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Name: adam
Country: United States
State: Oregon
Birthday: 1/21/1977
Gender: Male
Interests: Books and music are my life right now.
My current obsessions in books are: David Foster Wallace and James Agee
In Music: Television and Wilco
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Member Since:
12/5/2005
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| Here's a list of my ten favorite CD's of the past year.
Vashti Bunyan - Lookaftering
Her first album came out
35 years ago, so many people thought that she would never release
another. Over the past few years, she has become a touchstone for
many of the neo-folk artists out there like Devendra Banhart, Joanna
Newsom, and Animal Collective (all of whom have guest spots on this
record). This album is beautiful.
The Decemberists present "Picaresque"
Ok, so Colin Meloy is not
the second coming of Jeff Magnum of Neutral Milk Hotel, but after this
album I no longer expect him to be. The Decemberists are now
their own band, and despite all of their english major SAT vocabulary,
their songs are easy to love and sing along with as well. My
favorite song is "On the Bus Mall", which is the Portland version of
Skyway by The Replacements;
Deerhoof - The Runners Four
This is the most
traditional bunch of songs Deerhoof has ever released. This is
not to say that the squealing guitar and yelped vocals are gone, but
there are more discernable melodies than ever. Your mom might
even find something to like. But so will you. So don't
worry.
LCD Soundsystem
Only the first disc
qualifies as from really being from 2005. The second disc
contains all of the DFA singles from the past few years. But the
album itself is quite good. James Murphy is not just the master
of the dancefloor, he pulls off indie-rock pretty well too.
Listen to "Never as Tired as When I'm Waking Up".
Jamie Lidell - Multiply
Who would ever have
thought that the best soul record of the year would be from a white
english guy who usually releases very electronic music? This is
the album that Stevie Wonder wishes he would have released this
year. There is a lot of studio trickery going on underneath the
surface, but don't worry about it. Just have fun.
Low - The Great Destroyer
Alan Sparhawk of Low had a
major breakdown this year and you can hear it coming on this
record. This is not your big brother's Low. This is your
mid-life crisis Low. This is a record of the point when you make
a choice whether or not to keep going in the direction you have been
traveling or to leave all that you have worked for behind and starting
anew. Luckily for us, Alan didn't leave music behind. But
this album reminds us that it was close there for a second.
My Morning Jacket - Z
Someone called My Morning
Jacket the American Radiohead. Not true. Someone else said
they were the Rolling Stones for the new century. Also a big fat
lie. What they are is a great band that is changing and growing
with each new record. The Lynyrd Skynryd poses from the last
album have been left behind. It is anyone's guess what the next
album would bring.
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
Yeah, yeah, I know.
Long solos. Even longer songs. Embracing their roots.
Led Zep etc. . . But this is still Sleater-Kinney. Two great
songwriters, singer and guitarists. Janet is perfect as ever
too. As good as One Beat was, I don't miss the overt
Bush-bashing. This album has given up protesting Bush II, and
like the rest of us is just trying as hard as it can to survive the
next three-plus years. (Can you believe there are still three
more years!)
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
Spoon has clever lyrics,
an energetic frontman, and bad luck with record labels. On this
album we learn: Spoon can dance (I Turn My Camera On). Spoon can
rock (Sister Jack). We learn many other things as well. And
I hope that Spoon has learned not wait so long between releasing
albums.
Wilco - Kicking Television: Live in Chicago
Yet another new line-up in
Wilco. And thanks to this album, we don't have to wait until next
year for the studio album to come out to hear what they sound
like. Which is great because Nels Cline is the perfect foil to
Jeff Tweedy. Now Wilco has Tom Verlaine AND Richard Lloyd.
But given Tweedy's track record with musicians who are his equal, this
might not last for long. Who knows? By the time they record in
the studio again, Wilco might be a different band. At least we
will always have this recording to remind us how great they were in
2005.
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| I don't want to wait.
Is anyone else amused by the fact that, in Brokeback Mountain, Michelle
Williams is married to a closeted gay man, while her former Dawson's
Creek co-star, Katie Holmes is married to a closeted gay man in real
life?
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