Wednesday, November 09, 2005
you were there
download: Broken Social Scene - Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day) (live on KCRW)
Speaking of recording conditions affecting song, Sarah Harmer's newest was a pleasant surprise. Her last, All Of Our Names, had some great songs on it, but seemed way too polished and slick for my liking. Her latest, I'm A Mountain, by contrast, is much more organic sounding. It's certainly not lo-fi, but if you were in love with "Uniform Grey" like I was, this will excite you, for sure.
download: Sarah Harmer - Oleander
now playing: Wolf Parade - Shine A Light
you were there
I remember reading an article awhile back... the gist of it being that you can judge the merit of a song by how it sounds acoustic. Now, this certainly isn't true for all things... My Bloody Valentine comes to mind as something that would sound fairly boring acoustic, but is sublime in its full on glory, but it's quite a good rule for a lot of songs. Yesterday's Broken Social Scene live set is a perfect example. Songs that were buried under (in my opinion) the wonderful production of their selftitled latest, shine in an acoustic setting. If you missed it, here's a recording of "Ibi Dreams of Pavement" that is, simply put, stunning.
download: Broken Social Scene - Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day) (live on KCRW)
Speaking of recording conditions affecting song, Sarah Harmer's newest was a pleasant surprise. Her last, All Of Our Names, had some great songs on it, but seemed way too polished and slick for my liking. Her latest, I'm A Mountain, by contrast, is much more organic sounding. It's certainly not lo-fi, but if you were in love with "Uniform Grey" like I was, this will excite you, for sure.
download: Sarah Harmer - Oleander
now playing: Wolf Parade - Shine A Light
3 Comments:
Colin Meloy at the Showbox Jan 18!
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, at
10:14 p.m.
Hey Quinn - If you haven't already grabbed the whole BSS live set off the internets, I've got the entire BSS at KCRW performance for download on my site.
By , at
11:44 a.m.
I grabbed it off of OiNK, but will definitely direct people your way now.
By 
Quinn, at
12:29 p.m.
