Small Town Romance

RIP Bernardo Sassetti

Yair Yona — Sat, 12 May 2012 07:09:53 +0000

Tweet Started this morning with sad news - Portuguese pianist and composer Bernardo Sassetti had died two days ago. According to what Wikipedia says, he fell off a cliff. Sassetti was a brilliant composer, a pianist who was deeply influenced by the works of … Continue reading →

STR Mixtape : Mashed Onions

Yair Yona — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:52:02 +0000

Tweet [Audio] Mashed Onions 1. Ruby and the Rib Cage – Horror 2. The Nighttime Adventure Society – Shes in Mind 3. Bert Jansch – Open Up The Watergate 4. Blk Jks – Zol! 5. Damscray – Twist & Science … Continue reading →

A New Single By Hayvanlar Alemi

Yair Yona — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:00:26 +0000

Tweet About a year ago, I was going on and on and on about the Turkish band Hayvnlar Alemi, signed to Sublime Frequencies, who’s doing a mixture of psych,surf,dub and experimental music. Their 2011 album was one of the best that … Continue reading →

Paolo Tofani – Indicazioni

Yair Yona — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:36:58 +0000

Tweet Paolo Tofani released Indicazioni in 1977. He was enjoying a public recognition as guitarist of one of the better bands from the Italian Prog movement – Area. He also recorded a psych/folkier album under the name of Electric Frankenstein called What … Continue reading →

STR Mixtape – Mars In Reverse

Yair Yona — Sat, 05 May 2012 07:27:42 +0000

Tweet [Audio] Small Town Romance Mixtape - Mars In Reverse 1. The Moog Cookbook - Ziggy Stardust (The Moog Cookbook Plays The Classic Rock Hits, 1997) 2. The Tesco Bombers - Hernando's Hideaway (Hernando's Hideaway (7" Single) 3. Ultimate Spinach - Dove … Continue reading →

Gorman – House In The Hills

Yair Yona — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:15:45 +0000

Tweet Applewood Records sent me an email and suggested I’d listen to the new Gorman single House In The Hills. So I listened like a good boy and liked it a lot. It’s kinda strange folky song, that more then … Continue reading →

Guest Post: A Dive Into My Favorite Things

Yair Yona — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 06:33:25 +0000

Tweet This is guest post by Yochai Wolf, who writes brilliant blog in Hebrew called Japan In Dishpan. He went through a journey through Coltrane’s several versions of My Favorite Things, as milestones to his artisitc development. His post is … Continue reading →

Two New OutNow Recordings Releases!

Yair Yona — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 20:51:47 +0000

Tweet I’m super excited to tell you all that tomorrow (April 1st), we’re releasing two new albums in our humble label OutNow Recordings (Free sampler, Bandcamp page). The first, is the new album by veteran Israeli free jazz saxophonist Albert Beger … Continue reading →

Ariel Pink/R Stevie Moore’s Ku Klux Glam

Yair Yona — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:50:19 +0000

Tweet Comes to think about, how come Ariel Pink and R. Stevie Moore didn’t record an album before? Pink is an obvious follower of Moore’s lo-fi aesthetics, with his weird song structures, and they are both already well known (well, known), … Continue reading →

New Robbie Basho Reissue – Twilight Peaks

Yair Yona — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:51:10 +0000

Tweet My mentor for mind liberty and overall follow-your-heart, and guitar maestro Robbie Basho has a new album. Well, not exactly, he’s been dead for 25 years, but about a month ago, the Smeraldina Rima label had reissued his brilliant 1984 … Continue reading →