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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/
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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
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Having listened to their back catalog recently as well, it is apparent that Animal Collective decided to go the more euphoric route with this album. Many artist have done this same routine the past year, including Panda Bear (the band not the member of Animal Collective), The Octopus Project, and Deerhunter. Not to say it’s a bad thing, because I believe it works. Hardcore fans complain that it’s not the Animal Collective they know though. If there is one thing I learned about music is that it is very subjective and never constant. Artists will change and grow up…music is truly the ever evolving organism. Get used to it because it happens to the best of them.

Now off of that rant, back to the music. The line up on this album is quite good because they put their catchiest songs both in the beginning and at the end to hook you. Quite clever Animal Collective.

Be sure to take a listen to this album because it might surprise you. If your a fan of MGMT, Grizzly Bear, or The Mars Volta…you should check these guys out.

5 Tracks to listen to:
- In The Flowers
- My Girls
- Summertime Clothes
- No More Runnin
- Brothersport

• Website: http://www.myspace.com/animalcollectivetheband
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On the note of past experience, I’d like to share with you guys the archive from my last time doing a music blog. I imported the archive to a wordpress.com site.

localretardmedia.wordpress.com

That site will NOT be updated, it is just simply a placeholder for my old stuff. Since it won’t be updated anymore, it’s safe to say that any links that are dead will stay dead. However if you find any dead links on THIS site, be sure to comment on said post or email me stating so.

Also if any artist wants their music to be taken down email me or comment on said post, I will wholely oblige as to avoid the pursuit of any litigation.

Only now is the band starting to gain recognition. The band name Harvey Milk comes from the man, who was the first openly gay man to be elected to a public office in California. However neither the band’s member’s sexual orientation nor the music fit the term gay. It is probably the most brutal, heart-wrenching music you could ever listen to…especially their early LP’s.

Harvey Milk, the band, was active from ‘92 until ‘98 when they disbanded for almost a decade, coming back in ‘06 to release “Special Wishes”. Two years later, they released this LP “Life…The Best Game In Town”. The difference being on this release the band recruited Stoner Metal extraordinaire, Joe Preston. Preston was in the ever influential The Melvins, Earth, High on Fire, Sunn O))) and his own solo project Thrones.

Take a listen to Harvey Milk, especially if you happen to be a fan of Doom and Stoner metal.

Tracks to highlight:
- Death Goes To The Winner.
- After All I’ve Done For You, This Is How You Repay Me?
- Roses
- Goodbye Blues

• Website: http://www.harveymilktheband.com/
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They are mainly an instrumental group, producing such entrancing songs as the 20 minute epic “Djed”. This masterpiece proves that you can tell stories without lyrics.

Other than that there isn’t much more to say, they leave me speechless at times. Check them out, also keep a look out…they posted on their Myspace that they are working on a new album.

• Website: http://trts.com/
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“Blood Bank”, although an EP, is somewhat of a disappointing follow up to the majestic debut album. The concept of the title track is unappealing and the setting is downright bizzare. It feels like Vernon lost the passion that made “For Emma, Forever Ago” so special.

“For Emma, Forever Ago” made me feel like Vernon had just lost his lover, and the album was just the deep journey one goes through to get over that kind of loss. “Blood Bank”, so far, made me feel like his is trying to get in tune with that passion once again. Trouble there is, he had already gotten over that loss and the feeling it conjured.

Take a listen for yourself a demo is at the bottom of this post. The EP is set to be due out January 20th, a link will be put up when it’s released.

• Website: http://boniver.org/
• Demo: Bon Iver – Blood Bank
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