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<h2><a href="content/black-angels.html" title="The Black Angels">The Black Angels</a></h2>
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I did not hear this album when it was a new release. All the acquaintances I have who either got the album / heard on the radio of The Black Angels, were unimpressed, they had no praise to give. Their first single I heard did nothing for me either, so figuring that my friends had good taste enough to know when something should be ignored, I intentionally avoided hearing Passover. Turns out that they were wrong, and The Black Angels are awesome. I was blown away—perhaps due to low expectations—but I think it has to do with me actually loving their music. The sonic inspirations they draw from, the clever yet hazy flow of the lyrics, the simplicity, the blatant ode to late 60's underground rock 'n' roll, it all inspires reserved excitement and longing for what once was. I am totally into the post-modern, we have no avant garde, redo-our-cool-past-again attitude.
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The first five seconds of track that I heard immediately made me think of shiny boots of leather, from The Velvet Underground and Nico. There is strange droning in the background, a complete 60's era recorded sound, the guitar distortion sounds like screwdrivers shoved through speaker cones, it is amazing. These guys must love Lou Reed. I hear Brian Jonestown Massacre, as well as Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, some of the more experimental Stones recordings and similarities with the Raveonettes. It is a dark, dreamy, drugged out vibe.
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the black angels are from texas, and apparently in the desert you only hear 3 chords. Song structures leave a little to be desired, sometimes the droning becomes monotonous when songs last longer than 3 minutes, or the verse skips a chorus change, and sometimes the vocal lines leave more melody to be desired. Overall this disc is a hit with me. It creates a nice balance of mood, intelligence and romanticism for a bygone era in rock music. I would recommend this to anyone that has listened to Loaded more than once, or thought that BJM was far superior to the Dandy Warhols.
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Do not listen to my friend Jeff, he is wrong, we should all like The Black Angels.
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I am not a fan of <strong>The Cat Empire</strong>. This album, while full of good tidbits of quality musicality, underwhelms as a whole. Let us get into why.
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First off, Vocals. I cannot get into the vocals. The voice of the lead singer does not do anything for me, and I do not really feel that it does anything for the music either. On top of that, the vocal melodies are not as well formed musically as is everything else.
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The everything else I am referring to are the overly complex orchestrations of <strong>The Cat Empire's</strong> music. Musically it appears that this band has some great talent. However, the complexity of the music does not really seem to serve a purpose. The way the singer delivers the lyrics, and what the lyrics seem to say, does not do justice to the songs. I hear nothing smart to balance the jamming mess of the accompaniment.
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Fun, dancey, this stuff is party music. However, I feel somehow that I am being let down by the performance on the record. I bet that live these guys are amazing, and then my whole view of the record might be changed. But, I did see them perform on Leno, and I was not impressed. So, seemingly good musical ability, mediocre singer, unimpressive lyrics and vocal melodies, overly complex orchestration and jams... I prefer simple fun over complex fun, so <strong>the Cat Empire</strong> has yet to impress me. Fans of Phish, Ozomatli, maybe the Dead, I could see liking this, though they do not seem as smart or as precise as the aformentioned groups. Upbeat - yes, fun - sure, impressive - no. There you have it.
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Thank you lord. I loved <cite>Funeral</cite> so much that I was worried I might be let down by <cite>Neon Bible</cite>. Thankfully, that is not so. <strong>Arcade Fire</strong> has managed to create a second, epic, rock and roll masterpiece. hurray!
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This album is beautiful. Remarkable arrangements, amazing instrumentation, and really solid song writing. I have a real respect for the lyrical ability of Win Butler. He appears to be a real critical guy. A former american himself, his sort of anti-war, anti-america, anti-fundamentalist stance creates a very interesting, and conflicted album. I mean conflicted in the sense that Butler probably does not want to hate his former homeland... but does he really have a choice? Perhaps not.
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This is an amazing follow up and proves once and for all what I have always believed - that <strong>the Arcade Fire</strong> is, without a doubt, a great band.
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The man known for playing the simple guitar riffs and rythms in The Strokes has decided to come out from the shadow of Casablancas and gives us his solo debut.
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An album entitled yours to keep had better be worth keeping. After my initial listens I don't know if it is. This is an enjoyable 12 songs, however I don't know if it will hold up against time. In four years would you have to pay me a grand to stop listening to it? Ten years? I don't think so. With that in mind, prepare yourself to be rocked gently and simply. It is hard to distinguish where the last strokes album ends and this one begins. There is more emphasis on melodic guitar lines, and a greater array of instrumentation, but the song structure is at a minimum, and arrangements remain simple, repetitive and under-developed. As far as song titles, Cartoon Music for Superheroes has the best name, 101 seems to have the best beginning, Holiday is the most "strokesque", Call and Ambulance and Scared seem the most out there to me, and i subsequently enjoy them the most. The vocals sound occasionally like Billy Bragg from the first Mermaid Ave album. There is an attempt at being experimental and folky, but the attempts fall flat. In the simplicity there are some songs that float above the rest as really likable, and then some filler to skip through.
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<em>Afterthought: So, I have had a revelation. I am picking back up writing this after a brief sojourn on an airplane, and I have decided this. I don't like this record. It underwhelms. There are a few that are Well...All Right, but overall I wouldn't tell anyone to go buy this, maybe to listen to it if a friend already has it—I have not yet been impressed by it. there, the more you know.</em>
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How is it that a band that so many people give semi-critical acclaim too escape me for so long? Its not that I didn't like the smiths, its just that I never listened to them, and now, wow! I love them. However, its strange I feel that I really enjoy the album "louder than bombs" but when I actually listen to the whole thing, there are several filler tracks that I occasionally desire to FF over. There are also a couple songs that I love. The through aways are more than balanced for me by the few songs I have fallen for. Thus an album which while listening earns a few ughhs, finds itself still somehow diefied in my memory. <span class='song'>Half a Person</span> and <span class='song'>Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now</span> are my two stand-out favorites on the album. There is something still current about the song-writing, and I am a sucker for simple and poppy, yet still "smart".
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I found this not too long ago and was quite intrigued. They recently had some server problems due to too much traffic, but I think their problems have been solved. Anyway, it sounds like authentic, old recordings, and - well you just have to hear it. Basically it is Bob Dylan singing Dr. Seuss... so yeah, its amazing. Check it out at <a href="http://www.dylanhearsawho.com">dylanhearsawho.com</a>.
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<em>Holy shit!</em> I was prepared to be very underwhelmed by this recording. Instead, it overcame all my preconceptions and really impressed me.
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Tommy is a rock and roll classic. There, I said it. Before the pedophilia charges, before being banned from all holiday inns, before the rhythm section ended up under ground, there was Tommy. Pete Townsend's crowning rock achievement, besides the windmill move... Tons of rich orchestration, rock and roll, pinball, story born out of a drug trip, what more could you ask for? I recently re-watched the feature film version, and that spurred my renewed interest in the album. The theatrical version contains spots by Eric Clapton, Tina Turner, Elton John, and of course The Who. The album features Roger Daltry singing all parts that would later be filled by the greats I just listed. My preference is for Roger Daltry. Maybe it is the distance in time seperating the film from the album, but Roger's voice carries much more weight on the songs than any of the later guests. (take for example Elton John's <em>Pinball Wizard</em>... need i say more?) In addition to Tommy, i also have been playing <em>Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy</em>, and older English import Who greatest hits album. Go hear yourself a Who.
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There is something about South Dakota that seems to drive people into severe sadness. If you have listened to any <strong>Kid Dakota</strong> records, you may know what I am talking about. <strong>Haley</strong> does have a way of making the melancholy cute however (a glance inside the album jacket shows her grinning a bright smile with a cheerfully green windbreaker on).
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The Magnolia Electric Co. album (They'll always be songs:ohia to me... everytime i start to talk or write about them, songs:ohia comes out first...) is beautifully done as per usual. The songs are very nice, and the sound of the band continues to be more and more refined.
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