-valis Pick of the Week

Another week's Pick for your perusal!

This week I've chosen a label rather than a specific band (though any band on said label is to be counted as worthy): Fruits de Mer! (On the M3.)



I chose two tracks by Sidewalk Society. "Dandelion" (The Rolling Stones) and "Lazy Old Sun" (The Kinks.)Also, a brilliant cover of "Tomorrow Never Knows" (The Beatles) by Spanish band Stay, from the FdM Annual 2011...so, trip to, heave ho! They'll make your Holiday, no matter which you may be observing, brighter! It's colored vinyl!

-valis Pick of the Week

I've had this (brilliant) CD for a while now and can't get it out of my head, nor my Sennheisers! Many of you who've followed this blog for any length of time will know of Zombies of the Stratosphere from their inclusion on Vol. II of the Trip Inside This House Summer Solstice compilation, the fantastic "Blue To Black." Their new release, Ordinary People, has been getting great reviews, and well it should, too. It is, to these ears, an Odessey & Oracle-meets-Village Green Preservation Society slice of the mushroom. Just enough muscle to please the power poppers, just enough efx to sate the psych' poppers, all with an indole poets' ear for the craft of writing.




As I told listeners on my show this morning: I've been reading Musicophilia, by Oliver Sacks, this past weekend; the chapter on "Brainworms" (his term for the more widely known "earworm") might as well have a footnote stating: "Brainworm: hear "Peter Stokes" by Zombies of the Stratosphere.) My opinion.

I recommend. Get it at CDbaby, Not Lame, or eMusic. Thank 'em later.