The music Piano Magic creates is part dream, part uncanny and supernatural. Following the path of artists like Explosions In The Sky, this band has a full and dreamy sound, whether loud or soft, that is impossible to ignore. With epic, screaming heights and soft dulcet lows, Saxon Shore is instrumental post-rock at its best. The Exquisite Death Of Saxon Shore by Saxon Shore At times a bit strange, with 22 tracks in total, there were plenty of songs to make up for those that were a bit too far out there.ġ9. It found Banhart collaborating with countless musicians across many lands, and it became a masterpiece in its own right. Blending their signature 60s pop sound with more modern electronic dance, Saint Etienne once again succeeded at producing excellence.ĭevendra Banhart‘s Cripple Crow has become the ideal album when it comes to the clash of modern folk with world music. Other releases were pretty good, but they outdid them with tracks like “A Good Thing” and “Slow Down At The Castle”. Still a far cry from their glorious 1991 release Foxbase Alpha, 2005 saw Saint Etienne giving us Tales From The Turnpike House, their best album in a very long time. Tales From The Turnpike House by Saint Etienne Again, the rest of the album was pretty good as well.Ģ1. This song alone was impressive enough to spark my interest and make me seek out his back catalog. I never really thought much of Andrew Bird until I heard this song, mainly because I hadn’t really spent the time to listen to his post Squirrel Nut Zippers solo work. The Mysterious Production Of Eggs by Andrew Bird When I think of this album, I always go straight to that song, but others hold weight as well, like “My Own Face Inside The Trees” and “Geometry Of Lawns”.Ģ2. The opening track, “Since K Got Over Me”, was by far the most powerful on The Clientele‘s Strange Geometry. The Wedding was by no means their first foray into experimentation, and it was far from their last (see their most recent works for that), but it did find a comfortable balance between a sound somewhat accessible and enveloped in avant garde. In their extensive time as a group, Oneida come to define experimental rock, slipping ever further into its abyss. And it was worth it – these songs are catchy, and full of a powerful punch.īoy do I love “Lavender”, the second track on this album. Songs like “Helicopter”, “Banquet” and “Blue Light” are what carried this album, and this band, to the mainstream. Listen and hear for yourself:Ī hype band of a more mainstream sort, Bloc Party‘s Silent Alarm was, in its day, quite good… and it remains so to this day. Instead, Public Radio was dark and filled with reverb. It was a change from that first album, which was ahead of its time with the fuzzy pop that’s become so popular this year (2009). Their debut album, Up Against The Legends, was my top album of 2003 so it’s only natural for this one to come close. Here’s a retrospective for my A Retrospective…Ī Late #3 or #4. It was bound to happen – I’d forget an album somewhere on this list and unfortunately it was one that would have not only made the top 10, but should have chimed in at around #3 or #4. Will it be 2006 or 2007? Who knows? Certainly not me at this point in time. Eventually we’ll get to the top 33 and 1/3 albums, which debuted on FensePost in 2008. I’ve once again expanded the list, this time to 25. There are turning points in all of our lives, and DJing at KZUU was absolutely one of mine. In the days that passed, it became a full-fledged consumption of everything me. While music had always been a borderline obsession, until now it was just that – borderline. I’d spend my two-hour show pouring over thousands of obscure albums, looking for anything that might spark my interest. I joined the crew at KZUU over the summer, my first summer back in Pullman working toward my Masters in Business. 2005 opened my eyes to a world of new music.
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