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November 19, 2006
Sunday three-pack
Because I'm half the man that Klingman is (and I got things to do, son).
Ghostface Killah - Ghost Is Back
This is some straight scallops and bacon confluence - two tastes that taste great together. Hey, can I get a hungry Ghostface rapping over the killer bass and flute loop from Eric B. and Rakim's seminal Juice (Know the Ledge?) Why not? It's a rough edit, so you know that, should this make the upcoming album More Fish, it's going to be 75% more ridiculous. But, as it stands, Ghost is on point, "My rhymes weigh more than Gerald Levert"
//Ghostface Killah - site
//Ghostface Killah- Myspace
The Low Frequency In Stereo - Axes
Hmmm, predictable Keith. He always follows up a plaudit for street hip-hop with some math rock. Or is it post-rock? The tired one-two punch. Okay, admittedly, the genre math rock has always confounded me. And if anyone has an astute grasp on what constitutes the "math" part, please assist us all in the comments. Anyway, this songs rocks, math or no. My helpful local record store made the Stereolab comparison, which is certainly apt (as you do get that sort of fuzzy morning synth action), but I see LFiS more as a heir to the faster offerings from Scottish twee bands. Horn sections storm in and out, guitars oscillate between keeping time and meandering into a five-second ascension, and Hanne Andersen's voice, as if fragile, keeps up the pace.
//The Low Frequency in Stereo - The Last Temptation of... - buy
//The Low Frequency in Stereo - site
//The Low Frequency in Stereo - Myspace
Blogger DJs fear not. You now have your transition song after Tribulations. The parallels are there. From the Billie Jean-esque opening, to a (frankly eerily similar) laconic, mournful guiding bass to Khaela Maricich's carefully attuned voice (going lower when to convey the darkest of the lyrics, nimbly speeding up pace, slowing down enunciation when required), it is as if she should be James Murphy's wife. And it has the punctuation "clap-clap." Got to have the clap-clap. How else would people know that the next line was forthcoming?
//The Blow - Paper Television - buy
//The Blow - site
//The Blow - Myspace
Posted by Keith O'Brien at November 19, 2006 11:51 AM
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That Blow song rules like nobody's business.
Posted by: Jeff at November 19, 2006 08:56 PM
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