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Nick Sounds Off: April 2010
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Friday, April 16, 2010. Los Campesinos's "Romance Is Boring.". There have been lots of. Albums out recently from established acts trying to balance pushing forward with their sound but also retaining the quality of their past releases,. With varying degrees of success. None of them have. This tricky middle ground with more skill than Los Campesinos. 8220;Romance is Boring” is an album of (at least) two sides, and both of them are compelling. See in them a. What remains young about Los Campesinos is their...
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Nick Sounds Off: December 2009
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Saturday, December 12, 2009. Newly Discovered Old Music – The Test Icicles. So I’m not as cool as I like to pretend. Plenty of great music gets past me. I’m left to the slightly embarrassing task of trying to catch up with others who really were there when it happened. This year the biggest missed opportunity which revealed itself was 2005s “For Screening Purposes Only,” by the Test Icicles. Releasing one of RSL’s. Best albums of 2008. So now the hunt is over, what do the Test Icicles sound like? Artwork...
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Nick Sounds Off: January 2010
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010. Choosing an album of the last decade. So this is an absurd exercise, but why? Because it’s too short, of course, but also because we don’t really know what we’re asking. When I canvassed votes for an album of the decade among friends, several (who shall remain nameless) pointed out that Britney Spears could be in the running by some measures…. And now I come to reflect on it, it does seem that there are two aspects of music that I respect, and respond to, more than all others.
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Nick Sounds Off: February 2010
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Saturday, February 20, 2010. Let me dispense with the usual build up and say something about this album that you’ve probably guessed already, given the history of this band: Massive Attack’s Heligoland. Beyond this, there is the pressure that Massive Attack now face from some other bands, who might just steal their thunder. On one side there are their peers (and friends) from the Bristol-based invention of Trip-Hop of the 90s, Portishead. And see if you agree with me). I’d still say go and buy Heli...
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Nick Sounds Off: Lightspeed Champion's "Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You."
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Sunday, April 4, 2010. Lightspeed Champion's "Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You.". The name for Dev Hynes’s current musical persona), produced one of the best albums of 2008. Will he repeat that feat with his second release? It’s really hard to say. Let me back up a little and explain…. What’s most remarkable about this background though, is that the songs that end up on “Life is Sweet! Posted by Nick Parker. This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. April 13, 2010 at 2:42 AM. Artwork and phot...
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Nick Sounds Off: Lou Barlow's "Goodnight Unknown"
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Friday, October 23, 2009. Lou Barlow's "Goodnight Unknown". Has released his new album, “Goodnight Unknown,” only a matter of weeks after “Farm,” Dinosaur Jr’s latest effort, on which he played bass. You have to wonder, given this proximity, how the two projects fit together, and I’m happy to report the answer is ‘not well at all.’ While I have already written about. There is a short film about the making of the album available here. Posted by Nick Parker. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Nick Sounds Off: RIP Dinosaur Jr (Please).
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Sunday, August 23, 2009. RIP Dinosaur Jr (Please). Its guitar tone is certainly loud, but somehow it’s clean and regular in a way the early Jr seemed dead-set against. The solos are casual and tuneless, an exercise in posturing instead of a representation of angst or pain. The lyrics have a ‘by numbers’ feel to them which would make J Mascis of old roll in his metaphorical grave. Where they got everything. Posted by Nick Parker. September 29, 2009 at 7:14 PM. This comment has been removed by the author.
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Nick Sounds Off: Los Campesinos's "Romance Is Boring."
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Friday, April 16, 2010. Los Campesinos's "Romance Is Boring.". There have been lots of. Albums out recently from established acts trying to balance pushing forward with their sound but also retaining the quality of their past releases,. With varying degrees of success. None of them have. This tricky middle ground with more skill than Los Campesinos. 8220;Romance is Boring” is an album of (at least) two sides, and both of them are compelling. See in them a. What remains young about Los Campesinos is their...
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Nick Sounds Off: Massive Attack's Heligoland
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Saturday, February 20, 2010. Let me dispense with the usual build up and say something about this album that you’ve probably guessed already, given the history of this band: Massive Attack’s Heligoland. Beyond this, there is the pressure that Massive Attack now face from some other bands, who might just steal their thunder. On one side there are their peers (and friends) from the Bristol-based invention of Trip-Hop of the 90s, Portishead. And see if you agree with me). I’d still say go and buy Heli...