Old albums you've recently discovered

Nice! I'd recommend checking out Afrodisiac & Zombie, they are both excellent.

a couple of months ago i went to an afrobeat night in hackney and was chatting to an old chap who had some serious moves. found out afterwards that he was fela kuti's manager and was responsible for organising the night

no, i didn't bang him much.

fela kuti is phenomenal.

Awesome baz


So my Bowie journey has reached the Tin Machine era. I'd never heard anything good about this & unsurprisingly, it was mostly forgettable. A couple of worthwhile numbers scattered throughout but everything feels so uninspired, Bowie is going through the motions big-time. What really lets it down though is the band, they are so run of the mill, almost like a pub act. You'd think everybody and his dog would of been lining up to work with Bowie so for him to end up with such an average sounding band is a sin.
5/10


Self titled record by a band called The Next Morning that is pretty badass. Four dudes from Trinidad moved to New York and and cut a psychedelic rock record in just three hours that doesn't sound a million miles away from the stuff Hendrix & Sly were doing around the time. It's kind of warts and all release due to the nature it was recorded in but when it strikes gold it is awesome. Really soulful vocals, funky rock tunes.
8.75


This is hated by Blues purists, but I really love it. Basically after white England stole the blues Muddy Water's management thought it would be a good idea to cash in on the new craze & backed him up with a white band & muddy went Electric. It really fucking rocks hard, like the Next Morning there's a definite Hendrix flavour going on. What really makes it though are Muddy's vocals, they are unbelievable, he really lets rip. The completely different arrangement and his vocal on Let's Spend The Night Together is unreal. The first half of the record is untouchable, unfortunately the final two cuts don't live up to what came before but still a classic record. Also interesting to hear one of the the greats take on what the UK had stolen & use that energy and make it his own again.
9/10

geniunely thought that tin machine album sad TIM MINCHIN for a minute and thought youd turned to the darkside bruv