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    Best of 2009 Thread

    in Someone Else's Song

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    Well, that's just plain silly. Do these fakers secretly listen to Phil Collins and Mariah Carey behind closed doors? Why bother trying to look cool by saying you like so and so latest hip band? Are people that shallow that they are afraid to seem out of step with popular cultural "tastemakers"?

     

    Yes.

    Best of 2009 Thread

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    All great lists of course...the one inclusion that has gone right over my head this year has been the Animal Collective album. Every magazine has given it top of the pile and it appears here quite a lot too. I dunno, it just passes me right by.

    I'm pretty skeptical of its place at the top of lists, but clearly it's resonating with a lot of people. I find it interesting in parts but not wholly engaging or as brilliantly creative as many people seem to.

    I'd say it's one of the year's most creative albums, and it's definitely AC's most accessible. That said, I agree; I think a lot of people put it at the #1 spot but only because they're supposed to like it.

    Norah Jones Covers Wilco

    in Someone Else's Song

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    calling norah jones a boring no-talent hack is "douchy?" what world do you live in?

     

    if she weren't hot, nobody would pay attention to her

     

    Sorry. I guess I should've been clearer. What you said wasn't douchy, it's your behavior that is douchy.

     

    But you're right. You are not the first to make the wrongful assumption that fans of a musician are interested in your subjective dismissal of someone they like.

     

    Yes, your contribution is just as valid as that of anyone else who has dismissed an at least moderately talented musician as "no-talent". You have now joined an elite club.

     

    And, for the record, I don't care at all about Norah Jones.

    Best of 2009 Thread

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Cool, ok then. In no particular order, and subject to additions:

     

    Best Albums of 2009

    Califone - All My Friends Are Funeral Singers

    Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

    Fruit Bats - The Ruminant Band

    Marissa Nadler - Little Hells

    St. Vincent - Actor

    Animal Collective - MPP

    Brandi Carlile - Give Up The Ghost

    Tortoise - Beacons of Ancestorship

    Local Natives - Gorilla Manor

    Sera Cahoone - Only as the Day Is Long

    Steve Earle - Townes

    Vic Chesnutt - At the Cut

    Volcano Choir - Unmap

    Wilco - Wilco (The Album)

     

    Box Sets/Reissues

    Beatles

    Big Star - Keep an Eye on the Prize

    Iron & Wine - Around the Well

    Wilco - A.M., Being There, Summerteeth vinyl

    New Califone Album/Film

    in Someone Else's Song

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    Heron King Blues may be their least accessable album actually.

     

    LouieB

    Not including their all-instrumental ones (right?).

     

    so its not Heron King Blves, as it's listed at the Cincy library. Good to know. I hate stuff like that.

     

    I'm pumped about this band from reading this. If I can wait, I'll try to pick those other albums up first. Thanks!

     

    I think it's written as "Heron King Blves" on the cover, but the actual title of the album is "Heron King Blues".

     

    Fun fact: in medieval times, the letters "U" and "V" were used interchangeably. These letters were not given separate alphabetical listings in English dictionaries until about 1800.

    New Califone Album/Film

    in Someone Else's Song

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    Wow.

     

    I read this thread never having heard (of) Califone. I still haven't heard them but local public library has "Heron King Blves", picking it up tomorrow. Uh, can they possibly live up to the hype? I feel like I should jump right into this latest album, since it's apparently direct from the lips of God. "Heron..." any good? Good starting point?

     

    I probably wouldn't direct someone to HKB as an intro to Califone. It's a good album, but probably their strongest deviation from their "sound". It's almost a two-part thing. The earlier tracks are more Califoney, and the longer, later tracks, "Two Sisters Drunk on Each Other" and "Heron King Blues", are more like Califone+swamp funk.

     

    In sum, I like everything they've done, though If I were you, I'd get the new one first.

    New Califone Album/Film

    in Someone Else's Song

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    They did a couple of segments for Chicago Public Radio where they played a few songs and talked about the film process--you can listen to and/or download them here:

     

    Part 1: http://www.wbez.org/Content.aspx?audioID=37279

    Part 2: http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/content.aspx?audioID=37302

     

    I don't know why they have two different web addresses.

    Edit, here's the full/extended interview: http://www.wbez.org/Content.aspx?audioID=37303

    New Califone Album/Film

    in Someone Else's Song

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    I hope to finally get around to cracking the wrapper on my copy and listening to it today while I work at home. Stupidly missed buying tickets to their shows this weekend. I didn't even figure out when they went on sale. When did this group get so big?? Some days I just can't figure out who is big and who isn't.

     

    LouieB

     

    I'm not sure they're actually "big", although they seem to be getting bigger. I hope they're big. They deserve it. ;)

     

    I agree, I like Funeral Singers a tad better than Roots & Crowns (which I also like quite a bit). I've been listening non-stop, but that's what I do.

     

    I think that their film/shows will be partly improvised, so I'm not sure how much of the setlist will be from their records. According to an interview with Rutili that I recently read, the CD isn't supposed to be the film's soundtrack. In other words, a lot of the film is actually scored.

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