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Check out 'Rainbow Jumper' Lone has been active in this thread on the twoism board: http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2511
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ha! I actually originally started to write about the Midnight Juggernauts' album but then I wasn't sure if it came out this year, or late last year... and my review was pretty much "they sound like the Presets" I dug Cut Copy's album at first... but it really hasn't gotten many plays after that first 2 week period (save for "Lights & Music") |
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some albums since my first post that will probably be making my top 10 come the end of the year:
fantasy black channel late of the pier brilliant debut album that picks up the baton from the klaxons and takes it to a whole 'nother level. erol alkan on production duties seems to have got the best out of this youthful lot and tracks like space & the woods, heartbeat and bathroom gurgle will be staying in my playlists for many years to come dear science tv on the radio seen a little bit of backlash against this because they didn't push things forwards enough, but who cares when the results sound this good. easily their most accessible work to date and should be the one that catapults them into the consciousness of the general public and i imagine it will be close to the top of most critics end of year lists the holy pictures david holmes i'm definitely a holmes fan boy as i've loved everything he's ever done since first hearing de niro and his jaw dropping remix of sabres of paradise's smokebelch ii all those years ago but this, his first solo album in eight long years, has been picking up pretty much rave reviews from most quarters. a bit of a departure for the belfast boy as this time he takes on vocal duties himself and it's a lot more chilled than previous efforts but still one of the best albums you'll hear this year glasvegas glasvegas don't let all the hype and alan mcgee put you off, this is actually a rather very good debut album and one that should be praised for trying something different in a world of indie clones clogging up the charts motion to rejoin brightblack morning light hadn't come across this lot before but i can definitely see why they get the spacemen 3 and early spiritualized comparisons. beautiful stoned bluesy space rock |
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But Dear Science is so groovy (new kind of fusionnal funk rock, I don't know how to descibe it), and not unequal anymore. Step forward Very pleasant surprise. |
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as in, i'm going to need a bit to get in its skin and feel it properly before i completely love it. for now it's just... pretty okay |
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the thing is that i've never been a huge fan of luomo, but i've had a feeling that he'd make something someday that i would really like, and they usually happen when a band or an artist have 'arrived' somewhere. if i already liked them then this album would make me love them. if i was indifferent to them then i'd see them in a new light that i liked. i feel like this is one of those albums, but that it's just going to take a bit to really unfold.
other stuff i've been listening to Johann Johannsson - Fordlandia i've also had kind of a soft spot for johannsson in the same way. i'd like his methods but there wasnt much i wanted to listen to over and over again, when he settled into doing more classical things it wasnt very interesting and when he used his computers it felt too distracted. this one is more classical yet feels pretty good though. not stellar, but def. a step in the right direction to me. Ø - Olvera. if you like pan sonic, you will also like this, because it is indistinguishable, really. i know it's a side project from one of them but honestly, if you're going to sound exactly like what you splintred from then whats the point? oh well. it's a solid album, wish there were more highlights and grooves and less of the plodding filler. more noise please. Shugo Tokumaru - Exit i heard this came out awhile ago. and that there are many many fans. it's all new to me right now, sounds like a less sugar-induced cornelius, making simple-ish folky pop songs that are friendly and spry and nice. i keep going back to it but i'm not really as hooked as most are. TVotR update - i realized part of the reason why i was less than thrilled with the new album is because i'd listen to it alla t once, and the three song run of dancing choose-stork and owl-golden age is so completly boring and aggravating that it clouds the fact that everything afterwards is actually really damn good. so i like this album, though i think their production is still the biggest tripping point. i liked the noise and wash and flailing of return to cookie mountain, and it's heartening that they never want to repeat the same album twice. Last edited by dubman; 10-01-2008 at 06:22 PM. |
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Funny how I run into this discussion, as I've just discovered Vladislav Delay, so I'm going to check Vocalcity out.
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I think i have my favorites of this year:
new Fennesz-Black Sea and one of the truly most beautiful albums ever and BEST of the year for me: GROUPER- Dragging a Dead Dear Up a Hill
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