Tag Archives: rhythm-and-blues

GILLES SNOWCAT – Mardi Gras Station

February 28, 2017

Gilles Snowcat 2017 N’awlins parading from Belgian artist who traded pop-art swell for a hoodoo spell. To deliver unexpected goods is this artist’s modus operandi. Having moved from brightly lit jingle-like songs with AWAKEN to acoustic musings of that projected … Continue reading →

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MUTTER SLATER BAND – The Champ

October 12, 2016

Angel Air 2016 Fire-and-brimstone rhythm-and-blues from the man in a bowler hat who takes it on the chin. A comedy corner occupant in , Mutter Slater’s smile is a rare sight when he’s left to his own devices, and the … Continue reading →

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BLIND RAVAGE – Blind Ravage

August 14, 2015

Crescent Streel 1971 / Out-Sider 2015 Obscure, if brilliant, and naive, if wild, heavy prog from Montreal that offers a roar and a rave. Quebec isn’t famous for its rough rock, but this quartet, who formed in 1969 and banged … Continue reading →

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COSMIC MICHAEL – Cosmic Michael

May 22, 2015

Bliss 1969 / Out-Sider Music 2015 Rhythm-and-blues vestige from the fringe verge of flower power era – enigmatically tasty. Nobody seems to know who Cosmic Michael was, whence he came and what became of him. What remained, though, is this … Continue reading →

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NINE BELOW ZERO – Third Degree

June 8, 2014

A&M 1982 / Universal 2014 Going for the sheen, London’s rhythm-and-blues grafters come close to the edge. 1982 wasn’t the best year for purists like NBZ who found themselves between the rock and a plastic place of the new decade. … Continue reading →

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