The Song Fight Bulletin Board

If ever I were to hang myself, I would do it to "Our House" by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. I mean that in a good way. It's very good. I like lying on the floor and listening to it over and over again.

The Spinto Band - Nice and Nicely Done

I just picked this up from a local record shop. I'm about 5 tracks in, and it's pretty amazing. Good job guys.

The Olivia Tremor Control - Music From an Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle

recorded on 4 track 1997/1998 in there and wow...seriously great. Very Beatles-esque. This reminds of the serious art of recording music well on a 4 track. Not easy to do.

I snagged on the merits of the name alone and I'm not disappointed. Worth it if you can find it.

TheHipCola wrote:The Olivia Tremor Control - Music From an Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle.

I snagged on the merits of the name alone and I'm not disappointed.

I snagged Olivia Nutron Bomb for the same reason. Not disappointed.

the new depeche mode song, "precious"...sort of violator-esque, i like it.

"Fistful of Love" by Antony and the Johnsons is just breathtaking. The brass and the somehow subtle instrumentation even though the band's playing full-force. And Antony's voice! Holy mudder a Pete onna foggy afternun. Plus Lou Reed plays guitar on it, chic.

Hey thanks, Puce.

Hipcola, if you think that Dusk at Cubist Castle is good, you should hear their 2nd (and final) album, Black Foliage. It's about 10 times better. It's an amazing combination of sound and song and probaby one of my top 5 favorite albums of all time.

What I am digging recently:

Biff Rose's 1968 and 1969 albums - This man is so good. Sort of in the vein of clever songsmith Randy Newman, but far better. I hardly ever pay attention to lyrics, but his are just as good as his music. On the album sleeve, he has all these cute little epigrams, like "NUclear and UNclear are the same type of thinking...It all depends on how you use the U.N"...David Bowie covered his "Fill Your Heart" on Hunky Dory. Van Dyke Parks plays the moog on one of his songs. Great Stuff!

Why? - The Sanddollars EP I have no idea why this is put in the "Hip Hop" section of my record store, because this is pure bedroom-produced pop. Full of wonderful vocal harmonies and bouncy/melancholy piano songs, this is Why?'s best offering yet. 50 percent of Why?'s strengths lie in his lyrics, which contain some of the best I've heard in a while. Like "Is it sick to think I look best under florescent lights or in the cramped, corpse-like blue of an airplane bathroom?" And hilarious wordplay like "These are selfish times / These are selfish times / I've got shell fish dimes and sand dollars"

Asleep in the Sea - Not much of the music I listen to is contemporary, but when the Unicorns came out a few years ago I was floored and it is tragic that they have since departed from the world of popmusic. Asleep in the Sea are filling that gap currently with synth/guitar combo nasally harmonies. Their best songs are on their myspace page. I predict great things for this band.

J-Zone - Pimps Don't Pay Taxes - Ignore both the artist's moniker and album title. This is the best hip-hop album I've heard since Black on Both Sides. J-Zone is one talented guy. He produced, wrote, and performed the entirety of this album. He crafts hilarious rhymes and his song topics recall the old-school. J-Zone presents himself as a cheap, horny, obnoxious bastard, but his demeanor is so lovable that you sort of feel bad for the guy. You're not sure if it's really him or just a persona, but not in the way-too-self-aware Eminem sort of way.

Crossposted from my LJ:

the best cover EVER

jamie lidell: multiply

this is some kind of mutant motown, with an awesome combination of classic instruments and extreme production techniques. i can't stop listening to it.

-craig

Hey Geoff...I went diggin' today and came up with that Olivia Tremor Control album you recommended....ummm...wow? It's freakin' awesome! Thanks for the tip.

Also diggin' on the latest Caribou album, The Milk of Human Kindness...not sure about it yet. It's kind of like The Books, but ...heavier somehow.

And today I picked up a copy of this great country-ish band, Nickle Creek..Why Does the Fire Have to Die or something like that. Very nice sounding album...good morning music.

That's all for now.

I think this is one of my favourite threads.

13 & god 13 & god
blur 13
cult of luna salvation
dungen ta det lugnt
sébastien tellier l'incroyable vérité
simian we are your friends
ween 12 golden country greats

i can only count between 12 and 13.

I'm suddenly really into "Sink to the Bottom" by Fountains of Wayne!? I kind of want to do like a power pop project, seriously. I think I could channel some of that energy. Anybody want in?

Also: Caribou (and Manitoba) are amaaaazing. And Blur's 13 is one of my very favorite albums of all time.

I'd love to.

I'm tired of doing the bedroom rock thing. Now I have the space to do something a little louder. All things Blur are great. And Fountains of Wayne are cool, and the Old 97's.

I haven't spent much time on somesongs, other then to see if Michael Gum or Kelvinator and some others had any other songs there. I noticed there is a fair amount of Songfight presence over there but here are a couple bands that I think deseve a listen for anyone who has yet to check it out.

The Rivals
http://www.somesongs.com/artist_info.php?select=895
Great west coast pop rock style. Could use a producer, but great songwriting and vocals. Don't know their story, but I think they are good enough to be close to a record contract. And they have a cool name, which is like 99% of what's important anyways.

Doug Cheatwood
http://www.somesongs.com/artist_info.php?select=732
This guy rocks your lame ass. I didn't listen to him for a while despite the high ratings bc I thought he would be novelty country or something. The amount of sonic imagination in his songs is dizzying. Digging up Dinosaurs is awesome.

Freddielove wrote:The Rivals

fyi, this is my brother and his brother-in-law.

-craig

TheHipCola wrote: And today I picked up a copy of this great country-ish band, Nickle Creek..Why Does the Fire Have to Die or something like that. Very nice sounding album...good morning music.

My wife's got some albums of theirs. Haven't heard them yet. Girl in the band is cute.
I also enjoy Doug Cheatwood and Rivals. The first is pretty strange and cool.
-bill

Michael Penn - Mr. Hollywood Jr, 1947

I like what I'm hearing, 1/3rd through. I've read multiple great reviews of this, thought I'd see what the fuss was about. Worth the grab!

ok, so i decided i'm going to give you all some select tracks to download from my recommendations. after all, i have impeccable taste:

band - album approx genre

mosquitos - mosquitos & sunshine barato bossa nova
download - "boombox" "sunshine barato"

deerhoof - milkman neurotic math rock
download - "milkman" "desaparecere"

M83 - dead cities, red seas, and lost ghosts synthesizer to the max?!
download - "america" "0078h"

converge - you fail me spaz metal
download - "you fail me" "death king" "drop out"

iron & wine - woman king folk
download - the whole fucking thing, i say. but if you must... "grey stables" "freedom hangs like heaven"

dead meadow - feathers psychedelic rock
download - "heaven" "at her open door"

dead meadow - shivering king and others psychedelic rock
download - "i love you too" "good moanin'"

handsome boy modeling school - white people hip hop
download - "if it wasn't for you" "i've been thinking"

isis - panopticon psychedelic metal?
download - "so did we" "wills dissolve"

nicolo paganini - 24 caprices classical violin
download - i don't know. it's violin music. you either like it or you don't.

kaki king - everybody loves you percussive acoustic guitar?! i suck at genres... :'(
download - "carmine st" "night after sidewalk"
anyone who hasn't yet should really check her out, she's insanely talented with the guitar

the mars volta - frances the mute prog rock, i guess
i've since grown weary of this stuff. i'm sure you've heard them by now anyway

beck - guero deluxe edition beck
download - "send a message to her" "clap hands"

blonde redhead - misery is a butterfly depresso-rock
download - "elephant woman" "falling man"

colour haze - los sounds de krauts & periscope psychedelic rock
download - this stuff can be tricky to find, but pretty much any song is a safe bet. it's psychedelic rock, so if that's your thing, you should definitely check them out

!!! - louden up now it's in itunes as trip-hop. i think it's more just fucked up danceable rock
download - "when the going gets tough, the tough gets krazee" "dear can"

savath y savalas - apropa't mellow organic spanish electronica...whatever the fuck that means
download - "te quiero pero por otro lado" "a la nit"

bloc party - silent alarm dance rock
download - i've gotten tired of this, too. if you haven't heard them already, the song "banquet" is a good one to check out.

death from above 1979 - you're a woman, i'm a machine extremely energetic bass and drums rock
download - "go home, get down" "black history month"

los natas - ciudad de brahman psychedelic rock
download - see also Colour Haze

flake music - when you land here, it's time to return fuzzy pop
download - this was the precursor to the shins but they aren't very good i've found... however, the song titled "the shins" is very catchy

les savy fav - inches rock... but really good rock
download - "we'll make a lover of you" "yawn yawn yawn"

the funeral orchestra - feeding the abyss disgusting sludge metal
download - the whole album sounds pretty much the same. if you are into funeral dirges, black metal style, then this will suit you fine

gorillaz - demon days ?!
download - "dirty harry" "el manana"

hood - outside closer electro/acoustic depressing stuff
download - "the negatives" "the lost you"

old man gloom - christmas fucking metal
download - i still can't find this whole album, but... "skullstorm" and "valhalla" are both good

mastodon - leviathan delicious/nutricious metal
download - "blood and thunder" "megalodon"

q and not u - power rock......
download - "book of flags" is admittedly the only song i've listened to. :-\

the books - lost and safe samples mixed with adorable little songs!
download - "an animated description of mr. maps"

13 & god - 13 & god abstract hip hop meets sad blip-rock
download - "soft atlas" "if"

blur - 13 brit pop
download - "caramel" "trimm trabb"
this is in my top 10 albums of all time, easy.

cult of luna - salvation psychedelic metal
download - "echoes" "leave me here"

dungen - ta det lugnt psychedelic rock
download - "gjort bort sig" "Du Är För Fin För Mig"
let's hear it for swedish and all their umlauts! this is an amazing album, and you should just get the whole thing

sébastien tellier - l'incroyable vérité haunting french folk
download - "universe" "fantino"

simian - we are your friends catchy electro pop
download - "LA breeze" "sunshine"

ween - 12 golden country greats parody country
download - "i'm holding you" "you were the fool"

i need a life...

c.layne wrote:iron & wine - woman king folk
download - the whole fucking thing, i say. but if you must... "grey stables" "freedom hangs like heaven"

Seriously, get this: without exaggeration it is probably the best album I have ever heard, and it's only 25 minutes long. Flawless.

Puce wrote:

c.layne wrote:iron & wine - woman king folk
download - the whole fucking thing, i say. but if you must... "grey stables" "freedom hangs like heaven"

Seriously, get this: without exaggeration it is probably the best album I have ever heard, and it's only 25 minutes long. Flawless.

anything by him is a pretty sure bet. he's only got a couple weak songs that i can think of.

Rock music is safe.

This is awesome. I don't know when this contest happened but I'm getting such a kick out of the entries.

http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=49502

I know I'm venting about this everywhere, but...

Do NOT go buy the new OKGO album based on what you think of them already.

It sounds like all those "new"-sounding "rock revival" bands like Franz Ferdinand and Razorlight and all that boring shit.

So, if you like that, I would imagine you will like the new OKGO album very much. However, if you like OKGO based on their first album, you will probably hate the new one also.