This week
on Just Released with Bill Riner & Brandon Stewart:
“The four kings of EMI are sitting stately on the floor,
There are birds out on the
sidewalk and a valet at the door…”
“Randy Scouse Git” – The Monkees (1967)
When
Monkees’ vocalist and drummer Micky Dolenz composed “Randy Scouse Git” for his
band’s album, ‘Headquarters’ back in 1967, he was not aware the title might be
slightly offensive to folk from Liverpool. Doubtful too, he ever thought he
might re-record that song in a radically deconstructed form, some 45 years into
the future. On his latest solo album, ‘Remember’, Micky revisits a few old
Monkees tunes in similar fashion. (The four kings of EMI in the above lyric
were, incidentally, The Beatles: the group in whose image The Monkees had been ‘constructed’
in the first place.)
In this
edition of JR it’s not just Micky Dolenz who’s been stirring up dust on the
Comeback Trail. Deep Purple are set to
return at the end of April with their umpteenth album, ‘NOW What?!’ The title may
be a valid question, in light of last year’s passing of founding member and
keyboardist, Jon Lord. Another English band known for its stark resilience is
Depeche Mode, back with a new album and a new label.
Our diligent
monitoring of the world online also turned up a few surprises this week by way
of an indie singer/songwriter from Los Angeles known simply as Banks (yeah, try
Googling that with any confidence). The darkness of her single, “Before I Ever
Knew You” was also evident in a new song from Perth’s Georgi Kay. Compelling
and unsettling at the same time, Georgi’s song, “Ipswich” is not the kind of tune
you’d normally expect from a singer who is barely in her 20s.
On the
cheerier side, we preview the forthcoming Iron & Wine album (‘Ghost On
Ghost’) on which singer/songwriter, Sam Beam (playing with a full band), sounds
positively upbeat for a change. And then there’s the very 21st century
group known as The Grooveatech Orchestra. Members of this collective are spread
all around the globe but still manage to work together (and keep the groove
alive) with the help of a little modern technology.
We also go
back to our Roots in this edition with some urbane Country from Texan
singer/songwriter Kacey Musgraves, some authentic Bluegrass from Edie Brickell
& Steve Martin and find clear evidence (as if it were needed) that Joe
Bonamassa is every bit as gifted as an acoustic guitarist as he is whenever he
plugs in.
Depeche Mode: “Soothe My
Soul” (from the album, ‘Delta Machine’)
Iron &
Wine: “Grace For Saints And Ramblers” (preview from the album, ‘Ghost On
Ghost’)
Billy Bragg: “No One
Knows Nothing Anymore” (from the album, ‘Tooth & Nail’)
Banks: “Before I
Ever Knew You” (independent single)
Georgi Kay: “Ipswich” (new
single)
Grooveatech
Orchestra: “One More Time” (digital single)
Kacey
Musgraves: “Merry Go ‘Round” (from the album, ‘Same Trailer, Different Park’)
Edie
Brickell & Steve Martin: “Love Has
Come For You” (preview from the album, ‘Love Has Come For You’)
Micky Dolenz: “Randy
Scouse Git (Alternate Title)” (from the album, ‘Remember’)
Joe
Bonamassa: “Athens To Athens” (from the album, ‘An Acoustic Evening At The Vienna
Opera House’)
Deep Purple: “Hell To
Pay” (preview from the album, ‘NOW What?!’)
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