Eclectic Vibes
by Andrew Frey
Uz Jsme Doma - Cod Liver Oil
Uz Jsme DomaCod Liver Oil
Label: Skoda Records
Quirky, wild and zany jazz rock with a punk attitude. Comparisons to Zappa, Zorn and The Residents are actually appropriate here. This uneasy listening band from Prague sings in Czech and is not for the wimpy at heart.
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UndercultureUnderculture
Label: Undercultured Records
From the crusty garage rock ‘n’ roll underbelly of Madison comes this punk-a-billy trio. They flippantly flaunt their scruffy, old-age flourishes while resting on pumped up beats and mental quagmires.
Uriah Heep - Wake The Sleeper
Uriah HeepWake The Sleeper
Label: Sanctuary Records
Updating but not abandoning their classic 80s synth rock approach, this release shows the band as strong and musically alluring as ever.
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Jai UttalThunder Love
Label: NuTone Music
Imbuing the Kirtan style with a variety of contemporary knob twirling elements, Uttal displays an entrancing variety of upbeat and thought provoking songs and chants. Blazing a boisterous trail of global fusion and bombastic love energy.
• Jai Uttal Website • Jai Uttal WikiThe Upper Crust - Revenge For Imagined Slights
The Upper CrustRevenge For Imagined Slights
Label: Camp Street Records
Hard rock performance artists utilizing the mighty power of parody in conjunction with their stage attire of powdered wigs and regal 18th century wardrobe produces humorous results. Available only as a digital download.
• The Upper Crust Website • The Upper Crust WikiUnderworld Vs. The Misterons - Athens
Underworld Vs. The MisteronsAthens
Label: !K7 Records
A curious confusion of a compilation album with an experiment jazz mood crescendo. From Mahavishnu Orchestra to Roxy Music to Squarepusher, these trax range from danceable funk to trancing jazz and beyond. Underworld is back.
• Underworld Vs. The Misterons WebsiteUriah Heep - Celebration
Uriah HeepCelebration
Label: 101 DISTRIBUTION
Wow! A 70s band re-juicing some old classics while working in a few new compositions. Although good for touring, perspective and their 40 year retrospect, nothing is of pearly significance here other than perhaps a few of the original gems sparkling with today’s production values and the DVD for live performance value.
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TusmørkeUnderjordisk Tusmørke
Label: Termo Records
Immediate flashbacks to early Jethro Tull flooded my senses on first listen, only to give way to other obvious influences from Gong, Can, Caravan, etc. While their name means twilight in Norwegian, their retro prog-psych music is twisted with a dark dose of Nordic folk and folk magic while being played out in atmospheric analog format thanks to the antique equipment that was used for its making.
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Various ArtistsThe Unscratchable Itch: A tribute to Little Fyodor
Label: Public Eyesore
Little Fyodor is a twisted and wacky SubGenius superstar from Denver that has been spreading his bent mania for over 20 years; far long enough to deserve a tribute, so this is it! Featured here are 21 mind bubbling retakes on Fyodor songs including the classics, You Give Me A HardOn (Dan Susnara/The Inactivists), I Wanna Be The Buddha (Evan Cantor), The Blackness (Boyd Rice) and Everybody’s Fucking (Lasse Jensen). Who really needs a firm grip on reality anyway?
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MOAUncountably Infinite
Label: self-published
Cleverly disguised as a teacher of electronic music production at New York’s Dubspot, Saxophonist Max Wild, under the moniker MOA, really comes alive when he experiments with and exploits the collision of his childhood in Zimbabwe and formal jazz training with the irresistible advances of electronic music at his fingertips. This diverse background gave him ample inlets and ideas for producing and embellishing this genre jumping debut offering of dubstep, dance and electropop melded with urban grooves and African rhythms.
• MOA Website • MOA FacebookBlockhead - Uncle Tony’s Coloring Book
BlockheadUncle Tony’s Coloring Book
Label: Ninja Tune
Staying within the lines are the challenge and reward with any coloring book and therein lies the fun with this audio version. Here the space between the lines is filled with funky hip hop rhythms colored over smooth and flowing electronics. The soulful vocal samples and snippets are then accented with scribbles, burbles and quirks which ultimately makes for an entertaining ride across many song pages.
• Blockhead Website • Blockhead Facebook • Blockhead WikiVarious Artists - Uprising (Metal Alliance)
Various ArtistsUprising (Metal Alliance)
Label: Foss Face Records
Feast your ears on this fist pumping slurry of 17 new and throwback metal tracks compiled of bands from around the country who are united in this new metal massacre. Serving as a roll call of contemporary metal musicians that are still emanating hot and heavy rhythmic churns and aggressive attitudes, this release will help you discover new names in the realm of metal goodness. Next time you are in the mood to bang your head, kick some ass and devour some new furious metal, look no further than The Uprising.
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