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  • Meet the Texas Weirdo Mixing Kraftwerk with Doug Sahm to Create ‘Kraut-Country’

    12/03/2022 1:24:48 AM PST · by nickcarraway · 13 replies
    Yahoo! News ^ | 11/30 | Joseph Hudak
    In his round X-ray specs and solar-system button-up, Garrett T. Capps looks like he’s just emerged from the farthest reaches of outer space. The San Antonio musician sounds like it, too. Since forming his band NASA Country in 2017, Capps has been working to introduce an unconventional new sound into country music, one that mixes the electronic, experimental hum of Kraftwerk with the cosmic hippie twang of Doug Sahm. Capps calls it “Kraut-country.” Perhaps shockingly, it works. Capps’ new album, People Are Beautiful, is an urgent, inventive reimagining of Texas music. He sings with a traditional country inflection about topics...
  • Popol Vuh - Ah!

    09/10/2018 1:43:26 PM PDT · by oblomov · 21 replies
    Youtube ^ | 1972 | Popol Vuh
    Popol Vuh is perhaps the least-known of the Krautrock bands of the early 70s. In my view, their 1972 recording, Hosianna Mantra, is one of the greatest original recordings of the past 50 years. "Ah!" is the opening track.