Moore Emphasis on the Riff

As we sit in painful anticipation of Street Sweeper, Stanton Moore dropped us some waiting-room muzak a couple months ago. 

Actually it's pretty damn good, even if Emphasis! (on Parenthesis)*—much like his past solo effort—does sound a bit like a Robert Walter record. 

But the hard-hitting drummer found himself a fitting formula on Emphasis. Keyboardist Walter and guitarist Will Bernard (T.J. Kirk) accompany, the latter injecting a six-string riff-rock attack not heard on any of Moore's previous solo efforts. Nawlins funk, Zep rock and Garage-a-Trois jazz...with a smudge of curried hip-hop, as heard on "Wissions (of Vu)"

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Stanton Moore — Wissions (Of Vu)

Stanton Moore — (Who Ate The) Layer Cake?

Stanton Moore — (Late Night At The) Maple Leaf

Stanton Moore — (Proper) Gander

Robert Walter — Cure All

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Buy Emphasis! (On Parenthesis)

Buy Cure All

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But back to Streetsweeper. Word is the Moore, Tom Morello, Boots Riley joint is recorded and being mixed. No release date, but I'm guessing winter '08/'09.

A look at this savage in action. This gets filthy a little less than halfway through. Wait for the cowbell beat:

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Bonus:

Andrew Bird — Heretics (Early Version)

* plural = parentheses, Stanton. Learn it.