William_the_Bloody

Date with Night ep 2003

One more ep, but as the best song is also on their first full album I'll skip over this one. ** 1/2stars

Fever to Tell 2003

I seem to be at odds with many of the professional music reviewers on this album. Not to sound arrogant, but this may be because I use to work in the music industry to an extent, so I know my music theory, whereas I find that a lot of folks in the media, are simply music appreciators on the lookout for something risque.

Thus the reviews on this album usually go something like this, "Fever to Tell is their best album because it captures the raw primal energy of the band, while their latter stuff is overproduced."

So let me get this right, 27 years after the Sex Pistols, and over a decade of gangster rap & death metal, we were somehow supposed to get excited about the raw primal rebellion of an indie rock band?!? Can someone please explain to me how the Yeah Yeah Yeah's or any alternative rock band in the 21st century constitutes a threat to modern society?

The truth is that there is one absolute killer song on this album, and it is because it appears that the record company threw a lot of money into its production. There are some other notable songs, but overall the album is plagued by repetitive chord change overs, and annoying cracks and squeals by a singer who almost appears to be struggling to remain on key.

**1/2 stars

Rich

bob.

fuck man....and this is one of your favorite female fronted bands?

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William_the_Bloody

No, this one of my favourite female fronted indie bands of the 00's. (The whole Artic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand category) the other is Metric...which I like quite a bit more.

I just think this album is really choppy.

William_the_Bloody

Show Your Bones 2006

This album in my mind is one of the best indie releases of the 00's. It is where everything for this band gelled together perfectly.

Unlike the previous release, the songwriting is focused with a lot of thought put into the compositions. Great choruses, bridges, and melodies being played over top of the rhythms. Yes it is more subdued than Fever to Tell, but Karen O's vocals are also a lot more on the mark with this album.

Thus if your reading this Bob, you need to fling your Gorilla Biscuits Cd out the car window and put this on repeat. JK, I like the Biscuits so long as their not the Limp ones.

Its also nice to hear a rock band sample a hip hop song for once, instead of the other way around (Phenomena). It may not be as good as the LL cool J's version, but its still pretty cool. Although the album tends to nod off a bit at the end, I give it,

**** stars.

Gold lion



Way Out



Phenomena

hate paper doll

It took me a long time to be able to appreciate Show Your Bones but I'm glad I stuck with it. I still enjoy Fever To Tell too though, Black Tongue is too infectious for me to ignore.

William_the_Bloody

Black tongue is a good song, cheers

bob.

SOLD!

I never really gave much thought about looking deeper into Yeah Yeah Yeahs.....I loved what Karen O did for the "Where the Wild Things Are" soundtrack and her vocal track on The Seer by Swans is by far the best song under 12 minutes on that album

so while I will be throwing NO great New York hardcore out the window.....I will purchase Show Your Bones and put it on repeat

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William_the_Bloody

no great New York hardcore...are you inferring that Gorilla Biscuits is not great! Just kidding, I actually like GB bye the way, but they only had the one album and I always thought they sounded a bit like a sped up Dag Nasty.

Its weird all these responses...I didn't think anyone was reading this, but after I polish off Metric I'm probably going to do some classic hardcore, thinking maby Suicidal Tendencies.

William_the_Bloody

Metric


Old World Underground: Where are you now? 2003

2003 in many respects was the breakthrough year for indie rock and the post punk revival. Although the Strokes had already helped break down the doors a few years prior, 2003 not only saw the White Stripes skyrocket into the charts with their Seven Nation Army single, but it also featured a series of initial releases from notable indie rock bands. One of these albums was Metric's Old World Underground: Where are you now?" an album title that pretty much sums up how people were feeling at the time.

Thus I think indie rock broke in 2003 for two reasons, 1) the political climate had become very reactionary with the invasion of Iraq, which helped push underground music into the forefront, and 2) music in the early 2000's sucked really bad with the pop charts being ruled by shallow R & B artists like 50 cent, and spineless rock bands like Matchbox 20.

Metric's Old World Underground: Where are you now?" captures both these sentiments. The first with songs like Combat Baby and Succexxy with lyrics such as "All we do is talk, static split screens as the homeland plans enemies. Invasion's so succexxy" and the second with Dead Disco's lyrics "Cause all we get is...Dead disco Dead funk Dead rock and roll Remodeled" So in many respect this is a landmark album that captures the sentiment of times, and with these three stellar songs it deserves

**** stars

Dead Disco



Combat Baby



Succexy

Carpe Mortem

I just wanna say I have been peeping in on your journal here and there. Very well written, great stuff!

I haven't been that familiar with the bands you're reviewing so I don't know your taste well. But maybe if you're ever at a lack for material....

Sopor Aeternus- Children of the Corn

And if you're not already familiar... the artist is a very interesting human being. Good music, fascinating artist.

Sopor Æternus & the Ensemble of Shadows - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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