| Black Strobe / Godforsaken Roads |
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| Album: | Godforsaken Roads | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Black Strobe | Added: | Dec 2014 | |
| Label: | Blackstrobe Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2014-12-05 | Pull Date: | 2015-02-06 |
| Week Ending: | Feb 8 | Feb 1 | Jan 25 | Jan 18 | Jan 11 | Dec 28 | Dec 21 | Dec 14 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 16, 2015: | Mix Tape House Of Godd Lovin' | 4. | Jan 24, 2015: | Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told to Hervey Okkles Folsom Prison Blues | |
| 2. | Feb 03, 2015: | Mix Tape Dumped Boogie | 5. | Jan 24, 2015: | Mix Tape Folsom Prison Blues | |
| 3. | Jan 29, 2015: | Mix Tape Broken Phone Blues | 6. | Jan 17, 2015: | Mix Tape Dumped Boogie |
| Album Review |
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| Wallace Brontoon Reviewed 2014-12-05 | ||
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Tennessee Ernie Ford/Johnny Cash meets Goldfrapp --> electro-blues like David Lynch. Arnaud Rebotini (from...), who has two groups-- one he's merely" surrounded by his "favorite machines" (to quote), this is a four-person. Godforsaken Roads is the band's second release. The cover takes graphic cues from 1960s Nashville. His off-kilter energy, accented English, and general weirdness is terrific. RIYL: Suicide, David Lynch, bizarre Elvis impersonators No FCCs. 1. (4:34) *** Jazzy drum taps into discoey organ thump -- against glummed, cavernish vox. Heavy wall of glam. 2. (3:35) *** Thrashed skrutty guitar. Deranged boogie-woogie vox turn into glammy beat... "she's a cool cool cat" 3. (4:04) *** Pure twang guitar ... howling, pre-verbal vocal intonations... "calling me..." ohh...ohh BG. EARTHY. 4. (6:39) Frantic, tappy, growly stomper -- becomes more disco-ey -- halfway turns with Kraftwerky type-shiver.... 5. (5:09) ***** "You got no brother" "I got millions of brothers" Blues from robot, nightmare w/ clattering, but weird grounded HUMANNESS. Stretches and surges. 6. (3:34) ******* Minimalist Folsom Prison cover w/ Twinkly Synths. 7. (3:20) * Acoustic. "Going down a river with a Gypsy woman..." Swampy guitar; bayou-rock with bloppy beat. 8. (3:17) ***** Chris Isaak-y, but more deranged, with oscillo-freakout sounds. Full-out mental breakdown with laser-gun sounds by end. 9. (4:25) ** That Goldfrappy thump is here... "I don't want to sing about hillbillies" Heavy curtain of fuzzy electro, glum moping. 10. (4:31) More dancey, discoey; not entirely successful. A bit too peppy. 11. (4:01) * Less earthy, more ethereal. (Dancey) There's a great keyboard solo halfway through that's done all with one finger; really elementary and strange. 12. (3:29) "Boogie in Zero Gravity." Dorky teutonic funk. 13. (4:40) ***** Rockabilly licks, muffled vox, into heavy vocoder and MEGA-fuzzed guitars. Spooky airs, general weirdness. Fantastic. | ||
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