{"id":1398,"date":"2019-04-01T07:09:58","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T07:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/?p=1398"},"modified":"2019-06-01T07:10:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T07:10:13","slug":"april-2019-good-to-hear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/2019\/04\/01\/april-2019-good-to-hear\/","title":{"rendered":"april 2019 \u2013 good to hear"},"content":{"rendered":"

The First Album<\/strong>
\nTuli Kupferberg, Ed Sanders & Ken Wasser<\/strong>
\nThe Fugs were one of the first bands to play \u00abHippie music\u00bb, and Tuli Kupferberg was their irreverent front man. The band formed in 1964  and dominated the scene of the sixties, also because of it\u2019s fervent anti-Vietnam stance. Their musical style has been dubbed \u00abavant-rock\u00bb. Kupferberg had a long and acclaimed career as a poet; he was the composer, the singer-songwriter and guitarist of the band and a long-time collaborator of Alan Ginsberg. \u00abA satirical rock band with a political slant, the Fugs have performed at various war protests \u2013 against the Vietnam War and since the 1980s at events around other U.S. involved wars. The band’s often frank and humorous lyrics about sex, drugs, and politics occasionally generated hostile reactions, most notably from the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the late 1960s.\u00bb (Wiki)
\nESP, 1965<\/p>\n

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Four am<\/strong><\/a>
\nBastille<\/strong>
\nIntelligent entertainment with a pop-folk touch from a band that formed in 2010 and has sold over nine million albums since. 4 am offers a glimpse of material from the forthcoming third album \u00abDoom Days\u00bb, which frontman Dan Smith describes as an \u00abapocalyptic party record\u00bb that feels like it\u2019s dealing with the fallout: we\u2019re partying in Bastille\u2019s post-Brexit nuclear bunker, while pensioners outside battle to death…\u00bb \u00abHaving laid down the blueprint for indie-pop that\u2019s since become ubiquitous, it\u2019s interesting to contrast older tracks like the Coldplay-maximalism of \u00abBad Blood\u00bb to the new, comparatively risk-taking clubbier Seeb collab \u00abGrip\u00bb, which Smith tonight describes as \u00about of our comfort zone\u00bb; its drop like an open manhole elicits sweaty frugging.\u00bb
\nVirgin, January 2019<\/p>\n

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Mama Pasfika<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe Black Sistaz<\/strong>
\nMusic from the other end of the world celebrating women and girls: \u00abStand up and rise up, women, we\u2019ve got to stand tall \u2013 this is the message we want you to hear\u2026\u00bb Unfortunately, I cannot find much information about the singers though many of them must be stars in Vanatu. Care Vanatu, who helped produce this video, has an emergency call on its website because cyclone Pam has devastated the island since the track was released. If you want to help: www.care.org<\/a>
\nCare Vanatu, March 2019<\/p>\n

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Dido<\/strong><\/a>
\n\u00abReinvigorated and confident, Dido returns from a six-year absence with her sparkling fifth album, Still on My Mind<\/em>. Following 2013’s neon-washed Girl Wo Got Away<\/em>, this set features her liveliest, catchiest production since early era breakthroughs No Angel<\/em> and Life for Rent<\/em>, and soundtracks familiar themes of love, loss, desire, and — as the mother of a young son — family. Anchored by her yearning and ever-ethereal vocals, the LP delivers on the promising glimmers that were teased on its cool (but ultimately sedate) predecessor, successfully synthesising the spirit of her early hybrid sound with updated late-2010s sheen. Yet another collaboration with her brother Rollo, Still On My Mind<\/em>, finds the English singer\/songwriter in a mature, controlled space — an elegant but fresh collection of her familiar electro-folk with a hip-hop heartbeat. Strumming to life with the expansive beauty \u00abHurricanes\u00bb\u2019 Still On My Mind<\/em> offers moody\u2019callbacks to the early 2000s with emotive highlights \u00abSome Kind of Love\u00bb\u2019 \u00abGive You Up\u00bb,and the title track, which builds to a shiver-inducing beat drop.\u201c (Neil Z. Yeung for All Music)
\nWMG, March 2019<\/p>\n

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LSD<\/strong><\/a>
\nLSD <\/strong>
\nThe Supergroup LSD is made up of British musician Labrinth, Australian singer Sia und American music producer Diplo. They released a first single in 1918 (out of a total of four). All four did very well and, in March 2019, the band announced the release of their debut album. It has been delayed. Synthetic pop I call it. LSD in the main stream. Nice singing, nice art work, all great quality but too slick for me. Had to mention it because of, you know, Alice. This has little to do with her. (sgs)
\nSME, May 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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