a few more reviews:
abrantes
valence is into this dinosaur jr album. i haven't really been able to get into it but this song is pretty good. maybe i'll give them another try.
never listened to ...and you will know us. i kind of like it actually. like some kind of punk/metal/emo?
i don't really care about tv on the radio. "wolf like me" is a fine song but valence overplays it and it's ####### impossible on multiple instruments in rock band so it has sort of worn out its welcome.
man man is pretty great. so weird. i considered engwish bwudd for my mix.
i've had bad experiences with guided by voices (this internet radio station i used to listen to had a playlist where they played some boring REM song followed by some boring GBV song so it sounded like 8 minutes of boring REM). this song doesn't do anything for me. isn't GBV kind of a 90s band anyway?
i tend to prefer more recent new pornographers to their earlier work but "letter from an occupant" is pretty good. one of those irritating yet impossibly catchy choruses.
intrigued by this unicorns song. i'll have to check out more.
that's enough sonic youth.
overall i like this mix quite a lot! quite a few new bands to explore. thanks for making it, abrantes.
d_house
this mix was really cool. not a lot of familiar bands. some of this retro soul stuff is pretty groovy. i've only in the last couple years listened to some of the classics (songs in the key of life, what's going on, and not sure how legit it is or anything but the _jackie brown_ soundtrack
). good for getting work done.
i like this "no regrets" song. kinda sounds like iggy pop * the beach boys.
not so into this new pornographers song. feels like the bad parts of a pat benatar or cars song.
peter and the pirates are new to me. they remind me of honest bob and the factory-to-dealer incentives, who were on the short list for my mix.
i think i have _gulag orkestar_ somewhere but haven't listened to it. need to fix that.
i find most fleet foxes songs kinda boring but this one is not bad.
i already commented on how much i like super furry animals. "rings" is a nice song that fits well with the tone of your mix. it would be easy to pick an SFA song that didn't mesh at all (sidewalk serfer girl?). did you consider "juxtapozed with u"? too weird?
i appreciate the exposure, d_house! thanks for making it!
postradamus
this mix is really good. meshes well with my collection and tastes.
i never paid too much attention to "mosquito song", but i found it stuck in my head all week after listening to it. i think part of the problem is that i hate _songs for the deaf_ cuz every ####### track either begins or ends with a dumb skit or other nonsense.
i was surprised more deftones songs didn't go. "passenger" on this album is great and features maynard from tool, but given how few tool/a perfect circle songs went, i guess you guys don't really care.
feist continues to do nothing for me.
need to check out more neon indian.
and then the whole second half of the mix is all this great indietronica stuff i've never heard. the passion pit song is really good.
and nice work sneaking this outkast song in here. i really tried to listen to _speakerboxx_ but i couldn't, thanks in part to the same filler silliness as _songs for the deaf_. "so fresh, so clean" reminded me that these guys still made some good singles.
one of my favorites so far, postradamus. thanks!
valence
sparky and i both like the los campesinos song.
i don't really care for this new pornographers song. they have many better tracks.
still mad you sniped "you are a runner" from me. still not quite sure about the transition into "hardest button to button" but i'll give you some style points.
actually you sort of sniped "hardest button" and "there there" from me too, though the former was my fault and i didn't really expect to get the latter at 01.22. *and* i'm mad about "hysteria". this whole section of your mix has a lot of good songs that piss me off
.
i'm lukewarm on the black keys but i agree with you that "strange times" is really good.
i was surprised more shins didn't get drafted.
i like this cold war kids song. such a sick hook.
i should probably listen to more band of horses. seems this forum is way ahead of me on that.
_boxer_ is one of my favorite albums of the last few years. quiet and understated yet addicting. and, as we've discussed, a good soundtrack for skiing. "fake empire" is a great track. i really like the part where the drums start up, building slowly into the snare fill that continues through the second verse, punctuating the piano riff. super cool song.
really surprised at so little love for ben folds. this song is so poignant and it has john mccrea! the part where they harmonize "he turns off the slides and it doesn't look right / and all of these bastards have taken his place / he's forgotten but not yet gone" is really sublime.
counting crows: bluh.
nice mix, val. thanks for a decade of good musical suggestions and here's to many more.