Re: (TV) End-of-year Review

[Andrew <andrewmfc@aol.com>]

 I have the War on Drugs record (as well as their las
t) and I like it, but it seems to have severely divided 
the opinions of my friends. There is a school of thought t
hat I can't dismiss that at its core it's really conservativ
e, lacking in any edge, and more akin to Tom Petty or (e
eek!) the eagles than anything one would call "modern."  The
 question haunts me, every time I put the record on in m
y car...again.
Things I loved this year:

Ultimate Painting 
- s/t .   TV listers will probably love this.
Alvvays - 
s/t. Toronto quasi shoegaze band, great vocals.
Honeyblood - s
/t.  Amazing noise, two girls from Glasgow making quite the 
racket, and great songwriting. Like a Glaswegian all girl Japa
ndroids, only sharper.
Solstafir - Otta -- this is the most 
interesting album I heard all year, an Icelandic band ghettoiz
ed as a black metal band, but which complely transcends any 
classification.
Mogwai - Teenage Exorcists (my single of the y
ear)
Robyn Hitchcock - The Man Upstairs
Ben Watt - Hendra

Pete Fij & Terry Bickers - Broken Heart Surgery

 Eagulls 
- s/t. Like listening to Red Lorry Yellow Lorry while being 
rolled downhill in a 55 gallon drum. 
Damon Albarn - Every
day Robots (may have come out in 2013, not sure).

 


-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Cooper <glennwaynecooper@gmail.
com>
To: tv <tv@obbard.com>
Sent: Fri, Jan 2, 2015 3:17 pm

Subject: Re: (TV) End-of-year Review


War on Drugs have b
een a revelation for me. Love the latest and, like 
you, 
have it on permanent look.
Also started checking out the bac
k catalogue.

I really liked Lana Del Rey's album also . 
She's fun.

Glenn




On 3/01/2015 4:59 AM, Keith Alli
son wrote:
> As the people in this group all have impeccab
le taste I was wondering, 
> looking back on 2014, what 
are the best things you heard which came 
> out last yea
r?
>
> My particular favourites:
> The War on Drugs' album
 "Lost in the Dream" (at the moment seems to be 
> on 
a permanent loop) -     terrific feel and sound.
> Chr
is Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band - "Intensity Ghost" - gu
itar-led 
> instrumentals, heavily TV-influenced.
> Peter Hammil
l & Gary Lucas' "Other World"
> Robert Plant & the Sensati
onal Space Shifters' "Lullaby and... The 
> Ceaseless Roar" 
- (Led Zep reunions? no time, this is much more 
> inter
esting.)
> Scott Walker & Sunn 0))): "Soused" - you either 
love Scott Walker or 
> you don't but each release certain
ly makes you question the relationship.
> The Slits' guitarist
 Viv Albertine's "The Vermilion Border" - really 
> enjoyed 
her book and this is a kind of soundtrack.
> Lucinda Willi
ams' "Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone"
>
> Best TV-re
lated listen - the recording of the June 3 Alcatraz, Milan, 

> Italy show that I uploaded to Dime. Excellent sound qua
lity.
>
> Disappointment of the Year -  Bryan Ferry's "Avo
nmore" - as I said to 
> Leo, "Why do we keep torturin
g ourselves with these things just 
> because of what once
 was?"
>
> Yours?
>

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