haha
― internet somebody (some dude), Thursday, 22 March 2012 20:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, that's too bad, but I do think you can pick out exactly who is playing what on each song, you just have to listen to them to figure it out. Seems like an odd thing to leave out of the liners though.
― grandavis, Thursday, 22 March 2012 20:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah as a Nels Cline stan i had a similar frustration with an Eleni Mandell album he played on where the liners were not very specific as to what he played on but there were of course some tracks where it was obviously him
― internet somebody (some dude), Thursday, 22 March 2012 20:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
I like this better than the Thurston joint from last year!
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Thursday, 22 March 2012 21:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^^ me too.
Really loving this album.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 19:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah this is better than it has any right to be - pretty much confirms my feeling that I mainly stuck with SY for the Lee songs
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 07:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
I read a couple of the negative reviews while listening to the first couple of tracks, and nearly bailed. I'm glad I didn't. This is a good album!
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 09:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
BBC review by Spencer Grady: http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/6z5c
― EvR, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 10:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
i Just. Don't. Get. people who can't write about this record without slighting SY's other work, etc, but i guess i'm pretty avowedly an SY fanboy by this point. this new lee album is thoroughly excellent, some of his best works, as was thurston's demolished thoughts, as was murray street, etc etc
― Nascar Pony (stevie), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 10:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
i preferred the thurston album. at least it had tunes whereas this is noodling along. thurston did evolve whereas lee just does not change at all. does the world really need this kind of stuff in the 2010s?
― alex in mainhattan, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 16:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
what kind of stuff does the world really need? other than love, sweet love.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 17:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
I liked new Thurston and Lee both, though they're very different albums. Not the BEST by either, though.
― Raymond Cummings, Thursday, 29 March 2012 02:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
i think maybe if Lee had given the Shelley/Cline/Licht ensemble a band name to credit the album under it would've gone down better as a Wild Flag-type supergroup thing
― Eisbaerg Slim (some dude), Friday, 30 March 2012 18:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Lee Ranaldo & The Angels of Licht
― tylerw, Friday, 30 March 2012 18:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Eisbaerg Slim (some dude), Friday, 30 March 2012 18:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
just saw this: http://pitchfork.com/features/5-10-15-20/8797-lee-ranaldo/
― tylerw, Friday, 30 March 2012 18:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
fun article but i wish he'd been a little more personal and idiosyncratic with his selections, obviously Nevermind and Daydream Nation have personal significance for him but i dunno
― Eisbaerg Slim (some dude), Friday, 30 March 2012 18:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah not terribly surprising stuff in there. liked the anecdote about playing marquee moon in the lecture hall.
― tylerw, Friday, 30 March 2012 19:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
Boring list, thought he'd stick a few more interesting albums for the 'guitarist' in there
― Master of Treacle, Friday, 30 March 2012 23:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
And Pavement as favourite band of the 90s, jesus
― Master of Treacle, Friday, 30 March 2012 23:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
the coda part of 'Fire Island' is lovely, wish it was the whole song
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 12:38 (8 months ago) Permalink