2005 Music RecapI haven't written too much 'round these parts, but after looking over the music I've acquired in 2005, I decided it was time to bite Min Xiu's one-word review styleee and give a little primer of stuff that might make
you happy and what might not. Hopefully, with about 130 albums, this doesn't come off as brag-spirited, but instead a way to get me to start writing again about things I love.
DFA 1979 You're a Woman, I'm a Machine (A, loud melodic guitars, mebbe why I decided to dust off my At The Drive In CD recently...this is a good thing)
Justus Kohncke Doppelleben (B, good, but stick to his earlier Timecode for bliss)
Richard X - Back to Mine (B, with John Carpenter and the works...it's what you'd expect from Mr. X, and that, is a good thing)
Husker Du - New Day Rising (A, Touching back on that old rock canon and happier for it - time to move onto Zen Arcade)
MIA - Arular (A, enuff has been said about this and enough people have gushed/hated)
Mum - Summer Make Good (D, fuck this -tronica shite)
Arcade Fire - Funeral (A-, surprisingly good, and Will Butler is a fine gent, despite what he sounds like in the
Reader)
V/A - Run the Road (A, grime gets HUGE)
Caribou - Milk of Human Kindness (B+, Still haven't warmed up to this, but still sounds like it could be a grower)
Mu - Out of Breach (B, eh...alright...
PARIS HILTON!)
V/A - Digital Disco (C, I have all this already...meh)
Apparat - Silizium EP (B, Granular sounds like this, tiny bits of stuff fuzzing into the distance and into you)
Bloc Party - EP/Silent Alarm (A, These boys are taking over america as much as any british band has, on MTV constant rotation, if only as music for the station's adverts)
Japan - Adolescent Sex (B, I can't stand David Sylvian's voice from these times...his newer stuff is more forgiveable...too smug?!?)
Metabolist - Hansten Klork (n/a, i got this from
mr. leone and have yet to really digest...seems like a simmer might be necessary)
Daft Punk - Human After All (C, I
wrote this tongue in cheek stypod entry and all I got for it was this)
V/A - Kompakt Total 4 (A-, ...iz good but will never take my heart away from Total 3)
Saint Etienne - Travel Edition (A, Great primer for people that have gotten into the music game too late to know all the 90's brit-pop bands)
J.Rocc & Steinski - Aint No Thing & Say Ho EP (B, Steinski still cuts up with a sharp knife - a knife that I'm trying to learn everyday...
respect is due)
DJ Koze - Late Check Out (D, A hip-hop producer gone Kompakt? Even with his "
Brutalga Square," as well as
a sexy/dirrrty cover, I'm still not buying it)
Schaeben & Voss - So Siehst Du Aus EP (B+, some slick, sophisti-house, but "dunnyukno the WORLD IS CRAZY?")
Tom Ze - Grande Liquidacao (B, Do you ever feel removed from a song/album and wish you could get closer? me too...
this is a great article about Ze)
Diplo - Florida (C, Will instrumental just die and get it over with?)
Get Physical 2nd Anniversary Label Compilation - (A, nouveau disco label that wants to make sure you get in shape! RECOMMENDED!)
Jersey Devil Social Club - Magnifique EP (A, Horror-Disco...as incredible as it sounds)
Deepchord - 10 - 13 - 12"s (C, minimal dub-techno - YAWN!)
V/A - Block Party Breaks - Classic Original Breaks and Rare Funk 45s (B+, great but a little bland...it's amazing how all these comps are rare funk but can sound so unrare)
V/A - Tracks that Build the House (A, Classic House - if you have any interest, please FIND THIS)
Break 3000 - Flash (MBF 12004) - (B+, rollicking and minimal as any 12" i've heard this year...good, but also too much, as in, if you don't already know this, you probably won't like it)
Prefuse 73 - Surrounded by Silence (C, Quality control!!! When guest spots fill up into the double digits, remember something MIGHT not be workin')
Books - Lost and Safe (B+, This is just kinda underwhelming, if any problem - it's sad that the collabo w/ Prefuse 73 could be my favorite track they've done this year)
KMD - Mr. Hood (A, ROCK! I need to listen to this everyday. You do too)
Metope - Libertango (A, If techno is not a scary word, then I would suggest checking this out along with the rest of the Areal label - juicy slabs of what could essentially be called cock-glitch...chunky, huge synths...made to be loud)
Matthew Jonson - Followed By Angels (A, I always think Matthew Jonson sounds like what Aphex would be doing nowadays if he TRULY SOLD OUT, and that would be something good)
alright. that installment was helpful for me... but i've only made it to the beginning of February...eek. Please leave comments whether I should keep moving on, or just write about albums that I really love, cause this all-encompassing thing seems like it might be WAY too much to digest. i don't think i have, at very least.
