Yru Still Here?
General
| Mar 2018
Reviews
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2018-03-30
Reviewed 2018-03-30
Reviewed: 2018-03-30
Genre: General (X)
FCCs: 1,8. Possible: 4 Clean: 2,3,5,6,7,9,10,11
Review: “I got a right to say FUCK YOU!!!” is how the new album from veteran guitarist Marc Ribot’s trio Ceramic Dog starts off, with Ribot howling in anger at corruption, tyranny, life in general, and nothing in particular. If you’ve got a serious case of outrage fatigue, Ceramic Dog’s explosive cocktail of balls-to-the-wall abandon, chameleonic disregard for style constraints, political commentary, and absurdist humor is just the shot in the ass you might need. The disc careens from punk to funk to flamenco to surf to rock ‘n roll — all turned on their heads and smudged,
If You Like: Captain Beefheart, Arto Lindsay, Adrian Belew, Gary Lucas, Jello Biafra, Henry Kaiser, Pere Ubu
1/ Personal Nancy (2:58) – moog starts> uptempo jam with spoken word> quick stop
*2/ Pennsylvania 6 6666 (6:16) – bass starts> slow tempo jam with tropical vibe> slow song with chorus morphs into funky New Orleans vibe and swings uptempo & raucous like a stampeding elephant> crescendo end on drums
*3/ Agnes (3:23) – raucous guitar starts> uptempo jam & song> rocking space jam> song> space jam to fade & stop
*4/ Oral Sidney With U (4:06) – guitar starts> funky off-kilter midtempo jam> quick fade
*5/ YRU Still Here? (4:45) – vocal count starts> uptempo surf jam & song> spoken word> rocking space jam> fade
6/ Muslim Jewish Resistance (5:08) – guitar starts> shouted spoken vocals> uptempo rocker> wild sax solo> uptempo rocker with shouted spoken word> quick stop
*7/ Shut That Kid Up (8:22) – moog starts> slow loud guitar-drenched jam> fade
8/ Fuck La Migra (2:54) - raucous guitar starts> uptempo jam & song> two crescendos to end
*9/ Orthodoxy (5:12) – sitar-like guitar starts> uptempo flamenco jam> rocking surf stomp> quick stop
10/ Freak Freak Freak On The Peripherique (4:52) – drums start> shouted vocal on top of rocking bass line> uptempo funk jam & song> moog to fade
*11/ Rawhide (5:53) – guitar/drums start> rocking uptempo jam & song slows to fade
Genre: General (X)
FCCs: 1,8. Possible: 4 Clean: 2,3,5,6,7,9,10,11
Review: “I got a right to say FUCK YOU!!!” is how the new album from veteran guitarist Marc Ribot’s trio Ceramic Dog starts off, with Ribot howling in anger at corruption, tyranny, life in general, and nothing in particular. If you’ve got a serious case of outrage fatigue, Ceramic Dog’s explosive cocktail of balls-to-the-wall abandon, chameleonic disregard for style constraints, political commentary, and absurdist humor is just the shot in the ass you might need. The disc careens from punk to funk to flamenco to surf to rock ‘n roll — all turned on their heads and smudged,
If You Like: Captain Beefheart, Arto Lindsay, Adrian Belew, Gary Lucas, Jello Biafra, Henry Kaiser, Pere Ubu
1/ Personal Nancy (2:58) – moog starts> uptempo jam with spoken word> quick stop
*2/ Pennsylvania 6 6666 (6:16) – bass starts> slow tempo jam with tropical vibe> slow song with chorus morphs into funky New Orleans vibe and swings uptempo & raucous like a stampeding elephant> crescendo end on drums
*3/ Agnes (3:23) – raucous guitar starts> uptempo jam & song> rocking space jam> song> space jam to fade & stop
*4/ Oral Sidney With U (4:06) – guitar starts> funky off-kilter midtempo jam> quick fade
*5/ YRU Still Here? (4:45) – vocal count starts> uptempo surf jam & song> spoken word> rocking space jam> fade
6/ Muslim Jewish Resistance (5:08) – guitar starts> shouted spoken vocals> uptempo rocker> wild sax solo> uptempo rocker with shouted spoken word> quick stop
*7/ Shut That Kid Up (8:22) – moog starts> slow loud guitar-drenched jam> fade
8/ Fuck La Migra (2:54) - raucous guitar starts> uptempo jam & song> two crescendos to end
*9/ Orthodoxy (5:12) – sitar-like guitar starts> uptempo flamenco jam> rocking surf stomp> quick stop
10/ Freak Freak Freak On The Peripherique (4:52) – drums start> shouted vocal on top of rocking bass line> uptempo funk jam & song> moog to fade
*11/ Rawhide (5:53) – guitar/drums start> rocking uptempo jam & song slows to fade
Recent airplay
Rawhide
Old Fart at Play (rebroadcast from Jun 15, 2018) — Jun 29, 2021
Oral Sidney With A U
Magnetized Toner = Best of 2018 [Conclusion] + New Music — Jan 29, 2019
Pennsylvania 6 6666
Brownian Motion — Jul 25, 2018
Rawhide
Brownian Motion — Jul 11, 2018
Rawhide
Old Fart at Play — Jun 15, 2018
Agnes
The Fuzz Deli — Jun 06, 2018
Charting
2018-05-21 — 2018-07-23
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Jul 15 | 1 |
| Jun 17 | 1 |
| Jun 10 | 1 |
| Jun 3 | 1 |
| May 27 | 2 |
Track listing
| 1. | Personal Nancy | ||
| 2. | Pennsylvania 6 6666 | ||
| 3. | Agnes | ||
| 4. | Oral Sidney With A U | ||
| 5. | Y R U Stil Here? | ||
| 6. | Muslim Jewish Resistance | ||
| 7. | Shut That Kid Up | ||
| 8. | Fuck La Migra | ||
| 9. | Orthodoxy | ||
| 10. | Freak Frek Freak On The Peripherique | ||
| 11. | Rawhide |