3 posts tagged “review”

Thanks to Oh My Rockness! and Goldenvoice for hooking me up with Sunset Rubdown tickets to last Friday's show. For those of you who don’t know who/what Sunset Rubdown is: Wolf Parade's Spencer Krug (after 1 solo release under the same name in 2005) and Pony Up!’s Camilla Wynne Ingr, got together with two other dudes in 2006 and recorded, "Shut Up I Am Dreaming" which is a masterpiece of an album. click to view discography

But I will not hesitate to be honest here: While I really do think that Sunset Rubdown is one of the best recent groups I’ve heard in a very long time, if you hadn’t heard them before seeing Friday's show you will probably disagree with me forever. Why? BECAUSE THE SHOW WAS BORING! There’s just no way around it. I didn’t feel any positive energy or excitement from the band at all--In fact, I found myself more interested in trying to stab the olives at the bottom of my martini without spilling any of the drink, and in the venue's (really cool) light fixtures than I was in the show. To be truthful: I got the impression that the band was more bored than I was.

Seriously though, their recorded material is really good and I definitely recommend that you give it a listen. Just don't get too excited about seeing them live.

so i got the full album, and IT IS FUCKING INSANE.
and by fucking insane, i mean AMAZING. obviously.

This probably means nothing to you.
Unless, of course, you happened upon some of the same incorrectly labeled mp3's as i did. Before I continue, let me outline a truth that is essential to a 3rd party understanding of my excitement concerning this matter: I am not a huge fan of Mogwai.

Now we can proceed.

About a year ago, I found a 'Sigur Ros/Mogwai' split on soulseek. I have no idea why I downloaded it--I probably had a final the next morning that I was desperately trying to think out of existence, or maybe some neurons in my brain misfired.
But whatever, I listened to it, and IT WAS FUCKING AMAZING. I shit you not. A-MAZE-ING. And it sounded nothing like either Sigur Ros or Mogwai. But I accepted that it was both.

Now, the ace who thought of this marketing ploy needs a serious pat on the back. Last.fm eventually discovered & revealed the truth about the alleged collaboration: it didn't exist. The sonic masturbation in which i had been so frequently indulging was actually the creation of one little man & his guitar, in a basement, in Korea. Under the name 500won project, this aural deviant released ONE full-length album that is not available anywhere in this country. Shit that this guy made in his basement was being shared INTERNATIONALLY as a collaboration between 2 hugely successful bands who, as it turns out, HAVE NEVER COLLABORATED. 500won was soon on permanent itunes rotation in my room, between the hours of 2am and 6am.

I found this video on Youtube. Rainsmellow is "500won's new band with grooveking, munji, lambhead". It lead to the discovery of the only man on this little blue planet with access to actual, physical, 500won releases. You want 'em? Me too.