Hackneyed turns of phrases, even when they intend to pun on an album title, sometimes are just the most appropriate. Pitchfork calls the New Pornographer “a force of nature”. It’s not a masterpiece, but a damn good, and very accessible album, on which McAloon is on a bit of a God trip. Released 17 years after it was actually recorded, this is supposed to be Paddy McAloon”s lost masterpiece.
Prefab Sprout – Let’s Change The World With Music There is a bit of an experimental edge to it, which in the wrong mood can be annoying, but exhilarating in the right mood.ħ. Here”s what I wrote earlier this year: Imagine Dylan as an indie artist, but with an appealing voice. Elvis Perkins – Elvis Perkins In Dearland Purkiss draws his influences widely but manages to create his own coherent, late night sound.Ħ.
#ELLIOTT SMITH EITHER OR MEDIAFIRE FULL#
The South African singer-songwriter dude returns three years after his excellent full debut with rockier effort. Stay-At-Home Indie Pop put it better than I could: “Anthemic, brash, cool”¦ the abc of Brandi, and I could go on to devilish, euphoric, fresh but fragile, and beyond (to gargantuan, hoarse-heavenly, incandescent), but all I want to really do is pathetically declare my love.” But will you still do so when Brandi gets that first clutch of Grammys, Indie-Pop? See if you can guess, without googling, with whom Carlile duets on Caroline. It took me a few listens to realise just how good an album this Rick Rubin-produced effort is. The eponymous album will probably not go down in the band’s history as a classic, but it’s solid quality. Wilco are incapable of releasing a bad album. Kweller at last finds his sound (changing horses?) with an outstanding country album that provides an antidote to the corporate side of the genre. A profoundly soulful pop symphony with accomplished and unusual instrumentation, Truelove”s Gutter may very well be the best album of the decade. I didn’t expect Hawley to top his majestic 2005 album Coles Corner. I”ve put sample tracks of each album on a mix the song titles appear at the end each abstract. Ask me in ten minutes” time, and Grizzly Bear or M. Apart from the two top spots, the order is rather random. You can finally exhale: here are my top 20 albums of 2009.
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