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ExPatriatePen wrote:Happy Birthday Duane! We miss ya!
Troy Loney wrote:The Babies...
Gaucho wrote:Spoiler:
Troy Loney wrote:So i've given some time to your best of, that JEssie Ware stuff is pretty amazing. The sea and cake seem a little monotonous, but still extremley enjoying to listen to. The Dylan stuff is just too raspy for me nowadays, the MNDR track is pretty great and I like the Grizzly Bear more than I originally though that I did. I think I just went into it with the thought, if this isn't something spectacular, I'm not interested. It's not better than their last album, but more upbeat and listenable than their first album. I'm just not really into that Frank Ocean album or thatFiona Apple stuff. Tamaryn is also good in smaller doses, like a track here and there, listening to that album in its entirety is sort of a chore for me.
Gaucho wrote:Surprised about the lack of talk about Ian MacKaye's latest project The Evens.
JS© wrote:Gaucho wrote:Surprised about the lack of talk about Ian MacKaye's latest project The Evens.
Did they release another album?
Gaucho wrote:JS© wrote:Gaucho wrote:Surprised about the lack of talk about Ian MacKaye's latest project The Evens.
Did they release another album?
Yes, they released an album called The Odds this week. I haven't heard it, though. Truth be told, until recently I didn't even know MacKaye had a new band.
In August 2006 I was approached to assist with the sourcing, cleanup and mastering of various Joy Division gigs for inclusion in the then-upcoming double-CD deluxe edition reissues. The in-between story, between first being drafted into the project and then September 2007's Warner Brothers/Rhino release of the Unknown Pleasures, Closer and Still Collector's Editions, is boring and not really worth rehashing.
What is relevant is that six years is a long time ago, with regards to my skill set and general knowledge of audio theory and mastering. I listen to the stuff I turned in to the band and Rhino in late 2006 and essentially cringe. Not because it's bad, because it's not, but with where I've advanced to today my 2006 work sounds amateur to these ears. And while it's out there for the world to enjoy (and the two sets I did, for Closer and Still, all got great reviews), I can no longer listen without wishing for a mulligan.
Well, with my blog avenue, I can finally take that mulligan.
I went back to the original raw transfers from Duncan Haysom's 1980 master cassette tapes, the very tapes on which he recorded the Joy Division gigs that we released. I started from scratch - essentially, if Warners came knocking today and asked me to master these gigs, I did what I'd do for them with the skills, techniques, secret sauces and magic I've either advanced or flat-out learned anew since 2006.
They are spectacular. Not to toot my own horn, but these now simply crush what was used on the 2007 releases. Even the most hearing-challenged of listeners can tell the difference, and not just by minutiae. Cymbals ring, drums go THWACK and not "thwop", guitars slice through the murk.
If there were any justice in this world, Rhino would pull the 2007 sets off the market and reissue with these masterings. One can dream...
So we start, chronologically by performance date, with the set used in association with the Closer Collector's Edition. Recorded by Duncan, this set from the University of London Union is a stormer. You get the still in-development Closer tracks (which had yet to be recorded by Martin Hannett) mixed in with stridently-performed Unknown Pleasures and other pre-Closer choices. You get "Dead Souls" brilliantly leading off the set, and you get "Digital" taking us out. And thanks to Duncan, it's magically captured on C45 tape for us to enjoy 32+ years on.
Troy Loney wrote:I'll do the track thing to, because that's probably the best way to explain why the album made the cut.
ALBUMS
Japandroids – Celebration Rock: The Nights of Wine and Roses, Adrenaline Nightshift, The House That Heaven Built
Fang Island – Major: Sisterly, Asunder, Regalia, Chime Out
Beach House – Bloom: Myth, Irene, Wild
The Men – Open Your Heart: Animal, Open Your Heart, Please Dont Go Away
Chairlift – Something, Sidewalk Safari, I Belong in Your Arms, Met Before
Hunx – Hairdresser Blues, Always Forever, Hairdresser Blues, Let Me In
Cloud Nothings -Attack on Memory, Wasted Days, Fall In, Stay Useless, Our Plans
The Orwells – Remember When: Lays at Rest, Halloween All Year, In My Bed
Terry Malts – Killing Time: Something About You, Not Far From It, No Good For You, Mall Dreams
Tanlines – Mixed Emotions: Green Grass, Brothers, Not The Same, All of Me
TRACKS
Tanlines – Green Grass
Hunx – Always Forever
Japandroids – The House that Heaven Built
The Babies – Alligator
Sleigh Bells – Road to Hell
Titus Andronicus – In a Big City
The Men – Open Your Heart
The Orwells – Halloween All Year
Fang Island – Asunder
Gentlemen Jesse – Take it Easy On Me
The Big Pink – Stay Gold
Chairlift – Sidewalk Safari
The Walkmen – The Love you Love
Terry Malts – Not Far From It
Crocodiles – My Surfing Lucifer
Mac Demarco – Still Together
Chromatic – Kill For Love
Spiritualized – Hey Jane
Cloud Nothings – Fall In
M. Ward – Primitive Girl
King Krule - Rock Bottom
Troy Loney wrote:Spoiler:
Gaucho wrote:Troy Loney wrote:Spoiler:
Of the bands I didn't know, Chairlift or Hunx stood out to me. Good stuff. Hunx are like a beefy version of the Beach Fossils or Real Estate. King Krule is really promising. Sounds a bit like an updated version of Orange Juice. Terry Malts is good, too. I'd love to see them live. Oh, and I need to dl the Tanlines album.
Fang Island and The Orwells are just not my cup of coffee.
Troy Loney wrote:What stood out to you?
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