Vinyl Review: "My Universe" by Lucid Child

My Universe

So, this PR firm sends me an email espousing this band, this sound, this idea, and do I want to hear it on vinyl?

Couple that with the RIYL: Hawkwind, Public Image, LTD, Tool, KLF, Spacemen 3, Beck, and Spirtualized Clinic and you've got me hooked like nobody's business.

If you're looking at that list of artists and wondering who half of them are whilst loving and being confused by the other half, I see you.

We are all of us.

I mean...Hawkwind, Public Image LTD, and Beck?

Let's be honest straight away, I'm not 100% sure I'm hearing any Beck, but I'm also not the biggest Beck fan. I mean, if Bender Bending Rodriguez isn't involved, it's hard to say that I really care.

The particular RIYL list there is odd isn't it? Just that one sentence in the email made me want to hear this record.

LP Review: "Tales of the Wicked West" by Maidavale

Tales of the Wicked West

There are times when our conversations yield some interesting omens.

Not two hours before this record began playing, my friend and I were knee deep in a conversation about rich rock stars and how as they age, the can become giant douches.

One in particular, whom I won't name, is very popular. He's been around for over 30 years in the sphere of popular, and mostly, quality music.

For the past 15 or so (HERE COMES LARGE SWATHS OF OPINION),  he's tried so desperately to be the second coming of Jimi Hendrix with his tales of love and such.

The problem is, as he grew up in an almost idyllic childhood in a virtual paradise, it's hard to see his claims as valid, unlike Jimi's as he grew up seeing the actual horror of life. It's kind of like the Spanish Inquisition, your confessions aren't genuine without torture.