| Alvarius B / Alvarius B |
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| Album: | Alvarius B | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Alvarius B | Added: | Oct 2006 | |
| Label: | Abduction Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2006-10-29 | Pull Date: | 2006-12-31 |
| Week Ending: | Dec 31 | Dec 17 | Dec 3 | Nov 26 | Nov 19 | Nov 12 | Nov 5 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 27, 2010: | lost and found 70 Mile House | 4. | Sep 29, 2010: | Kremit visits Brownian Motion Outside Steppes | |
| 2. | Oct 21, 2010: | Satan, still in the playoffs Gloomy June | 5. | Sep 23, 2010: | Brick's In Oahu Pt. II The Waxing | |
| 3. | Oct 06, 2010: | Pee Pirates In The Playoffs, Why Did We Take All Those Laxatives Outside Steppes | 6. | Jul 01, 2010: | Value Machine Bleak |
| Album Review |
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| Chauncy Sunderland Reviewed 2006-10-23 | ||
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32 short solo acoustic guitar compositions by Alvarius B (of Sun City Girls). Experimental, lo-fi, wandering. Ranges from appalachian folk, drone, raga, noodles, to unconventional plucking+strumming. Tempted to compare to the usual suspects Newman, Basho-Jughans, & Rose, but unlike the above, technique is not really present, but is made up for by intimacy and refreshingly naive and earnest musicality. Times range from 0:48 to 2:19. A reissue of recordings made from 1981-1989. Picks ***14,24 **4,5,10,11,13,16,23,27 *2,9,12,15,30. Really, all good. Just drop the needle. FCC clean. Moo-cows on the beach!! Raga - 2,11,13,22,30 Korean influence - 4,5,8,18 Percussive - 1,6,13,15,17,23,29 "Traditional" folk - 2,7,11,14 (harmonica),19,28 Midtempo - 4,9,13,16 Fast & frenetic - 1,6,15,17,22,23,29,31 Herky-jerky - 1,15,17,29,31 Stripped Down & Bare - 5,16,24,28 (ends -0:30) Bluesy - 18,32 Rockish - 20 (slow),25 (fast) Slow & restful - 12,24 Slow, pained & anthemic - 14 Slow & melancholy - 9 (harmonica),26,27 Darker & dramatic - 3,6,27 (whistling),30,32 Flowing &/or harmonious - 2,7,11,12,19,28 Experimentally Noodley - 8,10,15 Experimentally Searching - 21,24,26 | ||
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