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these'll be mostly 2004/2005 releases that i've bought recently (and i honestly think i get even more enjoyment out of them by having all the packaging, which truly adds to the music -- you get a better sense of what the musicians are trying to accomplish with some of them). i'm trying to get back into new musics after a fairly long hiatus. sigur ros - takk this is an album that had to grow on me. the first few times i listened to it, i absolutely *hated* some songs, specifically milano and andvari. they just seemed to lack the pretty melodies of the others, basically. i suppose the main thing that differentiates this album from the others (genre exploration/rock of ágætis byrjun, ambience/post rock of ( )) are the noise explosions and happy-as-a-clam moments. instead of sounding like an unmovable force like the others, takk looses the blanketing atmospherics and instead makes do with very intricate little details and tones that you might expect from a high profile glitch artist (though that'll give you the wrong idea). anyway, it's about as emotional as the other albums, which makes it impossible to listen to all the time (except at first, which is what i did). i have a feeling that takk will come in handy on cold winter nights whether you're alone, with your lady, or with a group of close friends who appreciate this type of music. song highlight: hoppipola stina nordenstam - the world is saved another wintry album that had to grow on me (and is still growing on me in a very pleasant way (jokes will be made)). i really loved her last pop album (in fact it helped me get off drugs and alcohol completely with its sheer life-is-awesomeness, though i wasn't an addict in the least). stina sounds a lot more confident with her voice in spots on this album than her others, though that isn't really saying much. her voice is incredibly child-like, though not childish. the songs are still poppy, but after this is stina nordenstam (her last album) it sounds like something else com |
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sounds great, i've never heard any of those artists, will u recommend them ? |
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I'll check out that Nordenstam album, that sounds cool. Takk hasn't had time to grow on me, I've only listened to it twice and it went into one ear and out the other. But so did () and I love that album. |
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(continued) . . . completely. the lyrics are very honest and the instrumentation can sometimes come across as dark, recalling her dynamite album. this is basically a manifesto for stina, an open agoraphobic (har) who tries to say as much as she can from the safety of her apartment (listening to the people are strange album to get a sense of what it's like to live as stina nordenstam). the melodies are simple yet subtle, and once they bloom, they reveal how pulchritudinous stina truly is as a person. song highlight: butterfly i'll do more when i have time. |
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it's like twee-jazz-pop. the vocals *will* throw you off at first. combo: these are all going to be albums i recommend. most will be probably growers. |
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OK, i'm probably gonna pick some sigur ros stuff ! |
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the new pornographers - twin cinema this is a straight up canadian indie pop release that you'll listen to furiously for one week before shelving it, but that one week will be awesome. the new pornographers are comprised of a.c. newman, neko case, dan bejar from destroyer, and a drummer you'll take notice of. the songs are all hyper rock-pop numbers, even the supposedly slow ones. neko case and dan bejar offer the most unique and addicting vocals, making their songs the general highlights (at least for me, since this is all really just a matter of personal taste). terrific instrumentation, great drumming on some bits, and overall deliciously poppy songwriting and vocals make every single one of the songs catchy as all heck, a solid album that'll take you back to listening to songs on the radio as a kid but without any of the guilt attached. also the lyrics don't make any sense and were apparently chosen for how they sound, if you're into that type of thing. there is just the right amount of experimentation to prevent twin cinema from becoming radio fodder: it's a perfect summer album that'll leave everyone who hears it with a grin on their face, but it's not the type of album you create topical shrines for and obsess over. song highlight: the bleeding heart show |
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I think I'm ready to try listening to Sigur Rós again. I couldn't really get Ágætis Byrjun, which is funny, 'cos everyone else seems to love those guys. I usually have a hard time with new bands that sound very similar to older bands. Like, I prefer Pink Floyd way more than Sigur Rós, but--contrarily--after careful deliberation, I find that I prefer Belle & Sebastian more than The Smiths (but only by a bit, I really love The Smiths), and I definitely prefer The Shins more than The Beach Boys. Not to step on any toes. =D |
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pretty much all music is derivative of something else. |
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the "song highlight" feature is really offputting. |
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i forgot to note that i bought the world is saved months ago, listened to it once, was severely disappointed and shelved it until recently. now i'm lovin' it. |
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yeah, it's probably just laziness on my part. not only should it say album highlight, but i don't say why the song is a highlight, and it's just personal taste anyway. |
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optimus prime, if everyone else was deriving their music from something else, would you derive your music from something else, too? |
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sigur ros - takk - hoppipola is the highlight for me since it's very concise in form, offering an accessible structure with pretty strings and adorable squeaks from the singer's voice, making your heart soar along with the melody. stina nordenstam - the world is saved - butterfly is the album highlight if i had to choose one song to recommend to people unfamiliar with stina. she slurs her speech babyishly, rocking playfully and delightedly in the verses set against bouncy pop-jazz instrumentation before breaking into confident cries of the chorus 'but the last time i looked in the mirror/it looked like it was going to be fun'. the chorus is set amidst strings (i think, going by memory) and deep operatic male voice samples that create a very dense and enlivening atmosphere. |
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everyone is influenced by what they enjoy the most, whether they realise it or not. |
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the new pornographers - twin cinema - the bleeding heart show is the album highlight for me as it offers both the most interesting structure and elating melodies, that become more and more catchy as they go along. it begins with a.c. newman's voice against very spare instrumentation before breaking into the full band with neko singing, then a soothing wordless chorus before coming to the climax, with that soothing chorus altered to suit neko as she sings loudly and happily while the drums make you get up and dance. one of my favourite songs this year. |
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*fine, not fun, but it *is* a very fun song. |
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the fiery furnaces - blueberry boat wow! i borrowed blueberry boat from soulseek when it first came out but couldn't make it past the first three minutes. it just sounded like the cheesiest, most insincere thing ever. then about a month ago i got an itch at the back of my mind -- i wondered what the heck the rest of the album must sound like. so i borrowed it again and let the whole thing run in the background while i talked to one of my best friends. someone else in the room said he dug how happy the album sounded. i thought it sounded strange beyond belief, and imagined i'd never listen to it again, so i deleted it. now a month later, a year later, i had a very odd craving for blueberry boat so i decided to pick it up. i played it on my dad's nice stereo with surround sound. i found myself wondering why on earth i bought the album. i felt like i had just wasted about 20$. then chief inspector blancheflower came on and by the end of the song's nine minutes of playful beauty and childlike sincerity the entire album suddenly clicked for me. some of the later songs deeply affected me and i was completely enthralled; i immediately listened to the album again once it had finished. now i'm so much in love that i can easily say that this is my second favourite album. everything just connects perfectly when i listen to it, even the velvet underground-styled noise tangents. the lyrics make me smile and the music makes my mind melt (in a good way). the fiery furnaces rock the synth like no other band - - they show no restraint in making every possible use of it, that most would only use for a laugh in the privacy of their own rooms. this is the type of music i've plotted in my head while walking along busy streets and trying to keep myself company. it's just a terrific, playful, sweet, delicate, touching album that makes me realise that music still has a lot more potential than what we've been trudging through for the past twenty years or so. it's not going to make sense on the first listen, but when it |
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(continued) . . . does, you'll realise you have a new love in your life that you'll never want to let go of. |
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Mum_Ra does not like all this indie rock jibba jabba! |
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after more time i've decided that twin cinema is the best album i've mentioned here, and thus currently my favourite album of 2005. |
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ill have to check them out, thanks :) |
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architecture in helsinki - in case we die no need for me to defend the year 2005 for music. this album does it all by itself. |
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HURR |
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hmm... when did stina release another album? another one I'm going to have to find. all her others are v nice indeed. |
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I didn't like that Sigur Ros song, hoppipola, yet. |
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MAN'S BESTFRIEND: The new human is illegal |
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more like good new musics that suck |
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architecture in helsinki are really shit |
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what's some music i should be listening to? i mean this sincerely since i like you and would like to know. architecture in helsinki are really embarrassing. i feel very silly when people overhear me listening to twee music. why do i do it? why ? |
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oh, because i like it. |
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i did only listen to the album once but embarrassing is right, it made my skin crawl. i will check out the stina nordenstam album though, my favourite this year is probably beauty and the beat by edan, the new deerhoof is also excellent, and the go! team, but i'm not saying this is Music you Should listen to or something |
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i love the new deerhoof. i'll check out the others as well. |
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What is this, show and tell? Does anybody here even like music? Personally I hate it. |
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I'm sorry, I thought this would be a fun thing to say but this is a good thread where you actually talk about music. |
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most of the albums here didn't hold up too well at all. the only ones i still listen to often are twin cinema and blueberry boat. in case we die is still fun, though. of montreal - that new one that's really popular right now well, this really shocked me. i was expecting a light and fluffy album and was apprehensive about picking it up because of it, but ended up with a fairly dark and introspective . . . fun as heck indie disco funk bowie-biting, fiery furnaces-sniffing little number! i kinda had it going on as background music the first time i put it on, not really paying attention to it, then the *screams* in the past is a grotesque animal grabbed my ears and spat in them! when did kevin barnes become emo? i don't know, but i like it. after that moment, the rest of the album took my full attention. it sure is a lot different from his older material, a definite gritty escape from satanic panic in the attic. the synths are so deliciously cheesy, it's as though they were lifted from well-aged bowie curds. some bits of synth wankery sneak in with a definite fiery furnaces vibe, and some are so lo fi that you can hear the looping points, and honestly i don't like that all too much . . . and some of the vocals on this album, particularly two songs near the end, are downright annoying. but beyond those instances of utter failure this is easily my first favourite album of the year. just when i think i'm getting sick of it, i give it another spin and fall in love all over again. catchy is not a crime. b+ |
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stina nordenstam - people are strange [album], is really really good. |
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Takk by Sigur Ros is the best thing I've heard in the last few years. |
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s'my favourite. |
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