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Post by Ryosuke on Sept 7, 2004 5:52:55 GMT -5
Only Japanese band I've heard is that one in Kill Bill vol 1. Unless we're countng James Iha. Naturally, I looked up the Kill Bill album over the Internet to see what band it was. Tomoyasu Hotei? Ugh. Hopefully, you'll find that we have better music than that here!  Anyway, great. Just email your address to ryosukemusic@mail.goo.ne.jp and I'll see if I can work something up over the weekend. Any requests on what kind of stuff you want me to include/avoid? EDIT: Oh, and is the James Iha solo any good? I liked some of the songs he wrote when he was in the Pumpkins ("Blue" or "Blew" or something like that). |
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Post by Ryosuke on Sept 7, 2004 6:04:08 GMT -5
Yep, I'm a closet Smashing Pumpkins fan.
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Sept 7, 2004 6:30:58 GMT -5
My mail account is fucked, Ryo, so I'll PM my address to you over these boards instead. Cheers.
The band from Kill Bill was an all-girl rock band called something like the 5,6,7,8's, or something similar. Can't really remember.
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Post by riley on Sept 7, 2004 6:32:44 GMT -5
Nice list Ndy, although I didn't think you were that fond of The Walkmen disc. Has it done some growing?
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Sept 7, 2004 6:36:56 GMT -5
I found that walkmen disc really tedious. But I listened to their first(?) album yesterday, and it had some real nice U2-ish moments. I think I'll give 'em another chance.
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Post by Ryosuke on Sept 7, 2004 6:43:41 GMT -5
Ah, the 5, 6, 7, 8's. I've heard of them, and I probably have heard their music at some random listening station at some random record store. Can't remember a single fucking thing about them though. Oh, and I got your pm! 22. The Libertines (Rough Trade America) You know, when I first saw this, I thought that Rough Trade America was the title of the album. Talk about showing loyalty to your label! But hey, if you're going to name your album after a label, it might as well be Rough Trade, huh? On that note, the song "Rough Trade" by Stiff Little Fingers is a cool tune. |
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Post by riley on Sept 7, 2004 6:45:50 GMT -5
Yeah, they seem to have enough going for them that even when they're not knocking you on your arse, you just keep going back for more. Like you're missing something.
I was initially luke warm, as were a few other CanConners to You Forgot It In People by Broken Social Scene, but I'm now convinced it's one of the best albums released in easily the last 15 years.
Something rewarding about having to work for it as a listener every once in a while.
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Post by NdY on Sept 7, 2004 8:01:16 GMT -5
You know I'm not gonna argue with that one Riley. My fave of 2003.  Yeah, I didn't much like Bows and Arrows at first, despite my lurve for "The Rat". But over time I've figured out that given the right mood it's really a gem. I may have placed it a bit high on my list (as I was hungover and playing it from my computer speakers while typing), but that'll change by year's end. It's still top 10 material though. |
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Post by luke on Sept 7, 2004 9:59:08 GMT -5
I tried and tried and TRIED to get into The Walkmen, if only for an excuse to keep "The Rat" in my CD player. I just can't get into the anti-climatic hunk of shit, sorry. I just don't understand how you can make one song that's so awesome and the rest just a bunch of moody racket. First disappointment I've purchased in recent memory...
But hey, to each their own...
My (predictable) Faves of the Year...
10. Blonde Redhead- Misery is a Butterfly
9. Wilco- A Ghost Is Born
8. Morrissey- Quarry
7. Muse- Absolution
6. Bjork- Medulla
5. The Libertines
4. Modest Mouse- Good News
3. The Killers- Hot Fuss
2. Franz Ferdinand
1. Local H- Whatever Happened to PJ Soles?
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Sept 7, 2004 10:02:28 GMT -5
Ah, you've decided the Libertines' album is better than Bjork's then luke?
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Post by luke on Sept 7, 2004 10:08:19 GMT -5
Yeah, while making burgers with the ol' lady last night, it came on in my player, and it was just so damn fun, I decided I liked it better.
The biggest disappointment on that list is Modest Mouse. I was really counting on those guys to drop the album of the year, but instead they dropped their worst...which is still better than most anything else, but still, it's their worst.
And as solid as that Local H album is, I still think that the No Fun EP they dropped in '03 raised my expectations a bit high even for their latest masterpiece.
There have been more great albums this year than last, but I still haven't heard anything in '04 that matches The No Fun EP or...oh yes...Permission to Land.
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Post by riley on Sept 7, 2004 10:10:10 GMT -5
I'm not sure there's anything in the history of recorded music that quite matches up to Permission To Land.
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Post by luke on Sept 7, 2004 10:14:08 GMT -5
I tell ya, for an album that was supposed to be all schtick..well...it's still in my car's cd player, that's for sure.
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Post by Mary on Sept 14, 2004 1:28:44 GMT -5
Thought people might find some of this interesting. The big local independent record store, Amoeba Records, always releases a book every few months of their favorite records of the year thus far, in various categories. They compile the most popular choices in the front of the book, and then allow every employee space to rave about their own personal faves. It always makes for interesting reading - the lists in front are usually pretty predictable, but you often find very quirky intriguing stuff you never even heard of on the personal lists. In any case, here are some of the more pertinent most-popular lists for these boards:
Rock
Devedra Banhart - Rejoicing in the Hands
Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
Blonde Redhead - Misery is a Butterfly
The Fall - The Real New Fall LP
Franz Ferdinand - self-titled
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her
Jolie Holland - Escondida
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
The Killers - Hot Fuss
Lambchop - Aw C'mon/No You C'mon
Magnetic Fields - i
Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
Morrissey - You are the Quarry
Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
!!! - Louden up Now
Mission of Burma - On Off On
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes
Vetiver - self-titled
Wilco - A Ghost is Born
Ponys - Laced With Romance
Polyphonic Spree - Together We're Heavy
All Night Radio - Spirit Stereo Frequency
Secret Society of the Sonic Six - Nite City
Hip Hop
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Ghostface - The Pretty Toney Album
Andrew Nickatina - Bullets, Blunts, In Ah Big Bankroll
Kanye West - College Dropout
San Quinn - I Give You My Word
Suga Free - New Testament
Gift of Gab - 4th Dimensional Rockeships Gong Up
Z-Man - Dope Or Dog Food
Dopestyle 1231 - self-titled
KMD - Best of
Aceyalone - All Balls Don't Bounce
2Mex - self-titled
Murs/9th Wonder - 3:16, 9th Edition
Sixtoo - Chewing on the Glass
Electronic
Savath & Savales - Apropa't
Troubleman - Time Out of Mind
Michael Mayer - Fabric 13
Casino vs. Japan - Hitori + Kaiso
Squarepusher - Ultravisitor
Dani Siciliano - ...Likes
Claro Intelecto - Neurofibro
Wagon Christ - Sorry I Make You Lush
Streets - A Grand Dn't Come For Free
Two Lone Swordsmen - From The Double Gone Chapel
Daedelus - Of Snowdonia
Kerrier District - Disco
Quantic - Mishaps Happening
Doc Martin - Sublevel: True School
Colleen - Everyone Alive Wants Answers
Good lord that electronica list makes me feel ignorant...
Cheers,
M
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Post by ScottsyII on Sept 14, 2004 8:10:00 GMT -5
Good god you saying that list of electronic artists makes you feel ignorant makes me feel even more ignorant... :-)
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