Deep in the idyllic countryside on the Isle of Wight, a slew of sounds emanate from within a small shed. The breezy summer sounds are a stark contrast to the UK wind and sporadic showers that pepper the island. Is that the smell of tropical flowers and fruits mixed with the familiar odor of Jamaica's finest import or just our imagination? It sounds like a water balloon fight between Paul McCartney and Wings, The Specials, Pink Floyd, The Stooges and The Beach Boys, with Lee Scratch Perry officiating, but i...   [ read more ]

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The most intriguing collective of multi-instrumentalists since the Beta Band first began mixing an unholy array of accompaniment, the Bees (or A Band of Bees in America) channel some of the same '60s influences on Octopus as on their two previous records, and a few new ones as well. Fortunately, as usual, listeners who couldn't care less about playing a game of spot-the-influence are rewarded just as much as those who do; Octopus presents ten nuggets of effortless throwback pop, laid-back and breezy but ti...   [ read more ]

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