http://musiclover.blogsome.com Sat, 23 Apr 2005 20:15:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yeah, nobody reads this blog anyway. I’ll keep my album reviews here, at Listology, as always. http://musiclover.blogsome.com/2005/04/23/nah/ EMI; 2003 Rating: 7.8 Perspective is crucial. If you look at Bodysong as a movie score (it is), you’ll think: “Man, the movie must be really fucked up, like that Pink Floyd movie (it isn’t). If you compare Bodysong to Radiohead’s latest, you’ll find the same experimental lonely tones without guitars, vocals, ... http://musiclover.blogsome.com/2005/04/14/jonny-greenwood-bodysong/ Magnatune; 2005 Rating: 4.6 There are several good songs on this record, but you’d never know it because Lisa’s best asset - her voice - is usually drowned in effects that would’ve been put to better use disguising her template preset synth ‘instruments.’ Tigers represents no progression from Fruitless, technically or creatively. ... http://musiclover.blogsome.com/2005/04/01/lisa-debenedictis-tigers/ Self-Released; 2004 Rating: 7.0 The bad/great thing about music today is that any schmuck with a sound card and a few software synths can record an album. Eureka Sön is more a compilation of the band’s best work to date than an album, but as a scattered collection of cheaply produced indie ... http://musiclover.blogsome.com/2005/04/01/album-eureka-son/ iD.EOLOGY; 2004 Rating: 6.5 In this cut & paste, remix & revive musical culture, nothing is dead, not even disco. With Circle EP, Cuebism has sown the head of the Bee Gees onto the body of a minimalist Xiu Xiu and not bothered to hide the stitches. The album’s opening electronic noise ... http://musiclover.blogsome.com/2005/04/01/cuebism-circle-ep/ Sierra; 2000 Rating: 8.6 Video game composers get no respect. Koji Kondo and Nobuo Uematsu have been wowing gamers for decades, but it wasn’t until Pitchfork favorite Amon Tobin composed for Chaos Theory: Splinter Cell 3 that anybody noticed a video game soundtrack. They (and everybody else) missed a masterpiece when they ... http://musiclover.blogsome.com/2005/04/01/paul-ruskay-homeworld-soundtrack/ Dim Mak Records; 2003 Rating: 4.1 A political statement album for social change (mostly) without lyrics? Sure, why not. ‘Sharpshooter’ tellingly opens the album with wandering guitar harmonics interrupted by channel surfing samples & static. The song quickly reaches near-metal heaviness just before we hear news reports on the fallen WTC towers. ... http://musiclover.blogsome.com/2005/04/01/from-monument-to-masses-the-impossible-leap-in-34-simple-steps/ Radical Duke Entertainment; 2004 Rating: 7.4 Genre is so passé. Antwerp twerps Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung (DAAU) join big boys Radiohead, TV on the Radio and others in taxing music taxonomists with kitchen sink audio alchemy. DAAU grew up under the auspices of Belgian brethren dEUS and Moondog Jr. (Zita Swoon), but musical ... http://musiclover.blogsome.com/2005/04/01/daau-tub-gurnard-goodness/ Wea/East/West; 2003 Rating: 8.5 The problem with Radiohead is that they’re too damn good. In 6 short years they exalted (The Bends), redefined (OK Computer), and laid waste to (Kid A) modern rock. Radiohead were grandstanding: “Here, I made a new genre for you to play with! This is its perfection. But ... http://musiclover.blogsome.com/2005/04/01/4/ The only thing I like better than hearing great music is sharing great music with others. (Okay, not really, but it sounded good.) This blog exists to bring attention to some great music that may or may not have received adequate attention elsewhere and to warn you about less-than-stellar music. ... http://musiclover.blogsome.com/2005/04/01/welcome/