2004: First half gut check
Posted by: ErikL on 18 July 2004
I'm probably not alone in thinking 2004's been a down year in music so far. But it's not been without some great albums.
For me they are:
Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing In The Hands*
Stereolab - Margerine Eclipse
Madvillain - Madvillainy (if programmed to play as an EP with a few awesome tracks)
The One AM Radio - Name Writ In Water
Les Savy Fav - Inches
Franz Ferdinand - S/T
What about you? (I know, this is a sorta lame thread but goddamn this forum is boring this summer)
* Head and shoulders above the others
For me they are:
Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing In The Hands*
Stereolab - Margerine Eclipse
Madvillain - Madvillainy (if programmed to play as an EP with a few awesome tracks)
The One AM Radio - Name Writ In Water
Les Savy Fav - Inches
Franz Ferdinand - S/T
What about you? (I know, this is a sorta lame thread but goddamn this forum is boring this summer)
* Head and shoulders above the others
Posted on: 26 July 2004 by Dave J
Look I'm not going to tell you again...
Johnny A. - "Get Inside"
Viktor Krauss - "Far from Enough"
Both wonderful albums so will someone please give them a listen and comment back.
Oh, and bhazen, I heard a couple of snippets from the due to be released Neil Finn album and it's gooood.
Dave
Johnny A. - "Get Inside"
Viktor Krauss - "Far from Enough"
Both wonderful albums so will someone please give them a listen and comment back.
Oh, and bhazen, I heard a couple of snippets from the due to be released Neil Finn album and it's gooood.
Dave
Posted on: 26 July 2004 by Bruce Woodhouse
Viktor Krauss. I listened. I thought it was deeply dull.
You did ask!
Bruce
You did ask!
Bruce
Posted on: 26 July 2004 by Dave J
Aw Bruce, surely not, I'm saddened......
Posted on: 26 July 2004 by Not For Me
Ejl ,
My point is that Rock music is nearly dead - there is plenty of other styles of music that are still throwing up interesting things.
It is the rate of new music development that is a concern. Apart from Click House and Drum'n'bass, and perhaps Blip-hop new genre diversification is slowing down. Hence my comments about stagnation.
I still find enough stuff to keep my ears busy (see the 'last vinyl thread...'
DS
ITC - TG - TG Now
My point is that Rock music is nearly dead - there is plenty of other styles of music that are still throwing up interesting things.
It is the rate of new music development that is a concern. Apart from Click House and Drum'n'bass, and perhaps Blip-hop new genre diversification is slowing down. Hence my comments about stagnation.
I still find enough stuff to keep my ears busy (see the 'last vinyl thread...'
DS
ITC - TG - TG Now
Posted on: 26 July 2004 by sideshowbob
quote:
ITC - TG - TG Now
What do you make of it? I reckon it's surprisingly fantastic.
-- Ian
Posted on: 26 July 2004 by Not For Me
Ian,
TG NOW
Yes, I am pleasantly surprised and encouraged that further new contemporary material will be good.
Perhaps after TG Box and TG + I have had my fill with old TG, as great as it is, Weapons Training and Tesco Disco can only be stretched soooo faaaaar
Have you kept up with CTI / Chris & Cosey? They seem to produce a lot of material, which I followed after the split, but no so much recently.
DS
ITC - TG - TG NOW
TG NOW
Yes, I am pleasantly surprised and encouraged that further new contemporary material will be good.
Perhaps after TG Box and TG + I have had my fill with old TG, as great as it is, Weapons Training and Tesco Disco can only be stretched soooo faaaaar
Have you kept up with CTI / Chris & Cosey? They seem to produce a lot of material, which I followed after the split, but no so much recently.
DS
ITC - TG - TG NOW
Posted on: 26 July 2004 by sideshowbob
quote:
Have you kept up with CTI / Chris & Cosey? They seem to produce a lot of material, which I followed after the split, but no so much recently.
Haven't heard much of it for years, the few bits and pieces I've heard more recently have been underwhelming, quite generic electronica. Combine that with the awfulness of Gen's recent Thee Majesty incarnation, and I wasn't expecting much from the reformed TG, so it's a very pleasant surprise to find it's so good. Maybe, if rock really is dying, we still need TG to be around to administer the death blow.
-- Ian
Posted on: 31 July 2004 by rodwsmith
I like the Tim Booth album (Bone) which arrived sans fanfare. Better than the late James stuff, although you have to like his voice obviously.
Snow Patrol "Final Straw" is really good, and knocks spots of Franz Ferdinand IMHO. It may have been released at the end of last year - although I got it early 2004.
er, otherwise agree with much of what has gone before. The downloads of the Prodigy album suggest another disappointment.
Getting pissed helps, I find.
Snow Patrol "Final Straw" is really good, and knocks spots of Franz Ferdinand IMHO. It may have been released at the end of last year - although I got it early 2004.
er, otherwise agree with much of what has gone before. The downloads of the Prodigy album suggest another disappointment.
Getting pissed helps, I find.
Posted on: 31 July 2004 by ErikL
Graham
You have a PT.
You have a PT.
Posted on: 12 August 2004 by Mike Hughes
It's been a very dull year. I find myself in Fopp stocking up on old stuff for a fiver a throw: remasters and so on. Devendra Banhart is interesting but not quite as mystical or elevating as it is repetitive. Most of the rest cited here I find myself siding with Bhazen. At a certain age you find yourself recognising stuff that's been done better before - come on down Franz Ferdinand.
Mostly though, I find myself agreeing with Mathew Robinson almost entirely. A rare state of affairs indeed as I'm sure he'll confirm but, Mathew, such taste. I am impressed.
Mike
Mostly though, I find myself agreeing with Mathew Robinson almost entirely. A rare state of affairs indeed as I'm sure he'll confirm but, Mathew, such taste. I am impressed.
Mike
Posted on: 12 August 2004 by bhazen
Well, since it's been so thoroughly vetted by the Music Room habitues, I'll have to give Devendra Banhart a try.
"These are new tricks, and I'm an old dog!"
- Auda abu-Tayi (Anthony Quinn) in Lawrence of Arabia (1963); the greatest film ever made, IMHO
currently spinning: In Search of the Lost Chord, the Moody Blues
"These are new tricks, and I'm an old dog!"
- Auda abu-Tayi (Anthony Quinn) in Lawrence of Arabia (1963); the greatest film ever made, IMHO
currently spinning: In Search of the Lost Chord, the Moody Blues