly a small sprinkling of The Monkees to boot) and do the tradition of thumping, hormonal rock ‘n’ roll proud by simply embracing its most appealing traits and presenting them with fresh enthusiasm.
The brainchild of singer and guitarist Jack Sharp, Wolf People started in 2005 when Sharp recorded a demo album in the English town of Bedford. Named after the children’s book Little Jacko and the Wolf People, the band is a throwback to the bluesy psychedelia of Black Sabbath, Cream, Traffic, and early Jethro Tull and Fairport Convention, tackling the sounds of the past with a kind of nostalgic reverence...
Tiny Circle (Wolf People) 5:10
Cromlech (Wolf People) 3:17
from Steeple 2010
So much of music is about taking the lessons of the past and improving upon them in an attempt by the artist to leave their mark on the artistic landscape. Occasionally, a band comes along and reminds us that those old sounds are so good on their own that they don’t really need anything added to them to stand on their own in the modern era. On Steeple, the first proper album from England’s Wolf People, the band takes up the challenge of championing the bluesy, psychedelic rock of their homeland. With a sound that’s deeply rooted in the fuzzy riffage of Jethro Tull, Hawkwind, and Cream, Wolf People pick and choose the best parts of that old British sound in a way that makes them feel more like curators than a band... If the rise of chillwave has taught us anything, it’s that the line between vintage sound and ironic pastiche is a thin and treacherous one. Fortunately for them, Steeple proves that Wolf People is a band that is more than capable of traversing it.
Not to be confused with the American alternative rock outfit of the same name, Polar Bear are a British experimental post-jazz five-piece influenced by the likes of Beethoven, Stevie Wonder, and Björk. Formed in London in 2004 by drummer Sebastian Rochford, previously an early member of Babyshambles, saxophonists Pete Wareham and Mark Lockheart, double bassist Tom Herbert, and electronic musician/guitarist Leafcutter John, the band first attracted attention with its 2004 debut album, Dim Lit, whose eclectic fusion of avant jazz, folk, electronica, and punk earned them a nomination for Best Band at the BBC Jazz Awards...
Happy for You (Sebastian "Seb" Rochford) 4:08
Drunken Pharaoh (Sebastian "Seb" Rochford) 3:26
Peepers (Sebastian "Seb" Rochford) 4:24
from Peepers 2010
Polar Bear are an interesting band. On paper, two tenor saxes, acoustic bass, and drums look like a fairly standard jazz setup, but the addition of guitar/electronics puts a decidedly different spin on things. The music is clearly not written as a vehicle for soloing; these are songs, played by a band. They're concise and generally have a pop song structure. Everyone contributes to the songs, without grandstanding or tenor battles. Drummer Sebastian Rochford (who writes all the tunes) is a tasty and melodic drummer, supported nicely by bassist Tom Herbert. Pete Wareham and Mark Lockheart are both fine tenor players who can add some edge when need be but generally play it pretty cool. Leafcutter John splits pretty equally between rhythmic guitar comping and well-placed "what-the-hell-is-that-sound?" electronics... Peepers is the sound of jazz-rock in the new millennium. Very well done.
