Lebanon - Planet Rubble [2007]
I had high hopes for this record all last year, yet I never listened to it. Go figure. It's instrumental rock with a good, raw sound to it. One of the tracks opens with this really nice sparse guitarwork that reminds me a lot of Jefferson Airplane or Japanese guitarists like Tetuzi Akiyama or Hisato Higuchi. I sorta wish more of the tracks had that feel to them. There's a Middle Eastern flair to some of the songs, too, which I love as I'm a big fan of that type of rock (i.e. Grails). Other than that I think it's a pretty decent instrumental record halfway between Toe and sgt. I wish I saw them at CMJ, I don't know what the fuck else I was doing whatever night they played.
The Killers - Hot Fuss [2004]
LOLOLOL. Fuck off, they're a catchy band. Obviously this is the first time I've bothered to listen to the full record, but if anything I can actually admit I like this band now. Maybe not in public, but still. When you couldn't walk outside without hearing "Mr. Brightside" coming from someone's radio, I thought it was a good tune and the other single from the record I just heard mashed-up with The Clash's "Rock The Casbah" and it was goddamned awesome, so I downloaded the whole album and I'm glad. I suppose this would cheer me up if I were in a bad mood or something. If there're a few things I can honestly say about The Killers, it would be that they're good songwriters, the bassist is exceptional, and they put those cheesy electronic/synth inclusions to good use unlike every most other bands I've heard
in this style of music.
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