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Excellent album, a real grower. Liked their first album, this one is even better. Much more melodic and, dare I say it, poppy.
mba, Nouvelle Vague were the in-studio guests on KCRW "Morning Becomes Eclectic" yesterday. Link here (click on watch video):miss buenos aires wrote:I just ordered:
Beck - Guero
The Decemberists - Picaresque
Pulp - The Gift Recordings
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Nouvelle Vague - s/t
Took me a couple of listens, but I love this album. His "Weather Systems", which came out in 2003, I believe, is quite good too. Other than Andrew Bird, the new albums by The Decemberists, M. Ward and Beck are my faves so far this year. Shivaree and Doves' most recent discs have also been getting a lot of play on my iPod, which is rapidly running out of room.King of Confidence wrote:Somewhere down there is a discussion of Andrew Bird's Mysterious Production of Eggs, which I then went out and got and was indifferent to at first. But I haven't listened to too much else the last couple weeks. Best thing I've heard in a while.
I have one Fahey cd, Death Chants & Plantation Waltzes (or maybe it's Plantation Chants & Death Waltzes or Boogie Down Chants and KRS One Waltzes....something along those lines) The man was an amazing guitarist but it's not something I go back to because at a certain point I always find myself thinking "This is where lyrics should go..."Who Shot Sam? wrote:
Are there any fans of the folk guitarist John Fahey out there? I read an interview with M. Ward where he said that his 2003 album, "Transfiguration Of Vincent", was influenced by Fahey's "Transfiguration Of Blind Joe Death", so I checked out that album and a few of this other mid-60s discs as well. Mindblowing music - all solo guitar, but beautifully and very soulfully played. I can't get enough of it at the moment.
John Doe's new one, "Forever Hasn't Happened Yet" is damn good too. Great lineup of guests including Dave Alvin, Grant-Lee Phillips, Kristin Hersh, Neko Case, Smokey Hormel. A short album at just over 30 minutes, but excellent from end to end.
I don't know - I don't really miss the lyrics to be honest. The guitar work is so varied and evocative. Fahey also has these looney titles that stimulate the imagination - "Night Train Of Valhalla", "The Portland Cement Factory At Monolith, California", "The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party".El Vez wrote:I have one Fahey cd, Death Chants & Plantation Waltzes (or maybe it's Plantation Chants & Death Waltzes or Boogie Down Chants and KRS One Waltzes....something along those lines) The man was an amazing guitarist but it's not something I go back to because at a certain point I always find myself thinking "This is where lyrics should go..."