“My brother’s back at home with his Beatles and his Stones,
We never got it off on that revolution stuff …”
“All The Young Dudes” [Mott The Hoople - 1972]
Box sets are a convenient (albeit expensive) way of collecting the recorded history of a particular performer or group. Among the more impressive box sets to be issued in 2013 were those of Sly And The Family Stone, John Martyn, The Clash and Bob Dylan. Others like, ‘The Band: Live At The Academy Of Music 1971’, serve to document a specific occasion or event. Not many venture to comprehensively curate a particular style of music but that’s what makes ‘Oh Yes We Can Love: A History Of Glam Rock’ sound so impressive. Glam (or Glitter) Rock was most prominent between 1971 (when T. Rex appeared on Top Of The Pops) and 1976 (when Punk arrived) but spread across 5 discs, ‘Oh Yes We Can Love’ traces Glam Rock’s history from the influence of Noel Coward in the 1930s - through its ‘70s salad days - and beyond, through bands like Suede, The Darkness and Goldfrapp. In this edition of JR we check out the collection and find the link between ‘70s flared jeans and platform boots and the tribal rhythms of East Africa’s legendary Burundi drummers.
The 3rd Annual JR Christmas Special is coming your way soon and this week, we’re setting the mood with a couple of new seasonal collections from England’s Nick Lowe and Australia’s Buddy Goode. Both are in good humour (if not completely irreverent) and intent on spreading the Christmas cheer.
At last year’s ARIA presentations, Buddy Goode claimed the award for Best Comedy Album. This year’s ARIA’s were presented last weekend and from one of the night’s multiple award winners, Flume, we now have a just released EP (‘Lockjaw’). Another of this year’s winners was Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, for Best Adult Contemporary Album + Best Independent Release. Following up their acclaimed album, ‘Push The Sky Away’ is the band’s just released, ‘Live From KCRW’.
Another just released Live album featured in this edition is ‘His Life And Music’ from Indigenous superstar Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, recorded at the Sydney Opera House in May this year with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
And offering yet another texture to JR this week, we have some fresh Electronic Pop with new singles from Australian duo Empire Of The Sun, New York duo, Duck Sauce and the dual personality of New York based Englishman, Devonté Hynes aka Blood Orange (aka Lightspeed Champion).
Empire Of The Sun: “Celebrate” (new single)
Blood Orange: “You’re Not Good Enough” (from the album, ‘Cupid Deluxe)
Duck Sauce: “Radio Stereo” (new single)
Gurrumul and The Sydney Symphony Orchestra: “Bapa” (from the album, ‘His Life And Music’)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: “The Mercy Seat” (from the album, ‘Live From KCRW’)
Nick Lowe: “Christmas At The Airport” (from the album, ‘Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family’)
Buddy Goode: “A Marvelous Time Of The Year” (from the album, ‘It’s A Buddy Goode Christmas’)
Burundi Steiphenson Black: “Burundi Black” (from the box set, ‘Oh Yes We Can Love: A History Of Glam Rock’)
Mott The Hoople: “All The Young Dudes” (from the box set, ‘Oh Yes We Can Love: A History Of Glam Rock’)
Flume & Chet Faker: “Drop The Game” (from the ‘Lockjaw EP’)
Gurrumul and The Sydney Symphony Orchestra: “Wiyathul” (from the album, ‘His Life And Music’)
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