Short Attention Span Record Reviews, July 22 Vol. II

BLACK MIDI – Hellfire
A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, the third album by these weirdos is a cacophonous yet addictive mess that’ll seriously fuck with your head. (8)

IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT – Spirit Of Ecstasy
An extreme metal/jazz hybrid that won’t sound as revolutionary as its creators think to people familiar with John Zorn’s early 90’s projects like Painkiller and Naked City. WTF Award Of The Month goes to Kenny G.’s guest spot. (7)

LIZZO – Special
An excellent feel-good party album that feels like a fresh update on the early 80’s soul-funk of Michael Jackson and the Pointer Sisters. (8)

LERA LYNN – Something More Than Love
With folk/country roots but taking a more pop-friendly direction on “Something More Than Love”, Lynn’s new album comes across like a noir Kacey Musgraves. (7)

DAVID MICHAEL MOORE – Flatboat River Witch: 1994-2015
An introduction to the work of Moore, a mad scientist-type who builds his own instruments called things like the schizoid zither and the boing box, this is a delightful compilation album that defies categorization but will appeal to fans of cool outsiders like Tom Waits, Captain Beefheart, and Dr. John. (8)

JOHN MORELAND – Birds In The Ceiling
Moreland is a competent songwriter but by infusing his Americana with elements of electronica he muddles it up a bit this time. (6)

NINA NASTASIA – Riderless Horse
This is so sad it’s like Townes Van Zandt was reincarnated into a woman whose main goal in life is to create something more suicidally depressing than Lou Reed’s “Berlin”. In other words, it’s great. (9)

OCEANS OF SLUMBER – Starlight And Ash
Progressive doom/death metal band pulls an Anathema and goes full atmospheric alternative rock with electronica flourishes and a total focus on the melodic vocals. If you ask me it’s all for the best, but for a lot of the old fans I expect it’s, well, anathema. (8)

THE SADIES – Colder Streams
Probably their swan song since Dallas Good recently passed away, also probably the best album ever by this great, underrated Canadian band which is supposedly alternative country but often sounds like the best psychedelic rock band you’ve never heard of. (8)

TY SEGALL – Hello, Hi
Garage rocker takes a back-to-basics approach this time around – lots of acoustic guitars, staying away from the “everything but the kitchen sink” production approach of recent albums like “Freedom’s Goblin”, and it works. (8)

JACK WHITE – Entering Heaven Alive
More subdued than “Fear Of The Dawn” released earlier this year but the songwriting’s actually better, this album reminds everyone that Jack White is still a rock force to be reckoned with, and will be for years to come. (8)

Short Attention Span Record Reviews, July 22

ALEXISONFIRE – Otherness
I never really got into emo so I wasn’t into these guys when they were sort of famous 15-20 years ago and I can’t compare “Otherness” to their previous albums, but as a standalone piece of work it fucking rules: Heavy, melodic, catchy and, well, emotional. Oh, and is it just me, or anyone else thinks that “Sans Soleil” could be a Sade song? (8)

AMENRA, CAVE IN, MARISSA NADLER – Songs of Townes Van Zandt Vol. III
Vol. III? Vol. III??? Why didn’t I know about the other two??? So, on this one, each band/artist tackles three Townes songs, and it’s on Neurot Recordings. Be forewarned though, it’s sounds more like Townes than like Amenra or Cave In. (8)

ARGENT – Hold Your Head Up: The Best Of
About time people rediscover this underappreciated progressive rock band from the late 60’s/early 70’s featuring Rod Argent and Russ Ballard – sounding in places like their organ-wielding contemporaries (Procol Harum, Uriah Heep), and in others like a cross between Queen and Kansas but predating both. (8)

NICK CAVE – Seven Psalms
Seven spoken-word “prayers” with Warren Ellis providing ominous ambient sonic background. Interesting, but not a must-hear addition to the Nick Cave canon. (7)

CONJURER – Pathos
Brilliant musical magpies, Conjurer pick up whatever they like from different metal genres (doom, death, black, sludge, post-hardcore) and create something totally their own. (8)

ERIC HILTON – Lost Dialect
For the most part, sounds like demos/ideas for the next Thievery Corporation album. (6)

RANDY HOLDEN – Population III
I discovered Holden’s LOUD proto-metal electric guitar monument “Population II” years ago via Julian Cope and his fantastic record reviews and, what do you know, a sequel comes along half a century later? This one goes to (11)

TEDDY & THE ROUGH RIDERS – Teddy & The Rough Riders
Produced by Margo Price, this album by a new country-folk-rock band will bring back memories of the Flying Burrito Brothers. (7)

ANDREW WEISS & FRIENDS – Sunglass & Ash
Taking his cues from Paul McCartney, Badfinger, and Elvis Costello, Weiss offers a 24-track double album filled with little power pop gems. (8)

VARIOUS ARTISTS – Blowing Free: Underground & Progressive Sounds of 1972
I love Cherry Red box sets! This 5-hour, 4-CD collection is a rocktastic affair featuring everyone you can think of from 1972: EL&P, Atomic Rooster, Edgar Broughton Band, Barclay James Harvest, Curved Air, Rare Bird, Family, Nektar, Hawkwind, Yes, and that’s just a partial tracklisting of CD1. (9)

METAL!!! ΗΜΙΧΡΟΝΟ!

Kαθώς φτάσαμε στο μέσο της χρονιάς κι επειδή μπορείς να βγάλεις τον Geek από το μέταλ αλλά δεν μπορείς να βγάλεις το μέταλ από τον Geek, είπα να φτιάξω μια ενδιάμεση λιστούλα με τους 10 καλύτερους metal και metal-friendly δίσκους του 2022 μέχρι τώρα. Η παρακάτω σειρά είναι αλφαβητική (ναι, το άκουσα το Meshuggah):

CAVE IN – Heavy Pendulum
Μπάντα μοναδική, συνδυάζει τη hardcore βαρβαρότητα που χαρακτηρίζει το ευρύτερο παρεάκι τους (Converge κλπ.) με μία γνήσια αγάπη για πιο «κουλτουριάρικα» ακούσματα (Rush, Radiohead) σε ένα άλμπουμ που κανείς δεν περίμενε μετά το θάνατο του Caleb Scofield, ίσως το καλύτερό τους από την εποχή του μνημειώδους “Jupiter”.

DEATHSPELL OMEGA – The Long Defeat
Παρόλο που είμαι πλέον πολύ μακριά από τη «σκηνή» για να παρακολουθώ εξελίξεις, συζητήσεις, κόντρες, θεωρίες κλπ., γνωρίζω ότι οι απόψεις διίστανται γύρω από τις πολιτικές πεποιθήσεις των Deathspell Omega και ότι το νέο τους άλμπουμ δίχασε μουσικά. Προσωπικά πάντως είμαι πεπεισμένος ότι το συγκρότημα δεν αποτελεί όχημα έκφρασης ακραίων πολιτικών θέσεων, και ότι το νέο τους άλμπουμ είναι με διαφορά ο καλύτερος black metal δίσκος του πρώτου εξαμήνου του ‘22.

DREAM WIDOW – Dream Widow
Το νέο metal project του Dave Grohl έχει περισσότερη πλάκα από τους Probot αλλά είναι εξίσου πορωτικό, και σε καμία περίπτωση δεν είναι παρωδία – αν δεν έχεις ψυχή και αυτιά αληθινού μεταλλά, ΔΕΝ ΜΠΟΡΕΙΣ να παίξεις έτσι. Και καθώς ο Grohl είναι καλύτερος συνθέτης και πιο ευφυής άνθρωπος από το 99% των «true» μέταλ μουσικών, το άλμπουμ χτυπάει λίστα.

GHOST – Impera
Και τώρα θα απαντήσουμε επιτέλους οριστικά στο αιώνιο ερώτημα: Είναι ή δεν είναι μέταλ οι Ghost;
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Στα παπάρια μας, ο δίσκος γαμάει.

HELLACOPTERS – Eyes Of Oblivion
Οι Hellacopters είναι η «διανοούμενη» μπάντα του Nicke: Οι επιρροές τους είναι το Detroit hard rock των MC5 και του Alice Cooper, η αλήτικη ποίηση του Phil Lynott, οι Damned, οι Radio Birdman, πράγματα δηλαδή που συνήθως αποτελούν τα σκληρότερα ακούσματα όσων δεν ακούνε μέταλ. Επειδή όμως ο ίδιος και οι φίλοι του προέρχοναι από τη πιο βρωμερή γωνία των σπλάχνων του metal, κανείς δεν τολμά να αμφισβητήσει τα μεταλλικά τους διαπιστευτήρια – σε αντίθεση με τις περισσότερες μπάντες αυτής της λίστας, τώρα που το σκέφτομαι.

KORN – Requiem
Μου πήρε σχεδόν 30 χρόνια αλλά είμαι πλέον αρκετά ακομπλεξάριστος ώστε να παραδεχθώ ότι οι Korn είναι καλή, και κυρίως σημαντική, μπάντα. Βασικά πήραν 3 δίσκους του 1992 (“Angel Dust”, “Meantime”, “A Vulgar Display Of Power”) και σα νέοι Δρ. Φρανκενστάιν έκοψαν/έραψαν ένα τέρας απόλυτα δικό τους δημιουργώντας ολόκληρη σχολή. Το “Requiem” μένει πιστό στην παραπάνω φόρμουλα και εξακολουθεί να ακούγεται φρέσκο τρεις δεκαετίες αργότερα – πόσοι άλλοι μπορούν να παινευτούν για κάτι αντίστοιχο;

RAMMSTEIN – Zeit
Οι Γερμανοί προβοκάτορες επέστρεψαν με ένα άλμπουμ επικά γκροτέσκο, γκροτέσκα επικό, και τόσο τούμπανο από χιτ-άρες όσο οι κυρίες στο βίντεο του “Dicke Titten”. Ίσως είναι καλύτερα πάντως που το 99% των οπαδών τους δεν καταλαβαίνει γρι από τους στίχους τους, οι οποίοι έχουν συνήθως πολύ περισσότερο βάθος από όσο θα περίμενε κανείς βασιζόμενος στους βλαμμένους και τρομερά πιασάρικους ινταστριαλοντισκομέταλ ρυθμούς τους.

SOUL GLO – Diaspora Problems
Είμαι αναγκασμένος να τους συγκρίνω με τους Bad Brains, όχι όμως επειδή είναι (κατά κύριο λόγο) μαύροι και πολιτικοποιημένοι αλλά επειδή παίρνουν το hardcore punk και του αλλάζουν τα φώτα με επιρροές από άλλα μουσικά ιδιώματα, πετώντας ταυτόχρονα τη σοβαροφάνεια του ιδιώματος στα σκουπίδια με το σουρεαλιστικό τους χιούμορ. Όσο για τις φωνητικές ερμηνείες του Pierce Jordan, ο τύπος απλά δεν παίζεται. 

VEIN.FM – This World Is Going To Ruin You
Αν οι Slipknot είχαν ξεπηδήσει από τη hardcore σκηνή και όχι από death metal ρίζες, πιθανότατα θα ακούγονταν σαν τους Vein.fm σε αυτό, το δεύτερο άλμπουμ τους. Έχει την ίδια ένταση, όλα στο κόκκινο, και είναι εξίσου τρομακτικό με το “Iowa”, δίνοντας σου την εντύπωση πως έχυσαν (κυριολεκτικό, όχι μεταφορικό) αίμα στην ηχογράφησή του. Κάποιοι παίζουν πιο γρήγορα, κάποιοι πιο χαμηλοκουρδισμένα, κάποιοι με πιο δύσκολες αλλαγές τέμπο ή με πιο πολλές τσιρίδες, αλλά όσον αφορά την ψυχή ΑΥΤΟ είναι το πιο ακραίο άλμπουμ της χρονιάς μέχρι στιγμής.

ZEAL & ARDOR – Zeal & Ardor
Κι ενώ στις ΗΠΑ διαφαίνεται πλέον η ολοκληρωτική Trump-ική επικράτηση των δυνάμεων του SCOTUS επί των ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων, ο Αμερικανοελβετός Manuel Gagneux συνεχίζει να χτίζει τη μυθολογία των Zeal & Ardor γύρω από μία εναλλακτική πραγματικότητα όπου οι σκλάβοι στην Αμερική του 19ου αιώνα αγκαλιάζουν τον Σατανά αντί για τον Ιησού, παντρεύοντας το black metal με την Αφροαμερικανική μουσική παράδοση – ένα gimmick που αρκούσε για να μας τραβήξει την προσοχή πίσω στο 2016, αλλά θα είχε ξεφτίσει στον τρίτο δίσκο αν τα ΤΡΑΓΟΥΔΙΑ δεν ήταν τόσο γαμηστερά.

Short Attention Span Record Reviews, June 2022 Vol. II

DAN REED NETWORK – Let’s Hear It For The King
Reed’s white-boy funk rock (Bon Jovi meets Prince?) gave us a couple of solid albums back in the day, but three decades later it sounds a bit dated. (6)

THE DREAM SYNDICATE – Ultraviolet Battle Hymns And True Confessions
I love these guys, especially when they go into a hypnotic Velvets/kraut groove like they do quite often on this album. (8)

MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD – Follow Your Heart
I loved the Beatnigs (late 80’s) and the Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy (early 90’s) and the first Spearhead album (mid 90’s) so much when they came out that, decades later, I still loyally check out every Franti release, but this pop-soul-EDM light stuff he’s doing nowadays doesn’t do much for me, unfortunately. (6)

S.G. GOODMAN – Teeth Marks
Kentuckian artist goes beyond country ballads and incorporates grungy rock elements in her sound, resulting in one of this month’s more exciting releases. (8)

MJ LENDERMAN – Boat Songs
It starts off with the best Weezer song in decades and continues with a decent southern rock ditty, the third track is alt-country, the fourth is in Dinosaur Jr. territory, and so it goes. (7)

NOVA TWINS – Supernova
Lots of hype around this one, mainly from UK-based publications who are always thirsty for something homegrown that’s newsworthy, but the truth is they’re not the new RATM, or the new Clash, or the new Prodigy, or the new anything significant, they’re just loud and look good and got some promising hooks and apparently that’s enough nowadays. Go ahead, call me a boomer. (7)

GREG PUCIATO – Mirrorcell
Ex-Dillinger Escape Planner shows off his diversity, moving with ease between Ozzy-esque mid-tempo rockers, Soundgarden time signatures, Massachusetts post-hardcore sludge, and electrogoth atmospherics. (7)

PORCUPINE TREE – Closure/Continuation
Prog-rock giants return after a 12-year hiatus with a slightly underwhelming effort – the long songs tick all the prog boxes, but they're somewhat lacking in the hooks department which is what made Porcupine Tree so great back in the 90’s and 00’s. (7)

RUBBER OH – Strange Craft
Pigs X7 guitarist in space rock experiment and I’m tempted to say “PIGS… IN… SPACE!!!” here, but really it sounds nothing like his day job, it’s more like Spiritualized jamming with XTC which is sort of awesome. (8)

JOAN SHELLEY – The Spur
Much revered folkie releases acoustic album of songs written during COVID lockdown on a farm with a baby on the way, performed with her husband on guitar. Some will find all this bucolically romantic and beautiful, others will cut off their ears with a rusty nail clipper out of sheer boredom. (7)

BARTEES STRANGE – Farm to Table
This is a nice record. “Nice” is the strongest word I can come up with to describe this indie rock/r&b hybrid, but that’s maybe because I’m 25 years older than your average music journalist who worships this. (7)

 

P.S. Stay tuned. Since we're halfway through the year I'm hoping to put together a special "halftime report" within the next few days, so check for updates.

Short Attention Span Record Reviews, June 2022

ANDREW BIRD – Inside Problems
A true artist defying categorization, multi-instrumentalist and renaissance man Bird jumps from chamber pop to jazz rock to indie with ease, sometimes within the same song. (8)

THE BLACK CROWES – 1972
A covers EP to test out the new line-up before the tour. Obviously all songs are from 1972 (Stones, Bolan, Rod Stewart, Little Feat, Bowie, and a fantastic version of The Temptations’ “Papa Was A Rolling Stone”) and fit the Crowes template well. (8)

CAVE IN – Heavy Pendulum
Recruiting Converge’s Nate Newton as the late Caleb Scofield’s replacement, Cave In release what is probably their finest work since 2000’s “Jupiter” – a beast of an album where fierce metal riffage meets prog atmospherics that wouldn’t be out of place on a Radiohead tribute recorded by Rush. (8)

CURRENT 93 – If A City Is Set Upon A Hill
I don’t have anything against post-industrial goth neofolk or whatever you call this kind of thing but I can’t stand this guy’s croaking voice, it doesn’t help control my overwhelming urge to suckerpunch any religious mystic I come across. (5)

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS – Welcome 2 Club XIII
More personal and less political than their previous three albums, this is another excellent effort from DBT who still sound their best when they’re trying to emulate a southern rock version of Neil Young & Crazy Horse. Despite being a Hood fan, I have to admit that this time around it’s Cooley’s songs that steal the show. (8)

FANTASTIC NEGRITO – White Jesus Black Problems
Award-winning blues artist releases concept album that includes very little blues, based on his family history. There’s funk, rock, and lots of experimentation here and it’s probably his best, certainly his most intriguing, work to date. (8)

CRAIG FINN – A Legacy Of Rentals
The Hold Steady frontman’s latest solo album shifts the sonic palette by adding a rich string section on several tracks, but once again the key element on this collection of songs is Finn’s superb storytelling and his ability to create fully formed characters within the format of a 4-minute song – and if you’ve ever fucked up in your life, you can’t help loving Finn’s losers and outcasts. (8)

MINA GAJIC & ZACHARY CARRETTIN – Confluence: Balkan Dances & Tango Nuevo
Married classical musician couple (Serbian pianist, American violinist/violist with Latin roots) brings together Marko Tajčević’s “Seven Balkan Dances” with Ray Granlund’s modern tango with extraordinary results. (8)

SASS JORDAN – Bitches Blues
Sexagenarian Canadian hard rocker (and first employer, back in the 90’s, of an unknown 22-year-old drummer called Taylor Hawkins) explores her blues side with a mix of covers and originals on this enjoyable album. (7)

NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND – Dirt Does Dylan
You simply can’t go wrong with a Bob Dylan tribute – the songs are so amazing that you just can’t ruin them even if you try, and his voice on the originals is so annoying that you’re probably going to sing them better than him anyway. But NGDB do a solid job, especially on their epic versions of “The Times They Are A-Changin’” (featuring special guests Jason Isbell, Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle and the War & Treaty) and “I Shall Be Released” (featuring special guests Larkin Poe). (8)

ANGEL OLSEN – Big Time
It’s unfair to compare Olsen to her peers, but this really sounds like a hybrid of Sharon Van Etten and Lana Del Rey gone full country and you’ll see it on many year-end lists in six months’ time. Probably not on mine, since I appreciate the vibe but was hoping for more hooks. (7)

FRANK SINATRA – Watertown
A Sinatra album unlike any other, this 1970 oddity sold poorly, almost killed his career, and remained forgotten for decades – it’s a totally depressing concept album about the loss and desperation of one man, created in collaboration with members of rock band The Four Seasons, and this new remaster should set the record straight: It’s actually really good! (8)

WILCO – Cruel Country
Their most “country” record in 25 years but it’s not particularly cruel, as a matter of fact it’s gentle and beautiful. Including the two saddest songs of all time, “The Universe” and “Many Worlds”. (8)

Short Attention Span Record Reviews, May 2022 Vol. II

THE AMERICANS – Stand True
Never before has a band name been more in line with what that band actually sounds like – The Americans combine psychedelia, folk, and meat & potatoes heartland rock into one very neat package that is 100% American. (8)

THE BLACK KEYS – Dropout Boogie
Sticks to their tried and tested blues-based arena rock formula. (7)

HALESTORM – Back From The Dead
The songwriting’s OK but not spectacular, sort of like a poor man’s Disturbed. But damn, this girl’s voice is so powerful it should’ve been banned by the Geneva Convention. (7)

IBEYI – Spell 31
Afro-Cuban/French twin sisters live up to expectations of their multicultural background on new album, a mesmerizing, globetrotting collection of minimalistic soul/electronica/hip-hop/trip-hop tunes (plus a Black Flag cover!) featuring their unique close harmony singing. (8)

KENDRICK LAMAR – Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
A divisive album by the world’s best rapper, it focuses on trauma and recovery from a very personal perspective. I think it’s great. (8)

LYLE LOVETT – 12th Of June
There’s very little resembling country here, if you always thought of Lovett as a country artist but hadn’t actually listened to any of his stuff. This is more of a big band jazz/swing thing, and a highly enjoyable one at that too. (8)

KEVIN MORBY – This Is A Photograph
Why haven’t I heard this guy’s work earlier? What have I been missing out on? This is a fantastic album of Dylan-esque (both in sound and in quality) songs, epic in scope and vision, that I just can’t stop listening to. (9)

MOTOR SISTER – Get Off
Supergroup featuring Scott Ian, Joey Vera and John Tempesta but the real stars here are the two lesser-known band members, co-vocalists Jim Wilson (from the excellent, criminally underrated Mother Superior) and Pearl Aday (Ian’s wife, Meat Loaf’s daughter), singing their balls/ovaries off some really great no bullshit hard rockin’ stuff. (8)

JO QUAIL – The Cartographer
Roadburn Festival-commissioned composition in 5 movements by electric cellist finds the perfect balance between Igor Stravinsky and Sunn O))). (8)

THE SMILE – A Light for Attracting Attention
Honestly, I don’t understand why this is not a Radiohead album – Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood are 2/3’s of the band and it sounds just like Radiohead too. Not “The Bends”/”OK Computer” Radiohead unfortunately, more “Hail To the Thief”/”In Rainbows” Radiohead, but still. (8)

SHARON VAN ETTEN – We've Been Going About This All Wrong
A truly beautiful album by Van Etten – smart pop songs that are personal and at the same universal, with an epic production. (8)

Short Attention Span Record Reviews, May 2022

THE LOUDER STUFF

AUDREY HORNE – Devil's Bell
They always sounded like a poppier Iron Maiden, but this time the NWOBHM flavor is a bit stronger. (7)

UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER – My Way
Look, we metalheads still love Udo, but we love him the same way we love the 14-year-old family dog we grew up with who’s now half blind, half deaf, and limping. Listening to him attempting to bark covers of songs we know from powerhouse vocalists like John Lawton, Tina Turner, Dio, Plant, Meine, Halford, Mercury, and Sinatra is entertaining but at the same time a bit sad. (6)

PRIMUS – Conspiranoid
This 3-song EP is prime Primus (sorry). (8)

RAMMSTEIN – Zeit
With a slightly different track sequence the return of the Teutonic Industrial Metal Giants could’ve been Album Of The Year, since the three opening tracks are also probably the weakest on the record and first impressions count. But the next eight songs will kick your ass extremely hard. (8)

RONNIE ROMERO – Raised On Radio
He just pulled a Jorn Lande – a covers album featuring hard rock hits from the 70’s and 80’s. His voice is a bit better than Udo’s. (7)


THE OTHER STUFF

3rd SECRET – 3rd Secret
It doesn’t sound at all like what you’d expect a band produced by Jack Endino and featuring Krist Novoselic, Matt Cameron, and Kim Thayil to sound like. Too quiet. (7)

RYAN ADAMS – Romeo & Juliet
Fourth album in 16 months coming just three weeks after the last one must be some sort of record. He says this is his “summertime” album and it certainly sounds more summer-y (i.e., jangly) than “Chris”. (7)

BLACKBERRY SMOKE – Stoned
An album of Rolling Stones covers mainly from the Sticky Fingers/Exile On Main St. era, a limited red vinyl release for Record Store Day from the world’s greatest living southern rock band. (8)

MIRANDA LAMBERT – Palomino
One of the best country-pop (or pop-country) albums of the year by the Queen of the genre. (8)

WILLIE NELSON – A Beautiful Time
May he live forever, releasing touching and funny country albums like this one every few months. (7)

OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW – Paint This Town
It’s impossible not to like this album of mostly uptempo bluegrass originals played with virtuosity and gusto. (8)

OUMOU SANGARÉ – Timbuktu
Western African artist and feminist icon blends traditional music from Mali with American rock/blues/pop influences and the results are spectacular. (8)

AARON SKILES – Wreckage From The Fire
Fans of Drive-By Truckers will love this – not only it sounds quite a lot like DBT’s best moments, but it features a couple of DBTs as well (bassist Matt Patton co-wrote the album with Skiles, keyboardist Jay Gonzalez also plays). (8)

SPIRITUALIZED – Everything Was Beautiful
Another drug-fueled fever dream like the Stooges and the Stones jamming with a gospel choir on Librium, this is the closest they’ll ever get to “Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space” (their masterpiece). (8)