More music pronouncements from On High
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beautifulduckweedFirst of all, on tangential note: Anyone going to the Decemberists show tonight? Anyone? Hello? *echo* Well, if anyone's going to tonight's show, give me a ring on my cellphone or drop me a line, yo.
And now, three more bands reviewed by your faithful scribe. You may refer to me at all times as She With Impeccable Taste.
Feist: Oh, my. I like her. I like her a lot. You may know her as one of the members of Broken Social Scene, but since I've heard of BSS but haven't actually listened to anything by them, her 2004 release, Let It Die and the recently-released compendium of remixes, Open Season, are my first exposure to her music. And it's wonderful. Her voice is gorgeous, and her songs are beautifully put together, with just the right touch of wistfulness and whimsy. If I had to categorize her, she'd be stuck somewhere under the shade thrown by the gi-normous umbrella of indie-pop, but she wanders from jazz to bossa nova to thoughtful acoustic strumming to disco.
Yes, that's right, motherfuckers. Disco. She covers a Bee Gees song, and it's fookin' brilliant. I have it stuck in my head right now, in fact, and I can honestly say it's been the one and only time I've been happy to have a Bee Gees song knocking around in my brainpan. Anyone capable of pulling off such a feat deserves at least an A-.
Mogwai: I've only listened to Mr. Beast so far, but I have more coming from the library, oh yes I do. Dark, moody, clever instrumental pieces that build into a gorgeous wall of noise? Hell. Yes. B+
The Rapture: These guys are fun. An indie dance band? RAWK. Unfortunately, they're kind of hit-and-miss; I'd say a good 30% of their songs are only so-so, but the ones that work, work really, really well. If you like to bounce along to jangly, infectious white-boy funk/disco, The Rapture will probably fit the ticket quite nicely, especially if you somehow (by Completely Legal Means, of course) get your hands on individual MP3s of their music so you can cull the good tracks from the bad. B
And now, three more bands reviewed by your faithful scribe. You may refer to me at all times as She With Impeccable Taste.
Feist: Oh, my. I like her. I like her a lot. You may know her as one of the members of Broken Social Scene, but since I've heard of BSS but haven't actually listened to anything by them, her 2004 release, Let It Die and the recently-released compendium of remixes, Open Season, are my first exposure to her music. And it's wonderful. Her voice is gorgeous, and her songs are beautifully put together, with just the right touch of wistfulness and whimsy. If I had to categorize her, she'd be stuck somewhere under the shade thrown by the gi-normous umbrella of indie-pop, but she wanders from jazz to bossa nova to thoughtful acoustic strumming to disco.
Yes, that's right, motherfuckers. Disco. She covers a Bee Gees song, and it's fookin' brilliant. I have it stuck in my head right now, in fact, and I can honestly say it's been the one and only time I've been happy to have a Bee Gees song knocking around in my brainpan. Anyone capable of pulling off such a feat deserves at least an A-.
Mogwai: I've only listened to Mr. Beast so far, but I have more coming from the library, oh yes I do. Dark, moody, clever instrumental pieces that build into a gorgeous wall of noise? Hell. Yes. B+
The Rapture: These guys are fun. An indie dance band? RAWK. Unfortunately, they're kind of hit-and-miss; I'd say a good 30% of their songs are only so-so, but the ones that work, work really, really well. If you like to bounce along to jangly, infectious white-boy funk/disco, The Rapture will probably fit the ticket quite nicely, especially if you somehow (by Completely Legal Means, of course) get your hands on individual MP3s of their music so you can cull the good tracks from the bad. B
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Date: 2006-10-17 09:17 pm (UTC)Look at what living in Hawthorne has done to me.
The second half of "Friend of the Night" from Mr. Beast is some of the most awesome stuff I've heard in a long time.
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Date: 2006-10-17 11:13 pm (UTC)/so, when are you getting your chunky horn rim glasses and studded belt?
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Date: 2006-10-18 05:36 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-10-20 07:52 pm (UTC)rocksgrooves my world. She sounds like she's channeling the love child of Dionne Warwick and Gloria Gaynor - and I mean that in a totally good way. Also, the scratching at the end sneaks in as if it belonged there. In fact, I don't think I ever really noticed it until after I had heard the song several times.Also trippin on a disco/old school R&B tip from that same album: One Evening. The girl's a stranger in a strange land.
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Date: 2006-10-20 08:32 pm (UTC)"One Evening" is indeed fabulous, but you know what song grooves me like no other? "Leisure Suite," with its muted horn riff and finger snaps. I mean, just the words "Leisure Suite" are enough to groove my socks clean off.
I love Feist. She was in town recently, and I totally missed her. *weeps*