Sonar from December 15th. Download 1 XTC - Frivolous tonight 2 Secret Colours - Redemption 3 RIZ ORTOLANI - Traccia 12 4 Guano Padano - Guano Padano 5 Bert Jansch - Just a Dream 6 Ben Reynolds - All Gone Wrong Blues 7 Big Blood - Low Gravity Blues 8 the black heart procession - witching stone 9 Starflyer 59 - I Had A Song [...]
The Western film genre was limping along at a listless and predictable pace at the end of the 1950s. The Golden Age of Hollywood was coming to a close, and audiences were tired of the studio-driven, mindless drivel that was churned out like a movie assembly line. Enter famed Italian director Sergio Leone and his own take on the genre. Suddenly, Westerns featured morally ambiguous characters, raw production values and plot lines that defied the usual straightforward convention. The "Spaghetti Western" was born and gave the industry the shot of whiskey it desperately needed. If "Spaghetti Western Rock" [...]
STR Mixtape - Here Without You 01. Kelly Joe Phelps - Lead Me On 02. Ralph Burns - Opening 03. Henry Mancini - The Party OST 04. Mark Knopfler - Boom, Like That 05. TV-Resistori - 1yy2aa3oo elektroo 06. The Beatles - Glass Onion 07. Homegas - Wreath 08. Leo kottke - Great Big Boy 09. Fairport Convention - Dawn 10. The Royal Family and [...]
Ci sono voluti due anni di lavoro ai Guano Padano per mettere insieme questo disco d'esordio ma, considerando i numerosi impegni dei musicisti coinvolti ed il risultato finale, non ci si può certo meravigliare del fatto che si sia voluto fare le cose con gran cura. Dietro questa misteriosa sigla si nascondono infatti tre personaggi [...]

That's no celebrity - that's my sister! Hey. How come nobody has submitted an entry for the Swan Fungus Holiday Contest in, like, three weeks? What's wrong with you people? In the last week alone, I've missed opportunities to give t-shirts to Keanu Reeves, Topher Grace, Liv Tyler, Jenna Malone and one other famous person, but I'm drawing a blank on the name. The point is, if I alone have had all these chances to get my face on people's bodies in one week, how come the hundreds of people who read this page [...]
As I've mentioned previously, I keep a folder on my macbook designated for the sole purpose of collecting songs for an imaginary David Lynch soundtrack. Experimental Italian Americana act, Guano Padano, do a cover of Hank Williams' "Ramblin' Man" that absolutely fits the bill, and is the latest addition to the pile. Those familiar with [...]

This is a weird little post for Friday. Weird because I haven't ever written about an Italian band before. And weird because the band in question plays an experimental brand of americana that has more in common with Ennio Morricone (in fact they signe dup his iconic whistler to appear on this record) than it does with Johnny Cash. But don't worry these guys have been anointed by John Convertino and Joey Burns (Calexico) so rest assured you're getting some pretty cool shit. The band (a trio) is called Guano Padano and their [...]