Cul de Sac has been described as "post-rock," a vague category for bands typically uncategorizable. Cul de Sac weaves instrumental trances around guitarist Glenn Jones' finger picked stylings that recall surf, Middle Eastern, or folk music. He also plays "the contraption," a Hawaiian lap-steel-guitar laden with effects pedals and played with kitchen utensils. Synthesist Robin Amos produces distinctive sounds by playing instruments he created himself; his electronic sounds are musical, not a dis...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Insound Staff Pick - 2009! "Aretha Franklin's 1971 album Live at Fillmore West was a seminal soul breakthrough. It finally cemented her status beyond soul audiences and it matched her with a phenomenal rhythm section in King Curtis and the Kingpens. Franklin adroitly mixed pop, rock, and soul material throughout the three nights, including Stephen Stills' 'Love The One You're With,' and Bread's 'Make It With You,' and the Beatles' 'Eleanor Rigby,' as well as true favorites 'Respect,' 'Don't P...   [ read more ]

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Shortly before he signed with RCA, the fine hard bop tenor saxophonist Don Braden recorded this fairly straight-ahead quintet date with trumpeter Tim Hagans, pianist Kenny Werner, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Billy Hart. The instrumentation differs on some of the tracks, with Hagans on around half the songs, Werner sometimes sitting out, and "Lush Life" being taken as a tenor/piano duet. There are some surprises along the way, with a few of the standards reharmonized a little...   [ read more ]

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