Comments on Eclectic Grooves: Best Records of 2006

Just stumbled upon your Best Records of 2006 list,...

2007-02-24T19:25:00.000-08:00

Just stumbled upon your Best Records of 2006 list, and while I would be delighted to see Comets On Fire, Yo La Tengo, Bardo Pond, Neko Case, Old Time Relijun and Built To Spill crash and die in a fiery plane wreck, I'm really excited that you turned me on to both Salah Ragab and Fred Lane. I'd never heard of either before and I'm going to spend some money I don't have purchasing both of them. Thanks for letting me know about them.

Hi Theo. Thanks for your interest and for posting...

2007-02-24T15:36:00.000-08:00

Hi Theo. Thanks for your interest and for posting a comment. I have a Sun City Girls dedication comign up in the next couple days as well as a US Maple live show recorded in Portland, OR that sounds pretty good. As far as Sublime Frequencies stuff goes, I can post a couple more tracks from Harmika Yab Yum and I have one called Radio Algeria which is a mix of radio stations broadcasted in Algeria with some pretty cool Moroccan music. Make sure to check back soon for that. Also, you can sign up for the blog via the feedburner link and then it lets you know when I've updated the link.

Later, Kevin

Awesome post, thank you!Is it possible for more su...

2007-02-24T15:26:00.000-08:00

Awesome post, thank you!
Is it possible for more sublime frequencies stuff? Im hungry for more after that!

Fred Lane is affiliated with the excruciating mode...

2007-01-05T11:17:00.000-08:00

Fred Lane is affiliated with the excruciating modern Improvisers, LaDonna Smith and Davey Williams. Williams plays guitar on the release as Cyd Cherisse or something. They are an improbable bunch from a scene in Birmingham AL and Lane put other stuff under the title "Radalaunas Pataphysical Review".

You may be able to find more of their stiff at Wayside Music.

That Yo La Tengo sounds good! I hadn't checked it ...

2007-01-05T01:54:00.000-08:00

That Yo La Tengo sounds good! I hadn't checked it out till now, but I guess I'll have to pick up the whole album soon. "Egypt Strut" sounds great, too.

Thanks, by the way, for the link!

Kellen

I'll agree with Neko Case and Beirut. The others I...

2007-01-03T22:55:00.000-08:00

I'll agree with Neko Case and Beirut. The others I'm not familiar enough to comment. My favorite of 2006:
"The Drift"-Scott Walker

Atanase, Many thanks for the kind words. If you...

2007-01-03T16:59:00.000-08:00

Atanase,

Many thanks for the kind words. If you have any requests for stuff, please let me know. Comets on Fire and Bardo Pond are two of my favorite psychedelic stoner rock groups, so I have lots of other stuff from them. I could have probably listed about 50 other things that weren't released this year, but this list was the most concise list I could muster. Your site has turned me on to lots of Free Jazz that I never heard before. Thanks for the music and for leaving a comment.

I am also a contributor to the blog called Ear Fuzz and I did a post on James Chance and the Contortions right before the New Year.

Check it out and let me know what you think.

Take care, Kevin

http://www.earfuzz.com

kevin, many thanks for this review. very very use...

2007-01-03T13:36:00.000-08:00

kevin, many thanks for this review. very very useful. i do know some of the artists, but a few i don't and it is avery good introduction for me... i was just talking to some of my collector friend and was saying that comets are a good band. also good to see arrington here. anyway, thank you for your effort.