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Song & Album of the year so far
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dmpoole said:
nice names for the band and the album....
quite like so far....
Richard Ashcroft - Keys to The World (could have been a late 2005 album)
Kooks - Inside Out
Razorlight - Razorlight
Upper Room - Other People's Problems
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
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Despite Cat Power releasing an album this year, Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up by Cortney Tidwell is the one LP that's really sparked my attention. It's her full-length debut, following a short self-titled EP.
A multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, notably featuring an Ominchord in her repertoire
. Check out the video of Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up at the label site (http://www.everrecords.com/cortneytidwell/) for some Omnichord action, and drums on the other. I regret missing out on going to see her at Bush Hall last month.
Easiest [well, laziest] comparison is to Bjork (circa Vespertine). She has a very similar sense of melody, take on phrasing -quite a bit of pained wailing and tonal jumps- and touches of her accented pronounciation, despite being a product of Nashville. Don't envision it as a romp into middle-America country though. The album itself I can only really try and describe as the record that could have been released between Emiliani Torrini's Love in the Time of Science and Fisherman's Woman. Ethereal folk with a satisfying side-serving of post-rock elements and electronics. This album features a guest supporting band, including members of Lambchop. The opener Eyes are at the Billions could almost be Bjork doing Mogwai's Hunted By a Freak, breaking into an epic tremolo-picked second half.
Full of beautiful but catchy melodies and rhythmic hooks; certainly one for kicking back with the headphones. An unsettling overtone throughout, it is warm, soft-edged and mellow on the one hand, and icy, hard and fractured on the other. Unfortunately it spans just 42 minutes, and you're left wanting more from each track.
The only negatives I can think to draw up are that it can be a little derivative (but what isn't these days), meaning that it may well find its way onto adverts giving rise to overplay. That and the snare sounds are a touch dated in places. Doesn't detract from the album's appeal though, and may just be me that picks up on it.
I think fans of, dare I say it, 'unconventional' solo female artists like Bjork, Cat Power and Joanna Newsom will definitely find appeal in it, and those with leanings in the lighter and intimate sonics of post-rock will gain something from it too.
She's been getting a fair bit of press of late, but appears yet to have reached wider recognition.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/10bestcds/story/0,,1818098,00.html
http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Music-Review/cortney-tidwell-dont-let-stars-keep-us-tangled-up
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article1163600.ece
http://www.everrecords.com/cortneytidwell_tangledstars/
A multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, notably featuring an Ominchord in her repertoire
. Check out the video of Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up at the label site (http://www.everrecords.com/cortneytidwell/) for some Omnichord action, and drums on the other. I regret missing out on going to see her at Bush Hall last month.Easiest [well, laziest] comparison is to Bjork (circa Vespertine). She has a very similar sense of melody, take on phrasing -quite a bit of pained wailing and tonal jumps- and touches of her accented pronounciation, despite being a product of Nashville. Don't envision it as a romp into middle-America country though. The album itself I can only really try and describe as the record that could have been released between Emiliani Torrini's Love in the Time of Science and Fisherman's Woman. Ethereal folk with a satisfying side-serving of post-rock elements and electronics. This album features a guest supporting band, including members of Lambchop. The opener Eyes are at the Billions could almost be Bjork doing Mogwai's Hunted By a Freak, breaking into an epic tremolo-picked second half.
Full of beautiful but catchy melodies and rhythmic hooks; certainly one for kicking back with the headphones. An unsettling overtone throughout, it is warm, soft-edged and mellow on the one hand, and icy, hard and fractured on the other. Unfortunately it spans just 42 minutes, and you're left wanting more from each track.
The only negatives I can think to draw up are that it can be a little derivative (but what isn't these days), meaning that it may well find its way onto adverts giving rise to overplay. That and the snare sounds are a touch dated in places. Doesn't detract from the album's appeal though, and may just be me that picks up on it.
I think fans of, dare I say it, 'unconventional' solo female artists like Bjork, Cat Power and Joanna Newsom will definitely find appeal in it, and those with leanings in the lighter and intimate sonics of post-rock will gain something from it too.
She's been getting a fair bit of press of late, but appears yet to have reached wider recognition.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/10bestcds/story/0,,1818098,00.html
http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Music-Review/cortney-tidwell-dont-let-stars-keep-us-tangled-up
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article1163600.ece
http://www.everrecords.com/cortneytidwell_tangledstars/
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Best album:
Lostprophets - Liberation Transmission
Best song:
not too sure on this but would say Lostprophets - 4am Forever
Lostprophets - Liberation Transmission
Best song:
not too sure on this but would say Lostprophets - 4am Forever
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The Answer
Its been a long time since I've heard an album and I couldn't wait to hear the next track and then to hear the album again.
This is a must buy for anybody into retro rock.
Take all the best rock bands from the 70s and mix them up.
Its been a long time since I've heard an album and I couldn't wait to hear the next track and then to hear the album again.
This is a must buy for anybody into retro rock.
Take all the best rock bands from the 70s and mix them up.
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Fubar said:Ronan Keating - Iris
*beats him with a stick with fire and mustard on the end.....from orbit ect*
Keane? The Kooks? Best albums of the year?
Sorry but I disagree.
Under The Iron Sea is the blandest thing I've ever heard, and Inside In Inside Out is so overrated. It has about 2 catchy songs, the rest just incredibly standard trendy indie songs.
Sorry but I disagree.
Under The Iron Sea is the blandest thing I've ever heard, and Inside In Inside Out is so overrated. It has about 2 catchy songs, the rest just incredibly standard trendy indie songs.
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marc_howarth said:
Sorry, I checked it out and you're no longer allowed an opinion on music. Again, I apologise.
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Personally the new Mars Volta album rocks my world, although Stadium Arcadium was very good I thought.
My biggest discovery this year has to be Pavement and Stephen Malkmus, I'm really enoying their work.
My biggest discovery this year has to be Pavement and Stephen Malkmus, I'm really enoying their work.
