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What Are You Listening To? - Music Head - 07-12-2009

from my library

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Brit prog rock band that only lasted for 2 albums. This is the first. Heavily jazz influenced as would be expected with a sax emphasis. Think Soft Machine with a female vocalist, strange Martha Meeks. With a sparse 4 tracks, the last, 24 minutes, covering all of side 2, it left me thinking this band could have made some waves. Never heard album #2, but I'd like to.

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Tumble Weed

Best Track - Naked Death


1) Naked Death - **
2) Tumble Weed - * - audio
YouTube - Catapilla - Tumbleweed
3) Promises - * - audio
YouTube - Promises- Catapilla
4) Embryonic Fusion - **

3's - 0
2's - 2
1's - 2

Rating - 1.5

What Are You Listening To? - JonG - 08-12-2009

Brothers of End - Too Late from The End [Konjaga, 2009]

Debut album from these self described "slow-drive-pop" Scandinavians.

What Are You Listening To? - Tiggi - 08-12-2009

Looper - The Snare

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Recommended to me several years ago on MD1.

Solo release from ex-Belle & Sebastian bass player Stuart David. This is a brooding album of Electronic-Rock Alternativeness.

I've just had a look at the album on Amazon UK, & this is currently available brand new from a Marketplace seller for £1.22 including shipping. How did that happen ?? :jaw:

What Are You Listening To? - JonG - 08-12-2009

Low - Silent Night from Christmas [Chair Kickers Union, 1999]

One of my favorite Christmas records. Great for late nights by the fire and the glow of the tree lights.

What Are You Listening To? - Dementia32 - 09-12-2009

Okay, let's bump this puppy up! :biggrin:

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Brendan Benson - My Old, Familiar Friend (2009)

Brendan's latest album was released back in August and, as a fan, I was quick to pick it up. I was NOT, however, rushing to actually give it a spin for some reason. I finally gave in and put it on as background music a few weeks back, and I've barely been able to take it out since. Really good, solid stuff that I could recommend to just about any type of listener.

What Are You Listening To? - Tiggi - 09-12-2009

Grizzly Bear - Horn of Plenty

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Robbie strikes again...

Not a band I was familiar with. Sort of Psych-Alt-Americana, which I wasn't sure of at first, but it grew on me.

I'd give it a thumbs-up.

What Are You Listening To? - Music Head - 09-12-2009

^^

Saw these guys on one of the late nights here not too long ago. Pretty good.

What Are You Listening To? - Music Head - 10-12-2009

listened online

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Pretty good debut from this North Carolina band. Can't find much about them. Dead on like somebody, at least the vocalist, and I can't nail it. Dontcha hate that. Maybe Band Of Horses on the music side.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Tenebroso

Best Track - French Girls

1) On With Disease - ** - audio
YouTube - Harvard On With Disease
2) French Girls - *** - audio
YouTube - French Girls - Harvard
3) Deliverance - ** - audio
YouTube - Deliverance - Harvard
4) Memory Police - ** - audio
YouTube - Memory Police - Harvard
5) An End Weight - *** - audio
YouTube - An End Weight - Harvard
6) Ghost - * - audio
YouTube - Ghost - Harvard
7) Tenebroso - * - audio
YouTube - Tenebroso - Harvard
8) Hand To Hesitate - ** - audio
YouTube - Hand to Hesitate - Harvard
9) Mister T(th) - * - audio
YouTube - Mister T(th) - Harvard
10) The Earth - * - audio
YouTube - The Earth - Harvard
11) What We Had - *** - audio
YouTube - What We Had - Harvard
12) Hallucinating The Horse - ** - audio
YouTube - Hallucinating the Horse - Harvard
13) The Creative - - audio
YouTube - The Creative - Harvard
14) Inevitable And I - *** - audio
YouTube - Inevitable and I - Harvard

3's - 4
2's - 6
1's - 4

Rating - 2.0

What Are You Listening To? - Music Head - 12-12-2009

listened online

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One of those hidden nuggets I think. Oregon band formed in 2002. First album was released in 2007, although some sef released ep's preceded that. This second album is based on a histroy of Boston, Mass. I guess we call it a concept album which I've always had a liking for. Hope they did their homework about the history cause the music sure is good. Not many clips at my normal site so included a link to the bands site where a few more can be found.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Charles Street

Best Track - Save Me Clara


1) Damrell's Fire - ***
2) The Liberator - ** - live
YouTube - The Dimes - The Liberator
3) Save Me, Clara - ***
4) Walden And The Willow Tree - ***
5) Celia's Garden - **
6) Ballad Of Winslow Homer - ***
7) Charles Street - ** - live
YouTube - The Dimes, Charles Street - Live @ Portland's Pioneer Square
8) Susan Be - ** - live
YouTube - The Dimes - Susan Be
9) Lovely Mary Dyer - ***
10) Webster Thayer - **
11) Abigail, Don't Be Long - **
12) Boston (Trimountaine) - **

The Dimes – The King Can Drink the Harbour Dry – Pre-Release Begins on November 14th!

3's - 5
2's - 7
1's - 0

Rating - 2.4

What Are You Listening To? - Dementia32 - 12-12-2009

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Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM (2009/2010 in US and UK)

Let me be honest... I am not terribly familiar with Charlotte Gainsbourg. I know that she's a French actress and singer/songwriter. I know that she collaborated with Air on her last album. I know that Beck was the producer on this one. That's about as far as my Charlotte Gainsbourg knowledge extends.

Nonetheless, one of the tracks from this release ("Heaven Can Wait" - the actual duet with Beck) caught my attention about a week ago and immediately put me in search of more. I ended up with the entire album. Pretty good stuff overall. I felt like it did pretty much everything that a good pop album should do, and it succeeded in making me want to actually hear more from this artist. In general, Beck fans would probably enjoy the album as a whole. His involvement is quite apparent throughout the album with at least one or two tracks sounding oddly familiar.