Available now: Earthworks - Earthworks Complete Deluxe
What they’re saying:
"’‘Earthworks Complete’ is a Summerfold Records box set
reissue of the entire back catalogue across the band's 20-year career. 15
titles on 20 CD's and 4 DVD discs include previously unreleased and little
known material. Documenting the 20 year history from 1987 to 2006 of one of the
UK's brightest, most travelled and best loved young jazz ensembles.
Featuring Bill Bruford with Iain Ballamy, Django Bates, Patrick
Clahar, Laurence Cottle, Tim Garland, Steve Hamilton, Tim Harries, Mark
Hodgson, Mick Hutton, Gwilym Simcock.
All audio, visual and print materials compiled and curated by Bill
Bruford with additional, original artwork by award-winning illustrator,
photographer and filmmaker Dave McKean.
This phenomenal and awe-inspiring package features the following:
Earthworks / Dig? / All Heaven Broke Loose / Stamping Ground-Live / Apart, And
Yet Apart / The Sound Of Surprise / Footloose And Fancy Free (2CD) / Random
Acts Of Happiness / Footloose In NYC (2CD & DVD set) / A video anthology
Volume 1: 2000's (2CD & DVD) / A video anthology Volume 2: 1990s (2CD &
DVD) / Earthworks Underground Orchestra / Earthworks in Santiago, Chile (CD
& DVD set: previously unreleased video) / From conception to birth (17
short tracks showing the process from demo to master, with explanatory notes
from Bill Bruford) / Heavenly Bodies Expanded (2CD 'Best Of' collection across
the entire catalogue, with explanatory notes from Bill Bruford).
"This is a heady concoction indeed, and one which joyously
breaks down all sorts of musical barriers in its path". - The Times
"It mixes up styles, moods and meters as effortlessly as it
ignores musical boundaries”. - Wall St.Journal
“Earthworks makes jazz out of just about anything handy" -
Jazziz
Listen: The Soapbox Saints - Away We Go / Let's Throw A Party!
The Soapbox Saints are a Rock N' Roll Trio from Providence, R.I.
They perform original music with a vintage twist.
These are the first two songs from their debut release.
Review: The Modernes – The Modernes EP
The Modernes – The Modernes EP (Independent)
The Modernes (a three-piece from
Akron, Ohio) play a vigorous, vibrant form of amped-up Americana on their debut
collection, which incorporates a host of different styles from surf and rockabilly
to exuberant roots rock. It’s an intoxicating blend, which is as much fun for
the listener as it sounds to be for the band.
The five tracks are bookended by a
pair of instrumentals ‘Suburban Wave’ and ‘Inland Island’, both of which pay
homage to the great surf tunes of the early ‘60s, though played with garageland
finesse, which suits them to a tee.
Unafraid of the big cover tune,
tucked in at number four is a fine version of Johnny Cash’ ‘Big River’.
Guitarist (and vocalist) Bert Franco simply doesn’t let up, splashing big
juddery chords throughout, and he’s ably supported by a rhythm section that’s
well up for the ride.
‘Last Train Home’ may well be the
pick of the bunch. Classic western themes collide with raggedy instrumental
prowess, and the whole becomes something of a rootsy tour-de-force. It’s run
close by ‘Rocking Wild’ a rockabilly number with a sparse spiky energy that
more than lives up to its title.
Rollo
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