| May 23, 2006 @ 9:59 AM |
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MotownManiax
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Embrace "Gravity" Single
Next up...Mission of Burma's "Obliterati" album....
Review by Mark Deming, All Music Guide
When Mission of Burma released Onoffon in 2004, a large part of the album's charge for fans came from the mere fact it existed at all — after calling it quits in 1983 thanks to Roger Miller's hearing problems, Mission of Burma seemed like the least likely of all great bands to reunite, and that they were able to reconvene in the recording studio without embarrassing themselves felt nearly as important as the quality of the music, strong and powerful as it was. So the fact MoB are still together in 2006 ups the ante for their second post-reunion album, and The Obliterati wastes no time proving that Onoffon's excellence was neither a fluke nor a trick of post-punk nostalgia.
While the presence of songs like "Prepared" and "Nicotine Bomb" on Onoffon suggested maturity had made Mission of Burma a more subtle band, The Obliterati is the most aggressive and physically powerful record they've created to date — from the moment "2wice" bursts from the speakers, this music never stops exploding like an artfully arranged case of fireworks, and the liberating energy and righteous rage of these 14 songs easily matches their salad days of combining the guitar-powered rage of punk with the intelligence and sonic adventure of art rock.
While The Obliterati is short on explicit sloganeering, much of the disc's fury is clearly motivated by the polarizing policies of the George W. Bush administration, and "1001 Pleasant Dreams," "Nancy Reagan's Head," "Period," and "Spider's Web" find them putting their anger to excellent use — this stuff is all crashing percussion from Peter Prescott, thick but nimble basslines from Clint Conley, and guitar leads from Roger Miller that hit their mark like a crystal sledgehammer. And while "Donna Sumeria" and "13" take a slightly more measured approach, both rise into a glorious peals of noise before they leave the stage. Bob Weston's engineering captures Burma's high-impact sound with commendable clarity and crunch, and his tape loops and sonic manipulations bring imaginative and effective punctuation to the arrangements.
Mission of Burma's ability to rock out in a smart and ambitious manner without sacrificing their edgy, potent force has consistently made them one of the few bands to fully balance the mind-body equation, and The Obliterati suggests their music has been on a solid workout regimen that would exhaust Henry Rollins, while their brains can keep up without breaking a sweat. Sonic rabble-rousing doesn't get much better than this.
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| May 23, 2006 @ 11:36 AM |
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EvoPsych
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This morning I'm thinking .....Pink Floyd...Umma Gumma.
To be followed closely by ...Billy Thorpe......Children of the Sun
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| May 24, 2006 @ 5:43 PM |
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Michael2972
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Well, the song that was on, I have no clue, but it kicked @ss.
Now, Faith -Limp Bizkit
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| May 24, 2006 @ 7:24 PM |
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waterfire
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Vonda Shepard & Anastacia - Love is Alive...high song 
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| May 24, 2006 @ 8:39 PM |
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Palomino
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Good Riddance ~ Green Day
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| May 25, 2006 @ 2:33 PM |
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waterfire
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Them Changes-Buddy Miles
Next on the list is Colt45-Afro Man
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| May 26, 2006 @ 1:16 AM |
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Always_Striving
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Listening to DARE from the Gorillaz "Demon Days" album, this entire album rocks.
An earlier album from the Gorillaz coincidently called: "Gorillaz" is very sweet also.
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| May 26, 2006 @ 4:11 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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Eeeeek...Pandora has made me a Charro fan. Just listened to Ravel's Bolero by the koochee koochee girl. Turns out she's multi-lingual and studied guitar with Andres Segovia. Some bimbo.
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| May 26, 2006 @ 10:48 PM |
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wandaful123
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I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now... ( whole bunch of cool folks.. Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, George Harris... etc.. )
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| May 27, 2006 @ 12:01 AM |
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sixfoot_8
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INXS- Pretty Vegas
Nickelback- Photograph (My brother teaches at the high school the went to)
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| May 27, 2006 @ 12:04 AM |
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angelbaby1970
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My Humps by blackeyed peas
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| May 27, 2006 @ 1:30 AM |
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MotownManiax
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Madonna "Get Into The Groove" 
Heaven, amazing comment about Charro, btw...lol. 
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| May 27, 2006 @ 1:35 AM |
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MotownManiax
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Marly "You Never Know" (nice dance tune in the styling of Kylie Minogue)
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| May 27, 2006 @ 1:43 AM |
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MotownManiax
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Milky "Be My World" (Ditto above about Kylie Minogue)
Morcheeba "The Music That We Hear"...luv this band...more about 'em
Biography by John Bush, All Music Guide
The most groove-oriented act in the mid-'90s female-fronted electronica crowd, Morcheeba relies on the sweet, fluid vocals of Skye Edwards and a laid-back mix of fusion, funk, and blues produced by brothers Paul and Ross Godfrey, on beats/scratches and guitar/keyboards, respectively. The trio was formed in 1995 when the Godfreys decided to go out on their own after co-producing six tracks for David Byrne's album Feelings. They submitted several tapes of their instrumental demos to labels around London, but received little interest in return.
After hooking up with vocalist Edwards at a party, however, their music began to gel and Morcheeba signed to the China label. After the release of two EPs (Trigger Hippie and Music That We Hear), the trio issued their debut album, Who Can You Trust? It appeared on the American Discovery label in late 1996, and Morcheeba toured the U.S. with Live and Fiona Apple the following year. Big Calm followed in 1998 and Fragments of Freedom was released two years later. Charango appeared in 2002 and featured guest appearances from Lambchop's Kurt Wagner and rapper Slick Rick. A year later, the greatest hits collection Parts of the Process was released and Skye Edwards left the band. Former Noonday Underground vocalist Daisy Martey joined the group for 2005's The Antidote, a more acoustic album that mixed psychedelia with Burt Bacharach-styled pop.
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| May 27, 2006 @ 1:45 AM |
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MotownManiax
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MxPx "Heard That Song"...great melodic punk in the vein of Blink 182
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| May 27, 2006 @ 2:13 AM |
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MotownManiax
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My Chemical Romance "I'm Not Okay"...another lovely, hi-energy tune -- great for two-steppin' !....um, what???....lol.
Natasha Begenfield "Unwritten"...hmmm, reminds me of Dido.
Nightmare of You "Dear Scene, I Wish I Were Deaf"....doesn't the title say it all? 
Reina "If I Close My Eyes"....spright, bouncy dance workout.
She Wants Revenge "These Things".....imagine Nick Cave fronting New Order.
Simple Plan "Untitled"....beautiful ballad by those angst-ridden voices of teendom.
Soul Asylum "Black Gold" and "Somebody to Shove"....mainstream alternative rock, circa early 90's, don't get much better than this, fellers.
Terri Clark "No Fear"....she needs to have my baby!!!....uh, ahem (clearing throat), sorry, great song from an equally great album, "Fearless".
The Fray "Over My Head (Cable Car)"....love this song, great groove.
Thievery Corporation "The Hong Kong Triad"....from the album "The Mirror Conspiracy", the disc that put them in the map...electronic, midtempo thang, dontcha know.
Tori Amos "Cornflake Girl"....ever heard this done acoustically?...did last year when she played solo at a local outdoor amphitheatre....great song.
Tsar "Band-Girls-Money"....yeah, like you didn't know why guys get into bands? 
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| May 27, 2006 @ 2:23 PM |
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MotownManiax
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TrishaYearwood "How Do I Live (Without You)" 
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| May 27, 2006 @ 9:47 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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Qadukka-l-Mayyas by Jesse Cook...
Album is Nomad...but I have everything he's ever done...sigh...
Oh, and now... En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor
by: Charo
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| May 27, 2006 @ 11:31 PM |
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Palomino
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Daniel Powter...the CD.
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| May 27, 2006 @ 11:41 PM |
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lcd8622
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10 Years - Wasteland
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