Willard's Wormholes

Three more freebies from the UK’s MOJO Magazine. The latest, from the July 2011 issue, is a collection of new voices from the Communion label, spearheaded by the Mumford & Sons guys (who’ve somehow moved a couple million units as well as playing with Dylan @ The Grammys). We’re previewing the opening track by Michael Kiwanuka to illustrate this disc’s off-the-beaten-path appeal. Note that the artwork is misprinted and reads June, 2011, instead of July. The other MOJOs this week include another in an ongoing series of punk-and-its-roots collections, Trash! The Roots Of Punk. I like this one because it spent a month in the car and I learned to appreciate its audacity. Though, I never got why they led off with the Dolls’ “Personality Crisis” instead of “Trash.” Lastly, Blue Christmas, is a diverse and oddly cool Christmas collection. Why not? Some are at Amazon. Check the archives for dozens more MOJO discs. Three more next Sunday.

MOJO Presents: Communion (July 2011)
MICHAEL KIWANUKA Tell Me A Tale (4:02)
BEN HOWARD Three Tree Town (3:33)
MARCUS FOSTER Circle In The Square (4:36)
JAY JAY PISTOLET Vintage Red (2:57)
BENJAMIN FRANCIS LEFTWICH More Than Letters (4:05)
MUMFORD & SONS Sister (3:24)
KYLA LA GRANGE Walk Through Walls (Communion Version) (3:49)
JOHNNY FLYNN In The Honour Of Industry (2:51)
ALESSI’S ARK Hands In The Sink (2:04)
TO KILL A KING Fictional State (3:30)
THREE BLIND WOLVES Emily Rose (4:15)
MATTHEW AND THE ATLAS I Will Remain (3:19)
JESSE QUIN & THE METS The Sculptor And The Stone (2:59)
DAUGHTER Peter (3:18)
NATHANIEL RATELIFF Early Spring Till (4:02)

MOJO: Trash! (June 2006)
NEW YORK DOLLS Personality Crisis (3:40)
T. REX Calling All Destroyers (3:52)
HOLLYWOOD BRATS Sick On You (5:06)
JOOK Watch Your Step (3:18)
COUNT BISHOPS Teenage Letter (2:21)
THE HAMMERSMITH GORILLAS Gatecrasher (2:57)
KILBURN AND THE HIGH ROADS Rough Kids (2:22)
DR. FEELGOOD Riot In Cell Block No. 9 (3:35)
EDDIE & THE HOT RODS 96 Tears (2:49)
MOTT THE HOOPLE Thunderbuck Ram (4:30)
HAWKWIND Motorhead (3:05)
CAN Mushroom (4:04)
BE-BOP DELUXE Sound Track (6:07)
THE GROUNDHOGS Cherry Red (5:44)
IGGY & THE STOOGES Search And Destroy (8:33)

MOJO: Blue Christmas (January 2005)
THE FLAMING LIPS A Change At Christmas (5:16)
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT Spotlight On Christmas (3:20)
MARVIN GAYE Purple Snowflakes (2:49)
STAPLE SINGERS Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas (2:27)
THE O’JAYS Christmas Ain’t Christmas (2:14)
CHARLES BROWN Please Come Home For Christmas (2:47)
DAVID McALMONT Have Yourself A Merry Christmas (4:34)
A GIRL CALLED EDDY The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot
JAMES BROWN Lets Make Christmas Mean Something (6:29)
NEAL CASAL Cora Jones (5:50)
THE HANDSOME FAMILY So Much Wine (3:46)
DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES Just A Lonely Christmas (2:23)
ED HARCOURT In the Bleak Midwinter (4:35)
B.B.KING Christmas Celebration (2:37)
THE VENTURES Jingle Bell Rock (1:59)