While I'm letting the good and the bad settle in, the only thing I can think of now is if Roger Waters is playing Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety, I'm expecting the same sea of black that appeared in 2004 when The Cure headlined. I know they have completely different audiences, but a freak by any other name... right?
Ever wondered what a Ratatat song sounded like with vocals over them? Granted, you could get one of the Ratatat mixtapes, but if you're going for the authentic sound with really creepy lyrics, then I'd recommend the way of the Unicorns.
The Unicorns were only around from 2000-2004, and it was probably due to extensive touring and fighting with audience members that led to the band's demise. However, several members continued to collaborate afterwards as the band Islands, which, if you can find it, is good stuff too.
Anyway, here's one of their gems, "Inoculate the Innocuous," which is where I got the asshole in the eye lyric. I still kinda don't get it myself. If it relaxes when you cry, does that mean tears are like poo?
Okay, since we're already about several dozen hours into 2008, let's get right down to business:
Top 20 Albums: 20. Fields - Everything Last Winter 19. Against Me! - New Wave 18. Shellac - Excellent Italian Greyhound 17. Elliott Smith - New Moon 16. The National - Boxer 15. Eisley - Combinations 14. Field Music - Tones of Town 13. The Coral - Roots and Echoes 12. Radiohead - In Rainbows 11. PJ Harvey - White Chalk 10. Ash - Twilight of the Innocents 9. Electrelane - No Shouts No Calls 8. Albert Hammond, Jr. - Yours to Keep 7. Blonde Redhead - 23 6. Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block
5. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
I always thought Wilco was one of those good bands simply because everybody said they were good, albeit a bit boring. However, their 2007 effort just blew me away. It's so good I decided to follow them on tour this year... via live bootlegs on Dimeadozen.
4. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Living with the Living Once I had the time to actually sit down and decipher what he was singing, I've realized that Ted Leo is a brilliant lyricist. He's also gone way more punk on this album than his previous albums. That's just good stuff all around.
3. Pink Martini - Hey Eugene! Great and loungy, this is like the soundtrack to a long-lost Ingrid Bergman film. I don't understand half the lyrics, but what I do get is pretty damn good.
2. Kings of Leon - Because of the Times There was this one song on their debut album called "Trani" that I really liked because it was like an epic Velvet Underground song. They expanded on that sound with this album, and kinda got rid of the hick thing they had going previously.
1. Interpol - Our Love to Admire Although slow to grow on me, every successive listen has revealed more and more about the album's nuanced sound. These guys have really gone above and beyond the Joy Division comparisons and now are on a track to selling out stadium greatness.
Top 20 Tracks: 20. Justice - D.A.N.C.E. 19. Mika - Grace Kelly 18. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Who Do You Love? 17. Pink Martini - Taya Tan 16. Klaxons - Gravity's Rainbow 15. Bjork - Declare Independence 14. Charlotte Hatherley - I Want You to Know 13. The Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running 12. Kings of Leon - Knocked Up 11. Ingrid Michaelson - The Way I Am
10. Feist - 1234
9. Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks
8. Wilco - You Are My Face
7. Travis - Selfish Jean
6. Ash - You Can't Have It All
5. Interpol - Mammoth
4. Kings of Leon - McFearless
3. Pink Martini - Dosvedanya Mio Bombino
2. Interpol - Who Do You Think (not an official video. I think it's actually David Lynch's "Blue Velvet")
1. Ash - I Started a Fire
Enoch's Hall of Fame (Year 2): Broken Social Scene - Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl Doves - Last Broadcast Ash - Evil Eye Pretty Girls Make Graves - This is Our Emergency Chemical Brothers - Starguitar
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