LPF Reviews 3

[Stenners]

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:'(

 

This topic is now officialy closed!

 

You can either go to http://ilovetojammyfingersintosockets.blogspot.com

 

or

 

http://mixtapemix.blogspot.com/

(invite only)

http://visitmixtapemix.blogspot.com

I will not being updating 'I Love To Jam My Fingers Into Sockets' as much

as Mix Tape Mix as Mix Tape Mix is a much more active community

featuring reccomendations and downloads & having recently been

added to their team of posters (due to good music taste DUH)

I have less time to post on 'I Love To Jam My Fingers Into Sockets'

which became the new home for LPF Reviews.

Also I will take this upon myself to say i'm leaving the forum

because the majority of good users have left!

Lets face it the forum is so out dated now I could post about the

death of Diana and people would be shocked to hear it.

xx

[Black_Angel]

Hahah that last bit was amusing.. this place is getting a bit tiresome.

Another good member gone, sigh, oh well, I shall be seeing you on msn anyways!

MARRRRR.xx

[Jeezy]

you can't just leave us like this...

 

lol

[Stenners]

ta ra jeezy, remeber, fighting solves nothing

[Stllmn8j]

(due to good music taste DUH)

 

Well I'm glad you found the 5 other people that like random crappy noise as much as you do...So long and good riddance!

[Acezorz]

Bye Matt, I shall miss your funny retorts and remarks xD

[Friðbjörn]

I have no idea why he was given a 5-day ban...he's leaving anyway or has, perminently. right?

 

and at least you Still and probably others too are "rejoicing". I dunno what the hell that is about. I know what it's about but I kinda dont get it.

 

well probably cause matt tends to scold you guys for tastes that he consideres cliché and boring or as he puts it, "shit". well to be perfectly honest so do I.

I'd like to think I've been more candid about it, but really, it's better to be honest like matt is. usually when I think someone's taste is shit I just kinda nod and get out of the thread or something. not always though.

 

the funniest thing is that matt himself has a tendency towards indie rock, which I actually tend to think of as nowadays cliché and boring, and well I'm gonna say it, shit. what I've heard anyways and I haven't exactly heard everything.

 

I have nothing personal against anyone here in this aspect, except when the fight gets childish or silly like it sometimes does. and I loath that. but you know, I don't exactly have clean hands myself.

 

 

anyway I've said way too much and someone's probably pissed off already from reading this so I'll stop

[DarknessLover]

Stenners was banned because he flamed me, on numerous threads. There is even some left over in my Lyrics thread if you want to see. Basically, he thought I went at him for his taste, which, I admit I did, but he took it to the next level made it act like I was attacking him,his music, his life style etc. Or that's what I think anyway. So he insulted me, repeatedly, and that's why he was booted

[Stenners]

the funniest thing is that matt himself has a tendency towards indie rock, which I actually tend to think of as nowadays cliché and boring, and well I'm gonna say it, shit. what I've heard anyways and I haven't exactly heard everything.

 

I dont like that sort of Indie rock at all, I listen to Independant bands but not neccisarily ones that make 'Indie' rock... if u know what i mean?

[DarknessLover]

Welcome Back.

[Friðbjörn]

I dont like that sort of Indie rock at all, I listen to Independant bands but not neccisarily ones that make 'Indie' rock... if u know what i mean?

alright, I'm probably misunderstanding something...like I said, I haven't exactly dug deep into indie rock yet

[Stenners]

Disregard past posts

 

It will be returing with ->

 

BRAND FUCKIN NEW!:

 

Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer

(for those users familiar with sunset rubdown you should keep tabs on this one)

 

Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip - Angels

Extremely intelligant hip hop? Or pretentious & self rightious

 

Islands - Arm Way

Created one of the best lo-fi albums of the 00's but is the music as poor as the artwork?

 

Throwback reviews:

 

Method Man - Tical

Blood Brothers - Young Machetes

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dreams

 

All done by Sunday! cheers chicks

[Friðbjörn]

bringing it back?

[Stenners]

Yessssss :0

[Friðbjörn]

sweet

 

mind if I butt in, every now and then?

[Stenners]

Go for it

[Stenners]

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Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip

Angles

Hip Hop/Alternative/Rap

 

The British hip hop scene though fairly vibrant has been a bit stagment as of late of any

truely original releases & this whole Grimey scene has started to feel a bit stale & irrelevant

& this is made perfectly clear on this album where 'Dan Le Sac' literally rips into it.... &

various other topics. The approach on this album is one of fun and light heartedness with

Dan Le Sacs strongly accented vocals riding some of the most funkily off the wall beats

you will hear this year.... you know weirdly off the wall in that they aren't trying to be cool

but they just are because they don't try. The is no OTT string orchestras, vocal sampleing

& over keep piano twinkerling here... NO SIR most of this album rides off of the beat and

bassline with other instruments taking what is thought traditonal in hip hop... taking the back

seat to let the beat, bass and emcee do the talking... o sure the instrumental melodies

are still noticable but at NO stage do they take the foreground other than on 'Fixed' which

is a spoof of British hip hop act trying to come up with a sound and ultimatley sounding like

Dizzie Rascal.

 

http://www.analoguemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/danlesacvsscroob.jpg

 

Some people might find some Dan Le Sacs lyrics a little hard to swallow and sometimes

he does seem a bit self rightious but to be honest with you if your gonna take the infinate

satire present on 'Thou Shalt Always Kill' which is just a list of things people shoudn't do in

modern pop culture then you need both your humour and sarcasam detector fixed mate.

Whilst Dan Le Sac provides an unothodox subject matter Scroobius Pip lays down some

of the most effortlessley brilliant beats your likely to hear this year, as I said before letting

for the most part leaving samples and melodies to the background and letting the beat

and chopping do all the impact. It has to be said hip hop has been really growing within

it's self recently and going on to takin many forms and is becomming just as diverse as

rock with many artists going out looking to breach out of the typical synth orchestra

shit your likely to hear on the radio... with acts such as Why? sounding like an indie pop

act but yet effectivley being hip hop, Subtle sounding like an alien experimental group,

eDIT splicing it with toones of glitched electronic effects... this album is more traditonally

hip hop but at the same time the freshest of a bunch of Hip Hop acts trying to sound

different, its quirky... fun and light hearted without playing it safe and it does it too such

a devestating effect.

:D :D

 

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

 

Thou Shalt Always Kill

 

 

 

BTW = Half

 

[Friðbjörn]

haha, great rating system

[Stenners]

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Islands

Arms Way

Alt. Pop/Indie

 

Islands.... Return To The Sea pretty much sum'd up why lo-fi pop is so great... it's

joyus, hooky and the most important trait of any lo-fi recording, it's HONEST. Islands

the definative lo-fi pop band of the 00's... maybe? Well they were looked at with very

keen observation with many people comparing them to Lo Fi pop GODS 'The Unicorns'

and things looked good for them, I sure as hell know I was excited about this album,

hell I would say this album was one I have been looking forward to since it was first

announced late last year! I have literally been salivating at the idea of this being my

album of the summer! And as terrible the lesbian pedofila love love cover or whatever

the hell is going on cover looked I was still damed excited! YEA! I shat my pants at

the prospect of this album.

 

http://www.primary.uk.com/primary/bandpix/islands_space.jpg

 

What the hell happend? I mean sure okay the hooks are here but 60's laced epic album

wasnt what I was looking for! It's polished it doesnt sound honest... and there you go..

the band has lost almost all it's appeal in one vital move and you know what I havent

felt so utterly utterly dissapointed over an album in a long time! It's catchy enough

sure but this album has left me so indifferent to the band that I just cant look at any

of it's redeeming features which is a shame, the album plays off like a 60s laced Muse

with a fiddle... think of that what you will but for me it's not Islands, Creeper is a fantastic

song though.

 

Rating: :D

 

The Arm Preview

 

Creeper (Gutiar Hero Mod)

[Stenners]

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Wolf Parade

At Mount Zoomer

Indie/Alternative/Indie Pop

 

Spencer Krug last year gained a couple of fans rather suprisingly with last years

'Random Spirit Lover' under his other band 'Sunset Rubdown' now I finaly get a chance

to bum his other band right in front of you under matured eyes! So kids if your under

18 or dont promise not to sue... go away right now. Wolf Parades 2005 releases

'Apologise To Queen Mary' is one of the best debuts I have ever heard, it was cleaver

, experimental and well just litterd full of great songs. Fast forward 3 years and the

shynth laced jarred indie pop returns with I dunno Spencer appearing to do some sort

of compromise.. like its a cross between Rubdown and Parade.... and you know what

it works treats.

 

http://www.drownedinsound.com/images/9576.jpg

 

This is no suprise though really, a heavy hitting super band of sorts with members

from Sunset Rubdown, Hot Hot Heat (ex anyways before they went shit when

he left) amongst others they could hardly faulter. This album is by far more synthy

and the general feeling of the songs do have that thudding feel you got from Sunset

Rubdown when the songs really kicked in, yet not as dark it's still very much a pop

album. Where as songs such as 'Language City' sounds very much like old school

Wolf Parade (with the synth a bit more up front) songs such as 'Bang Your Drum'

sounds like Sunset Rubdown caught on a somewhat sunny day. It's joyus music

'California Dreamer' is one of the best songs of the year it's full of charecter and

moments whilst teasing you with brief intermissions of build up climaxing... and

starting all over with a sudden large climax with the sudden dispursement to the

slow nature... it's this sort of structure that when executed poorly can destroy a

perfectly good song... especially when... ya know its meant to be POP but ya know

here it just works, whilst not as good as the debut (well not to me yet) this album

is still one which shows a band without a duff song and of a band that is obviously

far from loosing its creative flow just yet.

 

Rating: :D :D

 

Modern World (from the last album)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1nMHGyR_i8g&feature=related

 

Shine A Light (2005 from the last album)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OpYtlEvBX6s&feature=related

[Friðbjörn]

okay I'm starting out with a few recommendations

 

http://www.eve-online.com/download/music/

 

dunno if anyone's heard of this game, I haven't played it myself, but the music is pretty good, lot of ambient and electronica

 

 

 

 

http://rokk.is/mp3/s/stafraenn_hakon_sitronudurgurinn_(live_birmingham_2004).mp3

stafrænn hákon makes post-rock/ambient/electronic/something

has a tendency to use the same guitar effect in many songs, but this one's quite good

 

 

 

and the last one is a song by the album leaf, called over the pond

http://www.mediafire.com/?2ytdtnxyddz

 

simple enough, actually features the singer from sigur rós, and this whiny effect sigur rós uses sometimes, nontheless pretty good

 

 

 

then I'll probably post my This will destroy you review if I can be arsed

[Stenners]

Looking Back:

 

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Method Man

Tical

Hip Hop/Rap/East Coast

Released 1994

 

Tical is the debut from Wu-Tangs Method Man around the time where hip hop was

really starting to take off with albums not only being for the most part very good

but also being very succesful, Wu Tang embodied this a lot around the time of the

release & it came to no suprise that members where releasing albums left right &

center and it most deffinatly came to no suprise that Method Man would be amongst

the first to do so. The album is a very dark brooding thing relying on very bass heavy

drum & dusty beats with very very and I do mean VERY sparse use of anything else,

the additonal samples used are very sparse leaving the tracks very bare and it gives

off a great paranoia feeling. The album does it's darndest to sound as dirty and unpolished

as possible and it does this very well, the vocal samples arent pitch vocal perfect sped

up loops or soul singers (excusing the excelent 'Release You Self', the real pop moment of the album)

but instead uses really understated vocal efforts which are far more interesting and effective

at setting the mood.

 

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The album must of had some superb quality control, you get the idea that Method

Man knew exactly what he wanted with this album and by keeping it at a trim 40

odd minutes the album pretty much follows a direction extremely well. None of the

tracks fill like filler and none of them startle the flow, the opening track 'Tical' lays

down the rest of the album perfectly but not all the songs are slow and durgey

'Bring The Pain' is far more up tempo but stays absolutley true to the formula and

the same is true for 'Release You Self' despite being far greater produced then the rest of

the album. This is a pinacle moment in hip hop during the 90s, it's the darkest rap

album any of the Wu had put out, lyrically its pretty much flawless and the flow

threw out even with the guest apperances (including additional wu members) is

great.

 

:D :D

 

Bring The Pain

 

Release Yo' Self

[Friðbjörn]

seems like a flawless album yea

[Stenners]

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Smashing Pumpkins

Siamease Dream

Rock/Alt/Grunge/Dream Pop

Released: 1993

 

The early 90s was ripe full of alternative rock bands breaking the scene following

the success of Nirvanas 1991 smash 'Nevermind' people in the mainstream were

beggining to seek out other bands dwidderling around in a previously very much

underground genre... amongst these were 'Pearl Jam', 'Soundgarden', 'Pixies' &

finally perhaps the most succesful at the time out of them all 'Smashing Pumpkins'

this is the albums breakthrew of such with hits such as 'Today', 'Disarm' & 'Cherub

Rock' leading the helm. The first thing you may notice about these singles is that

they all sound like they could have bee pulled out by 3 different bands.... the only

things really interlinking them are Billy Corgans distinctive vocals and the muddy

production. This is the main pull of Smashing Pumpkins and also perhaps why they

also have lasted song long (well as a brand anyways, the band isn't actually the

same band anymore).

 

http://www.freewebs.com/zzmaster/Smashing%20Pumpkins%202.jpg

 

People who check this album out for the first time will be greeted with familiar territory

if they play Guitar Hero with 'Cherub Rock' openening the album with the leading interplay

between drums and guitar and is followed by the much heavier 'Quiet'. What is considerd

to be the bands masterpiece & the only reason this album exists (as billy would tell it)

'Today' follows which is just a beautifuly inspirational song and it was so good it stopped

Billy from disbanding the band all together. Already within the first 5 tracks you have heard

a lot of variety but it all seems so right together and this pretty much continues the trend

of the album 'Disarm' is the most heavily produced album a once accoustic song now has

orchestral backing with massive drums and cinematic deployment of alternative instrumentasion

and 'Geek USA' has one fantastic guitar solo & was voted number 54 in the top 100 guitar

solos of all time. On top of these credentials you have 'Mayonaise' which is one of the best

love songs of all time 'Spaceboy' is a fine dream pop song & the ending track 'Silverfuck'

is pretty much a flawless 8minute epic. The is so much to this album that I cannot begin

to describe it an give it justice, the endless turns in direction around which should strictly

speaking should be a linear musical structure, the is a lot of depth yet accasibility to it...

sure Billy Corgans voice may be a bit marmite for some but on this album its at possibly

it's most tolerable.... this is an album with faroscious riffs, solos, touching lyrics and great

pop songs... what more could you want?

 

:D :D

 

Today

 

Disarm

 

Cherub Rock

http://youtube.com/watch?v=t1N_qX_r4Iw

[Stenners]

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Feral Children

SXSW EP

Alternative/Indie

 

Opening with a simple bit of percussion melody and melodic harmonies you may be

mistaking this band for another harmonised Indie pop band with clear Shins and

Animal Collective influences, opening track 'Spy/Glass House' soon dismisses this by

displaying a vast range of dynamics to their sound ala 'Pixies' the sudden out burst

to a brash noise yelping chorus after melodic break down reminds me of some of

my faviroute artists such as the aformentioned 'Pixies' and another clear influence

of theirs 'Modest Mouse'.

 

http://depts.washington.edu/kexp/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/feralchildren_live.jpg

 

Having been on the verge of recording a full length for the past 2 years I

am admittidly a little frustrated that this release is one of an EP with no

official word of an album comming any time soon. However it's a further

indicator on their diverse sound going from a very worldly 'Animal Collective'

to a very brash 'Pixies'esc band is a very interesting move and all 4 tracks

here are really good especially the opener and the closer 'Zyghost' which

give off good promise from this band, lets hope when the album finally arrives

it's as strong.

 

:D :D