Archive for the 'Song Reviews' Category
Sunday, February 24, 2008
I've been kickin around some of The Strokes albums lately and after repeated listenings, here are the ten songs I've found to be their greatest (so far).
12:51 (from Room on Fire)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsTJ4LDFsMM
"The world is shutting out... for us."
The upbeat melody and carefree feel make this one of the Strokes' most addicting songs. And its tragically short running time just makes you want to play it again and ...
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Saturday, July 28, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNNzGhzIAVo
From the album Pixel Revolt (2005). Download MP3.
Man, I am obsessed with this song. Seriously, it's been on repeat in my head for the past seven days. I can't decide what I find more compelling, the musical arrangement, melody and composition of the song or its fascinating subject matter.
I heard it for the first time a week ago, while partaking in my weekly Podcast Friday™ podcast ...
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Monday, July 23, 2007
From the soundtrack Singles (1992)
This song is among the earliest in The Smashing Pumpkins catalog, recorded in 1992 for the motion picture soundtrack Singles. The film takes place in Seattle and heralds the coming of that city's grunge music, using the local scene as a persistent backdrop the personal and professional turmoil of a bunch of twenty-somethings. Allusions and references to the burgeoning scene abound within ...
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chris cornell, citizen dick, pearl jam, screaming trees, soundgarden, the smashing pumpkins
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
From the single Jenny Ondioline (1993). Also appears on the Oscillons from the Anti-Sun box set (2005).
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For nearly a decade now, Stereolab has been a consistent "A list" band in my library, but I've, more of than not, been more disposed toward the groop's laid-back, lounge-infused work. The band's early, fuzz-laden krautrock-inspired recordings have generally left me uninspired (though I do enjoy krautrock ...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007
From the album Superunknown (1994)
One of the best songs from one of the 90s best albums (a 4.51/5 on my scale). The Day I Tried to Live is Chris Cornell and company at the tip-top of their game on an album that delivers smash after smash.
It's not as frantic as Spoonman or as sour as Fell on Black Days, but more steadfast and determined in its ...
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Monday, June 25, 2007
B-side from the single Isobel (1995)
I've never been in love with Bjork's music. To be sure, Bjork is a consummate artist and I do enjoy and have much respect for the majority of her work; I've just never been part of the "Bjork-is-untouchable" group. But if I were to become part of that club, it would be because of this song.
I Go Humble never fails to ...
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Thursday, June 21, 2007
From the album Songs in the Key of X (1996)
Recorded during the tumultuous sessions of the band's second album, Irresistible Bliss, Unmarked Helicopters is prototypical Soul Coughing and an achievement in "slacker jazz." That intra-band strife of the time seems to help this song, better than any other, capture the zeitgeist of The X-Files, the feeling of alienation and suspicion that the show projected.
The intro borrows ...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007
From the album Ladies and Gentlemen we are floating through space (1997).
Composed in "round" format, where each sung line overlaps another in a recursive way, Spiritualized's Ladies and Gentlemen we are floating through space is a science and technology-era mantra, a chant to the lords of pharmaceutically-inspired altered states and a wistful, strung-out love song.
This is seriously space out, and transcendental, trance-inducing music, but it trades ...
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Saturday, June 16, 2007
From the album Bring it On (1998)
The highly regarded and Mercury Prize-winning debut album by Gomez mixes a down-home sensibility with slick production values. With three husky vocalists interchanging on the lyrics, these guys can blend together some mind-bending harmonies. Put those on top of some smooth bluesy-roots-rock-with-an-English-twist and you've got some pretty compelling music.
Whippin' Piccadilly is a standout track on an album of standout tracks. ...
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