Wasn't my first choice, but some of the others wouldn't work for me so;
[b]The Radio Dept. - 1995[/b] - 3:12

Starts off with what sounds to me to be a very distorted drum beat. It's slightly annoying, but not enough to put me off the song by a long way. Very quickly though (like, a second in), a much nicer simple guitar/bass pattern starts playing. 20 seconds or so in, and the vocals start; very clear voice, sounds British, kind of talk-speaking, with a slight distortion on his voice when he raises the volume sufficiently (or just in the chorus parts, where some distortion seems to be placed on his voice anyway).

1:35 or so, another verse starts, in much the same vein as the last one. There are some slightly unidentifiable sounds, maybe synths, in the background this time, which I like. The chorus is accompanied by a more obviously lead guitar part in the background. I suppose it might have been there in the first one, but I didn't notice it if it was.

The vocalist stops about half a minute from the end, and the same melody that carried throughout the song repeats itself through to the end, with slight variations from the lead, I think. The song fades out on some 'watery' electronic noises, I think.

6/10, I think. It was perfectly enjoyable, but short, and I can't imagine it being very memorable :-/

[url=http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2P7TJ8WLO5DLJ1UPNI6JY5FBIL]earthtone 9 - binary101 (live)[/url] (more R&M material, but no harsh vocals or extreme heaviness)*
[url=http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=168SCPRAH3RRH2KOZ2K7BMPVGD]Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Madeleine-Mary[/url] (alt. folk)
[url=http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2AR8ICZ3OEATP2KDILE29X0HCZ]Aeon Spoke - Silence[/url] (mellow rock from former Cynic members)
[url=http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3KSSOM9BE4WFC2G0CBOH8MNVIZ]Clam Abuse - Message to Geri[/url] (weird rock-techno-country stuff from a one-off Ginger sideproject)

*longer than 6 minutes

Bumped before I go to bed.

Dibz.

I was already a big Bonnie "Prince" Billy fan, so I reviewed "Madeileine-Mary".

It opens with a repeated, hypnotic guitar riff and drum beat, accompanied by excellent dual-vocal harmonies. In the background, a swirling guitar becomes more apparent until about 30 or 40 seconds in when it becomes another major voice, sometimes appearing distorted and crunching. The song fades out rather quickly, at about 2 and a half minutes, but while it lasted it was a great, mesmerizing swirl of alt. folk. 7/10

[b]Now Then...[/b]
[URL=http://s46.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3DD1G4H8LAZTO1INWYMR4HG5EJ]the Decemberists - "A Cautionary Tale"[/URL] (accordian-driven song about murder or something)

[URL=http://s46.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2SAE92XG65EPM0W0BUYL9GWOVL]the Drive-By Truckers - "Tornadoes"[/URL] (noisy alt. country/country rock)

[URL=http://s46.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2XECZ4TO1RG201OXLBDBG1EGYG]the Kaiser Chiefs - "I Predict a Riot"[/URL] (NME darlings make Clash-spirited mod rock)

[URL=http://s46.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3071RMGMJVGLT3E7KDWCY46SOJ]Tom Waits - "Jesus Gonna Be Here"[/URL] (primitive blues genius goes gospel...in his own way)

[URL=http://s46.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0SBVHOQFDLQ1V1QQ6KYSAH8IM5]Uncle Tupelo - "I Wanna Be Your Dog"[/URL] (Jeff Tweedy's pre-Wilco alt. folk band outdo the original)

I'll do that one, in the hope it's something like that other one

[b]Drive-By Truckers - Tornadoes[/b]

Drums, of a raw variety, keep a slow steady beat. Soon joined by acoustic guitar playing a simple chord progression. Theres a piano in the background playing some notes, not too often, but in the foreground, there is a human male vocalisation, a.k.a. a guy singing. His voice is gruff, yet melodic and quite easy to understand, he has a strong country twang too. He sings about a big storm brewing, a tornado, and the what he is feeling and hearing, "it sounded like a train".

Well, I guess it's not going to be anything like the song I thought it might.. that being 20 Minute Loop - Jubilation, but this is rather good too.

Theres 2 Verses of pretty much no variation bar the vocals, however not boring at all, it sounds so good. At 1:40 it changes a bit, there's no singing, piano and fingerpicking get more noticeable. Just a few bars of this. There is a nice big ambience about this song, that's a plus for me.

There's another verse it seems, but not like the first 2. 2:25 brings another change, back to the original guitar chords, with a bit of a slow solo. It goes on with one guitar doing more ambient lead stuff, but not overpowering the singer. Some nice vocal harmonies too.

The way they do this is pretty good, and as slow as it is, it still seems so right. It gives me imagery of big clouds, rain, wind. We don't get tornadoes here, so I can't comment on that, but towards the end I can see the clouds moving on and the sun coming out. Some U2 type trick I think.

Wow, that was definitely rather country, and I definitely really liked it. Very nice music, and it was much more than just a song. I think it gets a wow reaction from me.
So I will give this a 10/10, it's really good.


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I have to recommend something really impressive in return...

[b]Anathema - Temporary Peace[/b] - ambient, soft rock, only up to about 5:50 is needed, but go up to 7:52 if you want some more waves

[b]Delays - Wanderlust[/b] - feel-good britpop

[b]Gordian Knot - Sing Deep Mountain[/b] - instrumental melodic technical metal

[b]George - Breathe In Now[/b] - really nice soft rock with a female singer

[b]Weddings Parties Anything - A Tale They Won't Believe[/b] - punkish sea-shanty about cannibalism. 7 mins - http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/ATaleTheyWon'tBelieve.mp3 and lyrics - [url]http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/tale.txt[/url]

I'm not going to dibs, I'm just glad you liked the D-BT.

[QUOTE=AndreTheHyena]I was already a big Bonnie "Prince" Billy fan, so I reviewed "Madeileine-Mary".[/QUOTE]

So..had you heard it before?

Not a dibs, yet.

No, not that particular song.

I can't dib my own reccomendations. Sadly, YSI is out of the question too.

Deebs.

I may have reviewed a Butch Walker song before, but I'm not sure (I suppose if I did, it didn't leave much of an impression). I might just be imagining it because of the numbers of times I've seen you give songs by him.
[b]Butch Walker - Sunny Day Real Estate[/b] - 4:21

Starts off fading in, crackly sound on the recording (as if it were recorded four score and seven years ago) - acoustic guitar playing, and almost-choral ooh-ing from people. There's one lead vocalist chiming out above the rest, but I don't think this is the "real" format for the song. It feels like an intro.

Confirmed, as all goes silent at 0:28 before instruments (most prominently, a drum beat, some deep bass, and a simple, sing-song keyboard melody) come in. Vocals start at 0:40 or so; slight echo on them, otherwise just a regular voice so far.

The guitars mess around a bit, playing little bits (irregular to the rest of the song) in between or at the end of lines. Backing vocals come in quite well just before the chorus. The chorus itself is alright, but nothing special..all the sounds seem to kind of meld together for it, so that nothing stands out, and it falls a bit flat. After the chorus though, we're back to the minimalist feel pre-vocals, with that cool, plodding piano melody I liked.

The vocals soon come back in (after a little guitar flourish). Nice little variation in his voice on "worse" at 2:17. That was cool. Straight after that, more or less, there's another chorus which seems to fall somewhat flat, as before. Pretty nice solo after it though, which goes on for quite a while, before returning to the chorus. The song fades out on his singing "How long til I'm dry again", but it's not like a normal chorus-line fade-out that many radio hits seems to cop out with. There's a good amount of variation, in the instruments and the vocals, so it's good.

7.5/10, good song. I wasn't too keen on the chorus though, and the end was my favourite bit.

Conflict - pretty much any song from [i]The Ungovernable Force[/i]. Most of them are pretty short, so actually more than one would be nice. [url=http://www.plyrics.com/c/conflict.html]Lyrics[/url], which I think help enjoyment of them. Helps mine, anyway.

Conflict - [i]The Serenade is Dead[/i] (punk, and again, check the lyrics)
Talking Heads - Mind
David Byrne - Like Humans Do
earthtone 9 - [i]binary101[/i] or [i]walking day[/i] (rock/metal)
Hundred Reasons - [i]Clear[/i] (not sure)
Jackyl - [i]An Open Invitation[/i] (hard rock)
Jesus Lizard - [i]Wheelchair Epidemic[/i] (hard rock?)
Loudermilk - [i]97 Ways to Kill a Superhero[/i] (piano driven alt/indie fare)

yousendits up tomorrow, if I can find time :(

Dibs.

Bump before I go to bed. I think he's revoked/forgotten.

I'll do the Loudermilk song if you can YSI it.

Well I can, but not right now, because I'm off to bed. Sorry. If I get time to yousendit things tomorrow, I'll do that one first.

No rush, whenever you get a chance tomorrow. :)

Yeah, mine too. It's the only song I know of his solo work :(

I've tried yousendit-ing things now, but it seems anything bigger than about 1.2MB just times out. Sorry.

Dibs

Loudermilk - '97 Ways to Kill a Superhero

Never heard of this band, so I have no idea what to expect.

It starts off with a singer with a nice voice, and a piano. There is also an acoustic guitar playing softly in the background. I like it so far.

The singer has a good range, and is able to sing some high notes that add to the song.

Some drums are added to the mix, as well as some strings. This is the best part of the song. I was hoping a change would come, and it came just as I started to get a little bored.

A sax solo wraps everything up, nothing flashy, just a small solo.

Overall, I liked it. It was very relaxing, and I would listen to more from this group.

6/10

Air - Run (Mellow/electronic)
Nick Drake - Cello Song (Mellow)
Ozomati - Super Bowl Sundae (Hip Hop)
Frank Zappa - Muffin Man (N/A)

I can ysi any of them, if you can't find them else where.

Dibs

[B]Frank Zappa - Muffin Man[/B] 5:32

Cool, I've just been Getting into Frank Zappa alot latley with his early Mothers stuff and this apparently with Beefhart who I know is one crazy mofo. This should be interesting.

"Muffin Man" Starts on a swinging harpischord and Frank telling a goofy story about a Muffin. "Some people like cupcakes better, I for one don't care much for them." This is a standard silly Zappa song.

At 1:30 in The song starts rocking. I dig the space organ plinking away in the backround. Ha, Zappa is already doing a dirty lead solo. Wow this solo is at least a two minutes long, Bravo! The rythmn part for this solo is especially catchy because you can hum about the mufffin man to it.

4:30 People start cheering? I didn't think this was live. But apparently it is as Frank names off everybody and there instrument and launchs of into another guitar solo. "Muffin Man" Ends on a fade out.

[B]Rating:[/B] 8.7/10 I luved it

[B]My Selections:[/B]
[URL=http://s20.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1H0JEB17YG43V03KUSX2BD6F41 ]The Evens - All These Governers (Ian Mackayes New Indie Duo)[/URL]
[URL=http://s20.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=30ATWXFMTCFBD0Q5VMMMIHBSJ ]Circulatory System - Your Parades (Neo Pysch)[/URL]
XTC - Outside World (Quirky New Wave)
Echo & The Bunnymen - Killing Moon (Neo Pysch)
Modern Lovers - She Cracked (Garage Rock)

I'll have Yousendit's up for the one's I have.

****. revoked. my computer just crashed after uploading 3 songs. I don't have time now to do it again:upset:

Dibs.

[U]Goo Goo Dolls - Bullet Proof[/U]

I've only heard one song by this band, whatever their hit was... and I hate that song. So I'm going into this with very low expectations.

Here we go. Starts off with a guitar riff, and it's not doing much for me. Now singerman has started singing and... it also is not doing much for me. Now the chorus starts, and it's better than the verses, but it ain't great. The hook is really weak, and it's pretty bland. There's a solo, and it's nothing special either.

This whole song stanks of late 90s radio rock. And that ain't a good thing.

Honestly there's not a lot I can say about this, I thought it was boring. Very bland and uninteresting. Sorry.

[B]2/10[/B]


Up next:
American Music Club - Sick of Food: [url]http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1IOUTK3070HVE0BQQFMFL5N6GA[/url]

Regurgitator - Just Another Beautiful Story: [url]http://s24.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1M26GKSLXXL1M0F82Y94DQR0KJ[/url]

They Might Be Giants - She's An Angel (no link for this one, sorry)

Dibz0rz.

And I mean it this time.

Regurgitator - "Just Another Beautiful Story"

With a name like "Regurgitator", I was expecting grind, but instead it's a nice, bouncy song. It begins with some squealing synth noises, then fades into a jovial organ line that brings to mind the Eels, the Unicorns, or "Strawberry Fields Forever".

The vocals are gentle and buoyant for the verse, optimistic. Shortly before the chorus begins, there is a Flaming Lips-esque moment, and then the chorus comes crashing in. The vocals change quite a bit for the chorus, and the music turns syncopated, barely undissonant.

For the bridge, after the second verse, there is a breakdown with horns and strings, which may or may not be synthesized, and once again it strongly reminds one of the Beatles. After the second chorus, the weird opening synth sound returns and fades to silence.

Nice, happy song, though I may have misinterpreted it, as I did not pay particular attention to the lyrics. Very enjoyable. 6/10

[b]Try...[/b]
[URL=http://s46.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3DD1G4H8LAZTO1INWYMR4HG5EJ]the Decemberists - "A Cautionary Tale"[/URL] (accordian-driven song about murder or something)

[URL=http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2IMUWG3APWXGI11MTBR1USWA0D]the Firebird Band - "Wake Up"[/URL] (electronic post-post-hardcore from Braid's Chris Broach)

[URL=http://s46.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2XECZ4TO1RG201OXLBDBG1EGYG]the Kaiser Chiefs - "I Predict a Riot"[/URL] (NME darlings make Clash-spirited mod rock)

[URL=http://s46.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3071RMGMJVGLT3E7KDWCY46SOJ]Tom Waits - "Jesus Gonna Be Here"[/URL] (primitive blues genius goes gospel...in his own way)

[URL=http://s46.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0SBVHOQFDLQ1V1QQ6KYSAH8IM5]Uncle Tupelo - "I Wanna Be Your Dog"[/URL] (Jeff Tweedy's pre-Wilco alt. folk band outdo the original)

Bump. Sorry, but all the links are long dead, and I don't have any other way of getting them at the moment :-/

[b]Motley Crue - Let Us Prey[/b]

I loves me a bit of cheese, and the Crue usually deliver in spades, baby.

Here we go. Crunchy riff starts things off. OK the vocals don't sound fantastic, like not even in that hair metal sort of way. But they're passable. Hey he just said "cancer of the brain". Chorus is a bit disappointing, I was hoping for something a bit catchier.

Still, the thing is, I'm digging this right now. I've got such a soft spot for stuff like this. Although this isn't straight up hair metal, it's definitely trying to be industrial. It's a bit tryhard and quite cheesy, but it's ok I guess.

OK overall... well it's no [i]Kickstart my Heart[/i], but I actually dug it, even though every part of me tells me I shouldn't.

[b]5/10[/b], I guess.

Heres what the next person (in say, another 2 months?) has to listen to:

Mark Lanegan - [i]The River Rise[/i]:
[url]http://s8.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3N64RCSU260UR27SA7PFE7NRFJ[/url]

Afghan Whigs - [i]John the Baptist[/i]:
[url]http://s17.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3IVME45JGSRJ60B34EAKUOGGRF[/url]

American Music Club - [i]Gratitude Walks[/i]:
[url]http://s17.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0BHAKVUPW44700MZP82W8ZE6PP[/url]

Dibs.