Here are another six sentence reviews for your listening pleasure!
Decemberists – Crane Wife
Traditional tales and folklore sung with zeal by a group of nerds.
Favorite Tracks: “Sons & Daughters”, “Summersong”
AFI – Sing the Sorrow
Emo, alternative glam pop featuring metrosexual superstar Davey Havok.
Favorite Tracks: “This Celluloid Dream”, “Death of Seasons”
Jethro Tull – Broadsword and the Beast
An 80s progressive rock album with flutes, about Vikings and cats, not in any particular order.
Favorite Tracks: “The Clasp”, “Jack-A-Lynn”
Blue Oyster Cult – Fire of Unknown Origin
Classic rock coupled with grandiose themes of psychics, war, et al.
Favorite Tracks: “Veteran of the Psychic Wars”, “Joan Crawford”
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Lyrics full of double, shadowed layers, and placed impeccably atop a classic English folk theme.
Favorite Tracks: “Dancing with the Moonlit Knight”, “Firth of Fifth”
Tiger Army – Music from Regions Beyond
Hardcore punk fully amalgamated into Spanish and Country influences.
Favorite Tracks: “Forever Fades Away”, “Hechizo de Amor”, “Where the Slow Moss Slowly Grows”
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
Sentence Reviews, #1
Since this is the first of this kind here, I'll explain. This column (Sentence Reviews) dedicates to trying to describe an album in two sentences or less. Humor is not uncommon here (as if I could keep it away otherwise).
Imogen Heap - Speak For Yourself
Creative pop from a talented mind. Clever looping and synth-work abound.
Favorite tracks: "Hide and Seek", "Headlock"
Men At Work - Business as Usual
Reggae, 80's pop-rock, beautiful lyrics, and a lazy-eyed Australian.
Favorite tracks: "I Can See it in Your Eyes", "Touching the Untouchables"
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Cliché to lists like this, but with good reason. Incredible themes, a forty-minute masterpiece.
Favorite tracks: "Time", "Us and Them"
Captain Beefheart - Ice Cream For Crow
Much like most of Captain Beefheart's music, Ice Cream For Crow is audibly caustic, and catchy like the plague.
Favorite track of all time: "Ice Cream For Crow"
Arcade Fire - Funeral
An indie-rock band from Montreal, who happens to be more palatable than most indie.
Favorite tracks: "Neighborhood #2 (Laika)", "In the Backseat"
Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
Ethereal indie. Groundbreaking in terms of being the most depressing thing to ever exist.
Favorite tracks: "The Stars are Projectors", "A Different City"
Imogen Heap - Speak For Yourself
Creative pop from a talented mind. Clever looping and synth-work abound.
Favorite tracks: "Hide and Seek", "Headlock"
Men At Work - Business as Usual
Reggae, 80's pop-rock, beautiful lyrics, and a lazy-eyed Australian.
Favorite tracks: "I Can See it in Your Eyes", "Touching the Untouchables"
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Cliché to lists like this, but with good reason. Incredible themes, a forty-minute masterpiece.
Favorite tracks: "Time", "Us and Them"
Captain Beefheart - Ice Cream For Crow
Much like most of Captain Beefheart's music, Ice Cream For Crow is audibly caustic, and catchy like the plague.
Favorite track of all time: "Ice Cream For Crow"
Arcade Fire - Funeral
An indie-rock band from Montreal, who happens to be more palatable than most indie.
Favorite tracks: "Neighborhood #2 (Laika)", "In the Backseat"
Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
Ethereal indie. Groundbreaking in terms of being the most depressing thing to ever exist.
Favorite tracks: "The Stars are Projectors", "A Different City"
The Acoustic Outhouse
So-named to demonstrate that most of the music that will be reviewed on here is rather obscure, and at first listen you might equate it to an outhouse. My goal is to enlighten casual listeners of rock and pop with more obscure, and more beautiful, music than they might be used to. This is inspired by a January 2009 post on my Main Blog, and I encourage everyone to take a listen to some of the bands that I'm putting on the spotlight.
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