They're touring europe next summer 
http://www.pearljam.com/news/2010-european-tour-announced
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Official album review thread (9 Viewers)
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Yeah, I saw your post in the What Are You Doing thread so that reminded about this discussion. Nothing remotely near me so far, hopefully they add some Hungary or Austria date.
http://www.pearljam.com/news/2010-european-tour-announced
http://www.pearljam.com/news/2010-european-tour-announced
Buy on AliExpress.com
Neil Young - On The Beach (1974)
On The Beach is part of Neil Young's "dark" period, recorded shortly after Tonight's The Night but released before it. During this period, Young sunk into depression after losing a lot of friends to addiction and going through some personal stuff. Consequently, he started writing this harrowing music. When recording this album Young and his mates were under the influence of "honeyslides", basically baked marijuana embedded in honey and apparently more potent than heroin (according to band members).
This album is quite haunting, really good for late at night (for after drinking too), rainy days or when you're pissed off. I'm in all three categories right now, so I'm finding it quite enjoyable.
Track By Track Review:
1. "Walk On" - I'd say this is the most positive track on the album. It's just a straightforward catchy rock number about how people jumped on him for attacking the American South in "Southern Man". Basically him saying: "Haters gon' hate".
2. "See The Sky About To Rain" - Neil on a mellotron or Fender Rhodes with a lot of tremolo. The softest song I've heard from Neil Young. Not anything particularly great, but it's only up from here.
3. "Revolution Blues" - One of my all-time favourites. A sick simple riff, solid bass throughout...it's a real winner. This song's about L.A., almost Charles Manson-esque, and has some of Neil's classic sharp tongue and sarcasm. "I'm a barrel of laughs with my carbine on; I keep 'em hopping until my ammunitions gone; But I'm still not happy, I feel like there's something wrong."
4. "For The Turnstiles" - This song is about the commercialization of rock/folk. Filthy raw, some sort of guitar + banjo blues...like nothing you've heard before. Trust me.
5. "Vampire Blues" - The only actual bluesy song on the album. About the oil business: "I'm a vampire baby, sucking blood from the earth."
6. "On The Beach" - The first of the last 3 songs that make the B-side (B for Better). This song gives me chills, very dark and slow. You can feel the pain in his solos. Some distant bongos add this unusual feel to it.
7. "Motion Pictures" - This is a fantastic song, I love it. It's about his wife that he divorced prior to this album. He paints with lyrics. Neil on acoustic, a bassist, a slide player, and some bongos.
8. "Ambulance Blues" - A bit similar to a Bert Jansch melody during the verse, but it's solid nonetheless. This is pure folk and touches upon lots of things: friendships, politics, fruitlessness, etc... It's an epic finisher.
Lots of people hate the products of this period in Neil's life because they always wanted another Harvest, but there's something so attractive about this album. Maybe it's the under-produced sound or Neil's deepened voice (from the honeyslides)? It took a real long time for it to catch me, but when it did it became one of my favourites. Give it a try.
EDIT: By the way, can we make this thread a "sticky"? Too many songs are praised, we've lost the art of the album.
On The Beach is part of Neil Young's "dark" period, recorded shortly after Tonight's The Night but released before it. During this period, Young sunk into depression after losing a lot of friends to addiction and going through some personal stuff. Consequently, he started writing this harrowing music. When recording this album Young and his mates were under the influence of "honeyslides", basically baked marijuana embedded in honey and apparently more potent than heroin (according to band members).
This album is quite haunting, really good for late at night (for after drinking too), rainy days or when you're pissed off. I'm in all three categories right now, so I'm finding it quite enjoyable.
Track By Track Review:
1. "Walk On" - I'd say this is the most positive track on the album. It's just a straightforward catchy rock number about how people jumped on him for attacking the American South in "Southern Man". Basically him saying: "Haters gon' hate".
2. "See The Sky About To Rain" - Neil on a mellotron or Fender Rhodes with a lot of tremolo. The softest song I've heard from Neil Young. Not anything particularly great, but it's only up from here.
3. "Revolution Blues" - One of my all-time favourites. A sick simple riff, solid bass throughout...it's a real winner. This song's about L.A., almost Charles Manson-esque, and has some of Neil's classic sharp tongue and sarcasm. "I'm a barrel of laughs with my carbine on; I keep 'em hopping until my ammunitions gone; But I'm still not happy, I feel like there's something wrong."
4. "For The Turnstiles" - This song is about the commercialization of rock/folk. Filthy raw, some sort of guitar + banjo blues...like nothing you've heard before. Trust me.
5. "Vampire Blues" - The only actual bluesy song on the album. About the oil business: "I'm a vampire baby, sucking blood from the earth."
6. "On The Beach" - The first of the last 3 songs that make the B-side (B for Better
). This song gives me chills, very dark and slow. You can feel the pain in his solos. Some distant bongos add this unusual feel to it.7. "Motion Pictures" - This is a fantastic song, I love it. It's about his wife that he divorced prior to this album. He paints with lyrics. Neil on acoustic, a bassist, a slide player, and some bongos.
8. "Ambulance Blues" - A bit similar to a Bert Jansch melody during the verse, but it's solid nonetheless. This is pure folk and touches upon lots of things: friendships, politics, fruitlessness, etc... It's an epic finisher.
Lots of people hate the products of this period in Neil's life because they always wanted another Harvest, but there's something so attractive about this album. Maybe it's the under-produced sound or Neil's deepened voice (from the honeyslides)? It took a real long time for it to catch me, but when it did it became one of my favourites. Give it a try.
EDIT: By the way, can we make this thread a "sticky"? Too many songs are praised, we've lost the art of the album.
I never listedened to that album by Neil. I only have ST, After The Gold Rush, Harvest and Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. All top notch of course. You make the album sound interesting, not what I would expect from the name of the album at all.
Will check it out. And yes, albums simply rock. Nothing beats an album that you can only listen to from start to finish, without skipping.
Will check it out. And yes, albums simply rock. Nothing beats an album that you can only listen to from start to finish, without skipping.
I never listedened to that album by Neil. I only have ST, After The Gold Rush, Harvest and Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. All top notch of course. You make the album sound interesting, not what I would expect from the name of the album at all.
Will check it out. And yes, albums simply rock. Nothing beats an album that you can only listen to from start to finish, without skipping.
Will check it out. And yes, albums simply rock. Nothing beats an album that you can only listen to from start to finish, without skipping.
i have quite a few reviews to get through of albums i bought this year and enjoyed but will start off with an obscure one
The xx-xx-
quite simply beautiful self titled album by the xx,you may not have heard of them but like Sigur Ros you will almost certainly have heard some of their tracks on adverts. trying to draw comparisons with other artists is somewhat futile,at times they sound like an 80's revivalist bans,sometimes a more bassy sound but with a lovely melodic sound and gorgeously understated vocal style. the mixture of male and female softly riding over the music works excellently as the music is the real star here.
starting off with the instrumental "intro" this really sets the tone for the whole album,VCR sounds like a trippy trip into 80's nostalgia,Crystalised starts off with a lovely riff and builds upon this with a driving almost acoustic sound driven on by a heavy bass before picking up again, Islands follows a similar formula but certainly has a slightly more "radio friendly" sound,heart skipped a beat is a definite single that is probably the only real "duet",fantasy is a trip into warped sounds and heavy bass but always feels like a lead-up to the nest track,Shelter wich is a beautifully haunting track,,Basic Space is probably the weakest track on the album, Infinity builds up slowly almost like Cris Isaaks wicked games into an epic finale with soaring guitars,Night Time follows on with the same formula starting slowly and biulding up but this time into a more dance inspired track, the album finishes off with Stars which is an absolute gem of a track.
though this album style is hard to describe i have to say its one of the best debuts i have heard in a long time. only 1 track i would describe as "filler" the rest of the album is wonderfully wrote,played and produced.
9 out of 10
The xx-xx-
quite simply beautiful self titled album by the xx,you may not have heard of them but like Sigur Ros you will almost certainly have heard some of their tracks on adverts. trying to draw comparisons with other artists is somewhat futile,at times they sound like an 80's revivalist bans,sometimes a more bassy sound but with a lovely melodic sound and gorgeously understated vocal style. the mixture of male and female softly riding over the music works excellently as the music is the real star here.
starting off with the instrumental "intro" this really sets the tone for the whole album,VCR sounds like a trippy trip into 80's nostalgia,Crystalised starts off with a lovely riff and builds upon this with a driving almost acoustic sound driven on by a heavy bass before picking up again, Islands follows a similar formula but certainly has a slightly more "radio friendly" sound,heart skipped a beat is a definite single that is probably the only real "duet",fantasy is a trip into warped sounds and heavy bass but always feels like a lead-up to the nest track,Shelter wich is a beautifully haunting track,,Basic Space is probably the weakest track on the album, Infinity builds up slowly almost like Cris Isaaks wicked games into an epic finale with soaring guitars,Night Time follows on with the same formula starting slowly and biulding up but this time into a more dance inspired track, the album finishes off with Stars which is an absolute gem of a track.
though this album style is hard to describe i have to say its one of the best debuts i have heard in a long time. only 1 track i would describe as "filler" the rest of the album is wonderfully wrote,played and produced.
9 out of 10
Nick Cave + the Bad Seeds-Dig,Lazarus,Dig (2008)
every now and again you get an album of such genius that you just completely fall in love with it,this is such an album. Nick Cave will always have a rather divisive quality and this album is no different,except it is different from anything he has ever done before,the fact that he only really sings on one track,instead he is storytelling his way through the other tracks with humour and wit throughout. there is a slightly garage-rock feel to the tracks here,a dirty feel running through the music and the lyrics. you will either love this album or hate it,for me it is a work of genius.
"Dig,Lazarus,Dig" kicks the album off with Cave giving a modern interpretation of the Lazarus story,narrating rather than singing his story throughout. this is carried on through the album in tracks " call upon the author" "today's lesson" and "lie down here (and be my girl)"
while "night of the lotus eaters" "jesus of the moon" and "midnight man" see the melancholy size we know more
there are some exceptional moments in this album most noticeably in the epic "more news from nowhere" and "hold onto yourself" which is the only track he really sings on.
not for everyone but for those who really listen to this album there is a great depth and quality running throughout this album you rarely find
10/10
every now and again you get an album of such genius that you just completely fall in love with it,this is such an album. Nick Cave will always have a rather divisive quality and this album is no different,except it is different from anything he has ever done before,the fact that he only really sings on one track,instead he is storytelling his way through the other tracks with humour and wit throughout. there is a slightly garage-rock feel to the tracks here,a dirty feel running through the music and the lyrics. you will either love this album or hate it,for me it is a work of genius.
"Dig,Lazarus,Dig" kicks the album off with Cave giving a modern interpretation of the Lazarus story,narrating rather than singing his story throughout. this is carried on through the album in tracks " call upon the author" "today's lesson" and "lie down here (and be my girl)"
while "night of the lotus eaters" "jesus of the moon" and "midnight man" see the melancholy size we know more
there are some exceptional moments in this album most noticeably in the epic "more news from nowhere" and "hold onto yourself" which is the only track he really sings on.
not for everyone but for those who really listen to this album there is a great depth and quality running throughout this album you rarely find
10/10
