1. Japanese Motors (formerly of Vice Records) – “Better Trends”
2. Leopold and His Fiction – “Adanelia”
3. Wallpaper – “Auto Bop”
4. The Strange Boys – “MLKs”
5. Thee Oh Sees – “Two Drummers Disappear”
6. King Khan & BBQ Show – “Dock It #8”
7. Jack Oblivian – “American Slang”
Band Change-Up Weirdness
Stephen Pope (bass/lead spitter) and Billy Hayes (drums), formerly of the band Jay Reatard, found a new band: Wavves.
EP Review: Fall Be Kind
Band: Animal Collective
Label: Domino
Release: December 18, 2009
1. “Graze” – 9.0 – Forget about the droning space psychedelia that the first few minutes bring…3:35 and on is what’s up.
2. “What Would I Want Sky?” – 9.6 – The long introduction isn’t so hot. 3:09 and on is what’s up. I get a “feel-good” vibe that’s sort of cold and fitting for this time of the year as opposed to the other kind of “feel-good” like in “Summertime Clothes.”
3. “Bleeding” – 8.2 – Initially, I’m not really digging it. I like the flow, but there isn’t anything outstanding.
4. “On A Highway” – 8.9 – The kind of song that you don’t want to introduce to prospective listeners. Any elements of pop have been toned back drastically. The ending brings the song together, but should have happened earlier.
5. “I Think I Can” – 8.3 -This one doesn’t do much for me until about the 5:11 mark. From there, the multiple vocal tracking is funny and sounds fine.
Comments: Oopsie doopsie another really early leak from the Collective. The last time an AC leak came, it turned out to be an instant classic wrought with premature “best album ever made” status. This EP is a let down for me. It doesn’t ride the Merriweather Post Pavillion coattails, which is sad, but I’m pretty sure they’ve had these tracks sitting around for a while and just wanted to release them in some form.
Grade: 8.8
Glen’s Best LPs of 2000s
The Top 10 will be named on December 31, 2009. These LPs all are 9.7+ caliber, to give you a rough outline.
Animal Collective
– Strawberry Jam (2007)
– Merriweather Post Pavillion (2009)
Arcade Fire
– Funeral (2004)
Arctic Monkeys
– Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I Am Not (2006)
– Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)
– Humbug (2009)
Beirut
– Gulag Orkestar (2006)
Black Lips
– Good Bad Not Evil (2007)
– Los Valienteles Del Mundo Nuevo (2007)
Bright Eyes
– I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning (2005)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
– Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (2005)
Death From Above 1979
– You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine (2004)
Grizzly Bear
– Yellow House (2006)
Jay Reatard
– Blood Visions (2006)
The King Khan & BBQ Show
– The King Khan & BBQ Show LP (2004)
– What’s For Dinner? (2006)
– Invisible Girl (2009)
King Khan & The Shrines
– The Supreme Genius of King Khan & His Shrines (2008)
The Libertines
– Up the Bracket (2002)
The Lovely Feathers
– Hind Hind Legs (2006)
No Age
– Weirdo Rippers (2006)
– Nouns (2008)
Panda Bear
– Person Pitch (2007)
Peter Bjorn and John
– Writer’s Block (2006)
Radiohead
– Kid A (2000)
– In Rainbows (2007)
The Raveonettes
– Lust Lust Lust (2007)
Rogue Wave
– Out of the Shadow (2003)
The Strokes
– Is This It? (2001)
Tapes ‘n Tapes
– The Loon (2005)
Uninhabitable Mansions
– Nature Is A Taker (2009)
Vampire Weekend
– Vampire Weekend (2008)
The Walkmen
– Bows and Arrows (2004)
– A Hundred Miles Off (2006)
– You and Me (2008)
Wolf Parade
– Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)
Worst Quote of the Day
Comes from Jessica in Chelmsford:
“I listen to KISS 108 because I like variety in my music.”
Are you fucking kidding me?!
EP Review: The Fame Monster
Band: Lady Gaga
Label: Interscope
Release: November 18, 2009
1. “Bad Romance” – 7.3 – This is okay. The “ra ra” makes it okay. The chorus is the worst part.
2. “Alejandro” – 4.6 – Basic dance song with Spanish inclinations.
3. “Monster” – 5.8 – Boring. There is a decent background beat, but the main one is redundant.
4. “Speechless” – 6.1 – Dumb, Queen (the band) imitation.
5. “Dance in the Dark” – 5.3 – Watered down sort of like Monster.
6. “Telephone” – 6.3 – Silly concept.
7. “So Happy I Could Die” – 5.0 – There’s only so much Lady can do to change it up.
8. “Teeth” – 3.9 – Terrible. One of the worst songs of the year. Yup.
Final Grade: 5.5
See Saw, Let’s Go!
Here is a just-uploaded video of Jay and his new bandmates from last night in Dublin:
You Were Creeping
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It’s a Reatarded name for a post, but I’m playing on the word “creep” which in any of its forms often appears in Jay’s lyrics and it’s also a play on the name of the song mentioned in the video; a good tune at that.
Chris
Quote of the Day
Comes from Bloodshot Bill:
“”Most people who see me on the street see my pompadour and just call me Elvis. I don’t think I look anything like Elvis but that’s all they know. Most people don’t know anything about rockabilly, let alone psychobilly. When people see me play, they wonder how I invented this type of music – it’s crazy how little people know about music outside of Limp Bizkit or some shit. Psychobilly is just good-time music that uses traditonal rockabilly and can get really crazy. If it’s not fun and really crazy, then it just isn’t psychobilly.”
Shake Real Low Vs. Twisting
So y’all know “Shake Real Low” by the ‘shrooms smokin’ doo-wop revivalists, King Khan & BBQ Show. You might know “Twisting’ The Night Away” by the legendary Sam Cooke. Compare the two.
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 