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Know-It-All |
Propose One (1) record you'd like the metacritic community to check out. It doesn't necessarily have to be obscure, but refrain from choosing a record that has seemingly been heard by all such as "Funeral" or "Kid A".
Try to use this format: Album: Trompe-L'oeil Artist: Malajube Year: 2006 Description: Original, creative francorock (i.e. lyrics are sung in French). Very Indieish vibe too it. Pitchfork said it best how their songs don't so much build as "chain react". Very spontaneous, yet stunningly gorgeous at times. Great pop moments but not in the least sugary. Sounds Like: The Islands, Broken Social Scene, Dungen, Architechture in Helsinki, Dismemberment Plan (Song Structures) Contribute and have fun! This message has been edited. Last edited by: Vypa, |
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"Forum Moderator" Super Bad-Ass Jedi |
Actually, I don't know if this album is just coming out in the states or other parts of the world this year but it is streaming here. I looked up the album and recognized the cover I had seen when I was listening to Volta the other day. Go to the bottom, right-hand side of the website, look under the title "KIJK EN LUISTER" and click on the CD icon and the stream will open up. Scroll down and you will see it. I have heard the first four songs and they sound pretty good. I am now turning it off as the Spurs-Suns game starts.  ----- If you don't love me, I'm sorry. |
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I mentioned this a little while back on the indie board and no one seemed to take notice so here's my recommendation again
Album: Over the Sun Artist: Shannon Wright Year: 2004 Description: The most intense female singer-songwriter I've ever had the privilege of seeing, this album truly captures her overwrought emotional fervor at it's best (and i mean overwrought as a compliment). Her songs are unlike any other performer out there, and this album was recorded by none other than Steve Albini giving it an immediate and powerful sound to it. Why it doesn't have enough reviews to garner a metascore I don't know, but Pitchfork only gave this a mere 6.5 claiming it was too emotionally painful and that it had "3000 shades of black, with absolutely no sun in sight". I think any album that can accomplish something like that deserves some very close attention. Sounds Like: PJ Harvey (if PJ Harvey felt that she had no hope of ever being happy in this miserable hellhole we call life) This message has been edited. Last edited by: either_or, |
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Know-It-All |
Basically a female Elliott Smith? |
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basically, although this cd has much louder guitars than any Elliott Smith record (or any of hers for that matter). |
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Album: Sing the Hits
Artist: The Put-Outs Year: 1999 Description: With production credit going to Tommy Stinson and cover art 'borrowd' from the Who's debut LP, this album screams Power Pop! Baltimore's John Shafer and company deliver on the promise and add just enough punk attitude to make it relevant. Sounds Like: The Replacements, Lookout-era Green Day. Check it out here! _____________________________ Weep to Water the Trees. "This is my main concern with Obama; what if he has been groomed since childhood to blend in with the zionists and infidels? What if he has been led along by a radical islamic terrorist organization and positioned to become an influential politician? What if Obama gets into White House and turns out to be some crazy muslim terrorist? What do we do then? We'll be pretty screwed. It could happen." -- by some fucking nutjob |
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Album: Electric Ladyland
Artist: The Jimi Hendrix Experience Year: 1968 Description: Jimi's Blackest album. Which is to say, the funkiest, the grooviest, the jazziest, the bluesiest, the most soulful. Sounds like: Nothing else. A swirling rich sound collage. |
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Artist: A Lo Cubano
Artist: Orishas Year: 2000 Description: Cuban hip-hop. Where US hip-hop draws its samples from classic soul and R&B, these Cuban expatriates mine traditional Cuban gold: salsa, son, tango, the gamut. Sounds like: King Chango, if that helps! BTW, great thread idea!  --------------- My basic objection to religion is not that it isn't true; I like plenty of things that aren't true. It's that religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. -Philip Pullman |
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"Forum Moderator" Super Bad-Ass Jedi |
Album: Sarolta Zalatnay
Artist: Sarolta Zalatnay Year: 2007 Description: Hungarian vocalist, most active during the '60s & '70s. This is a compilation of both her solo work and tracks that she recorded with a number of Hungarian bands. The sound ranges from pop and rock to jazz/funk and psych. All vocals in her native language except for the three bonus tracks- but don't let that discourage you. Zalatnay's voice is a gorgeous warm instrument of it's own. Sounds like: A possible offspring Cliff Richard and Janis Joplin. Recommended if you like Cold Blood and Selda (not as powerful nor political as Selda but just as captivating). |
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All right Crazed, you talked me into it. Bought this today. _____________________________ Weep to Water the Trees. "This is my main concern with Obama; what if he has been groomed since childhood to blend in with the zionists and infidels? What if he has been led along by a radical islamic terrorist organization and positioned to become an influential politician? What if Obama gets into White House and turns out to be some crazy muslim terrorist? What do we do then? We'll be pretty screwed. It could happen." -- by some fucking nutjob |
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"Forum Moderator" Super Bad-Ass Jedi |
Cool! Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. |
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Participant |
Album Fisherman's Blues
Artist The Waterboys Year 1988 Description Celtic Rock meets Country. Pogues style instrumentation but the singer has a more rock oriented voice. I just listened to it again the other day and can't get over how good it is. Every song has one of those moments where it just grabs you and pulls you in. Sounds Like Pogues and a little Reckless Kelly |
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Jedi |
Band: The Loading Zone
ALbum: The Loading Zone Year: 1968 Description: slick, tight funk with powerful, rich vocals by Linda Tillery. THey blew me away when I first heard them. She is still involved on the music scene. The guitarist played with other artists when The Loading Zone split up. Be worth your while to check them out to hear a track or two. Similar bands that came after them were Sons of Champlin and Tower of Power. "give me ambiguity or give me something else." |
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Know-It-All |
Band: You Am I
Album: Hi-Fi Way Year: 1995 Description: Well-crafted songwriting played (and recorded by Lee Renaldo) with the vitality of a 3-piece rocking out in a room. The missing link between grunge and britpop and hints at the "new rock" of things to come. It's an optimistic album without being corny. Sounds like: A cross between Paul Kelly and AC/DC. |
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Know-It-All |
Great choice, Vypa. That's a fantastic album.
There's so many I want to pick but I'll choose this one because I doubt very many people have heard it. Album: Aeropuerto Artist: Todosantos Year: 2005 Description: Venezuelan electronica with some rock elements overall, but this album defies most genre labels you could give it. There's dance-rock ("Ian Curtis" - probably my favorite track), post-punk ("1999" - a close second), acoustic guitar-driven tracks ("Folk U") and even some traces of Postal Service-esque melancholy electronica. ("Diciembre") The only catch is it was only released in Venezuela and is somewhat difficult to get. Sounds Like: Good music (I can't think of any, it's too varied.) |
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Album: The Dreaming
Artist: Kate Bush Year: 1982 Description: The Dreaming was Kate’s most underrated album. Dismissed by her fans as "too weird", this album didn't do so well with singles or sales. Most of Kate's fans preferred her more eclectic pop sound. As time passed more people began to appreciate this album for the Kate Bush masterpiece it is. This is her most adventurous and progressive album, and now it is deserving the appreciation it should of deserved in 1982. Sounds Like: Something great. ---------------------------------------- "You're half the man Peter Pan could have been" |
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Agree about the Dreaming, seb. It was really quite visionary, and unlike anything anyone else was doing at the time. I didn't like it then, but I definitely appreciate it now. Sadly, nothing she's done since then has held up, especially Aerial, which I think was rather second rate.
--------------- My basic objection to religion is not that it isn't true; I like plenty of things that aren't true. It's that religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. -Philip Pullman |
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K/c, have you forgotten 'Hounds of Love' ?
Or don't you Stateside appreciate this gem? Oh, could I feel as I have felt, or be what I have been, Or weep as I could once have wept, o'er many a vanished scene; As springs in deserts found seem sweet, all brackish though they be, So, midst the withered waste of life, those tears would flow to me. |
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You're right. I had forgotten Hounds of Love. Similar to the Dreaming in a lot of ways.
--------------- My basic objection to religion is not that it isn't true; I like plenty of things that aren't true. It's that religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. -Philip Pullman |
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