Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Qualler 45-41
45. "The Tulips"
Bloc Party
Tulips EP [Dim Mak]
"this could be an opportunity if you promise to let it go, cuz you're the one that i love."
A tensed-up high-hat, ringing guitars, and subdued vocals all build together, swirling into a frantic ending. Ah, brit-pop at its finest.
44. "Random"
Lady Sovereign
EVertically Challenged EP [Chocolate Industries]
"well, i'm right thurr', nah tell a lie cuz i'm right there, right hurr', nah, right there, now get off your churr, i mean chair."
That other foreigner chick with the letters in her name may be the easiest comparison, but Lady Sovereign sticks it to crappy American hip-hop and raps circles around Chingy and Nelly and all those other crappy suburbanite craptastic cuh-rappers in this sing-along tune.
43. "The Soundless Dawn Came Alive As Cities Began to Mark the Horizon"
Red Sparowes
At the Soundless Dawn [Neurot]
moment: 1:51.
Literally the sound of the sun rising. Sometimes, as we all know from reading this blog, music can say so much more than words ever can. Here, the simple guitar lick keeps building over a steadily increasing in volume rhythm section.
42. "Gimme Trouble"
Adult.
Gimmme Trouble [Thrill Jockey]
"no apologies, excuses, this is just to be expected."
I absolutely HATED this band the first time I heard them. Then I started grooving to the ultra-creepy-synth that sounds like an evil zombie robot running out of batteries. And hot damn, those echoing vocals scare the crap out of me. But it still makes me want to dance.
41. "Heartbeat"
Annie
Anniemal [Big Beat]
"feel my heartbeat trembling to the beat like a melody."
Norwegian power! And oh how powerful Annie is to the Norwegians. This song absolutely shouldn't be great, but somehow the mournful sounding organs in the background combined with the slow grooving beat just kills me. And if The Blogulator were to do a Smellden-style "hottest chicks" list, she'd definitely show up on it. ¶ posted by Unknown at 4:37 PM
Bloc Party
Tulips EP [Dim Mak]
"this could be an opportunity if you promise to let it go, cuz you're the one that i love."
A tensed-up high-hat, ringing guitars, and subdued vocals all build together, swirling into a frantic ending. Ah, brit-pop at its finest.
44. "Random"
Lady Sovereign
EVertically Challenged EP [Chocolate Industries]
"well, i'm right thurr', nah tell a lie cuz i'm right there, right hurr', nah, right there, now get off your churr, i mean chair."
That other foreigner chick with the letters in her name may be the easiest comparison, but Lady Sovereign sticks it to crappy American hip-hop and raps circles around Chingy and Nelly and all those other crappy suburbanite craptastic cuh-rappers in this sing-along tune.
43. "The Soundless Dawn Came Alive As Cities Began to Mark the Horizon"
Red Sparowes
At the Soundless Dawn [Neurot]
moment: 1:51.
Literally the sound of the sun rising. Sometimes, as we all know from reading this blog, music can say so much more than words ever can. Here, the simple guitar lick keeps building over a steadily increasing in volume rhythm section.
42. "Gimme Trouble"
Adult.
Gimmme Trouble [Thrill Jockey]
"no apologies, excuses, this is just to be expected."
I absolutely HATED this band the first time I heard them. Then I started grooving to the ultra-creepy-synth that sounds like an evil zombie robot running out of batteries. And hot damn, those echoing vocals scare the crap out of me. But it still makes me want to dance.
41. "Heartbeat"
Annie
Anniemal [Big Beat]
"feel my heartbeat trembling to the beat like a melody."
Norwegian power! And oh how powerful Annie is to the Norwegians. This song absolutely shouldn't be great, but somehow the mournful sounding organs in the background combined with the slow grooving beat just kills me. And if The Blogulator were to do a Smellden-style "hottest chicks" list, she'd definitely show up on it. ¶ posted by Unknown at 4:37 PM
