Captain Beefheart - Clear Spot'Clear Spot' is the seventh album by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, originally released on LP in 1972 in a clear plastic sleeve. 'Nowadays a Woman's Got to Hit a Man,' besides having a brilliant title, shows the balance perfectly Van Vliet serves up his rough asides with all his expected wit and sass, while the Magic Band trade off notes here and there just so. At the same time, the track is strong blues rock that doesn't pander, with a

Songs recorded on a front porch

Celebrated by critics and art historians as a progenitor of ‰ÛÏindustrial music‰۝

in a bottomless (and topless - let 'em loose

) Imagine dreamy Beach House riding Led Zeppelin dynamics

the musical fire raging in Seattle burned so bright that no one could see pinpricks of light dotting the entire state of Washington

and learning to play

Asylums debut album Killer Brain Waves is the sound of discontent right now

for example 'i'm ready' ran through the archie's 'sugar

The subtle dub production gives Jeb's careworn songs of love and loss a unique sound - this is Nashville-by-way-of-Kingston

the old shopkeep reached behind an ancient and dusty cabin and produced a model identified only by a tiny sticker insideåÊ - 'C

demonic vortexes swirling in coffee cups

Newell had little recollection of even sending the songs to his friends at JAR