Amy Gore and her Valentines
In Love
Label: Space Lion
By now, if you’re a Detroiter, you should’ve heard the first single off of Amy Gore and her Valentines debut album In Love.(If you haven’t go search it on your beloved interwebs) The first whiff of the Valentine’s dream-pop came out in mid 2011, and was called ‘Drivin’ Around’ If you loved that, you’re sure to be In Love with this whole album. (See what I did there? In Love? Man, I’m good…) To fill some gaps in her solo band, Gore recruited Jackson Smith (Elton John and Leon Russell, Patti Smith group), Joe Leone (Grayling), and Leann Banks (Von Bondies) for a one off show that eventually turned into a real band. There’s also a ton of guests on the album, Luis Resto and Dennis Coffey to name a few, that make this record cooler than it already is. Believe me, all of the tracks here are solid jams. Go pick it up.
Get it here on split color vinyl and/or MP3- http://thisisamygore.com/gore-topspin/
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The GO!
Unreleased 1996-2007
Label- Burger Records
This set is pure gold. Set aside the fact that it’s packaged with
special care, this insanely huge collection packs in 99 full length
tracks on 5 cassette tapes. Who makes cassettes anymore? Burger Records
does and they’ve been doing a great job at it.. They’ve has been putting
out great music out on cassette for almost three years and with over
200 cassette releases to boot, it doesn’t look like they’restopping
anytime soon. All of the tunes on here are jams (Jack White has an
never before heard song on the set called Turn Your Little Light Bulb
on. I think that’s worth the $25 price tag alone). There’s live tracks, demos, and completely unreleased jams on here,
so if you’re a fan of the GO! or just a fanaof Detroit music, pick it up
at the Burger Records online store. Also comes packaged with a Go
photobook and a mini-zine made by an old member, Marco Delicato. Burger
also just put out the new go album, Fiesta on three different colors of vinyl. Yes, three. It’s a collectors nightmare.Buy the unreleased cassette box set here- http://www.burgerrecords.org/apps/webstore/products/show/3385396
Buy The GO!’s new album Fiesta here- http://www.burgerrecords.org/apps/webstore/products/show/3583651
-Originally Published on the Metro Times Blogs on December 21st 2012
Link- http://blogs.metrotimes.com/index.php/2012/12/jumblejumble-amy-gore-the-go-unreleased/
