Revolver
has teamed up with The Obsessed for an exclusive Transparent Blue with Black Smoke vinyl variant of their classic album The Church Within
In the early Eighties, Washington, D.C. s music scene was pretty clearly split between longhairs clinging to the supercharged Seventies sounds of heshers like Zeppelin and Sabbath and a new crew of short-cropped kids diving headfirst into the hardcore punk scene of Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Black Flag and more.
It was during this time that Scott Wino Weinrich launched his now-iconic stoner doom crew the Obsessed in nearby Potomac, Maryland. His band s heavy-as-hell headbanging sound (and biker-tough looks) should have put him in diametric opposition to the hardcore kids except that Wino s no bullshit approach (and genuine love of both heavy metal and punk) actually
We’ll hear music from
Stain, the 1993 release from Living Colour. It was the band’s final studio recording for eight years. We’ll also hear selections from George Benson’s 1967 LP
The George Benson Cookbook.
Friday, February 12
Force Majeure is the new collection from bassist Dezron Douglas & harpist Brandee Younger. The record features 11 pieces performed by the duo from their Harlem, New York living room for a series of 2020 live streams. We’ll hear music from that release as well as selections from Living Colour’s debut album,
Vivid.
Saturday, February 13
III: Pentecost is the latest from English band Wytch Hazel. Marrying lyrics that touch on issues of spirituality with music that calls to mind early Jethro Tull and peak-era Thin Lizzy, the band has received wide critical acclaim for its classic but contemporary sound. We’ll hear selections from Wytch Hazel’s latest release, as well as songs from Jethro Tull, Wishbone Ash, and Conny Ochs.
Live and Well.com features songs from David Bowie’s 1997
Earthling tour. The record has now been made available for wide release, along with a series of other live Bowie recordings. We’ll hear music from
LiveandWell.com as well as selections from the expanded version of UFO’s 1979 live album,
Strangers in the Night, which was recorded over five nights in late 1978. 808 Hymns from The Brazilian Gentleman
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Listen for music from
Pornography.
We’ll hear music from
Black Happy, the 2012 release from Conny Ochs, as well as music from Jerry Leger’s
Time Out For Tomorrow.