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What are you listening to? THE MARCH EDITIONING
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Alcibiades
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mostly folk-revival from the 60's (Judy Collins/Joan Baez, etc...), Green Day's new album, a bit of techno (like Lasgo, etc...), a dash of Canada stuff (Our Lady Peace, Tea Party) and tad of regional Mexican stuff...
Lots of stuff really. But trying to focus on a few albums right now...
Mogwai - Government Commissions
Fuckin' eh right. For those not in the Mogwai know, this is a BBC collection of live recordings, a lot of which were mixed by the recently deceased John Peel. It even features his voice introducing the band at the very start of the record. It features something from every album they've done, and could almost pass as a greatest hits for the band. If you ever wanted an introduction to Mogwai, this would be as good a place to start as any. It captures the ferocity of their music quite well (the godly 18 and a half minute version of "Like Herod"), as well as their peaceful beauty (the melancholy "Cody," which is the only track that actually features lyrics on the album), and their trademark buildups and orgasmic crescendos ("New Paths to Helicon Pt. 1" and "Stop Coming to My House"). The songs are different enough from the album versions to warrant a purchase. I'm only listening to the MP3s right now but will definitely be picking up the disc in the near future. It's Mogwai; they just aren't capable of making a bad album. Not one that these ears have heard anyway. Government Commissions is the perfect record to tide me over until the band's next proper LP. This shit will make you feel like you're floating, flying, falling, and will have you weeping like a little bitch by the end of it in admiration of Mogwai's genius. (Just download "Stop Coming to My House" please)
Interpol - Antics
Not bad. Not bad at all. At this point I don't think it's as good as their first album, but it's still a good follow-up. The keyboard to start the album is perfect, and it just gets better from there. The playing feels a lot more raw and there's more of a swagger to some of the tunes. It seems like Paul Banks' lyrics have even improved a bit too. He's still pretty obsessed with hands, but there aren't as many lyrical "gems" as there were on Turn on the Bright Lights ("Her stories are boring and stuff" anyone?). He adds some more vocal variety too. In terms of the instrumentation, some of the new guitar riffs work, and some of them belong on a basement tape. Really, it's a mostly solid album with only a couple of missteps. I'll keep playing it in my car.
Outside of those two, I'm all about almost anything from Iron and Wine, and have also been listening to M. Ward, Jim Guthrie, Owls, Doves, and British Sea Power.
Mogwai - Government Commissions
Fuckin' eh right. For those not in the Mogwai know, this is a BBC collection of live recordings, a lot of which were mixed by the recently deceased John Peel. It even features his voice introducing the band at the very start of the record. It features something from every album they've done, and could almost pass as a greatest hits for the band. If you ever wanted an introduction to Mogwai, this would be as good a place to start as any. It captures the ferocity of their music quite well (the godly 18 and a half minute version of "Like Herod"), as well as their peaceful beauty (the melancholy "Cody," which is the only track that actually features lyrics on the album), and their trademark buildups and orgasmic crescendos ("New Paths to Helicon Pt. 1" and "Stop Coming to My House"). The songs are different enough from the album versions to warrant a purchase. I'm only listening to the MP3s right now but will definitely be picking up the disc in the near future. It's Mogwai; they just aren't capable of making a bad album. Not one that these ears have heard anyway. Government Commissions is the perfect record to tide me over until the band's next proper LP. This shit will make you feel like you're floating, flying, falling, and will have you weeping like a little bitch by the end of it in admiration of Mogwai's genius. (Just download "Stop Coming to My House" please)
Interpol - Antics
Not bad. Not bad at all. At this point I don't think it's as good as their first album, but it's still a good follow-up. The keyboard to start the album is perfect, and it just gets better from there. The playing feels a lot more raw and there's more of a swagger to some of the tunes. It seems like Paul Banks' lyrics have even improved a bit too. He's still pretty obsessed with hands, but there aren't as many lyrical "gems" as there were on Turn on the Bright Lights ("Her stories are boring and stuff" anyone?). He adds some more vocal variety too. In terms of the instrumentation, some of the new guitar riffs work, and some of them belong on a basement tape. Really, it's a mostly solid album with only a couple of missteps. I'll keep playing it in my car.
Outside of those two, I'm all about almost anything from Iron and Wine, and have also been listening to M. Ward, Jim Guthrie, Owls, Doves, and British Sea Power.
Error Macro
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Alcibiades said:
If you like folk, check out Ian & Sylvia. Got my dad the complete Vanguard album collection on CD. It's all remastered and sounds great. Their most famous song is probably "Four Strong Winds". It's great stuff. I love their harmonies.
Foreign Jackass
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I've listened to that new Doves album, but I'm not really impressed so far. I'm trying to get some Babyshambles too, but the album isn't out yet, and well, so far, I can only find badly recorded live stuff.
MrAngryFace
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Also listening to their other two cds. I love it.
A bit melodramatic and depressing, but still very very different. I like.
Sorta required listening.
Best of all the Muse offerings im aware of. Less opera more ROCK.
Foreign Jackass said:
The new Doves is good IMO. I really like the memorable guitar riff in "Almost Forgot Myself," and "Walk In Fire" is a great sing-along. "Sky Stars Falling" just outright assaults your ears when it explodes. I'm still getting accustomed to it but it's good. Nothing that's going to change the musical landscape, but still a solid album.
Quadrophenic
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Ride - Nowhere
MrAngryFace said:
Also listening to their other two cds. I love it.
A bit melodramatic and depressing, but still very very different. I like.
Sorta required listening.
Best of all the Muse offerings im aware of. Less opera more ROCK.
Woot! Go Coot. Glad that you're liking Arcade Fire, and that Rilo Kiley album sounded pretty solid from the snippets I listened to at a record store listening booth. I actually have it on my comp too. Should really listen to it from beginning to end. And I really need to pick up the two Shins albums. Great stuff too.
MaverickX9
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MrAngryFace
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I like Execution of All Things and Take Offs and Landings better. But more adventerous has some REALLY good tracks with a few blehs, but the really good ones are fantastic.
libble.com has been a fantastic source of lesser known bands.
On the topic of Chutes Too Narrow, I used to think that way, but the lean towards pop made me tire of the tracks far more quickly than Oh Inverted World. However tracks like Gone for Good and Kissing the Lipless are still classic. Turn a Square rocks too.
libble.com has been a fantastic source of lesser known bands.
On the topic of Chutes Too Narrow, I used to think that way, but the lean towards pop made me tire of the tracks far more quickly than Oh Inverted World. However tracks like Gone for Good and Kissing the Lipless are still classic. Turn a Square rocks too.
MaverickX9
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Alucard said:This means nothing to those of us who can't read invisible names on CD covers.
I figured somebody probably knows what it is.
It's by one of the greatest artists of the century.
MaverickX9
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Alucard said:
Heh.
The album is titled McCartney.
By Paul McCartney.
It was his first solo album once he left The Beatles...probably the album that put the final nail in The Beatles' coffin.
norinrad21
Banned
Cat's in the Cradle some how torments me from within
hahahahaha, damn that brings back memories! how do you like "everything about you"? check out the original "cat's in the cradle" by harry chapin as well, it's more emotional.norinrad21 said:
Cat's in the Cradle some how torments me from within
i've been listening to these:
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
On Air Library - S/T
Notwist - Neon Golden
DJ Krush and Toshinori Kondo - Ki Oku
1 Mile North - Minor Shadows
IntestineBoy
Sasquatch of 1000 (hairy) colons
MaverickX9
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Substance said:
I could not agree more.
It has definitely got a great feel to it.
Really one of the most amazing albums ever recorded. It's like a mix of space rock and jazz and ambient and instrumental rock, all with some of the most soulful vocals I've ever heard. Sort of a precursor to the whole post-rock thing, so Mogwai fans take note. It's just gorgeous and lately the only thing I've felt like listening to.
Okay, not the only thing. I first heard this album about five years ago, when I was in my heavy Manics phase. It holds up surprisingly well. Bleak lyrical content (an understatement) married to catchy tunage. I'd really like to hear the supposed beefier American mix.
I think I'm gonna pick up the new Doves and Mars Volta tomorrow.
Mifune said:
Really one of the most amazing albums ever recorded. It's like a mix of space rock and jazz and ambient and instrumental rock, all with some of the most soulful vocals I've ever heard. Sort of a precursor to the whole post-rock thing, so Mogwai fans take note. It's just gorgeous and lately the only thing I've felt like listening to.
Okay, not the only thing. I first heard this album about five years ago, when I was in my heavy Manics phase. It holds up surprisingly well. Bleak lyrical content (an understatement) married to catchy tunage. I'd really like to hear the supposed beefier American mix.
I think I'm gonna pick up the new Doves and Mars Volta tomorrow.
The US mix of the Holy Bible is pretty damn good, a few of the songs are drastically different, but its a bit too.....sharp?(not really the word im looking for, but im sure youd understand) The UK mix sounds "muddier" and is more suited for the content of the album itself.....
Ive always found it to be a fantastic album since the first time I heard it...probably in my top 5 ever since a while. I went through a time a year and a half ago where I would listen to nothing but that album for days, almost obsessively.....
Fixations on albums, usually end up that way for me....
Dead said:
I guess I've heard that the American mix has cleaner drum and bass. And there is some really amazing drumming on that album that is lost in the "mud." But yeah, I could see how a cleaner sound could detract a bit from the overall feel.
I was really obsessed with these guys for a while. I guess the later albums kind of tempered my enthusiasm a bit. And I guess by later albums, I mean Know Your Enemy. I'm waiting for a domestic release of Lifeblood before I commit, but the couple songs I've heard from it are not bad.
I really disliked Know Your Enemy, but im pretty fond of Lifeblood. If I had to compare, id say its very New Order-ish, even a bit U2....take that as you will....Mifune said:
That drumming you mention is instantly noticeable for instance in Ifwhiteamerica.....pretty impressive. Both mixes are definately worth hearing. And on that note its about time I order that 3 Disc set that came out in the UK so I can finally have a proper CD release of it...
MrAngryFace
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I Never is also a good song, and the hilariously uplifting Ripcord.
CajoleJuice
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Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
i love the line from 'the river' - 'somebody's bed / will never be warm again / the river will keep this friend'
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Uno Ill Nino
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AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE- The Feeding
LAMB OF GOD- Ashes of the Wake
LAMB OF GOD- Ashes of the Wake
Son of Godzilla
Banned
I'd hate to rekindle stupidity, but I've been listening to Aeroplane Over The Sea lately. It's great stuff.
Also:
Brian Wilson - Smile: Sucks ass. I like the old recordings much much much much more than this. I can't stand the first half at all, just because his voice was damn near perfection on the old versions.
GYBE - FAoo
Ee - For 100 We Try Harder
Also:
Brian Wilson - Smile: Sucks ass. I like the old recordings much much much much more than this. I can't stand the first half at all, just because his voice was damn near perfection on the old versions.
GYBE - FAoo
Ee - For 100 We Try Harder
Property of Jumpship
Banned
Miles Davis: Sorcerer, Bitches Brew, Live-Evil.
John Coltrane: A love Supreme
Interpol: TOYBL
Johnny Cash: American Recordings
John Coltrane: A love Supreme
Interpol: TOYBL
Johnny Cash: American Recordings
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