5/19/2005

Listening to: Spoon - The Beast and Dragon, Adored

I had forgotten about Target. Rachel wanted to find some Star Wars shirts, so we went there last night. I almost made it out alive. Almost.

On the way out, I remembered that they usually have a rack of underground artists in the CD section. (J: I forgot to mention that this is truly the greatest perk of working there.) They don't have a lot of selection compared to a place like Best Buy, but what they have is amazing. In 30 seconds I had grabbed the new Van Morrison, both new Bright Eyes, the new Spoon, and Bloc Party. The one Bright Eyes record was a ridiculous $7 and the other was $9. Spoon and Bloc Party were on sale for $12 each and my man Van was marked down to $10. I haven't done any listening yet, but as always I will let you, my faithful readers, know.

# posted by Brandon at 11:30 AM 2 comments Home

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Blogger Justin said...

Lemme know what you think of the Bright Eyes. I got a few free tracks on amazon and a couple sounded good, but they had the whole acoustic type album on listen at Vinyl Fever and I wasn't that impressed.

Apparently, on the "Digital" one, dude from the Postal Service helped out. Some reviewers have disliked the hype surrounding ol' Conner, but I'm still not sure if I can get used to his shaky, shaky voice.

Dude, the new Spoon. Bloc Party. Those are definitely on my list under "First Paycheck". Yeah, I recall seeing somewhat underground artists at Target. Cool (no, kyle isn't a manager there).

2:33 PM  
Blogger Brandon said...

I've listened through Spoon, Bloc Party and Van Morrison now. They are all really good. (Van does a couple of blues numbers, not really my thing, but still well done.) Spoon is amazing, they're definitely channeling a Wilco vibe, at least in the first couple songs. Listen to that first track (The Beast and Dragon, Adored) and tell me that lead guitar isn't taken straight from the Wilco bag of tricks. Which I realize can be traced back to George Harrison, but whatever. I was surprised to see that the lead guy (Britt McDaniel) did everything except drums, a la Pedro the Lion.

Bloc Party is tight. What really sold me was the comparison to the Clash on the front sticker. They don't sound like that to me, but there's a lot of cool synth/dance stuff that reminds me of New Order with better melodies.

I haven't opened the Bright Eyes records yet, because I'm not sure I want to. I haven't liked anything about Sir Conor in the past. But I'll probably listen to them soon, just to see what all the hype is about.

3:05 PM  

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