Johnny Mox - We = Trouble [2012]

For Fans Of: Nurse! Nurse! Nurse!, Fonda Sisters, La Crisi

Genres: Punk, Blues, Gospel

Spotify: Website, Bandcamp

Preview: 

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Anyhoo, Johnny Mox is the project of the italian multi-instrumentalist Gianluca Taraborelli (awesome last name). In his own words: 

"We = Trouble combines gospel, spirituals, blues, with a raw punk influence. Through the construction of real-time loop, Mox works overlapping choral harmonies, beatbox noises and creating an edgy and original sound. A castle of voices, pedals and beatboxes meticulously stacked one inside the other. The result is a sort of skeletal Gospel pierced by rusty noise and heated by electronic grafts. Ossessive spirituals for punks in search of redemption, nailed Soul, millions of growing voices trapped in the rib cage, ready to grow and devour wires and amplifiers." 

Check out this record teaser:

Shady Grove by The Quicksilver Messenger Service (1969)

Kind of like: Quick-silver Hermes himself

Genres: Psychedelic, piano, rock-blues

Listen here: Mediafire

This band may be a stretch for this blog, but I think the music is fantastic and the pianist is the English nomad Nicky Hopkins, who plays with The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, and The Beatles. This is the only Quicksilver record I really enjoy, and its the only one Nicky plays and composes on. If you find yourself impartial to the album, at least give Edward, The Mad Shirt Grinder a listen and you shan't be regretting it.