#Requiem Por Un Twister

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12/29/22.

This self-titled release is Jonathan Personne's 3rd release since 2019. "Histoire Naturelle" was released in 2019 on French label Requiem Por Un Twister. "Disparitions" was released in 2020 on Michel Records. And now in 2022 comes this self-titled beauty on Bonsound.

Jonathan Personne is really Jonathan Robert (Montreal, Quebec). He's probably more well known for his work with Corridor (they released an album on Sub Pop!). But where Corridor focuses more on post-punk, Robert's solo work is lush, and meticulously arranged (although this has been more noticeable with each new release).

This LP sounds like something the could have fit in on Trouble In Mind era Jacco Gardner, or Maston. It really sounds like it belongs on French label Born Bad Records.

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WZBC Rock Top 30: 21 April 2021

1.  Lucy Dacus, Hot & Heavy // 2021 Matador

2. Blockhead, The Music Scene // 2009 Ninja Tune

3. Desperate Journalist, Maximum Sorrow! // 2021 Fierce Panda Records

4. Duval Timothy, Sen Am // 2017 Carrying Colour

5. Midnight Sister, Daddy Long Legs // 2017 Jagjaguwar

6. NONEWFRIENDS., Already Gone // 2019 NNF Records

7. Cul De Sac, ECIM // 2006 Strange Attractors Audio House

8. DBMK, I Heard You Had A Girlfriend // 2020 DBMK

9. Djur Djura, Voice of Silence (Adventures in Afropea 2) // 1993 Luaka Bop

10. DOUBLECAMP, Confetti// 2019 DOUBLECAMP

11. Elise Road, Daisies // 2020 DK Records

12. Fat Creeps, Must Be Nice // 2014 SOPHOMORE LOUNGE

13. Francois Club, Cobra // 2020 Requiem por un Twister

14. Goodie Bag, Strawberry Shortcake // 2019 Goodie Bag

15. joe p, Leaves // 2020 joe p

16. Juliana Hatfield, Mouthful of Blood // 2021 American Laundromat Records

17. Liars, Sisterworld // 2010 Mute

18. Mannequin Pussy, Control // 2021 MERLIN-Epitaph

19. Masonna, Spectrum Ripper // 2012 Cold Spring

20. Max Pope, Man on the Wire // 2019 Caroline International

21. Medium Build, Be Your Boy // 2019 Medium Build

22. MICHELLE, Heatwave // 2018 R&B MICHELLE

23. Mmoss, i // 2013 Burger Records

24. NOUNS, Still Bummed // 2015 Driftwood Records / Funeral Sounds

25. Rabbit Rabbit, Back Home // 2014 Rabbit Rabbit Records

26. Sainkho Namtchylak, Like a Bird or Spirit, Not a Face // 2016 Pondersoa Music and Art

27. The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury // 1992 Universal-Island Records Ltd

28. The Feelies, Crazy Rhythms // 2009 Bar / None Records

29. The Intelligence Service, Transgressors // 2017 HeRiSa

30. This Mortal Coil, Blood (Remastered) // 2012 4AD

Compiled by Julianna Pijar, WZBC rock director

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7/13/20.

Dômo Kômo, according to Japanese folklore “is a ghost with two heads. Two doctors who wanted to know who between them was the best. Their competitive nature led one of the doctors to graft his head onto the body of the other, which neither one of them would be able to detach. It would kill them both.”

But Dômo Kômo are also a French (?) duo of Vincent Vauchez & Nick Wheeldon (Wheeldon is also a member of Sex Sux...great release on Requiem por un Twister).  Their new album “Bugs” will be released in October 2020 on Le Pop Club Records (Geneva, Switzerland).  The vocals have a 1960s urgency that remind me a bit of Dead Moon or Television.  But the music has more Grout Grout, Velveteen Rabbit or The Lemon Twigs.

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8/4/19.

The Recalls are a Chilean band living in Germany.  Outstanding.  They sing in English and sound like an amazing cross between The Velvet Underground, The Young Sinclairs (new album available on Requiem Por Un Twister), many bands on the Beyond Beyond Is Beyond label, and frankly just a Paisley Underground feel from Los Angeles circa 1982 (yes this means The Dream Syndicate, The Bangles and The Three O’Clock).

This album is being released by Bickerton Records (Spain).  I’d previously posted about The Shambles - a Chris Stamey influenced band.

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WZBC Rock Top 30: 24 March 2021

1. Weyes Blood, Titanic Rising // 2019 Sub Pop Records

2. Red Mecca, Spread the Virus // 1981 Mute

3. Guided By Voices, Alien Lanes // 1995 Matador

4. Frank Zappa, Freak Out! // 2012 Universal Music

5. Siouxsie and The Banshees, Haeyna // 1992 Polydor

6. Spacemen 3, Playing With Fire // 1989 Taang

7. Cassandra Jenkins, An Overview on Phenominal Nature // 2021 Ba Da Bing!

8. Extraa, Baked // 2020 Requiem por un Twister

9. Alex G, Beach Music // 2015 Domino Recording Co

10. The Ex, Catch My Shoe // 2010 Ex Records

11. Hovvdy, Covers 2 // 2021 Hovvdy

12. Super American, Disposable // 2017 WMG - Take This To Heart

13. Fake Fruit, Stroke My Ego // 2021 Rocks in Your Head

14. Joseph Allred, Fire and Earth // 2016 Scissor Tail Records

15. Flying Saucer Attack, Further // 1995 Domino Recording Co

16. Swans, Great Annihilator // 2002 Young God Records

17. Sister James, I Hate It Here Pt.1 // 2021 KRO Records

18. Julia Bardo, I Wanna Feel Love // 2020 Wichita Records

19. Unrest, Imperial f.f.r.r. // 1992 Teenbeat

20. Mark Fell & Will Gunthrie, Infoldings / Diffractions // 2021 NAKID

21. Buju Banton, Inna Heights 10th Anniversary // 2008 VP Records

22. Silver Jews, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea // 2008 Drag City Records

23. Dirty Projectors, Lose Your Love // 2020  Domino Recording Co

24. Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion // 2009  Domino Recording Co

25. New Order, Movement // 2008 Rhino / Warner Bros

26. Tomberlin, Projections // 2020 Saddle Creek

27. Portal, Windy and Carl // 1994 Blue Flea

28. PJ Harvey, Rid of Me // 1993 Universal Music Ireland Ltd

29. Roxy Music, Roxy Music // 1999 EG Records

30. Skyjelly, Seein It // 2020 Skyjelly

Compiled by Julianna Pijar, WZBC rock director