Recent CDs bought & your reviews

[Mofra]

Re: Recent CDs bought & your reviews

Ok, I'll add a couple:

6 Foot Hick:
A brilliant (if frickin nutso) live act, their newie is called "On The Rocks".
I really enjoyed the album, although nothing can capture the energy of a live 6ft Hick show, highlights are "White Light, Wet Heat" and "Subject to Change" which are both set staples and tear the ballingos off any PA with the way they play it.
It's good.

Which brings me onto the highlight of 2009 already.

Wagons - The Rise and Fall of Goodtown
Effing Brillianto awesome country with a little bit of rock thrown in for good measure here and there. Henry is one helluva songwriter, the band play tight as (saw them at lunchtime Friday before last) and the recorded versions do the songs justice. Best album I've bought for ages, highlights are hard to pick because there is a bit of variation in the songstyles and all stand up on their own merits, but "Goodtown" is a killer, "Love Me Like I Love You" has a low-octave chorus that will stick in your head in a good way, "The Gambler" is a real journey and they even throw in a bit of Fat Elvis with "Never Been to Spain", and do it complete justice.

Just buy it.

[1eyedog]

Re: Recent CDs bought & your reviews

Mastodon's Blood Mountain is one of the best albums I've bought in 5 years. Experimental metal or metal for those who are too cool to listen to metal. Great album.

[azabob]

Re: Recent CDs bought & your reviews

Ok, I'll add a couple:

6 Foot Hick:
A brilliant (if frickin nutso) live act, their newie is called "On The Rocks".
I really enjoyed the album, although nothing can capture the energy of a live 6ft Hick show, highlights are "White Light, Wet Heat" and "Subject to Change" which are both set staples and tear the ballingos off any PA with the way they play it.
It's good.

Which brings me onto the highlight of 2009 already.

Wagons - The Rise and Fall of Goodtown
Effing Brillianto awesome country with a little bit of rock thrown in for good measure here and there. Henry is one helluva songwriter, the band play tight as (saw them at lunchtime Friday before last) and the recorded versions do the songs justice. Best album I've bought for ages, highlights are hard to pick because there is a bit of variation in the songstyles and all stand up on their own merits, but "Goodtown" is a killer, "Love Me Like I Love You" has a low-octave chorus that will stick in your head in a good way, "The Gambler" is a real journey and they even throw in a bit of Fat Elvis with "Never Been to Spain", and do it complete justice.

Just buy it.

How good is the Goodtown video?

[Mofra]

Re: Recent CDs bought & your reviews

Mastodon's Blood Mountain is one of the best albums I've bought in 5 years. Experimental metal or metal for those who are too cool to listen to metal. Great album.

Haven't heard it, but I know people who are raving about the newie, Crack the Skye. Will be on the accumulate list for sure.

[Mofra]

Re: Recent CDs bought & your reviews

How good is the Goodtown video?

Everything Henry does seems to be gold.

[1eyedog]

Re: Recent CDs bought & your reviews

Haven't heard it, but I know people who are raving about the newie, Crack the Skye. Will be on the accumulate list for sure.

Yep just bought it but it's going to take a few listens. Matsodon's music takes a while to acclimatise too but it's not quickly forgotten. If you are interested a band called The Sword are also awesome, they released an album late last year in Australia called Gods of the Earth, it's kind of heavy Celtic rock/stoner rock sort of stuff. It's pretty original with some great instrumental jamming and epic-type vocals.

[Mofra]

Re: Recent CDs bought & your reviews

Yep just bought it but it's going to take a few listens. Matsodon's music takes a while to acclimatise too but it's not quickly forgotten. If you are interested a band called The Sword are also awesome, they released an album late last year in Australia called Gods of the Earth, it's kind of heavy Celtic rock/stoner rock sort of stuff. It's pretty original with some great instrumental jamming and epic-type vocals.

Sounds like my cup of tea. Will kick back on Wagons for a little bit though, too easy to spen truckloads on CDs, so I try to limit myself to 1 per fortnight.

[azabob]

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Awesome, really enjoyed them when I saw them (07?)

Van Walker is brilliant, definately will see again

Not sure how closely you and the underdog read Murphy's articles but he has now put in Van & Cal Walker (assume same dudes) twice in his articles that are in the age.

[azabob]

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Have recently brought, Bob Dylan, Charlie Parr, Dan Auerbach (the black keys lead singer) and St.Helens.
Have been in the mood for some bluesy rock and they seem to hitting the spot. Wouldn't mind having some more blues in my collection but I dont really own any so Im not sure where to start? Any suggestions?
I know a good 6 years ago anything on the Fat Possum label was a sure thing but now im not so sure.

[Mofra]

Re: Recent CDs bought & your reviews

Not sure how closely you and the underdog read Murphy's articles but he has now put in Van & Cal Walker (assume same dudes) twice in his articles that are in the age.

Noticed that, surprising because although he does seem to have decent taste in music (for a footballer anyway) he often sticks to more MOR or Britpop tastes.

[The Underdog]

Re: Recent CDs bought & your reviews

I bought my wife Dan Auerbach's "Keep it Hid" and Fever Ray's self-titled album for Mother's Day. Enjoying them a lot although both struggle to keep me for the full length of the album for different reasons. This may be due to having spent most of the time with them in the car which neither are really suited too, especially Fever Ray which is more of a headphone album.

Of course once I got the pre-release download of the new Future Of The Left album the other day all other music lost relevance. It slackens a little bit in the middle or maybe those songs just suffer from being bookended by pure brilliance such as "Arming Eritrea", "Throwing Bricks At Trains", "Stand By Your Manatee" and "Lapsed Catholics". Genius.

[azabob]

Re: Recent CDs bought & your reviews

I bought my wife Dan Auerbach's "Keep it Hid" and Fever Ray's self-titled album for Mother's Day. Enjoying them a lot although both struggle to keep me for the full length of the album for different reasons. This may be due to having spent most of the time with them in the car which neither are really suited too, especially Fever Ray which is more of a headphone album.

Of course once I got the pre-release download of the new Future Of The Left album the other day all other music lost relevance. It slackens a little bit in the middle or maybe those songs just suffer from being bookended by pure brilliance such as "Arming Eritrea", "Throwing Bricks At Trains", "Stand By Your Manatee" and "Lapsed Catholics". Genius.

I'm really enjoying this album. Has a real laid back feel to it.
Now this begs the question were the cd's really for her or for you ala Homer Simpson and buying marge a bowling ball for her birthday?

[Mofra]

Re: Recent CDs bought & your reviews

Of course once I got the pre-release download of the new Future Of The Left album the other day all other music lost relevance. It slackens a little bit in the middle or maybe those songs just suffer from being bookended by pure brilliance such as "Arming Eritrea", "Throwing Bricks At Trains", "Stand By Your Manatee" and "Lapsed Catholics". Genius.

I. Need. This. Now.

Last album was brilliant, still upset I only saw their festival set at Meredith (which was, well, brilliant).

[chef]

Re: Recent CDs bought & your reviews

Of course once I got the pre-release download of the new Future Of The Left album the other day all other music lost relevance. It slackens a little bit in the middle or maybe those songs just suffer from being bookended by pure brilliance such as "Arming Eritrea", "Throwing Bricks At Trains", "Stand By Your Manatee" and "Lapsed Catholics". Genius.

Downloading as i type.

I was pretty disappointed when McClusky spit, but only until i heard Future Of The Left's debut.

[The Underdog]

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I. Need. This. Now.

Last album was brilliant, still upset I only saw their festival set at Meredith (which was, well, brilliant).

Go to their website, go to the shop. You can buy the CD for like $22 plus you get e-mailed a link to download it immediately. It's freaking ace. If there's a more surreal, acerbic, humorous lyric writer than Falco I'll go he. Who else could start a song with the lyric "Slight bowel movements preceded the bloodless coup" ?