Showing posts with label Pylon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pylon. Show all posts

Saturday, December 26, 2020

Just Cool It

 












The famous FTSOTS end of year list will be upon us shortly, but let's take a look at the reissues and archival albums first. In that respect, it was a very good year. With maximum artwork by our artist in residence Tinca, here are the ten strumming and thrumming trips of 2020. Superdeluxe with first place ribbons all of them, so roll your burdens away & turn it up some.

  • Gillian Welch - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs Vols 1-3
  • Neil Young - Homegrown
  • Brother Theotis Taylor - s/t
  • v/a - The Last Shall Be First: The JCR Records Story, Volume One
  • v/a - Spiritual Jazz Vol. 11: SteepleChase
  • v/a - Thrum & Strum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987
  • Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Just Coolin'
  • Prince - Sign O' The Times Superdeluxe
  • v/a - When Jah Shall Come
  • Pylon - Pylon Box
Gillian Welch - First Place Ribbon
Brother Theotis Taylor - Burden Away

Monday, September 25, 2017

Talk To Me





















Time for a postpunk oldie ('80) by Pylon. Michael Stipe was a fan, but the big time never came for this cool combo from Athens, Georgia. You really do need their Gyrate album though, reissued on cd a couple years back as Gyrate Plus. Like wild good vibes indeed.
Pylon - Cool