Working For A Nuclear Free City: Businessmen & Ghosts



All-over-the-map British art rock, with about 50% of it leaning towards Madchester dance rock, and the other 50% covering everything else: 70s prog/space rock, shoegaze, Beta Band-like experimentation, krautrock, etc etc. If you like Primal Scream, you should like this. This release is 2 discs that combines their debut album from last year, an EP from earlier this year, and about an album's worth of unreleased/new tracks. It's long and it's messy and it's highly recommended.

Zozobra--Harmonic Tremors
Architects--Ruin

I didn't hear much from you guys about Architects. I take it you liked it?

Question:

Is there anybody here who likes pop/rock music and has not heard either of these albums?

i still haven't heard that Sultanic Verses record.

I haven't heard either one. Send em to me.

Also bummed to realize that Cornelius was released 10.30.06.

Discovered by the legendary Too $hort and headed by twenty-year-old production wiz (and onetime competitive skateboarder) Young L, the Pack is a boy band with more grit than glitz. They're pop worthy â€â€� even when rapping about freaky-deaky "Booty Bounce Boppers" â€â€� and have considerably more urban credibility than Backstreet Boys, 98 Degrees or 'N Sync (who were really just revisions of New Kids on the Block, who were themselves a 'burbs-friendly version of New Edition).

Juxtaposing the boy-band concept onto a hyphy template somewhat inevitably results in a group like the Pack. Let's face it, no one's innocent these days, especially teenagers. Time was, New Edition's "Mr. Telephone Man" could set hearts a-flutter as the soundtrack to a first kiss. Yet in an age where once-taboo subject matter has become available to anyone with an Internet connection, today's youth might just as easily be having their first threesome to the Pack's "My Girl Gotta Girl Too."

It makes perfect sense for the grilled-and-tatted members of the Pack to become the idols of kids everywhere who love rap, skateboarding, and bisexual chicks â€â€� a freakin' huge demographic, when you think about it. Sure, the Pack might not have the white-bread appeal of an 'N Sync, but its members â€â€� Young L, Stunna, Uno, and Lil B â€â€� come off as naturally charismatic on Based Boys (despite frequent use of both the n-bomb and b-word, which isn't so appealing).

Urban but not quite gangsta, the Pack's penchant for mixing technicolored skater gear with a hyphy lifestyle is equally as fresh as Young L's minimalist low-end rumbles and hypnotic keyboard oscillations. It's worth noting that very few of the teen acts of yesteryear produced their own material; Young L is credited with all but four of Based Boys' seventeen tracks, resulting in a more cohesive and original sound than most multiple-producer affairs. The utterly infectious 2006 single "Vans" hinted at the Pack's potential for huge crossover appeal, and though nothing else on Based Boys quite approaches instant classic status, even grown-ups (well, the sillier ones, anyway) might find themselves inanely repeating the simplistic chorus of "In My Car": I'm in my car/you know I'm in my car/I'm standing in my car/My car!

Based Boys not only redeems the hopes raised by hyphy, but has the potential to replace Backstreet, 'N Sync, and Brit (all tired or retired) in the hearts and minds of the all-important acne-and-text-messaging set. It's no mistake that the Pack speaks directly to the core values of young people today â€â€� looking fly, having sex, getting money, and shaking their asses â€â€� probably because they are themselves members of their target audience.

Weirdly I remember that coming out but it still didn't register when you mentioned it. Pretty good stuff, though I doubt he's ever going to top that little gem Point.

I hate agreeing with Montana on this, but the Menomena album is fan-fucking-tastic.

i'd love to hear that josh ritter disk if anyone wants to up it.

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cool little album.

Description please

Elias & The Wizzkids are a group out of (where else) Sweden playing indie pop with a twinge of country. The music is incredible and the guy has a distinctive, emotional voice.

Ugh, terrible. Everything wrong with indie pop, all in one video.

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mine:

yours:

Here's a sample . . . . .

Diesel, have you heard the Baroness album.

This is your fucking album, that's what this is.

I've avoided the Sondre Lerche because of the cover, which makes me think of the likes of Mika and what-have-you. But I guess I should check that out.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/qw9784

Fuck you, I do what I want, when I want.

What other metal albums have you been listsening to? If I can be so bold.