Label: Important RecordsReleased: August 3, 2004 Listening to Barbez is like sitting in a smokey French cafe in the middle of…the Twilight Zone. They play a strange mix of styles that draws primarily on indie rock and cabaret with subtle hints of non-Western styles (a little Asian influence hear and a touch of Middle Eastern there). They’ve mastered the great… Read more »
In the hopes of reinvigorationg my blogging efforts, I’m going to try something new. I’m going to do a review of a band’s entire (studio) discography. I recently spent a few days listening to the Talking Heads albums from first to last, so I’m going to start with them. Perhaps no other band from that mid-70s NYC/CBGB scene had a… Read more »
Most of my generation probably best remembers this song as Club Nouveau’s 1986 synth-laden hit, but it was original recorded 15 years earlier by it’s writer, Bill Withers, who also sent it to #1. I’ll admit that the sentiment has a lot to do with why I like it, but before you jump on me for it, check this out… Read more »