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Martin Luther - The Calling

Published Monday September 6, 2004

Martin Luther
The Calling
Orchard 2000

When you find something good and you know that few people know "that you feel great?. Martin Luther is the guitarist who accompanies The Roots during their tours and is a solo artist instead. I like so much when I saw him play with the Philadelphia that I buy his CD, "The Calling", leaving the concert and I even signed it. He did not have an exact idea of how it would be, but I liked so much that I take half a round trip from Barcelona listening. The Roots Of course if you choose to include live music for nothing. Simply direct say in the song by Erykah Badu on "You Got Me" from the album "Things Fall Apart" and put the hair stands like hooks.
"The Calling" is an album very surprising for several reasons, the main one for the little loud it is. Accustomed as we are to loud guitars, electronic effects and catchy bases, Martin Luther is dedicated to creating beautiful melodies ranging from r & b to soul and rock with a touch of gospel that speaks volumes about the influence of this author.
Not many authors with whom to compare. Luther is much more articulate than Lenny Kravitz, Cody Chestnutt more rock and less fussy than it is Ben Harper. "Black Eyed Susan" and "Soul Assassinator" are the best songs of an album extremely attractive and has no waste, the perfect album to make love. Great debut.

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John Coltrane - A Love Supreme

Published Monday September 6, 2004

John Coltrane
A Love Supreme
Impulse! 1965

In the fifties, John Coltrane was a musician in his twenties with a great talent and an even bigger problem, his addiction to heroin. His addiction led him from one band to another, dismissal and redundancy at the age of no help. Almost thirty prominent and hardly ever had to do it would continue in the beak. The heroin was the scourge of the jazz world, the real devil's music, and musicians of this kind were common victims of this addiction. One of them, the great Miles Davids, had managed to recover and given an opportunity to Coltrane to do so. It was in the band where Coltrane Miles began to shine and be called for more and more recording sessions as a freelance, becoming increasingly important in the world of jazz. Fruit of the relatives of Davids and become indispensable as a session player caught the attention of Impulse! to record and under his name.
Of all his discography his best-known album is undoubtedly "A Love Supreme", ranked by many as the greatest album of all time, could hardly achieve this position, but it sure is the most inspired. Without words, A Love Supreme is a mini-opus jazz by John Coltrane dedicated to God in gratitude for the spiritual enlightenment that saved his life. In fact he barely managed to live for two years until 1967, when he died at age 41 probably because of the punishment to put the drug into your body. If ever a book made its author immortal this is one of those cases.
"A Love Supreme" is only 33 minutes of pleasure divided into 4 parts; "Acknowledgment", "Resolution", "Pursuance" and "Psalm" (the latter two in the same court). The titles refer to the steps taken by Coltrane in his approach to God and his departure from the drug. Topics intense as listening reloaded but nothing requires dedication. Emotions that cling to the chest and lift you above the ground. Coltrane was for the recording which was his quartet, Elvin Jones on drums, McCoy Tyner on piano and Jimmy Garrison on bass. With this setting the stage Coltrane staff was free to improvise at will. The most intense moments of the disc are the final part of "Acknowledgment," the only vocal part, in which the band finally accepted the fact that there is something greater than themselves repeatedly to pronounce the sentence which names the album, "A Love Supreme. " The tension that has managed to lead one the song is great and the final end to relax the listener. The beginning of "Pursuance" is beautiful, with Elvin Jones impressive one that gradually joined the band.
The album, appropriately heard, is simply beautiful and inspiring. One of the great works of jazz.

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Probot

Published Monday September 6, 2004

Probot
Probot
Southern Lord 2004

How many years waiting for this blessed album?. Not even I know.
Dave Grohl has a kid that was perfectly normal until at the tender age of 13, a cousin, stuck in the punk scene, step during a summer visit. Since then the life of this young man twisted forever, he began to hear heavy music, hardcore, punk, rock of all types and became a freaky than underground.
20 years later, become a drummer, vocalist and guitarist of renown and Cargadito of millions after his stint in Nirvana, Foo Fighters and more recently by Queens of the Stone Age, decided he wanted to pursue his dream of playing with teen vocalists in metal bands and hardcore which cheered his youth. As rich besides Dave majete must be received a positive response from the vast majority of singers, so that when they sing Cronos, Mike Dean, King Diamond, Lee Dorrian, Lemmy, Snake, Wino, Eric Wagner, Kurt Brecht and Max Cavalera. Matt Sweeney and Kim Thayil (almost nothing) play guitar and bass each in a song, but the rest of the album is absolutely Dave Grohl.
In his own words Dave wanted to do a "Supernatural" (by Santana album), but metal. The album is the most interesting for several reasons, first is the impressive voice cast, simply count on Lee Dorrian, King Diamond, Lemmy, Max Cavalera, and Wino, to talk about those I know, is a lujazo. Another reason is to reaffirm that Grohl is unbelievable, the drum parts on all songs are wild and very far from being simple, in addition to match the style of each of the vocalists. The last reason I can think of is how funny it is to observe the mixing of the metal style of these songs with the pop wisdom has been demonstrated that Grohl is the last two albums from the Foo Fighters would make these in a more digestible than metal. What is a metal disk? true, but it is pure hard rock with a touch of "stoner" quite marked.
From the album highlight the songs of Max Cavalera, Lemmy, Wino and the Snake "Dictatosaurus" extremely similar to the style of the Smashing Pumpkins (Matt Sweeney, ex-Zwan plays guitar on this). "My Tortured Soul" with Eric Wagner has a sound to Stone Temple Pilots that leaves you thinking where have heard before that guitar riff. Of course King Diamond also shines.
But the highlight comes with the hidden track, "I Am The Warlock", which is the lead singer Jack Black !!!!, actor and member of Tenacious D, for which Grohl played guitar and drums on their debut album.
I never liked the metal and as far I've come in this genre is the "TURBOLOVE" Judas Priest, but Grohl gets to do fun ride gives the genre, especially keeping the intensity throughout. Nothing new under the sun, but the concept is clever, well produced and this approach serves the underground metalhead from the 80 who did not let us see the dyed hair of the "hair bands".

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Peace Love Death Metal

Published Monday September 6, 2004

Eagles of Death Metal
Peace Love Death Metal
Ant Acid Audio 2004

Josh Homme will go down in history as one of the greatest guitarists of all time and as the guy who invented the best names for their bands. Eagles of Death Metal is the last of his side projects which publishes an album. The band sprang from the recording of one of the first records of the "Desert Sessions" and from that moment Homme fans have been begging for an album the group.
"Peace Love Death Metal" (sic), is the result of much prayer and cry. The reason Homme unable to meet with high school teammate Jesse "the Devil" Hughes before the years of intense touring and recording to which Homme has been led by the relative commercial success and wide recognition garnered by Queens Of Music the Stone Age. Once the last of the "Desert Sessions" and having said goodbye to Nick Oliveri QotSA for its famous gaps could take time, three days, for recording the 17 songs that make this album.
But if Queens of the Stone Age were neither queens nor lived in the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal have feathers or touch or satanic riffs. "Peace Love Death Metal" is a small gem of r'n'r well done, totally danceable, a bit odd and sincere. The first surprise is not so personal hearing the voice of Homme and his staff even more guitar, Joshua is passed in this case to the sticks and choruses. It is Hughes who is responsible for providing both voice and guitar chords and who does not miss a Homme in this work. Hughes's voice is much more suitable for r'n'r and more versatile, if we consider that the style of songs range from the most danceable and sexy "I Only Want You" and "Speaking in Tongues" to southern rock, to a quasi-plagiarism of "Strutter" by KISS in "So Easy", via a version of "Stuck in the Middle with You" by Stealers Wheel and songs that touch the surf rock.
Josh Homme comes across pretty well on its way to the drums and the rhythms seem simple but are not. Many tambourine, cowbell and much much rhythm.
Move your hips baby, the Eagles Metal Mortal already here and want to see you naked as the rhythm of his music.

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