Health - Get Color

Health - Get Color

I Bought this record the other day knowing full well what i was in for. Health had brought out a self titled record previously that was loud, abrasive and full of intent but unfortunately fell a bit short of the mark. There was obviously something there though, these guys could play and even though they may of been fairly difficult to penetrate from a casual listening experience i could still accept that there was something there. Health were going for greatness and obviously wanted to show everyone what they were made of. I will try to explain what these guys sound like but as usual i will leave a myspace link for people to check it out for themselves. I think they are Electronic Avant Garde Rock with a fuck off punk edge. Now if that is your cup of tea then check it out by all means and go out and buy these records and promote interesting music.

As far as the new record goes i would have to say that once again it fell a little short, first of all the album is short. It only goes for 32 minutes and is 9 songs long. That means that at some point in the process of making this album there would of been a meeting a some point to try and eliminate songs to bring the album down to a more manageable length. I don't normally have a problem with shorter records but this is just ridiculous. The songs are loud and aggressive but also very experimental. This band could be great though which from my point of view is the most disappointing thing of all. I really hope that at some point in there career they will stop being so shocking and intense and just right good music. Experimental music doesn't always to have to be weird and at the end of the day good music always shines through. Im not sure that Get Color is good music but one thing i will say is that it is never boring.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_%28band%29

http://www.myspace.com/healthmusic

Nathan

Hollywood Stupidity

Just how fucking stupid is Hollywood. I can believe that they are rebooting a franchise that just got rebooted. Fucking retards.

A few hours after official word came down about Disney acquiring Marvel came word today that Fox is gearing up its rumored reboot of the "Fantastic Four" film franchise says Variety.
Tim Story directed the two previous live-action films in 2005 and 2007, both of which suffered a lot of negative criticism but made around $300 million each at the worldwide box-office.
Scribe Akiva Goldsman ("A Beautiful Mind," "Batman and Robin") has been hired to oversee the reboot as producer while Michael Green (TV's "Heroes," the upcoming "Green Lantern") will pen the script.
Why is this happening? Rights retention is the best guess. Fox has a licensing agreement from Marvel and thus controls the "Fantastic Four" movie franchise in perpetuity - under the condition that it continues making the films.
That motivation is not unheard of, a similar situation took place with 2002's "Queen of the Damned" which was greenlit to ensure Warner Bros. retained the film rights to Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles book series.
Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis and Julian McMahon starred in the previous two films, though with deals just made it's unsure if they'll return. If the project is a reboot however it seems unlikely.

Kluster 1970 - 1971

I so wanted to like this more than i actually did. If anything i would say that has put into the context the place of avant garde music and more specifically drone music. Nothing any of the drone bands these days are doing anything remotely new. This was made in 1970 and is completely bizarre and difficult to listen to. Kluster is the band that was there right at the start of the Krautrock movement, these guys were sitting there next to Kratwerk being inspired my the music concrete experiments in the 50s. Kluster evolved to being Cluster as there later incarnation when Conrad Schnitzler was kicked out of the band in 1971 and Brian Eno joied in 1975. Rodelius and Moebies both then went on to form and be apart of some of the leading Krautrock bands of there day(Harmonia, Cluster and Moebious and Plank to name a few ).

These Kluster cds are more experiments in Sound and technique than in actual music. To the untrained ear it could be perceived as noise. I was ultimately disappointed with this record as i had such high hopes in particular for Rodelius and Moebious who were the nucleus of harmonia who made such classic records as Deluxe and Musik von Harmonia. let me put it this was 3 albums, 6 Tracks and not much melody in sight. I am probably sounding like i didt like it that much but i do enjoy curiosity pieces. I mean i am the sucker who bought Mort Garsons 'Wozard of Iz' Last week, ridiculous but i will get to that later. If you are interested in the origins of Krautrock check this out but if it is not your scene stay well away.

Peace
Nathan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kluster

http://www.myspace.com/theonlyclusterthatmatters

Mew - No more Stories......

Let me just start of by saying that i am a big fan of this band. I loved And The Glass Handed Kites, It had this dark texture to it that really responded to and the follow up album does not disappoint. I have read on several occasions that the band had intentionally tried to make a more upbeat record that didn't sound so down. I don't really hear that on this record. Maybe if i sat down with the Lyric sheet i would understand what the lead singer was trying to tell me but to be honest with you i don't really care all that much about that shit. One thing that has to be said is that this is a great sounding modern rock record that lives up to whatever expectations you may of had. If you had never heard of this band i would recommend you start with this record and then go backwards through there catalogue. The album opens up with a bang with the lead single taking everyone by surprise with its choppy guitars 'Introducing Palace Prayers' also i would say ' Repeaterbeater' and ' Cartoons and Macrame Wounds' are highlights for me. Listen to this band if you like danish rock (Kashmir) or dark indie pop.

Peace,
Nathan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mew_%28band%29

http://www.myspace.com/mew

Welcome

Hello Everyone,

I thought as a distraction from my obsessive CD buying which now currently stands at a 3 to 4 Cd's a week i couldn't help but think it may be healthy to start a blog which discusses and reviews music and pushes it out into the world for open discussion. I will try to write a little something about everything i buy, this may or may not also include TV shows i am watching, films i am seeing or books that i am very occasionally reading. Please keep in mind though that this will predominately be a music source. The problem i am facing is the fact that my tastes have always been a little peculiar and my drive to discover and learn about music is very driven. I would almost consider myself borderline OCD when it comes to this. I had played in several bands all around Sydney for many years and consider myself to be extremely open minded. Music to me is not just a random listen to me it is a constant journey that never stops. You will finds reviews and opinions on Electronica, Krautrock, Metal, Indie Rock, Funk, Hip Hop, Avant Garde, Old School etc... Please also feel free for suggestions and thoughts on either what i should be listening to or your opinion on what i am currently listening to.

Peace,
Nathan