In Regards to the Chromatics, I think it's fairly expertly crafted dream pop. Not really anything completely unique that hasn't been done before, but it's of a type and quality that I feel is pretty rare in the past twenty or so years. The phoniness doesn't really come across to me in the music, which is all I really care about. I've read a lot about Robert Smith actually being a fairly happy guy who is happily married to his 14 year old high school sweetheart. But I'll be damned if the Cure's music doesn't still punch me in the gut...even if it is made up.
ive been on a huge cure kick lately and even exploring the post-disintegration stuff, which i never paid much attention to. wild mood swings (96) has some really good songs on it. ive also been listening to a bunch of robert smith interviews and he is definitely a different person than his image would have you believe. he seems like a down to earth, normal bloke with a good sense of humor. id much rather hang with him than morrissey! check this one out...
^ jo, Kanye is the poster boy for incredibly obnoxious, d-bag level of a person but unbelievable music.
Just saw Billie Joe Armstrong and his new side project The Longshot in a tiny bar in my tiny NW Washington town. They crushed it. The new music sounds like early Green Day/ 80s Replacements garage rock.
Nektar - Sounds Like This Nemrud - Ritual Ozric Tentacles - Strangeitude Wobbler - From Silence to Somewhere Both the Nemrud and Wobbler cds are somewhat new obscure Prog-Rock that I found out about from the great website: http://www.progarchives.com
Aquarium (Аквариум) 1976, 2009 "From the other side of the mirror glass (С той стороны зеркального стекла)" Kino (Кино́) 1988 Blood Type (Группа крови Gruppa krovi) 00:01 Blood Type 04:43 Close the Door Behind Me, I'm Leaving 08:57 War 12:59 Quiet Night 19:04 Mama, We've All Gone Mad 23:11 Boshetunmai 27:19 In Our Eyes 30:52 Try to Sing Along With Me 35:27 Passerby 39:04 From Now On, It's Our Turn 42:58 Legend
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia Marillion - Misplaced Childhood Spock's Beard - Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep
Omega - Csillagok útján - Skyrover Procol Harum - Grand Hotel And then what I thought was Uriah Heep's studio album, The Magician's Birthday Party but instead it is some weird concert, live album for them around this time. I was not happy when I made this "discovery".
Focus - Focus 8 Saga - Worlds Apart Barclay James Harvest - Once Again Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever Sweep the Leg Johnny - Tomorrow We Will Run Faster
