#fantasy records

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Larry Williams & The ATS Express - One Thing or The Other Pt2. (Fantasy)

wrt. & prod. Larry Williams, 1977.

mentions Donuts...

[bandcampsnoop]

2/24/24.

DIIV (Brooklyn, New York) has a new album coming out in late May. "Brown Paper Bag" is the only song currently available. It reminds me of the underrated Erik Blood.

Without a doubt DIIV get filed under shoegaze. But there is definitely the melodic sensibilities of Deerhunter. I'd also like to redirect everyone to Launder - an LA based project that enlisted the help of DIIV's Zachary Cole Smith.

"Frog In Boiling Water" will be released via Fantasy Records. Their website still has a signed copy of the LP for sale.

[oldshowbiz]

Kenneth Rexroth reads poetry to jazz at the Blackhawk in San Francisco

[odk-2]

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (1969) John Fogerty from: "Bad Moon Rising" / "Lodi" (Single) "Green River" (LP)

Rock and Roll | Swamp Rock | Roots Rock and Roll

Snuhfiles (left click = play) (320kbps)

Personnel: John Fogerty: Lead Vocals / Lead Guitar Tom Fogerty: Rhythm Guitar Stu Cook: Bass Doug Clifford: Drums

Arranged and Produced by John Fogerty

Recorded: @ Wally Heider's Studio in San Francisco, California USA March, 1969

Single Released: on April 4, 1969

Album Released: on August 3, 1969

Fantasy Records (US) Liberty Records (UK) Epic Records (1991 CD Single Release)

[jazzplusplus]

1954 - Gerry Mulligan Quartet - Fantasy Records

[myvinylplaylist]

Steve Perry: The Season (2021)

Target exclusive variant.

180G Translucent Red Vinyl

Printed inner sleeve.

Includes Christmas card.

Includes MP3 download card.

Fantasy Records

[yeniyeniseyler]

Seether - Judas Mind (Video Klip)

[thisaintascenereviews]

Lake Street Dive - Good Together

In my review of the new Hey Violet album, I talked about how that album was pleasant to listen to, but it was ultimately forgettable. Aftertaste was one of those albums that was a good album when you listened to it, but it made no last impact otherwise, especially after it was done. I just forgot about it, but everything time I’d go listen to it, I enjoyed it. It just shows that being good isn’t necessarily good enough, because you need to have something that gives you a more lasting impression. Maybe one of those things is actually being quite talented at your respective instrument; I give progressive music a lot of flack for that, because they place musicianship and technicality over songwriting, but the talent is there. It just sucks when you can hear the talent, but the songwriting isn’t quite there.

I bring up all of that to say that’s how I feel with the new album from Lake Street Dive, entitled Good Together. I’ve never listened to this band before, but I’ve always wanted to check them out; they have a sound that I could ideally get into, being a mix between Americana, soul, rock, R&B, and pop. Their members came together at a school for music in Boston, so they’ve got the musical pedigree. This new album is their first in three years, but it’s also their first for Fantasy Records, so I was curious enough to listen to this. At a brisk 37 minutes, this is a quick little album, but at the same time, there’s not much for me to come back to after it’s done.

This reminds me a lot of Aftertaste, where it’s such a pleasant and catchy album, but when it’s done, the album’s relatively forgettable. The thing is, too, the talent is there. All of these musicians are great at what they do, but it seems like the pop equivalent of progressive rock and metal. You can tell that they care more about showing how good they are as musicians than making a really catchy album. The hooks are there, and they touted this album as becoming “less weird,” whatever that means, but this still feels like a generic but very well-performed pop album with touches of rock, Americana, soul, and R&B. It’s good stuff, and you’ll have a blast listening to this, but at the same time, there’s so much better and more memorable stuff out there.

[thephotopitmagazine]

TAKING BACK SUNDAY CONTINUES THEIR 2024 NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR

Taking Back Sunday Continues Their 2024 North American Headline Tour New Album 152 Out Now via Fantasy Records   Recently Featured on Kerrang!, US Weekly, Brooklyn Vegan, Dork, Outburn, and more Beloved rock band Taking Back Sunday continues their spring/summer 2024 North American headline tour celebrating their latest record 152. The two-part run, featuring support from Citizen, is set to…

[verytinysongs]

Frog In Boiling Water by DIIV

Band Name: DIIV Labels: Fantasy Records Location: Brooklyn, New York, US ? Release Date: May 24, 2024 Tags: alternative, indie rock, post rock, shoegaze, slowcore

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Creedence Clearwater Revial- Willy and the Poor Boys (Swamp Rock, Country Rock, Blues Rock) Released: October 29, 1969 [Fantasy Records] Producer(s): John Fogerty

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Damon Harris - Ride On (Fantasy)

1978.

[sinceileftyoublog]

Allison Russell Album Review: The Returner

(Fantasy)

BY JORDAN MAINZER

On "Springtime", the first track on Allison Russell's second solo album The Returner, she admits she "used to think that I was doomed." If her debut Outside Child was about her journey to overcome abuse she suffered as a child, The Returner is a tribute to survivors relearning joy, and the complexity thereof. Russell's inherent hopefulness does not prevent moments of doubt from flourishing alongside mantras of self-worth; she therapeutically presents these raw feelings non-linearly, making The Returner a jaw-dropping manifestation of her struggle.

What's consistent throughout The Returner is that while despair and radical yearning often go hand-in-hand, the longevity of the latter can trump the oft-temporarily-incapacitating former. "So long / farewell / adieu adieu / to that tunnel I went through," Russell sings on "Springtime", marching forward with her clarinet in hand, the song eventually swelling with strings, firing keyboards, and funky drums. Fleeting feelings are treated as such: Her ask on the title track to "Throw me in the ocean and see if I can swim," atop wincing electric guitar, is quickly subsumed by declarations that "I'm worthy". "Shadowlands" starts with an all-timer of a first line, Russell singing, "I woke up from a goddamn nightmare / Just to find the house was on fire," though through deep breaths of strings and scratchy guitar, she stirringly proclaims, "We can't be broken."

Russell's words aren't platitudes, trying to convince herself she's okay when she's not. They're evidence of her emerging stronger. "Every scar and every bruise / They shine like blue Botswana jewels," she sings on "Snake Life". The Returner stands out when Russell dives deep into tenets of Black music. Outside Child fit aesthetically within previous Russell projects like Po' Girl, Birds of Chicago, and Our Native Daughters. Russell's sophomore record, co-produced by herself and dim star (the project of partner and fellow Birds of Chicago member JT Nero and Drew Lindsay), takes on gospel, funk, blues, Appalachian folk, and R&B. Hell, there's even an Outkast reference on "Demons", Russell imploring us to not let our inner hellhounds dominate us and instead relegate them "to the back of the bus." "Stay Right Here" is perhaps the best song on the album, building up with a post-punk drum beat and piano before Russell's vocals take a soulful turn. Not quite house, it could at least be an 80's club anthem if it had more bass. It's nonetheless a heartbreaking admission of Russell's tendency to dissociate as a child and sees her thinking about her own daughter and the weight of generational trauma. Russell's ultimate moment of overcoming, her dream that, "Wanna hear my daughter laughing / She can hear her daughter laughing / When we die, we'll die fighting," indeed recalls songs like "I Will Survive".

Towards the end of the album, Russell alludes to the process of songwriting as a means to conquer those aforementioned demons. On "Snake Life", she sings, "The bountiful Blackness / Weds that pregnant silence / And a song is born," one of the most concisely invigorating descriptions of creativity I've maybe ever heard in a song. And then there's a simple juxtaposition in the final track "Requiem", where she admits over scraping guitars that, "Bullets fly faster than mothers' lullabies." At first, the line seems like a litany, a mournful acknowledgement of the unfortunate power of violence. But then she makes a case for the slow burn: "Hope is a prairie fire." Something that can spawn new life in the wake of destruction is a fitting metaphor for Russell's artistry to date. Hope might be slower than the act of burning it all down, but its potential is greater than anything.

[tobyfoxmademeascaly]

I adore y’shtola now because every single plan she comes up with is nigh-guaranteed to be the most unhinged idea ever thought up by cat or man. Being pursued by cops? COLLAPSE THE TUNNEL AND TELEPORT DIRECTLY INTO HEAVEN. Need to distract the Children of Everlasting Dark? THROW BEEHIVES INTO THEIR HOUSES. Need to perform a diving save into a bottomless pit? TELEPORT DIRECTLY INTO HEAVEN. AGAIN. Need to get on Mt. Gulg but air travel isn’t feasible? GIANT ROBOT. Need a portal to hell? MAKE A DEMON. That doesn’t work? SHOOT A LASER. AT THE MOON. Banger after banger.

[bacchuschucklefuck]

soon it'll be dawn again

transcript under the cut ⏬

page 01

Fig: no way? - you're still up?

Riz: Wh– yes?

Riz: Why'd I not be.

page 02

Fig: I me~~ean - that took.

Fig: whole day.

Riz: Yeah?

Fig: 'm beat.

Riz: you should sleep.

page 03

Fig: nah. my guy's still up

Fig: I wanna hang out.

page 04

Riz: That's really nice.

Fig: Hah! - Nobody ever expects an Archdevil rockstar to be nice.

Riz: … yeah. - 's just budget work tho. (the stuff I'm working on) - I've heard it's boring.

page 05

Fig: yeah, but you do it…

Riz: It keeps things going, right? - Nothing happens if nobody sits down and - does the thing.

Fig: That's right… - though. Yeah.

page 06

Fig: sometimes it's someone else who - doesn't want the same thing to happen.

Riz: … - mm.

page 07

Riz (off screen): …It took me a long time to get that not everyone likes doing what I do. - 's probably because you guys are so nice– - or. - kind.

Riz (off screen): to anyone too, not just. - the people you /love/.

page 08

Riz: that's not how it is elsewhere. - The world's– not. hostile. - but 's not like it's kind.

Riz: So I'm doing as much as I can now… 

page 09

Fig: Hey.

Riz: ?

Fig: Go dig some dirt with me.

page 10

Riz: [blank speech bubble] - oh you meant like - actual dirt. (not incriminating information)

Fig: o yea.

Fig: there's clay in the backyard soil. - sometimes when I'm sun deficient or something I go touch dirt for a bit.

page 11

Fig: here u go

page 12

Riz: uh

Fig: now we make a thing! - 'm pretty good at freehanding a bowl.

Fig: I'll show u

page 13

Fig: just– yep, flatten that out as evenly as u can, then–! - actually ur nails'd be so good at cutting out the strip. [larger than usual space] wait. - wait. wait u can carve patterns with them! we HAVE to try

Riz: uh - What. do I carve?

Fig: anything!!!

page 14

Fig: and– yep just seal the inside uh. seam?

Fig: yep that works - okay time's up! all contestant hands up

Riz: [blank speech bubble] - okay - wh. what's next?

Fig: haha - watch this.

(sound effect text): FWOO—MP

page 15

Riz: WH– DON'T JUST DO THAT???

Fig: Now it's fired!

Riz: THAT WAS NOT SAFE

Fig: (actually it's just dry. if u add water rn it'll dissolve)

Fig: ok catch!

Riz: [blank speech bubble] - careful!!

Fig: dw no need haha

page 16

Riz (thought bubble): oh - it's warm…

Fig: now I want you to throw this.

page 17

Fig: u gotta do it - c'mon

page 18

Riz: wh– - It's like 3AM right now

Fig: oh it's not /fired/ fired it's not gonna make a loud noise

Riz: And then just? leave a pile out here?

Fig: pour water over it & it'll be gone I told u

Riz: but

page 19

Fig (off screen): RIz.

page 20

Fig: I've done all this before.

Fig: Can you trust that at least?

page 21

Riz: no, I– - I do. - I trust you.

page 23

Riz: okay what happens now

(sound effect text): glob

page 24

Fig: we do it again!

page 25

Riz: wh. [larger than usual space] What do you mean. (this clay's too wet also)

Fig: see! you're already learning

Fig: [blank speech bubble] - there are flows that are futile to fight. - The world changes.

Fig: Things change.

page 26

Fig: I've learned my lessons with "forevers". - But - as an artist

Fig: I can give you one thing: - You can always do it again.

page 27

Fig: most of everything depends on the rest of the world, - but this. - making new. - that's yours as long as you want it.

page 28

Fig: So?

page 29

Riz: Yeah. - Yeah! - let's make another one.

[koobiie]

this is prompto and noct coded to me