Tonight I purchased "The Sign" by Ace of Base on iTunes. I suck.
new tunes i'm digging:
band of horses- cease to begin (somewhere between coldplay and my morning jacket)
a place to bury strangers ( heavy noisy rock with a beat)
echospace - my coldest season (ambient techno that has minimal beat so that 4/4 doesn't drive you to insanity, very soothing, performed on analog equipment)
the twilight sad -fourteen autumns and fifteen winters (think shoegazing, slightly emo with guitar solos of noise, and they're probably not old enough to drink legally)
speaking of youngsters, the tiny masters of today aren't barely teenagers if that and rock some leftist slogans with the drummer from jon spencer. pop punk on the rise.
deerhunter, from atlanta, somehow combine ambient music with a punk asthetic and may have put out my favorite album of the year in cryptograms.
the ponys, from chicago, have a great album in turn the lights out that sounds like spiritualized going garage rock. maybe the best traditional rock album of the year.
lcd soundsystem -sound of silver melds dance/techno with indy rock. probably the best song of the year is all my friends. if you ignore everything i've posted at least check that tune out, especially if you're over 30 years old.
you have to dig deep nowadays to find some good tunes but they're there.
Tonight I purchased "The Sign" by Ace of Base on iTunes. I suck.
Wow, did it Open Up Your Mind? Haha, not sure I would have confessed that.
oh yeh! first heard wilco on wxpn when i was living up north in the mid nineties. sky blue sky is good but i don't find myself playing it all too often. it's one of those sunday morning records that is great to sit back and listen to but not so much in the car or on a friday night. i liked a ghost is born a little better. i hope you got to catch them on austin city limits last week. btw, i'm willywoody over on via chicago as well if you ever check out the wilco boards.
another great laid back pop record out this past year in the states is the magic numbers-those the brokes. brother and sister harmonies. kind of like a modern day the mamas and papas.
I got into them late and 'Blue' was the first song I ever heard by them. I was blown away. That whole album. Other favorites:
Over my Shoulder
I'd Run Away
Save it for Rainy Day
Angelyne
All the Right Reasons
Tampa To Tulsa
You Look so Young
Dang, I may just have to go out and make a purchase today. I lost my CDs over a year ago.
-EarlJam
Have you heard the Magic Numbers' first album (self-titled). I thought it was superior to Those the Brokes - the first two song "Mornings Eleven" and "Forever Lost" are just catchy as all get out.
Glad you mentioned Cease to Begin. People were getting all hot and bothered about Band of Horses after Everything all the Time, and I didn't really see it. Then I heard Cease to Begin, and I was an instant convert - just an excellent album. I'm trying hard to come across tickets to one of two sold out shows they're doing here next week.
Some other recommendations from 2007:
New Pornographers - Challengers
Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Gimme Fiction from 2005ish is also excellent)
Wincing the Night Away - Shins
Also, this isn't from 2007, but I strongly recommend Regina Spektor's Begin to Hope - catchy tunes, great voice, quirky singer, lots of fun. The chorus of one song ("On the Radio") is an homage to "November Rain."
Just be you. You is enough. - K, 4/5/10, 0:13.8 to play, 60-59 Duke.
You're all jealous hypocrites. - Titus on Laettner
You see those guys? Animals. They're animals. - SIU Coach Chris Lowery, on Duke
Link to the video for "On the Radio".
Just be you. You is enough. - K, 4/5/10, 0:13.8 to play, 60-59 Duke.
You're all jealous hypocrites. - Titus on Laettner
You see those guys? Animals. They're animals. - SIU Coach Chris Lowery, on Duke
I missed them on Austin City Limits last week (but I'll check it out online), but I did get to see them at Austin City Limits (the festival) in September, along with LCD Soundsystem. 'Twas delightful. Spoon was also there, but underwhelming imo.
And yes EarlJam, the Jayhawks are fantastic...can't understand why they're not more popular.
we went to acl fest a few years back, very fun time. i saw spoon on the acl tv show last year and was unimpressed to say the least.
my brother turned me onto the jayhawks around the time i started listening to wilco and son volt. i didn't like their last cd, though. it was very singer songwiter sounding, like james taylor or something.
anyone see the blender top 100 indy albums list? http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?ID=2974
they pretty well disregarded alt-country although many of the best were on major labels.
I love lcd soundsystem. Check out "Daft Punk is playing at my house." Other bands to look into:
Eskimo Joe
vhs or beta
spoon
eddie vedder's new solo stuff
Lots more but I'm drawing blanks right now.
On the play list currently:
M83
Summerbirds in the Cellar
Apollo Up!
Forget Cassettes
Chin Up Chin Up
Telescreen
The Firebird Band
have fun...