Ha! Turns out this was an April Fool's joke by Said the Gramophone: http://saidthegramophone.com/april2008.php Turns out that online April Fool's jokes don't work so well when you come across them on June 25...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
White Winter Hymnal by Fleet Foxes
Wow, interesting! Said the Gramophone ad on the front of this mp3 with sponsors (including SubPop, Fleet Foxes, and some bagel place). Kinda long and wandering, but also kinda nice to personalize it by hearing the guy's voice. Especially since he's Canadian...
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Water Curses by Animal Collective
It's amazing that Animal Collective continue to be so prolific. They keep finding new areas to explore within the specific sonic territory they've had staked out for awhile. Who would have guessed it was so spacious? It's also quite striking how vocal-centric they've become. It's a long distance from the ambient noise space they started in to tracks like this that have the verbal density of rap.
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Smart Girls by Brian Wilson
Holy crap! Un-released Brian Wilson rap song. The track is made largely of chopped up pieces of Beach Boys songs. It's like watching a car accident: gross, but hard to pull your attention away. WFMU's got the rest of the info: http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/11/brian-wilsons-l.html Apparently the rest of the album has guest appearances by Bob Dylan and Weird Al...
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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Old, New Bicycle by Helvetia
Gotta dig the raw warm old-school soul sound and the laid back vocals. Plus, I really love the way the lead fuzzy guitar cuts way above the rest of the mix and is way nuttier; almost like it's visiting from a whole other style. This is a great demo of how low-fi can sound fresh and original rather than retro.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Crooked Legs by The Acorn
I'm always surprised that I'm not bored by The Acorn. At first listen, their songs seem so simple and 'traditional'. I don't know what it is exactly that differentiates them from so many other bands that kind of sound like this, but there's just something spellbinding about their songs to me. Kinda like #Fleet-Foxes -- I'm not necessarily into this genre, but these songs just feel really good.
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Crooked Legs by The Acorn
I'm always surprised that I'm not bored by The Acorn. At first listen, their songs seem so simple and 'traditional'. I don't know what it is exactly that differentiates them from so many other bands that kind of sound like this, but there's just something spellbinding about their songs to me. Kinda like #Fleet-Foxes -- I'm not necessarily into this genre, but these songs just feel really good.
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