DIAL A PEOM POETS
JESU
Conqueror
Well, as I've already gushed here, this newest Jesu album thing is perhaps the greatest Justin Broadrick product since... well, ever. Since Godflesh's "Slateman," certainly, in 1991. That song magically transformed music by pivoting between ethereal beauty and crushing doom riffs. It was pretty, heavy, mean, nasty, gorgeous, confusing. Sigh. It's still a classic, and genuinely unique. Flash forward 16 years and countless side projects of varying quality. Broadrick is in the big leagues with Conqueror. The title track sounds like My Bloody Valentine and Ride simultaneously playing a Black Sabbath song. Or something. And Red House Painters. It's THEEEE album of 2006 for me. Anchored but floating. See, this thing is so good that I lose all powers of description. It's Justin Broadrick back on the cutting edge, combining styles and sounds that have never come together in such a moving manner. Clean guitars mingle with samples & loops & textures & fuck it's blissed. "Weightless & Horizontal" is correct!!!! Oh yeah & there's no screaming. Whooot.
THE VINYL SKYWAY
From Telegraph Hill
Hm, Beach Boy-y, Beatley, Kink-y jangly indierock meh. Not offensive but impossible to get psyched about.
6PM
Far From Perfect
Indie electronica. Guitars replaced & replicated & remanded by synths & software processing. Kind of like Kings of Convenience crossed with Linkin Park. Scary & probably not necessary. But also oddly intriguing.
fun: David Gilmour feat David Bowie - Arnold Layne (live)
Cool, now do "Candy & a Currant Bun."
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