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rs review and more
you know, this may be a better place for me to express my sentiment that i, like the rolling stone review, find jay farrar's solo stuff to be pretty forgettable. call me the ant-christ. that's not to say it's bad. probably worth 3 stars. it's just not all that exciting. and this is nothing against minimalism. i am a big fan of minimalist art, which can be extremely exciting. listen to the red house painters. their langurous (sp) epics are poetic, beautiful, and compelling. look at the majority of tim easton's latest. very mellow, beautiful songs. so the point is, it can be done. and then you hear, say, the first song off spoon's "kill the moonlight," or eels' "rock hard times" off their latest, and you know you're listening to musicians who aren't reinventing the wheel but are doing something exciting, interesting, and nice to listen to. any comments along these lines? or am i just a heretic
totally man. yeah, i've been listening to joe pernice ever since his scud mountain days. got massachussetts and loved it--still the best record of its kind ever (don't ask me to describe what kind of record that is). but i preordered the latest pernice brothers through them and so got a nice booklet that includes the lyrics of all the songs pernice has written and recorded in his various guises. good stuff. his music has a very unique vibe that still sounds comfortably familiar--like he's re-working seventies art-rock in a way. not even art-rock really--kind of like a postmodern gerry rafferty, if the association isn't too far out there. i'm still way into eels these days. it's probably not a good thing. kind of like the antithesis of no depression--we're talkin' way depression. but i love the introspection of the music and the lyrics. poetic and yet rocks. it's definitely in the lineage of true rock and roll
You been pilfering my record collection? going to see the Pernice Bros. tomorrow. Just started listening to them couple of months ago and think they are fantastic. As for Spoon, why they are not bigger than they are is way beyond me, Series of Sneaks through Kill the Moonlight has been a phenomenal string of records...lukenmo wrote:thanks long slow fade. i'm open to lots of different stuff. i've been listening, lately, to spoon, metropol, eels, pernice brothers, sparklehorse, always dylan--it's all about the music man.
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hi from vernon, new jersey
Just moved up here from Jersey Shore, feeling a bit disconnected from music, I played a lot of shows down there, lots of great musicians, so this board is kind of nice for me, just to read enthusiastic posts about music I love...
I am fortunate to have an advance of the new record, it is wonderful.
maybe I will write about it if anyone cares to hear my subjective ranting.
peace
er1c
I am fortunate to have an advance of the new record, it is wonderful.
maybe I will write about it if anyone cares to hear my subjective ranting.
peace
er1c
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