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The High Llamas Here Come the Rattling Trees Reviewed by Mark Winkelmann Setting off on a blustery March Saturday to cycle to town while playing "Here Come the Rattling Trees" with no pre-conceptions beyond "Its another High Llamas album" and more of that anon, presents an intriguing variation on their usual pattern. Theres some kind of structure and similarity here, all of the songs are short musical sketches followed by character studies of individuals. Is this some form of concept album? It certainly seems a little more lyrically focused, albeit on some daydreamy characters. Even the music is ...well lets be honest its not rocking, but maybe a bit more precise, with nylon strung guitars and harpsichords foregrounded and less echoey exotica and orchestral arrangements. A little more Brian Wilson and a little less Burt Bacharach. So is it a concept album? Well, not as such. It is described by the High Llamas as both "a musical narrative" and the soundtrac...

The Ion Age August and Year Three is nearly here! It is about to be that time of year again that sees The Ion Age celebrate another year, this time its third year, of being space opera awesome for wargamers. My baby is now a toddler with its own game system and near one hundred and fifty codes of 15mm scale miniatures, vehicles and terrain. We will continue to grow of course but each August an event occurs which many look forward to namely the release of the full year of IMP Monthly Miniatures from last summer to this summer. From September 2015 to August 2016 the miniatures were given away free in every order and shortly you will be able to purchase them as singles or a set in the YOC3 Year Three Collection come the start of next week. It will be on this pageHERE along with the Year One and the Year Two collections. Below is an image of the collection and read on to hear what else will be happening next month as part of the fun! The Year Three Collection is a real doozy eh! From the ...

The Keith Tippett Group You Are Here I Am There 1970 Keith Tippett, nacido en Bristol, Reino Unido, 25 de agosto de 1947, es un muy reconocido e innovador pianista y compositor brit�nico de jazz, una figura sobresaliente del jazz moderno, un m�sico de formaci�n cl�sica que lleg� al jazz a trav�s de Mingus, George Russell, Coltrane, y Pharoah Sanders, pero su elemento compositivo tambi�n le debe a compositores como Darius Milhaud, Vaughan Williams, y Frederick Delius.  Desde peque�o, Tippett tendr�a predilecci�n por la m�sica, ya desde chico estudiar�a piano y �rgano, adem�s de tocar la corneta y el cuerno tenor con una Banda Juvenil. En 1967 gan� una beca, como m�sico, para irse a Gales, a una escuela de verano, donde financiar�an sus estudios y algunas actuaciones. All� conocer�a a los m�sicos Elton Dean y Nick Evans a los cuales invitar�a a formar de su proyecto de sexteto de jazz. Dicho proyecto ser�a su primer trabajo de renombre, liderado por el mismo Tippett, acompa�ado por E...

The Boots Here Are The Boots 1966 Beat Mod - Werner Krabbe - vocals, harmonica - Ulli Grun - keyboards - Bob Bresser - bass - Jorg "Jockel" Schutte-Eckel - lead guitar, vocal s - Heinz Hoff - drums   01. Shes About A Mover (Doug Sahm) - Shake - 2:43 02. Mama Keep Your Big Mouth Shut (Bo Diddley) - Hully Gully - 3:08 03. Gloria (Van Morrison) - Stomp - 3:27 04. It Aint Necessarily So (G.Gershwin) - Slow - 2:25 05. Got Love If You Want It (J.Moore) - Shake - 2:39 06. But You Never Do It Babe (B.Potter/I.R.Samwell) - Hully Gully - 2:28 07. Enchanted Sea (Frank Metis/Randy Starr - arr.by The Boots) - Blues - 3:59 08. Baby Please Dont Go (Trad.arr. by W.Krabbe/B.Bresser/The Boots) - Shake - 2:30 09. Whatcha Gonna Do About It (B.Potter/I.R.Samwell) - Shake - 2:17 10. When I Loved Her (Rod Argent) - Slow - 2:15 11. Jump Back Baby (Rufus Thomas) - Hully Gully - 1:37 12. Dimples (John Lee Hooker) - Boogie - 2:53 13. Boogie Children (Roland Hayes) - Boogie - 3:30 14. Walkin In The San...