From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V7 #121 Reply-To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sender: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk loud-fans-digest Thursday, May 24 2007 Volume 07 : Number 121 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [loud-fans] Recent Recs [Chris Prew ] [loud-fans] My first show [DOUDIE@aol.com] Re: [loud-fans] Recent Recs [2fs ] Re: [loud-fans] Recent Recs [Scout82667@aol.com] [loud-fans] Flanging in effect ["Joseph M. Mallon" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 17:05:29 -0500 From: Chris Prew Subject: [loud-fans] Recent Recs A couple recent album recommendations. mostly from Emusic: The new Dino Jr is good, your enjoyment should be predicated on how much you liked them in their heyday, as this sounds like simply a better produced version -- I'm enjoying it. Ditto the Mary Timony band album -- its good, its sounds like a slightly more band oriented Mary. She's always been a mature artist, but dare I say she sounds -- more mature? If you are into the loud-soft instrumental thing, the new record by Explosions in the Sky will knock your socks off. Seriously, this is one of the best 2 or 3 records of this genre in the past decade, up there with Young Team and Lift Your Fists... The Twilight Sad "Fourteen Autumns, Fifteen Winters" -- Ride, or a less arena-oriented Swervedriver, trying to write anthems like Arcade Fire or U2, and sung by a guy with the thickest Scottish accent since the Proclaimers. And they have an accordion, and they're not afraid to use it. I think its wonderful. Speaking of Arcade Fire, Neon Bible is good, but I don't like it as well as Funeral. I think its lost some of the tension that made the first album so compelling. Certainly worth a listen though. Despite Mark's misgivings, I think the latest by Of Montreal, a band I've enjoyed but never gotten really enthused about, kicks ass. The Panda Bear album is getting rave reviews everywhere. I like it a lot, but its kind of one trick record IMHO, once you get what he's up to, it gets a bit same-ish toward the end. I may just need to listen to it more. Low's Drums and Guns -- I really don't like this album. This is the first time I've ever said that about a Low album. Low albums don't normally reveal themselves quickly, so I'll keep trying. Dan Deacon -- Spiderman of the Rings -- I'm not well versed on laptop techno, but Deacon has a nice goofy sense of melody that keeps me coming back to this. YMMV. And lastly, another nice recent release is by the Besnard Lakes. Another Montreal group, this is full of acoustic instruments, pianos and strings and then crunchy guitars, sometimes moody and sometimes grandiose, and thoroughly enjoyable. So, since you disagree with me, tell me why. Chris ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 18:19:14 EDT From: DOUDIE@aol.com Subject: [loud-fans] My first show My old Loud Friends, I know I don't post here much anymore but I just wanted to share that PItchfork picked up my launch party today and it sold out immediately. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/43150-sufjan-joins-castanets-for-singl e-nyc-show It is going to be a great evening and its my birthday. Steven Matrick http://www.keplermusic.com ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 18:04:07 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Recent Recs On 5/23/07, Chris Prew wrote: > > > Ditto the Mary Timony band album -- its good, its sounds like a > slightly more band oriented Mary. She's always been a mature artist, > but dare I say she sounds -- more mature? I"m not sure what you mean by "mature" - too often, it means all the bass parts go "duum...duh-duum" and the drummer hits the stick against the rim of the snare on 2 and 4. And there might be a saxophone. Anyway, I like this one too - might I also say that people really ought to be mentioning her name when "excellent indie-rock guitarist" lists are being assembled? She's very distinctive, and her technique's come a long way too. > > Speaking of Arcade Fire, Neon Bible is good, but I don't like it as > well as Funeral. I think its lost some of the tension that made the > first album so compelling. Certainly worth a listen though. I think I agree with this exactly. At least so far. Despite Mark's misgivings, I think the latest by Of Montreal, a band > I've enjoyed but never gotten really enthused about, kicks ass. Indeed it does. You mean the album, right? There's also an EP, _Abstract Thee, Icons_ (if I remembered the title...something like that anyway) which is more direct. > > Low's Drums and Guns -- I really don't like this album. This is the > first time I've ever said that about a Low album. Low albums don't > normally reveal themselves quickly, so I'll keep trying. Hmm. Whereas I think it's utterly brilliant. What about it don't you like? And lastly, another nice recent release is by the Besnard Lakes. > Another Montreal group, this is full of acoustic instruments, pianos > and strings and then crunchy guitars, sometimes moody and sometimes > grandiose, and thoroughly enjoyable. What I've heard of this (2-3 tracks) I like - I'll have to check them out further. So, since you disagree with me, tell me why. I disagree with you merely on principle - what I actually think has nothing to do with it... - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 20:01:26 EDT From: Scout82667@aol.com Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Recent Recs In a message dated 5/23/2007 6:17:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, prew@icsusa.com writes: Despite Mark's misgivings, I think the latest by Of Montreal, a band I've enjoyed but never gotten really enthused about, kicks ass. I think the e.p. is better than the album, which kind of fizzles out for me after the first (virutal) side (though I think the album really is available on vinyl now). I tend to go for the pre-SATANIC PANIC IN THE ATTIC OM, with my favorite being CHERRY PEEL. But, the new one is their biggest selling album, so people are liking it, and I'm all for artists selling records and making money. I'm liking the Rosebuds new record now that I understand it--have played it dozens of times now. I just have to get used to everyone going disco. The new Clientele record even has a track with the inevitable disco high-hat pumping away. - --Mark, waiting to get his copy of the new Andrew Sandoval album, FROM ME TO YOU, in the mail (some heady comparisons to BOOKENDS musically meeting PLASTIC ONO BAND lyrically--we'll see) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 16:49:29 -0700 (PDT) From: "Joseph M. Mallon" Subject: [loud-fans] Flanging in effect Check out the drums on "Stratford-On-Guy" from EXILE IN GUYVILLE for an example of flanging. Joe Mallon jmmallon@joescafe.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 00:09:49 -0500 From: Jack Lippold Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Recent Recs I really like it, too. I got it back in January a few days after its release and I gave it the ritual 4 listens. At the time, I thought it was okay, but not their best. A few weeks later, I listened to again and something REALLY clicked that time. It actually achieved "soundtrack-of-my-life-for-this-era" status - a pretty high honor. (Others of this era include Lucky Bishops "Unexpect the Expected" and an unreleased Halfnelson psychedelic demo bootleg from 1968.) (Parenthetic #2: note that soundtrack-for-this-era doesn't necessarily mean from the era, but tunes I'm hearing for the first time during that era. I'm lucky to have this many at a time in a given period at my age - making this a damn good pop-year thus far.) >Despite Mark's misgivings, I think the latest by Of Montreal, a band >I've enjoyed but never gotten really enthused about, kicks ass. > > > > > > >I think the e.p. is better than the album, which kind of fizzles out for me >after the first (virutal) side (though I think the album really is available >on vinyl now). I tend to go for the pre-SATANIC PANIC IN THE ATTIC >OM, with >my favorite being CHERRY PEEL. But, the new one is their biggest selling >album, so people are liking it, and I'm all for artists selling records and >making money. I'm liking the Rosebuds new record now that I >understand it--have >played it dozens of times now. I just have to get used to everyone going >disco. The new Clientele record even has a track with the inevitable disco >high-hat pumping away. > >--Mark, waiting to get his copy of the new Andrew Sandoval album, FROM ME TO >YOU, in the mail (some heady comparisons to BOOKENDS musically meeting >PLASTIC ONO BAND lyrically--we'll see) > > > > > >************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V7 #121 *******************************