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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Jon Langford and his Sadies |
| Date | Fri, 31 Jan 2003 07:21:18 -0600 |
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Two related notes:
1. The Sadies play on all three of Neko Case's records in various amounts
(not so much the last one, where Calexico and Giant Sand members do more
playing). Dallas Good of the band is very talented.
2. If you like the rocking side of Jon Langford, The Waco Brothers can pick
up a pretty big head of steam. They don't have one great record, but any
selection in their catalog has a ramshackle country yet rock feel.
Mike Bennett
Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com
>From: Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org, audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Jon Langford and his Sadies
>Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 01:10:59 -0500
>
>For a topic more germane to, y'know, music, I just got back from seeing Jon
>Langford (Mekons/Three Johns/Waco Brothers/etc.) backed by the Sadies,
>followed by a set from the Sadies themselves. I'd never heard of these
>guys before -- they're from Toronto and have several releases out -- but if
>you like Beachwood Sparks' blend of the cosmic and the cowboy but wish that
>they rocked much harder (since the B-Sparks, god love 'em, don't rock so
>much as they sway gently from side to side), then you'd probably love the
>Sadies. There's a bit of a twang to their music (which includes fiddle,
>standup bass, and in place of the standard pedal steel, a vibraphone often
>played with a violin bow), but live, they alternate between fiery, full-on
>rock instrumentals and vocal songs that have a looser, overtly psychedelic
>feel. The album I bought is STORIES OFTEN TOLD, and on first listen, it's
>a winner.
>
>Even more of a winner is the brand-new Jon Langford and the Sadies album
>THE MAYORS OF THE MOON (out Tuesday on Bloodshot) -- this is the most
>rocking Langford I've heard since the Mekons' late '80s output, and the
>Sadies sound even better backing him than they do on their own. Highlights
>include the sardonic "Looking Good For Radio," the downright punky
>"American Pageant," and "Solitaire Song," which live sounds like a cross
>between Bo Diddley and Johnny Cash's Tennessee Two and rocks nearly as hard
>in the studio. Anyway, the stage show and the albums are both highly
>recommended.
>
>S
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