Mike Bloomfield - Mike Bloomfield - Greatest Hits - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Michael Bloomfield - Best of Mike Bloomfield [COMPACT DISCS] UK - Import date 10/27/1997

Some 7 years into Silverbacks, they say definitively that this is what they sound like. What they want to sound like. InchA lot of the songs are new, but the album reminds me of the times Kilian and I spent in the garage as teenagers writing songs together and imagining what our band could achieve,Inch says Daniel. InchIt reminds me of the first few gigs we played with Peadar and Emma in Maynooth.Now that Easy Being a Winner is coming out, I feel I can more confidently say who we are. We're indie rock. And this album sounds even more like the indie rock I imagined for our band all those years ago.Inch It's no surprise, then, that the likes of My Bloody Valentine and Guided by Voices are mentioned as influences. They also love Stereolab, a key touchstone for the aforementioned 'Something I Know'. Cult Irish band Rollerskate Skinny, indie legends Yo La Tengo, and Mercury Rev are all cited, as is an interesting name Nick Cave. Daniel says he took some lyrical inspiration from his engagement with religion and imagery.Paris is another big presence in Daniel's lyrics. 'No Rivers Around Here' is about trying to fit into a neighbourhood, and feeling torn about the changes that are likely to happen to the area in the coming years. Elsewhere lie references to what he saw from his window on Gare du Nord, where he lived opposite a S*x shop. Penultimate track 'Songs About Divide' is the most mellow of the collection, a bittersweet song about loneliness and lacking a sense of belonging to any one place. It takes confidence to admit such feelings. In Easy Being a Winner, Silverbacks have made their best album yet.

Barrelhouse Chuck¹s blues piano playing is filled with soul, high energy, and low down greasy blues. His loyalty to carry on the works of legendary players, like his mentors Little Brother Montgomery and Sunnyland Slim, contribute to his style. This disc also includes three duets with Erwin Helfer, another Chicago blues piano master. Erwin and Chuck¹s duets are spontaneous and thrilling like a live performance. Barrelhouse Chuck is keeping the blues piano tradition alive and has earned his own place among the masters. Fabulous. 2005.