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Post by Happy_Chartreuse_Fog (Matt) on Sept 1, 2010 23:13:42 GMT -5
1) Beach House - Teen Dream 2) Arcade Fire - The Suburbs 3) Here We Go Magic - Pigeons 4) MGMT - Congratulations 5) Owen Pallet - Heartland 6) of Montreal - False Priest 7) Janelle Monae - ArchAndroid 8) The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a Scheme 9) Local Natives - Gorilla Manner 10) Liars - Sisterworld 11) Caribou - Swim 12) Suckers - Wild Smile 13) The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes are the Roaring Night 14) Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles II 15) The National - High Violet 16) LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening 17) Wavves - King of the Beach 18) Surfer Blood - Astro Coast 19) Ratatat - LP4 20) InnerSpeaker - Tame Impala
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Post by Happy_Chartreuse_Fog (Matt) on Dec 11, 2008 13:27:44 GMT -5
I'm juiced!! Have had Dance Hall at Louise Point on most of the day to celebrate. The last collaboration was a wonderful oddity for PJ, and it's exciting that they are doing it again! White Chalk believe it or not has become my favorite PJ era. I loved everything about it, from the spooky minimalism of the live arrangements to those crazy Victorian shoulder-pads. It's officially over now I guess, I wish I had seen that tour ...but so much to look forward to come March!
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Post by Happy_Chartreuse_Fog (Matt) on Nov 21, 2008 23:32:52 GMT -5
So I miss the old PJ Harvey Board. Yeah well, things change I guess. But I think we damn well better have a PJ Harvey thread around here. Polla Jeen rocks my socks...what say you?
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Post by Happy_Chartreuse_Fog (Matt) on Nov 21, 2008 22:45:47 GMT -5
Big Black Coffin - Peter, Bjorn and John
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Post by Happy_Chartreuse_Fog (Matt) on Nov 21, 2008 22:45:05 GMT -5
Two of my favorite bands: Beach House & The Walkmen
at one of my favorite hell holes: TLA in Philly!
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Post by Happy_Chartreuse_Fog (Matt) on Nov 21, 2008 22:43:57 GMT -5
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Post by Happy_Chartreuse_Fog (Matt) on Nov 21, 2008 22:41:07 GMT -5
Angelica - Lamb
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Post by Happy_Chartreuse_Fog (Matt) on Nov 21, 2008 22:39:34 GMT -5
Sisters of Mercy
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Post by Happy_Chartreuse_Fog (Matt) on Oct 31, 2008 9:36:25 GMT -5
For me XTC is definitely an absolute favorite. If you include the album they released as The Dukes of Stratosphere, they released 7 absolutely classic albums that decade. I also really like:
R.E.M. Depeche Mode (although my favorite stuff was in the 90s) Squeeze Cocteau Twins The Cure The Church New Order
Yet others... The Damned Dead Can Dance Echo & The Bunnymen Meat Puppets The Smiths Talk Talk They Might be Giants
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Post by Happy_Chartreuse_Fog (Matt) on Oct 14, 2008 16:32:11 GMT -5
I found another great song at work today.
The Model by Belle and Sebastian
The harpsichord is very understated but really adds to the song. It is one of B & Ss best tracks from their middle period I think.
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Post by Happy_Chartreuse_Fog (Matt) on Oct 12, 2008 16:23:37 GMT -5
It's that time of the year again. My music nerd alarm is going off and I've been looking at the records I've bought this year and picking my favorites. Still a bunch of exciting stuff to come and I have not yet digested everything I have bought so far, but a few records have come to the top of the pile for me:
The clear winner so far:
Portishead - Third: Can't stop listening to it, it's not just a record it's an addiction...So dark, so beautiful, a modern classic in my book.
I've also really enjoyed:
Who Killed Amanda Palmer by Amanda Palmer Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes Satrurnalia by The Gutter Twins Saturdays=Youth by M83 Infinite Eclipse and Head With The Open Fontanel by Make A Rising Oracular Spectacular by MGMT Half Hours With the Lower Creatures by Rachel Taylor Brown You & Me by The Walkmen At Mt. Zoomer by Wolf Parade
So what is on your 2008 list?
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Post by Happy_Chartreuse_Fog (Matt) on Oct 12, 2008 15:36:23 GMT -5
The harpsichord was really big in the 60s. It fit in very well with the psychedelic and proto-prog sounds of the time. The playing styles were much brighter and less bassy than Tori's technique so it almost sounds like a different instrument. One of my favorite bands of all time, The Kinks, used the harpsichord extensively in the later 60s. Their three best albums: Face to Face, Something Else and Village Green Preservation Society use it extensively. Most famous instance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=86jnj8TgWS4Other bands of the time like The Zombies (Imagine The Swan), Pink Floyd (See Emily Play), and even The Beatles (Because) dabbled in the instrument as well. Note: I should mention that I don't know of an instance where the Beatles ever used a real harpsichord, the instances I know of are electric versions of the instrument. The Damned used the harpsichord extensively in their later, "pop-goth" days. My favorite is Grimly Fiendish off of Phantasmagoria (this version uses a synth sample to simulate the instrument): www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aeWKX2PZ_sNote: I don't know if the album version used an acoustic or electric harpsi, the 80s production techniques eliminate the warm harmonics that would make it possible to tell. One of the coolest modern instances of the instrument was by R.E.M: Half a World Away: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5nNG8O-kZcThis guy also wrote a few songs for the harpsichord: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiU8xQGr1yU
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Post by Happy_Chartreuse_Fog (Matt) on Oct 12, 2008 11:14:25 GMT -5
Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division
When routine bites hard and ambitions are low And resentment rides high but emotions won't grow And we're changing our ways, taking different roads Then love, love will tear us apart again Love, love will tear us apart again
Why is the bedroom so cold turned away on your side? Is my timing that flawed, our respect run so dry? Yet there's still this appeal that we've kept through our lives Love, love will tear us apart again Love, love will tear us apart again
Do you cry out in your sleep, all my failings exposed? Get a taste in my mouth as desperation takes hold Is it something so good just can't function no more? When love, love will tear us apart again Love, love will tear us apart again Love, love will tear us apart again Love, love will tear us apart again
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Post by Happy_Chartreuse_Fog (Matt) on Oct 10, 2008 21:20:02 GMT -5
My Alcoholic Friends - The Dresden Dolls Great song...I need to dig that one out. I'm listening to Dark Entries by Bauhaus... For some reason I'm deep into all the old "goth" records, keep me away from the mascara...
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Post by Happy_Chartreuse_Fog (Matt) on Oct 10, 2008 21:14:41 GMT -5
Sisters of Mercy, The
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