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Sunday, December 27, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
BIBJ Playlist of the 2000s: The Recap and #1 Entry
THE LIST THUS FAR:
Take your best guess as to the identity of entry #1, then click below to revel in your own indifference!
Sunday, December 20, 2009
BIBJ Playlist of the 2000s entry #28: You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb by Spoon
Can you go wrong with any song from Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga? The answer is no. Unless you go with "Eddie's Ragga." In that particular case, you indeed can go wrong. More like Eddie's borophyll. Am I right everyone?
Regardless, if Phil Spector was still spending his time focusing on innovative production techniques, rather than shooting b-movie actresses, this might be the result. It's a fact: Chimes have never detracted from a song's quality.
Regardless, if Phil Spector was still spending his time focusing on innovative production techniques, rather than shooting b-movie actresses, this might be the result. It's a fact: Chimes have never detracted from a song's quality.
Earlier this week, Metacritic declared Spoon to be the artist of the decade, based on the average review scores from the four albums they released in the 2000s. I can't argue too much with that pick, but the logarithm that they developed to reach the conclusion seemed too nerdy for me to even bother deciphering.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
BIBJ Playlist of the 2000s entry #4: Rebellion (Lies) by Arcade Fire
Attention Arcade Fire:
Every time I see footage of the music festivals at Reading or Glastonbury, I always think the same thing: what is with the massively huge flags? I like to picture the flag wavers actually trying to get through the front gate at the start of the festival hauling such a comically large banner. Do they plant them in the ground or actually hold on to them the entire time? It really just seems like a big hassle, but I say that as someone who hates bringing anything I don't need to outdoor fests. Every year I have an inner debate on whether to even bring sunscreen, weighing back and forth the slight inconvenience of a bulge in cargo shorts vs. a sure-fire blistering sunburn to my pale Irish face. It's usually a 50-50 proposition on whether I bring the sunscreen or not.
Friday, December 18, 2009
BIBJ Playlist of the 2000s entry #50: The Island by The Decemberists
I often wonder if there's any record of the first band to achieve critical acclaim on an independent label, then later sign with a major label. I would guess that due to past technological and financial overhead, this mythical band would have to be relatively recent, say in the last 30 years or so. And I'm guessing as the first wave of the occasion took place, people likely thought that a band getting more money to record in a better studio with a better producer and wider distribution channels was a pretty positive thing.But the tale has become one of wariness. You get the feeling now that if a successful band announced their leaping from an indie to major label, they'll hear as many people saying "Watch Out!" as those that give congratulations. This notion would be one of pop music's great myths, except that all too often the bands themselves turn the folklore into reality. They end up writing radio-friendly, emotionally vacant singles that they never thought of doing before, or they waste their advance checks, or they over-experiment with all the new toys at their disposal and end up pulling a 180-degree turn from the songwriting that got them the deal in the first place.
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