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Post by webm@ster on Feb 9, 2012 11:29:18 GMT -5
Cotton Mather's 'Kontiki' still floats February 1, 2000: Cotton Mather readies to take the stage at the Camden Falcon in London for a Chinese New Year performance. The 300-capacity club is packed. Despite the cold English night, inside, the venue's cinder-block walls sweat with canned humanity. Bandleader Robert Harrison can barely breathe. Although Cotton Mather's second album, Kontiki, came out in 1997, effusive praise from members of Oasis and a swooning British music press have made this little-known pure pop combo from Austin white-hot. "I thought if that isn't the best record I've heard in 10 years, then I don't know what is," Oasis' Noel Gallagher tells MOJO. "It's one of my favorites of all time."t.co/lL1D40oq
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Post by Teotihuacan on Feb 9, 2012 12:10:33 GMT -5
Noel also nominates Kontiki in this week's NME - as one of three picks of a "100 albums you've never heard" article chosen by various musicians.
I'm definitely getting this ASAP, it's easily one of my favourite ever albums, their first Cotton Is King is possibly even better - 60s inflected powerpop at its finest.
The next 7-track mini album Hotel Baltimore is understandably patchy but still good. The final album The Big Picture is probably their least essential but still has some outstanding tunes - AMPs of Sugarland, 40 Watt Solution, Monterrey Honey.
A wonderful band who have soundtracked the majority of the last 10 years for me, I never go too long without revisiting all their catalogue.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2012 11:40:25 GMT -5
I saw this, heard Noel and Britt Daniel of Spoon praising this album, and downloaded it right away.
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Post by webm@ster on Feb 11, 2012 14:22:33 GMT -5
I saw this, heard Noel and Britt Daniel of Spoon praising this album, and downloaded it right away. they are in negotiations to play our Live4ever showcase at SXSW this year!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2012 14:40:47 GMT -5
I wish I could make it down to SXSW! One day. Hopefully they'll tour around if that's the case!
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