Polvo - PolvoThis compilation's nine tunes the first seven from the Can I Ride double 7 inch EP (1990), the last two from the "Vibracobra" b w "The Drill" 7 inch (1991) are not quite the sound of a torch being passed, but they were a sign that Sonic Youth's weird tunings, the hardcore punk and proto indie rock on SST Records, and R. E. M.'s hazy rock (three big influences on this era of Polvo) were changing lives. Even back then, the impossibly catchy roar from

The Shadows (Raining All Day) and folk (Washing Day)

we decided not to remove it

J rgen Van Rijen - Music for Trombone

and close encounters with Wavy himself

François Boieldieu received his early training in music in particular from Charles Broches

New Orleans Jazz and Flamenco beats

This set piano works embodies his creative energy and imagination

1 signature smash "Love Rollercoaster" plus fellow singles "Sweet Sticky Thing" and "Fopp

and strings arrangements lift such songs as "At the Chime of a City Clock" and "Hazy Jane I" and "II" out of the realm of sad

La Pantoufle: a mix of influences ranging from Jacques Tati's psychedelic touch to Vladimir Cosma

each movement continues from the last without a break

Nostalgic Christmas with 14 Lindy Hop-Jitterbug-Boogie-Jive and Easy Listening rarities of the years 1947-1962