Buy me! Buy me! Buy me! Buy me! Buy me!

[Davey]

hey all, It's been a while...And Electrelane, how much do I love this band? So much, that it's not even on my wishlist. I actually paid retail for The Power Out. I never ever do that, but I just couldn't wait, and I'm not disappointed in the least.

Hey John, nice to see you around. That Electrelane is so good. Thought it would've been much bigger on the indie scene and at places like this, what with the great dynamic recording by Steve Albini and mastering at Abbey Road by Steve Rooke, and their very solid musicianship, and their impeccable taste in musical influences, and the mix of familiar with the avant garde, the intelligence, and even a choir on "The Valleys"! Probably still my most often played album from last year, since when I put it on, it almost always gets a few plays

I kind of wish they had followed it up with something a little more similar to this than what they did on Axes, which I do like, but not nearly as much. Still on my "auto buy" list though.

[Mike]

I seem to be flooded out with new releases recently courtesy of friends so my card and wallet have been spared, consequently my wishlist is kind of thin at the moment.

But one older release which has eluded me so far is the Twilight Singers - Blackberry Belle, it came out a few years ago and I never picked it up at the time so I expect I'll see it cheap second hand somewhere.

ps Ex Lion Tamer the band Dave and JC were talking about is The Editors same titled debut album. It's pretty good I like it.

pps Whooptee I'd go for the Talking Heads DVD over the CD, mine is the 1999 version, which I think is the 'special' edition version. Sound quality wise it's about the best live DVD money can buy (I can't believe it hasn't been overdubbed in the studio) and a great show too.

Cheers
Mike

[Whooptee]

pps Whooptee I'd go for the Talking Heads DVD over the CD, mine is the 1999 version, which I think is the 'special' edition version. Sound quality wise it's about the best live DVD money can buy (I can't believe it hasn't been overdubbed in the studio) and a great show too.

Thanks Mike,
That sounds like a good recommendation. I'm going to take your advice and get the DVD.

John

[BinFrog]

I caved in last week and ordered the Talking Heads new DualDisc box set because Tower had it 15% off and I got a coupon for an additional 20% off. $100 for 8 discs? Not too bad. Supposedly the DVD-A sides on the discs sound just stunning.

[Mr MidFi]

Actually, while I'm out binging and everything...which New Pornographers disc should I get?

[Dusty Chalk]

I caved in last week and ordered the Talking Heads new DualDisc box set because Tower had it 15% off and I got a coupon for an additional 20% off. $100 for 8 discs? Not too bad. Supposedly the DVD-A sides on the discs sound just stunning.

Just be careful with those -- I put one in my Sony carousel player, CD side down, and it totally scratched up the surface of the DVD side.

[Whooptee]

Hey John, nice to see you around. That Electrelane is so good. Thought it would've been much bigger on the indie scene and at places like this, what with the great dynamic recording by Steve Albini and mastering at Abbey Road by Steve Rooke, and their very solid musicianship, and their impeccable taste in musical influences, and the mix of familiar with the avant garde, the intelligence, and even a choir on "The Valleys"! Probably still my most often played album from last year, since when I put it on, it almost always gets a few plays

I kind of wish they had followed it up with something a little more similar to this than what they did on Axes, which I do like, but not nearly as much. Still on my "auto buy" list though.

Hey Davey, it's good to be back. I've got a new job, so hopefully I'll have a little more spare time or at least not be so tired all the time.

I agree with you 100%. So Good! I knew I liked Electrelane after hearing their song on RRSV9, but the 2 songs on your Half Gone 2004 comp put them over the top for me. I had only given that comp a couple of cursory listens when I first got it, then I couldn't find it until about two months ago. Somehow, it got stuck in under a Built to Spill CD in its case. I'm so happy I found it, 'cause its a good one.

So's your Light So Dim. That BHP song was the perfect song to build that sort of comp around. Of course, having Edith's Dream as a centerpiece doesn't hurt either. And the Flaming Stars, Tindersticks, Califone and WGC help make that part of the comp a classic in my book. At first, I didn't like the Tindersticks in there, but now I couldn't imagine it any other way. The opening four song section is also inspired, with 50 Dresses being the perfect opener. What a good song! And of course the ending section is excellent as well. The Joy Division feels a little out of place, but hey, it's Joy Division, so I ain't complaining.


John

[Davey]

Hey Davey, it's good to be back. I've got a new job, so hopefully I'll have a little more spare time or at least not be so tired all the time.

I agree with you 100%. So Good! I knew I liked Electrelane after hearing their song on RRSV9, but the 2 songs on your Half Gone 2004 comp put them over the top for me. I had only given that comp a couple of cursory listens when I first got it, then I couldn't find it until about two months ago. Somehow, it got stuck in under a Built to Spill CD in its case. I'm so happy I found it, 'cause its a good one.

So's your Light So Dim. That BHP song was the perfect song to build that sort of comp around. Of course, having Edith's Dream as a centerpiece doesn't hurt either. And the Flaming Stars, Tindersticks, Califone and WGC help make that part of the comp a classic in my book. At first, I didn't like the Tindersticks in there, but now I couldn't imagine it any other way. The opening four song section is also inspired, with 50 Dresses being the perfect opener. What a good song! And of course the ending section is excellent as well. The Joy Division feels a little out of place, but hey, it's Joy Division, so I ain't complaining.


John

Yeah, that CRSV9 had some good songs on it. Kinda forgot about it. No names on the list but I'm pretty sure the Electrelane track was a Stoney pick. Mine was the AmAnaSet song. Great JDaniel production work... http://forums.audioreview.com/showth...8764#post88764 ...

Glad you like Light So Dim, that is a nice comp. Almost put itself together in some respects, or at least I didn't put much thinking into it and it turned out OK anyway. Either way, I like it. Funny about that JD song, you're right of course, but I've been trying to shoehorn some Joy Division into each of my last few comps without success, so just said to myself on that one it's going in whether it fits or not. But after a few listens I liked it there. Tough to go that far back in time on a comp like this, such different production techniques and mastering and all. Had to add a lot of compression to try and get the volume up on it and give it that awful "modern" sound. And was only partially successful from that standpoint. But it kind of feels like the Black Heart Procession song to me so I wanted to use it as the bottom of the slide down to darkness before starting back up

Tried to get some feedback on Pavement's "Here" via the Tindersticks, but think Jar was the only one, and he was kind of meh. I love it, and also was kind of proud of that almost carnival-like transition from Edith's Dream. Yeah, I do a lot of stuff on these comps just for my own kicks, but that's OK