Wow, now that's an excellent folk album right there. Blown away by the care and songcraft that were put into this album. The range of instruments used (including the hammer dulcimer and zither) makes it an engaging listen throughout. The title track is gorgeous. Take a listen.
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I wasn't expecting a totally instrumental album from Nat King Cole. It's almost entirely piano, with some light percussion. These mellow renditions of standards might even qualify as early cool jazz. Not sure, as I'm not very good at categorizing jazz albums. Anyway, as the title and cover suggest, it is relaxing background music perfect for a penthouse pad. 3.5/5.
1953: Black Coffee - Peggy Lee
1960: Have Guitar, Will Travel - Bo Diddley
1974: Rock N Roll Animal - Lou Reed
1981: Prayers On Fire - The Birthday Party
1986: Infected - The The
1997: Slightly Odway - Jebediah
2005: Wolfmother - Wolfmother
2006: Just Like The Fambly Cat - Grandaddy
2007: We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank - Modest Mouse
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A pleasant enough listen, as most reggae-type things are, but nothing outstanding.
Baystate, might as well listen to some Modest Mouse.
Hala Strana- Fielding
Precipitation - Meditations on the Self and the Other
Perigeo - Non ร Poi Cosรฌ Lontano
Heathered Pearls - Loyal
Bogdan Raczynski - boku mo wakaran
Il Baricentro - Sconcerto
White Woods : Spaceship Earth
Dilute - Grape Blueprints Pour Spinach Olive Grape
Musette - Datum
Pretty Lights - Taking Up Your Precious Time
Yellow Swans are a two-piece outfit that utilize guitar and electronics to create their noisescapes and seem to draw from a bunch of influences. They've taken a similar terraforming approach to many of these tracks that you hear in ambient, where the elements of noise are constantly shifting, resulting in all sorts of constructive and destructive interference. They're also definite fans of Godspeed, based on the title track. It's slow-building in the post-rock fashion (though it lacks the chaotic climax), and features some climatic shading (again, not climactic) typical of your average Godspeed piece. As for the noise itself, it's a gentle kind that's strangely more calming and introspective than it is oppressive or ominous. Part of that trick seems to lie in the mix, but I also think they're producing a more docile brown or pink noise in order to avoid the harshness of white.
3. Ramleh /--/ Hole in the Heart
5. ไธๅคฑ่ [Fushitsusha] /--/ ๆฒๆด (Pathรฉtique)
6. dreamcrusher /--/ Incinerator
8. Merzbow /--/ Metalvelodrome: Exposition of Electro-Vivisection
9. The Caretaker /--/ Everywhere at the End of Time - Stage 4
10. The Gerogerigegege /--/ Instruments Disorder (170 Songs CD)
11. Yellow Swans /--/ Drowner Yellow Swans
12. MoใปTe /--/ Life in a Peaceful New World
13. Kevin Drumm /--/ Sheer Hellish Miasma
14. Uboa /--/ The Origin of My Depression _________________ Can you play free, or in three, or agree to try something new?
baystateoftheartNeil Young as a butternut squashProfile Massachusetts
This album gets off to a strong start, but doesn't maintain that momentum and includes a bunch of filler. Johnny Marr is a nice addition, Brock does write a few truly great songs, and sonically I like this direction for them. The problem is songwriting inconsistency driven by some questionable ideas, plus off-kilter sequencing that makes it hard to tell what exactly they are aiming for. While far from their best, it's still a really enjoyable album overall. 3.5/5.
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2. My first choice would be The Caretaker, but that's really a series that has to be listened to in order, and not all of it is noise. If you're not up for a six-album saga, go with Uboa instead.
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3. Purplepash's AOTYs
1953: Black Coffee - Peggy Lee
1960: Have Guitar, Will Travel - Bo Diddley
1974: Rock N Roll Animal - Lou Reed
1981: Prayers On Fire - The Birthday Party
1986: Infected - The The
1997: Slightly Odway - Jebediah
2005: Wolfmother - Wolfmother
2006: Just Like The Fambly Cat - Grandaddy
2008: The Long Now - Children Collide
2009: Baby Darling Doll Face Honey - Band Of Skulls _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
A relentless drill n bass album that explores a lot of sounds, but is too much at 70 minutes. A lot of the smaller tracks could've have been cut out, and the release would probably have gone a lot smoother. Although, judging by the tone of the album, which is quite playful, I think that it's length is probably part of the humor. If there can be humor in almost completely instrumental music.
Black Coffee by Peggy Lee.
Hala Strana- Fielding
Precipitation - Meditations on the Self and the Other
Perigeo - Non ร Poi Cosรฌ Lontano
Heathered Pearls - Loyal
Il Baricentro - Sconcerto
White Woods : Spaceship Earth
Dilute - Grape Blueprints Pour Spinach Olive Grape
Musette - Datum
Pretty Lights - Taking Up Your Precious Time
Grim - Folk Music
Purplepashranker, rater, & music list makerProfile Western Australia
I've been meaning to get around to listening to Hawkwind for a few years now. Ever since I heard an interview with Stu from King Gizz where he credited Hawkwind as a major influence on the band, and listening to this album I can really see that. This was awesome! Early space rock with a dashof blues rock influence and a substantial dose of psychedelia. I listened to it on the commute to work, perfectly timed as the last song finished just as I arrived, and I realised I had been totally entranced in the music for the last 40 minutes or so, in a wondrous way. All the songs bar the opener (which was a lot of fun, and a great way to start the album) merging in my mind into one wondrous jam. I must listen to this again sometime, but on a weekend in the right frame of mind, where I can see myself loving this even more. For now I'm giving this a 9/10, 3/34 for 1970, and 19/100 for the '70s.
Dilute - Grape Blueprints Pour Spinach Olive Grape next.
Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 by Jameth (2 picks left)
1. Lorca by Tim Buckley
5. Hark! The Village Wait by Steeleye Span
6. Chicago by Chicago
8. Funkadelic by Funkadelic
9. Band Of Gypsys by Jimi Hendrix
10. Parallelograms by Linda Perhacs
13. Workingman's Dead by Grateful Dead
15. Third Ear Band (Elements) by Third Ear Band
17. Flamingo by The Flamin' Groovies
20. Abraxas by Santana
God this one rubs me the wrong way. It's weird because i should really like this, but the more i listen to it, the more it annoys me. At first the really cleanly produced, hard hitting wall of noises were enjoyable, but the further i went on the album, the more it became very monotone and tireing. There seem to be a formula here that gets really old really fast : soft intro with admidetly interesting ideas, then crushing wall of guitars, rinse and repeat. A lot of the intersesting parts gets spoiled like that with the same over-saturated guitars.
Now i love Nirvana, and you could say it is pretty much the same, but there seem to be more variety in the mix with them, and above all a lot more sincerity. Indeed, like Vampire Weekend, i feel the vocal were really affected and fake. And the thing is this is the tyoe of music where sincerity is of the utmost importance.
34. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
83. Turn on the Bright Lights - Interpol
87. For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver
105. Merriweather Post Pavillon - Animal Collective
120. If you're Feeling Sinister - Belle and Sebastian
127. Violator - Depeche Mode
135. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
136. Selling England by the Pound - Genesis
146. Teen Dreams - Beach House
152. Moving Pictures - Rush
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