I would switch #1 and #2 - but it's a minor quibble.
The 4 album Rod/Faces run of Every Picture Tells a Story > Nod> Never a Dull Moment > Ooh La La is one of my favorites in rock n roll.
great pick for album of the week.
one album which deserved to be included in the notables is Haiku Salut's impressive debut, Tricolore.
An all-female instrumental trio from England, they offer up the clumsy self-description of "Baroque-Pop-Folktronic-Neo-Classical-Something-Or-Other" - but I can't do any better.
The album is filled with uplifting, complex-yet-accessible compositions perfect for springtime. And it's available on Spotify.
I was a bit iffy about Breakers at first, mainly because of how produced the "oooh"s sound in comparison to the vocal harmonies on GM. Then I saw this acoustic performance of it & was won over.
http://youtu.be/NaUo38gHwm8
I don't get it. Has Chris not heard what's going on in underground bass music in the UK? Or is he just taking an easy potshot at Skrillex/Deadmau5/Swedish House Mafia etc?
"In White’s catalog, the album it most resembles is probably the White Stripes’ piano-and-marimba affair Get Behind Me Satan."
Consolers of the Lonely seems a stronger touch-point.
Jambands are still huge here, not sure why this article uses the past-tense.
We also have one of the largest & oldest dubstep/bassy midetempo scenes in the country, and have produced one of the biggest breakthrough artists in this realm with Pretty Lights.
And the underground techno scene here is thriving, thanks to promoters like Mahesh Presents/Afterhours Anonymous
It's impressive that people on this thread immediately identified other artists whose influence can be heard on "Big Mouth"...artists who, as it turned out, were involved in the creation of said track.
Some might be tempted to focus on the snarky element of the responses, but not I.
I say, good work Stereogum commenters - you know your shit!
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