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The M/F Thread 2009: The Quickening
Sox:
--- Quote from: You Are Brahman! on 01 Feb 2009, 07:07 --- "I have to see what this hubbub is all about,"
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Usually about that one album. In this example, it is that one album. I read the rest of your post as "I'm too stubborn to try sampling something new, it takes a lot to convince me to."
I can't think of a situation where "that one album" would be enough to convince anybody who isn't just being ridiculously stubborn when it comes to trying new music.
Rubin:
--- Quote from: Nicky Thrice on 29 Jan 2009, 06:06 ---
--- Quote from: Rubin on 29 Jan 2009, 01:09 ---
--- Quote from: Nicky Thrice on 28 Jan 2009, 17:00 ---what does trolling mean?
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I didn't know either. So let me introduce you to this little neat extension to firefox, called Ubiquity. I have it, and as I stumpled upon "trolling" I simply marked, typed alt+space, and as I already had "wiki" typed in, I just gave me an abstract on different topics like trolling. I could have typed "define" instead, but what ever.
I use it all the time with stuff you guys throw up in here, that I don't know...
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That extension is some legit shit sir.
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Thats good right!? I sometimes get a bit confused on the internet/street lingo...
But anyways, heres some music for you. Old shit, but good shit.
The Gun Club.
Punk rock.
I've been hearing them played at bars and rock clubs lately, and wondering, "whats IS that shit? It's good shit! Gotta get some!"
Fire of Love
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Miami
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Mother Juno
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Enjoy!
imm:
The Bells of 1 2, by Sol Seppy
--- Quote ---THE ethereal songs of Sol Seppy’s The Bells of 1 2 provide a hypnotic listen that drips with beauty.
Sol Seppy is better known as Sophie Michalitsianos, the former Sparklehorse member, who prides herself in the fact that The Bells of 1 2 revels in a celestial romanticism.
It’s a slow-burner that rewards the patient listener, built around atmospheric soundscapes, soft piano and some spine-tingling cello.
There’s a fragile, almost innocent beauty surrounding tracks like Human, with lyrics such as ‘love will lift your heart’. It’s achingly poignant, tearfully poignant and delivered in such a fashion that defies some of the harsher elements of the world today.
There’s some enchanting electronica surrounding the breezy, hypnotic beats of Come Running, when Sophie’s vocals adopt a more positive vibrancy about them.
While on Move the singer hints at an altogether more feisty approach, dropping an aggressive (by her standards) beat over some really strained vocals (during the chorus).
Fans of the likes of Imogen Heap are sure to be impressed, while the promotional material likens her to Mazzy Star and the Cocteau Twins.
Occasionally, the album drifts into territory that’s simply too ethereal for its own good, testing the listeners’ patience.
But such moments are few and far between, with tracks like Slo Fuzz oozing a quiet sense of foreboding, while introducing some more excellent instrumentation, and Wonderland relating the tragic tale of an artist with the sinking feeling that a change will never come in surprisingly upbeat fashion.
Better still is Loves Boy, an entrancing effort that drips with breathtaking beauty.
As Sophie, herself, states: “It’s the discovery of beauty that inspires me the most.” Her ability to share it musically is what makes Sol Seppy’s debut so impressive.
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aznbigbuttboy:
uploaded some more music for a friend so...
Wye Oak - If Children
Pitchfork
--- Quote ---7.1/10
There's historical poetry-- and plain shoe-fitting sense-- to Merge's rerelease of Wye Oak's 2007 debut, If Children. The band, a male-female duo from Baltimore, both in their early 20s, is like a Merge incarnate birthed 10 years late: mixed-sex; Mid-Atlantic; pretty without sounding porcelain. Their sound-- earnest folk-influenced indie rock with touches of noise and dream-pop-- is so second-nature that nobody realizes it's actually endangered. In 1995, If Children would've been vernacular, slotting on modern-rock radio next to Belly or sellable Dinosaur Jr.; in 2008, it flashes like lost slang.
Wye Oak isn't gripping song after song-- too uncouth, too flashy-- but moments on If Children are superlative. "Warning" is a collision of momentums, the inherent slowness of guitar atmosphere with drums sputtering out from a garage-rock song. The catch is that Wasner and Stack actually sound comfortable in both modes; their fuzz convincingly dizzy, their inertia reckless. A humble rollercoaster. I might even prefer the grandeur of "I Don't Feel Young", which foams to actual noise without losing any sweetness; the Byrds without acid or English shoegaze without the suggestion of French kissing.
At the heart of both songs is bulletproof innocence. But Wye Oak aren't separatists or daydreamers; they're absolutely uncute. When Wasner sings "I don't feel young, I don't feel scared" she sounds saucer-eyed and terrified; when Stack joins her at the song's climax on the lines "If you feel young and feel ready/ Or if you feel old...You know your secret's safe with me," their appeal to inclusion is wise enough to heed and comforting enough to cry into; when, on "Warning", she confides, "The only hell I'll ever know is when you may go and I may not go," she doesn't flinch. It's not an appeal to be pet, it's a glass of water in the face, honesty so undramatized it's hard to imagine, at the moment, another band so achingly stupid, so brave at heart.
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Wild Sweet Orange - We Have Cause to Be Uneasy
Absolute Punk
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The buzz about Birmingham, Alabama’s Wild Sweet Orange has been growing steadily throughout the past year-and-a-half and its about to reach its tipping point with the release of the band’s full-length debut We Have Cause to Be Uneasy. Beloved by indie hipster blogs as well as TV shows like “Grey’s Anatomy” and radio stations like revered University of Washington radio-station KEXP, the band appears on the brink of major stardom. We Have Cause to Be Uneasy is packed with eleven songs that are vast yet intimate, jittery and contemplative; and also nostalgic while still hopeful. Lead vocalist Preston Lovinggood has a bit of a lazy vocal delivery that manages to be both haunting and inviting, honest and direct.
There’s something wholly moving about the way he wraps his words around verses and choruses, and as is the case through much of this album, how he bellows and growls alongside a driving guitar lick. Lovinggood’s impassioned and skilled vocal limits partner with an uncanny ability to offer vivid reflections of childhood and the world around us. Lovinggood is not the only talent in the band though: guitarist Taylor Shaw was raised on blues and cut his teeth in various Birmingham blues band, at one time even backing up "American Idol" winner Taylor Hicks. His experience and seasoned playing are a perfect compliment to Lovinggood’s painted portraits of American life. The guitars are raw and gritty, evoking the very essence of the ups and downs of life.
There are very few albums these days that contain powerhouse song after powerhouse song, but that truly is the case with We Have Cause to Be Uneasy. After just one listen the album proves to be unforgettable, charming and nothing short of extraordinary. The album opens with the quiet, gentle roll of the country-folk of “Ten Dead Dogs,” which proves to serve as a bit of an anomaly. For starters, it’s a quirky opening track as it creaks and swirls around like car wheels on a gravel road. Then there are the lyrics; few albums open as grotesquely as this, “I saw ten dead dogs on the side of the road driving late last night to your apartment.” But as the listener waits for more, the song indeed proves to be about nerve-inducing indecision and not canine carnage, “And I thought it was an omen / So I headed on back home / Walked in circles 'round my room."
Listening to the record is like stumbling across the next Wilco; this is the true mark of a band that one would suspect would serve as inspiration for many in the years to come. This is an album that bristles with promise, professionalism and poise, and reeks of landmark status. Easily a top five album of the year, Wild Sweet Orange is indeed ready for their close-up. Not too shabby for a band named after herbal tea.
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The Wild Sweet Orange album is pretty amazing and it gets better with subsequent listens i think.
more to come soon
sean:
--- Quote from: Sox on 01 Feb 2009, 04:09 ---I found a download link for that CTTS EP within literally 20 seconds of googling for it. If you don't have it, it's because you haven't even tried to find it. And that is why I am vocally against 99% of this thread. You're all fat and lazy from it.
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Really? I've always had trouble finding that record.
So FIGHT YOU!
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