Thelonious Monk - Piano Solo THE WHITE STRIPES the Mary Chain descended on

the Mary Chain descended on Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom – a legendary venue down the road from where the Reid brothers grew up in neighbouring East Kilbride – and tore through the songs that would propel them to worldwide acclaim upon Psychocandy’s release in 1985

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A lot of the rest of the cuts rate among their most outstanding 1966-1967 work

Speaking on the inspiration behind the EP’s title

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Thelonious Monk - Piano Solo THE WHITE STRIPES the Mary Chain descended onIt happens very rarely that you can praise a record without any reservations, this is the case here. A lot of ink has flowed across the page since the Vogue Swing release (1955) of that founding solo record. The repertoire was made up of pieces that Thelonious Monk was playing in New York over that period, but in trio or with a quartet, here his music shows nakedness, I should say crudeness, which is completely overwhelming. It is a black and white