Thursday, March 13, 2025

3/12/25

Abdullah Ibrahim- Water From An Ancient Well-****
(Title track is one of the most beautiful melodies ever written.)

Nara Leao- Nara (1967)- ****
Max Romeo & The Upsetters- War Ina Babylon- ***1/2

Lady Gaga- Mayhem-****
(I'm really digging this record. Needs an edit, maybe from 14 songs to 10, and then I think you'd have a really smart pop record, with influences ranging from Bowie and Nine Inch Nails to 70's disco and 80's new wave. Great stuff.)

Mike Farris- The Sound Of Muscle Shoals-**1/2
(A for effort, but ultimately the material is cliche-ridden and weak.)

daryl hall AND John FUCKING OATES- Bigger Than Both Of Us-****1/2

Nine Inch Nails- Broken + 7"- ****1/2

New York Dolls- 'Cause I Sez So-****
NRBQ- In:Frequencies-****

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Abdullah Ibrahim - you’re absolutely right. Can’t say I have heard Bigger Than The Both Of Us, but I’m expecting it to be Hilarious with a capital H.

- Paul In DK

Sal Nunziato said...

"but I’m expecting it to be Hilarious with a capital H."

Why would you think that? It's a brilliant record.

Anonymous said...

From your fonts and capitals, at least how it appears on my mobile browser.

- Paul in DK

Sal Nunziato said...

Oh! No no. That's just me riffing on the whole recent debacle between the two, with Daryl saying it's never been a partnership. Hall has never had a hit without Oates, and Oates is particularly prevalent and solid on this album. I didn't expect anyone to "get it," but I didn't think it would read as the album being hilarious.

4/25/25

Professor Longhair- Crawfish Fiesta-***1/2 Sarah Quintana- Baby Don't-**** Steve Kuhn Trio- Three Waves-**** Samantha Fish- Paper Doll-*...