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Give Up(more) »rank: 1616by: The Postal Service
Our review:Album Description:The collaboration between Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and Dntel's Jimmy Tamborello is an album of breezy electronic pop that updates classic 80s synth-pop with contemporary beats. The line-up also features Jenny Lewis from the band Rilo Kiley. Sub Pop. 2003. :Give Up, the debut release by this indie supergroup composed of Ben Gibbard from Death Cab for Cutie and Jimmy Tamborello from Dntel, is a smart, quaint, and often transcendent little pop record. The roots of the album lie in '(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan,' a woozy, gorgeous song recorded for the rad 2001 Dntel album Life ... Detail |
Saint Dymphna(more) »rank: 26387by: Gang Gang Dance
Our review: :'Saint Dymphma', named after the patron saint of outsiders, is the band's follow-up to the acclaimed 'God's Money'. They've taken an even dancier, inclusive direction that continues to emphasize the ritualistic elements of their music while upping the transcendent aspects. The production is pristine cinematic headphone candy with 70's Eno intricacy and 00's Timbaland immediacy that will hold your attention while Gang Gang Dance continue to push things forward. Detail |
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Just a Souvenir(more) »rank: 12703by: Squarepusher
Our review: :'Saint Dymphma', named after the patron saint of outsiders, is the band's follow-up to the acclaimed 'God's Money'. They've taken an even dancier, inclusive direction that continues to emphasize the ritualistic elements of their music while upping the transcendent aspects. The production is pristine cinematic headphone candy with 70's Eno intricacy and 00's Timbaland immediacy that will hold your attention while Gang Gang Dance continue to push things forward. Detail |
Music Has the Right to Children(more) »rank: 10325by: Boards of Canada
Our review: :'Saint Dymphma', named after the patron saint of outsiders, is the band's follow-up to the acclaimed 'God's Money'. They've taken an even dancier, inclusive direction that continues to emphasize the ritualistic elements of their music while upping the transcendent aspects. The production is pristine cinematic headphone candy with 70's Eno intricacy and 00's Timbaland immediacy that will hold your attention while Gang Gang Dance continue to push things forward. Detail |
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Geogaddi(more) »rank: 11166by: Boards of Canada
Our review:Album Description:Special edition CD with hardbound cover and 12 page booklet. :Geogaddi, like Boards of Canada's 1998 debut album, Music Has the Right to Children, drifts its way into consciousness, rolling a fog of dark-hued psychedelia over slow-burning, lullaby melodies. Having led a reclusive existence in their Hexagon Sun studio, shunning interviews and live shows in an effort to escape the shrill, loud praise that accompanied Children's release, the enigmatic Scottish duo has stayed focused, creating another tour de force in the process. Geogaddi opens with no fanfare, with the bare hum of 'Ready Lets Go' blossoming into the soporific, hypnotic chimes of ... Detail |
Bossa n' Stones, Vols. 1-2(more) »rank: 35323by: Various Artists
Our review:Album Description:Australian two CD set compiles both volumes of this popular series. Volume One is the compilation that started the Bossa Nova covers boom! Bossa N' Stones is an Electronic-tinged Bossa Nova treatment of Rolling Stones classics. They have assembled musicians and producers of different latitudes, who accepted the challenge of mixing the music of the legendary Rolling Stones, with the spirit of the Bossa Nova and contemporary electronics. Selections include classics such as 'Start Me Up', 'Satisfaction', 'Let's Spend The Night Together', 'Brown Sugar', a brilliant 'Sympathy For The Devil' and 'Angie'. After the success of the first volume (which has already ... Detail |
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The Campfire Headphase(more) »rank: 12433by: Boards of Canada
Our review:Album Description:One of the world's most revered and mysterious electronic acts, Boards of Canada re-emerge from the ether with 'The Campfire Headphase' their first album since 2002's mystic 'Geogaddi'. 'The Campfire Headphase' will satiate the groups massive, rabid fanbase. This is classic Boards of Canada touched with acid-drenched folk music, atmospheric dissonance, deceptively tough alien beats and mindbending melodic creations. :This Scottish duo's third album is their most shoegazer-y and gorgeous. For the first time, acoustic and electric instruments intrude on their landscape, which brings them closer to the work of artists like Four Tet and M83. But there's an intricacy to their ... Detail |
Selected Ambient Works, Vol. 2(more) »rank: 10523by: Aphex Twin
Our review: :British electronics wunderkind Richard James (alias Aphex Twin, AFX, Polygon Window, etc.) claims he heard the compositions on Selected Ambient Works, Volume II in lucid dreams. Like abstract paintings composed of shades of a single color, James's resonant explorations of specific timbres linger close to a central idea on each cut, incorporating just enough variation to remain disturbing. While its predecessor, Selected Ambient Works '85-'92 drew on seven years' worth of material, the uniform quality of these untitled tracks, plus their judicious sequencing, suggests they were assembled over a shorter period. Clocking in at over 150 minutes, the double-disc set (if this is ... Detail |
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GIVE UP(more) »rank: 23997by: THE POSTAL SERVICE
Our review:Album Description:The collaboration between Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and Dntel's Jimmy Tamborello is an album of breezy electronic pop that updates classic 80s synth-pop with contemporary beats. The line-up also features Jenny Lewis from the band Rilo Kiley. Sub Pop. 2003. :Give Up, the debut release by this indie supergroup composed of Ben Gibbard from Death Cab for Cutie and Jimmy Tamborello from Dntel, is a smart, quaint, and often transcendent little pop record. The roots of the album lie in '(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan,' a woozy, gorgeous song recorded for the rad 2001 Dntel album Life ... Detail |
Parallax Error Beheads You(more) »rank: 25029by: Max Tundra
Our review: :His third record is a masterpiece of micro-melodies and sound bytes; a triumph of slicing, dicing, and editing. An intricate mosaic of sounds and styles recognizable from the last thirty years of pop, rock, prog, disco, funk, techno, rap, metal, and soul, but many of which are completely new, either by Max recombining genres or by inventing an original one. One song can sometimes sound like seven different bands from totally different worlds playing at once. Just call it cosmic glitch-pop R&B. Detail |