Album Of The Week – F*** Buttons – Slow Focus : From time to time an album comes along and completely catches you off guard and is absolutely brilliant (and also gives you tingles, but we’ll not go into that here!). The best way I can sum up is this record is that it sounds like the soundtrack to the greatest science fiction movie never made.
It hasn’t been off the 33RPM stereo for the past week and I can’t see it being removed for the forseeable future. I know I often say that that albums are recommended but this is absolutely essential. Buy it! Now! Go on, you, yes you..get to your nearest musical emporium and buy!
33RPM At The Movies – Lalo Schifrin – Dirty Harry : I’ve loved this film since I was a young teenager, along with the soundtrack, especially the opening title theme. The music I feel has a real groove to it. And I’ve always felt that it matches Eastwood’s performance perfectly, as Harry Callahan always seemed to have a groove to the way he walked, talked and acted, especially in the first Dirty Harry movie. When I was thirteen years old Dirty Harry was one of the coolest characters I’ve ever seen. And a little part of me still feels that way now.
The Name Remains The Same – Headache : This week Metz, Frank Black and Angie & The Citations all had a headache. Bless.
PS : Big thanks to Gary for covering my show last week while I was sunning it up in Suffolk at Latitude Festival. Had a thoroughly excellent time, saw and talked to some amazing bands, and if I’m honest I’m still suffering a bit of a comedown a week later.
One particular new band I caught at the festival was Maglia Rosa Group (I also had a chance to chat with vocalist Daisy which you can check out in our Latitude roundup on this very website). It’s great to see a band who were so thrilled to be at the festival and looked as if they were enjoying every minute of their set. They have a debut EP which you can obtain from the following webpage : https://magliarosagroup.bandcamp.com/
The EP is pay what you want but it’s definitely worth a few of your hard-earned pennies.
See you next week.
01 – Sonic Youth – Rain King (Daydream Nation – 1988)
02 – The Stranglers – Walk On By (Single – 1978)
03 – John Grant – Blackbelt (Pale Green Ghosts – 2013)
04 – F*** Buttons – Hidden XS (Slow Focus – 2013)
05 – Metz – Headache (S/T – 2012)
06 – Maglia Rosa Group – Blood Orange (Nighthawks EP – 2013)
07 – Hot Chip – Night And Day (In Our Heads – 2012)
08 – Battles – Futura (Gloss Drop – 2011)
09 – Lalo Schifrin – Prologue – The Swimming Pool (Dirty Harry Soundtrack – 1971)
10 – Lalo Schifrin – Main Title (Dirty Harry Soundtrack – 1971)
11 – Frank Black – Headache (Teenager Of The Year – 1994)
12 – Whom By Fire – Emperor’s Clothes (Single – 2013)
13 – Iron And Wine – Boy With A Coin (The Shepherd’s Dog – 2007)
14 – Sebadoh – I Will (Defend Yourself – 2013)
15 – Angie & The Citations – Headache (Single – 1963)
16 – F*** Buttons – Stalker (Slow Focus – 2013)
You can listen to this weeks show again on Mixcloud at https://www.mixcloud.com/33rpmphoenix/
