Alan's Daily Music Recommendations Thread

olpcc · Post by **olpcc** » 7/27/2004, 5:08 pm

someone told me to check her out after i got into cat power, all i have by her is cold cold water, its good, so i guess i'll try more

Joey · Post by **Joey** » 7/27/2004, 5:37 pm

I downloaded Jerusalem .. it's the only song i could find .. but it's good

Joey · Post by **Joey** » 7/27/2004, 9:59 pm

woo .. found cold cold water and of pressure

i really like her :thumbs:

Sufjan Stevens · Post by **Sufjan Stevens** » 7/27/2004, 10:03 pm

Well.

I'm applying to write for cloakanddaggermedia.com to review cd's. Most of the staff is from Taylor, Michigan anyways, so I would be around a lot of the site's workers. And on top of that, I'm also applying to work on photography for these bands I review.

In other words, I'm going to get a foot in the door for music reviews. I think I'm going to rewrite my reviews of the cd's I tell you people to listen to, make them gramatically correct, and land myself a badass job with music.

Penguin Josh · Post by **Penguin Josh** » 7/28/2004, 1:23 am

megxyz128 · Post by **megxyz128** » 7/28/2004, 9:24 am

Sufjan Stevens wrote:Well.

I'm applying to write for cloakanddaggermedia.com to review cd's. Most of the staff is from Taylor, Michigan anyways, so I would be around a lot of the site's workers. And on top of that, I'm also applying to work on photography for these bands I review.

woah. i went to school with 3 of those people. crazzaaayyy.

nelison · Post by **nelison** » 7/28/2004, 9:26 am

Sufjan Stevens wrote:Well.

I'm applying to write for cloakanddaggermedia.com to review cd's. Most of the staff is from Taylor, Michigan anyways, so I would be around a lot of the site's workers. And on top of that, I'm also applying to work on photography for these bands I review.

In other words, I'm going to get a foot in the door for music reviews. I think I'm going to rewrite my reviews of the cd's I tell you people to listen to, make them gramatically correct, and land myself a badass job with music.

Good stuff! you definitely have a talent for it. Good luck with it.

lemonphile4 · Post by **lemonphile4** » 7/28/2004, 2:04 pm

Sufjan Stevens wrote:And on top of that, I'm also applying to work on photography for these bands I review.

Would you be doing concert photography or would you be doing photo shoots?

Sufjan Stevens · Post by **Sufjan Stevens** » 7/28/2004, 9:32 pm

Concert photography. I already have the sweetest pictures of the Dirtbombs, so I know I can take some badass shots, I might as well parlay this into some attention. Shit, I have a picture of Ben Blackwell (Drummer of the Dirtbombs, Jack White's nephew) with his broken snare drum on his head and falling over while trying to play it. I love that drunk motherfucker.

And here's the funny part of this website. If I get the gig as a writer, one of my co-workers is Sarah from the Real World. Yeah, Gauntlet Sarah, the Sarah that never went away and that is surprisingly hot and into Pavement. I want her phone number. :lol:

Sufjan Stevens · Post by **Sufjan Stevens** » 7/28/2004, 9:54 pm

I just remembered I should update my thread with an actual post about old music that is new to you.

Today I'm choosing to rant about Silver Jews - American Water because I brought up Pavement in my previous post. I'll tell you about the connection later.

This album is brought to you by a man named D.C. Berman, a man more renowned for his books of poetry rather than his music. But back in the fall of 1998, Berman hooked up with Stephen Malkmus, former frontman of Pavement to come up with this album right before Pavement disbanded (much to my chagrin).

Anyways, Berman called on Malkmus to do some vocals and play the guitar for Berman's musical opus. Starting from the first track on this album, "Random Rules," you find yourself surrounded by some of the most beautiful poetry ever penned, then accompanied by the amazing guitar work of Malkmus, best shown in the song "Night Society."

This is the album that made people remember that songs can still be catchy, while keeping a level of poetic integrity mixed with lots of intelligence intertwined with it. This album is pure genius, from start to finish, and I will not debate this.

Recommended songs: Random Rules, Smith & Jones Forever, People, Blue Arrangements, and Night Society (a 2-minute long piece of amazing guitar work with no vocals.)

I'd highly recommend that you download all the songs off this album, because to get the true feel of "American Water" one needs to hear all 12 songs of perfection. If you don't, then that's cool, you'll love the songs I've recommended. You're just checking out an album of indie-rock perfection.

areusad831 · Post by **areusad831** » 7/29/2004, 8:02 am

Sufjan Stevens wrote:
And here's the funny part of this website. If I get the gig as a writer, one of my co-workers is Sarah from the Real World. Yeah, Gauntlet Sarah, the Sarah that never went away and that is surprisingly hot and into Pavement. I want her phone number.

yea supposedly she is all "scene"...and so is that Rachel girl (the one with the white hair and a virgin). I think the Rachel girl was supposedly dating a member of Hot Rod Circuit, and I heard she is quite the bitch.

Sufjan Stevens · Post by **Sufjan Stevens** » 7/29/2004, 10:38 am

So that's why she always wore HRC shirts on The Gauntlet, eh? I thought Rachel was quite the looker too, but if she's a bitch, she's like...well, every woman I've dated. < rimshot >

liam · Post by **liam** » 7/29/2004, 12:19 pm

Liam's reccomendation today is the Band called Heatershed. Great comedic band. ......
why am i recomending this... because i'm in it *Shame*

Penguin Josh · Post by **Penguin Josh** » 7/29/2004, 1:39 pm

don't listen to liams band :shakes head:

Sufjan Stevens · Post by **Sufjan Stevens** » 7/29/2004, 1:42 pm

Hey fucktard, go make your own thread. I'm actually recommending good bands with real albums out, not some shit that you're tooling around with. Stay out of my thread unless you're going to listen to the bands I write about and comment on it.

Henrietta · Post by **Henrietta** » 7/30/2004, 11:12 am

Good luck with getting the job.

Which Real World were these girls on?

Sufjan Stevens · Post by **Sufjan Stevens** » 7/30/2004, 11:15 am

Sarah was on Road Rules: Campus Crawl and was the girl that couldn't do anything. I don't remember which one Rachel was on...probably the New York season.

Sufjan Stevens · Post by **Sufjan Stevens** » 7/31/2004, 11:03 pm

I have to keep this sucker alive, so I'm going to post a band that most of you are familiar with, even if you don't know it.

In giddy anticipation for their concert coming up on Wednesday, I've been spinning Walkmen - Bows + Arrows a whole lot, and it's honestly hitting me in a way only a few bands have before.

Now to start the review. I've been jamming out to this New York band back in early 2002 when a burned copy of their self-titled EP landed in my hands. I liked it, smiled when I heard their song "We've Been Had" got on some Saturn commercials, and generally forgot about them.

2004 rolls around and I see this cd sitting on a desk at my job, so I picked it up and bought it. I listen to it, and the opening track, "What's In It For Me" starts off with haunting organs and the atmosphere of an epic song. The the vocals kick in and set the framework for a cd coming from the mind of a frustrated man.

"The Rat" follows it up with more haunting organs, fast guitar, and frantic drums flying at a 1/16 beat, setting the mood for the angriest song on the album. The lyrics in this song come from a clearly frustrated man backed up by vocals that bring back the glory days of U2 (when they still wrote and performed songs with some meaning, you know, not that Discotechque crap). Hands down the best song on the album is "Little House Of Savages" with its cyclical guitar, catchy organ, and Bono-esque vocals. On "Hang On, Siohban" the sparse music of an old piano and a drumset matched with the emoting from Hamilton Leithauser (that's the singer) just bring out such a feeling of sincerety, while still maintaining their extreme confidence in their music.

Recommended songs: What's In It For Me, The Rat, Little House Of Savages, The North Pole, Hang On Siobhan

In other words, just check the Walkmen out. They have some serious potential. The progression in their music is just setting themselves up to release something huge, on the scale of an album like "Loveless*" but with better lyrics and vocals. Even if the songs don't sound appealing to you, just download something, and you'll found out you've stumbled upon a raspy-voiced Bono.

* For those not as immersed into the music scene, "Loveless" is the epic album produced by the immortal band My Bloody Valentine. Over the years, MBV (read: Kevin Shields) honed their talents and made an album of amazing guitar work and perfectly blended vocals and music. Loveless is one of the most important albums of our lifetimes, and paved the way for a band like Radiohead to go against the grain of pop music and come out with a truly complex album that's still worth listening to (read: you don't get a headache from the art-rock.)

I think the Walkmen's next album will be the "Loveless" of this decade. They will come out with the next earth-shattering album that will make the world pay attention. They will change music. So just listen to these guys before they come out with the album that will be spoken of in the same level of Daydream Nation (Sonic Youth), OK Computer and Kid A (Radiohead), Loveless (MBV), and Remain In Light (Talking Heads).

clumsychild_ · Post by **clumsychild_** » 7/31/2004, 11:17 pm

God, you're good at reviewing CDs. You really deserve that job. :thumbs:

*downloads*

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 7/31/2004, 11:18 pm

clumsychild_ wrote:God, you're good at reviewing CDs. You really deserve that job.

I know... and you know so much about the songs and the artists