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Agaetis Byrjunby: Sigur Ros August 14, 2000 Best Selling > Music > Post-rock |
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I must admit that I don't know if I completely understand this music (yet?). It's kind of like new age Pink Floyd with an Icelandic twist. The reason I say that is because it has such a broad expanse of sound which I do like. I must admit the middle of the album is really worth buying it for - there is such a lot going on it's awesome. However on the down side I feel that some of the tracks are a bit long and seem to have these very strange endings where a load of odd unrelated sounds seem to be tagged on as an after thought. Apart from that it has really grown on me and I think if you like something a bit out of the norm then this may well be for you.
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()by: Sigur Ros October 28, 2002 Best Selling > Music > Post-rock |
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It's hard to really put the experience of listening to this album into words. It is just a relentlessly gorgeous soundscape, even by Sigur Ros' own high standards.
Of all their albums, this is the most seamless. As many listeners have commented, the songs seem to blend into each other, as if they are different movements of one work, and the album as a whole simply encapsulates me. That is not to say that the mood is a constant throughout. Rather, the melancholy of Track 1 gives way to the gentle and beautiful optimism of Track 3, whilst the mood of Track 4 drifts between the two, in a wonderfully passive, relaxed way. The second half of the album, in contrast, is considerably darker, whilst maintaining the beauty of ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Christmasby: Low November 29, 1999 Best Selling > Music > Post-rock |
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Christmas again - what better time to review Low's superb festive album which portrays a more common Christmas experience for many than the forced jollity of your Slade or Wizzard mega-hit.
This eight-track CD is a beauty. Four original Low songs show great variety - from the pure pop of `Just Like Christmas' with its sleigh bells ringing to the hauntingly spiritual telling of the Nativity in `Long Way Around the Sea'. The cover versions of old (roast) chestnuts are simply inspired. `Silent Night' has wonderfully simple acoustic arrangement whilst `Little Drummer Boy' has never sounded like this before. It is drenched in guitar reverb and feedback a la My Bloody Valentine but is incredibly moving. `Christmas' ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heavenby: Godspeed You Black Emperor December 01, 2003 Best Selling > Music > Post-rock |
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This music is generally catorised as "post rock"; in fact it has nothing to do with rock. From a theory perspective this is music which explores the concept of "less is more" - it's a kind of minimalism that is exploring similar ground to many modern classical composers who have pared music down to a few key components and frequently dispense with rhythm, melody and other conventions of music. There is a strand in modern classical music referred to as "sacred minimalism" which seeks to make this approach listenable and take it beyond the fringe of pure creativity. I think that this is where GYBE is probing.
For me - and having auditioned this music on numerous occasions - this production fails on all counts; there is simply so little content ... Read More: >>More Details |
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F# A# Ooby: Godspeed You Black Emperor June 15, 1998 Best Selling > Music > Post-rock |
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You scarcely notice that the album has started: there's just a growing drone, then a male voice begins to speak: "The car's on fire - and there's no driver at the wheel." Gradually, sentence by sentence, he describes the collapse of urban civilisation. You look at your watch and realise that the standard length of a pop single has already passed and this is still just beginning ...
It's not party music, then; in fact, it's light years away from what's generally accepted as popular music at all. The three tracks clock in at 20 minutes or so each. Each is not a "song" as popular music has understood it, but a suite of several different sections. The instrumentation is surprisingly traditional, guitars and strings (even bagpipes) but deployed to form a drone ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Come on Die Youngby: Mogwai March 29, 1999 Best Selling > Music > Post-rock |
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I saw Mogwai a couple of years back and I don't think they played anything off this album, which might suggest it isn't much cop. A couple of listens reveals the reason however: this is not a bunch of singles in the same way as Mr Beast or Happy Songs, this is a body of work that needs to be listened to as a whole to truly appreciate it. The mood is a mix of the melancholy and the sinister but it works surprisingly well. I find it is one of those album that withstands repeated listening - there is always something new to latch onto and there isn't a single minute of filler in the entire 70+ minutes. I wish I could same the same for some of their other albums because when they are on form, they produce some stunning moments of beauty. An album the is most definitely in my top ... Read More:
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Happy Songs for Happy Peopleby: Mogwai June 09, 2003 Best Selling > Music > Post-rock |
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I've only heard a few of their tracks before, and just bought this finally last week (!!), since then I've listened to it constantly - all I can say that this is now one of the best CD I have, and I have A LOT of music of all types of genre. Buy this now.
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Roundsby: Four Tet May 05, 2003 Best Selling > Music > Post-rock |
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Interesting to see how this CD has polarised reviewers' opinion on these pages to such a great degree. `Rounds' is certainly not an album for hardcore musos only, but neither does it give up its treasures immediately. On the first couple if listens it sounds like a bit of mess. You hear a collage of skittering, cut-up beats, electronic effects and samples of `real' instruments and other found sounds all thrown together with seemingly no overall design. Listen on and persevere, though, and the picture changes. Threads of melody and structure appear on each and every track and the album turns into a multi-layered treasure trove of sound. `She Moves She' features a frisky beat, gently plucked strings and a chiming percussion melody. `My Angel Rocks Back ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Rock Actionby: Mogwai April 30, 2001 Best Selling > Music > Post-rock |
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This album was seen as a compromise when compared to the bands first two albums which were were heavier in content and lyrical damage.This album started the electronic sound like the band would master later on in their career,here they were just toying with it,while the sound is certainly accessible,there is the odd dull moment lodged in between a solid enough piece of work.
The band use more vocals than they did before and perhaps after here,and thats fine and there are contributions from the singer of super furry animals and the ex guitarist of slint to boot but with two very short tracks seeming somewhat lost in the bands version of post rock this album isnt perfect,but still enjoyable when it wants to be. >>More Details |
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Things We Lost in the Fireby: Low February 12, 2001 Best Selling > Music > Post-rock |
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Low's songs are minimal musical pieces, brilliant compositions and beautiful vocals. Definately check them out if you are looking for an original sound these days. On the vinyl album, you get 2 bonus tracks + the lyrics of the songs HAND WRITTEN on the 4th side of the record. It's a must have!
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