Davey
01-04-2005, 07:50 AM
Our first "show me yours and I'll show you mine" Tunesday rotation thread of the new year. Any good listens in the last week or so?
Think I already mentioned most of mine in other threads, but still really loving this Cherry Tree EP by The National that Swish Baby mentioned in another thread. So sorry that the motorcade will have to go around me this time....and all the wine is all for me.
And that new Autolux is the best. Future Perfect. Man, if you like the sound of shoegazer power pop, this is the deal. Hints of the softer side of Pink Floyd at times and some of the gentle Abbey Road side 2 sound as well. It does erupt with squalls of guitar feedback on most of the songs, very much like MBV and Ride, which are probably the closest references. Too close probably, but very nice nonetheless. Big drums too which separates it a bit from the the more blissful sound of something like Loveless. One of those CDs that I could probably listen to exclusively for days and still not feel like I had completely absorbed it.
And that Augie March Strage Bird still has me fascinated. Great album and maybe even getting better with each listen. Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks leading the Flaming Lips? That silly description apparently comes courtesy of Rolling Stone, at least according to the review blurbs at amazon.com. I hear a lot of Kinks goodness in it myself.
And some old Pink Floyd and some Jesus & Mary Chain and some Spoon and .... you?
Think I already mentioned most of mine in other threads, but still really loving this Cherry Tree EP by The National that Swish Baby mentioned in another thread. So sorry that the motorcade will have to go around me this time....and all the wine is all for me.
And that new Autolux is the best. Future Perfect. Man, if you like the sound of shoegazer power pop, this is the deal. Hints of the softer side of Pink Floyd at times and some of the gentle Abbey Road side 2 sound as well. It does erupt with squalls of guitar feedback on most of the songs, very much like MBV and Ride, which are probably the closest references. Too close probably, but very nice nonetheless. Big drums too which separates it a bit from the the more blissful sound of something like Loveless. One of those CDs that I could probably listen to exclusively for days and still not feel like I had completely absorbed it.
And that Augie March Strage Bird still has me fascinated. Great album and maybe even getting better with each listen. Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks leading the Flaming Lips? That silly description apparently comes courtesy of Rolling Stone, at least according to the review blurbs at amazon.com. I hear a lot of Kinks goodness in it myself.
And some old Pink Floyd and some Jesus & Mary Chain and some Spoon and .... you?