dalen
drinky
timmy
wench
rads
two guns
billy
shiv (?)
e
rparis

are in. 1st round coming up

LASTFM "The Harder They Autumn" RUMBLE

lowest score out. if you tie for the lowest score you're both out. trying out a new format for reviews...

R1

(Dalen) Immortal Swan - Artic Swarm : hahah, Dalen rarely fails to entertain me. Pretty harsh metal, which is good, but a bit too precise and sterile, which is bad. the vocals are laughable, even by the genre's standards. does not bode well. 2/10

(Drinky) Cul de Sac - The Moon Scolds the Morning Star : Very odd. Seems like it's influenced by Ennio Morricone and Bob Moog. Never heard anything like it really. kinda grating, but i like creativity. 5/10

(timmy) Nada Surf - Happy Kid : Yaay, one of those bands whose popularity and talent are/were inversely proportional....or something like that. they have a handful of better songs than this, though. 5/10

(wench) The Felice Brothers - Little Ann : dig the mellow melody. i like the soft, traditional sound of this. vocals are a bit past imperfect, enough to drop this from a love to a like. 7/10

(rads) England's Glory - City of Fun : Hey, those riffs sound like something from the Rolling Stones catalog - who would've thunk it?! . But the Lou Reedish vox draw a nice line of distinction. this kinda rocks in a nice raw 70s way, wish it was a wee bit tighter. still, not bad. 6/10

(two guns) Amazing Baby - Bayonets : sounds like David Bowie. the strings arrangement is cool, very rarely do i hear that work in a rock/dance song. might want to look into this more, especially if they have songs catchier than this. 6/10

(billy) Serge Gainsbourg - Vu de l'exteieur : I'm not really in the mood for this, but i like this dude. he's cool. 7/10

(shiv) RJD2 - Poorboy Lover Megamix : haha. 39 minute mix. luckily i like RJD2. i liked Deadringer but not his followups, but i really liked his Gettin Jukie With It mixes. 5/10

(e) Kings of Convenience - Peacetime Resistance : never really topped their debut IMO. however, this is very listenable, in a background kinda way on a lazy afternoon. 5/10

(rparis) Roman Candle - They Say : i've heard of these guys but heard them until now. actually sounds really good. chorus is weak though. would be interested in hearing their better songs. 5/10

kind of a ho-hum round, but i guess everyone is a bit rusty. dalen is out.

round 2 later today

huh? i've never even heard of Immortal Swan, let alone play them. wtf???

wait, that's Immortal "Arctic Swarm"

bort you FAILED. i should still be in this since you fucked up.

(dalen) Sorcerer - Jump Rope : this sucks. 1/10. you're out.































sorry.

bort's credibility rating: -1

Judging by the songs everyone played, I think I could have won with a 25 minute version of space. Way to Fail, though, Faily G.

and yeah

IN!

R2

(drinky) Kinks - Come Dancing : Yeah it's late-era, but it still rules. 9/10.

(timmy) Toad The Wet Sprocket - Fall Down : One of their 5 great songs. I prefer the live acoustic version. 7/10

(wench) Spouse - Relocation Tactics : Don't think i've heard them before, but they sound a lot like many other bands i've heard before. i guess that makes sense since apparently they are a "collective" band with dudes from other indie bands. not too shabby, 5/10

(rads) Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - However Long : Sounds like americana rock stuff. if i were to have a top 10 bands that this board generally likes and i do not, i'm sure DBT would be on the list. still this isn't terrible. 4/10

(two guns) Phoenix - Lisztomania : Maybe I should give these guys another listen, this isn't bad. i guess when i read hype about it i was expecting to hear some hits, and nothing hit me. but i guess there's potential, anyway. 5/10

(billy) David Ackles - One Night Stand : boring singer-songwriter stuff. pleasantly painful. 2/10

(shiv) Dan Sartain - Young Girls : Once again Shiv's music tastes never fail to creep me out. Vox sound familiar, and this is a nice little catchy nugget of americana perv rock. 7/10

(e) Minutemen - Martin's Story : This is the kinda of groove i've been digging lately. punk points! 7/10

(rparis) Iron and Wine - Bird Stealing Bread : Yeah, i like his style, both in terms of style and sound. i could listen to this whole album right now. i think it all works better that way. 6/10

billy is out. Round 3 sometime tomorrow, probably.

The suspense is killing me

stations were up. i'm gonna eat some ice cream.

Done with that ice cream yet?

Are you trying to piss off the judge?

If that pisses him off, I don't stand a chance.

(Not that I ever really did.)

interest FAIL.

the wi-fi that i'm "borrowing" from my neighbor is a bit iffy. we moved into our house in august, but we've yet to be "fully" settled. R3 tonight if possible.

R3
THE ELITE 8

(drinky) Charles Mingus - All The Things You Could Be Now If Sigmund Freud's Wife Was Your Mother : Hmm, I like this. A nice roller coaster-ish jam of jazz, without being to wanky and unapproachable. 6/10

(timmy) Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head : Lousy radio pop sucks, even in Australia. 2/10

(wench) The Avett Brothers - Ten Thousand Words : Ok for what it is, i dig the sound in general, not so much the weak melody and the dragging tempo. the overlapping vox is cool though. 5/10

(rads) Gidgets Ga Ga - Dreamer : Lastfm says "gidgets ga ga bonds the razor edge of alternative rock to a radio-ready pop sensibility. Emerging from the frozen avenues of Chicago, the band generates considerable head via a blazing energy of pulse pounding tempos." bort says: the opposite of what that just said. 2/10

(two guns) Washed Out - Get Up : the music sounds like the band name. it also sounds 80sish. i've run out of good things to say about this. actually its a tad a creative, even if this guy just blindly hamfisted his way through Fruity Loops or whatever. 3/10

(shiv) Lightning Bolt - Dead Cowboy : This sounds good compared to the last couple of tracks. It's kinda crazy and spastic, but i'm ok with that. do all their songs sound like a yak shitting in a tunnel full of bees? 5/10

(e) Nick Drake - Cello Song : Ah, the soothing sound of Nick. i like his guitar here. and the cello. i've heard this before. a cover of this. who covered this?!?!?!!?!?!? i need to get more Nick Drake. 8/10

(rparis) Roman Candle - Why Modern Radio Is A-Ok : The vox sound like Jack White. Lastfm says "the singer is known for his loud farts." I was hoping the chorus would be better. this is kinda like a pandering reference rock song, but i've heard worse. 5/10

two giants of the scene, timmy and rads, are out. it's anybody's game!

José González did a terrific cover on that Dark Was The Night comp. from last year (this year?)

thank you

Kylie Minogue? Damn. I'm going to have to have my wife stop listening to music on the computer.

One of my fave songs (and albums) of the year. Eat me.

that roman candle song is at least a 7.5 as well

Well, in bort's defense neither of them are rote pop-punk mall muzik.