Jeg har været rigtig glad for Happy Hollow fra Cursive. Så det er pænt fedt at konstatere at deres nye album Mama, I’m Swollen i morgen. Download første single From the Hips eller hør den på MySpace. Dejlig rock skal nydes højt! Så smid den på anlægget og giv en lille dans.
Portland-based Sub Pop rockers The Thermals crank out tracks from 2006’s The Body, The Blood, The Machine (and others!) on a New York rooftop 25 stories off the ground:
The Thermals are currently demoing their next record, “Now We Can See”, to be recorded this summer. Their previous record was one of my favorites from 2006.
When Flaming Lips released At War with the Mystics and after seeing their fantastic live show, I would never have thought that they wouldn’t be on my top 10 list of favorite album of 2006. But this proved to be the case after a year with a buck load of terrific albums with superb music.
My Latest Novel released at unique debut and it took me several considerations not to give it the top spot. But Black Holes And Revelations contained super summer hits for the whole year – even wintertime. An achievement which was impossible to overlook. Their personal mixture of indie rock, electronica, progressive rock and heavy metal really came into it’s own on this album.
The Decemberists takes indie pop even further wth The Crane Wife. Based on an old Japanese tale, the album is a huge ambitious project that succeeds in every way. This stuff really grows on you.
The Thermals, The Mondo Generator and Cursive RUBAR (Rock Us Beyond All Recognition) and takes no prisoners. (Yes, I have seen Saving Private Ryan recently.)
No more talking. Here they are, my favorite albums of 2006:
Muse – Black Holes And Revelations
My Latest Novel – Wolves
The Decemberists – The Crane Wife
The Thermals – The Body, the Blood, the Machine
Tunng – Comments of the Inner Chorus
The Mondo Generator – Dead Planet: SonicSlowMotionTrails
Cursive – Happy Hollow
Ratatat – Ratatat: Classics
Guillemots – Through the Window Pane
Band of Horses – Everything All the Time
The year 2006 wouldn’t be complete without listening to Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Show Your Bones, TV On The Radio – Return to Cookie Mountain, The Flaming Lips – At War With the Mystics, Swan Lake – Beast Moans, Annuals – Be He Me, Midlake – The Trials of van Occupanther, Loose Fur – Born Again in the USA
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Kan man skyde skyde med spredehagl og blande shoegaze, psych, indie og prog og slippe fra det? Ja, hvis man gør det så medrivende som på canadiernes fremragende opfølger.
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