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Just for the record, I wanted to say the Username Journal title relationship naming is brilliant. I just realized this now. 10 points for you. Now i shall download this^
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Saturday Morning sounds like the best song.
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...impression.png I have been slacking off lately, I admit. I've listened to an awful lot of releases in the last month, but very few that were either remarkable or abominable enough to give me much to write on. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ittle-hell.jpg City & Colour - Little Hell (2011) Even during the height of my interest in pop punk and post-hardcore, I had very little interest in Dallas Green. It's true that he was the most listenable aspect of Alexisonfire's music, and it could also be said that his solo project had a witty name, but his breathy, wounded stylings did little to pique my interest. Little has changed about City & Colour since Save Your Scissors was the anthem of sensitive boys the world over. When compared to his previous discography, Little Hell is the audio equivalent of an off-white square painted upon an eggshell-white canvas, but with none of the symbolism. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...tcrosswalk.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...apocalypse.jpg Bill Callahan - Apocalypse (2011) If I'm being honest, I really expected the apocalypse to be more interesting than this. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...tcrosswalk.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../low-c-mon.jpg Low - C'mon (2011) I've had some really uneventful experiences with slowcore; the very name of the genre practically a disclaimer for boredom. C'mon has been a fantastic surprise this year, gorgeous harmonies drifting over lumbering guitars on an album that never grows disheartening or repetitive. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...tcrosswalk.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...gilescorey.png Giles Corey - Giles Corey (2011) A fleetingly beautiful folk album by Have a Nice Life's Dan Barrett, whose intrigue lies just as much in the backstory as in the music. Dan Barrett nearly committed suicide. Following, he created Giles Corey; a project aimed at determining the value of living through songwriting. Haunting in light of this information, Giles Corey is a catalogue of this struggle. |
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I'm digging the sketches Pedestrian. Very good stuff.
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...impression.png Abridged version of abridged reviews, because I'm a terrible blogger. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...iveSpeaker.jpg Braids - Native Speaker (2011) Native Speaker is equal parts Animal Collective and Gang Gang Dance. It's a solid knock-off of the aforementioned artists' neo-psychedelia, but better albums of its nature have been released this year. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...tcrosswalk.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1..._cover_art.jpg Cut Copy - Zonoscope (2011) I've really got to get out of the habit of waiting until I've forgotten what an album sounds like to write a few words about it. Zonoscope is the top album I've heard this year that I remember almost nothing about. It's a pretty good synth pop indie album, and that's pretty much all I've got. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...tcrosswalk.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ownunknown.jpg Lia Ices - Grown Unknown (2011) I've got to thank someone here on Music Banter for this recommendation, though I can't remember who. Grown Unknown is nothing remarkable, but it's a lush and often beautiful album by a pretty typical singer/songwriter. I could have heard Lia Ice's voice a thousand times, but even so, it's one of the better releases of its kind this year. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...tcrosswalk.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...nsendghost.jpg The Devin Townsend Project - Ghost (2011) What comes to your mind when you hear the term "New Age"? The sounds of flutes and ocean waves? Soft peaceful chanting? Colour therapy and incense? Tarot cards and healing stones? All of these massively useless concepts are summarized in Devin Townsend's Ghost. Frankly, I half expected this man's artist page to have a photo of this bastard on it. |
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...impression.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...andharvest.jpg Gillian Welch - The Harrow & the Harvest (2011) After hearing Gillian Welch as the clear highlight on The Decemberists' The King is Dead earlier this year, I had great expectations for her first album in 8 years. Sadly, I didn't find the songwriting all that srtong, and was left wishing she'd collaborated with Colin Meloy on this album as well. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...tcrosswalk.jpg http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v1...esscensors.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...esscensors.jpg John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves (2011) As soon as I heard the first dark, synthy, lo-fi track on this album, I knew it would be one of 2011's boring hipster darlings, and sure enough it received a BNM from Pitchfork. It would be lucky to evoke simply a BM from me. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...tcrosswalk.jpg Amanda Palmer - ...Goes Down Under (2011) I downloaded this the minute I found out it existed, because I have a guilty fondness for Amanda Palmer's inconsistent vocals and dark cabaret. I also have a fondness for references to Australia, but that was only a secondary motivator. Goes Down Under is primarily a live album, seemingly of the comedy genre, featuring songs about vegemite and pubic hair. While entertaining in its own right, I found the sparsity of serious material a let down. One or two stunning songs crammed within filler joke material is simply not good enough. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...tcrosswalk.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ng-300x300.jpg The Horrors - Skying (2011) I hated this band's debut album, Strange House, and thought I'd never be inclined to listen to them again, but I was told they'd made creative leaps with Skying. They had. From a colourless, sloppy garage album to a release of hazy pastels and swirling guitars, The Horrors have come of age with a modern post-punk success that makes my top 5 this year. |
This is a great journal, I especially enjoy the 'freetalk' sections. Hope you enjoyed London, it's one of hell of a city.
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