Slumberlord
Monday, December 27, 2004
We're goin' nowhere
Stylus did its top 40 albums of 2004 – lots of surprises. You can read my rather blah blurb for Cut Copy’s “Bright Like Neon Love.” I really should have voted with a bit more brain and a bit less heart.
Stylus did its top 40 albums of 2004 – lots of surprises. You can read my rather blah blurb for Cut Copy’s “Bright Like Neon Love.” I really should have voted with a bit more brain and a bit less heart.
Sunday, December 26, 2004
Too lazy to come up with my own thoughts so
Zakk Wylde randomly signs things; Bitchlaces pens the most accurate description of “Heartbeats”; Simon Reynolds uses the term “sonic negritude,” spellchecker tells me negritude is a word;
and Divine Stylus-er Dom lists reasons why Gretchen Wilson is better than Kanye West: “The title track of this album, with it’s “I wear my jeans a little tight/ Just to watch the little boys come undone” line, basically proves that Gretchen Wilson is the American Girls Aloud.”
Zakk Wylde randomly signs things; Bitchlaces pens the most accurate description of “Heartbeats”; Simon Reynolds uses the term “sonic negritude,” spellchecker tells me negritude is a word;
and Divine Stylus-er Dom lists reasons why Gretchen Wilson is better than Kanye West: “The title track of this album, with it’s “I wear my jeans a little tight/ Just to watch the little boys come undone” line, basically proves that Gretchen Wilson is the American Girls Aloud.”
Monday, December 13, 2004
work work work
The Absolute, Postitively No Questions Asked Top 40 Singles of 2004 list is done and the selection is pretty flash. I wrote a blurb for “The Show,” which is my #2 single of the year, right behind “Heartbeats,” which also made the Stylus list.
I also reviewed a Daedelus album and have now participated in two weeks of the Stylus Singles Going Steady Jukebox.
The Absolute, Postitively No Questions Asked Top 40 Singles of 2004 list is done and the selection is pretty flash. I wrote a blurb for “The Show,” which is my #2 single of the year, right behind “Heartbeats,” which also made the Stylus list.
I also reviewed a Daedelus album and have now participated in two weeks of the Stylus Singles Going Steady Jukebox.
Monday, December 06, 2004
2004, year of disappointment
Felix Da Housecat – "Devin Dazzle and the Neon Fever"
It should have been a top five record - instead it's only a top 15 record. Still excellent, but Felix should stick to making new romantic jams with house inclinations instead of insepid girl-voxed electro-punk.
Scissor Sisters – "Scissor Sisters"
It's a very good album, but it's disappointing considering the songs they had that they didn't use.
Solvent – "Apples and Synthesizers"
Why is there singing on this record.
Miss Kittin – "I Com"
Half good material, half weird Germanic abrasion? Like Felix, she seems intent on partially sabotaging potential greatness.
Lil’ Flip – "U Gotta Feel Me"
A perfect example of a B+ single disc turned into a C+ double disc.
Wiley – "Treadin’ On Thin Ice"
It feels very soft compared to his uncompromising non-album productions and guest raps.
The Streets – "A Grand Don’t Come For Free"
A few great songs, a few average ones, a handful of bad ones and two of the worst songs to come out this year. If nothing else it made me appreciate "Original Pirate Material" a lot more.
Superpitcher – "Here Comes Love"
Respectable most of the way through, but the cover of "Fever" is a disaster.
Califone – "King Heron Blues"
It's too jammy and it lacks the coherence of "Quicksand and Cradlesnakes."
Wilco – "A Ghost Is Born"
A brilliant beginning, a krautrock number, a cock-rock-stomper and 10 minutes of white noise rounded out by a handful of sleepy Band stylings. I have this weird suspicion that years from now I may end up loving this album as some sort of "Metal Machine Music"-styled FU. But... not today.
Deerhoof – "Milk Man"
Heavy blah compared to "Apple O."
Cerberus Shoal – "Bastion of Itchy Preeves"
Mediocore rambling from a band that always dodged that so well.
I did like quite a lot from 2004. Lists tk.
Felix Da Housecat – "Devin Dazzle and the Neon Fever"
It should have been a top five record - instead it's only a top 15 record. Still excellent, but Felix should stick to making new romantic jams with house inclinations instead of insepid girl-voxed electro-punk.
Scissor Sisters – "Scissor Sisters"
It's a very good album, but it's disappointing considering the songs they had that they didn't use.
Solvent – "Apples and Synthesizers"
Why is there singing on this record.
Miss Kittin – "I Com"
Half good material, half weird Germanic abrasion? Like Felix, she seems intent on partially sabotaging potential greatness.
Lil’ Flip – "U Gotta Feel Me"
A perfect example of a B+ single disc turned into a C+ double disc.
Wiley – "Treadin’ On Thin Ice"
It feels very soft compared to his uncompromising non-album productions and guest raps.
The Streets – "A Grand Don’t Come For Free"
A few great songs, a few average ones, a handful of bad ones and two of the worst songs to come out this year. If nothing else it made me appreciate "Original Pirate Material" a lot more.
Superpitcher – "Here Comes Love"
Respectable most of the way through, but the cover of "Fever" is a disaster.
Califone – "King Heron Blues"
It's too jammy and it lacks the coherence of "Quicksand and Cradlesnakes."
Wilco – "A Ghost Is Born"
A brilliant beginning, a krautrock number, a cock-rock-stomper and 10 minutes of white noise rounded out by a handful of sleepy Band stylings. I have this weird suspicion that years from now I may end up loving this album as some sort of "Metal Machine Music"-styled FU. But... not today.
Deerhoof – "Milk Man"
Heavy blah compared to "Apple O."
Cerberus Shoal – "Bastion of Itchy Preeves"
Mediocore rambling from a band that always dodged that so well.
I did like quite a lot from 2004. Lists tk.
