Dom Mariani - Popsided Guitar: Anthology 1984-2004 [2CD Set] (2005/2011)
Artist: Dom Mariani
Title: Popsided Guitar: Anthology 1984-2004
Year Of Release: 2005/2011
Label: Liberation Music [LMCD0151]
Genre: Pop Rock, Garage Rock, Power Pop, Alternative
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log, scans)
Total Time: 2:22:39
Total Size: 348 mb / 1.03 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Popsided Guitar: Anthology 1984-2004
Year Of Release: 2005/2011
Label: Liberation Music [LMCD0151]
Genre: Pop Rock, Garage Rock, Power Pop, Alternative
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log, scans)
Total Time: 2:22:39
Total Size: 348 mb / 1.03 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
The Stems, the Stonefish, the Someloves, DM3, the Majestic Kelp: five easy steps on Dom Mariani's endless quest for the ultimate, radiosized guitar pop masterpiece.
Popsided Guitar is Dom's first career overview, a 2CD sprawl that handpicks 38 of the brightest jewels from a pop craftsman who has long defined a certain uncompromising passion in the Australian rock underground.
His work is a distillation of rock'n'roll energy, sunstreaked melodies, ringing guitar work and headlock chorus hooks, fine-tuned with alchemical precision over 20 years of performance.
"These bands represent a progression with the same goal, really," says the Perth-based, internationally revered singer, songwriter and master rock guitarist. "I always wanted to write great pop tunes in a rock'n'roll context, record them the best way I could and have a band do justice to them on stage."
Yeah, he's always made it sound that easy. Like the most memorable tunes on the Top 40 radio he grew up with, Dom's greatest songs exude an effortless, timeless lustre that masks a true attention to detail:
Check the cascading brilliance of DM3's Foolish; the '60s jangle of the Stems' At First Sight; the impeccable pop glow of the Someloves' Melt or Know You Now; the wry, retro-twang of classic surf instrumental by the Stonefish and the loungy soundtracks of Majestic Kelp... different strings, same impeccably strung bow.
Decades before Jet, the Hives and the Strokes, he also drew inspiration from the esoteric US garage punk scene of the '60s ... one he revisited last August when Little Steven Van Zandt asked the Stems to play his Underground Garage Rock Festival in New York. The Stooges, New York Dolls, Bo Diddley and Nancy Sinatra were among the other invited legends.
Long a regular drawcard on the rock stages of Europe and Scandinavia, it was Dom's latest quiet achievement on the international stage. In a sense, his more modest profile back home suits a temperament more attuned to the ongoing pursuit of pop perfection than the distractions of stardom.
Then again, Popsided Guitar could change all that. From the euphoric rush of Sunshine's Glove to the ominous melancholy of Something Heavy; the old school organ vibe of For Always to the brassy swing of Homespun Blues (from his 2004 solo album Homespun Blues and Greens), these are songs internally wired to light up a room ... For Always.
Popsided Guitar is Dom's first career overview, a 2CD sprawl that handpicks 38 of the brightest jewels from a pop craftsman who has long defined a certain uncompromising passion in the Australian rock underground.
His work is a distillation of rock'n'roll energy, sunstreaked melodies, ringing guitar work and headlock chorus hooks, fine-tuned with alchemical precision over 20 years of performance.
"These bands represent a progression with the same goal, really," says the Perth-based, internationally revered singer, songwriter and master rock guitarist. "I always wanted to write great pop tunes in a rock'n'roll context, record them the best way I could and have a band do justice to them on stage."
Yeah, he's always made it sound that easy. Like the most memorable tunes on the Top 40 radio he grew up with, Dom's greatest songs exude an effortless, timeless lustre that masks a true attention to detail:
Check the cascading brilliance of DM3's Foolish; the '60s jangle of the Stems' At First Sight; the impeccable pop glow of the Someloves' Melt or Know You Now; the wry, retro-twang of classic surf instrumental by the Stonefish and the loungy soundtracks of Majestic Kelp... different strings, same impeccably strung bow.
Decades before Jet, the Hives and the Strokes, he also drew inspiration from the esoteric US garage punk scene of the '60s ... one he revisited last August when Little Steven Van Zandt asked the Stems to play his Underground Garage Rock Festival in New York. The Stooges, New York Dolls, Bo Diddley and Nancy Sinatra were among the other invited legends.
Long a regular drawcard on the rock stages of Europe and Scandinavia, it was Dom's latest quiet achievement on the international stage. In a sense, his more modest profile back home suits a temperament more attuned to the ongoing pursuit of pop perfection than the distractions of stardom.
Then again, Popsided Guitar could change all that. From the euphoric rush of Sunshine's Glove to the ominous melancholy of Something Heavy; the old school organ vibe of For Always to the brassy swing of Homespun Blues (from his 2004 solo album Homespun Blues and Greens), these are songs internally wired to light up a room ... For Always.
TRACKLIST:
Disc 1:
1. Hold On (D Mariani) - from the album Garage Sale - Citadel 1997
2. Foolish (D Mariani) - from the album One Time Two Times Three Red Light - Citadel 1993
3. Can't Get What You Want (D Mariani / D Mather) - from the album Road to Rome - Citadel 1996
4. Something Heavy (D Mariani) - from the album Road to Rome - Citadel 1996
5. 1 Time 2 Times Devastated (D Mariani) - from the album One Time Two Times Three Red Light - Citadel 1993
6. TV Sound (D Mariani / D Mather) - from the album Road to Rome - Citadel 1996
7. Second Floor (D Mariani) - from the album Road to Rome - Citadel 1996
8. Just Like Nancy (D Mariani) - from the album Garage SaleVol 2. - Italian Style Citadel 2003
9. Up In The Air (D Mariani) - from the album One Time Two Times Three Red Light - Citadel 1993
10. Soultop (D Mariani) - from the album Road to Rome - Citadel 1996
11. Show You (D Mariani) - from the album Road to Rome - Citadel 1996
12. Far From Here (D Mariani) - from the album One Time Two Times Three Red Light - Citadel 1993
13. Quicksand (D Mariani / J Matthews) - from the album Rippled Soul - Citadel 1998
14. Lure (D Mariani) - from the album Rippled Soul - Citadel 1998
15. Anyway That You Like (D Mariani) - from the album Rippled Soul - Citadel 1998
16. Take It All (D Mariani) - from the album Garage Sale Vol 2. - Italian Style - Citadel 2003
17. Homespun Blues (D Mariani / J Baker) - from the solo album Homespun Blues and Greens - Citadel 2004
18. Rock 'n' Roll Boys Rock 'n' Roll Girls (D Mariani) - from the album Guilty As Sin - Off The Hip 2004
19. Prove (D Mariani / J Baker) - from the solo album Homespun Blues and Greens - Citadel 2004
Disc 2:
1. For Always (D Mariani) - from the album At First Sight - Violets Are Blue - Mushroom 1987
2. At First Sight (D Mariani) - from the album At First Sight - Violets Are Blue - Mushroom 1987
3. Make You Mine (D Mariani) - single A-side - Citadel 1985
4. Mr. Misery (D Mariani) - from the album At First Sight - Violets Are Blue - Mushroom 1987
5. No Heart (D Mariani) - from the compile album Buds - Citadel 08/93 - originally recorded 1986
6. Just Ain't Enough (D Mariani) - from the EP Love Will Grow - Rosebuds Volume 1 - Citadel 1986
7. Running Around (D Mariani) - alternate mix of track found on the album At First Sight - Violets Are Blue
8. Sad Girl (D Mariani) - Mushroom single 1987
9. Know You Now (D Mariani) - Mushroom single 1988
10. Melt (D Mariani) - from the album Something Or Other - Mushroom 1990
11. Sunshine's Glove (D Mariani) - from the album Something Or Other - Mushroom 1990
12. Another Happy Ending (D Mariani) - from the album Something Or Other - Mushroom 1990
13. Girl Soul (D Mariani) - from the album Something Or Other - Mushroom 1990
14. Don't Talk About Us (D Mariani) - Citadel single 1986
15. Rome (D Mariani) - from the Lure CD single Citadel 1998
16. Guitar Radiation (D Mariani) - from the EP From 20000 Fathoms - Citadel 1987
17. The Golden Ones (D Mariani) - from the album Underwater Casino - Head 2003
18. Indian N'Ocean (D Mariani) - from the album Underwater Casino - Head 2003
19. Underwater Casino (D Mariani) - from the album Underwater Casino - Head 2003
