| Yonkers, Michael With The Blind Shake / Period |
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| Album: | Period | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Yonkers, Michael With The Blind Shake | Added: | Dec 2011 | |
| Label: | Ss Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-05-19 | Pull Date: | 2012-07-22 |
| Week Ending: | Jul 22 | Jul 15 | Jul 1 | Jun 17 | Jun 10 | May 27 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 28, 2013: | The Songsmith Show Hey Hey What | 4. | Dec 20, 2012: | The Penultimate Show When Will I | |
| 2. | May 30, 2013: | The Sunset Life When Will I | 5. | Jul 20, 2012: | The Songsmith Show Talk To Me | |
| 3. | Mar 29, 2013: | The Songsmith Show Hey Hey What | 6. | Jul 18, 2012: | Meow After Midnight I Am Thinking |
| Album Review |
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| MC Dizzy Jackson Reviewed 2012-05-13 | ||
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Minneapolis native Yonkers is a noise / psyche legend, relatively unknown until the past few years after his 1968 album Microminiature Love was finally released by Destijl Records in 2002. Has been pumping out some killer garage / psyche / noise / punk - ish stuff with The Blind Shake out of Minneapolis now for a few years. This is some heavy, driving, loud, reverb-ed, distorted stuff coming out of Yonkers home-made guitar, Mike Blaha’s baritone guitar, with kick-ass drumming by Dave Roper and a third guitar by Mike’s brother Jim. This is some seriously killer shit. No FCC’s. *My Favorites*: 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11. 1. *(3:20) Mid. Crunchy guitar, plodding beat, cymbal strikes, screamed vocals near end. Killer. 2. *(3:21) Mid / Fast. Heavy guitar, big cymbal strikes, hi-hat, slightly sparse. Rockin’. 3. (2:46) Mid / Fast. Big full band, driving, loud, loud, loud. Really Rawkin’. 4. (3:31) Mid / Fast. Full and fast, psyche element, pounding drums, screamed vocals. 5. (2:46) Mid. Plodding beat, crunchy guitar, wah-wah guitar w/ killer fx. 6. *(3:23) Mid. Big reverbed guitar, big bass drum, marching and kick ass. 7. *(3:00) Fast. All-out rocker, driving drums, 8. *(2:14) Mid / Fast. Drum-driven, psyche guitar, post-punk-ish. 9. *(4:23) Mid. INSTRUMENTAL. Chaotic noise-driven madness, scatter-brained guitar. 10. (4:20) Mid. Noise guitar under sinister vocal, gets fuller, post-punk. 11. *(2:42) Mid / Fast. Folk turned on its punkish head. Blazing, blistering and beautiful. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Talk To Me | 6. | I Am Thinking | |||
| 2. | When Will I | 7. | I Myself | |||
| 3. | A Little Crazy | 8. | Oh I Know | |||
| 4. | Carbo Hydro | 9. | Period | |||
| 5. | Hey Hey What | 10. | So Be | |||
| 11. | Whatcha Gonna | |||||