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| From | Gene Good <javagene@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Coldplay (2008 halfway point) |
| Date | Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:07:26 +0000 |
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Stewart,
I do have to get that Casey Dienel . You turned me on to her.Some of your other selections interest me as well.
Glad to know you like She and Him. I really enjoy it.
That said, what do you think of the Scarlett Johansson? Or anyone for that matter. Does anyone love or hate it?
> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:57:30 -0400
> From: craigtorso@verizon.net
> Subject: Re: Coldplay (2008 halfway point)
> To: audities@smoe.org
>
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>
> Bearing in mind that there's a number of things I haven't gotten to
> yet (Sloan, Sparks, the Fleet Foxes full-length, that Bon Iver album I
> keep hearing so much about, etc.), here's some current faves, in
> alphabetical order:
>
> FIXATION PROTOCOLS--The Capstan Shafts (as noted last week,
> stripped-down DIY pop songs a la Guided By Voices)
> MOMOFUKU--Elvis Costello (the most fun he's allowed himself to have on
> record for ages)
> TROUBLE IN DREAMS--Destroyer (yet another solid effort, and probably
> their most immediately accessible album yet)
> VISITER (sic)--The Dodos (probably my favorite new discovery of the
> year so far, largely-acoustic folk rock with a noisy edge)
> CSI: AMBLESIDE--Half Man Half Biscuit (new album from arguably my
> favorite band of all time)
> THE PORTRAIT IS FINISHED AND I HAVE FAILED TO CAPTURE YOUR
> BEAUTY--Hello Blue Roses (side project by Dan Bejar of Destroyer/New
> Pornographers, with himself on music and instruments and his
> girlfriend on lyrics and vocals, with an unexpected mid-'80s UK feel a
> la Prefab Sprout, Aztec Camera or early Everything but the Girl)
> LONG GONE AND NEARLY THERE--Julie Ocean (terrific debut album from DC
> pop vets that hasn't gotten its due yet)
> CATHEDRAL SQUARE PARK--The Lackloves (strong return to form after a
> couple of rather lackluster albums)
> GET BETTER--Lemuria (solid, unpretentious indie rock in the Merge
> Records tradition)
> FALLING OFF THE LAVENDER BRIDGE--Lightspeed Champion (leader of noisy
> UK post-punk-revival act the Test Icicles unexpectedly goes acoustic
> and countryish)
> DISTORTION--The Magnetic Fields (Stephin Merritt gets nostalgic for
> PSYCHOCANDY)
> FLIGHT OF THE KNIFE--Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears (wildly over
> the top '70s-FM-pop-inspired art rock goofiness)
> VOLUME ONE--She and Him (I fully expected to hate this, but you can't
> argue with a song like "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here," which may end up
> my single of the year)
> PHYLACTERY FACTORY--White Hinterland (new album from local-to-me
> singer/songwriter Casey Dienel, who for some reason decided to stop
> recording under her own name)
> THE WHITSUNDAYS--The Whitsundays (Canadian indie-electronic act
> heavily inspired by late-era Zombies and '60s sunshine pop)
>
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