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Post by ScottsyII on Jul 12, 2005 4:59:14 GMT -5
I'm gathering a firmer interest in the Mountains Goats' The Sunset Tree... definitely like what i have heard of it so far, some gritty stuff by the sunds of it... thinking if I come across some spare cash I might pick it up!
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Post by maarts on Jul 12, 2005 6:56:08 GMT -5
Mine are:
1. M83- Before The Dawn Heals Us
2. Fripp & Eno- The Equatorial Stars
3. Brian Eno- Another Day On Earth
4. Architecture In Helsinki- In Case We Die
5. The National- Alligator
6. Bark Psychosis- Codename: Dustsucker
7. Dalek- Absence
8. Porcupine Tree- Deadwing
9. The Mess Hall- Notes From A Ceiling
10. Nine Inch Nails- With Teeth
11. Team Sleep- Team Sleep
12. The Go-Betweens- Oceans Apart
13. British Sea Power- Open Up
14. Ry Cooder- Chavez Ravine
15. Mercury Rev- The Secret Migration
16. Pajo- Pajo
17. Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate- S/T
18. Bruce Springsteen- Devils & Dust
19. Dream Theater- Octavarium
20. Stars- Set Yourself On Fire
21. Daniel Lanois- Belladonna
22. Original Soundtrack (Harold Budd/Robin Guthrie)- Mysterious Skin
23. Susumu Yokota- Symbol
24. Amusement Parks On Fire- S/T
25. Cog- The New Normal
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Jul 13, 2005 12:28:52 GMT -5
Thorn seriously what's with the love for Mogwai lite? That record sucks.....that band sucks......I always shake my head in disbelief when people tell me that they like that band. EITS it's quite possibly the worst most boring of any post rock band I have ever heard. It's a good thing that they get alot of accolades live, because their records just bore me to tears.
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Post by Thorngrub on Jul 13, 2005 12:42:11 GMT -5
I really prefer their first album,"Those who know the truth shall die, those who know the truth shall live forever", a lot more than the 2nd. It has more of a raw, dynamic edge, and of course, it actually swells and builds & develops a wee bit of jammin, as opposed to the nigh-ambient quality of "The Earth is not a cold dead place".
But you gotta understand - Becoming excited is not a qualifier for me to like something. Have you ever listened to Brian Eno's Thursday Afternoon? Or Neroli? These albums make "The Earth is not a cold dead place" seem like speedmetal, by contast. My point is the only reason I enjoy EITS's 2nd and extremely calm album, is much for the same reasons I might like to take a long hot soak in the tub. Also I don't sit around paying attention to it -- it's just on, in the background, and before I know it, it's over. Kinda nice.
I'll tell you what bored me to tears, though: "Govt Commissions", Mogwai's latest. I'll keep spinning it some more, hoping to find something worthwhile in it's sedative-like compositions. But I'm already considering it trading it in . . .for something with more, I don't know, vibrancy to it. But I wouldn't trade in my EITS, I just find it relaxing.
I do like the older Mogwai I've heard, however. But they sure are substandard to the Emperors of that scene, Godspeed, IMO.
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Jul 13, 2005 15:01:02 GMT -5
True, in my opinion noone is Godspeed......and it's not ambient music that bores me to tears. Just EITS.........I've never heard such disingenious fey crap. I can't explain why, but they are honestly right up there with Guns N Roses as the most annoying twats for me.
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Jul 13, 2005 15:02:00 GMT -5
Oh man, you hit the nail on the head though, that Governmet Commissions is straight up crap. How the mighty have fallen in my opinion.
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Post by lunatic96 on Jul 14, 2005 0:40:41 GMT -5
The live version of "Like Herod" on Govt. Commisions easily makes it worth owning.
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Post by ScottsyII on Jul 18, 2005 6:32:19 GMT -5
I didn't bother with Government Commissions, but I really have loved quite alot of Mogwai's stuff... Young Team is straight up wonderful, Come On Die Young is kinda so - so and a bit weak in places, but i am quite found of Happy Songs for Happy People.
I bought The Sunset Tree by the Mountain Goats today... and honestly, I've been waiting to be moved by an album like this for a LONG, long time. This thing had me by the throat and in tears as I drove home listening to it from the record store...
Not only is the music beautiful, tuneful, thoughtful and sparse but tastefully arranged... it's one of the most incredibly open, cathartic and unashamedly frail pieces of modern music I have ever heard. And it's beautiful. And it's brave, and it bares more soul than anything I have heard in many, many years. This is why I started enjoying music all along... to hear things like this, to share in the stories that people bring to music, to allow their stories to build upon my own.
We sure have been bombarded with some useless music in recent years, hollow, "fun" dance - rock can't hold a candle to the deep beauty explored in The Sunset Tree. The beautiful that comes from experiences of fear, abuse and the cathartic release of the pent up anger...
Thank God for music that has meaning like this. My God, my album of the year could end up being a shock to even myself.
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Post by Thorngrub on Jul 21, 2005 13:24:37 GMT -5
The live version of "Like Herod" on Govt. Commisions easily makes it worth owning. Bingo: that track is the single reason I am holding onto it. |
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Post by Thorngrub on Jul 21, 2005 13:25:59 GMT -5
Sounds like I'm going to have to check these Mountain Goats out, Scottsy. I'll get around to it, eventually.
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Post by pattentank24 on Aug 8, 2005 14:54:44 GMT -5
The 2005 Collection Ratings Updated(using the Under The Radar Rating System) Trail of the Dead- Worlds Apart (8) Bright Eyes- Digital Ash In A Digital Urn (5) M83- Before The Dawn Heals Us (9) Bright Eyes- I'm Wide Awake It's Morning (8) The Chemical Brothers- Push The Button (7) LCD Soundsystem- (8) Kings of Leon- Aha Shake Heartbreak (7) The Mars Volta- Frances The Mute ( 10) Doves- Some Cities (8) Electric Six- Senor Smoke (4) Tori Amos- The Beekeeper (6) Stars- Set Yourself on Fire ( 10) The Bravery- (7) Kaiser Chiefs- Employment (7) Daft Punk- Human After All (5) Queens of The Stone Age- Lullabies To Paralyze (8) Beck- Guero (9) Bloc Party- Silent Alarm (9) Kasabian- (7) The Kills- No Wow (8) Maximo Park- (6) The Decemberists- Picaresque (8) Louis XIV- The Best Little Secrets Are Kept (7) M.I.A.- Arular (8) New Order- Waiting For The Siren's Call (7) British Sea Power- Open Season (8) The National- Alligator (9) Garbage- Bleed Like Me (8) Hot Hot Heat- Elevator (7) Bruce Springsteen- Devils/Dust (8) NIN- With Teeth (9) The Raveonettes- Pretty In Black (7) Gorillaz-Demon Days (7) Ryan Adams- Cold Roses (8) The Hold Steady- Separation Sunday (9) Weezer- Make Believe (5) DMB- Stand Up (7) Spoon- Gimme Fiction (9) System of A Down- Mezmerize (8) Oasis- Don't Believe The Truth (8) Stephen Malkmus- Face The Truth (8) Amusement Parks On Fire (9) Sleater-Kinney The Woods (9) Coldplay- X/Y (8) The White Stripes- Get Behind Me Satan (9) Shout Out Louds- Howl Howl Gaff Gaff (7) Annie- Anniemal (8) Foo Fighters- In Your Honor (7) Sufjan Stevens- Illinois (9) B.R.M.C. - Howl (too early to say) Still more albums to come..... 
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Aug 18, 2005 13:01:22 GMT -5
Now I'm going to give my own rating of those records.
Trail of the Dead- Worlds Apart (6)
Bright Eyes- Digital Ash In A Digital Urn (0)-Why?!!? I don't care how cool his politics is, emo will never be cool.
M83- Before The Dawn Heals Us (7)
Bright Eyes- I'm Wide Awake It's Morning (0)
The Chemical Brothers- Push The Button (2)
LCD Soundsystem- (8)
Kings of Leon- Aha Shake Heartbreak (7)
The Mars Volta- Frances The Mute (7)-I like this record, but I don't think it's a ten.
Doves- Some Cities (8)
Electric Six- Senor Smoke (1)
Tori Amos- The Beekeeper (0) The ultimate in releasing the same record with the same absurd lyrics over and over and over again.
Stars- Set Yourself on Fire (8)
The Bravery- (-3) These guys suck sooooo hard.
Kaiser Chiefs- Employment (1) Horrible.....the Happy Mondays were shit the first time.
Daft Punk- Human After All (3)
Queens of The Stone Age- Lullabies To Paralyze (8)
Beck- Guero (9)
Bloc Party- Silent Alarm (2)=Pavement with a dance beat. Sooo medicore.
Kasabian- (7)
The Kills- No Wow (8)
Maximo Park- (0) Don't believe the hype.
The Decemberists- Picaresque (8)
Louis XIV- The Best Little Secrets Are Kept (0)
M.I.A.- Arular (8)
New Order- Waiting For The Siren's Call (1) It's time to Hang it up.
British Sea Power- Open Season (8)
The National- Alligator (3) Boring
Garbage- Bleed Like Me (8)
Hot Hot Heat- Elevator (4)
Bruce Springsteen- Devils/Dust (2)
NIN- With Teeth (8) I like it but some of the lyrics are cheesy
The Raveonettes- Pretty In Black (1) The Jesus ad Mary Chain were good the first time.
Gorillaz-Demon Days (7)
Ryan Adams- Cold Roses (0) Overrated prick this one is.
The Hold Steady- Separation Sunday (9)
Weezer- Make Believe (-20) Never has a band gone from really good to really bad in the time it took these loosers.
DMB- Stand Up (0) People still listen to this?
Spoon- Gimme Fiction (9)
System of A Down- Mezmerize (2) Seriously.......that guitar player needs to stop singing and the songwriting is crap.
Oasis- Don't Believe The Truth (8)
Stephen Malkmus- Face The Truth (8)
Amusement Parks On Fire (9)
Sleater-Kinney The Woods (9)
Coldplay- X/Y (3).....just for the Kraftwerk sample
The White Stripes- Get Behind Me Satan (5)
Shout Out Louds- Howl Howl Gaff Gaff (7)
Annie- Anniemal (8)
Foo Fighters- In Your Honor (2) More AOR middle of the road crap from the Paul McCartney of grunge
Sufjan Stevens- Illinois (9)
B.R.M.C. - Howl stop this band from ever releasing another record.
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Post by luke on Aug 18, 2005 13:15:27 GMT -5
Oh man that was hilarious.
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Post by luke on Aug 18, 2005 13:18:08 GMT -5
So new Dandy Warhols just a couple weeks away...anyone heard anything? "Smoke it"?
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Post by rockysigman on Aug 18, 2005 13:28:00 GMT -5
Skvor, have you heard Thunderbirds Are Now!?
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