December 21, 2006
STATE OF THE UNION 2006
JAZZHAMMER. PRESENTS:
THE STATE OF THE UNION 2006
69M 52S
It is time.
01. M. Ward - Chinese Translation - Kind of Devendra Banhart-ish to me. A nice, sweet, little song.
02. Liars - The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack - It feels heartfelt yet half-assed, but extremely likable. Typical Liars.
03. Yo La Tengo - I Feel Like Going Home - Yo La Tengo are in fine form on this one.
04. Espers - Children of Stone - I think this is very lovely. Tender but creepy at the same time.
05. Brightback Morninig Light - Everybody Daylight - A sun-damaged, hippy jam. But good!
06. Major Stars - Pocket - Major Stars now has a girl vocalist. This is a good blend of their patented wailing, distortion-addled solos; and well, a girl singing something you would hear at a dive.
07. Awesome Color - Grown - Pretty fucking sweet. That yell makes it obviously. What is wrong with the Stooges?
08. TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me - C'mon. You have to admit that it is a pretty addictive song.
09. Ellen Allien & Apparat - Way Out - As much as I pick on Ellen, this is a very nice single. I wish the rest of the record were as good.
10. Herbert (w/ Danni of course) - Something Isn't Right - To me, the standout track on this mix. When Matthew and Danni are on, they are unstoppable.
11. Booka Shade - Body Language (Interpretation) - They make it sound so easy. It is not.
12. Lindstrom - Further Into the Future - Technically from 2005 but this is an edit from his It's a Fidelity Affair compilation that is different from the original 12" (for the better). I tried really hard to get into that compilation but I couldn't. Lucky for me though, this track is absolutely stellar.
13. Various - Hater - Another one not technically from 2006. In late 2005 - early 2006 Various Production released 3 extremely limited singles this one being one of them. They were soon touted as the next big thing -- mostly by loser blog people like myself. I am talking Massive Attack and UNKLE big, which honestly was hyped by the equivalent of loser blog people a more than a decade ago. The album came out a couple of months ago and didn't make a whimper unfortunately.
14. Ghostface Killah - He's the Champ
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Posted by Fran at December 21, 2006 01:20 AM