March record store visit

Just here to talk about the what how and why of my most recent record store visit. I think this will be more interesting rather than conjuring some feeble attempt to take on serious criticism.

Drive-by Truckers, Brighter Than Creations Dark: Awesome! Sort of an impulse buy (nice when that pays off), but I had read a few good things on these guys. Owing to the name I had always assumed to be cheeseball southern rock (which is not a bad thing). Instead, they are southern rock that really rocks but is not totally 1-dimensional. Apt, albeit dark, depictions of Americana.




MGMT, Oracular Spectacular: So my brother's friend's brother knew these guys in college. They also opened for the Of Montreal concert I went to in the fall. "kids" off the old 2006 cdr was a favorite amongst the SRQ crowd of my brothers ilk.

They've added a lot of reverb to the album version which I think was unnecessary. I love the first half of the album but not the second.

Kate Bush, Hounds of Love: First heard of her in a Terrace Club mailing list destress email sent during exam time that included the video for "Wuthering Heights."



She popped up later again whilst perusing a highly entertaining pitchfork feature. Thought it was all a big joke at first given her eccentric singing/dancing. But after going back several times to watch again, I realized I couldn't deny this song. Hounds of Love I decided to buy amidst other potential options because I love the cover of the title track done by the Futureheads.

Beach House, Devotion: First became interested in these guys after hearing "apple orchard" on a pitchfork recommend. It was one of those tracks I didn't even know I liked until I was later humming the tune in my head. I think the melody was just to slow and sleepy to comprehend at first. Got interested in Devotion after another rave pitchfork review and a few trial runs on the hype-machine This album keeps the similar, druggy, slow-moving feel but not quite as spacey as that track.