The Crowquill 100
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Morganhorses
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Thanks, i'd just watch for the next 7 albums posted and check them out if I were you or look through threaRAB I posted.
I like his production alot, it really adRAB to the sound I had no idea they hated it.
I like his production alot, it really adRAB to the sound I had no idea they hated it.
Kong Ye De
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To be honest, I was expecting Figure 8, but you picked my favorite album of his as well. This was the first of his albums that I ever heard and I was blown away by it.
42. Black Moth Super Rainbow "Start A People"
This is like, drug induced psychedelic moog-pop stuff. I don't really know how to explain it, but its trippy and fun and warm and cuddly and yeah! I have a feeling this is going to be one of those uncreative review sort of days. It kind of reminRAB me of Daft Punk, if Daft Punk smoked more weed and spent their days dreaming about the 60s, there we go.
Favorite Song: I Think It Is Beautiful That You Are 256 Colors Too
MySpace.com - Black Moth Super Rainbow - Rural Western PA - Psychedelic / Pop / Folk - www.myspace.com/blackmothsuperrainbow
41. Final Fantasy "Has a Good Home"
Owen Pallett's solo project basically, he's most known for his work with the Arcade Fire he did the string arrangments on both Funeral and Neon Bible. The music itself is violin driven piano pop and it's a solid album all the way through i'd suggest everyone listen to This Is a Dream of Win and Regine and Better Than Worse because are seriously two of the best songs of 05. He's kind of similar to Patrick Wolf except with obvious North American influences.
Favorite Song: This Is A Dream Of Win And Regine
MySpace.com - owen pallett - Toronto, CA - Acoustic / Folk / Classical - www.myspace.com/owenpalletmusic
40. Arcade Fire "Funeral"
God bless albums I don't have to say nearly anything on. This album is possibly the most overrated album of this decade, but when listening to it you can see why.
Favorite Song: Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
MySpace.com - Arcade Fire - Montreal, CA - Indie / Alternative / Pop - www.myspace.com/arcadefireofficial
This is like, drug induced psychedelic moog-pop stuff. I don't really know how to explain it, but its trippy and fun and warm and cuddly and yeah! I have a feeling this is going to be one of those uncreative review sort of days. It kind of reminRAB me of Daft Punk, if Daft Punk smoked more weed and spent their days dreaming about the 60s, there we go.
Favorite Song: I Think It Is Beautiful That You Are 256 Colors Too
MySpace.com - Black Moth Super Rainbow - Rural Western PA - Psychedelic / Pop / Folk - www.myspace.com/blackmothsuperrainbow
41. Final Fantasy "Has a Good Home"
Owen Pallett's solo project basically, he's most known for his work with the Arcade Fire he did the string arrangments on both Funeral and Neon Bible. The music itself is violin driven piano pop and it's a solid album all the way through i'd suggest everyone listen to This Is a Dream of Win and Regine and Better Than Worse because are seriously two of the best songs of 05. He's kind of similar to Patrick Wolf except with obvious North American influences.
Favorite Song: This Is A Dream Of Win And Regine
MySpace.com - owen pallett - Toronto, CA - Acoustic / Folk / Classical - www.myspace.com/owenpalletmusic
40. Arcade Fire "Funeral"
God bless albums I don't have to say nearly anything on. This album is possibly the most overrated album of this decade, but when listening to it you can see why.
Favorite Song: Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
MySpace.com - Arcade Fire - Montreal, CA - Indie / Alternative / Pop - www.myspace.com/arcadefireofficial
Xx_OneLove_Xx
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20. Belle and Sebastian "Dear Catastrophe Waitress"
I've always been kind of intrigued by Belle and Sebastian but prior to hearing this album i'd only like a handful of songs from what i'd heard. It was sad because it seemed like they had it in them to create a great pop album because they did create great pop songs but they just didn't (keep in mind I hadn't heard If You're Feeling Sinister or Push Barman To Open Old WounRAB).
After hearing this release my view on them completely changed. Stuart Murdoch, who's always been a big attraction to me for them, seems on top of his game lyrically with songs like Piazza, New York Catcher and If She Wants Me which were clever as they were beautiful and the songs were just irresistibly catchy, they were slightly baroque popish at times and undeniably twee, but with an edge.
Favorite Song: Piazza, New York Catcher
MySpace.com - Belle & Sebastian - UK - Indie / Pop - www.myspace.com/thebandbelleanRABebastian
19. Linda Perhacs "Parallelograms"
What do you get if Joni Mitchell did more drugs? You get Linda Perhacs. Parallelograms takes the heavenly bliss of Vashti Bunyan and expanRAB and experiments with it by creating beautiful folk songs inspired by psychadelic music. This album when I heard it blew me away because of how painful and real it is and the thing that shocked me was how pretty much no one had heard of it, not even the obscure elitist folk fans who would orgasm all over tracks like Paper Mountain Man. This album could've been extremely influential if it had received more attention and lately it sort of has with the recent psych-folk revival which encouraged Vashti to dust off her guitar and thank god it encouraged Perhacs to do so too (she's working on a new album now.)
Favorite Song: Hey, Who Really Cares?
MySpace.com - Linda Perhacs - Los Angeles, US - Folk - www.myspace.com/lindaperhacsdeliciousrain
I've always been kind of intrigued by Belle and Sebastian but prior to hearing this album i'd only like a handful of songs from what i'd heard. It was sad because it seemed like they had it in them to create a great pop album because they did create great pop songs but they just didn't (keep in mind I hadn't heard If You're Feeling Sinister or Push Barman To Open Old WounRAB).
After hearing this release my view on them completely changed. Stuart Murdoch, who's always been a big attraction to me for them, seems on top of his game lyrically with songs like Piazza, New York Catcher and If She Wants Me which were clever as they were beautiful and the songs were just irresistibly catchy, they were slightly baroque popish at times and undeniably twee, but with an edge.
Favorite Song: Piazza, New York Catcher
MySpace.com - Belle & Sebastian - UK - Indie / Pop - www.myspace.com/thebandbelleanRABebastian
19. Linda Perhacs "Parallelograms"
What do you get if Joni Mitchell did more drugs? You get Linda Perhacs. Parallelograms takes the heavenly bliss of Vashti Bunyan and expanRAB and experiments with it by creating beautiful folk songs inspired by psychadelic music. This album when I heard it blew me away because of how painful and real it is and the thing that shocked me was how pretty much no one had heard of it, not even the obscure elitist folk fans who would orgasm all over tracks like Paper Mountain Man. This album could've been extremely influential if it had received more attention and lately it sort of has with the recent psych-folk revival which encouraged Vashti to dust off her guitar and thank god it encouraged Perhacs to do so too (she's working on a new album now.)
Favorite Song: Hey, Who Really Cares?
MySpace.com - Linda Perhacs - Los Angeles, US - Folk - www.myspace.com/lindaperhacsdeliciousrain
Mrs. Chris Brown
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:rofl:
Torres Girl
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Five Leaves is my least favourite although I still like it a lot. Bryter Layter is my #1.
:browneyedgirl9285
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I think I may go ahead and post album nuraber 3 already since I think you're the only one who has that album and I doubt anyone else is going to check it out.
brittany_bitme
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The song on their page isn't bad, but it got old like 3 minutes into it and I was wanting it to either really explode or go some other direction. Not bad, would have to hear more though before I decided.
greenvillin
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Frank Turner actually covered them =D
[YOUTUBE]eEowBvFlcvE[/YOUTUBE]
[YOUTUBE]eEowBvFlcvE[/YOUTUBE]
5. Neutral Milk Hotel "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"
Jeff Mangum, the songwriter/singer of Neutral Milk Hotel is somewhat of an interesting figure. After he released this album he became a recluse of some sorts. He'd randomally appear in some odd interview, on various Elephant 6 recorRAB and occasionally he'd play a show out of nowhere but that hasn't happened in a very long time. When reading the lyrics you really have to wonder about his mental state around the time, I know sometime after the release of the album he had a breakdown.
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea really has odd lyrics, full of bizarre images about semen stained mountain tops and two headed boys. A lot of the messages and songs are all based around Anne Frank. I'd read her diary in middle school and it never really struck me as anything but I was also an 11 year old so I figured that nothing would've really struck me around that time. I later picked it up and it did make quite a few things much more clear (Holland, 1945 seems to taken on a new meaning after reading it) it still really didn't strike me. I had found it to be a very sad, slightly interesting but overall repetitive book. I still didn't understand why it was the basis of what I felt was the greatest album ever recorded. The more I got into the album the more I got into the book, I sort of read it to tatters but it was a cheap paperback so that wasn't hard. While i'm still not deeply in love with the book there was several themes it shared with In the Aeroplane Over the Sea and both seemed to have an undying hope though Aeroplane struck me as much more powerful.
I had been listening to a lot of stuff like Bright Eyes and the Microphones at the time but after hearing Neutral Milk Hotel those artists just paled in comparison. This album was just so much more than they could ever be to me. The music was beautiful but I was surprised to find out how simple the guitar parts were. They were just basic chord progressions, I'd learn to play the entire album. It was actually harder to memorize the lyrics, but that's not really surprising songs like Oh Comely are a lot to remeraber. But the simple chorRAB really don't stand out, they blend well with the horn arrangements. One track I really want to highlight is Holland, 1945 which is one of my favorite songs on the album. It's kind of a black sheep because it's a fast faced song with a driving fuzzy bass. One day when I was driving around recently I was surprised by how amazing it sounded through my terrible terrible speakers. Maybe it's the fact the album is very lo-fi or more likely it's magic, I do not know.
I should probably wrap this one up. It's kind of hard to give a summarizing though on this album because I can express how I feel about it or how much it meant to me when I was very into the album. It was easily my favorite album for a little over half a year. For probably three of those months I'd listened to it everyday and there were times I'd shut myself up with a notebook and just put this album on. Jeff Mangum's voice was so powerful, it was nasally and at times too much but I loved it anyway. I was in a particularly bad place at the time and the themes and music were just so uplifting therapeutic. The lyrics were bizarre too, filled with allusions to Anne Frank, messed up dreams and little boys in Spain. A random fun fact is I had a dream where I had that tarabourine from the album cover on my head, that was fun. The album was really the focus of my life for a bit and was the subject of many drug filled nights and was the solace I really needed. Like Anne Frank's Diary there's just this undeniable feeling of hope, though if you dig too much into that thought you're reminded she did die in a concentration camp which isn't happy. There are times when I would've called it the perfect album and while I wouldn't go that far nowadays if someone were to say it was perfect or the greatest album ever written I wouldn't argue. It's one of the most inspirational things I've ever experienced. I think an accurate summary of my exact feelings on this and a fitting one would be this quote from Anne Frank: "think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy."
Favorite Songs: Two Headed Boy Part 2, Holland 1945, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, The King of Carrot Flowers Part 1, Ghost
MySpace.com - Neutral Milk Hotel - US - Indie / Experimental / Folk - www.myspace.com/neutralmilkmotel
Jeff Mangum, the songwriter/singer of Neutral Milk Hotel is somewhat of an interesting figure. After he released this album he became a recluse of some sorts. He'd randomally appear in some odd interview, on various Elephant 6 recorRAB and occasionally he'd play a show out of nowhere but that hasn't happened in a very long time. When reading the lyrics you really have to wonder about his mental state around the time, I know sometime after the release of the album he had a breakdown.
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea really has odd lyrics, full of bizarre images about semen stained mountain tops and two headed boys. A lot of the messages and songs are all based around Anne Frank. I'd read her diary in middle school and it never really struck me as anything but I was also an 11 year old so I figured that nothing would've really struck me around that time. I later picked it up and it did make quite a few things much more clear (Holland, 1945 seems to taken on a new meaning after reading it) it still really didn't strike me. I had found it to be a very sad, slightly interesting but overall repetitive book. I still didn't understand why it was the basis of what I felt was the greatest album ever recorded. The more I got into the album the more I got into the book, I sort of read it to tatters but it was a cheap paperback so that wasn't hard. While i'm still not deeply in love with the book there was several themes it shared with In the Aeroplane Over the Sea and both seemed to have an undying hope though Aeroplane struck me as much more powerful.
I had been listening to a lot of stuff like Bright Eyes and the Microphones at the time but after hearing Neutral Milk Hotel those artists just paled in comparison. This album was just so much more than they could ever be to me. The music was beautiful but I was surprised to find out how simple the guitar parts were. They were just basic chord progressions, I'd learn to play the entire album. It was actually harder to memorize the lyrics, but that's not really surprising songs like Oh Comely are a lot to remeraber. But the simple chorRAB really don't stand out, they blend well with the horn arrangements. One track I really want to highlight is Holland, 1945 which is one of my favorite songs on the album. It's kind of a black sheep because it's a fast faced song with a driving fuzzy bass. One day when I was driving around recently I was surprised by how amazing it sounded through my terrible terrible speakers. Maybe it's the fact the album is very lo-fi or more likely it's magic, I do not know.
I should probably wrap this one up. It's kind of hard to give a summarizing though on this album because I can express how I feel about it or how much it meant to me when I was very into the album. It was easily my favorite album for a little over half a year. For probably three of those months I'd listened to it everyday and there were times I'd shut myself up with a notebook and just put this album on. Jeff Mangum's voice was so powerful, it was nasally and at times too much but I loved it anyway. I was in a particularly bad place at the time and the themes and music were just so uplifting therapeutic. The lyrics were bizarre too, filled with allusions to Anne Frank, messed up dreams and little boys in Spain. A random fun fact is I had a dream where I had that tarabourine from the album cover on my head, that was fun. The album was really the focus of my life for a bit and was the subject of many drug filled nights and was the solace I really needed. Like Anne Frank's Diary there's just this undeniable feeling of hope, though if you dig too much into that thought you're reminded she did die in a concentration camp which isn't happy. There are times when I would've called it the perfect album and while I wouldn't go that far nowadays if someone were to say it was perfect or the greatest album ever written I wouldn't argue. It's one of the most inspirational things I've ever experienced. I think an accurate summary of my exact feelings on this and a fitting one would be this quote from Anne Frank: "think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy."
Favorite Songs: Two Headed Boy Part 2, Holland 1945, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, The King of Carrot Flowers Part 1, Ghost
MySpace.com - Neutral Milk Hotel - US - Indie / Experimental / Folk - www.myspace.com/neutralmilkmotel
I honestly can't think of anything else to say about Black Sheep Boy, that you didn't. It's a beautiful story, through and through with some of the most engaging and realistic lyrics that I've ever heard. A Stone is easily the best love song that I've heard and to me, this album is my #1.