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Know-It-All |
Tenley used to have an interesting group of punks hanging out by the metro station. I dated one of 'em.
Half of them were dirt poor, the other half was pretty rich. It was an odd group. |
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"Forum Moderator" Super Bad-Ass Jedi |
Back on track after the Tenley Town argument:
Album: Golden Smog - Another Fine Day. Sounds Like: John Lennon, Grateful Dead, Wilco, Big Star, The Jayhawks. Must Tracks: "You Make It Easy", "5-22-02", "Hurricane", "Strangers" Also Good: "Long Time Ago", "Cure For This", "Gone", "Little Joe" Skip: Tough call. There are a few tracks I don't like as well as others, but nothing really sticks out like a sore thumb as being terrible. Assessment: Probably one of the best new albums I've heard in over a month. Great songwriting, great musicianship, and insanely consistant. If you're a fan of Midwestern Americana like the Jayhawks and early-Wilco (Golden Smog features members of each), this album is a must. ----- I’ll be Ben Gazzara, you’ll be Gena Rowlands. |
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"Forum Moderator" Jedi |
Butch Walker and the Let's Go Out Tonites
The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let's Go Out Tonites Sounds like: Radio-friendly 70's glam rock. Think Bowie, T Rex, The Sweet, Mott the Hoople, Cheap Trick, KISS...all with a glossy radio pop sheen. Ace tracks: "Hot Girls in Good Moods" "Bethamphetamine (pretty, pretty)" and "Dominoes" Skip: Not much. Assessment: Nothing on this record isn't borrowed from 70's glam and pop metal, but it all sounds so good. Butch Walker is the rock/pop Timbaland: everything he's touched recently has been a huge hit. He's a great pop songwriter in his own right (dating back to his days in the Marvelous 3) and this collection of glam-influenced rock songs is no exception. It's a little arrogant, at times (I'm pretty sure it's a concept record of a sort) and very self-referential, but the songs have more hooks than a tackle box. Easily, the 'driving around in a Camaro with the top down' record of the summer. And Avril Lavigne (who Butch has written and produced for) looks hot in the video for "Bethamphetamine"... |
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"Forum Moderator" Jedi |
Album: Jason Molina - Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go (Yeah, it's not officially released yet, but it was supposed to be out last March)
Sounds like: Red House Painters, J Tillman, maybe a seriously depressed Neil Young Ace tracks: "Everything Should Try Again" "Don't It Look Like the Rain" "Some Things Never Try" Skip: "It Costs You Nothing" The Title Track Assessment: A slight disappointment to me, but nevertheless very rewarding. The songs all sound desperate, dull, aching. You can hear the echo in the studio Molina recorded it in. It's all very minimalist, usually just guitar, with some piano, some kind of humming instrument, and an occasional bit of percussion. Not nearly as good as Pyramid Electric Co, Molina's last solo release, but not much is. The record is actually pretty stellar until the last two songs, which are really dull, and employ this really lame, sickly drumbeat. Since the album's only 9 tracks long, those last two really bring it down. |
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Guru |
Album: Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac
Sounds like: A destroyed, feminine, vulnerable Lucinda Williams Ace tracks: "I Was Watching You," "God is in the Roses" and the title track are great. I like the really slow, sad ones the best. Skip: Absolutely nothing. This record is so intense, I felt like if I skipped any track I'd be disgracing her family. I'm glad I didn't. I'm glad I feel that way. I think you should, too. This is a life-affirming record. Assessment: "Intense" and "life-affirming" I feel I should repeat again to drive the point home. It's probably the best work of her career and she's as much of a songwriter as her late father is. Anyone who's ever lost someone close to them should hear this record. Its like C.S. Lewis' "A Grief Observed" plugged into alt country. |
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Jedi |
I just got Pyramid Electric Co. in the mail yesterday and it blew me away. I was in the perfect mood for it too. |
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"Forum Moderator" Super Bad-Ass Jedi |
Album: The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine
Sounds Like: Insanely catchy punk-tinged indie rock. Awesome if you like Mission of Burma, Sleater-Kinney, The Pixies, & Ted Leo. Standouts: "A Pillar of Salt", "Returning to the Fold", "Test Pattern", St. Rosa and the Swallows". Skip: Nothing. It's a short album (10 songs, 35 min), and they've already cut off all the fat. This is a lean, mean album. Assessment: I've only been listening a few days, but easily one of the high points, if not the highest point, of the year for me. It's got all the hallmarks of a great album: consistant theme, great lyrics, catchy melodies, and it rocks. ----- I’ll be Ben Gazzara, you’ll be Gena Rowlands. |
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Apprentice Guru |
RETURN TO COOKIE MOUNTAIN - TV on The Radio
Sounds Like: Black version of Bowie/Eno's later Berlin Albums, particularly Lodger. Standout Tracks: Playhouses, Wolf Like Me, Blues from Down Here. Also Strong: Tonight, I was a Lover, Province. Definitely Skip: Method. Assessment: I'm really intrigued by these guys, a predominantly Black Band that seems to be working from a predominantly white set of musical influences, a welcome and novel change in this Hip Hop era...Heavy into textures, not yet consistent songwriters, but with great highly idiosyncratic harmonized vocals, the quality of the songs on this album seem directly linked to tempo...the faster the song, the better...they seem to get lost as they slide into mid-tempo...not nearly as good as it's metacritic ranking, but definitely one of the year's most intriquing releases. |
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"Forum Moderator" Jedi |
J Tillman - Long May You Run
Sounds like: Jason Molina, Elephant Micah, Will Johnson, sad Califone (think "Electric Fence" played solo by Tim Rutili with just his guitar) Standout Tracks: "Wayward Glance Blues," "Seven States Across," "Fireworks," "Ties That Bind" Also Good: Everything Else Skip: Nothing Assessment: Definitely a top 5 album of the year for me, top 3 right now, trailing only Nathan Fake and the Knife. I guess you could call it my top non-electronic album of the year. Tillman has got an incredible voice, perfect for the spare, sad music he does. A lot of the bleakest, saddest music I come across is just boring, but this is anything but. If you like melancholy music, this is a must-hear. It was limited edition 150 copies, which were all sold, but in early 2007 Keep Records is reissuing it (they're also reissuing his equally, if not more, brilliant 2005 album I Will Return in November). Between this guy, Elephant Micah, and Yann Encre (of the bands Encre and Thee, Stranded Horse), I don't think I've ever been this excited about a trio of up-and-coming artists. |
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Enthusiast |
Hey, I've had Tillman's 'Long May You Run' cd (a burned copy) for awhile, to be honest, I haven't really listened to it, maybe I need to. The first few songs weren't really grabbing me, it seems I have hard to being patient with that cd of his. Do you have those 'Minor Works' demos of his? They are pretty good. The same person who sent me the copy of Tillman's Long May You Run also sent me a copy of this cd called Throatsleep by a dude named Chris Bathgate in which I really, really like. From what I understand, his cd is hard to get as well. You should check out his tunes at his mysace, he's like Elephant Micah and Bonnie Prince Billy mixed together. Go here Chris Bathgate |
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"Forum Moderator" Jedi |
Oddly enough, I've actually heard that Chris Bathgate album. It's a pretty solid album. I like it. My only complaint is that there isn't a single song that I really like on it, though I enjoy every song. For a guy in college, that's a very impressive album, indeed. He's definitely one to keep an eye on. His MySpace page lists David Thomas Broughton as an influence and I can definitely see that in his voice on some songs.
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Wolfmother – Wolfmother
Must tracks – Mind’s Eye, Woman, Pyramid….the entire album is awesome one of the few albums where I don’t skip anything. Great rock album, can’t go past it. |
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Enthusiast |
Persephone's Bees - Notes from the Underworld
Reminds me of Stereolab and Happy Mondays Must Tracks - Climbing, City of Love, Walk to the Moon Also worth Checking out...Way to your Heart, Nice Day, Even though I'm fooling around Definitely skip. Queen's Night out Any personal impressions...LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM. NOONE'S GIVING IT ANY ATTENTION Douse the Fire |
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"Forum Moderator" Super Bad-Ass Jedi |
Nobody's done this yet, and I've been listening to it a lot lately, so:
Album: Built to Spill - You in Reverse. Sounds Like: Futuristic Neil Young, mellower late-period Dinosaur Jr. Musts: "Goin' Against Your Mind", "Saturday", "The Wait" Also Good: "Liar", "Just a Habit" Skip: "Conventional Wisdom" Impression: A strong contender for best BTS album ever, and one of the strongest albums released this year. If you like guitar oriented rock, this is the album to beat this year. Doug Martsch is a true badass. ----- I’ll be Ben Gazzara, you’ll be Gena Rowlands. |
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"Forum Moderator" Jedi |
Artist: Ben Kweller
Album: Ben Kweller Sounds like: Brendan Benson, early Weezer, Ben Lee Musts: "Run" "Nothing Happening" "I Gotta Move" "Penny on the Train Track" Skip: Nothing, really. Verdict: If you like melodic power-pop with a vaguely indie rock inflection, you'll love this. It really reminds me of the best of Brendan Benson's work, and that's high praise from me. Reflective without being isolated, poppy without being cloying, sensitive but not wimpy. Top-notch. Moving up, rapidly, on my 2006 faves... |
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Apprentice Guru |
Magnolia Electric Co. - Fading Trails
Sounds Like: Warren Zevon, Jackson Browne, Songs: Ohia (obviously), smooth southern rock Best Tracks - "Talk to Me Devil, Again" "Memphis Moon" "Don't Fade on Me" Good Tracks: "Montogomery" "Spanish Moon Fall and Rise" Skip: "The Old Horizon" a complete pacing nightmare... Overview: Probably the most complete Molina release to date. May not have an anchoring track like "Just Be Simple" but is a very cohesive album and does not suffer from the pacing problems of previous Molina releases. More up-tempo songs, but still have that melancholy Molina feel (as well as using the word "ghost" about a million times...). Nothing stops a party barge... |
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"Forum Moderator" Jedi |
It's hard for me to believe that people actually like that album. I'm about the biggest Molina fan there is, but I thought Fading Trails was awful.
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Apprentice Guru |
It's a bit of a patchwork monstrosity but it's got some great songs on it. I love "Talk To Me Devil, Again" and "The Old Horizon."
Best wishes, ~V |
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Enthusiast |
This is where you and I differ Raving, I actually like the album. There are some great tracks on the album "Talk To Me Devil, Again", "A Little at A Time", Lonesome Valley, Don'T Fade On Me, that Spanish Moon tune. |
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"Forum Moderator" Jedi |
Yeah, well nobody's perfect. If you keep working on it though, pretty soon you'll have perfect taste like me, Marlon.
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