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| From | "floatingunder" <underthefloat@msn.com> |
| Subject | Re: Mid-Year Faves |
| Date | Sat, 08 Jul 2006 05:00:29 -0000 |
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--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@...>
Mid year favs:
> 4. SUBTITULO -- Josh Rouse ("His Majesty Rides")
>
> Rouse's last few albums have felt kind of like genre experiments,
but
> this one takes the best stylistic elements from both NASHVILLE and
> 1972 and incorporates them into the direct singer-songwriter vibe
of
> his earlier records.
I never owned anything by Rouse until 5 months ago or so. Now via
emusic and purchases I've made I have most of his discs. If forced
to pick I think I'd say I like Subtitulo best. But then again, I've
become a pretty big fan. At the moment my fav song on it is "Quiet
Town". Anyway, Subtitulo springs to mind as my fav of the year.
The other I really have enjoyed is Camera Obscura. Thanks to
Audities.
Stewart continued:
> 5. THE DRIFT -- Scott Walker ("Clara")
>
> TILT was, truthfully, an album I respected more than I actually
> enjoyed; rather like, say, TROUT MASK REPLICA, it's an album you
have
> to meet halfway. THE DRIFT is, in some ways, even more extreme
than
> TILT (a percussion track featuring a guy punching a side of
meat?),
> yet it's considerably more accessible in its song structure and
vocal
> style, and about as lyrically direct as Walker's ever been.
I have The Drift but have still only sampled tiny bits of it. I'm
so mood dependent on listening to some things and I just have not
treaded in very deep yet. I understand it also has the sound of a
distressed sounding donkey and later Scott doing a weird Bugs Bunny
voice. I have no point to make regarding this....
For any Walker Brothers fans a box set is coming out with previously
unreleased tracks (good ones I hear).
Like Walker, another old fav and unheard of from a long time...Tom
Verlaine has two new releases that I like but I have not lost my
mind over them yet. Time will tell.
From last year I've been listening to The Decemberists and enjoying
it very much. Seems to have staying power for me.
A tidbit:
Tommy Stinson is now playing with the reformed Soul Asylum. I never
LOVED Soul Asylum's records as much as other MPLS bands but live
Pirner was fun to watch. The idea of Stinson playing off Pirner
might be cool to see.
Best, Steve D
NR: Manhunt
OT Related: today (7-7) marks the anniversary of Booth's accomplices
being hanged. For those scoring at home. ;)
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