Monthly Archives: October 2023

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October 31, 2023

A Carl’s living room LP tracks show that brings a middle ground rock sound (not too fast, not too slow) into the fringes, with the likes of… well, pretty much every artist fits the bill, none to be missed, all to dig deeper on your own. Hope you enjoy, and Happy Halloween!

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
The Laughing Dogs	Don’t Bring Me Down	Meet Their Makers	Columbia
Bob Mould	Lost Faith	Sunshine Rock	Merge Records
Debbie Harry	Lucky Jim	We Are Only Riders (The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project)	Glitterhouse Records
Jowe Head	Felt And Fat	Cabinet Of Curios	Munster Records
The Sound	The Fire	Larger Than Life	Dear Boss.
John Sims	Blackberry Motorist	Palomino	Fortuna Pop!
Sylvia Juncosa	Open Ocean	Nature	SST Records
Litfiba	Luna	Guerra	Contempo Records
Paternoster	The Pope Is Wrong (Kabuki’s Kraut Odyssey Remix)	Remixes And Versions	HHV.DE
The Legendary Pink Dots	Lisa’s Separation / The Golden Age	The Golden Age	Metropolis
Mark Lanegan Band	Penthouse High	Somebody’s Knocking	Heavenly
Annabel Lamb	Heartland	Once Bitten	A&M Records
The Lines	Nicky Boy’s Groove	Hull Down	Acute Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Cosmetique	Jackson	Jackson	PPQ Records
Fleetwood Mac	Rambling Pony	The Pious Bird Of Good Omen	Blue Horizon
The 23rd Turnoff	Flowers Are Flowering	Michael Angelo: The Complete 1967 Recordings	Think Like A Key Music
Alejandro Escovedo Con Don Antonio	MC Overload	La Cruzada	Yep Roc Records
Doctors Of Madness	So Many Ways To Hurt You	Dark Times	Cherry Bomb Records
Joe Ghatt	While the Coffee Brews	Banana Sludge	Six Tonnes De Chair Records
Glorious Din	Red Dirt	Closely Watched Trains	OnderStroom Records
Robyn Hitchcock	Raining Twilight Coast	Tromsø, Kaptein	Tiny Ghost Records
Danny Graham	Ev’rything Will Grow From Here	Danny Graham	Xerox Music
Green On Red	Fading Away	Gas Food Lodging	Enigma
Bleeding Hearts	Riches to Rags	Riches to Rags	Bar/None Records
Joseph Airport	Xeno Pariah	Cool English Jumpsuit	Silly Moo Records
Golden Smog	Friend	Down By The Old Mainstream	Run Out Groove
The Goon Sax	In The Stone	Mirror II	Matador
KRGA	So Far Down	Moi St.	Hoser Records

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October 24, 2023

Rock LP tracks show – a ‘Carl’s living room’ listening session that buzzes with lots of special faves by artists that don’t get much attention [The Bluebells, The Fans, The German Measles, The Invertebrates, Iron Prostate, Bone Of Contention, Ivy Green, The Jacks, The Jeanies, Jilted John, Joneses, The June Brides, Just Water, KRGA, The Last, Last Men, The Last Words, Laurels The Limiñanas, Liverpool Echo, The Lotus Eaters Comateen, Moviola, Blueboy, Jazzateers, Hairband], plus some that do get attention in certain circles [The Jazz Butcher, The Lemon Twigs, Lilys, Love Tractor, Nick Lowe, Richard Lloyd, Pavement]. All are chosen with love for you to enjoy.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
The Fans	You Don’t Live Here Anymore	You Don’t Live Here Anymore	Radiation Records
The German Measles	Wild Weekend	Wild E.P.	Captured Tracks
The Invertebrates	He’s Back	Let’s Have Fun!	Spineless
Iron Prostate	I Am The King	Loud, Fast, And Aging Rapidly	Skreamin’ Skull Records
Bone Of Contention	She’s Living	48 Points Of View	Igor Records
Ivy Green	Why Not Tonight	Ivy Green	Pogo Records Ltd
The Jacks	(You’re) So Wrong	Make ‘Em Cry	Reminder Records
The Jazz Butcher	Southern Mark Smith (Original)	Real Men	Glass Records
The Jeanies	I Think You’re The Wrong One	The Jeanies	Discos Regresivos
Jilted John	I Was A Pre-Pubescent	True Love Stories	Boss Tuneage
Joneses	Miss 714	Jonesin’ Discography Vol. 2	Projectile Platters
The June Brides	Sunday To Saturday	There Are Eight Million Stories…	The Pink Label
Just Water	Wayward Boys	The Riff	Branded Records, Inc.
KRGA	Countryside	Moi St.	Hoser Records
The Last	Subway Song	Look Again	Backlash
Last Men	The Word	Jimmy Igo	Ze Records
The Lemon Twigs	Night Song	Brothers Of Destruction	4AD

Artist	Song	Release	Label
The Last Words	Every Schoolboys Dream	Animal World	Papagájův Hlasatel Records
Laurels	Tattooed Lady	Neck	Heparin
Lilys	Ginger	A Brief History Of Amazing Letdowns	Frontier Records
The Limiñanas	Prisunic	Malamore	HoZac Records
Liverpool Echo	EL Beach	Liverpool Echo	Sing Sing Records
Richard Lloyd	King of Fools	Lodestones	ORG Music
The Lotus Eaters	Endless	Out On Your Own	Sylvan Records
Love Tractor	Outside With Ma	This Ain’t No Outerspace Ship	Big Time
Nick Lowe	Cupid Must Be Angry	The Convincer	Yep Roc Records
Comateens	Dream	Tricatel Machine	Tricatel
Pavement	Box Elder	Westing (by Musket And Sextant)	Matador
Moviola	Wisdom Teeth	The Year You Were Born	Anyway Records
Blueboy	Try Happiness	Singles 1991-1998	A Colourful Storm
Jazzateers	Religious Me	Blood Is Sweeter Than Honey	Creeping Bent
Hairband	Sassy Moon	Hairband	Monorail Music
The Bluebells	Red Guitars	Sisters	Past Night From Glasgow

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October 17, 2023

The first ever jazz show on Gulls Window Circus – I have planned a jazz show for some time, but never programmed one. There will be more – not a series – but more spread through time. This premier features many of the biggest names [Art Blakey, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Freddie Hubbard], plus artists you may not have heard [Stanley Turrentine, Shirley Scott, The Southern University Jazz Ensemble, The Tony Williams Lifetime, Wendell Harrison & Phil Ranelin] and offers a current Polish jazz artist [Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet] as well. Hey, ho, let’s go!

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	Politely	The Big Beat	Blue Note
John Coltrane	Chasin’ The Trane	Afro Blue Impressions	Pablo Records
Charles Mingus	MDM	Mingus	Candid
Bill Evans	Someday My Prince Will Come	Treasures (Solo, Trio & Orchestra Recordings From Denmark (1965-1969))	Elemental Music
Stanley Turrentine Featuring Shirley Scott	Buster Brown	Common Touch	Blue Note
Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet	The Power Of The People	Spirit To All	WMQ Records
The Southern University Jazz Ensemble	Clean Air	Goes To Africa With Love	Now-Again Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Miles Davis	Aïda	The Man With The Horn	Get On Down
The Tony Williams Lifetime	Via The Spectrum Road	Emergency!	Be With Records
Shirley Scott	Never Can Say Goodbye	Queen Talk: Live At The Left Bank	Reel To Real
Chet Baker	Blue Gilles	Blue Room (The 1979 VARA Studio Sessions In Holland)	Jazz Detective
Freddie Hubbard	Breaking Point	Breaking Point	Blue Note
Wendell Harrison & Phil Ranelin	Beneficent	A Message From The Tribe	Now-Again Records

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October 10, 2023

Non-rock LP tracks that involve some rock-ish electronic stuff [Fever Ray, John Cale, Everything But The Girl, Alan Vega], chilled ambient texture [Ferdi Schuster, Dream Dolphin], Leftfield balearic fusion [Jpye, Régis Tareau, Régis Tareau, YMA], Funk/soul/beat modern interpretation [MoreEats, Orbs of Light, Lewis Taylor, The Soul Searchers], and interesting international [Bokaye’, CW] – I’m describing the sounds, not the artists, and I’m saving an artist description for last: the new CD (yes, they made me break my vinyl-only tradition to play them), the mighty Boston band Violet Nox. All rank ‘Wow!’.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Fever Ray	Mustn’t Hurry (Aasthma Remix)	Plunge Remix	Rabid Records
Alan Vega	Nothing Left	After Dark	In The Red Recordings
Everything But The Girl	Nothing Left To Lose	Fuse	Buzzin’ Fly Records
John Cale	Night Crawling	Mercy	Double Six
Modfunk	Possibility For Significant Other	A Journey Through Sound (Selected Recordings 1999-2009)	The Very Polish Cut-Outs
The Emperor Machine & Severine Mouletin	Your Own Style (Dub Vocal)	Your Own Style	Leng
LaLuna	Come To Me (Ven Aqui) (Vocal Ethno Techno Mix)	Milagros Del Ritmo II – Obscure And Rhythmic Tunes from 1988-1993	Harmonie Exotic
Ferdi Schuster	A Step Further	Playing Life	Claremont 56
Dream Dolphin	Iruka Tachi To Asonda Kioku / Under Water	Gaia: Selected Ambient & Downtempo Works (1996-2003)	Music From Memory
Jpye	Take Off	Bleu Your Mind	Claremont 56

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Violet Nox	Ascent	Vortex & Voices	Somewherecold Records
Régis Tareau	Music Magic	Skyrager – Traces Of Illusion	Spacetalk Records
YMA	Tempted	Skyrager – Traces Of Illusion	Spacetalk Records
MoreEats	Forever Fun (Kejeblos Remix)	Uncommon Species II	Phantom Island
Orbs of Light	Billion Days (40 Thieves Version)	Billion Days	Leng
Lewis Taylor	Lewis II	Lewis II	Be With Records
The Soul Searchers	Ashley’s Roachclip (Dimitri From Paris Re-Edit)	Ashley’s Roachclip (A Dimitri From Paris Special Version)	DFP Vaults
Bokaye’	Ethno Groove (Double Beat Explosion Mix)	Ethno Groove	Emotional Rescue
CW	Six Times Seven	DB12 015	Duca Bianco
Todd Russell & The Dangerous Coats	1900 Ocean Ave	Playa Larga	Be With Records

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October 3, 2023

Rock LP album tracks with some from the 60s [The Attack, Os Mutantes, The Monkees, The Yellow Balloon], 70s [Unicorn, Tucker Zimmerman, Terra, The Mamas & The Papas, Neil Young], 80s [Prefab Sprout, David Westlake, Nico, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds], 90s [Ivy, Combustible Edison, Silver Jews], 00s [The Bevis Frond, Karate], and 20s [The Church, The Cowsills]. Huge span, but when arranged into Gulls Window Circus 2-song set pairings, each sits pretty at the table.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Unicorn	Ferry Boat	Too Many Crooks	Think Like A Key Music
The Bevis Frond	Through The Hedge	Hit Squad	Fire Records
Lewis Taylor	See My Way	The Lost Album	Be With Records
Tucker Zimmerman	Oregon (A Song For Derroll Adams)	Over Here In Europe	Big Potato Records
Silver Jews	The Moon Is The Number 18	Starlite Walker	Drag City
Silver Jews	Advice To The Graduate	Starlite Walker	Drag City
Prefab Sprout	Bonny	Steve McQueen Acoustic	Kitchenware Records
Terra	Is This What You Like	Child Of Nature	Forager Records
The Church	I Think I Knew	The Hypnogogue	Communicating Vessels
David Westlake	She Grew And She Grew	D87	Optic Nerve Recordings
Robert Forster	It’s Only Poison	The Candle And The Flame	Tapete Records
Robert Forster	The Roads	The Candle and the Flame	Tapete Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
The Cowsills	Ya Gotta Get Up!	Rhythm Of The World	Omnivore Recordings
The Mamas & The Papas	Words Of Love	The Mamas & The Papas	Sundazed
Ivy	The Best Thing	Apartment Life Demos	Bar/None Records
Os Mutantes	Ando Meio Desligado	Everything Is Possible! – The Best Of Os Mutantes	Luaka Bop
Karate	Small Fires	Unsolved	Numero Group
Nico	Heroes	Live At The Library Theatre ’83	Culture Factory
Neil Young	Will To Love	Chrome Dreams	Reprise Records
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds	Mercy	Tender Prey	Mute
The Attack	Strange House	Strange House	Guerssen
Combustible Edison	Is That All There Is?	Forbidden Isle Of Demos	Modern Harmonic
The Monkees	The Day We Fall In Love	More Of The Monkees	Run Out Groove
The Yellow Balloon	Panama Red	The Yellow Balloon	Sundazed Music