iconocaust (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} iconocaust) wrote,@ 2007-09-06 03:55:00 |
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Trax
The White Stripes - "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Do As You're Told)" After the belligerent "Icky Thump," a welcome return to the Stripes' well-mined vein of melodic classic rock in more ways than one; even as a thinly-veiled rewrite of Elephant's "The Air Near My Fingers," "Love" can still claim props as a solid, pleasantly hummable record.
Brian Wilson - "Midnight's Another Day" If The Polyphonic Spree covered "A Day in the Life of a Tree," the end results might sound a little like the lead preview for Brian's new "song cycle" -- familiar and quietly heartbreaking at once, lyrics heavy with the burden of too many years spent in a psychological hinterland. It's a ways off from the oddball genius of Smile, but if you can't feel a twinge of sympathy for the confessions herein, you may want to check your pulse.
Ash - "End of the World" More neutered hogwash from Ash's disappointing fifth album. Last time I checked, singles were supposed to be an LP's standout tracks; here's a track that was already lame filler on an album not exactly brimming with quality in the first place. What gives?
The White Stripes - "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Do As You're Told)" After the belligerent "Icky Thump," a welcome return to the Stripes' well-mined vein of melodic classic rock in more ways than one; even as a thinly-veiled rewrite of Elephant's "The Air Near My Fingers," "Love" can still claim props as a solid, pleasantly hummable record.
Brian Wilson - "Midnight's Another Day" If The Polyphonic Spree covered "A Day in the Life of a Tree," the end results might sound a little like the lead preview for Brian's new "song cycle" -- familiar and quietly heartbreaking at once, lyrics heavy with the burden of too many years spent in a psychological hinterland. It's a ways off from the oddball genius of Smile, but if you can't feel a twinge of sympathy for the confessions herein, you may want to check your pulse.
Ash - "End of the World" More neutered hogwash from Ash's disappointing fifth album. Last time I checked, singles were supposed to be an LP's standout tracks; here's a track that was already lame filler on an album not exactly brimming with quality in the first place. What gives?
