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Chapter Four Floating Clouds http://music.geocities.jp/pgic_band/image/jyake.jpg Plastic Girl in Closet - Cocoro
Pretty Little Bag Rabbit House Plastic Girl in Closet seems like an unusual name for a band, it reminds me of a Japanese movie I saw once, I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK. The music: Shoegaze/ Dream Pop with male/female harmonies, more a sub-due style than other vocal groups of the 60s. The bass player, Ayako Sugai's bass drives the songs along, and provides vocals too. Yuta Ogawa is solid Rock drummer. Yuji and Kenji sound apt at noise and shoegazing. And can be Weezer-like at times. Rabbit House followed by Pretty Little Bag are my favorite. Stomping And Swingin' is a little taxing from repetitiveness. The video for Pretty Little Bag is Beatlesque - it's of them playing on a roof-top. |
Chapter Five lasting impressions of life, death and art http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG...er=allrovi.com U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
"We were looking for something that was a bit more serious, more arty." - Adam Clayton. album name The name of the album comes from the name of the exhibition members of U2 saw at the Chicago Peace Museum during the War Tour. the producer The album marked a change of direction, a search for an different sound. With this they employed Brian Eno, the Edge was a fan of his work. Eno is known experimental, and ambient music. Eno was a former member of Roxy Music. Brian Ferry who was lead singer and leader envision the band as a collage of different musical styles, played at once. And even the band image consist of a collage of different fashion statements. It was Eno who portrayed a futuristic alien clad in sci-fi outfit and accessorized with feathers, providing space age sound effects on his EMS VCS. Acquiring it was happenstance for Eno. The eccentric artist Andy Warhol gave it to Eno after he saw the neglected contraption, inquired about it.recorded at The songs were recorded at Slane Castle in County Meath, Ireland. Recording in castles is nothing new to Rock bands. Clearwell Castle in Gloucestershire, England was used for quit a few band. It is the architect of Slane with large rooms and high ceilings lend the natural spacious sound to the recordings. They started in the hall and later switched to the library.gear The Edge used an aged white Les Paul Custom and a Telecaster, and his main squeeze, a black 70s Stratocaster through a Vox AC30 amplifier. He also employs the use of a slide and e-Bow. Adam played a maple neck Jazz bass. And Larry's drum kit expanded at this point and uses Timbales in lieu of mounted toms and has a floor tom to the left of his snare. While Bono does crazy 80s dancing as he sings.impressions The title of the songs seem to have strong ties to American history and culture. The songs come from what Bono saw, read and experienced in America during the War Tour. It is a lovely and moody album. The music is subtle, atmospheric, with a melancholy tone. |
Chapter Six "French Films from Finland" https://s25.postimg.org/5lvmvsqe7/original.jpg French Films – Imaginary Future
Imagine your dreams coming true and Joy Division and the Beach Boys joined forces. And you accidentally played their music back at twice the speed it was recorded at, like playing a LP on the 45 setting. Well it probably would sound like French Films. French Films – Imaginary Future playlist |
Chapter Seven "Fictional Romance" http://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000003...op.jpg?30a2558 Betty And The Werewolves - Teatime Favourites
Betty And The Werewolves formed in 2008. The band comes from London, England. Their sound is a mixture of 80s and 90s indie Pop, with Cow-Punk drums, reverby Surf guitars, a Casiotone MT-45 keyboard and interplay of soft vocals. It's a dynamic album with each song it's own style. My favorite songs on the album are Paper Thin, David Cassidy and Hyacinth Girl. There were only two promotional videos I found on YouTube. A tape deck provides a frame for the video in Euston Station. And Paper Thin is filmed in a library and n a park with the band and friends, and opens with a dedication to their favorite writers, I assume. David Cassidy was a single but I didn't see a promotional video for it. Betty And The Werewolves - Euston Station Betty And The Werewolves - Paper Thin |
Subbed, really interesting journal!
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Chapter Eight "Omaha" - Peyton Manning http://www.soundsbetterwithreverb.co...nd-400x400.jpg Conduits - Conduits
So I always wanted to post a band that I just found, something out of the blue, not necessarily a new release but brand new to me. Well this is the band found tonight, and wanted to add them to this journal.There was very little information I could find out about them. There were very few things I could find out about them. They released a debut album in 2012, then toured Europe. The band is from Omaha. And I saw on [soundsbetterwithreverb.com] they are comprised of members from Cursive, The Golden Age, The Good Life, Eagle Seagull, Son Ambulance and Neva Dinova. Top Of The Hill uses tremolo with the usual echo drenched guitar which I think is quite effective for the into to the album. The Wonder has two halves, the first part of the song last till ~2:35, ten slowly builds up again. The song structure make me think of think of them as a Progressive Shoegaze band, no intention to coin a new genre or mislabel them. They are described as Shoegaze and Indie Rock. I am content to think of them as a Shoegaze band capable creating solid song structures with ambience. Conduits - Top Of The Hill Conduits - The Wonder |
Chapter Nine Nothing Gold Can Stay Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. -Robert Frost http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG...er=allrovi.com First Aid Kit - Stay Gold
Johanna and Klara Söderberg are Folk duo from Sweden. Klara was inspired to pick up the guitar because she wanted to play Bright Eyes songs. They recorded "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song" by Fleet Foxes. Robin Pecknold noticed it and posted it on band's webpage. That help further the duo's popularity. When they met up with Mike Mogis at Austin City Limits. He came to their show. Ask them if he could produce their next album, and they said "sure." He was the producer of The Lion's Roar and Stay Gold. Klara Söderberg impressions One of first videos I saw of them was Play with Fire by The Rolling Stones. And the first things that hooked me in was Klara Söderberg guitar playing. She is good at finger-picking, and her roll patterns always add a soft folksy feel to the song. I really enjoyed their harmony as well, and their vocal style makes seem older than they are, and so authentic it seem as if they recorded decades ago, or time traveled from to the present. Beside all their talent, I love them for fact they said that they like to sing songs that are sad. video The video is a live studio performance for their song from Stay Gold. The video was published on Dec 2, 2014, but was broadcaster earlier (~ Nov 15th). If there is anything to point out in the video is the instruments used. The large snare with a wooden rim provides more of a field drum sound, instead of a typical snap of a snare. The drummer uses mallets to soften the cymbal crashes and when used on the toms, it gives a lower sound reminiscent of a bodhran. Klara uses a smaller acoustic guitar, more of a pallor size, which are smaller than Folk guitar or Country Jumbo guitars. A distant pedal steel adds a nice Country flavor to the more tradition Folk songs. Johanna rounds it providing all the other instrument sounds heard on the record with her keyboard/synth. First Aid Kit - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) |
I still remember you introducing me to First Aid Kit back in February. I've loved them since.
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