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11.29.2006
Child Bite - Wild FeastSpazzy (post)post-punk with analog synths, random breakdowns, and even a banjo. More accessible than Ex-models, XBXRX, etc, but still good
-yea
Pelle Carlberg - Everything. Now!A Swedish Belle & Sebastian that tries a bit too hard to be clever. Not bad, but not really worth it either.
-meh
Mmm...chemicals
11.24.2006
Of Montreal go all new-wavy...I can't quite decide what i think.
Of Montreal - Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean CurseNew album "Hissing Fauna, You Are The Destroyer?" comes out...umm...eventually on Polyvinyl.
The Fucking Ocean - Le Main Rouge
11.15.2006

They're a trio that sounds like a quartet, because they were a quartet, but are now just a trio that sometimes pretends they aren't. I think Lamar from Revenge of the Nerds might have been in the band at some point. They made an album with a French title that actually has a few French lyrics. I don't know if their conjugations are correct. I don't even think they're French. I don't know why they didn't take the easy way out and take Spanish in high school like the rest of us. Yes, they are called The Fucking Ocean. Yes, they sound like the fucking ocean. No, I'm not going to get into a metaphor about the rhythmic tides and powerful waves.
So yes, The Fucking Ocean. Angular post-punk that will give your ass some inertia and put a stutter in your step. The drums and bass will make even the most tight panted and perfect haired of us shake it, while the guitars come in with just enough spazzyness to make it a bit uncomfortable. And if that wasn't enough, there are two of those guitars, and while they try to get along, they can't always be friends. They weave in an out as they go from complimenting lines, to pushing each other down, to exchanging words in a screeching argument. That right there is enough to soften the ol' brain a bit, but then there are three people that all have something to say. At least they tend to take turns. Try not to fall down.
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11.01.2006
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - The Swell Season Glen is better known for being in The Frames and Marketa is a Czech vocalist and pianist. They got together and made an album of Lambchop-esque songs with a bit of Leonard Cohen influence. The strings can bring it right to the brink of melodrama, but it's still a solid album.
-yea
Barzin - My Life in RoomsSlowcore (although i hate to use the term) in the same vein as pre-Destroyer Low, but with a touch of Grandaddy style warm, reverby vocals. A bit monotonous in large doses, but there are definitely some good tracks.
-yea