Category f) Tens [2010 – ]

SOUTH OF REALITY

August 5, 2019 · by · in ACROSS THE DECADES, ALBUM FOCUS, f) Tens [2010 - ], GENRE SPECIFIC, Particular platters, Progressive · 19 Comments

Fun! Eccentricity! Experimentation! Swooshy noises! Unapologetic eclecticism! We could be talking about the wonder years of UK psychedelic pop, but we are not. Those descriptors, and more, belong to twenty-first century outfit The Claypool Lennon Delirium whose second album—South of Reality—was released in February 2019. And let it be known that this record is a […]

IMMUNOLOGY REPORT

June 30, 2019 · by · in ACROSS THE DECADES, ALBUM FOCUS, f) Tens [2010 - ], Particular platters · 13 Comments

Is a world of hardening national borders an expression of a global hardening of hearts? UK based multi-national group Vanishing Twin hope not, and on their 2019 album The Age of Immunology invite us to open our ears and minds to a vision of music sans frontières. Formed in Britain in 2015 around the talents […]

THE ROAD GOES EVER ON

May 24, 2019 · by · in A PERSONAL APPROACH, ACROSS THE DECADES, ALBUM FOCUS, b) Seventies [1970 - 1979], f) Tens [2010 - ], Memoir with Music, Particular platters · 15 Comments

Songs For Beginners Wild Tales Earth & Sky Innocent Eyes Songs For Survivors This Path Tonight Sipping black tea and staring at the pirouetting ghosts in a bush campfire are conducive to having a bit of a sing. I learned this when I participated in the Adventure Camping program of the Anglican Department of Christian […]

I’LL BE GONE (BUT NOT YET)

May 18, 2019 · by · in A PERSONAL APPROACH, ACROSS THE DECADES, b) Seventies [1970 - 1979], f) Tens [2010 - ], Memoir with Music, Records · 5 Comments

The silver-haired gentleman in the skull motif shirt may have had an iPad to remember the set list, but the singing was strong and the words tumbled out like freshly minted coins. The band were great—tight and energetic—and their fearless leader even managed a few quirky dance steps during an uptempo number. At a time […]

FROND FRIENDS: INTERVIEW WITH NICK SALOMAN

April 12, 2019 · by · in ALBUM FOCUS, f) Tens [2010 - ], Interviews, ODDS & SODS, Particular platters · 8 Comments

Coinciding with the recent-ish release of Bevis Frond’s latest album, We’re Your Friends, Man, Vinyl Connection was delighted to have the opportunity to chat with the band’s founder and well-spring, Nick Saloman.   VC: Hello Nick. Thanks for talking to Vinyl Connection once again. NS: Always a pleasure, Bruce VC: Congratulations on the latest release. A […]

BEVIS IS BACK, MAN

April 12, 2019 · by · in ACROSS THE DECADES, ALBUM FOCUS, f) Tens [2010 - ], Interviews, ODDS & SODS, Particular platters · 21 Comments

As mentioned recently, Vinyl Connection was delighted to have a chance to meet and greet the latest Bevis Frond album. We’re Your Friends, Man was released late in 2018 and is a genuine old-fashioned double album containing 20 slabs of fresh Frondness spread across two CDs or four sides of vinyl.  For those not familiar […]

FIRE DOWN BELOW

March 22, 2019 · by · in ACROSS THE DECADES, ALBUM FOCUS, f) Tens [2010 - ], Particular platters · 16 Comments

You know how in Facebook there are those little numbers in red squares that magically appear? What are they about? Some appear to be called ‘Notifications’ but often are just FB trying to sell marketing tools. Others seem to be congratulating me on someone liking something. It all seems so trivial and pointless I usually […]

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