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Post by osgood on Sept 20, 2023 7:42:28 GMT
2004
Drive-By Truckers - The Day John Henry Died
I might be the only one here interested in this band, or at least don't recall them being discussed. I got into them with their following release and made my way backwards which provided me with loads of enjoyment. This track belongs to their third album of a series dedicated to "the Southern thing" (their wording). It's of course old school southern rock done with enthusiasm and honesty. I LUV it to pieces.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Sept 22, 2023 19:42:23 GMT
2004 youtu.be/V17u5x0CkvM?si=wea_SsfrdrATGHqMLike many modern bands they didn’t maintain their early promise but Arcade Fire’s debut stood out not just for its full bodied sound and production but for its earnestness. In a time when irony and detachment seemed depressingly all too common there was something old fashioned about their fire and passion that burned quite brightly here. As if they really believed in the music they were making. Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels) is meant to be big and epic but not in an empty, bombastic, stadium way and there is something undeniably satisfying about the records propulsive momentum and layered, widescreen elegance. The climactic last minute or so possesses a certain regal, transcendent quality so often missing from modern indie music. They didn’t maintain this quality but for a brief moment the indie hype appeared justified.
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Post by DayoRemix on Sept 26, 2023 4:24:22 GMT
2004
"Faking the Books" Lali Puna
Tough year..Like a bunch of things equally..Had some in the same vein as above (Moodyman, cLOUDDEAD, Air, Sixtoo,Bark Psychosis) and some popular leaning (Modest Mouse, Stars, LeTigre etc..) Went with Puna because they are criminally under heard..
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Sept 27, 2023 9:36:32 GMT
2005
Pickings are getting decidedly slim for me now. I wasn't a big fan of Doves generally, but did like 'Black & White Town'. There was almost a northern soul feel to its pounding piano riff and I liked the passionate thrust of the track. Still I don't feel as deeply about it as most of my picks, but it will do.
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Post by DarknessFish on Sept 27, 2023 13:03:55 GMT
2005 is impossible, the fact that I'm not even considering anything from Dalek's Absence (arguably the greatest hip-hop album of all-time), means that I've no alternative but to cheat, play my joker, and choose two tracks. Both are the pinnacle of recorded music, and you can't make me pick between the two. Coil's "Going Up", and Paavoharju's "Valo tihkuu kaiken läpi". Maverick. So, Valo tihkuu kaiken läpi, Light Seeps Through Everything. Hearing Yha Hamaraa for the first time was one of those transcendental experiences you only hit so often in your life, it completely astonished me, and this is the best track from that particular album. It still makes my heart break with its sheer beauty, and I've no idea what Jenni is singing about here, but there's no need to, her voice just cuts a path straight through to your soul. It really is like some kind of higher intelligence heard various radio stations playing only the finest music mankind has produced, and then reshaped it into something more beautiful and soul-stirring. And "Going Up". A semi-live recording, this was the last track Coil played live at the end of their Dublin gig in 2004 just before John Balance died, and that live performance is the basis of this studio version, the last track on their final album. Not many people could make a great song from the theme tune to "Are You Being Served?", fewer still could make such an emotional masterpiece of it, a fitting note to end the career of one of the greats of the post-industrial musical world. As noted in the youtube comments, there's even a touch of serendipity at play here, the final sound is from the end of the gig, a bottle dropping at the end of the track. Kind of fitting, given the alcoholism that led to John's death. It's perfection, from start to finish.
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Post by DayoRemix on Sept 27, 2023 14:35:30 GMT
Might have gone with the pulsating doom of "It's in my blood", instead..Thought I had my choice, but you've left me with a Dalek dilemma now (Thought you might lean towards 'Absence')
The other track is interesting..
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Post by DarknessFish on Sept 27, 2023 16:18:27 GMT
Triple Sun would be my other Ape of Naples contender. I guess I was too familiar with variations on It's in my Blood from the demos and live albums.
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Post by loveless on Sept 27, 2023 16:25:52 GMT
2005
I may be one of the few people on Earth who will admit to liking (possibly even loving) this song, but...in spite of some period trappings, it captures a real AM Gold sentimentality and melodicism that I can't help but respond to.
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Post by osgood on Sept 27, 2023 21:00:41 GMT
2005 Sharon Jones &The Dap-Kings - How Do I Let a Good Man Down?
I think Sharon Jones deserves being here. Labeling her records as "revivalism" seems a tad unfair, to me they definitely sound pretty real and honest, no matter how much they are based on music done decades before. And sure The Dap-Kings were a great backup.
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Post by toomanyhatz on Sept 27, 2023 21:52:41 GMT
I was nowhere near as impressed with the Alison Krause/Plant record as the rest of the world, but I really think all his best qualities came through on this:
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I love this beyond all reason. Justin Adams has a lot to do with it, but I think Plant's phrasing and easygoing manner with this pays off in spades. Best distillation of what was good about Zeppelin in the first place in a more 'modern' package.
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Post by osgood on Sept 28, 2023 8:41:35 GMT
I was nowhere near as impressed with the Alison Krause/Plant record as the rest of the world, With you there. It's fine but, once I got passed its being unexpected, the track that now I enjoy the most is the Everlys cover. It is probably the least interesting album of Plant's 21st century output.
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Post by davey on Sept 29, 2023 2:58:49 GMT
2005
I’m pretty agnostic to the Rick Rubin gestalt. But he really got something special out of Neil Diamond with this one…
Oh Mary - Neil Diamond
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Post by fange on Sept 29, 2023 3:14:31 GMT
2004Drive-By Truckers - The Day John Henry Died I might be the only one here interested in this band, or at least don't recall them being discussed. I got into them with their following release and made my way backwards which provided me with loads of enjoyment. This track belongs to their third album of a series dedicated to "the Southern thing" (their wording). It's of course old school southern rock done with enthusiasm and honesty. I LUV it to pieces. Brilliant album.
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Post by DayoRemix on Sept 29, 2023 9:07:29 GMT
2005
"Your Ghost" Piano Magic
Had earmarked Piano Magic for this year when we first started the run, but upon examining the year when it popped up, realized I had a ton of great songs. With Coil nicely out of the way, turned my attention to Dalek, Antony & the Johnsons, Jackie o Motherfucker, Doveman, Miho Hatori and Boris..Piano Magic still won the day, just over Dalek's "Distorted Prose"..
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Post by DarknessFish on Sept 29, 2023 10:46:50 GMT
Ah, dammit, I had you down as being a cert to vote for Dalek, and now I feel bad. It was always between Coil and Dalek until I realised Paavoharju was 2005.
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