Radiate offers more evocative sound collages from the New York, NY-based duo Basque. This has a very experimental sound quality, and there are places where it could yet be strengthened. "The River Is Flowing" is quite soft, almost too subtle to be audible at first. This particular experiment might benefit from raising the volume a bit sooner. Other ventures carry themselves through with more intensity. Images come to mind from listening -- of birds or spirits calling along a misty river and ...   [ read more ]

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Seattle's Moondoggies play timeless American music. Warm three-part harmonies, gothic Rhodes organ, and wanderlust guitar mark a sound rooted in boogie blues and cosmic country. Whipsmart songwriting leads to hook-heavy tunes that bristle with originality. Shades of gospel, blues, rock, and country commingle, and wall-of-sound harmonies radiate joy and passion. The influences of The Band, The Byrds, and especially early Grateful Dead are evident, though The Moondoggies' lyrical economy and compositional se...   [ read more ]

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'When David Byrne first visited the Salvador/Bahia region in 1986, a new musical form that he never heard before amazed him. Dubbed forro, this dance sound originally hailed from northeastern Brazil, described as 'a mixture of ska with polka' by Byrne himself. All of the album's tracks radiate a strong, positive energy, created in the most part by reggae-ish acoustic guitars, melodic accordions, and never-ending contagious rhythms. And although this musical style could be compared to America's zydeco soun...   [ read more ]

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