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THOM YORKE – Anima

May 31, 2022 /

This is the third of Tom’s solo albums, and was released in 2019. This is not something that would usually have me dipping into my wallet for, but I watched the short film that was released to accompany the album on Netflix and I dived in.

It’s nearly totally all an electronic album, and from what I can make out lyrically, it deals with his anxieties. Sonically it’s an outstanding album and sounds superb, Anyone with an half decent system will get a great kick out of this album. The stand out track for me is Not The News, which was also released as an accompanying 12” single with various remixes.

If you like electronic music (and I don’t mean BPM) and dark lyrics, you should love this.

8/10 from The Grooveman.

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE – Renegades

May 30, 2022 /

This is the band’s 4th album released back in 2000. Other than Nirvana, I’m not sure of any other band that had such an explosive impact, especially after their release of Killing In The Name Of and their first album.

The album consists entirely of cover songs done in RATM’s own unique style. It’s the rap and hip hop covers that are the best for me. Microphone Fiend is seriously funky with a real heavy groove, and Pistol Grip Pump follows right along with the same epic vibe. It’s a toss up for my favourite track, it’s between Microphone Fiend and Renegades of Funk by Afrika Bambaataa.

This album actually came out after the band split, as three of them went on to form Audioslave. Not their best album, but it still grooves hard.

8.5/10 from The Grooveman.

THE PINEAPPLE THIEF – Versions Of The Truth

May 30, 2022 /

The Pineapple Thief are Porcupine Tree lite according to some Prog fans. I sort of get that analogy, especially now that Gavin Harrison is a member, and on this album he is the main co-writer along with main man Bruce Soord.

This is the band’s thirteenth album release, and along with Big Big Train, they are seen as trailblazers for modern Prog. The title and opening track, and general theme of the album, deals with the fact that in today’s social media driven world, it is increasingly difficult to define what is fact and what is a lie. It’s a superb piece of modern Prog that ebbs and flows all with an infectious groove. Demons is a fantastic track with a very hypnotic groove and an absolute earworm of a hook and chorus. Leave Me Be is another very commercial sounding piece, again, with that hypnotic groove, beat, and killer hook. My favourite track is Our Mire, which is the longest piece on the album. It goes from really low/quiet beautiful sounds to experimental guitar tones and textures, and Gavin’s sharp snappy grooves and beats.

A really enjoyable album, and is up there with Maganolia as one of their best.

9/10 from The Grooveman.

DANGER DANGER – s/t

May 28, 2022 /

Another band that had their brief time in the spotlight at the end of the ’80s/ early ’90s, until grunge swept them away. This is the band’s first album released in ’89 and was my first introduction to Andy Timmons. He was a killer guitar player who released a stack of solo albums after he left Danger Danger.

Regarded as a classic in aor/melodic rock circles, this album is high on melody with big hooks and sing-a-long hands-in-the-air type anthems. Naughty Naughty was the big song from this record and did well in the singles charts, but there are other tracks that are just as good like Saturday Nite, Bang Bang, and Rock America – all of which are perfect party songs. My favorite (as well as Naughty Naughty) is the fast shuffle of the album closer, Live It Up, where Andy obliges with some tasty licks. Still a fun album to listen to and is a great feel good record.

9/10 from The Grooveman.

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