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John Corigliano - Music Review Cult Pick

Posted on07. Dec, 2009 by Administrator.

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Oftentimes we don’t say enough about the magic of modern-day classical in these columns, so let’s do that. You might already be familiar with Corigliano’s work in films like Ken Russell’s cult classic, Altered States, and the indie favorite, The Red Violin. These are only peeks into Corigliano’s impressive creations; he’s written many a symphony [...]

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The Legendary Marvin Pontiac - Cult Pick

Posted on14. Apr, 2009 by Administrator.

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The Legendary Marvin Pontiac, Greatest Hits In 1999 oddball actor and musician John Lurie discovered the work of bluesman Marvin Pontiac and released The Legendary Marvin Pontiac: Greatest Hits through his Strange & Beautiful label. The album was a posthumous collection of Pontiac’s work and aside from the quirky songwriting and song titles like “I’m a [...]

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Daryl Hall, Sacred Songs - Cult Pick

Posted on08. Feb, 2009 by Administrator.

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Daryl Hall Sacred Songs 1980 After the creatively stifling and uptight 1977 recording process of Hall and Oates’ Beauty on a Black Street, soul-pop crooner Daryl Hall needed to cut loose a bit and dig back into the loose roots that gave birth to such hits as “Rich Girl” and “Sara Smile”. At the time, Oates [...]

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Cult Pick - Perez Prado

Posted on01. Aug, 2008 by Administrator.

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Perez Prado The Best of Perez Prado: The Original Mambo #5 1954 I hadn’t heard of Perez until recently, though I was familiar with his music, which has been sampled by the Avalanches and Lou Bega (Mambo #5 obviously), and used as the soundtrack for Jonathan Glazer’s Guinness commercials and Fellini’s La Dolce Vita. It [...]

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Cult Pick - Mudhoney, Superfuzz Bigmuff

Posted on06. Jun, 2008 by Administrator.

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Mudhoney Superfuzz Bigmuff 1989 Recently re-released as a deluxe edition complete with a second disc of raw live performance, this grunge classic was the godfather of things to come. Before Nirvana, there was Mudhoney, and though they never really gave a shit, sandblasting their audiences with differing levels of cacophony, this prize captures the revels [...]

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The Sound Dimension, Mojo Rocksteady Beat - Cult Pick

Posted on01. May, 2008 by Administrator.

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The Sound Dimension, Mojo Rocksteady Beat 2007 (Re-Release Collection) If you’re not yet familiar with the British label, Soul Jazz, I suggest you buy a bong and a record player and make it happen. Nobody digs up funk soul reggae grooves like these chaps; they search deep in the lands of South America and elsewhere for [...]

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Cult Pick - The Modern Lovers , The Modern Lovers

Posted on01. Apr, 2008 by Administrator.

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One of the great injustices of music journalism is the fact that the Modern Lovers rarely get mentioned in discussions of the 70’s U.S. punk scene. Sure, they were from Boston and not New York, but they were as fun as the Ramones, as quirky as the Talking Heads, and they packed enough punk [...]

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