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Comment on LIST: 2000 to 2009 (Corey’s Staff Picks) by Corques

Corques — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:24:11 +0000

What do you mean, so fake?

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Nevada Zita — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:45:10 +0000

sooo fake ;-)

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Comment on LIST 2009: 50 Notable Releases This Year by Zach Harris

Zach Harris — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:30:24 +0000

Quality and comprehensive list gentlemen. Good show.

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Comment on Micro Beards: 15 Dec 2009 by Corey Murphy

Corey Murphy — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:34:45 +0000

I have to add, the fourth track on the Bjork album is quite amazing. I didn’t know how I could fit this into my article but, I would definitely recommend checking out this Bell.

Comment on LIST: 2000 to 2009 (Zach’s Staff Picks) by John Praw Kruse

John Praw Kruse — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:44:00 +0000

I agree. I think Heavy Ghost is the only one on this list that I’ve never heard, but I’ll definitely check it out now.

Comment on LIST: 2000 to 2009 (Zach’s Staff Picks) by Corey Murphy

Corey Murphy — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:13:34 +0000

Awesome Zach, these are all amazing. Looking back, I feel like I missed out on albums like Heavy Ghost. Also, good call on the Greenwood score. That is exactly the reason I love that movie.

Comment on LIST: 2000 to 2009 (Corey’s Staff Picks) by imkoreansowhat

imkoreansowhat — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:59:34 +0000

I’m really glad to see department of eagles finally getting some recognition.

Comment on REVIEW: Sufjan Stevens – The BQE by John Praw Kruse

John Praw Kruse — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:32:55 +0000

P.S. I just thought about something. In Joanna Newsom’s album Ys, Van Dyke Parks wrote the orchestral accompaniment. What an amazing Frankenstein piece of art they could make if Joanna repeated the process with Sufjan Stevens arranging the orchestration and producing the album.

Comment on REVIEW: Sufjan Stevens – The BQE by John Praw Kruse

John Praw Kruse — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:29:19 +0000

I think I’ll have to disagree with you, Corey.

1) Be careful about calling it techno. It’s definitely not. I think the inclusion of that great “glitch-pop” section (or whatever you want to call it) is one of the best things about the piece. Some people seem to be surprised about the style, but it definitely makes sense in the context that Sufjan is going back to his Enjoy Your Rabbit days (with the remake and now this) – especially when you look at his track from Dark Was The Night and the videos of the three new songs that have come out.

2) I think I agree with you about the “pop culture icon” comment. Sufjan could basically do anything he wants, and the main criticism he’s going to get is that fans want more. I think this “symphony” is actually really good, though. Maybe it’s just different than the other symphonies, but I definitely enjoyed it. It is not a masterpiece, but I do not think that it is amateur either. Even more important than the quality of the piece is what it is doing for music. Think of the audience that would never think to listen to this kind of music, but now are because Sufjan did it. Anything that crosses genre and scene boundaries like this is a-okay in my book.

3) I don’t think Sufjan’s actual songs (with vocals, if that’s what you mean) would have fit with this project. This is really something quite different than an album. And with Sufjan saying that he’s not really in the mood to share his songs with people (as he said in a recent interview), I don’t think we could have hoped for some actual classic-style Sufjan songs.

Again, I agree with you, Corey, that this is no masterpiece. But the transition from the more classical parts to the insane electro-glitch-pop-whatever part in the middle of the song is definitely masterfully done. Sufjan knows what he’s doing. He’s arranged things like this before, just in the context of his other songs. It will be interesting to see how his compositional skills compare in his upcoming collaboration (with his father-in-law[?]).

I think the bottom line, perhaps, is that I just enjoyed this album a bit more than you. And maybe it’s as simple as that. We certainly have a different background coming in to this release.

Comment on REVIEW: The Flaming Lips – Embryonic by John Praw Kruse

John Praw Kruse — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:40:17 +0000

Be on the lookout for their new music video. The video is done, and some people have gotten a chance to see it. So that hopefully means we’ll get our hands on it soon.

This might be a bit of interest:

http://yearsforbeards.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/gallery_enlarged-flaminglips-video11-490×367.jpg?w=490