Clatter

I am almost guaranteed to like any song that makes a good racket; I'm also almost guaranteed to like any song with rolling synths: this track already has a lot going for it. Drumma Boy is a guy I'm going to have to look out for in the future. To put the icing on the cake, Gucci's monotonous drone spreads out comfortably on top of all the bassy and bloopy shit going on underneath...just like the icing on a cake; at least a weird, unpredictable, moving garbage cake. Now I don't know who Rick Ross is outside of this track, but here, his delivery turns the drone up about ten percent, just the right amount. Their last combined verse at 2:19 is one of the best collections of sounds I have heard in a while, gathering momentum as it comes down with each beat until its bouncy rubber band wheeze overflows all over the next. Good work guys.

This video, however, is probably the saddest excuse for a video I have ever seen. Whatever.

Joga

	Bjork - Joga
	Found at skreemr.org

It took me a while to really like Bjork, she really grew on me a song at a time. First was her voice, which is unconventional to say the least. Then my aversion to melodrama made me feel like all her songs were "Can You Feel the Love Tonight." To top it off, I'm always cautious about strings in any music that's not hip-hop (see Trans Siberian Orchestra), and Bjork is covered in strings. All that, however, cannot help me deny that this song is great. Listen to the static fight its way out of that swamp of a beat. Listen to her smile and growl near the end. I'm lovin' it.

Old Favorite

This was one of the first hip-hop songs I really liked. It's pretty clear now that I just like fatalism, because I'm always dumpy:

My mother didn't give me what I want, what the fuck?
Now I got a glock, makin' motherfuckers duck

I just three tootsie rolls

Probably not a good idea.

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First Real Post

I really like these two songs from the new LCD Soundsystem record. Admittedly, I was drawn to it because the group/artist's almost universal acclaim: see Pitchfork's recent 9.2. But now I'm a bit lost. Ok, so James Murphy has a superhuman ear for sound and he's probably one of the best producers of our generation, or so I've heard. Just listen closely to the drums on any of his tracks or that monster at 3:07 of "Dance Yrself Clean", its pretty great, you'll know what I mean. But making amazing sounds and making amazing music are two different things. I've begun to realize that all the LCDS tracks that I really enjoy are pretty similar: the famous ones like "Losing My Edge" and "All My Friends" and these two. They're repetitive, emotional, building songs; they make you wait for the smallest changes and come to a good peak. But what about all of his others, like the acclaimed "Drunk Girls"? These too are repetitive, but instead of building they stagnate and get annoying. Murphy's knack for minimalism translates into what eventually sounds like a metronome: they just don't move. Murphy readily admits that he likes to copy his idols (Joy Division, Brian Eno, Bowie etc.) and I agree. But I feel like he lacks something that these guys have. When I was first introduced to the late seventies post-punk and new wave bands it took me a while to understand their appeal, but I think what I was missing was atmosphere. Joy Division could take minimalism and a knack for sound and mix up something terrifying. At his best, Murphy can mix up loss, malaise, and regret. Otherwise, I'm just not getting it.

I Want This

Worth the money? Probably not, but that's not how my brain works.



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