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Beloved of critics, ignored by the record-buying public, Slint stretched six tracks over 40 minutes and left an indelible impression on almost everyone. The songs on SPIDERLAND evolve of their own accord, without reference to narrative structure. What at first glance appears meandering and prosaic ("For Dinner ...") becomes, on second and subsequent listenings, hypnotic, beatific and pan-dimensional. If Brian McMahon has a peer as alternative rock's most innovative guitarist it would have to be Steve Albini, who just happens to be the producer on SPIDERLAND. The back of the CD features the legend: "This recording is meant to be listened to on vinyl", as if to ram home its left-field credentials. Whatever format you choose, SPIDERLAND will not disappoint.
Recorded from August to October 1990.Spin (9/99, p.154) - Ranked #69 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."
Q (5/01, p.72) - "The sound of hardcore types like Big Black slowed down to a snail's pace....the architects of the quiet/loud/quiet dynamic..."
Uncut (p.126) - "[I]nnovation and an air of menace continue to make SPIDERLAND an authentically disconcerting listen."
Alternative Press (7/95, p.92) - Rated #61 in AP's list of the `Top 99 Of '85-'95' - "...zen scientists with a yen for synthesizing the best jazz and noise rock...reinvented rock-song structure and rejuvinated the concept of dynamics....No less an authority than Steve Albini called this album a landmark and that may be the truest statement he's ever uttered."
Magnet (p.114) - "[Featuring] the band's characteristic quiet/loud/quiet sonic conceit. As stylistic signifiers go...it's a nifty trick, one Slint deploys in ways that are hypnotic..."
NME (Magazine) (8/12/00, p.29) - Ranked #22 in The NME "Top 30 Heartbreak Albums" - "...A harrowing document of barely-imaginable remorse..." Spiderland Review
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Purchase Spiderland CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Metallica Death Magnetic Vinyl LP (2008)
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The world at large got a fly-on-the-wall view of the creation of Metallica's 2003 album, ST. ANGER, via the documentary SOME KIND OF MONSTER, so we know they consciously tried to keep things contemporary at that time by avoiding fleet-fingered solos and eschewing the sound of the "old" Metallica. If that hoary old term "return to form" ever applied to a rock album, though, it's ANGER's follow-up, DEATH ...
| | Tom Waits Glitter And Doom Live CDs (2009) Digipak
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Glitter and Doom Live, a double-disc set, marks Tom Waits' third live effort in his nearly 40-year career, each one summing up his career to the point of its release. The first, Nighthawks at the Diner issued in 1975 on Asylum, is regarded by many as one of the greatest live albums of all time. The second was Big Time, released during his tenure at Island in 1986. The musical performances on disc one of Glitter and Doom Live were culled from Waits' historic sold-out tour of the U.S. and Europe. He compiled and sequenced the set himself, intending to make them sound like a single show. The material leans, understandably, on his recordings with the Anti label. There are stellar performances here, such as "Get Behind the Mule" from The Mule Variations, "Trampled Rose" from Real Gone, and a haunting version of Leadbelly's "Fannin Street" from Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards, to mention just three of the 17 cuts here. But he goes back to his Island albums too. For instance, there are completely re-visioned readings of "Lucky Day" and "I'll Shoot the Moon" from 1993's Black Rider, and a killer ...
| | Elvis Presley Elvis Christmas CD (2006)
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| | Transatlantic The Whirlwind CDs (2009)
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| | Beatles - A Hard Day's Night DVDs (1964)
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A HARD DAY'S NIGHT presents a fictionalized day in the life of the Beatles as they give a performance on a live television show. Filmed just a month after their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964, this film--the Beatles' first--introduces us to the unique personalities of each member of the band. The film opens with the Fab Four boarding a train mobbed with adoring young fans (mostly women) as they attempt to travel to the television studio in London. The antics of the band during rehearsals and makeup application provide a large part of the comic material in this feature, though there are other moments ...
| | King Crimson In The Court Of The Crimson King CD (1969) Bonus Tracks
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Initial pressings featured a limited edition, cardboard-stock gatefold sleeve and unpublished archive photos.
KC's debut album introduced to the world a group that threw various '60s genres into a blender and set the results afire with a blowtorch. One of the pioneers of the progressive rock movement that began in the late '60s and flourished in the early '70s, King Crimson was arguably the most consistently creative band in the genre. On IN THE COURT they blend wispy, Donovan-ish folk-rock with Wagnerian grandeur, mind-bending heavy rock, and even a free- jazz sensibility. Greg Lake's vocals are effectively theatrical but more restrained than in his later ELP work. Robert Fripp was just learning how to make mincemeat of a chord progression, but he's alternately lyrical and frenetic as the moment requires.
The extended jams on cuts like "Moonchild" are light-footed and inventive, never ponderous, thanks largely ...
| | David Vandervelde Moonstation House Band Vinyl LP (2007)
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| | Wasteoid Split Vinyl LP (2007)
$9.19 | | Static-X Cannibal Vinyl LP (2007)
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| | Stefano Bollani I'm In Mood For Love Vinyl LP (2008) (Import) Japan
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| | Aspera Ad Astra Oh Fantastica Vinyl LP (2003)
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$13.89
The first five seconds of Aspera's Oh Fantastica let you know that the band has changed dramatically. They have tossed aside the expansive, wide angle to the point of chaos sound of their last album, Sugar & Feathered, and have discovered electronic music. The have also stripped away much of what made them interesting. They still pack the songs with lots of noise and insanity, but the drum machines and loops inevitably rein the songs in and give then a linear feel that renders them ultimately quite boring. Singer Drew Mill doesn't help out any as he attempts to bring life into the proceedings by over-emoting; it sounds like he is trying to hit a stadium-clearing home run on each pitch. It all smacks of weirdness for weirdness' sake, and that rarely makes for a pleasant listening experience. As the record continues its inexorable journey to its end, the negatives begin to pile up. Songs like "The Sand in Your Shoe" and "But for Now" are inconsequential trifles that last far too long, there are no strong melodies ...
| | Dub Narcotic Sound System Degenerate Introduction Vinyl LP (2004)
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Degenerate Introduction, Dub Narcotic Sound System's ...
| | 10Lec6 Join Us Vinyl LP (2006)
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| | Ween 12 Golden Country Greats Vinyl LP (1996)
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As the title implies, this is Gene and Dean Ween's Nashville move. And for those familiar with the duo's flexible and comedic musical nature: no, they're not faking the cowboy swagger or shedding counterfeit tears in their beers just for the sake of digging through the one genre their previous records didn't excavate. Backed by a who's who of Music City session players, Ween has produced an authentic update of the late-'60s/early-'70s countrypolitan sound--weepy pedal steel, footloose harmonica, boogie piano, the Jordanaires crooning in the background, pristine production, pretty much all the fixins.
But if you're looking for a collection of cornball breakup songs and half-baked cowboy tales, well, as Judas Priest says, you've got another thing coming. Gene and Dean, after all, have their own standards to live up to; and they've never above lowering them. So the breakup song ("Piss Up A Rope") is viciously upbeat; ...
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