Thursday, April 13, 2006
RECOMMENDED LISTENING
Again!
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Destroyer's Rubies
by Destroyer
Take The New Pornographer's lead male singer, Dan Bejar, and reintroduce him to his previous project, Destroyer, before creating The New Pornographers. Include much witty lyrical worldplay, with Bejar humming and purring words as smooth as silk. Also include skilled guitar playing, dramatic mood changes (the opening, Rubies, goes from a simple little guitar jaunt, building up to a rockish median, and climaxing into a soft, short, and sweet ending) and just some truly addictive songs, and you have Destroyer's Rubies.
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The Earth Is Not A Cold Place
by Explosions in the Sky
Pitter-pattering drums, post-rock guitars, anthematic tunes, and with no lyrics. Quite awesome. Reminds me somewhat of Mogwai. A perfect sit back and chill album, and not surprisingly, a number of songs from this album were used in movie soundtracks, such as Friday Night Lights.
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Drum's Not Dead
by Liars
EPIC. This is what I'm listening to right now. And that is the only word that can describe it. The drumplay in this is absolutely crazy, spurring up from a simple rhythmic drum beat in one track, and revving up into a climactic percussive clash in the next (Drum And The Uncomfortable Can comes to mind as having the coolest drum part ever.) The other side of the CD has post-rockish slower songs, like The Other Side Of Mt. Heart Attack (which is rivaling Banshee Beat as best song evar now.)
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Frances The Mute
by The Mars Volta
At first, I thought this CD was going to be boring. Then I played L'Via L'Vasquez. And just listened. And my ear drums were assaulted with awesome. Sort of a non-emo My Chemical Romance. Only 5 songs on this CD, but they're long as hell (the conclusion track being THIRTY-TWO MINUTES LONG.) Plus, they randomly sing in Spanish too. How sweet is that?
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Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
by Neko Case
The female Sufjan Stevens. Also a member of The New Pornographers (along with Bejar) this be one of Case's (many) solo album. She has a skill at songwriting that can be compared, like said before, to Sufjan Stevens, though it seems like her songs are a bit heavier than Stevens'. She weaves stories into her songs about girls being picked on at class and getting fingers chopped off in the factories and so on. And she's not bad to look at, to boot.
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Done!
Sleep!
~meh!~
Again!
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Destroyer's Rubies
by Destroyer
Take The New Pornographer's lead male singer, Dan Bejar, and reintroduce him to his previous project, Destroyer, before creating The New Pornographers. Include much witty lyrical worldplay, with Bejar humming and purring words as smooth as silk. Also include skilled guitar playing, dramatic mood changes (the opening, Rubies, goes from a simple little guitar jaunt, building up to a rockish median, and climaxing into a soft, short, and sweet ending) and just some truly addictive songs, and you have Destroyer's Rubies.
---
The Earth Is Not A Cold Place
by Explosions in the Sky
Pitter-pattering drums, post-rock guitars, anthematic tunes, and with no lyrics. Quite awesome. Reminds me somewhat of Mogwai. A perfect sit back and chill album, and not surprisingly, a number of songs from this album were used in movie soundtracks, such as Friday Night Lights.
---
Drum's Not Dead
by Liars
EPIC. This is what I'm listening to right now. And that is the only word that can describe it. The drumplay in this is absolutely crazy, spurring up from a simple rhythmic drum beat in one track, and revving up into a climactic percussive clash in the next (Drum And The Uncomfortable Can comes to mind as having the coolest drum part ever.) The other side of the CD has post-rockish slower songs, like The Other Side Of Mt. Heart Attack (which is rivaling Banshee Beat as best song evar now.)
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Frances The Mute
by The Mars Volta
At first, I thought this CD was going to be boring. Then I played L'Via L'Vasquez. And just listened. And my ear drums were assaulted with awesome. Sort of a non-emo My Chemical Romance. Only 5 songs on this CD, but they're long as hell (the conclusion track being THIRTY-TWO MINUTES LONG.) Plus, they randomly sing in Spanish too. How sweet is that?
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Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
by Neko Case
The female Sufjan Stevens. Also a member of The New Pornographers (along with Bejar) this be one of Case's (many) solo album. She has a skill at songwriting that can be compared, like said before, to Sufjan Stevens, though it seems like her songs are a bit heavier than Stevens'. She weaves stories into her songs about girls being picked on at class and getting fingers chopped off in the factories and so on. And she's not bad to look at, to boot.
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Done!
Sleep!
~meh!~
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Martini was talking about the Mars Volta CD and that's like his favorite band...but yeah, he did say it was like 40 hours long *Look at that powerful use of exaggeration*...
I saw Case at the Cat's Cradle about a year ago. She was excellent.
Again, no Flaming Lips?
:(
Again, no Flaming Lips?
:(
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