My second Jayhawks album after Tomorrow The Green Grass, which I love. They serve up another helping of deliciously melodic alt-country with strong vocals. Unfortunately, the words don't fully hold up their end of the bargain, as this is lyrically clunky on a number of tracks. Or maybe I just don't like how the 48-year-old lead singer repeatedly emphasizes the youth of his love interest. Overall, I found the songwriting less consistent than TTGG, but the highs are great and I really enjoyed this record. 3.5/5.
1950: Charlie Parker With Strings - Charlie Parker
1951: Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano - Maro Ajemian
1953: This Modern World - Stan Kenton
1954: Images - Sarah Vaughan
1957: This Is How I Feel About Jazz - Quincy Jones
1980: Diana - Diana Ross
1998: Nightfall In Middle-Earth - Blind Guardian
2001: The Photo Album - Death Cab For Cutie
2006: Fox Confessor Brings The Flood - Neko Case
2011: Metals - Feist _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You by Neko Case
I've heard several of her songs before (for that songwriter contest, as well as for that recent tournament), and wasn't really impressed. And after the first listen, I found the lyrics to be ok-ish, sometimes obnoxious and definitely not as humorous or interesting as a lot of people claimed. And the songwriting was similar: never being truly mediocre, but never reaching the highs that many other similar songwriters like Fiona Apple do. The second listen revealed a lot more, with me really warming up to the lyrics. I still find them somewhat pretentiously thrown together, and a lot of the time the songwriting could be better, but there certainly is a charm and character to Neko which I haven't heard before. Will surely give this or another Neko Case album a spin soon. 7.5/10
Excellent Progressive Folk-Psych Improvisation thing. I'll have to give this some closer listens, because there was some times where I kind of zoned out. Fun record though.
Listen to Jethro Tull I guess.
Aviador Dro โโ Alas Sobre El Mundo
Patty Pravo- Concerto Per Patty
Ama Divers- Shadow Seeking Sun
Steve Roden - Crop Circles
This Song Is A Mess But So Am I - Church Point, LA
Hertzainak - Hertzainak
Skepticism- Stormcrowfleet
Crash Worship - This
Jan Dukes de Grey - Mice And Rats In The Loft
Family- Un Soplo En El Corazon
baystateoftheartNeil Young as a butternut squashProfile Massachusetts
This has been on my to-do list for at least five years ๐ซข , so I'm glad to finally check it out. It is easily the best record I have heard from Neko Case thus far. Just a very well-made collection of country songs, with great vocals and mostly strong songwriting. I don't have anything else to add after one listen. Would recommend. 4/5.
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2. Finally something else I know. I love this album.
1950: Charlie Parker With Strings - Charlie Parker
1951: Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano - Maro Ajemian
1953: This Modern World - Stan Kenton
1954: Images - Sarah Vaughan
1957: This Is How I Feel About Jazz - Quincy Jones
1980: Diana - Diana Ross
1998: Nightfall In Middle-Earth - Blind Guardian
2001: The Photo Album - Death Cab For Cutie
2011: Metals - Feist
2013: The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You - Neko Case _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
Unfortunately, I could only find the first three tracks to listen to. This is a set of traditional Medieval folk songs from the 9th-13th centuries (the scan of the back cover on Discogs is really hard to read) played with what seem to be mostly period correct instruments (but, I'm pretty sure the fiddle isn't) by duo Chris Brown and Andrew Geuter. The opening track features a shawm, which I particularly enjoyed since it isn't an instrument you happen across very often. Overall, it's lovely work but, ya know, I didn't get to hear most of it.
Producer Jon Raven (also a folk musician) is the brother of guitarist Michael Raven, who some of you might remember from the Death and the Lady album. His son Paul Raven also played bass for Killing Joke on a few of their albums in the 80's. And with that said, they apparently enter my list.
2. Tara /--/ Rigs Of The Time
6. ๅฑฑๅดใใณ [Hako Yamasaki] /--/ ้ฃใปใณใปใพใปใ (Tobimasu)
7. Sue Walker /--/ The Bard And I
8. Ann Tholsted /--/ Ann Tholsted
9. Janelle Richey /--/ Remembering
12. Nic Jones /--/ Ballads And Songs
13. Mossy Davidson's Alaska /--/ NorthWind Calling
14. Peggy Seeger /--/ Animal Folk Songs For Children: Selected From Ruth Crawford Seeger's Animal Folk Songs For Children
15. Elecampane /--/ When God's On The Water
17. Jon & Mike Raven with Jean Ward /--/ Kate Of Coalbrookedale
Had to skip The Armageddon Singers since I wouldn't be able to listen to it. _________________ Can you play free, or in three, or agree to try something new?
Easygoing Twee Pop with sometimes cheesy synths and catchy hooks. I had listened to the first few tracks awhile ago, and I was glad to here the whole thing. Nice album.
Jameth, Peggy Seeger is the only one I'm familiar with.
Aviador Dro โโ Alas Sobre El Mundo
Patty Pravo- Concerto Per Patty
Ama Divers- Shadow Seeking Sun
Steve Roden - Crop Circles
This Song Is A Mess But So Am I - Church Point, LA
Hertzainak - Hertzainak
Skepticism- Stormcrowfleet
Crash Worship - This
Death Comet Crew โโ This Is Riphop
Brigitte Fontaine & Areski - L'incendie
Stand Up by Jethro Tull
I'm never in the mood for Jethro Tull these days, and yet every time I listen to them I'm surprised that I still like them a lot. Thick as a Brick, Aqualung, even Passion Play and Heavy Horses... It's all cool. Which is partially why I wanted to make myself delve deeper into their catalogue. This is another very solid album by Ian Anderson and the gang. Early in their careers, the songwriting on the sophomore is still not as complex and refined as in the 70s, but it's just as charming. Folky, bluesy, jazzy, progressive goodies. Always playful, never pretentious or overbearing, just as I love my prog nowadays. Fat Man is my favourite, followed by Bouree, a node to Bach, and the great folk number Reasons For Waiting. Their folk songs were always among my favourites. 8/10
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This Song Is A Mess But So Am I may be up your alley
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RYM metal top 100 / SquishypuffDave's Top 100 Greatest Albums / Xxnu99etxX Top 100 Greatest Albums
Immolation - Close To The World Below
Autopsy - Mental Funeral
Demilich - Nespithe
24. Gum Takes Tooth - Mirrors Fold
27. Geinoh Yamashirogumi - ่ผชๅปปไบค้ฟๆฅฝ [Ecophony Rinne]
29. Oren Ambarchi - Grapes From The Estate
5) Songs: Ohia - Ghost Tropic
13) White Suns - Totem
16) Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis
18 ) Dean Roberts - Be Mine Tonight _________________ Overall chart Fake overall chart
I think this was my first time ever hearing I'm Coming Out. What an amazing track. Absolutely titanic. I now feel silly for thinking Mo Money Mo Problems was much more original than it actually is, especially considering that Puffy the king of lazy sampling produced it (still a stone-cold classic though). Although there are a couple other great tracks here, especially Upside Down, there are also clunky moments, and the remainder of Diana never approaches the heights of I'm Coming Out. But that's fine, because it's worthy of acclaim in its own right as a really fun, groovy disco album. Great vocals as always, and excellent production from Nile Rodgers and company, with the shaky element being songwriting. Looking forward to checking out more Diana Ross solo records and more fun disco records in the future. 3.5/5.
1950: Charlie Parker With Strings - Charlie Parker
1951: Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano - Maro Ajemian
1953: This Modern World - Stan Kenton
1954: Images - Sarah Vaughan
1957: This Is How I Feel About Jazz - Quincy Jones
1998: Nightfall In Middle-Earth - Blind Guardian
2001: The Photo Album - Death Cab For Cutie
2011: Metals - Feist
2013: The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You - Neko Case
2014: Meshes Of Voice - Jenny Hval & Susanna _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
Purplepashranker, rater, & music list makerProfile Western Australia
This is only the second bossa nova album I've heard, and so far the genre doesn't do much for me. Although with such brief songs (12 songs for a total run time of not much more than 20 minutes) it was an easy listen. 6/10
1960 albums from a combo of player's charts (last pick, and the album I would have chosen for myself first is still there!)
42. Have Guitar, Will Travel by Bo Diddley (Tha1ChiefRocka '60s decade chart)
2. Charles Ives: Symphony No. 2 by Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic (Jameth 1960 year chart)
5. Tonight's The Night by The Shirelles (Baystate 1960 year chart)
5. Miriam Makeba by Miriam Makeba (Jameth 1960 year chart)
6. Change Of The Century by Ornette Coleman (Baystate 1960 year chart)
7. Mingus Dynasty by Charles Mingus (Baystate 1960 year chart)
9. Soul Station by Hank Mobley (Baystate 1960 year chart)
9. Harlem Street Singer by Rev. Gary Davis (Jameth 1960 year chart)
10. Portrait In Jazz by Bill Evans Trio (Baystate 1960 year chart)
11. Eden's Island by Eden Ahbez (Jameth 1960 year chart)
This is some relaxing stuff. Very minimal, especially the first and the last track, and yet strangely soothing and warm. The thick bass tones (actually sounds more like synth lower register keys) provide a full sound with barely a few different notes throughout the whole 9:43 minute opening track. The second track adds drones, providing a much richer sound. After about 1 minute, cymbals kick in at a crawling pace, probably played with those "brush" drumsticks which Dave Grohl used on Nirvana's Unplugged. After a few minutes there's some piano and guitar arpeggios, which reminded me a lot of Fennesz' Black Sea track. The third track is much less minimal, and even has a few gentle but bouncy melodies during the first part. After about 5 minutes it returns to that minimal use of notes with a few drone sounds and percussion, and gradually builds from there introducing a guitar and a piano. The last track starts with just 1 slow piano note that gets more and more delay effect with each repetition. It goes on for almost 21 minutes, invading your brain with repetitive frequencies. At one point around the 4-5 minute mark, the interference from delay causes slight disturbances in the background, which sounded like another instrument but were actually not (I think). At the 8 minute mark, another piano slowly creeps in with like 3 notes! The two pianos just continue with those "phrases" from there, sometimes louder and richer, sometimes quieter and simpler. One of the more minimalistic songs I've heard. The whole album, and especially that last song, test the patience of a listener, but I've enjoyed this exercise. Really glad I gave the album a listen and it's gonna be a favourite for night working and trying on new headphones. 7.5/10
Nevermore - Enemies of Reality
John Coltrane - Soultrane
Shape of Despair - Angels of Distress
Artificial Brain - Labyrinth Constellation
Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done
Swallow The Sun - New Moon
Lightning Bolt - Sonic Citadel
Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles
Theo Parrish - Sound Signature Sounds Vol 2
GAS - Pop _________________ Overall chart Fake overall chart
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