Bam's Music Reviews

I'm Bam. I like possums, I like music! Let's get into it~ War Stories is a trip hop album from the musical group UNKLE. Originally released through the now defunct label Surrender All (which happened to be ran by UNKLE!) in late June of 2007, the album happened to be the final release of the third incarnation of the music group, along with the final album involving Rich File, who had been with the group since their debut album in 1998, Psyence Fiction. Much like every other album by the group, many of the songs featured popular artists from the alternative and electronic scene of the time, including Josh Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age), 3D (Massive Attack) and Ian Astbury (The Cult). I've been a casual fan of UNKLE for about six years now, and songs from War Stories happened to be some of the first ones I was introduced to. It's only fitting, then, that I'm tackling this album as the first one from their repertoire! Without further ado... This album is quite the mon...

I'm Bam. I like possums, I like music! Let's get into it~ Satori is a psychedelic heavy metal album by the Japanese band Flower Travellin' Band. It was originally released in 1971 through Atlantic Records, and it would get multiple rereleases over the years, most notably by Warner Music in 1988 and a proper remastering in 1998. Notably the record has also been released on audiophile formats, with the most recent one being on SMH-CD, a Japan-only high-fidelity CD format introduced in 2007. Satori happens to be the first recording by the band to feature their original material, as the previous two records (Challenge in 1969 and Anywhere in 1970) only featured covers of popular bands like King Crimson and Black Sabbath. It's often cited as a cornerstone in Japanese counter-culture music, and many of its tracks have been covered by other artists, such as The Lennon Claypool Delirium in their cover EP, Lime And Limpid Green. I was personally introduced to this album by a fri...