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tom waits • uncle tupelo • r.l. burnside • son volt • belle & sebastian • massive attack • g.s.y.b.e. • mogwai • looper • pj harvey • johnny cash • deathcab • pavement • air • bjork • st.etienne • e.b.t.g. • neko case • built to spill • lucinda williams • rufus wainwright • radiohead • henry rollins • the old 97's • rainer maria • aesop rock • dj shadow • the magnetic fields • whiskeytown • kid koala • amon tobin • john coltrane • beth orton • victoria williams • the shins • kasey chambers • bright eyes • modest mouse • jeff buckley • the pixies • the jayhawks • jimmy smith • m83 • sage francis • iron & wine • beastie boys • the decemberists • the weakerthans • prefuse 73 • hem • songs:ohia • boards of canada• rachels • rjd2 • four-tet |
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Tuesday, September 25, 2001
jay farrar - sebastopol ryan adams - gold not very often do the lead singers of two of your favorite bands come out with solo albums on the same day. but today is apparently just such a blue moon, and from what i've heard of both albums so far - which is just a few songs on the way home - they're both proof positive that the songwriter doth the band make - they sound, respectively, as good or better than son volt and whiskeytown... let me give these both a few more listens, and i'll get some better reviews up. but so far, so good. {l} {c}
the shins- oh, inverted world i'm liking this album more and more - i immediately liked a couple of songs, but the whole experience has taken a little time to grow on me. it's shimmery, harmonic pop - belle and sebastian covering the beach boys' pet sounds, with some sergeant pepper's era beatles in there, with the catchyness of the bluetones or the beautiful south and something quirky around the edges that reminds me of some of the more straightforward tunes on earlier ween discs. i like it. i can't hardly understand the words, but i like it. update: i'm officially obsessed with track 6, New Slang (when you notice the stripes) - it's the kind of song that grows on you until finally you're playing it over and over again, trying to get all the lyrics straight (which are brilliant in this case) and hearing new things every time... "..and if you'd have took to me like a gull takes to the wind, i'd have jumped from my trees and i'd a danced like the king of the eyesores, and the rest of our lives would've fared well..." {l} {c} Sunday, September 23, 2001
well, well, well... i don't play any instruments, and i can't read a note of the stuff, but i do listen to a lot of music. as a matter of fact, it's a pretty big deal with me, and takes up a good bit of my weblog, and so i figured it might even merit its own little section. why? hell if i know. there's no reason i can think of that anyone else would want to know my opinions about the music i listen to or the shows i go to - but i enjoy writing them, and it'll be a good record of what music i've seen and heard lately, so why not? i think first, i'll try and collect some of the music related bits from my weblog archives, so i have a little headstart. then i'll get to last night. {l} {c} |