Billy Burnette - Gimme You - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Ben Hall - Move [COMPACT DISCS] date 03/01/2011

Sky-high energy leaps from every track on Billy Burnette's eponymous 1980 album for Columbia Records. Burnette had been recording for nearly two decades-since he was a child-but he'd never made a set that rocked as lethally hard as this one. Columbia unleashed the walloping LP with an eye-catching red-neon-on-black cover, the set giving Burnette his first hit single with the galloping InchDon't Say No.Inch Singer-songwriter-guitarist Dorsey William Burnette III is literally the 'Billy' in 'rockabilly.' Billy's father and uncle, Dorsey and Johnny Burnette, led the Memphis-based Rock 'n Roll Trio that helped pioneer the genre. The Trio combined the names of Billy and his cousin Rocky for the 1953 InchRockabilly BoogieInch-making the term rockabilly a household word. Burnette is best known for his 1988-1995 stint with Fleetwood Mac and his songwriting for such artists as Rod Stewart, Ray Charles, Roy Orbison, Cher, Faith Hill, Gregg Allman, Tammy Wynette, Eddy Raven & Tanya Tucker. First time on CD.

Portland, Maine indie rock trio Weakened Friends dive into the honest truth of being a working musician on their new LP, Quitter, reflecting on lost friendships and self-worth swallowed up by burnout. Songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist Sonia Sturino is supported by Annie Hoffman (bass/vocals) and Adam Hand (drums), filling out a mature and emotive sound.Central to the record thematically is the empty threat of quitting music and Inchgetting a real jobInch. Sturino wrestles with her relationship with music on the title track, shouting InchI love it, but it never really feels okayInch over scorching guitars. Despite the implications of the title, quitting is not an option for the band. Even as friends settle into adulthood, Weakened Friends find themselves trapped in a fortress of their own creation, inseparably attached to the eternal youthfulness of life in music. In this liminal zone, life passes by and friendships are weakened, and Quitter takes plenty of time to mourn these losses.Opening themselves up to ideas outside the constraints of their slacker rock sound, Weakened Friends puts the full force of their creative ambition into InchQuitterInch. Inspired by watching peers go above and beyond what is expected of them, the band sought to explore each song's fullest potential, with their most extensive pre-production and arrangement work to date. Incorporating banjo, pedal steel, horns, extensive synth arrangement and a number of non-instrumental sounds such as ovens and camera flashes, Weakened Friends expand on their universe of sounds on their new LP.Quitter bears Sturino's vulnerabilities and insecurities about her role in the music world loudly and proudly, but in the confident and ambitious sounds that couch those fears, Weakened Friends prove their worth as a vital and exciting rock band.1. Bargain Bin2. Quitter 3. Everything is Better4. 25th 5. Tunnels6. Pl