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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Three months left Top 20 |
| Date | Tue, 02 Sep 2003 07:49:43 -0500 |
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A few comments --
The Sparks album was my number one record last year. Not only is it a
masterpiece, IMO, but in a discussion of this record earlier this year,
Stewart mentioned Prefab Sprout's JORDAN: THE ALBUM, which I purchased and
really enjoy. The sign of a truly great record -- it leads to you getting
other fine records.
The Trolleyvox was on my list of top 20 possibilities and is certainly a
contender in my book.
Damone -- I like it, but, like The Muffs, who they are similar too, I don't
love it.
Junior Senior -- their live performance didn't motivate me to buy the
record.
The Pearlfishers -- Still absorbing it.
Danny McDonald -- Not a contender, this time around, but close. Shows some
heretofore unseen depth.
The High Dials -- I hear more style than songs. I've listened to this
record a lot, and not much stuck with me. Still, something psych-pop fans
should check out, I would think.
Toothpaste 2000 -- Definitely a good album.
The Oranges Band -- They'd be on the same list for me. They remind me of
bit of Hypnolovewheel, which is a very good thing.
As for Bryan's titles, other than the High Dials, haven't heard any of them
yet. I hope I can find a way to get my ears around those selections along
with the stuff on Stewart's list I haven't heard. Sadly, there's only so
much time, and too much music.
Mike Bennett
Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com
>From: Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com>
>Unlike Mike, my list has undergone significant revision in the last three
>months, largely because a lot of really good albums have come out recently.
>Only half of my current top 20 (Nellie McKay, Damone, Waltham, New
>Porographers, Jeffrey Lewis, Bronwyn, Danny McDonald, Club 8, Richard
>Thompson, the High Dials) was in my half-year list.
>
>Most surprising entry so far: I never really rated Toothpaste 2000, even
>back when they were called Cowboy and Spin Girl. And listening back to
>those records, I still don't like them much. But CATCH-22 is a pretty
>marvelous slice of jangle pop that's head and shoulders above everything
>else they've ever done.
>
>Album I really can't believe isn't being talked to death all over Audities:
>LEAP OF FOLLY by the Trolleyvox. First people complain because there
>aren't any decent power pop records coming out anymore, and then, when
>hands down the best pure power pop record in quite literally YEARS shows
>up, nobody says boo about it. Whatever.
>
>JUST GENERALLY KICKING MY ASS:
>1. Lil Beethoven -- Sparks
>2. Leap of Folly -- The Trolleyvox
>3. Nellie McKay -- Nellie McKay
>4. From the Attic -- Damone
>5. Permission To Build -- Waltham
>6. Electric Version -- The New Pornographers
>7. It's the Ones Who've Cracked That the Light Shines Through -- Jeffrey
>Lewis
>8. D-D-Don't Stop the Beat -- Junior Senior
>9. Through the Fog, Through the Pines -- Bronwyn
>10. Sky Meadows -- The Pearlfishers
>
>11. Music for the Forgotten Future Volume 1 -- Pinataland
>12. Summer City -- Danny McDonald
>13. Strangely Beautiful -- Club 8
>14. The Old Kit Bag -- Richard Thompson
>15. The Beginning Stages (reissue with bonus EP) -- The Polyphonic Spree
>16. A New Devotion -- The High Dials
>17. Piece of Mind -- Robin Lane and the Chartbusters
>18. Socialisme ou Barbarie -- Monade
>19. Elephant -- White Stripes
>20. Catch-22 -- Toothpaste 2000
>
>ANOTHER FINE ALBUM BY ARTISTS I ALWAYS TEND TO LIKE (in alphabetical
>order):
>Rings -- Absinthe Blind
>Happy To Be Here -- Andrew
>Honeyspot -- The Asteroid No. 4
>Welcome Interstate Managers -- Fountains of Wayne
>Obedience -- Larval
>Underwater Casino -- Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp
>Report Card -- R. Stevie Moore
>Supernatural Equinox -- Outrageous Cherry
>Liz Phair -- Liz Phair
>L'Avventura -- Britta Philips and Dean Wareham
>Dark Island -- Pram
>Summer Sun -- Yo La Tengo
>
>PROMISING DEBUTS AND/OR PLEASANT NEW DISCOVERIES (ditto):
>A Way With Birds -- Calvin, Don't Jump!
>Greatest Hits -- Dame Darcy
>Dengue Fever -- Dengue Fever
>The Stars of San Andrea -- The Devics
>The Eaves -- The Eaves
>Career Ojective -- The Methadones
>One Step More and You Die -- Mono
>Republic of Two -- Nedelle
>All Around -- The Oranges Band
>When I'm Falling -- Terminal 4
>Woman on the Mountain -- Violeta de Outono
>Volta Do Mar/Murder By Death (split CD)
>
>
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