Mansard Roof
By Vampire Weekend
This is the other new band that's gotten my attention lately, although I'm not entirely sure why. I think it may be because its such a different sound to everything else out at the moment.
For some reason, the flutey sections inbetween verses make me think of old videogames, and it also features some intense drumming. So intense, that sometimes I'll just start air-drumming with out realising. When I'm walking down the street It can be kind of embarrasing.
It was also a toss up which song I was going to put up between this song and "a-punk". Strangely enough, Vampire Weekend class themselves as a punk band, which if you listen to the guitar sounds vaguely appropriate. They are very fey though, and I think thats why James doesn't like them (not angsty enough, no doubt).
The Underdog
By Spoon
I was going to save this song and do a "Songs about underdogs" post, with "Underdog" by The Dirtbombs and "Save Me (Underdog)" by Turin Breaks. Except I think you've already heard the former, and I can't get to the latter at the moment since its on my computer and I'm limited to what ever is on my MP3 player and what evers on James' comp.
Anyway, Spoon's been around for a while, but this album is kind of a new direction for them. They used to make somewhat wierder more alternative songs, this album has seen them reel it in a little and do more conventional rocky stuff.
Also, the horn section in this song is awesome.
Your Party
By Ween
Dean and Gene Ween make entirely bizaare and eclectic music. I'm not too sure if you would've heard any of it before, maybe you might have heard "Push the little daisys" or "Homo Rainbow" from the Chef Aid soundtrack. They have a knack for writing really annoying songs that get stuck in your head and bug the crap out of you (for example; "Learning to Love" from thier new album).
Luckily, this song isn't one of those. It'll still get stuck in your head, but in a good way! It also features numerous cheesy sax crimes.
Ween are capable of rocking out though, they did a song called "Gabrielle" that rocks out quite a bit, but its the bizaare stuff like this that makes them what they are. Further examples of this would include "Bueno Tardis, Amigos" which is like a mexican revenge story put to music.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
First post!
Small Bones, Small Bodies
By Future of the left
Future of the left is one of the only new bands this year that have interested me. Half of the band migrated from the legendary Welsh band "McClusky" which you may have heard before, probably. You should be able to tell from the lead singer, he's got a really particular voice.
This is a lot more like McClusky's earlier stuff, more manic and angry, kinda punkish I guess. Also, the lyrics are pretty funny. The rest of the album I'm still a little unsure of, but there are at least 2 other awesome songs.
Well Thought Out Twinkles
By Silversun pickups
Silversun pickups hit the scene in a pretty big way about mid last year, very much out of nowhere. They even toured here straight off the bat, and played at the valley mall fiesta (typically they only get local bands, so for a while I thought these guys were from brisbane).
Anyway, the Pickups get compared to Smashing Pumpkins a lot, they kind of have the same feel to thier music, but I think they are a lot more grounded than Billy Corgan is. And as far as I can tell, they don't like to pretend they are vampires either.
For such a rad song like this, thier album was a little bit of a let down. There is one more song, Lazy Eye, thats pretty good but it didn't do much for me. It is kinda angsty tho, so it may suit this new angsty teenage boy on the internet taste in music you have :P
Inner West Girls
By Dave McCormack and The Polaroids
Dave McCormack is awesome! You may know him as Dave McCormack from Custard, or Dave McCormack from The Titanics, or Dave McCormack from that time he played "Set controls for the heart of the sun" on a Sitar for John Safrons Musical Jamboree...
Regardless, He's like an unsung hero of Australian music. I've even met him before and he's a great guy!
Anyway, I always thought he lived in Brisbane, and since we were living in the inner-west of Brisbane, I liked to think this song had some relevance. Not coz we were a bunch or girls or anything, but just because. Anyway, then I found out he actually lives in Sydney, and this song was written about that.
It's a little older, But I only got the album sometime in the last 3 years. Also, at one point I could play the riff for this song on the bass. Rock on.
By Future of the left
Future of the left is one of the only new bands this year that have interested me. Half of the band migrated from the legendary Welsh band "McClusky" which you may have heard before, probably. You should be able to tell from the lead singer, he's got a really particular voice.
This is a lot more like McClusky's earlier stuff, more manic and angry, kinda punkish I guess. Also, the lyrics are pretty funny. The rest of the album I'm still a little unsure of, but there are at least 2 other awesome songs.
Well Thought Out Twinkles
By Silversun pickups
Silversun pickups hit the scene in a pretty big way about mid last year, very much out of nowhere. They even toured here straight off the bat, and played at the valley mall fiesta (typically they only get local bands, so for a while I thought these guys were from brisbane).
Anyway, the Pickups get compared to Smashing Pumpkins a lot, they kind of have the same feel to thier music, but I think they are a lot more grounded than Billy Corgan is. And as far as I can tell, they don't like to pretend they are vampires either.
For such a rad song like this, thier album was a little bit of a let down. There is one more song, Lazy Eye, thats pretty good but it didn't do much for me. It is kinda angsty tho, so it may suit this new angsty teenage boy on the internet taste in music you have :P
Inner West Girls
By Dave McCormack and The Polaroids
Dave McCormack is awesome! You may know him as Dave McCormack from Custard, or Dave McCormack from The Titanics, or Dave McCormack from that time he played "Set controls for the heart of the sun" on a Sitar for John Safrons Musical Jamboree...
Regardless, He's like an unsung hero of Australian music. I've even met him before and he's a great guy!
Anyway, I always thought he lived in Brisbane, and since we were living in the inner-west of Brisbane, I liked to think this song had some relevance. Not coz we were a bunch or girls or anything, but just because. Anyway, then I found out he actually lives in Sydney, and this song was written about that.
It's a little older, But I only got the album sometime in the last 3 years. Also, at one point I could play the riff for this song on the bass. Rock on.
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