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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: Coldplay (2008 halfway point) |
| Date | Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:57:30 -0400 |
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From: "Bill Douglas" <ccosmos_64@yahoo.com>
> Anybody want to chime in on early favorites at this
> (hard to believe already) midpoint of 2008? C'mon,
> let's talk about music!
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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