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    British Sea Power

    in Someone Else's Song

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    "Lights Out For Darker Skies" is just...wow. Listening to it again right now. The last half, after that break that sounds like Led Zeppelin's "Rain Song," just keeps building and building until it's almost too much.

     

    And yeah, it's only at the start of "Waving Flags" that I'm getting an Arcade Fire vibe. Others are going on about it being "bargain bin AF", and I'm really not sure where they're getting that from. But the start of Waving Flags, with them all singing like that...it really jumped up on me the first few times I listened to it.

    British Sea Power

    in Someone Else's Song

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    There was some discussion of this in the Magnetic Fields topic, but I didn't want to completely hijack that so I decided to make a new one. Anyway, BSP's latest disc, Do You Like Rock Music?, leaked yesterday. When they announced it a couple months back, I laughed at the over-the-top title, although that's pretty par-for-the-course given BSP's theatrics and antics, but upon listening to this for the first time last nite, I can't remember a more appropriately titled CD in the last decade. This is turn-the-volume-to-11, put-on-a-helmet ROCK, especially the first half of the CD. So much so, actually, that if track 8 "The Great Skua" didn't reign in and calm down, I'm pretty sure my head would explode.

     

    I'm not a gigantic fan of the band, unlike some people on ateaseweb.com/mb which I frequent (some of the guys over there act as if BSP is the greatest musical act of all time), but something about them does really strike a chord with me. Maybe it's my British ancestry that allows me to connect with a band that is so blatantly, erm, British. The first album had major post-punk threads woven thru-out; their second one was pretty much a Smiths record; this...I dunno. In places this reminds me of early Oasis, but I can't peg why, because they definitely don't sound similar. And I think that BSP is more tapped-in and has a much broader emotional range and connection than Oasis does, but...maybe this is what Oasis should've sounded like. Maybe this is what they were going for. This is indie rock anthems mutated for stadiums and festivals (one listen to "Waving Flags" will convince you of this, it's the closest anyone's come to duplicating the brilliance of Arcade Fire's "Wake Up".) The only thing about this record that's disappointed me so far is the lyrical eccentricities seemed to be missing. Or maybe they're just better incorporated into the songs, I dunno. I've only listened to this a few times so far.

     

    Anyway, this still doesn't officially come out for a month, but I'm pretty sure that this time next year when I'm compiling my best of '08 list, this album will be very high on it. Do You Like Rock Music?

     

    Yes, I do.

     

    Any other fans?

    MMJ Goes Gospel on New Album?

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    I have At Dawn, It Still Moves and Z--are Tennessee Fire and Chocolate and Ice EP necessary listening as well?

     

    Also, I've been meaning to pick up the Okonokos DVD for fuckin forever now. If I don't get it under the xmas tree this year, I'm running out on Boxing Day to get it.

    MMJ Goes Gospel on New Album?

    in Someone Else's Song

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    in...it was either Paste or Magnet's last issue...James was going off about making a record with a very singular vibe. He then used two rather strange examples--Springsteen's "Nebraska" and Beastie Boys "Paul's Boutique." So that listeners going into it could either expect something very laidback, or something all over the place.

     

    I'm not explaining this very succinctly, mainly because I don't remember exactly what he said. Point being, with all the different influences being tossed about, this could be VERY interesting.

    Create a band with Wikipedia

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    K so I must admit I stole this from the atease message boards, but it's pretty funny. The rules:

     

    1) Go on wikipedia.

    2) Click Random Page - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random The title of this article is your band name.

    3) Click Random Page again. This is your album name.

    4) Click 12 more times. These articles are the CD's tracks.

     

    I've found it's a lot more fun if you exclude place names and names of people. This is my latest:

     

    Thalys--Portman Building Society

    1) vtiger CRM

    2) Chinese language

    3) Ever Fallen in Love?

    4) Soft serve

    5) Dobie (disambiguation)

    6) Novosibirsk Air Enterprise

    7) List of state leaders in 1651

    8) 5 Alive!

    9) Stanley-Whitman House

    10) Black Venus

    11) Forest Park

    12) A Night in Amsterdam

     

    Indie-rock with some electronic leanings. The album drags a bit towards the end...

    Let the Year End Lists Begin

    in Someone Else's Song

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    i really don't think i'll be able to make a definitive list until new years. i just got a bunch of 07 discs on saturday that i'd been meaning to listen to ages ago, and i still have a couple i have to check out before everything is said and done.

     

    funny thing about this year is that very few of the bands i was expecting to deliver great records--wilco, modest mouse, the shins, white stripes, interpol--only partially delivered. but a lot of bands i wasn't expecting a whole lot from dropped massive albums.

     

    i wouldn't say this year has been a let down at all. quite the opposite, actually.

    Best Trilogy in Movies

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

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    godfather would be the logical choice.

    star wars would be the nostalgic choice.

    but lord of the rings is the right choice. my anticipation and excitement level for those movies was unprecedented (i can't begin to count the number of times i watched the trailers online leading up to their premieres) and all three movies delivered. granted, i don't watch them as much anymore (i only have the extended editions and rarely have the time to sit down for four hours at once) but they are still fantastic.

     

    also, i think the bourne trilogy should be added. doesn't rank up there with the greats, but i can't think of a better trilogy in recent years--definitely beats pirates, spiderman, x-men, etc.

    feist - like or no?

    in Someone Else's Song

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    The only thing I don't like on it is the production on The Park.

     

    bingo. the only real gripe i have with the record. it could also lose a track or two and i wouldn't really mind that much. but otherwise, i do like it more than Let It Die.

     

    and other than that Apple Ad, do people really hear her everywhere? I rarely listen to radio anymore, but...I mean, come on, I'd rather Feist all the time then Gwen Stefani or any of the other alternatives.

    A new MY BLOODY VALENTINE record!!!

    in Someone Else's Song

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    http://www.shaviro.com/Doom/ch03.html

     

    interesting read from MBV-Loveless tour days. a little over-the-top (the writer admits at the end he's being doing it stoned and drunk), but it hits on a lot of the key points that made MBV's live shows so legendary. there's another interesting article that i read a couple months back that actually describes the biological effects of the overwhelming noise-tactics they used; i'll see if i can track it down.

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