{"id":13557,"date":"2011-09-26T09:51:33","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T13:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=13557"},"modified":"2011-09-26T09:51:33","modified_gmt":"2011-09-26T13:51:33","slug":"start-your-ipods-302","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=13557","title":{"rendered":"Start Your iPods"},"content":{"rendered":"

Five songs, randomly selected, briefly described:<\/p>\n

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  1. Gastr Del Sol - Ursus Arctos Wonderfilis<\/a>. Gastr was one of the big names in 'post-rock', which is the scrappy, lo-fi, indie- version of prog-rock. And so, this two-guitar instrumental - with a tiny bit of drum action in the middle - is cerebral and angular, but not as technically dazzling as you'd see in a King Crimson (for example) tune. And it doesn't do a lot, so it feels a bit long for four minutes.\n
  2. Q-Tip - Gettin' Up<\/a>. Smooth modern-R&B flavored. Q-Tip does his thing, the chorus is hooky. I like it in the background.\n
  3. Neil Young - After The Gold Rush<\/a> (live). This is from the awesome \"Live Rust\". I always prefer live Neil to studio Neil; his studio recordings just seem muddy and flat, by comparison.\n
  4. Tokyo Police Club - La Ferrassie<\/a>. Starts off a-typically slow and pensive for a TPC song: minor key, atmospheric. A nice change. Transforms about halfway through into a standard TPC sound, but with chaotic, unintelligible vocals. An interesting experiment.\n
  5. Sea And Cake - Four Corners<\/a>. Interesting structure here too. It's basically the same chord sequence all the way through this nearly-six-minute tune. Energy is high for the first few minutes, backs off when the vocals come in, then tapers to nothing for the last minute or so. It's on the first of what I consider their modern-era records: where they seemed to lose a lot of their spark. But this song has been growing on me for the past few years. And recent listens to the other modern-era records makes me think I maybe dismissed them too quickly. John McEntire, drummer here, was also the drummer for Gastr Del Sol (above). Bookend.\n<\/ol>\n

    Now, you do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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