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January 04, 2007
MS Picks - Best of 2006 volume 3
Installment number #3 of the best from MS Picks of 2006.
TV On the Radio - "Wolf Like Me"
"Song of the year"
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TV On the Radio - "I Was a Lover"
"One is tempted to play kindergarten teacher and take the finger paints away from guitarist/producer Dave Sitek before it all turns out a brown blob."
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Long Blondes - "Giddy Stratospheres"
"The first [Long Blondes] track I heard, and I was already sold at the handclap intro."
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Islands - "Swans (Life After Death)"
"Islands completely trounce BSS in the more prestigious "10 minute long epic" event. "Swans..." is all build up for its first 7 minutes, stumbling forward with an infectious energy before FINALLY deciding to rock it out for its last three minutes. A decisive knockout, really."
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"The Islands desire to emulate African pop structures Paul Simon style has been well documented, and the sunny melodies and skittish rhythms of this album standout are a testament to that. As the album comes to casting off the long shadow of the uni-horned ones."
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Boy Least Likely To - "Monsters"
"If Louis Perlman works with sugarcane at his Orlando bubblegum shit-Pop factory, then Boy Least Likely To is a British summation of blissful indie pop and potent coca leaves."
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"He's seems to be singing about death and rebirth, and sounds disturbingly optimistic. Like a man who knows some things that we don't. How to concoct such a glorious jumble, for one."
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The Knife - "Heartbeats" (Planningtorock remix)
"Hey, sick of "Heartbeats" yet? Me neither. I do wish I could hear it again for the first time though, and this remix sort of makes that happen."
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"This unintelligible epic starts calmly as guitar strum and wayward piano flutters lounge about on the grass. As the speed nudges up, nervous tingles emerge in the form of incessant drumstick-ery."
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"This song is for those of you wanting to find the breaking point of a set of speakers."
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"DJs, you now have your transition song after Tribulations."
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Posted by Merry Swankster at January 4, 2007 09:00 AM
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