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"why? is one of those freaky artists that is pretty unclassifiable, i guess mostly part indie pop, part hip-hop. "Alopecia", the falling apart of a man (by the folicle), starts off "i'm not a ladies man, i'm a land-mine" in "the vowels, part 2", and so starts the falling apart of the narrator endi...""why? is one of those freaky artists that is pretty unclassifiable, i guess mostly part indie pop, part hip-hop. "Alopecia", the falling apart of a man (by the folicle), starts off "i'm not a ladies man, i'm a land-mine" in "the vowels, part 2", and so starts the falling apart of the narrator ending in the deceptively catchy "cheery A, cheery E, cheery I, cheeriO, cheery U". . It's like he's writing and reading anything and everything into his journal "reading Puerto Rican porno" and "blowing kisses to disinterested bitches" on "Good Friday" with another deceptively catchy lyrical hook (which is common on "Alopecia"). There's a lot of death and dead-or-alive rotting from "the smell of our still human bodies gas" on "These Few Presidents" (with the poetically universal sentiment "even though i haven't seen you in years, yours is a funeral i'd fly to from anywhere") to the opening stanza on "the hollows" (possible best track) to "song of the sad assassin" which begins "we lifted the body from the water like a gown" and ends "billy the kid did what he did and he died". There's a complicated bluntness of the human condition and mortality that you'll miss if you're too busy humming along.
I highly recommend this if you're into TV on the radio, beastie boys, and of course artists like cloudDEAD and 13&God. This is the album where Why? transitioned from hip-hop to more "indie pop" and more conventional song structures."[+]Reply
"Dan Snaith's various projects--first under the Manitoba moniker, then as Caribou--show an incredible variety of instrumentation and creativity in using electronic effects to produce hypnotic beats and neo-psychedelic soundscapes. Andorra might be his sunniest work, a sound that could be what Bria...""Dan Snaith's various projects--first under the Manitoba moniker, then as Caribou--show an incredible variety of instrumentation and creativity in using electronic effects to produce hypnotic beats and neo-psychedelic soundscapes. Andorra might be his sunniest work, a sound that could be what Brian Wilson would broadcast from the summit of a snow-capped peak in the Pyrenees: pillow-soft harmonies over electronica with just a little bit of a jagged edge. My favorite track from this album is "Sandy," with its agreeable sleigh bells and flutes complimenting lyrics straight out of the hippies' sixties: "Twirl things around us / And the shadows they left as they found us / Or running fingers through your hair." Sigh."[+]Reply
"It was time for me to talk about Ra who is, in my opinion, the god of music, the greatest jazzman in history and the most original artist of all time. During his life on Earth, Saturnian Sun Ra has created pioneering sounds that have helped change not only the sound of jazz, but many other genres...""It was time for me to talk about Ra who is, in my opinion, the god of music, the greatest jazzman in history and the most original artist of all time. During his life on Earth, Saturnian Sun Ra has created pioneering sounds that have helped change not only the sound of jazz, but many other genres as well. Sun Ra would take a jazz listener to New Orleans in rhythms. His spatial sounds helped to create the experimental music known as psychedelic and its derivative of the 70s, space rock. With Atlantis, Sun Ra shows both sides of his personality, offering smaller cut sides and a long, solid jam that has defined the sound of the jazz space. Atlantis is the first album of Sun Ra 'and probably also the first jazz record to present the brand new clavinet. His style changes give an introspective view of the direction taken by Sun Ra with musical ideas. By combining the catalog of Sun Ra, many discs contain so unique and original sounds that it is almost impossible to choose a favorite based solely on his ideas. Atlantis is not only one of Ra's most eclectic albums, but overall, it's one of his best.
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Best track: "Yucatan""[+]Reply
"Mary Margaret O'Hara is one of the greatest singer songwriters of all-time. Her masterpiece, Miss America (1988), took four years to materialize but it was worth the wait. O'Hara's quirky voice is an instrument in itself, a super-human fusion of avantgarde techniques (such as those pioneered by M...""Mary Margaret O'Hara is one of the greatest singer songwriters of all-time. Her masterpiece, Miss America (1988), took four years to materialize but it was worth the wait. O'Hara's quirky voice is an instrument in itself, a super-human fusion of avantgarde techniques (such as those pioneered by Meredith Monk) and gospel/soul styling. Coupled with her sophisticated blues and jazz arrangements, the atmosphere of 'Miss America' is memorably intense.
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"Second album from Prince and a step up from "For You". I Wanna Be Your Lover, Bambi, Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad, With You & I Feel For You are the stand out tracks. The other tracks are all 75/100. I still listen to this album and it always leaves a smile on my face."Reply
"I recently became acquainted with the Neil Hannon project "The Duckworth Lewis Method" and was very impressed by the album. British music tradition in the vein of great songwriters like Ray Davies and Pete Townsend. I subsequently wanted to listen more closely to some of the recent The Divine Com...""I recently became acquainted with the Neil Hannon project "The Duckworth Lewis Method" and was very impressed by the album. British music tradition in the vein of great songwriters like Ray Davies and Pete Townsend.
I subsequently wanted to listen more closely to some of the recent The Divine Comedy, and the choice fell on the album "Absent Friends" from 2004. Perhaps it was not quite what I had hoped for although there without question are many beautiful songs on the album.
Some of the tracks are a little too heavily arranged for my taste - a little too grandiose. However, there are fine exceptions, where a simpler band-sound is predominant.
Tracks like "Come Home Billy Bird", "The Happy Goth" and the title track are melodic Brit-pop at its best.
Moreover, one must admit that songs like "Sticks and Stones," "Our Mutual Friend" and "Charmed Life" is very fine compositions.
Lyrically Hannon is a great storyteller. Good examples are "Our Mutual Friend" and "Come Home Billy Bird"."[+]Reply
"This is definitely an album that is different, unlike much of anything you’ll hear. I was trying to give this album a genre, trying to figure out what it would fit into and I decided on a somewhat pop, somewhat R&B feel. Then I looked them up on Wikipedia and the genre that was given was “Alterna...""This is definitely an album that is different, unlike much of anything you’ll hear. I was trying to give this album a genre, trying to figure out what it would fit into and I decided on a somewhat pop, somewhat R&B feel. Then I looked them up on Wikipedia and the genre that was given was “Alternative R&B" which I think is a perfect description of what Rhye is. It’s got this smooth, R&B-like feel to it, without being overly zealous, which R&B can do sometimes. It’s very minimalistic at times as well, with relatively little instrumentation outside of some electronic beats and a keyboard, and it has this soft sound to it with a soft falsetto-singing done throughout the album. My issue with the album was this: it wasn’t terrible interesting. At first it was, I thought “Hm, this is a different kind of sound" but it didn’t go anywhere, it stagnated. It remained the same throughout the whole album. It’s decent, but it wasn’t anything mind-blowing."[+]Reply
"This is the first album I've listened to by Elza Soares (so far) and I like what I hear. Great voice and I really like the noisy instrumentals on this one. Looking forward to digging deeper!"Reply