Dirty Projectors- Rise Above

Dirty Projectors
Rise Above
[Dead Oceans; 2007]

Rating: 8.1/10.0
Recommended Tracks: 7, 2, 1, 10
RIYL: Little Wings, The Microphones, Devendra Banhart

When something comes at you from a fresh perspective, you just have to grab it. No album this year even compares to the effect the Dirty Projectors album “Rise Above” has had on me. The premise of the album seems simple: David Longsteth wants to create a cover of the infamous Black Flag album “Damaged.” The simple chord progressions and very non-melodic Black Flag songs would seem to be a very simple cover in whole, yet the Dirty Projectors weren’t simply going to cover this album, they were going to reinvent and recreate it into something almost completely different. (more…)

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Liars- s/t

Liars
Self-Titled
[Mute; 2007]

Rating: 8.4/10.0
Recommended Tracks: 7, 2, 11, 1
RIYL: The Jesus and Mary Chain, This Heat, Ex Models

I really thought that last year’s release by Liars, the excellent Drum’s Not Dead, would be an impossible album to follow. I thought it would be one of those records a band spends the rest of their time trying to match the energy of. Thinking along those lines, I was definitely expecting this album to be, or more likely try to be, even more experimental and cacophonous than ever. At the mere thought of that I grew anxious, and strangely annoyed. Yes, I absolutely adored Drum’s Not Dead, but surely you can’t sell it to me twice? Now what? (more…)

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Le Loup- The Throne of…

Le Loup
“The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations’ Millenium General Assembly”
[Hardly Art; 2007]

Rating: 8.4/10.0
Recommended Tracks: 6, 2, 4, 7, 10, 3
RIYL: Au, Stars, Sufjan Stevens, Talkdemonic, The Books

I couldn’t be happier with a first album review. I can actually listen to this in my car on the way to school, which says a lot considering the volume of music with which we generally deal. (more…)

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Bonde Do Role CANCELLED!

Bonde Do Role cancelled their show tomorrow at the Palladium Ballroom, as well as the whole second half of the US tour, due to exhaustion and illness.However, if you happen to live in Europe, they apparently aren’t too sick to play there.

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Tuesday 9/16 Ticket Giveaways!

Scott will be giving Rilo Kiley and !!! tickets away on his excellent show Cold War Radio from 2pm-4pm. You should check him out. Tune in, and check out his show page.I will be giving away Low and Bonde Do Role/Best Fwends tickets on my show The Apple Wagon from 4pm-6pm. Today I’ll be playing a mixture of 90’s Seattle-area bands, east coast and Japanese noise, some Will Oldham-esque stuff and hopefully energetic brand new music.Come have a Wednesday on us!

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