|   Saturday Night and 5 New Ceedees....... | tentoze
Nov 30, 2002 9:04 PM | | LIfe is good- I've got an ice-cold beer, a plate full of my special recipe jambalaya and....
Sixteen Horsepower- Folklore and Sackcloth "n" Ashes...thanx to RR'ers for these. I would not attempt to add to the review of several days ago (by Davey?), but these are, after one listening, profoundly remarkable music.........
Neko Case- Blacklisted and Furnace Room Lullaby...again, thanx for discussions leading me to these- when Neko sings, sparrows hang their heads in shame.
Todd Snider- Songs For The Daily Planet. After a few more listens, I could try a review if anyone is interested..........
Hope everyone is as content as I am tonight........
et |
| Me too (16 hp) | Slosh
Nov 30, 2002 10:10 PM | | I haven't listened to it yet but will tomorrow. Also snagged Gorky's Zygotic Mynci <i>The Blue Trees</i> and that POS <u>Uncut</u> magazine for the Lennon tribute CD. Mercury Rev's cover is killer.
Went to TGI Friday's tonight and killed everyone with that music trivia game (too easy). |
| I got some also tonite! | jsujo1
Nov 30, 2002 10:20 PM | | I went to the used CD store and bougght 2 Medeski Martin and Wood CD's,,,,I love their stuff. Then I recieved via Ebay A Sheffield Labs Gold CD "The sheffield/Leinsdorf Sessions Vol 1"...Prokofiev, Debussy and Wagner,,,amazing quality,,,, |
| Additions from Omaha | Jim Clark
Dec 1, 2002 8:55 AM | | Managed to sneak off to a few CD stores in Omaha.
From Homers at the Marketplace-Burning Brides "Fall of the Plastic Empire" more indie rock in the tradition of the Ramones, The Hives, etc with a touch of head banging. Not bad, probably not great.
From Drastic Plastic across the street: Apoptygma Berzerk-"Harmonizer" EBM that's good for the soul. Nice mixture of songs with a rougher industrial bite and others with a great almost synthpop feel. Best buy of the weekend
Homer's down the street from the inlaws-Used copies of New Order's "Republic" which is great and finally a legit copy of "Lovely" by the Primitives. Lovely isn't nearly as good as "Pure" but with so few Primitives CD's I take what I can get.
Grabbed some earlier in the week that I'll post about on Tuesday.
jc |
| Good stuff, only Beth Gibbons for me | - Davey -
Dec 2, 2002 11:11 AM | | I really like Sixteen Horsepower. Folklore is the best. I really like Low Estate too. Much more rocking sound. Not nearly as good a recording as Folklore, though. That lushness gives the music a nice atmosphere.
Only new one for me lately is the Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man "Out of Season". Not at all like Portishead, although there are times when it sounds a little like Portishead without the beats. Other times she takes on the persona of Sandy Denny or Billie Holiday or others. Kind of a different persona on each song. Some very, very good music here, although mostly quite spare and melancholy. Very nice winter tone but no winter weather in site around northern California :-) |
| A question about that Gibbons girl's album... | DustyChalk
Dec 3, 2002 12:20 AM | | ...did someone say this is coming out domestically (to the US, that is)? Or am I confused (again)? |
| US release date? | - Davey -
Dec 3, 2002 8:40 AM | | Who knows? Not me and it doesn't seem like anyone else does from what I've seen. Nothing announced and I don't know what label it would be on here. Mine was apparently made in Canada and shipped from Hong Kong via http://www3.cd-wow.net/detail_results.php?product_code=3394 for $12.95 USD delivered. It is also available from the usual sources in Canada such as http://www.mymusic.com/product.asp?curr=1&muzenbr=100003077 for $17.98 CAD ($11.54 USD). It's widely available here as a Canadian import but I think most people are paying about $20 or so.
Great album. Definitely NOT Portishead. Some songs you might not even know it's Beth Gibbons. Beautiful production too. Adrian Utley is also on board, mostly on guitars and some keyboards. It's mostly acoustic but there are subtle electronic treatments on many songs. It's a very difficult record to describe because the songs seem to span quite a few decades in their inspiration. The core is kind of a cabaret tinged folk music with hints of Nick Drake and Joni Mitchell and Sandy Denny and even Marianne Faithfull. But she also reaches back to the 40s and 50s at times in her broken hearted Billie Holiday guise. Top ten stuff for me and I've only had it a few days :-) |
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