Low - Drums and Guns
man this is a dark album. Low's melodies and harmonies are as crystalline and luminous as ever, but they've been turned to some of their blackest ends ever. It's a rough juxtaposition. The songs are very very bare of instrumentation. "Dragonfly" is just voice, some backwards masked guitar and an echoing, stuttering drumbeat that sounds like a gunshot reflecting off a hillside.
good album though, but very unsettling.
Slightly crazy idea that a mid-low level plodder might achieve a BQ if he put his mind to it. I might talk about music, motorbikes or cycling if the mood takes me as well.
Current PBs
5km - 21:10.5 (23/07/17) (prev 22:43, 2013)
10km - 46:35 (2017) (prev 46:43, 2011)
14km - 67:30 (07/05/2017)
21.1km - 1:46:04 (02/07/2017) (prev 1:51, 2011)
42.2km - 4:11:14 (2011)
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Friday, March 23, 2007
Band Of Horses - Everything All The Time
damn this album has grown on me. first time I heard it, I was a bit m'eh about it. The reverby sound and high voiced singer seemed too derivative of My Morning Jacket and the Flaming Lips.
but as time went by, I started to get songs like The Funeral and Great Salt Lake (maybe not lyrically, but the music started to gel for me).
6 or 7 months on and I love near the whole damn thing. the closer "St Augustine" is, for me, one of the more memorable tracks. and I just can't articulate why I like it so much now. Maybe because it's sound is a good mix of upbeat and melancholy, even within the same song.
At least, it's meshing with my mood very well today.
damn this album has grown on me. first time I heard it, I was a bit m'eh about it. The reverby sound and high voiced singer seemed too derivative of My Morning Jacket and the Flaming Lips.
but as time went by, I started to get songs like The Funeral and Great Salt Lake (maybe not lyrically, but the music started to gel for me).
6 or 7 months on and I love near the whole damn thing. the closer "St Augustine" is, for me, one of the more memorable tracks. and I just can't articulate why I like it so much now. Maybe because it's sound is a good mix of upbeat and melancholy, even within the same song.
At least, it's meshing with my mood very well today.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Dazza
This post is about Darren Hanlon. I should note I'm drunk.
Essentially, he's awesome, and he's been awesome for a good 6 or 7 years. And speaking of Dazza,I can't beleive Candle Records is closing shop this week. The fact that Candle Records is closing is gonna mean a real change for how singers like Dazza ply their trade. How will the community that's built up around The Simpletons, Anthony Atkinson and Darren Hanlon survive without the label to support it?
you know what, I reckon they'll thrive despite- based on his Brisbane show just before Christmas, Darren Hanlon (at least) has a passionate audience just waiting for the next song. At least the Lucksmiths have the same. At least they did 3 years ago, the last time I saw them, and where the Simpletons or Dazza go there's a strong audience ready to follow.
I can't wait - bring on the next Simpletons or Darren Hanlon or Anthony Atkinson or Girls From the Clouds. It's going to be interesting (from this non-Melbournite's view) how things pan out for the Candle bands. I wish Chris Crouch all the best - all the best from someone from Casino, 2470.
About Dazza - I saw his Christmas show in Brisbane complete with barbershop quartet. The quartet was awesome. Dazza's show was awesome, full of the human touches that make each Dazza show so unique. Manilla NSW solo was great, considering the complexity in the song, as was A to Z and hearing Record Store live and solo was something I won't soon forget. The Globe is an excellent venue - good sound and punter friendly. On top of that, it was just great to hear a tops songwriter sing his tops songs to an entirely sympathetic crowd.
anyway - what's been good.
Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
It's what Akron/Family should have been, but better.
Subtle - For Fool:For Hero
Just amazing.
Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
Awesomeness for the 1980's. I'm not kidding. This is amazing stuff.
This post is about Darren Hanlon. I should note I'm drunk.
Essentially, he's awesome, and he's been awesome for a good 6 or 7 years. And speaking of Dazza,I can't beleive Candle Records is closing shop this week. The fact that Candle Records is closing is gonna mean a real change for how singers like Dazza ply their trade. How will the community that's built up around The Simpletons, Anthony Atkinson and Darren Hanlon survive without the label to support it?
you know what, I reckon they'll thrive despite- based on his Brisbane show just before Christmas, Darren Hanlon (at least) has a passionate audience just waiting for the next song. At least the Lucksmiths have the same. At least they did 3 years ago, the last time I saw them, and where the Simpletons or Dazza go there's a strong audience ready to follow.
I can't wait - bring on the next Simpletons or Darren Hanlon or Anthony Atkinson or Girls From the Clouds. It's going to be interesting (from this non-Melbournite's view) how things pan out for the Candle bands. I wish Chris Crouch all the best - all the best from someone from Casino, 2470.
About Dazza - I saw his Christmas show in Brisbane complete with barbershop quartet. The quartet was awesome. Dazza's show was awesome, full of the human touches that make each Dazza show so unique. Manilla NSW solo was great, considering the complexity in the song, as was A to Z and hearing Record Store live and solo was something I won't soon forget. The Globe is an excellent venue - good sound and punter friendly. On top of that, it was just great to hear a tops songwriter sing his tops songs to an entirely sympathetic crowd.
anyway - what's been good.
Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
It's what Akron/Family should have been, but better.
Subtle - For Fool:For Hero
Just amazing.
Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
Awesomeness for the 1980's. I'm not kidding. This is amazing stuff.