All over the place today, comic fans are sitting around with funny smirks on their faces. Finally one speaks up: "So what did you think?"
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Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
* Website: http://grizzly-bear.net
* Watch: Youtube
* Pre-order: CD @ grizzly-bear.net , Vinyl @ grizzly-bear.net
* Release Date: May 26
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Did you ever just feel like dancing? Have you ever been a fan of chiptunes? Well you will probably be a fan of Renoir. Read More
Did you ever just feel like dancing? Have you ever been a fan of chiptunes? Well you will probably be a fan of Renoir.
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For a moment just look past the ridiculously long album title...now I ask you have you ever felt like your missing something? I have, but Le Loup has finally been able to somehow fill that void. This album was placed on "Best of '07" lists by a multitude of websites, and I can't say it doesn't deserve it. The album, in essence, is like crossing over the Mississippi boarder during winter, and inside the vast dense dead forest you found a secret society of cohorts playing a "Bonnaroo" type of festival; you lived there happily ever after.
The main attraction to me was the simplicity of the arrangements. Most songs rely on a droning banjo to help progress the song and to keep the rhythm. I love banjos when used in the nontraditional sense, by that I basically mean outside of the stereotypical hillbilly, redneck, tobacco dipping, "Deliverence", that people associate with banjos. The vocals have a kind of ghostly echo on them, not to mention the vocal layering. They also add electric beats at times, which may seem weird at first...but it works. It works so much that Zach Condon of Beirut released an EP called "Holland" under the pre-Beirut pseudonym "Realpeople" which contains electronic music that distinctly resembles the music of Beirut.
Le Loup has really hit something special with this album because it combines just the right amount of electronic and folk, and the outcome is a super blend of Grizzly Bear, Samamidon, Bon Iver, and Ghost in the Water.
5 Tracks to listen to:
- Planes like Vultures.
- Outside Of This Car, The End Of The World
- To The Stars! To The Night!
- Canto XXXIV
- I Had A Dream I Died.
- Website: http://leloupmusic.net/
- Download: Sharebee
- Watch: Youtube
- Buy: @ Subpop , @ Amazon
For a moment just look past the ridiculously long album title...now I ask you have you ever felt like your missing something? I have, but Le Loup has finally been able to somehow fill that void. This album was placed on "Best of '07" lists by a multitude of websites, and I can't say it doesn't deserve [...]
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Andrew Bird, the whistling master, is back with a brand new album. I'll start blunt...not much change here. If you've heard...any...Andrew Bird album, then you have heard this album. Now that's out of the way and we can start with the good. Well I've always been a fan of Andrew Bird. (Surprised?! I know...) This album didn't disappoint me other than the fact that it's the same...but why mess with a solid formula eh?
Andrew Bird released a bonus cd with this called "Useless Creatures" and that's where you get your change. To me I'd rather hear "Useless Creatures", that's just me though. I must admit I'm a bit distracted right now because I'm trying to write this review while a couple guys are playing ping-pong, so therefore if I start to ramble I blame the ping-pong players.
It's been a few minutes now and I haven't wrote anything and my battery is dying so I'll go ahead and wrap this up. "Noble Beast" alone is well worth the money, especially if you get the deluxe edition...which includes "Useless Creatures". If your a fan of chill music reminiscent of Beirut...on pain-killers...then you'll love this album.
5 Tracks to listen to:
- Oh No
- Fitz and the Dizzyspells
- Nomenclature
- Not a Robot, But a Ghost
- Souverian
- Website: http://www.andrewbird.net
- Download: Sharebee
- Watch: Youtube
- Buy: @ Official Band Store , @ Amazon
Andrew Bird, the whistling master, is back with a brand new album. I'll start blunt...not much change here. If you've heard...any...Andrew Bird album, then you have heard this album. Now that's out of the way and we can start with the good. Well I've always been a fan of Andrew Bird. (Surprised?! I know...) This [...]
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I've only recently gotten into Animal Collective, so I decided to try out their newest album and start backwards. Merriweather Post Pavilion is a good LP, simply because it catches your attention very quickly. I can see this album being on MANY top ten lists. Read More
I've only recently gotten into Animal Collective, so I decided to try out their newest album and start backwards. Merriweather Post Pavilion is a good LP, simply because it catches your attention very quickly. I can see this album being on MANY top ten lists.
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