So while this pure experimentation may just get old (i've worn my copy of Boris' Flood to dust), these two bloggers (actually just me) present the stuff that wavers somewhere inbetween -- that is, the stuff that doesn't quite know whether to be pop music or 'experimental' music, but it's hard to care either way. To conclude, INDIE STUFF I LIKE.
Wilco - Misunderstood (1996)
Jeff Tweedy's country children are probably the most unlikely band to even associate with the bunch of words I just used, but early on in their career came what is probably their weirdest song. While the live version eclipses Tweedy's probable insanity slightly less, what originally was put onto their opus Being There is odd enough; a folksy, country ballad beginningg with a minute of noisy drum kit destruction, a lyrical verse stretching the next three, all finished off by a collaboration of the two layered under Tweedy's loud outburst. It's the kind of track that repeats itself just long enough to repeat itself some more - the verse is repetitive, the chorus is repetitive - but much like all the greats (Lou Reed, Mark Kozelek, those guys), the lyrics go ever-changed through and through for a good six extended minutes.The Velvet Underground - Heroin (1967)
Like all good songs about drugs, the aforementioned Lou Reed wrote one much like a trainwreck to the listener: it's so horribly frightening, but impossible to turn from. One verse, over and over and over again, but for whatever lyrical twist and turn, Reed always returns to the same lyrical focus (I guess that I just don't know). Most of you have probably heard it though.
With Zaireeka, Wayne Coyne and co. wrote the biggest musical oxymoron I have ever heard. The whole philosophy of the 4-disc album is to have each playing in sync at whatever blend you want, allowing the listener to meddle with their settings and create a mix however loud or noisy they want. But stripping it down to one disc, half the fun's gone; "Riding To Work In The Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)" was mind-bending when I finally got the discs up and running, with bass blasting from one side of the room and the synth apocalypse from elsewhere. Still, it'll give you the idea - Flaming Lips' typical pantomime sound gone one further.
This track is done for a 4OD project headed by frontman of The National, in charity against AIDs. So, good causes aside, this may be the biggest stretch in Stevens' career thus far, with a ten minute track extracting any sound either mechanical or classical. It's his most brooding and scary song, but where his longer tracks on Michigan such as "Vito's Ordination Song" would build and build and build, he sort of just plummets into nothingness for a good minute and reprises the entire song for the rest of the proceeds. Excellent piano playing and all that, shame it disconnects the song's segments. Still, Stevens is stil
A piece so in tribute to Efrim Manuck's Godspeed You! Black Emperor that I actually googled "Storm" in search of album artwork. Segmented into three parts (Storm is in five, but no way near as engaging), the track has a lot going for it, speedy guitar with even more impressive slow and steady interludes. With this track, The Ascent Of Everest disguise themselves with a lot of pretentious tendencies no one will actually care about.
Like all good songs about drugs, the aforementioned Lou Reed wrote one much like a trainwreck to the listener: it's so horribly frightening, but impossible to turn from. One verse, over and over and over again, but for whatever lyrical twist and turn, Reed always returns to the same lyrical focus (I guess that I just don't know). Most of you have probably heard it though.The Flaming Lips - Riding To Work In The Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now) (1997)
With Zaireeka, Wayne Coyne and co. wrote the biggest musical oxymoron I have ever heard. The whole philosophy of the 4-disc album is to have each playing in sync at whatever blend you want, allowing the listener to meddle with their settings and create a mix however loud or noisy they want. But stripping it down to one disc, half the fun's gone; "Riding To Work In The Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)" was mind-bending when I finally got the discs up and running, with bass blasting from one side of the room and the synth apocalypse from elsewhere. Still, it'll give you the idea - Flaming Lips' typical pantomime sound gone one further.
Sufjan Stevens - You Are The Blood (2009)
This track is done for a 4OD project headed by frontman of The National, in charity against AIDs. So, good causes aside, this may be the biggest stretch in Stevens' career thus far, with a ten minute track extracting any sound either mechanical or classical. It's his most brooding and scary song, but where his longer tracks on Michigan such as "Vito's Ordination Song" would build and build and build, he sort of just plummets into nothingness for a good minute and reprises the entire song for the rest of the proceeds. Excellent piano playing and all that, shame it disconnects the song's segments. Still, Stevens is stilThe Ascent Of Everest - If I Could Move Mountains (2008)
A piece so in tribute to Efrim Manuck's Godspeed You! Black Emperor that I actually googled "Storm" in search of album artwork. Segmented into three parts (Storm is in five, but no way near as engaging), the track has a lot going for it, speedy guitar with even more impressive slow and steady interludes. With this track, The Ascent Of Everest disguise themselves with a lot of pretentious tendencies no one will actually care about.Sun City Girls - Esoterica Of Abyssynia (1990)
Sun City Girls are kings of probably the most colossal discography I ever have witnessed, and this album marks their most well known release in the foray of world music et al. And this is a personal favourite.
only six tracks
ENJOY
Sun City Girls are kings of probably the most colossal discography I ever have witnessed, and this album marks their most well known release in the foray of world music et al. And this is a personal favourite.
only six tracks
ENJOY
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