VINYL FORMAT. Insound Staff Pick - 2009! Astral Weeks is generally considered one of the best albums in pop music history. For all that renown, Astral Weeks is anything but an archetypal rock & roll album: in fact, it isn't a rock & roll album at all. Employing a mixture of folk, blues, jazz, and classical music, Van Morrison spins out a series of extended ruminations on his Belfast upbringing, including the remarkable character "Madame George" and the climactic epiphany experienced on "Cyprus Avenue." Acc...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Premiered on Late Night with David Letterman late last year, "Two Weeks" immediately found a rabid following when the clip hit You-Tube the following week. The immediately recognizable and infectious opening riff has been meet with feverish cheers and applause not only at the band's performance with the Brooklyn Philharmonic, but at every other recent performance - months before any official release. The 50's-esque upbeat feel and the memorable chorus have a uniquely sing-along quality, esp...   [ read more ]

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'An experimental folk artist with a decidedly English flavor ? logical as she was based in Brighton, England ? Caroline Weeks had a planned 2008 release for her debut EP, Five Songs, but that had to be put back due to her commitment as a member of Bat for Lashes, who were opening up for a little band called Radiohead. In 2008, a debut album, Songs for Edna, was also planned. In the meantime, Weeks, who was signed to the Manimal Vinyl label, also kept up appearances with a handful of solo shows in the autum...   [ read more ]

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