Broken Social Scene: Broken Social Scene
Broken Social Scene seem to made up of about 1000 people, and on some of the songs on here it sounds like they’re all playing at once. In different keys, and almost different tunes. It’s a chaotic album full of sounds, but it’s beautifully put together and once you can crack through the various layers and different harmonies you find a beautiful human celebration of life and love and friendship and sex. Take the best parts out of Sonic Youth, The Go! T
Sonic Youth: Murray Street
ok so having finally decided MS way my favourite SY LP (eh? eh?) i supposed i'd better talk about why and stuff.
Like i said, i fell back in love with SY when i heard this album. I bought it when i was drunk, after watching an England game in the 2002 World Cup. We'd gone down to see friends in Bournemouth and cause the game was on so early we were drunk by lunch time, and walking home after the match took us past an HMV where i picked this up.
It mixes both sid
Sonic Youth: Nurse/Washing Machine/1000 Leaves?
This might be a long one.
Sonic Youth are my favourite band at the moment, and have been since 2002 when i heard their Muray Street album. Trouble is, they've been about for years and years and have about 156 albums so how am i supposed to choose a favourite? You could say they're a bit Bob Dylan in that respect. They've also had certain 'periods' in their career which help me break them down: Early Doors, Geffen, and These Days.
Early Doors
The Velvet Underground and Nico
To be honest, i dont really want to talk about this album. I don't know why i put it in the list. It is classic and its important and it has some astounding songs on it (All Tomorow's Parties, Heroin, Waiting for my Man) but when i listen to the Velvets these days it tends to be their 'Best of' because that has Rock n Roll, What Goes On, and Sweet Jane and to be honest The Velvet Underground and Nico does annoy me sometimes. Its one of those contradictions of m
Spiritualized: Live at the Albert Hall
Spiritualized have gone a bit funny recently. Amazing Grace (their/his last album) was a bit of a let down to say the least. It was touted as a 'Garage Rock' album and people banged on about the energy and passion in the music. But it was a bit shit. Other than the uninspired songs it lacked what has made Spiritualized records so good. Magic. It was a straight forward rock record bues tinged rock record boring old rock record. And this at the time when t
Mogwai: Happy Songs for Happy People
Now we're talking! 'Mon the 'Gwai!!
"vast sweeping soundscapes" (long instrumental tunes) "Dynamic Contrasts" (really quiet then really f**king loud) and "post rock" (dont know what that means) are often used to describe Mogwai's music. Its almost like people are given a little book of quotes to refer to when writing about certain bands.
I didn't get into Mogwai until Rock Action and the single release My Father My King. But it seems like they've been
Bob Dylan: Bringing it all Back Home
No matter what i try to write about this album it all comes out like prententious bollocks. Its all a cliche when it comes to Dylan. Everything has allready been said before and in more depth and better and everything too.
I'm not even sure this is my favourite Dylan album. Its miles better than Blonde on Blonde (if you ask me) but is it better than Highway 61 revisited? Aren't they 1 album? And only the other night i was listening to Freewheelin' and de
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
I dont know what to say about CYHSY that hasn't already been said, so i'll not waffle too much about them as such. Except that they're one of the many wonderful groups that i've picked up on after hearing good things about them on efestivals (bigsmile). Which kind of makes them special for me.
It took me a few listens to really fall in love with CYHSY but when i did fall, it was from the 18th floor and i broke both my arms and shatterd both my legs. I couldn't stop l
REM: Up
I leant a friend this cd last year and never got it back. Now he claims not to have it. I think he's just stolen it. This makes me sad as its my favourite REM album and not having it in the flat leaves me feeling a little lost. Its not even an album that i play much. Normally if i want to listen to REM it'll be Lifes Rich Pageant or maybe New Adventures. Maybe even Automatic. But for some reason i keep coming back to Up if i want to convince myself that REM are a good band.
Its a r
The Breeders: Pod
I think Kim Deal may be the coolest person on earth. A while back i decided to refer to her as The Kim Deal after an argument about her and Kim Gordon (in the end we decided one was The Kim Deal and the other was The Kim Gordon but i'm digressing). If there was a Cool-Off between The Kim Deal (TKD for ease of typing) the Fonze and Johnny Depp, then TKD would walk it, probably with a few beers and a cackle.
I first heard The Breeders when Cannonball came out. Bouncy bouncy
(5 weeks and 1 day ago we had a baby called Katie, she's lovley and beautiful and is begining to smile and react to things.....)
Radiohead: KidA
When Radiohead started they were a normal, if a little shite, indie band with 1 or 2 (depends on who you ask) decent tunes. They got played on MTV and seemed to fit in and look odd all at the same time. Then they released The Bends and became huge to the People Who Knew. It was a cracking rock album angsty, vunerable, nonsense, gentle. They did co
well it took me long enough
in no particular order
Radiohead: KidA
The Breeders: Pod
REM: Up
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: CYHSY
Bob Dylan: Bringing It All Back Home
Mogwai: Happy Songs For Happy People
Spiritualized: Live at the Albert Hall
The Velvet Underground: TVU and Nico
Sonic Youth: Sonic Nurse/Washing Machine/1000Leaves?
Broken Social Scene: BSS
this is more for me than you and i'll be back laters to talk about them there albums
Since my last post i've been on holiday. Me and Em went off to St. Ives a couple of weeks ago to spend a week in a caravan on a tacky caravan park. We'd normally camp but the bump (katie? The Enforcer?) means that thats not an option. Too uncomfortable so we had a caravan. Which was uncomfortable and small. I must have hit my head on the glass light shades 100 times. A day. And when i say light shades, i mean big heavy glass ashtrays out of the 70's stuck onto the ceiling with a bulb inside. I d
This year i've been vaguely disapointed by most of the 'Exciting New Albums' that came out. I got all giddy at the thought of new Bloc Party, Kings of Leon, Good the bad and the Queen, The Bees but was left feeling let down. They're not bad, but they're not classic either. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is the closest i've come to a Great Album so far, and even that one was disapointing compared to their last album. Same for Arcade Fire.
Their first album was, as you know, absolute genius. The way t
Saw Bob Dylan on Sunday night at Wembley. Well, i think it was him. I actually saw a vague white cowboy hat in the distance and if i squinted it looked a little like a seagull.
sounded a bit like a seagull too if i'm honest.
although i think the guy is an absolute genius, i was apprehensive about the gig as i don't own any where near 1/4 of his stuff, and could quite possibly go through the entire gig not knowing a single song from the set. Turns out he's got bored of banging out the same s
I've been listening to the new Kings of Leon album and its got me thinking. Thinking like i've never thought before.
Its quite good, even the Pixies rip off (suppose all decent bands do it at some point) is allright. Infact, i dont think that does it justice. Its An Excelent Album. Its just that it leaves me feeling cheap and dirty. Their last album is seriously good, it's one of my Top 10 albums ever and i was waiting with a boner for the new one. And i like it lots, but i get a feeling i'm b
so
I've got a Blog on another site i used to use but i thought i'd bore you lot with my dire drivell too. If you read my other one, sorry about that.
what a rubbish first post...
