Interactive Poll: It's a Family Affair

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And, having a quiet day with listening time, I've finished first takes on Page 1:
Easy Money: 
Sly & The Family Stone “Family Affair”  I remember this quite well, they were quite
the extended family.  Funk, soul, rock,
they rolled it all together (and maybe rolled a few other things, too).  Based in Marin County/SF, they even dabbled
in psych.  Laid back kind of song here,
in their signature style(s).

Ian:  Freaks
“Tchou tchou”  Fast paced electronic,
jazzy piece, with lots of shifts and surprises. 
There is a melody which repeats from time to time, then it all goes
whirling off in several different directions. 
Can’t let your ears off of it, or you’ll miss something.  Fun little bits of vocals in there, too.  Admirals Hard “Whip Jamboree/Let The Bulgine
Run”  I actually have heard this before,
Raff brought it in to one of the polls last March, had to look it up to be
sure, but I thought I recognized the picture. 
Which by no means means you should pull it, lots of new people in here
since then.  Janel and Anthony “Big Sur”  Whangly guitars, thudding bass and really
cool electric guitar, this one also going off in different directions, with
some dididididididis happening now and again. 
And this one wins my favourite of yours award, you know how I love those
Middle Eastern-y slippy-slidey violins and cellos.  And great, great lead guitar, also in a
Kaleidoscopic-psych (here I mean the US Kaleidscope with their “Taxim,” and
other like pieces of music) style. 
Far and away my favourite of yours here. 

Kees: 
Bolland & Bolland “The Last Apache” 
Very 60’s pop, highly produced as it should be, with their
credentials.  Love the oboe sound and the
vocal harmonies.  There is full
orchestral production as well as a sort of cowboys and Indians bass line.  Horn section as well around halfway in.  Sounds like it should be on a soundtrack to
me. 

Mila-13 Oesch's die Dritten “Ku-Ku Jodel”  Full on Swiss approach, yodeling away, with
accordion, love the St Bernard.  Guess
these folks will never get lost in the mountains, and if they do, the dog will oblige
with the whiskey.  Fun! 

Logan:  Boards
of Canada “Dayvan Cowboy”  Some effected
guitar at the start here, very promising for the piece.  This stays in the shimmering slightly subtly
shifting for quite some time, with some sonic whirlies gradually
appearing.  Then strummed guitars come
more to the fore.  Strings and some
clapping-type percussion adds to the slow build, then lots of cymbals and some
keys.  Great space stuff.  The Unthanks “Mount the Air”  Nice
harp-y start, then lovely solo horn with some shimmers underneath, of chorded
keys and soft bass.  Pretty-voiced female
vocalist, lyrics are very similar to “So Early In The Spring,” a traditional tune,
the chorus is in several similar tunes and even a Coleridge poem.  Beautiful arrangement, with the soft horns
and violin, very different from other renditions of this, in all of their incarnations.   Just
lovely. 

Poll Question: Which three?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Weedpecker – Molecule	3	[6.52%]
Boards of Canada – Dayvan Cowboy	2	[4.35%]
R. Wainwright, M. Wainwright, A. McGarrigle – Mendocino	2	[4.35%]
Hood – The Cliff Edge Of Workaday Morality	4	[8.70%]
Gino Vannelli – The War Suite	1	[2.17%]
The Hank Dogs – Let Go	3	[6.52%]
Admirals Hard – Whip Jamboree/Let The Bulgine Run	2	[4.35%]
The Swell Season – Low Rising	1	[2.17%]
Jehnny Beth – Human	4	[8.70%]
Bruce Springsteen &The Sessions Band – Further On (Up The Ro	2	[4.35%]
Kings of Leon – Be Someone	1	[2.17%]
The Screaming Trees – Halo of Ashes	1	[2.17%]
Sly and the Family Stone – Family Affair	4	[8.70%]
Ibeyi – River	1	[2.17%]
Neville Bros – Voodoo	3	[6.52%]
The Judds – Girls' Night Out	1	[2.17%]
	1	[2.17%]
	1	[2.17%]
	1	[2.17%]
	1	[2.17%]
	1	[2.17%]
	1	[2.17%]
	1	[2.17%]
	1	[2.17%]
The Interactive Poll Family :)	3	[6.52%]
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