The Gutter Twins
Adorta
Sub Pop/iTunes
Similar to The Twilight Singers A Stitch in Time ep, The Gutter Twins have released an ep of original songs recorded during the sessions for their debut Saturnalia album, plus a handful of covers the band has played live over the course of the year.
Gutter Twin Greg Dulli's pedigree in choosing covers remains impeccable. A cover of Vetiver's "Belles" gently opens Adorata, maintaining the original versions hushed beauty and drifty tone. This gentle introduction is quickly discarded for the urgent percussion and piano of Jose Gonzales' "Down the Line", which sounds more Twilight Singers-esque than the anything else Dulli has done with Gutter partner Mark Lanegan up to this point. Give the band credit for capturing the songs building tension in the studio recording. Definitely an album highlight.
Perhaps all the time touring Europe in the last year influenced the band's decision to cover Primal Scream's classic "Deep Hit of the Morning Sun". Gone are the heavy electronics of the original and replaced with droning instrumentation and Lanegan and Dulli trading off vocal duties to preserve the songs narcotic psychedelia.
Lanegan and Dulli trade vocal duties for the bluesy cover of the traditional "St. James Infirmary" to nice effect. The band's take on Eleven's "Flow Like a River" is a touching tribute to the recently departed Natasha Schneider (a portion of the proceeds from this ep will go to the Natasha Schneider memorial fund to help pay her medicals expenses) and a recent staple of the band's live show.
Two Gutter Twins originals close the album. Both "Spanish Doors" and "We Have Met Before" wouldn't be out of place as part of a cinematic film score with their intimate vocals from Mark Lanegan and orchestral instrumentation. It makes one wonder what else is left on the cutting room floor from this band.
Sadly, Adorata is currently only available through iTunes. Lets hope the band inclues a physical release of this excellent ep soon.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Album Review: Adorata
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Music News
Gutter Twins release digital EP Adorata
In the midst of a summer tour through Europe, The Gutter Twins have announced they are releasing a digital EP titled Adorata. The digital only release contains covers and songs originally recorded during the sessions for their debut album Saturnalia. Whether or not Adorata will have a physical release remains to be seen.
A portion of the sales from Adorata will be donated to the Natasha Schneider Memorial Fund to help her family pay her medical expenses (www.natashaschneider.org).The tracklist is as follows:
Belles (Vetiver cover)
Down The Line (Jose Gonzales cover)
Deep Hit of Morning Sun (Primal Scream cover)
Flow Like a River (Eleven cover)
St. James Infirmary (Traditional)
Spanish Doors
We Have Met Before
Marc Ford Preps Neptune Blues Club for Release
Songwriter and guitarist extraordinaire Marc Fuckin' Ford (ex Black Crowes) is preparing to release his third solo album Neptune Blues Club on the Blues Bureau label on September 23rd. This is Ford's second solo release since leaving the Black Crowes in 2006. You can preorder the album here. Tracklist for Neptune Blues Club:
Main Drain
Locked Down Tight
Go Too Soon
Don't Get Me Killed
Last Time Around
Spaceman
Pay For My Mistakes
Shame on Me
Mother's Day
Smilin'
Keep Holdin On
Spectrum/Sonic Boom plans rare US tour, album release
Pete "Sonic Boom" Kember of original noise/drone rockers Spaceman 3 fame will be making a rare visit to the states this September for a series of shows. The shows will be billed under his Spectrum moniker and will see Kember and his band performing songs from his entire back catalog, including Spaceman 3 and Spectrum albums.
According to an article on Blurt, a new Spectrum album is slated for release in early 2009.
If you ever wanted to be aurally assaulted, this is the show to hit:
Saturday 20th Sept - Zipper Factory, New York w/ Dean & Britta
Sunday 21st September - All Tomorrow's Parties, Monticello, NY State
Monday 22nd September - The Dark Room, Chicago
Thursday 25th September - Midpoint Festival, Cincinatti
Friday 26th September - East End , Portland
Saturday 27th September - 12 Galaxies, ,San Francisco
Sunday 28th September - The Echo ( Part Time Punks) Los Angeles
Beck at Outside Lands Festival
Lastly, if you missed the innagural run of the Outside Lands Festival like we did, fear not music fiends, the magic of YouTube has already started to populate the interweb with high quality clips from the festival.
Watch Beck's performance here
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