The lead-off track from his 1973 solo LP A Wizard, A True Star, “International Feel” is my favorite Todd Rundgren solo work. It's a concise demonstration of the era's state-of-the-art psychedelia (Todd was always ahead of the curve with regard to recording technology/gadgetry).
“International Feel” is a rococo glam ballad that eventually blasts off into outer space in a vaportrail of weirdly modulated vocals, phased guitars, filtered drums and glittery space dust. (Rundgren applies a
Okay, let's pretend for a second that all you bloggers out there still buy albums (wink, wink). Well, in case you do, there is plenty of great Cinco de Mayo releases today. Number one on my list is Akron/Family's full-length Set 'Em Wild Set 'Em Free. Released to considerable critical success, the band keeps working the experimental folk angle with shards of machine-born beats and the always epic harmonies of tacks like "Everyone Is Guilty". But there are certainly other noteworthy release