Post by badworker on Sept 24, 2005 6:58:27 GMT -5
from Amazon
Marah's List of Music You Should Hear
'Let's Cut the Crap & Hook up Later on Tonight', Marah
We made this in a garage in South Philly. We were broke, drunk, and fearless. It's odd to feel proud about anything sometimes, but this record to me represents the power of heart and spirit and the moist poignant, beautiful lack of technique or concern for all the things that destroy rock & roll music (i.e., tuning).
'The Hour of Bewilderbeast', Badly Drawn Boy
This is the best bunch of songs we'd heard on one album in a long time. It feels like a lifetime went into it, and that is a rare and powerful feeling these days. This record jumps from folk to disco gracefully and soulfully. It's gorgeously produced and sounds haunting, mysterious and cool as f***! Great live too!
'Dog Days', Blue Mountain
If you've ever been to Mississippi, this album (w/the exception of any Fat Possum record) is how it feels. Dark and sweeping, cinematic and real. 'Dog Days' was a record from a classic American underground band that simply owned the moment in time. Sense of place is always important to great music and this one had it.
'(What's The Story) Morning Glory?', Oasis
Although the band (Oasis) would most likely argue for 'Definitely Maybe', 'Morning Glory' to me is one of the greatest follow-up albums ever made. Great songs, unified vision, gang mentality, flawless delivery, blah, blah, blah. Shame it didn't sell though.
'Tim', the Replacements
Fans love 'Let It Be' and so do I, however this one feels like the one. Released the following year, 'Tim' showed the rage and the sadness of a band who had a talent that they both feared and occasionally embraced. The Replacements at this moment were simultaneously destined for greatness and obscurity...they knew it and you can still hear it.
'In the Wee Small Hours', Frank Sinatra
Vintage Frank. With a crushed heart in hand and his voice arguably as good as it ever was, this "conceptual" record of broken love and all of its repercussions flows gorgeously from one song to the next. Frank knew great songs when he heard them and this is proof.
'Phases and Stages', Willie Nelson
A simple, elegant Texas-styled look at a breakup. One side is from the man's perspective, the other is from the woman's. Willie sings both parts with soulful grit and his band, one of the best ever assembled in country music, carries out the pageant with honky tonk magic. If you have ever been heartsick....buy this one now!
'Trace', Son Volt
Uncle Tupelo's Jay Farrar dove straight out of the breakup of his band into this new thing called Son Volt. And their first record is simply unstoppable. Cryptic stream-of-consciousness lyrics that somehow thread together a story of the open road...all to the guitar riffs and banjos of a rock & roll band with the weary excited sound of dawn breaking over an all-night drive. A classic someday, mark my words.
'Halfway to Sanity', Ramones
This was our first time buying a Ramones album the day it came out. A few nights later we saw them play live in a tiny punk club in Trenton, NJ. They were life-changing. Greatest American band of all time. Will always treasure this album and gig. Girls - Cars - Sun - Fun!
'My Buzz Comes Back', Slo-Mo
Our sometimes band member and always friend, Slo-Mo, has created a modern Philly classic that meshes lap steel guitars, dance-able beats, and new-school hip-hop vocals that simply bumps y'all. Tales of weed and filthy streets are made transcendent by the absolutely killer rhymes of Mic Wrecka and the sweetheart tags sung by Nancy Falkow. Maybe the best record released by an unheard of-band this year.... 'My Buzz Comes Back' is an optimistic, joyous, twisted, and funky cocktail of new-urban-soulless!
Marah's List of Music You Should Hear
'Let's Cut the Crap & Hook up Later on Tonight', Marah
We made this in a garage in South Philly. We were broke, drunk, and fearless. It's odd to feel proud about anything sometimes, but this record to me represents the power of heart and spirit and the moist poignant, beautiful lack of technique or concern for all the things that destroy rock & roll music (i.e., tuning).
'The Hour of Bewilderbeast', Badly Drawn Boy
This is the best bunch of songs we'd heard on one album in a long time. It feels like a lifetime went into it, and that is a rare and powerful feeling these days. This record jumps from folk to disco gracefully and soulfully. It's gorgeously produced and sounds haunting, mysterious and cool as f***! Great live too!
'Dog Days', Blue Mountain
If you've ever been to Mississippi, this album (w/the exception of any Fat Possum record) is how it feels. Dark and sweeping, cinematic and real. 'Dog Days' was a record from a classic American underground band that simply owned the moment in time. Sense of place is always important to great music and this one had it.
'(What's The Story) Morning Glory?', Oasis
Although the band (Oasis) would most likely argue for 'Definitely Maybe', 'Morning Glory' to me is one of the greatest follow-up albums ever made. Great songs, unified vision, gang mentality, flawless delivery, blah, blah, blah. Shame it didn't sell though.
'Tim', the Replacements
Fans love 'Let It Be' and so do I, however this one feels like the one. Released the following year, 'Tim' showed the rage and the sadness of a band who had a talent that they both feared and occasionally embraced. The Replacements at this moment were simultaneously destined for greatness and obscurity...they knew it and you can still hear it.
'In the Wee Small Hours', Frank Sinatra
Vintage Frank. With a crushed heart in hand and his voice arguably as good as it ever was, this "conceptual" record of broken love and all of its repercussions flows gorgeously from one song to the next. Frank knew great songs when he heard them and this is proof.
'Phases and Stages', Willie Nelson
A simple, elegant Texas-styled look at a breakup. One side is from the man's perspective, the other is from the woman's. Willie sings both parts with soulful grit and his band, one of the best ever assembled in country music, carries out the pageant with honky tonk magic. If you have ever been heartsick....buy this one now!
'Trace', Son Volt
Uncle Tupelo's Jay Farrar dove straight out of the breakup of his band into this new thing called Son Volt. And their first record is simply unstoppable. Cryptic stream-of-consciousness lyrics that somehow thread together a story of the open road...all to the guitar riffs and banjos of a rock & roll band with the weary excited sound of dawn breaking over an all-night drive. A classic someday, mark my words.
'Halfway to Sanity', Ramones
This was our first time buying a Ramones album the day it came out. A few nights later we saw them play live in a tiny punk club in Trenton, NJ. They were life-changing. Greatest American band of all time. Will always treasure this album and gig. Girls - Cars - Sun - Fun!
'My Buzz Comes Back', Slo-Mo
Our sometimes band member and always friend, Slo-Mo, has created a modern Philly classic that meshes lap steel guitars, dance-able beats, and new-school hip-hop vocals that simply bumps y'all. Tales of weed and filthy streets are made transcendent by the absolutely killer rhymes of Mic Wrecka and the sweetheart tags sung by Nancy Falkow. Maybe the best record released by an unheard of-band this year.... 'My Buzz Comes Back' is an optimistic, joyous, twisted, and funky cocktail of new-urban-soulless!
