26 August 2012

 The Casket Lottery - Moving Mountains - 2000 - You can certainly tell that this band belongs to the genre spawned by Sunny Day Real Estate. Post hardcore (which just means not as aggressive) confusing time changes and poorly executed vocals, but there is something visceral that you can't just manufacture or plan.

 Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks - 1977 - This has to be one of THE most annoying yet widely influential albums ever. Talk about staring genres. They are really just blues songs played a little quicker and poorly, but with such a sardonic (anti?)British sneer that you can't ignore it. The title is kind of ironic also if "bollocks" is "nonsense" then really it reads "never mind the nonsense, here's the garbage"

The Cars - 1978 - This album is truly amazing, it is a perfect rock record. Let me explain, "Just what I Needed," "My Best Friend's Girlfriend," "Let the Good Times Roll," "You're All I've Got Tonight," "Moving in Stereo." Just go buy it. Now.

Asobi Seksu - Rewolf - 2009 - This band is typically very VERY loud, but this is an acoustic album. Kind of like a greatest hits but re-recorded quietly. Hauntingly beautiful sounds a little cliche, but that is the best way to describe it.  

The Smiths - 1984 - The Smiths always make me think of sitting in a bedroom alone staring at a wall. Kind of like rain on the windows. it's foggy.