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Scott Walker, In Five Easy Pieces (2003)

...only time I saw Scott Walker I burst out laughing. It was the mid-60s and... ...hits radio doesn't appear to know of them) and Scott Walker, who possessed a golden syrup baritone,... ...Fire Escape in the Sky: The Godlike Genius of Scott Walker. But I suspect Cope's flaky reputation, an... ...As Marc Almond says, "There is only one Scott Walker, the rest of us can just watch from the...

Essential: > essentialelsewhere/823/scott-walker-in-five-easy-pieces-2003/

SCOTT WALKER INTERVIEWED (2006). Loneliness is a cloak you wear

...could accuse reclusive songwriter and singer Scott Walker of haste. In the time between Walker's last... ...five-CD retrospective (amusingly entitled Scott Walker In Five Easy Pieces) came with admiring quotes... ...up his subject neatly: "There is only one Scott Walker, the rest of us can just watch from the... ...than you do in the sense that, 'Oh, this is Scott Walker and he's a famous recluse.'? I've always... ...Julian Cope album was 'the godlike genius of Scott Walker'. Did that actually make your life difficult,...

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Absolute: > absoluteelsewhere/392/scott-walker-interviewed-2006-loneliness-is-a-cloak-you-wear/

The Last Shadow Puppets: The Age of Understatement (Domino)

...in UK reviews to Scott Walker with regard to this album tweaked my interest... ...this one stands as a fine cult item. Much like Scott Walker albums, I...

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Music: > music/1596/the-last-shadow-puppets-the-age-of-understatement-domino/

Lotus Mason: Lotus Mason (Glowb)

...voice has drawn favourable comparisons with Scott Walker and Bowie at his peak in the late Seventies....

Music: > music/3374/lotus-mason-lotus-mason-glowb/

Solomon King: Happy Again (1968)

Solomon King -- not to be confused with the equally enormous late Solomon Burke -- was something of a one-hit wonder when his big voiced ballad She Wears My Ring (see clip below) went racing up the ch

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From the Vaults: > fromthevaults/3106/solomon-king-happy-again-1968/

Ute Lemper: The Best of Ute Lemper (Decca)

...by this woman so admired by Tom Waits, Bowie, Scott Walker, Jarvis Cocker, Nick Cave and many others who...

Music: > music/3084/ute-lemper-the-best-of-ute-lemper-decca/

Clinic: Visitations (Domino/EMI)

...from Liverpool, this is their fourth album, Scott Walker picked them for the Meltdown Festival he...

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Music: > music/1170/clinic-visitations-domino-emi/

Jacques Brel, Infiniment (2004 compilation)

...have been covered by the likes of David Bowie, Scott Walker, Ute Lemper, Judy Collins and Nina Simone. The...

Essential: > essentialelsewhere/1586/jacques-brel-infiniment-2004-compilation/

Various Artists: The Hal David and Burt Bacharach Songbook (EMI)

...men . . ." But Gene McDaniels sounds like Scott Walker on the moody and orchestrated Another Tear...

Music: > music/3104/various-artists-the-hal-david-and-burt-bacharach-songbook-emi/

JACQUES BREL PROFILED: Seasons in, and out of, the sun

...have been covered by the likes of David Bowie, Scott Walker, Ute Lemper, Judy Collins and Nina Simone. The...

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Absolute: > absoluteelsewhere/393/jacques-brel-profiled-seasons-in-and-out-of-the-sun/

Serge Gainsbourg: Histoire de Melody Nelson (LightintheAttic/Rhythmethod)

...seductive and inventive music and the likes of Scott Walker, Placebo, Jarvis Cocker, Beck and others all...

World Music: > world-music/2632/serge-gainsbourg-histoire-de-melody-nelson-lightintheattic-rhythmethod/

Sean Rowe: Magic (Anti)

Because of the nature of his burred baritone -- and these profound and emotionally deep songs -- it would be wrong to say this debut by New York singer-songwriter Rowe is "exciting". That mi

Music: > music/4025/sean-rowe-magic-anti/

Various: Next Brel (Barclay)

...dozens of musicians down the decades, notably Scott Walker, Leonard Cohen, Nina Simone, Dusty Springfield...

World Music: > world-music/1330/various-next-brel-barclay/

Richard Hawley: Lady's Bridge (Mute) BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2007

...at various times brings to mind Morrissey, Scott Walker, Roy Orbison and others with rich, dark and...

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Music: > music/1326/richard-hawley-ladys-bridge-mute-best-of-elsewhere-2007/

Various Artists: Late Night Tales; Midlake (LateNightTales/Southbound)

...some different names alongside the familar (Scott Walker, Steeleye Span, Bjork, Beach House, The Band)....

Music: > music/3917/various-artists-late-night-tales-midlake-latenighttales-southbound/

Beirut; The Flying Club Cup BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2007

...indie Anglopop, French chanson, nods to Scott Walker, hints of Spanish or mariachi music, snippets...

Music: > music/1358/beirut-the-flying-club-cup-best-of-elsewhere-2007/

Scott Walker: Bish Bosch (4AD)

...about, but rather less listened to. Put Scott Walker at the top of that list. This is only his... ...you just have to flee. Whatever you make of Scott Walker here's an ironclad guarantee about this album....

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Music: > music/5373/scott-walker-bish-bosch-4ad/

THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2012: READERS' CHOICES

...to really appreciate it of course. Graham Scott Walker: Bish Bosch. Because it is not a retread of...

Music: > music/5406/the-best-of-elsewhere-2012-readers-choices/

Antony and the Johnsons: Cut the World (Unspk)

...outre show on Friday night in Auckland), Scott Walker, Dudley Benson and many others -- who exist...

Music: > music/5249/antony-and-the-johnsons-cut-the-world-unspk/

THE SHARP SARACENO AND THE MYSTERIOUS MARKETTS: Tales from the farce side

...bands made up of other players. (The young Scott Walker, second from the right, was in one version...

Absolute: > absoluteelsewhere/4745/the-sharp-saraceno-and-the-mysterious-marketts-tales-from-the-farce-side/

Sarah Blasko: As Day Follows Night (Universal)

...in the league of Greta Garbo, Howard Hughes or Scott Walker. Still, we mustn't judge artists by their...

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Music: > music/2659/sarah-blasko-as-day-follows-night-universal/

Brendan Perry: Ark (Cooking Vinyl)

...remote quality. Delivering like a less aloof Scott Walker, Perry keeps his dark -- but sometimes soaring...

Music: > music/3413/brendan-perry-ark-cooking-vinyl/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Kelly Sherrod and James Duncan of Punches

...Bryars - The Sinking of the TitanicScott Walker - The Old man's Back Again, just because its... ...Alison Krauss, Bee Gees….JAMES: Scott Walker - A side of meat The three films you'd insist...

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The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: > thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/4353/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-kelly-sherrod-and-james-duncan-of-punches/

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (1968)

...rock and prog. At times Brown has the power of Scott Walker as re-imagined by Zappa (Come and Buy), at...

Essential: > essentialelsewhere/4000/the-crazy-world-of-arthur-brown-the-crazy-world-of-arthur-brown-1968/

THE BARGAIN BUY - David Bowie: Heroes/Lodger

...African Night Flight which owed a debt to Scott Walker's Nite Flight, and Yassassin); throws off epic...

The Bargain Buy: > bargainbuy/2888/the-bargain-buy-david-bowie-heroes-lodger/

Lawrence Arabia: The Sparrow (Unspk)

...that references to the European sounds of Scott Walker and Serge Gainsbourg, whom Milne says he was...

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Music: > music/5083/lawrence-arabia-the-sparrow-unspk/

John Rowles: If I Only Had Time (Universal)

...Norrie Paramor) invite serious comparison with Scott Walker. And Don't Take Her She's All I Got --...

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Music: > music/5342/john-rowles-if-i-only-had-time-universal/

David Sylvian: Gone to Earth (1986)

...behind Sylvian's languid vocals (akin to Scott Walker in places) and tracks like the atmospheric and... ...A kindred spirirt with Eno, Robert Wyatt, Scott Walker, Fripp, Ryuchi Sakamoto, German electronica...

Essential: > essentialelsewhere/2760/david-sylvian-gone-to-earth-1986/

PULP REISSUED (2012): Portrait of the Jarvis as a young knobhead

...to take the European stylings of balladeer Scott Walker (on I Want You, Being Followed Home, They...

Absolute: > absoluteelsewhere/4822/pulp-reissued-2012-portrait-of-the-jarvis-as-a-young-knobhead/

BLAIR JOLLANDS INTERVIEWED (2004): Kiwi expat under a watchful eye

...style as "the illegitimate child of Scott Walker and Jim Morrison with a bit of Desi Arnez and...

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Absolute: > absoluteelsewhere/3373/blair-jollands-interviewed-2004-kiwi-expat-under-a-watchful-eye/

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2009 St Vincent:Actor (4AD)

...and you might like to add to the mix recent Scott Walker, mad Stevie Nicks and raiding "special...

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Music: > music/2455/best-of-elsewhere-2009-st-vincentactor-4ad/

Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs (2000)

...Romantic, Rancid on the 57-second Punk Love, Scott Walker for the gorgeous Parades Go By, the Residents...

Essential: > essentialelsewhere/831/magnetic-fields-69-love-songs-2000/

PETER GABRIEL, THE SOLO FLIGHT 1985-2011: Into another world

...Darkness plumb depths that only the likes of Scott Walker (or Trent Reznor, who did some remixes) would...

Absolute: > absoluteelsewhere/4606/peter-gabriel-the-solo-flight-1985-2011-into-another-world/

THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2012: THE EDITOR'S TOP 40

...wit. (For Elsewhere's original review go here) Scott Walker; Bish Bosch: Contemporary art music is what...

Music: > music/5412/the-best-of-elsewhere-2012-the-editors-top-40/

David Bowie: The Next Day (Sony)

...and the poetic spirit and vocal style of Scott Walker adopted (to much so perhaps?) for the gloomy...

Music: > music/5546/david-bowie-the-next-day-sony/

Mr Lee Grant: Tabatha Twitchit (1968)

...and nor did he have an emotional range like Scott Walker or Roy Orbison. Because he came up through the...

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From the Vaults: > fromthevaults/5062/mr-lee-grant-tabatha-twitchit-1968/

Chris Eckman: The Last Side of the Mountain (Glitterhouse/Yellow Eye)

Eckman has been one of the cornerstones of the long-running and very credible alt.country outfit the Walkabouts, has released solo albums, and been a member of the ever-evolving Willard Grant Conspira

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Music: > music/2509/chris-eckman-the-last-side-of-the-mountain-glitterhouse-yellow-eye/

Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg: Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg (Light in the Attic)

Sex sells. It certainly sells the idea of maturity when former popettes decide to ditch the little sister look and get into barely-there leathers. Adults of course find this tasteless and the kids bei

Music: > music/3693/jane-birkin-and-serge-gainsbourg-jane-birkin-and-serge-gainsbourg-light-in-the-attic/

LEONARD COHEN PROFILED: Life of a ladies' man

Even the writer Pico Iyer, who knows him better than most, concedes Leonard Cohen – so melancholy he used to be referred to as “a one man Joy Division” – presents a problem. &q

Absolute: > absoluteelsewhere/3579/leonard-cohen-profiled-life-of-a-ladies-man/

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2011 Tom Waits: Bad As Me (Anti)

At the end of the local edition of this exceptional album -- Tom Waits' first studio album in seven years -- there is a disconcerting litany of images entitled with seeming certainty After You Die, bu

Music: > music/4532/best-of-elsewhere-2011-tom-waits-bad-as-me-anti/

Richard Swift: Dressed Up For the Letdown (Secretly Canadian) BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2007

The previous album by this Californian singer-songwriter -- actually a double disc collection of his previously released singles and EPs -- made an appearance on Elsewhere many months ago and I hailed

Music: > music/1131/richard-swift-dressed-up-for-the-letdown-secretly-canadian-best-of-elsewhere-2007/

Francoise Hardy: La Pluie Sans Parapluie (Virgin)

At first glance this might just seem to be one for those who knew the title meant "Rain Without an Umbrella" or just want a bit of that breathy chanteuse mood music for dinner parties. But i

World Music: > world-music/3142/francoise-hardy-la-pluie-sans-parapluie-virgin/

DAVID GATES INTERVIEWED (2003): Not in it for the Bread

Here's something not many fans of soft-rock singer David Gates -- formerly the songwriter and voice behind Bread -- will know. When he was a much younger man he wrote and produced some material with o

Absolute: > absoluteelsewhere/3896/david-gates-interviewed-2003-not-in-it-for-the-bread/

UTE LEMPER INTERVIEWED (2010): The fearless angel comes treading

Ute Lemper – the foremost interpreter of Weimar cabaret songs and the music of Jacques Brel, Kurt Weill and Edith Piaf – doesn't pull her punches. With no prompting at all after she mentio

Absolute: > absoluteelsewhere/3160/ute-lemper-interviewed-2010-the-fearless-angel-comes-treading/

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2011 Rumer: Seasons of My Soul (Atlantic)

There are a lot of wonderful new soul singers around these days -- Mayer Hawthorne, Adele, etc -- and any number of artists who have you reaching for a historical reference in the same territory (Dust

Music: > music/3892/best-of-elsewhere-2011-rumer-seasons-of-my-soul-atlantic/

Bierut: The Rip Tide (Pompeii)

Within the very bland cover - despite the gold impressed lettering -- lies the typically colourful, romantic sound which we have to come associate with Zach Condon and his associates who bring accordi

Music: > music/4409/bierut-the-rip-tide-pompeii/

The Triffids and Guests: It's Raining Pleasure (Madman DVD)

Elsewhere recently noted the tribute CD to David McComb of the Australian band the Triffids who died in February 1999. That all-star concert released as Deep in a Dream was to help raise funds to comp

Music: > music/3032/the-triffids-and-guests-its-raining-pleasure-madman-dvd/

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2008: Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes (SubPop/Rhythmethod)

With its references to late 60s folk-rock, baroque pop flourishes, close harmonies, art-rock progressions and the jigsaw-puzzle of arrangements for voices and a small array of instruments (all deploye

Music: > music/1695/best-of-elsewhere-2008-fleet-foxes-fleet-foxes-subpop-rhythmethod/

Leonard Cohen: Because of (2004)

The equation seems simple: Leonard Cohen the self-described "ladies man" + women + bed = But of course nothing is ever quite that straightforward with a Jewish Zen Buddhist poet-cum-singer a

From the Vaults: > fromthevaults/3251/leonard-cohen-because-of-2004/

Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 (Sony CD/DVD)

“We have a fire on stage. If there’s any firemen in the area . . . “ This isn’t an announcement you hear too often at rock festivals -- but nothing was beyond possibility at th

Music: > music/2671/leonard-cohen-live-at-the-isle-of-wight-1970-sony-cd-dvd/

Various Artists: Got No Chains; The Songs of the Walkabouts (Glitterhouse/Yellow Eye)

The Walkabouts have -- for 25 years -- been the vehicle for songwriter Chris Eckman (see here) and Carla Torgerson who have been mainstays in a band with a revloving door membership. Some might push t

Music: > music/3248/various-artists-got-no-chains-the-songs-of-the-walkabouts-glitterhouse-yellow-eye/

RUMER INTERVIEWED (2011): Thankful, and slowing it right down

With her debut album Seasons of My Soul; the British singer Rumer has delivered an album destined for many 2011 Best of the Year lists come December. For Rumer – born Sarah Joyce in Pakistan 30

Absolute: > absoluteelsewhere/3934/rumer-interviewed-2011-thankful-and-slowing-it-right-down/

Damien Jurado: Saint Bartlett (Secretly Canadian/Rhythmethod)

With a lovely, sympathetic production by Richard Swift -- sort of budget-priced Phil Spector -- and melodies which swell with Fifties and Sixties pop-romanticism, this is one of those album (like Swif

Music: > music/3304/damien-jurado-saint-bartlett-secretly-canadian-rhythmethod/

The Tindersticks: The Hungry Saw (Beggars Banquet)

Tindersticks frontman Stuart A Staples -- whose solo album Lucky Dog Recordings 03-04 is excellent -- has a rich and soulful baritone which someone said recently reminded them of a more louche and bra

Music: > music/1692/the-tindersticks-the-hungry-saw-beggars-banquet/

BURT BACHARACH IN 1995: The slow rehabilitation

Mainstream pop culture has witnessed some peculiar pairings, none more so than when Noel Gallagher, mastermind and songwriter behind the Britrock band Oasis, climbed on stage in London recently to per

Absolute: > absoluteelsewhere/3394/burt-bacharach-in-1995-the-slow-rehabilitation/

L/O/N/G: American Primitive (Glitterhouse/Yellow Eye)

Those with passion for edgy alt.country and Neil Young in vinegary acoustic-rock mode need only know Chris Eckman (the Walkabouts, the innovative Sahara blues-influenced band Dirt Music) is one of tho

Music: > music/4137/l-o-n-g-american-primitive-glitterhouse-yellow-eye/

Various artists: Deep in a Dream (Stomp/Rhythmethod)

At some time in the mid Nineties I spent an afternoon in Melbourne talking with David McComb, the former singer-songwriter with the Triffids then Blackeyed Susans. He was as intelligent as I had expec

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