General Musings on Music [Archive] - Page 2

Wolfie

28/01/2011, 12:57 PM

It sounds exactly as I expected them to sound - bog standard, uninspired 70's rock by numbers that has nothing to say.

Still hoping that Noel can produce something meaningful. I'd love to see him work with Dave Sardy again - he did a great job on the 6 Noel tunes that featured on last Oasis album.

Oasis becoming a democracy destroyed the band. Once Noel stopped doing everything, they were doomed.

Would you believe "Beady Eye" debut album is commanding some great reviews - best thing to feature Liam since the mid 90's apparently!! (many would argue that would not be too difficult).

Anyhoo, might be worth checking out afterall.

Where did I leave that humble pie?????

shakermaker1982

28/01/2011, 2:18 PM

I tell you what I'm loving Bring the light now. Hated it at first..........got tickets for Troxy and Rock City now.

tetsujin1979

28/01/2011, 3:08 PM

despite my misgivings, I got a ticket to the Beady Eye show in the Olympia in April

SwanVsDalton

28/01/2011, 5:29 PM

Hold the line fellas! It'll only end in disappointment.

Wolfie

03/02/2011, 12:54 PM

I've an irrational and deep rooted dislike of Snow Patrol.

I think its the blandness.

Bluebeard

04/02/2011, 2:50 AM

Wouldnt call it irrational myself.

Meanwhile, a new opera opens on the 17th in London. Called Anna Nicole, and based on the life of everyone's favourite bubbly billionaire's widow. 'Twill be interesting to see how it plays out.

The Fly

04/02/2011, 11:40 AM

The White Stripes call it a day.

http://www.whitestripes.com/

Wolfie

04/02/2011, 12:32 PM

The White Stripes call it a day.

http://www.whitestripes.com/

Bound to to be a "Best of" in the offing so............................

ken foree

04/02/2011, 2:25 PM

Bound to to be a "Best of" in the offing so............................

..followed by the inevitable lucrative reunion tour sponsored by coke. i think it was thurston moore from sonic youth saying they lost a ton of money because they stayed together while many of their peers broke up and reformed!

Wolfie

14/02/2011, 12:57 PM

Radiohead announce new album - "King of Limbs".

http://http://indielibertines.net/radiohead-announce-new-album-the-king-of-limbs/ (http://indielibertines.net/radiohead-announce-new-album-the-king-of-limbs/)

SkStu

17/02/2011, 6:57 PM

that Adele is seriously fcking talented.

Macy

12/03/2011, 9:21 AM

Beady Eye - not as crap as I thought it'd be! Not willing to commit to it being good, as I was only half listening, but certainly wasn't "turn off that rubbish" standard.

Wolfie

14/03/2011, 12:34 PM

Beady Eye - not as crap as I thought it'd be! Not willing to commit to it being good, as I was only half listening, but certainly wasn't "turn off that rubbish" standard.

Credit where its due - its a decent album. A bit of La's, Lennon, Beatles, the Who. It has no aspirations on pushing the boundaries but is comfortable in its own skin.

Gallaghers is vocally very strong and the band sound is looser than the Oasis sound.

1 nil Liam. Over to you, Noel.

Wolfie

18/03/2011, 12:51 PM

This excerpt relates to how, in the early 80's, Neil Young was sued by his own record lable for effectively "not being Neil Young enough".

The mans a legend. No more to be said.

"Young's next album, 1983's Everybody's Rockin', included several rockabilly covers and clocked in at less than twenty-five minutes in length.

Young was backed by the Shocking Pinks for the supporting U.S. tour. Trans had already drawn the ire of label head David Geffen for its lack of commercial appeal, and with Everybody's Rockin' following only seven months later, Geffen Records sued Young for making music "unrepresentative" of himself"

twoenz

21/03/2011, 2:47 PM

Beady Eye were in pole position for making the worst album of the year until the Strokes album came out. Andy Reid could do better.

Pauro 76

21/03/2011, 3:37 PM

Beady Eye album was a pleasant surprise, nowhere near as bad as expected it to be. One song does sound dangerously close to Beatles 'Get Back'.
Badly disappointed by The Strokes album.

Wolfie

22/03/2011, 12:39 PM

Beady Eye were in pole position for making the worst album of the year until the Strokes album came out. Andy Reid could do better.

Beady Eye album was a pleasant surprise, nowhere near as bad as expected it to be. One song does sound dangerously close to Beatles 'Get Back'.
Badly disappointed by The Strokes album.

Sounds like the Strokes have blown it????????? I've only heard the single and thought it was quite good.

I think my next Strokes purchase will be the inevitable future release of a singles compilation album. They're becoming a good singles band with crap albums.

Credit where its due - I think Beady Eye album is very good. It won't rival Morrisey lyrically and its influences are quite obviously steeped in Beatles, Stones, Who and the La's. That said - if it sounds good, so what???

That tune "The beat goes on" is just infectious. Once you hear it, its on repeat play within the ol Brain box whether you like it or not.

"Beatles and Stones" is a great tune as well.

shakermaker1982

24/03/2011, 11:30 AM

The strokes album? WTF?! I liked the first single as well....

Beady eye were very good live a couple of weekends back. Just about recovered from a weekend of binge drinking down in London. I just wish Liam would knock off the obsession with John Lennon's solo work.

Liam's voice sounds fantastic and it was good live as well. He seems motivated so I wouldn't be surprised if they go back to the studio this year.

Wolfie

24/03/2011, 12:12 PM

Wolfie

24/03/2011, 12:54 PM

Neil Young compilation "Decade" on heavy rotation in the Wolfie gaff at the minute.

Some great stuff on there that covers 1966 to late 70's.

Anyone else heard it??

http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decade_(Neil_Young) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decade_(Neil_Young))

bennocelt

24/03/2011, 5:39 PM

SkStu

24/03/2011, 8:32 PM

A less than ringing endorsement of new Strokes album:

http://http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/mar/17/the-strokes-angles-review (http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/mar/17/the-strokes-angles-review)

without getting into the merits or otherwise of The Strokes' new album (ive only heard the single), that review sums up all that is wrong with music journalism for me. Needless snobbery, over indulgence with irrelevant, unrelated facts on and poor actual reviewing of the album itself.

I hate music journalism, i just trust my ears.

SwanVsDalton

24/03/2011, 10:36 PM

I don't think it's a bad review. And that's not just cos I agree with it. In fairness, I can see why he had to fill out paragraphs with tenuous detail - there's very little to say about this record other than 'gob-smackingly gash'.

shakermaker1982

25/03/2011, 9:13 AM

The album is starting to grow on me. I listened to it non stop yesterday. It's a grower.

shakermaker1982

25/03/2011, 9:14 AM

without getting into the merits or otherwise of The Strokes' new album (ive only heard the single), that review sums up all that is wrong with music journalism for me. Needless snobbery, over indulgence with irrelevant, unrelated facts on and poor actual reviewing of the album itself.

I hate music journalism, i just trust my ears.

if you thought that was bad, check out their reviews on the Beady eye album. I hate the music critics from the guardian. Kitty Empire think's she's the ****

gustavo

25/03/2011, 12:46 PM

I'm enjoying the new Strokes album. Tracks like "Under Cover of Darkness" "Machu Picchu" and "Taken for a fool" are among the best they've done- There's a lot less filler than the last album and a lot of tracks that are growers like "Life is simple in the Moonlight" or "Two Kinds of Happiness"

bennocelt

25/03/2011, 5:29 PM

if you thought that was bad, check out their reviews on the Beady eye album. I hate the music critics from the guardian. Kitty Empire think's she's the ****

Me too, and the film critics are awful as well

stann

28/03/2011, 9:32 AM

Neil Young compilation "Decade" on heavy rotation in the Wolfie gaff at the minute.
Some great stuff on there that covers 1966 to late 70's.
Anyone else heard it??
I love Decade, unrelentingly great, hardly a duff track across the two CDs, and very few omissions. One of the best "Best of.."s ever compiled I'd venture.

BonnieShels

04/04/2011, 9:53 PM

Just heard new Foo Fighters song Rope. Have to say not bad. However they did this with Pretender and ESPG was a crock of an album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbpqZT_56Ns

Fingers crossed...

The world could do with some Grohl like this again...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLqeCdRvSL4

SkStu

13/04/2011, 2:06 AM

what the HELL happened to Santogold?

BonnieShels

16/04/2011, 10:19 PM

I wonder if her disappearance had anything to do with her having to change her name to Santigold.

She must have heard ya cos this was posted on her Twitter the next day...

http://lifeandtimes.com/american-dreaming

Wolfie

27/04/2011, 1:00 PM

Currently immersing the 'ol brain box with this recently acquired lot:

Postcards - Manics (I love this album!!. Miles better than I thought it would be. Strings, big chorus, guitar solo's - their most upbeat sounding album since Everything Must Go.

Collapse into Now - R.E.M - The Vaccines album currently begs the question - "What do you expect from the Vaccines??". I think the same question could be currently asked of some reviewers of R.E.M's latest album!!! It sounds pretty good to me anyway - what more do they want??? If past glories are cast aside and the album is reviwed on its on mertits its a very strong effort IMO.

Band on the Run - Wings - Under pressure, MacCartney delivers his first set of songs to finally get remotely near his Beatles output. Recorded in close proximity to a leper colony in Nigeria amid a health scare and being held at gun point. Never matched this albums consistency again.

On the Beach - Neil Young. Part of the infamous "Ditch" trilogy. Only arrived yesterday. Looking forward to hearing this one.

Tonights the night - Neil Young Same as above.

I Feel Fine - Best of the IRS Years - R.E.M - Unrelenting 1980's brilliance from R.E.M compiled.

If you beg to differ or heartily agree, please do!!!!!

Cuyahoga

27/04/2011, 8:27 PM

I was named after a song on I Feel fine- Best of the IRS years- R.E.M.

Wolfie

04/07/2011, 1:06 PM

Bruce Springsteen Eulogy for Clarence Clemons - well worth a read, its great.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bruce-springsteens-eulogy-for-clarence-clemons-20110629

Pauro 76

10/07/2011, 6:09 PM

The new Horrors 'Skying' album is wonderful, nice change of direction. Also loving Wild Beasts 'Smother' right now.

nigel-harps1954

13/08/2011, 12:45 AM

Just back from the Kilkenny Arts festival, absolutely fantastic event and puts most events in the country to shame. If anyone hears anything about a young band called Sive do look them up. From Kildare. Superb superb act.

BonnieShels

17/08/2011, 12:07 PM

Trevor Horn produced Tatu's "All the things she said".

Never ever realised.

Sullivinho

27/08/2011, 9:57 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCV0-KKlDTg

'Directed by Jesus' apparently. Big payout for anyone who put a few quid on the second coming involving Dublin, rap and the archenemy of superman.

BonnieShels

04/09/2011, 9:51 PM

Do you ever discover something and wonder how the hell it passed you by.

Have just discovered Health's remix of Pictureplane's Goth Star (http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2011/09/goth-star-pictureplane-cover) from his album Dark Rift and I am in awe of it's beauty. An incredible piece of music that has me tingling all over. Beautiful.

But what has me thinking about is Pictureplane is a non-entity in my life despite being a massive Health and Crystal Castles' fan.

Whilst delving deeper into Pictureplane I discovered his album "Thee Physical" from earlier this year... what's bugging me is that I had these 2 words in my phone for years since about 2007, after I was listening to a song in a mates house and was looking over at his iTunes and trying to figure it out whilst ****ed and I put that into my phone.
I had been listening to it turns out was Control Freaq by Felix da Housecat from the album Kittenz and Thee Glitz.

Bizarre to say the least.

DannyInvincible

06/09/2011, 5:17 AM

Just something I noticed a while back; the melody in Goodbye by Ulrich Schnauss that kicks in at 4:50 bears a striking resemblance to that at the beginning of the Pogues' Hell's Ditch. I don't know of the Pogues having been an influence though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyIxZe57yeA&feature=autoplay&list=PL9AA3D80AD2D5C8E1&lf=plpp&playnext=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBAgkmy2vrg

DannyInvincible

06/09/2011, 5:49 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCV0-KKlDTg

'Directed by Jesus' apparently. Big payout for anyone who put a few quid on the second coming involving Dublin, rap and the archenemy of superman.

Is he from Dublin? Not giving anything away with an accent that's maybe more MF Doom-influenced than anything else. As far as Irish hip-hop is concerned, I've always enjoyed Messiah J and the Expert. Can't actually find my favourite track, I'd Give My Right Arm, online anywhere but this one's pretty good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAQZh2sMc0o

There was a group, the Sirocco MCs (http://www.myspace.com/siroccomcs), from Derry that did some nice stuff back in the day although they're not making anything any longer; "not into that sh*t anymore", according to Emceeodee at a Vitalic gig in the Nerve Centre. Era2 (http://www.myspace.com/eratwo) did some good stuff as well, but dunno if he's around any longer either. Just left with brash bombastry on the Derry scene from the likes of Wile Man (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn0AKf3HVZg&feature=related) now.

nigel-harps1954

06/09/2011, 9:09 PM

Metallica and Lou Reed album out end of October entitled 'Lulu'. Strange strange project with an even stranger album sleeve.

http://loureedmetallica.com/

bluemovie

07/09/2011, 3:12 PM

That's excellent. Hadn't heard it before. But within a milisecond of hearing it, I recognised the sample. So Stevie Nicks deserves a lot of the credit!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhRtf7HkOCE&feature=related

bluemovie

07/09/2011, 3:19 PM

Have just discovered Health's remix of Pictureplane's Goth Star (http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2011/09/goth-star-pictureplane-cover) from his album Dark Rift and I am in awe of it's beauty. An incredible piece of music that has me tingling all over. Beautiful.

That's excellent. Hadn't heard it before. But within miliseconds of hearing it, I recognised the sample. So Stevie Nicks deserves a lot of the credit!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhRtf7HkOCE&feature=related

BonnieShels

07/09/2011, 9:10 PM

It's not the most hidden of samples that! Actually went non a Fleetwood Mac rampage afterwards.

Stevie Nick's voice needs to be bottled for all eternity.

freewheel30

08/09/2011, 10:45 AM

Stevie's solo work away from Fleetwood Mac is underrated imo.

BonnieShels

08/09/2011, 10:49 AM

You're not wrong there my friend. Not wrong at all. She has some incredibly sample-able (sic) songs that I never listened to before in that vein.

Don't mind if I do...

EDIT: The discovery of that Health song has developed an unhealthy obsession with Ms Nicks. Is the age gap too much?

freewheel30

08/09/2011, 1:23 PM

The good news, BonnieShels, is that she's still single :cool::cool: Actually, RTE had an interview with Nicks a couple of months back that I happened to catch :

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/thejohnmurrayshow/2011-07-08.html

BonnieShels

08/09/2011, 1:59 PM

cheers for the heads up. I'll bear it in mind and add her to me list of Free passes which includes: Zooey, Winslet and Perry.

I'm off to town now to hit Tower Records upside the head. Boom!

born2bwild

15/09/2011, 9:49 PM