De Wolfe Recordings (2008) Personal preference for 1960s Mancini aside, it’s hard to go wrong with 70s soundtracks. Ennio Morricone, while always great, put out some brilliant stuff in that decade. And then you have Nino Rota’s Godfather soundtracks, Shire’s Taking of Pelham One Two Three. Oh, and Lalo Schifrin, of course. His Dirty HarryContinue reading “Shaw Bros. (Various Artists) – Kung Fu Super Sounds”
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Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan – Keep Me in Mind Sweetheart
V2 (2008) Lanegan has settled into a career of collaboration, which may be what he needs after a life of strife and tribulation. Along with his musical marriage to Campbell, he collaborates with fellow Sub Pop survivor Greg Dulli in Gutter Twins. This, of course, was after his work with QOTSA shoved him, squinting, intoContinue reading “Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan – Keep Me in Mind Sweetheart”
Susanna K. Wallumrød – Flower of Evil
(2009, Rune Grammafon) Susanna has dropped her ‘magical orchestra’ for another solo jaunt. Flower of Evil is mostly cover versions: originally sad songs mix with ostensibly surprising choices for this Norwegian doyenne of the melancholy. The record opens with Thin Lizzy’s ‘Jailbreak’. It is a song that could easily have been reduced to ‘look, aContinue reading “Susanna K. Wallumrød – Flower of Evil”
Jackie-O Motherfucker – The Blood of Life
(2008, Fire Records) In a move not dissimilar to RTX, JOMF have released a quasi-live album. The Blood of Life was recorded in one go, one night (November 29 2007) in Holland. Their last record, Valley of Fire, was a delightfully mellow slice of music that fit the cosy winter indoors to a greater degreeContinue reading “Jackie-O Motherfucker – The Blood of Life”
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