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Post by Paul on Jun 7, 2007 9:01:25 GMT -5
My 2007 music prediction:
The Beastie Boys will release the coolest, hippest album of the year - and most likely have killer videos to go along with the songs.
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Jun 7, 2007 9:25:15 GMT -5
Those guys have been out of the picture for too long in my opinion.
I also saw that Adam was producing the new Bad Brains record. That's pretty awesome!
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Post by Paul on Jun 7, 2007 9:36:25 GMT -5
^^^^ The Beasties always do their own thing...their last album in 2004 was a straight hip-hop album, like an ode to 1983 style beats and whatnot. Before that, they had a six year lull between Nasty and TT5Bs, and of course throughout the 90's there simply wasn't a cooler band around. I for one admire that no matter the trend, the Beasties do their own thing. Whodda thunk that after 25 years the Beasties would decide to do an all instrumental album? I really think it's damn cool of them. Here's some pics from the coolest band on the planet.    |
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Post by luke on Jun 7, 2007 10:05:10 GMT -5
New Stripes album is great.
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Post by Thorngrub on Jun 7, 2007 11:25:20 GMT -5
It's out ? or leaked . . .
I haven't even heard Icky Thump yet :'c
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Post by KooL on Jun 7, 2007 11:33:11 GMT -5
Leaked. I think it comes out in a couple of weeks.
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Post by Dr. Drum on Jun 7, 2007 20:23:42 GMT -5
OK, after just one listen, I'm a lot closer to Kool on this than to Drum/wayved. The record starts off promisingly enough, but it meanders its way to a close in that balla-heavy second half, and never really takes off. There isn't anything "wrong" with it per se, it just lacks the spark that made earlier CH records so special. And FTR, it didn't strike me as a bad record, it just doesn't measure up to anything that CH had done previously. As Kool noted, even the odds 'n' sods Afterglow is a more compelling listen. This sounds more like a Neil Finn solo record, a fact which is even more apparent if you throw on some vintage Crowded House right after it. In my case, Together Alone and Woodface have been the next two records to come up after I wrapped up Time On Earth, and even if I'd never heard Together Alone before, the distinctive bass work and band interplay on that record make it obvious where TOE ended and TA began. I liked Time On Earth, and some of the more uptempo stuff here was quite good, but I can't imagine adding any of these cuts to a "best of CH" disc. Unlike Tim's solo LP last year, this one came in with high expectations, largely earned b/c in the past Crowded House had never ever let me down. The CH catalog is one of the finest in pop/rock, and while Time On Earth doesn't really tarnish that reputation, it doesn't do anything to advance or enhance it, either. 3 stars. Might go up to 3.5 on further listens, but I rather doubt it. Ken - this post was awfully definitive for just one listen. A guy as subtle and meticulous in his craftsmanship as Neil Finn – you can't possibly do him justice on that basis. I mean, listen hard to "Pour Le Monde", "English Trees" or "People Are Like Suns" (for starters) and tell me those aren't classic Neil Finn melodies and lyrics. That offsetting of warmth and honey with some kind of dark undertow -- England cries and she plays for him / Two chords entwined like a requiem / Although it’s springtime, colour is new / In Regent’s Park, I will mourn for you. On the Crowded House vs. Neil solo album thing, I guess I don't really care at this point whether a Finn-related record comes out of a full band context or a solo project or whatever. There's a narrative – actually a set of narratives – now that runs through all their current work and back into their pasts. A sense of a series of conversations, internal and external, that while specific and personal, always maintain a relevance to the outside world. The live 7 Worlds Collide, the last Finn Bros. disc, Tim's solo album last year – the thread carries on through all of them and I think this one continues it beautifully. |
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Post by Kensterberg on Jun 7, 2007 21:26:46 GMT -5
I'm on an old Kinks kick right now, Drum, but I'll be listening to that CH disc again very soon. Like Kool, it isn't that it didn't strike me as good, or that I didn't like it, just that it didn't live up to the rest of their catalog. But everything Finn is certainly worth hearing ... I guess I just had really, really high expectations (hopes) for this one.
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Post by wayved on Jun 7, 2007 23:47:58 GMT -5
Hey Kool--You are right. Cornell probably is Gayer than the new Erasure (hahaha!) My point is -- awwwww. I like the new Crowded House album. It couldve gone HORRIBLY wrong....They didnt add a DJ to scratch did they? No? Did Neil Finn set his hair on fire and go arrrrrrrrg--and get noserings for myspace? They are musicians doing what they do. People get older (that is no excuse for Chris Cornell cos 75% of that album, in my opinion, is stuff Rod Stewart shouldve done) And the songs arent bad at all! --ahh f*&k it. (I like the new Crowded House album!)
Shit, I wish I were a musician now and came up with the second song on that new Crowded House album.
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Post by Dr. Drum on Jun 8, 2007 4:53:34 GMT -5
Ken – I'd actually rate Time On Earth on a par or better than Together Alone. Neil is like Chrissie Hynde – there are ways in which he just continues to get better.
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Post by KooL on Jun 8, 2007 5:46:29 GMT -5
Shit, I wish I were a musician now and came up with the second song on that new Crowded House album. Yeah, "Don't Stop Now", which is also the first single is indeed the best song on the record. "Even A Child" which was co-written with Johnny Marr is really good too. I also like "Transit Lounge" and "Say That Again". Still, I don't think it even comes close to being as good as Together Alone. There are way to many classics on that one. Nails In My Feet, Pineapple Head, Fingers Of Love, Catherine's Wheel, Distant Sun... plus a few more. Time on Earth would've worked better if 3-4 of the slower more depressing songs were left off the record and they focused on improving some of the better tracks. I'm not giving up on it just yet. I plan on listening to it again over the weekend, just to see if I still feel the same way about it. |
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Post by Kensterberg on Jun 8, 2007 7:42:05 GMT -5
Ken – I'd actually rate Time On Earth on a par or better than Together Alone. Neil is like Chrissie Hynde – there are ways in which he just continues to get better. While Time on Earth isn't a bad record, there's no way it's better than Together Alone. Pineapple Head and Private Universe alone, even if the rest of the album had been dreck (which it wasn't), would have elevated Together Alone above this new one, which lacks anything at that level. |
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Post by Thorngrub on Jun 8, 2007 9:11:19 GMT -5
That pic of Cornell on his new album cover gives me the creeps
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Post by Paul on Jun 8, 2007 11:08:49 GMT -5
That pic of Cornell on his new album cover gives me the creeps I'm so glad Eddie Vedder / Pearl Jam didn't go down the same road as Mr. Cornell. |
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Post by KooL on Jun 8, 2007 11:11:14 GMT -5
Eddie Vedder wouldn't stand a chance as a solo artist. Cornell may have made a shitty album, but there's no denying he's waaaay more talented than Vedder.
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