This Nightwatch features much that is new, and hits a lot of rawk, even a bit of garage. We do, however find ouselves ensconsed in some prime local jazz for a finisher!
Starting out this edition of the Nightwatch with a selection from the new LP by Vancouver's neo-psych mainstays, Black Mountain! |
Mothers Of The Sun Black Mountain - IV |
Line Them All Up Black Mountain - IV |
(Over And Over) The Chain Black Mountain - IV |
Crucify Me Black Mountain - IV |
Space To Bakersfield Black Mountain - IV |
After that, some new head-trip music by some veterans - we mop up the remnants after the Nightwatch's feature on the new Hawkwind LP, The Machine Stops last month. |
The Machine Hawkwind - The Machine Stops |
Synchronized Blue Hawkwind - The Machine Stops |
Another new offering, this time something less 'head', and local (but with veteran players -ain't telling you who, because it may affect your expectations - it steps out of the wheelhouse for some of them..) called Expandafuzz, and an album called 'Bluets'. |
Flavour: Zombie Expanadafuzz - https://expandafuzz.bandcamp.com/album/bleuets Bluets |
Psychopaths In Lukewarm Baths Expanadafuzz - https://expandafuzz.bandcamp.com/album/bleuets Psychopaths In Lukewarm Baths |
Well Again Captain Crunch and Let's Do Lunch - More Baroque Post-Industrial Hillbilly Lounge Music |
Stone Crime and the City Solution - Bride Ship |
The Changing Man Ray Lamontaigne - Ourobouros |
While it Still Beats Ray Lamontaigne - Ourobouros |
Time to step away from the present to change perspective a bit... and start working our way to the jazz-side of things |
Toronto's Tontos Max Webster - Max Webster |
Driving to Amsterdam Khan - Space Shanty |
Unspoken Dreams of Light Eugene McDaniels - Outlaw |
Surprisingly, I have never heard of Manfred Mann's Chapter Three - from Do Wah Diddy to Quinn the Eskimo and beyond, I didn't expect (or even look for) something challenging from his catalogue... but, strangely enough, there is a short-lived aggregation that presented some pretty heavy stuff. We will do a feature in a future Nightwatch! |
Time Manfed Mann Chapter Three - Volume I |
Konekuf Manfed Mann Chapter Three - Volume I |
Lady Ace Manfed Mann Chapter Three - Volume II |
Now hitting the jazz-side in a more serious way. |
Peterson's Corner Brian Ellis - Escondido Sessions |
Dabronxxar Steve Reid - Daxaar |
And finally we finish up with another new release... a full-length.. and local! Sharing members with the much-beloved Souljazz Orchestra, this is a world-class jazz LP, IMHO. |
Pillars of Hercules Atlantis Jazz Ensemble - Oceanic Suite |
Yemaya Atlantis Jazz Ensemble - Oceanic Suite |
Undercurrents Atlantis Jazz Ensemble - Oceanic Suite |
Leviathan Atlantis Jazz Ensemble - Oceanic Suite |
Ebb and Flow Atlantis Jazz Ensemble - Oceanic Suite |
Blue Nile Atlantis Jazz Ensemble - Oceanic Suite |
Agean Mist Atlantis Jazz Ensemble - Oceanic Suite |