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s the exes or joe pernice s meat is murder or other fiction about indie rock the one story that focuses most on music the editor s own contribution is partly set at an mc5 concert and is about the turbulence of the 1960s rather than about sonic youth for the most part it s a solid and generally well written collection of modern literary mainstream fiction at times the sy influence is overt other times it s barely discernible but each story has a brief intro by the author to provide a little context perhaps surprisingly there aren t any stories noticeably influenced by sy s own literary touchstones the beats philip k dick william gibson etc i ve dug out all my sy albums to make a playlist of the songs included because some of them are from albums i haven t listened to in a while not that it makes all that much of a difference the stories generally draw on something evoked by song titles rather than building in any way on any narratives in the lyrics not that sonic youth s songs necessarily lend themselves to that wild has also edited perverted by language fiction inspired by the fall i like them but i m a lot less familiar with them but on the other hand it has stories by steve aylett and jeff vandermeer and i may get it after all the next book paint a vulgar picture fiction inspired by the smiths sounds like a must have though i m not sure i ve read anything by any of its contributors but given the more storytelling oriented approach of morrissey s lyrics it ll be interesting to see how the writers work with those songs as inspiration wild is also planning similar books inspired by some other bands i love joy division the ramones the velvet underground so i expect to be reading more of this kind of thing alcest souvenirs d un autre monde 2007 and amesoeurs amesoeurs 2009 april 13 2009 posted by sjroby in music tags alcest amesoeurs add a comment alcest souvenirs d une autre monde funny how some musical styles keep coming back often in fresh new ways shoegazer circa the late 1980s and early 1990s was about layers of guitar texture and sometimes noise often with plaintive or subdued vocals floating above or buried in a wall of sound but few bands recorded more than an album or two that could be considered shoegazer britpop was about to take over the uk music scene by 1995 shoegazer was over over the last few years though it s made a comeback a few bands are making strong albums in the classic style but others are adapting shoegazer to other genres ulrich schnauss and m83 among others combine shoegazer and electronica jesu combines shoegazer with industrial metal what s all this got to do with alcest it s a project started by neige a musician from the black metal scene in france though he was reportedly unfamiliar with shoegazer and postrock before recording the album souvenirs d une autre monde memories from another world this is a richly textured post metal album that at times bears a strong resemblance to classic shoegazer band ride particularly in the vocals the songs tend to have layers of electric guitar sometimes with a lighter lead guitar or acoustic guitar melody on top sometimes alternating with acoustic passages there are moments that sound closer to metal with the drums blastbeats struggling to make an impact through the guitars but those moments work well in context there s a good balance of elements here though it does threaten to become a bit formulaic at times fortunately the sixth and final track switches things up a bit losing the wall of guitars and instead featuring mainly acoustic guitar and a melodic piano line the vocals here remind me a bit of sigur ros not a shoegazer band but a band influenced by some of the same sources overall though the album does rely on its formula a bit too much at times it s not a formula too many others are using and if there aren t many memorable melodies there are at least some stirring textures amesoeurs amesoeurs i thought then that i d like amesoeurs soul sisters another project from neige this one is supposedly influenced more by 1980s postpunk like the cure and joy division that should be right up my alley but this album doesn t quite cohere the way the alcest album does for one thing the metal connection is much more overt here the album starts with what sounds like a goth metal crossover instrumental that switches gears into a more metal attack partway through with some all but inaudible vocals speaking of which the vocals help make the difference between the projects clear most of the songs have clean and clear female vocals by audrey sylvain a few have throat shredding metal vocals by neige completely unlike his style on souvenirs and not really working with the material here as far as i m concerned a lot of this reminds me of the dutch metal band the gathering s album mandylion though anneke van giersbergen s voice is much stronger than sylvain s but that vaguely gothic metal sound is present here still there are worthwhile moments a few songs sound similar to alcest songs there s a brief keyboard instrumental halfway through the album that sounds like harold budd naturally it s followed by a straightforward black metal song that hurts the flow of the album the title track reminds me of german 80s goth band xmal deutschland s tocsin album and that s not a bad thing at all alcest worked for me because the disparate elements were fused together to make something new with amesoeurs those elements tend to be thrown about randomly so the album really doesn t have a consistent feel from beginning to end i think the solution for this one is to cherrypick some of the songs and make a playlist from it there s certainly enough good stuff in the album s 55 minutes for a longish ep jill barber chances 2008 april 10 2009 posted by sjroby in canadian content music tags jill barber add a comment jill barber chances picture a 1950s sock hop like something out of happy days or american graffiti the lights go dim for the first slow dance of the night someone plucks the standup bass then the piano and brushed drums and light guitar strokes come in and a girlish voice sings chances what are the chances chances that i d find you and before long the strings come in too that s how folkie singer songwriter jill barber s album chances begins and it stays firmly in that retro mode for the rest of its 33 minutes and 43 seconds barber has a distinctive voice that reminds me a little of brenda lee or wanda jackson in her country ballad mode another obvious point of comparison is julee cruise circa floating into the night you can easily imagine some of these songs playing in the background of something by david lynch the difference is the ominous undercurrent in floating into the night that reminds you it s not actually a 1950s pop album but something modern and odd barber s album is by and large true to whitebread 1950s pop though her singing seems a bit incongruous on oh my my which reminds me more of something less whitebread like nina simone s see line woman thanks to its insistent rhythm and background vocals in a way this could be a female counterpart to richard hawley s coles corner which also draws on 1950s infuences but chances is too purely retro to have the timeless feel coles corner has no ambient outro here what matters though is that the singing and musicianship are solid and the tunes are catchy and memorable there are a lot of great little touches just the right backing vocal here a little jazzy touch there a hint of country over there a bit of a swinging 30s or 40s feel on leaving you all of that making this a thoroughly enjoyable anachronism dubstep a few key compilation and mix albums april 6 2009 posted by sjroby in music tags dubstep 1 comment so far various artists skull disco soundboy punishments okay it s all about the clubs and the singles and the radio shows it s not about albums that s fine if you re 21 and living in south london and are already a dj or producer if instead you re a few years older not so keen on clubbing until dawn and just want to listen to the music without trying to track down white labels at chemical or 320s from beatport albums are a good way to go some may argue they aren t representative of the experience but personally i think if the music has any real quality or depth it isn t dependent on being heard in a particular environment if it s not clear by now that this is aimed at relative newcomers as opposed to people who are already into dubstep well it is so there are single artist albums and there are mix and compilation albums by multiple artists let s start with the latter there are by now several dozen mix and compilation cds some focus on releases from one label others on a particular local scene from san francisco to estonia some on defining the genre others on finding connections with other sounds the roots of dubstep is a solid compilation that collects a number of key tracks by prototype dubstep creators it s more accessible and catchy than some of the end products and is worth getting as one of the starting points tempa s dubstep allstars is a genre defining compilation series each one is something of a snapshot of the dubstep scene at a particular moment the earlier volumes catch the metamorphosis from predecessor styles to dubstep the latest appleblim s dubstep allstars volume 6 draws on newer artists who are bringing minimal techno influences to the sound they re a good starting point though because they re dj mixes you re not getting complete tracks you re getting a flow of music the rinse series of dj mixes started with dubstep but various volumes have ventured into the related territories of grime funky and wonky they tend to get a lot of attention soul jazz records and scape have released comps putting dubstep into particular contexts the former s two box of dub comps include dubstep tracks alongside other varieties of what it calls future dub the latter s round black ghosts volumes connect dubstep with the minimal techno continuum there s a growing number of releases aimed at introducing dubstep to new listeners i liked breakbeat science s science faction dubstep mix cd from 2006 for its focus on labels that don t show up much on the dubstep allstars compilations soul jazz s 2008 two disc steppas delight dubstep present to future is a solid collection of canonical dubstep tracks with newer tracks by some of the producers who are keeping things interesting caspa and rusko s fabriclive 37 isn t entirely to my taste though it s not bad as a soundtrack when you re blowing stuff up in some xbox game but it represents a popular strand in the dubstep fabric sorry namely the banging party tunes as opposed to the darker and more cerebral stuff i generally prefer another trend is compilations that look like they might fit in this area with titles like definition series dubstep that actually feature tracks by relative unknowns you can find some really good tracks but if you use compilations to find the artists you like so you can explore them in greater depth you may be frustrated some of the artists on these comps have very few releases out there as far as label comps go one unmissable pick is skull disco s soundboy punishments it s more consistent than some compilations because most of the tracks are by two artists appleblim and shackleton shackleton in particular avoids most of the dubstep cliches by incorporating ethnic percussion influences creating a sound that reminds me of the late prolific rhythm and noise producer muslimgauze at times the set also moves beyond the boundaries of the genre by including the hypnotic epic 18 minute minimal techno remix of blood on my hands by ricardo villalobos the best regional compilation i ve heard so far not that i ve heard all of them yet is b a d bay area dubstep volume one though there s a lot of wobble the distinctive bass sound in a lot of dubstep that has become a cliche there s also a lot of inventiveness and some dub influence all of the above should be available on cd and many are available through the usual download stores that s all folks cartoon songs from merrie melodies and looney tunes 2001 and the carl stalling project 1990 and 1995 april 6 2009 posted by sjroby in music tags carl stalling project looney tunes merrie melodies warner bros cartoons add a comment that s all folks cartoon songs from merrie melodies and looney tunes this album is both wonderful and frustrating it s wonderful because it has nearly two hours of classic music from great old cartoons on two cds and because it comes packaged in a cd sized hardcover book with a hundred pages of text and illustrations it s frustrating because so much great music so much of the music that comes to mind to me at least when i remember watching warner bros cartoons isn t here in 2001 that didn t seem to be too much of a problem because surely there d be another volume with one froggy evening and some of the other essentials unfortunately there never was another volume oh well there s still a lot here and some of it is top notch material including the full what s opera doc and three little bops as well as 11 30 of bugs bunny s greatest hits it can sometimes seem a little disjointed because you re often getting short cues from a variety of cartoons and because it goes from material that anyone who s even slightly interested in these cartoons has seen plenty of times to more obscure earlier cartoons the book is worthwhile too producer daniel goldmark contributed the introduction cartoon music a quick appreciation and the closing notes on the featured cartoons jerry beck and will friedwald authors of the indispensable book looney tunes and merrie melodies a complete illustrated guide to the warner bros cartoons have an article on the creation of looney tunes and merrie melodies keith scott wrote who was that specialty voices in the warner bros musical cartoons so it is pretty wonderful really but it should have been the first in a wonderful series not that it s the only collection of this kind of music the carl stalling project music from warner bros cartoons 1936 1958 in 1990 warner released the carl stalling project music from warner bros cartoons 1936 1958 and followed up with the carl stalling project volume 2 in 1995 these are also essential purchases for any hardcore fan but they may arguably be a little less attractive to the casual fan who remembers the more famous cartoons the first album was a tribute to warner bros composer carl stalling and was aimed at the kind of artsy audience that recognizes names like john zorn who contributed an introduction to the liner notes and hal willner who organized the project it s still great of course with this kind of source material but it s even more disjointed than the above album you can make a case that that s not a bad thing by including more obscure selections and not many complete cartoon scores the album lets you hear this music as music rather than just as a remin...