I always enjoy finding out what Patsy’s favorite albums were. She reads literally nothing about these bands, and picks the ones she likes from the parade of new music that comes out of the iPod docks in our bedrooms and living room. A true tubula rasa of music appreciation. Here are her […]
Entries Tagged as 'Jo-tunes'
GUEST POST: Patsy’s Top 10 Albums of 2007
December 14th, 2007 · 3 Comments
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2007 Year-End “Indie” “Rock” Top 50 Fantasy League Draft …. RESULTS ARE IN!!
December 13th, 2007 · 14 Comments
Ah, the year-end indie rock draft. More of a hassle than anything at this point. For me, at least. All you other people are all smiles about potentially knocking me off and passively tauting me with “this is Johnny D’s year” type statements. So, I’ve got nowhere to go but down, […]
Tags: Shark · Friends and Fambly · Jo-tunes
Jo-tel Year-End Music Blow Out (pt. 1)
December 12th, 2007 · No Comments
I was meaning to do this before, but, per request from Bock, here are links to download some of the albums that showed up on Jo-tel music lists. The webware is pando, which has been written up well in upstanding publications like The New York Times. Let's just say I use it a […]
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GUEST POST: BMK12000’s Top 15 Albums of 2007
December 10th, 2007 · 2 Comments
This guest post comes courtesy of BMK12000, a true monster of music appreciation. He curates the aptly named Band Names from My Spam Folder site on the side bar that no one looks at or uses (the sidebar, not BMK’s site). He’s also listened to more albums this year than you AND your […]
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Shark’s Top 15 Albums of 2007
December 9th, 2007 · 10 Comments
The Long March is a manifesto. It has proclaimed to the world that the Red Army is an army of heroes, while the imperialists and their running dogs, Chiang Kai-shek and his like, are impotent. It has proclaimed their utter failure to encircle, pursue, obstruct and intercept us. The Long March … has announced to […]
Tags: Shark · Jome-Grown Works of Staggering Obscurity · Jo-tunes
SHARK ABSOLVES HIMSELF OF FIGURATIVE “SINS” THROUGH MUSIC CRITICISM AND THE ILLEGAL DISPENSATION OF UNRELEASED INDIE ROCK ALBUMS (PART SEVEN OF SEVEN): Animal Collective Release Strawberry Jam in September, God Prepares Earthly Paradise for Influx of Visitors
August 17th, 2007 · 5 Comments
"If you are really going to heaven, say a paternoster for me," says Guido as you leave behind the lustful at the last Cornice …
Animal Collective Strawberry Jam (Domino; 2007) Rating: 9.6
According to John Milton, "Long is the way/ And hard that out of hell leads up to light." Animal Collective proves him wrong.
When I […]
SHARK ABSOLVES HIMSELF OF FIGURATIVE “SINS” THROUGH MUSIC CRITICISM AND THE ILLEGAL DISPENSATION OF UNRELEASED INDIE ROCK ALBUMS (PART SIX OF SEVEN): As Far As I Can Tell Matthew F. Does Not Sing One Note on Widow City, the Furnaces’ Attempt at Polite Sharing
August 14th, 2007 · 7 Comments
The way up to the Sixth Cornice is a steep one, with the stairs (as usual) to the right of those that lead up to it…
The Fiery Furnaces Widow City (Thrill Jockey; October 6, 2007) Rating: 8.4
As the slings and arrows fly past me from all angles, I wonder: other than to create sadistic […]
SHARK ABSOLVES HIMSELF OF FIGURATIVE “SINS” THROUGH MUSIC CRITICISM AND THE ILLEGAL DISPENSATION OF UNRELEASED INDIE ROCK ALBUMS (PART FIVE OF SEVEN): Wherein Shark Reviews an Album By a Band Called Pig Destroyer
August 12th, 2007 · 2 Comments
You are dreaming of the Siren and her song when your guide awakes you and beckons you to the Fifth Cornice…
Pig Destroyer Phantom Limb (Relapse; 2007) Rating: 8.1
In high school I had two large Metallica posters in my room and then a series of smaller posters of such bands as Megadeth, Slayer, Pantera, Tool, and […]
SHARK ABSOLVES HIMSELF OF FIGURATIVE “SINS” THROUGH MUSIC CRITICISM AND THE ILLEGAL DISPENSATION OF UNRELEASED INDIE ROCK ALBUMS (PART FOUR OF SEVEN): A Conversation Between the Novelization of Scenes from The ‘Burbs, Citizen Kane, Young Guns, and Hung Wankenstein Regarding Various Topics Incuding Hair Care, the New Tough Alliance Album, Plums, and Other Niceties
August 10th, 2007 · No Comments
You move upwards, the gibbous moon is high in the sky as Virgil finishes his second discourse on love…
The Tough Alliance
New Chance
(Playground Music; 2007)
Rating: 7.9
Setting: Overgrown backyard of the Jo-tel, 12:00 p.m. (high noon)
THE NOVELIZATION OF THE SCENE IN YOUNG GUNS WHEN DOC ADVISES BILLY THAT CHARLEY MIGHT NOT WANT TO HEAR ABOUT HOW RED […]
SHARK ABSOLVES HIMSELF OF FIGURATIVE “SINS” THROUGH MUSIC CRITICISM AND THE ILLEGAL DISPENSATION OF UNRELEASED INDIE ROCK ALBUMS (PART THREE OF SEVEN): Vampire Weekend and My Decision To Age Gracefully
August 8th, 2007 · 1 Comment
After pride, you stumble through the smoke until you hear their prayers…
Vampire Weekend [Blue CD-R] (Self Released; 2007) Rating: 7.7
I've always told myself that I don't want to become one of those people that laments the on-set of old age, using their recollection of an old piece of popular culture as their cue to deflatedly […]