“Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I’m
64…”
“When I’m 64” [The Beatles 1967]
When Macca recorded that song with The Beatles
in December 1966 he was just 24 years old. It was released on the ‘Sgt.
Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ LP 6 months later and he still hadn’t turned
25. Such is the nature of McCartney’s genius. With varying degrees of success,
he tiptoes the fine line between Tin Pan Alley tradition and pure Pop. It’s an
artistic gamble which, more often than not, has paid off. When it fails to,
even someone of Macca’s obvious skills is prone to fall into nursery rhyme
banality. Still, nobody does ‘simple’ quite so effortlessly as Paul McCartney
and, as you’ll hear in this edition, his trend toward deeper personal
introspection set with ‘Flaming Pie’ (1997) and ‘Chaos And Creation In The
Backyard’ (2005) also continues on his latest solo album, ‘New’.
Also with a powerful track record and a great
deal left to say in 2013 are Seattle’s Godfathers of Grunge, Pearl Jam. The
band has just released its 10th album (‘Lightning Bolt’) and 22
years on from their celebrated debut (‘Ten’) they sound just as vital and
committed as ever.
Other welcome returns in this edition come from
English Trip-Hop pioneers, Morcheeba with their second album since original
lead singer, Skye Edwards rejoined the band three years ago – and, a noticeably
revitalized Alex Lloyd, whose new album ‘Urban Wilderness’ was produced with
the help of good friend, Shane Nicholson.
Meanwhile, a couple more Aussie acts with new
songs in this edition are Sydney band The Jezabels (whose 2nd album
is due early next year) and Machine Translations (aka J Walker), ahead of a
short east coast tour coming in November.
Last time of JR, we scratched the surface of
Jonathan Wilson’s new album ‘Fanfare’. Rich in sonic textures and adventurous
in scope, we return to Wilson’s just released album in this edition to reveal
even more.
Pearl Jam: “Lightning Bolt” (from the
album, ‘Lightning Bolt’)
Morcheeba: “Face Of Danger” (from
the album, ‘Head Up High’)
Alex Lloyd: “Good
Thing"/”Honestly” (from the album, ‘Urban Wilderness’)
Jonathan Wilson: “Dear Friend” (from the
album, ‘Fanfare’)
Paul McCartney: “Queenie Eye”/”Early
Days” (from the album, ‘New’)
The Jezabels: “The End” (new single)
Machine Translations: “Perfect Crime” (from the
album, ‘The Bright Door’)
Jonathan Wilson: “Cecil Taylor” (from the
album, ‘Fanfare’)
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