In plain theory this should not work. But it’s not only working, it’s fabulous. This is a vivid, genre crossing album where blues and hip-hop, rock and reggae, soul and rockabilly, punk-rock/garage rock sound and orchestral arrangements are merged into one and working surprisingly well together.
On one hand we’ve got the veteran English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello (age 59), while on the other hand we’ve got The Roots, an hip hop/neo soul band. An explosive mixture which prove to work smoothly and delivered a surprisingly strong and charming album.
Actually this is one of the most refreshing albums I heard in a while. With solid roots back to soul, blues and funk, but having an almost garage rock and punk like raw edge, this 60-‘s, 70’s flavored music proved to be still fresh, surprising and much more alive then most of the plastic, midi and looped based things we’re listening today. And this comes from a guy who have no nostalgia syndrome and works (sometimes play) on a midi-controller each and every day for more then a decade now. Read more Elvis Costello And The Roots – Wise Up Ghost And Other Songs (2013)
Which one was your last favorite Korn album? Don’t tell me “Korn” or “Life Is Peachy” – although you might be right!! Mine was the 2005’s “See You on the Other Side” and it’s dark, sometimes industrial-tinged experimental metal flavor it’s still heavy and refreshing, edge-cutting after all these years. Last time they tried to ride the dubstep trend by bringing in some fancy producers as Skrillex, Noisia, Excision, etc and somehow “The Path of Totality” was too mainstream oriented and designed to be genuine. So, pretty curious what this time Korn it’s up to while they bring back original guitarist Brian “Head” Welch, for the first time since their 2003’s “Take a Look in the Mirror”. Still, “The Path of Totality” has sold 270,000 copies in the US, which anyway is a pretty decent number these days. Now Korn announced that they will return to their metallic-neurotic, darker roots.
The soul-tribe of Brazil is back! “Savages” is the upcoming ninth studio album of the band and the first to feature drummer Zyon Cavalera, Max’s son. Scheduled to be released on October 4, “Savages” consist of 10 grinding metal tracks and it was produced by the legendary Terry Date, responsible for some memorable albums such as Metal Church – Metal Church (1984), Sanctuary – Refuge Denied (1988), Dream Theater – When Dream and Day Unite (1989), Overkill – The Years of Decay (1989), Pantera – Cowboys from Hell (1990), Prong – Cleansing (1994) and many more. The album benefits also from featuring several guest artists including Igor Cavalera of Lody Kong, Jamie Hanks of I Declare War, Neil Fallon of Clutch and Mitch Harris of Napalm Death. 
IMAX and the mixture of a Sci-Fi adventure and some live recordings with Metallica performing mainly good-old classics can bring back the band to fortune and fame? Maybe not, but probably yes. Smells like flogging a dead horse and desperately trying to cash-in much as it’s possible from their own past.
The brit milah, “covenant of circumcision”, is a Jewish religious male circumcision ceremony performed on 8-day-old male infants by a mohel. The G melodic minor scale (G, A, Bb, C, D, E#, G) is a commonly used minor scale key – G minor on circle of 5ths…. What the heck I’m talking about??! 😆
