Originally posted by howard
hey medea...i vaguely remember following some of your leads on good music and finding cool stuff....could you enlighten me by listing some of the cds you have up there?...heres what i DON'T recognize:
the arm all the way to the left..with red backround...
clinic
reindeer section
the one with the elephant
ount erie
and the one with black and white squares
what/who are these bands and what are they like? let me know, i'm always in search of new music.
Ok, the first one your talking about (arm, red background...) is the latest from Low, here is a quote from their website that describes the band completely "make very slow music. That's not the only thing there is to their music, or even the most important thing, but it's what you'll notice first. Low plays songs stripped to their bare essentials: slow tempos, quiet voices, powerful lyrics, and minimal instrumentations...."
Clinic is an amazing band, kinda hard to describe though, I guess it would be dark but catchy art house post-punk (geez...)
The Reindeer Section is an indie "super-group" of sorts with band members from Mogwai, Belle and Sebastian, Snow Patrol and Arab Strap etc. It's sort of somber folk rock.
The "one with the elephant" and "ount erie" are both albums from The Microphones, it's lo-fi psych-pop but on a grand scale quoted as being "Expansive yet accessible, indulgent yet unpretentious." But a warning, if you want to get into The Microphones start with the album "The Glow, Pt 2" or "It was hot, we stayed in the water" because both are a bit more accessible than the new "Mount Erie" record which is more of a concept album. Oh and they have also dropped the moniker of The Microphones and are touring as Mount Erie now.
And the last one "with the black and white squares" is Chat and Business from Ikara Colt, is a sort of art punk group following in the heels of sonic youth, if you like Blonde Redhead then you'd probably like Ikara Colt.
Sorry, I'm pretty crappy at describing music.
