| 11 Acorn Lane / Swing Thing |
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| Album: | Swing Thing | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | 11 Acorn Lane | Added: | Nov 2011 | |
| Label: | Wooden Hat Music | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-12-04 | Pull Date: | 2012-02-05 |
| Week Ending: | Feb 5 | Jan 22 | Jan 15 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 28, 2016: | Everything A to Z week 36 Comin' Home Baby, The Party | 4. | Feb 04, 2012: | Saturday Morning Leftovers My Superstar, Swing Thing (Radio Edit) | |
| 2. | Mar 24, 2016: | Emergency Crew For Caro & Coldwater and Nikoai Let It All Hang Out | 5. | Jan 31, 2012: | AudioVault Le Sexe Au Telephone (Do Me Do Mix) | |
| 3. | Feb 14, 2012: | AudioVault Le Sexe Au Telephone (Do Me Do Mix) | 6. | Jan 21, 2012: | Saturday Morning Leftovers Happy As Can Be |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2011-12-03 | ||
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11 Acorn Lane – Swing Thing Reviewed by Sadie O., 12/3/11 Swing/Lounge, old/new, horns/electronics. Described as Fatboy Slim meets Henry Mancini, as well as “buoyantly Equivelian” (rather nice turn of phrase, that) – it also sounds a lot like early Pinker Tones to me (which is a GOOD thing.) Duo from NY, each playing about a zillion instruments (especially horns). They are also very silly, indeed. I like everything. Apparently they’re getting played a lot on TV shows I don’t watch… 1. 2:06 ***upbeat midtempo Swing instrunmental with mutes on the horns, somewhere between early big band and French café jazz (a la R Crumb), but with modern electronics. 2. 3:34 ***bit of cockney accent spoken word, then jazzy 50’s-ish cha-cha-mambo, fun lyrics. 3. 2:59 ***horns with mutes, 20’s style sax, almost whispered vocals in fake French, boppy female background vocals. Very silly indeed, but loveable. 4. 3:53 ***bass and electronics, uptempo but relaxed lounge-funk with English-accented spoken word snippet. 5. 3:15 ***VERY silly uptempo chorus and boopy keyboards, cute tenor sax, etc etc etc. 6. 4:16 ***big-ass hip-hop boom-bap with goofy British-accent spoken word and swing horns. Crazy mashup! Utterly infectious. 7. 2:39 ***hyperspeed electronic lounge, way groovy, snap your fingers, yeah baby, mambo! 8. 3:01 ***uptempo boppy lounge groove, made for dancing (and the lyrics encourage showing off.) 9. 2:56 ***relaxed mid-tempo boopy hippy-happy… It’s kinda like the 20’s filtered through the mid-60’s Carnaby-Street Brit-Pop, then filtered again through some modern electronics. Gnarly! 10. 4:03 ***”long” version of the first track – more chances for big fun! | ||
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