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Uri Brauner Kinnerot, or UBK as he is called, always liked the writer of these lines.
Whether as part of his work with Boom Pam, the great group Uzo Bazoka or even as a player or producer on albums that he did not lead (and there were quite a few of them - Mizhar Ashdot, Derech Efrat Ben Tzur, Tomer Yosef or Karolina).
Perhaps the favorite and most successful of all was the album he released as UBK called "Massive Soundtrack For the Modern Belly Dancer" and brought together, as usual, guitars and oriental music, or rock'n'roll - as no one says and it's a shame.
But Kinerot is not only a man of distortion and dirty sound, as his other works will testify and as can also be seen from the cover he recently released with the surf-psychedelic trio Rasco for "Kema Naim" - the classic of the high windows from 1967.
How nice (sorry. It's not really requested) to have a version - not completely different from the original (at least in terms of melody or presentation) but refreshing - of this song, from the only and truly perfect record of the trio of Eric Einstein, Josie Katz and Shmulik Krauss.
In short, Uri Brauner, violins, and Resco give this great song a rough and dirty seraphic treatment at the edges that fits perfectly with that of the end of summer.
Arctic Monkeys decided to drive you crazy for good
We don't have to, but we should definitely talk about the interesting evolutionary move that the Arctic Monkeys have taken in recent years.
Or more precisely - about the (puzzling, some would argue) strategic decision to continue with their new single as well, along the same lines that characterized their last album "Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino" from 2018 and which made them a controversial band.
As you may remember, four years ago the esteemed British group decided not to try to compete with 2013's self and its great and mega-successful album from that time "AM", because how exactly can you do that without losing yourself?
"AM" was a guitar album that took over the radio and made the English group a mainstream band known even to those who are not fans of British music and guitars.
And not least thanks to "Do I Wanna Know" and "RU Mine", the two pieces that opened the album, became instant classics and also the last great rock anthems, just before the genre was considered definitively assigned.
Then came the same album from 2018, which presented a dim jazzy and not entirely catchy or flattering version of the band, in a sort of complete antithesis to the stadium monster it had become just five years earlier.
There were those who accepted the change (even if not completely naturally), there were those who claimed that it was pretentious nonsense, but all parties agreed on one thing: it was a disappointment.
Now, over four years later, the Monkeys are back from the frost with "There'd Better Be A Mirrorball", the first song from their new album "The Car", due out on October 21st.
The good news is that this live song is not bad (and not particularly exciting either) is accompanied by a beautiful music video, which presents the singer of the group, Alex Turner, in a new phase - at least visually, different from the slicked back hair and the pose that made many people loathe him and suspect that the rockstar pose went to his head.
By the way, those who chose to despise him for this, as happens a lot with those who boast of musical taste, are exactly the ones who crowned him king a decade before, when he was not yet fully worthy of this title, but that is a discussion for another day (and if you feel like expanding, Just look up the meaning of the word fickle and deduce from it what you need regarding certain audiences).
It is, as mentioned, a quite likable song but not the kind that catches the ear on first listen, despite its monotony, and it reminds me of that controversial album from 2018 more than the frantic and loud material that made the Monkeys, well, the Monkeys back then in the first decade and a half of the millennium.
So will "The Car," whose cover is somewhat reminiscent of that of Travis' 2007 "The Boy with No Name," sound like that album?
Or maybe it's another deception, courtesy of the car that likes to renew itself and challenge itself, but no less than that - to keep its fans on their toes, varying between longing, measured anticipation or fear of pressing Play.
We don't have a pun that calls to Afghans and with "holy wigs" they have already played elsewhere
Two days before the release of that intriguing album by the Monkeys, the Afghan Whigs, the alternative rock group of Greg Dooley and John Curley, will appear in Israel.
It will happen, as usual (the ensemble and Dolly in different constellations have already appeared in Israel more than once) at the Barbie Club in Tel Aviv and is expected, assuming that nothing unexpected happens, as always - not to disappoint.
This will be the first visit to Israel by the veteran group from Ohio in seven years, when this time they will arrive here as part of a European concert tour (always flattering to be listed among the most beautiful capitals of Europe, even if not geographically accurate) called "Wish You Were Near".
which is both a pun on Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" (Roger Waters - nobody loves you, not even your mother. Gilmore - you're fine), and a nod to the way their new album "How Do You Burn" was recorded "From afar, when the band members are in four different corners of the USA due to some kind of epidemic.
"How Are You Burning" came out just last week and is hosted by an honorary member of the group, Mark Langan, who passed away at the very beginning of the year on the beautiful but now sad 22.02.22.
Those who miss the late rock'n'roll hero can hear his voice in the background of several songs on the album (which itself got its name from Langan, which was his way of asking "what moves you?"), even if not in a specific song as a lead singer.
Those who are still not enough for him, can also take solace in the interview that your not entirely faithful servant had in October 2019 with the musician with the deep voice, in more innocent days of pre-pandemic or understanding that the end is already in sight.
Those who want to warm their throats for Dolly and his friends can do so with the new album, which is receiving praise and contains, among other things, the excellent single "A Line of Shots" which is presented here, very reminiscent of the beloved dubs and accompanied by a clip that contains, what do you know, a mirror ball.
Just like the one Arctic Monkeys set before you as a condition in the name of their new album.
Look how everything comes together again, it's all happening really.
For him heroes are drummers
If you haven't yet come across a video of Shane Hawkins, the son of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who passed away under tragic circumstances a month after Langan's death, playing with his dad's friends it means that: 1. You don't have internet.
2. You have no heart.
3. You probably really don't like the Foo Fighters or any project that Dave Grohl takes part in.
At the beginning of the month, Grohl (love him or hate him - the man knows how to put on a huge show) held an evening at Wembley Stadium in London (which started at noon) as a tribute to his best friend - cheers and band.
There were Liam Gallagher, Supergrass, Queens of the Stone Age Josh Homme, Lars Ulrich of Metallica, The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins, Brian Johnson of DC/AC, Violet Grohl (daughter of), and even one Paul McCartney
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It was a huge gesture that brought together on one stage the best forces of British and American rock for generations, and it is hoped that someone there was smart enough to document what went on behind the scenes and edit the material into a spectacular video full of legends and their descendants.
By the way, the last part of the show turned into a mini Foo Fighters show with alternating drummers stepping into Hawkins' shoes.
Among them Travis Barker of Blink 182, Rufus Taylor (son of Roger Taylor, the legendary drummer of Queen who also replaces his father on tours) and Shane Hawkins, another and important son of the others that evening.
The 16-year-old Hawkins performed with his late father's bandmates "My Hero", one of the Foo Fighters' old and beloved songs - an aggressive, drum-driven rock song, in an instant that brought many to tears.
Also in view of the talent that probably passed through the gardens as well as the similarity between the two, not least due to the status and no less than that - the exact choice of song.
In an era that doesn't contain too many iconic cultural moments for the right reasons (no, the bride from Omar Adam's wedding is not an iconic moment), Grohl - say what you will about him - managed to produce a perfect, beautiful, powerful and sad one.
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