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97. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet:
Savvy Show Stoppers
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Canadian instrumental neo-surf rock has never sounded so cool or really been done that much anyway. Canada isn't known for its beaches and sunny days but Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet seem to suck you into that world anyway.

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I know there's a sickening amount of 100s going on but this one we'll be finished. It's basically all the albums I've gotten into this past year. I also decided none of the albums/artists on the old 100 are going on here just because they're pretty predictable anyway even if only about 20% of them would've made it on here.


100. Port O'Brien:
The Wind and the Swell
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You'd think after the Deceraberists and Modest Mouse indie banRAB would drop the sea imagery but Port O'Brien decided to take it to a new level with their shout along songs of being a Fisherman's son they take you into their history of the life of a salty sea dog, sometimes sad and stormy sometimes happy and hot, but always exciting.

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Since I'm still earlier in the list would anyone mind if I took off the more known albums on my list in favor of more obscure albums? I mean Elliott Smith, Neutral Milk Hotel, etc all the stuff I use to talk about alot isn't on here because nothing on the old list is going to appear here but there's about ten or so albums that get discussed pretty frequently on there now.
 
Ok, thanks for the rec. Btw, I read through your last top 100 thread and noticed The Last Hour isn't on your favorite songs list for your #1 album. What do you think of the song?
 
There's no Elliott Smith song I don't like and it was kind of ridiculous of me to list favorite songs because I like all the songs on the album but I like it all, especially recently. It seems like every time I listen to Elliott something new jumps at me and I've probably played all his albums at least a hundred times.
 
98. Tickley Feather:
Tickley Feather
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It's very hard for artist to be experimental nowadays; alot of the times the result is just a laughable pretentious mess other times it's a stroke of brilliance. Between those two extremes you have Tickley Feather; there's no hint of genius here and yes sometimes the music isn't exactly coherent but the oddities are more endearing then unnecessary and there's the charm. It's an amateur psychedelic pop album, with layers of vocals and odd noises all stuck in a lo-fi bubble and the rest is like a special high, where everything is oddly watery sounding but magical all the same.

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Ok, but what do you think of the specific song? Like, just another great Smith song, one of your favorites etc. I'm just curious since it's oftentimes my favorite Smith song (They rotate).
 
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It has this kind of beyond lo-fi sound that Ariel Pink uses that I really don't like. I mean I like lo-fi because it sounRAB sincere, authentic and real. So this severe under production has the same affect on me as over production. It's just kind of gross. As far as musical content goes. It's a pretty solid album.
 
I think Ariel Pink is pretty sincere. He's trying to recreate something he loves and his music is nostalgic to the bone. He's said that he's trying to use cassette as a instrument just as much as a medium; its a reaction to the fact that just about anyone can make a pristine album these days and also a way of creating a special type of texture and atmosphere.

I can understand not liking it, but to say he is less sincere than, say, Pavement or Sebadoh, I think, is misguided. He justs dresses his music in different clothing than those guys do. Listen to "Immune to Emotion"; lyrically, it sounRAB like it could have been written by Lou Barlow.
 
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