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		<title>Great Blue Heron Music Festival 2011 Preview</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never been very quiet about the Great Blue Heron Music Festival &#8211; I&#8217;ve loudly proclaimed it&#8217;s my favorite weekend of the year. A weekend of self order generic viagra -discovery, a weekend of new music, a weekend of freedom. With this year&#8217;s 2011 line-up posted, I thought I&#8217;d introduce you to some of the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> <em>I&#8217;ve never been very quiet about the <a href="http://www.greatblueheron.com/">Great Blue Heron Music Festival</a> &#8211; I&#8217;ve <a href="http://www.shutterburgh.com/gbh2010/">loudly proclaimed</a> it&#8217;s my favorite weekend of the year. A weekend of self
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<p>-discovery, a weekend of new music, a weekend of freedom. With this year&#8217;s 2011 line-up posted, I thought I&#8217;d introduce you to some of the artists that will be bringing in fans from hundreds of miles to gather under the sun in Sherman, New York for culturally rich, musically diverse weekend in the woods.</em></p>
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Slow Mo (featuring Mic Wrecka)</strong></p>
<p><strong><img style=' float: right; padding: 4px; margin: 0 0 2px 7px;'  class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4871" title="slo-mo" src="http://mysterytricycle.com/wp-content/uploads/slo-mo-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></strong>The Philadelphia based, steel guitar pluckin&#8217;, rhyme-spinning tag team of Slo-Mo and Mic Wrecka will be lighting up the stage again this year! Somewhere stranded in the void of genre specificity between <a href="http://mysterytricycle.com/robert-randolph-the-family-band-we-walk-this-road-2010">Robert Randolph</a>, <a href="http://mysterytricycle.com/an-open-letter-to-the-roots">The Roots</a>, Cake, and Big Audio Dynamite, the team of Mike &#8220;Slo-Mo&#8221; Brenner and his touring band will once again join up with Mic Wrecka to deliver a sound that can only be defined as Rural Hip-Hop with plenty of bop and twang. Every year these guys bring a certain fire to the crowd just as the sun is setting, right about the time when everyone starts jumping up and down.</p>
<p><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24112838/Slo-Mo_-_County.mp3">Slo-Mo &#8211; County</a></p>
<p><strong><br />
The Town Pants</strong></p>
<p><img style=' float: right; padding: 4px; margin: 0 0 2px 7px;'  class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4875" title="townpants" src="http://mysterytricycle.com/wp-content/uploads/townpants-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /><a href="http://mysterytricycle.com/the-town-pants">What haven&#8217;t I said</a> about these Vancouver Cannucks that bring the drinking songs of a sailor and the raging energy of an Irishman to the rolling hills of Western New York? I&#8217;ve gushed about the Town Pants for years because of their raucous stage presence, their electric energy, and their ability to synchronize a crowd in to a common state of party mentality. Fiery fiddle and
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<p> loud twangy banjo round out a full spectrum of sound that is sure to light up the festival.</p>
<p><a href="http://mysterytricycle.com/wp-content/uploads/comewithme.mp3">The Town Pants &#8211; Come With Me</a></p>
<p><strong><br />
Donna the Buffalo</strong></p>
<p><img style=' float: right; padding: 4px; margin: 0 0 2px 7px;'  class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4885" title="donna" src="http://mysterytricycle.com/wp-content/uploads/donna-150x150.gif" alt="" width="150" height="150" />This will be Donna&#8217;s 20th time playing at the festival, having been headliners since the beginning. Jeb, Tara, and the gang have spent half of a lifetime producing Americana music with zydeco, reggae, and bluegrass roots.  They have an easy-going, elemental stage presence that focuses the audience&#8217;s attention on the rustic groove of their music. Also, their late-night reconfiguration in to their alter-egos, Buffalo Zydeco, will have the dance tent moving until the wee hours of the morning.</p>
<p><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24112838/Donna_the_Buffalo_-_Family_Picture_%28Live%29.mp3">Donna the Buffalo &#8211; Family Picture (live)</a><strong> </strong></p>
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The Sim Redmond Band</strong></p>
<p><strong><img style=' float: right; padding: 4px; margin: 0 0 2px 7px;'  class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4889" title="SRB" src="http://mysterytricycle.com/wp-content/uploads/SRB-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></strong>Traveling around the world, and known for collaborating with acts like Moe, the Nevil Brothers and Jimmy Cliff, the Sim Redmond Band plays a unique, distinctive blend of roots rock and Caribbean reggae music that ensnares the listener and gets wedged in to your brain. Hailing from Ithica, New York, the SRB should feel right at home as they play a harmonious blend of deeply American music, infused with a cornucopia of ethnic influences, across the Amish hillsides.</p>
<p><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24112838/The_Sim_Redmond_Band_-_Life_Is_Water.mp3">The Sim Redmond Band &#8211; Life Is Water</a></p>
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The David Bromberg Quartet</strong></p>
<p><img style=' float: right; padding: 4px; margin: 0 0 2px 7px;'  class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4893" title="davidbromberg" src="http://mysterytricycle.com/wp-content/uploads/davidbromberg-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" />After a 17 year hiatus from recording, David Bromberg returned to recording and is now back to playing his iconic brand of acoustic, traditional blues and folk. Expected to release an album less than two weeks after Heron, the festival will likely be a bit of an album-release party for David and I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll hear a nice mix of classic standards and new material. The guitar virtuoso never disappoints and will have an inspiring showcase of talent under the warm July sun.</p>
<p><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24112838/David_Bromberg_Quartet_-_Last_Song_For_Shelby_Jean.mp3">David Bromberg Quartet &#8211; Last Song for Shelby Jean</a></p>
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The Horse Flies</strong></p>
<p><img style=' float: right; padding: 4px; margin: 0 0 2px 7px;'  class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4897" title="horseflies_lg" src="http://mysterytricycle.com/wp-content/uploads/horseflies_lg-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" />Acclaimed by Rolling Stone for their ability to &#8220;churn out swirling, addictive songs, blending tradition with invention&#8221;, the Horse Flies produce of astonishing, complex rhythms, surprisingly rich textures, and showcase limitless energy on stage. To boil the &#8216;Flies down to an Americana band is simply selling them short &#8211; they are a diverse, talented group of musicians that produce music that is humbling and humble simultaneously. Full of spring vigor and summer Zen, these guys are best heard outside, and you&#8217;ll get your chance this July.</p>
<p><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24112838/The_Horse%20Flies_-_Baghdad_Children.mp3">The Horse Flies &#8211; Baghdad Children</a></p>
<p><em><br />
These are just a sample of the dozens of acts to catch this year at Heron. Mystery Tricycle will be up there reporting on the new music and new experiences floating through the trees in Sherman, New York, and we hope you are too. <a href="http://www.greatblueheron.com/gbh_details.html">Tickets are on sale now</a>!</em></p>
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		<title>An Open Letter to The Roots</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Black Thought writing my essay , ?uestlove, Kamal Gray, and all members of the Roots, My global contempt for the hip-hop music community has always been deeply ingrained within my taste in music. It&#8217;s always been a driving element in my rip-tide repulsion to popular culture. Even during the foundations of the genre, groups [...]]]></description>
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<img style=' float: right; padding: 4px; margin: 0 0 2px 7px;'  class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4851" title="The Roots" src="http://mysterytricycle.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Roots-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" />Dear <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Thought">Black Thought
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<p>My global contempt for the hip-hop music community has always been deeply ingrained within my taste in music. It&#8217;s always been a driving element in my rip-tide repulsion to popular culture. Even during the foundations of the genre, groups like Run D.M.C. and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.W.A">N.W.A</a> set an expectation deep within me that shouting poetry to the beat of music probably wasn&#8217;t going to be my thing.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve long condensed hip-hop as simply a sub-culture that represented little more than the glorification the performer, not the performance; acts that were focused on image and dominance in lieu of creativity or musicianship. It felt like every song I heard was banality of synthesized looping beats as the foundation for poorly executed shouting about the thug lifestyle, the virtues of the vagina, and how all it took was confidence, fame, and money to rule the world. I would strive to extract themes I could relate with, or at least identify, but sadly, was lost in the sea of stupidity.</p>
<p>Perhaps it was a racial thing, and I&#8217;m man enough to admit it. Hip-hop was still in the process of self-identification when I was growing up as a white kid from a Catholic elementary school in the rolling mountains of Western Maryland. I would be hard-pressed to find a way that my &#8216;roots&#8217; were not the antithesis of the hip-hop culture. The &#8216;projects&#8217; were just a mythical land to me.</p>
<p>So I kept growing up, and kept listening to the cultural pulse, and kept diving deeper in to a pretentious fog of valuing music from Julliard more than from the streets. I wanted to be stimulated musically. I wanted to feel like music was valuable because it was a recording of people doing things I couldn&#8217;t do. Far from virtuosity in any instrument, music was the sum of it&#8217;s parts for me; a deeply-seeded exposition of human talent &#8211; the human brain in tangible motion. This isn&#8217;t to say that I was enamored with Mozart or Tchaikovsky, I was far too enthralled by drums and guitar, but when asked if I liked classical music, I always had a quick answer.</p>
<p>Yes. But yes is simply the simplified answer to dismiss the question. The truth is that I&#8217;m not obsessed with the bulk of music I heard from the 17th century. The fact was, I had immense, immeasurable respect for any man that could arrange a score for a room full of instruments and make something with structure, melody, texture, and harmony. And this is probably the source of all my music pretentiousness and my aversion to hip-hop. But I just didn&#8217;t find myself listening to it for pleasure.</p>
<p>There was music I <em>respected</em>, and then there was music that I <em>enjoyed.</em> But, I could only find myself &#8216;liking&#8217; tracks in the middle of the Venn Diagram.</p>
<p>Hip-hop was always hard to respect. It wasn&#8217;t the vulgarity, or the objectification of women, or any of the other tropes that are so commonly associated with the genre. For me, it was the violation of the rules.
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<p> It was how &#8216;uh&#8217; is used as a syllable. It was how &#8216;erbody&#8217; could stand in for &#8216;everybody&#8217; without reproach. It was how every lyric of every live show that I&#8217;ve ever seen was shouted at the top of the lungs with complete disregard to balance and control. But mainly, it was how it was received. I didn&#8217;t want to live in a world where shouting of improper English about hedonism and violence, all on top of a synthesized repeating beat, was met with adoration.</p>
<p>But then the Roots were born. And it all started with drums.</p>
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<p>I probably need to thank ?uestlove for my acceptance of hip-hop more than any other soul in human history. My first experience with the Roots was a few tracks of their album, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Tipping Point</span> that I heard on a car trip to Boston with my friend Chris, another archetypical white boy like
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<p> myself. I liked them, but they had yet to break through my steel curtain of aversion for &#8216;rap&#8217;.</p>
<p>But by this time in my career of listening to music, I was starting to explore black music before &#8220;black music&#8221;. I was already beginning to explore the domains of funk and soul &#8211; and during this individual renaissance, I felt intrepid &#8211; like I was the first white guy to ever hear the Isley Brothers. My audacious attitude, combined with the acoustic, gritty drums on the Root&#8217;s disc, made me give them another listen.</p>
<p>Then I heard the Roots. I mean, <em>heard</em> them.</p>
<p>A few days later, I was listening to the lyrics and heard Black Thought talk about things like South African Apartheid and people like Langston Hughes. I found myself listening at my computer, pausing the track, and Googling terms I heard. And then there was this singular moment &#8211; I realized that I&#8217;m learning from the Roots. I&#8217;m learning history and culture, I&#8217;m shattering racial barriers in my brain, and in an instant, I respected the Roots. I get them. I nod my head and believe in the music. I understood the message; I felt the pulse.</p>
<p>The eclectic brand of funky guitars, gritty drums, and non-sampled music is the perfect entry point for someone in a pretentious indie-music shadow. Powerful lyrics, thoughtful messages, expert musicianship, and true soul in every note, make the Roots the first hip-hop band that I didn&#8217;t just tolerate, but loved. They opened a door, via the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soulquarians">Soulquarians</a>, to new frontiers of music for me.</p>
<p>The Roots have made a career on this funk-a-fied brand of neo-soul hip-hop, and their entire catalog is damn good. Obviously, if you read MT, you know that I&#8217;m enthralled with their newest work, a <a href="http://mysterytricycle.com/john-legend-the-roots-wake-up-2010">collaboration with John Legend</a>, but every one of their albums is an arrangement of eclectic instruments, groovy beats, and a signature approach to hip-hop lyricism that defies boundaries and converts non-believers.</p>
<p>So, Roots, I just wanted to say thanks for shattering stereotypes. Thank you for keeping your sound acoustic and live. Thank you for writing compelling, flowing lyrics. Thank you for keeping your sound the way it should be, even during this pop-hop transience that we are going through. And mostly, thank you for &#8216;keeping it real&#8217;. I never knew what that meant until I had you in my life.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Nick, A Newly Reformed Hip-Hop Man</p>
<p><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24112838/The_Roots_-_Guns_Are_Drawn.mp3">The Roots &#8211; Guns Are Drawn</a></p>
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		<dc:creator>Valerie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was at the Pittsburgh Glass Center last Friday for their Hot Jam when I disc canadian pharmacy cialis overed Cello Fury. I wasn&#8217;t in the room when they started to play, but their infectious sound quickly drew my attention away from the molten glass being shaped into a vase (no mean feat, I can [...]]]></description>
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<p>Turns out this smoothness is due in small part to the minimal electric attachments to the cellos (for musical balance with the drum kit), but mostly to the impressive skill of the musicians. Through this combination of slight electronic modification and skill Cello Fury has obtained the smooth singing quality of a higher pitched instrument (think a violin or viola) mixed with the inherent solid depth of tone that cellos possess, to create a sound that simultaneously soars through the upper atmosphere and roots deep into your bones. This juxtaposition between depth and movement is really lovely both in person and on the CD.</p>
<p>But more importantly, Cello Fury is not your grandmother&#8217;s quartet. There is not a single Vivaldi, Mozart, or Beethoven lick to be had, and they are unlikely to be playing at a pretentious outdoor country wedding whose guest list comprises only those who make 7 figures a year. Not because their music is not worth the five figure appearance fee undoubtedly paid to those sorts of musicians, but because their music demands attention. It is not music which will flit unconsciously in the background whilst guests sip on champagne and nibble hor d&#8217;oeuvres. It won&#8217;t sit peacefully and allow someone else the glory and spoils of attention. The music reaches deep into the souls of the audience and compels either movement or enraptured attention; demanding and pushing with each note and phrase.</p>
<p><img style=' float: right; padding: 4px; margin: 0 0 2px 7px;'  class="alignright size-large wp-image-4864" title="Cello Fury 2" src="http://mysterytricycle.com/wp-content/uploads/Cello-Fury-2-383x500.jpg" alt="" width="383" height="500" />As a live show, the group is impressive. They have such fun when they play and this rapport is clearly communicated with the audience. They are also just as good (if not better) in person as on their CD. Some bands disappoint live, but I&#8217;m happy to report that Cello Fury is not one of them. In fact, I enjoyed their live show slightly better than the CD because they are true entertainers. Their passion for music comes through with every body movement that they do onstage, and some of that is necessarily lost on CD tracks which aren&#8217;t accompanied by visual representation.  I was simultaneously impressed and amused by the headbanging; impressed because not a note was out of place amongst the gyrations of the skull, and amused because, well, there are three cellists headbanging to their music. You don&#8217;t see that every day. (Imagine if the cello section of your favorite philharmonic started headbanging like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megadeth">Megadeth</a> without missing a beat. Somewhat comical)</p>
<p>This sort of musical style is a bit more popular currently in Europe, with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escala_%28group%29">Escala</a> (an entirely electric string quartet) becoming finalists in Britain&#8217;s Got Talent. However they mainly do &#8220;covers&#8221; (tough to really say covers since the music was all originally classical and the composers have been dead for ages) whereas Cello Fury writes their own music. Another skilled band is Bond who claims to be the &#8220;original electric string quartet&#8221;; their style is a bit more pop/dance, similar to Escala.</p>
<p>This disc is a great classy alternative to the Billboard 100 hits to play at adventurous parties to get people moving on the dance floor. Even slightly less energetic events would undoubtedly benefit from an infusion of Fury.</p>
<p><strong>The Good</strong>: Sometimes mixtures of styles lead to mediocre outputs. Cello Fury&#8217;s melding of rock and classical takes the best of both worlds and outputs something even better.</p>
<p><strong>The Bad</strong>: Tough to say. The CD is all done in a very specific style although tempo and mood vary quite a bit, to the point where I personally find large differences in songs. However it does take more than one cursory listen to extract those quirks, so this CD isn&#8217;t for those who listen once and then never come back.</p>
<p><strong>The Verdict:</strong> Live or on CD, this is a group worth listening to.</p>
<p><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24112838/Cello_Fury_-_Odyssey.mp3">Cello Fury &#8211; Odyssey</a></p>
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		<title>Vintersorg &#8211; Jordpuls (2011)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vintersorg is my favourite metal band, period, so when I heard they had a new album out I was intrigued but also a bit worried.  Confused?  Let me explain.  The first three albums they produced (including Till fjälls which I&#8217;ve covered here before) were an amazing blend of black, folk, and prog metal.  The lyrics [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img style=' float: right; padding: 4px; margin: 0 0 2px 7px;'  class="alignright size-full wp-image-4842" title="jordpuls" src="http://mysterytricycle.com/wp-content/uploads/jordpuls.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" />Vintersorg is my favourite metal band, period, so when I heard they had a new album out I was intrigued but also a bit worried.  Confused?  Let me explain.  The first three albums they produced (including <em><a href="http://mysterytricycle.com/vintersorg-till-fjalls-1998#more">Till fjälls</a></em> which I&#8217;ve covered here before) were an amazing blend of black, folk, and prog metal.  The lyrics switched effortlessly between beautiful, clean harmonies and growled, dirty, troll-like screams.  Also, they were completely in Swedish.  Like Valerie&#8217;s pointed out <a href="http://mysterytricycle.com/carla-bruni-quelquun-ma-dit-2002#more">before</a> you need to listen to music in an language you don&#8217;t understand a bit differently.  The meaning of the lyrics fall away (mostly, and until you find a translation) and the vocals become another instrument.  That was part of the magic and appeal of Vintersorg for me.</p>
<p>Then <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cosmic-Genesis-Vintersorg/dp/B000056KWM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=music&amp;qid=1303056022&amp;sr=8-2"><em>Cosmic Genesis</em></a> was released in 2000.  This album and the two to follow were mostly in English and moved more and more away from the folk influenced metal into more and more progressive metal until <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Focusing-Blur-Vintersorg/dp/B0001BUCWY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1303056128&amp;sr=1-1"><em>The Focusing Blur</em></a>, which was completely in English and almost all experimental.  Needless to say I was not pleased.  <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Solens-Rotter-Vintersorg/dp/B000OMD2TA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=music&amp;qid=1303056107&amp;sr=1-1">Solens rötter</a> </em> saw a return to all Swedish lyrics and more folk-inspired themes and sounds but was still too progressive for my taste.  Thus, Vintersorg is my favourite metal band (for <em><a href="../vintersorg-till-fjalls-1998#more">Till fjälls</a> </em>especially, but also <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hedniskhjaertad-Vintersorg/dp/B0000249NP/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1303056259&amp;sr=1-1">Hedniskhjärtad</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/%C3%96demarkens-son-Vintersorg/dp/B0000365HZ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1303056227&amp;sr=1-1">Ödemarkens son</a>), but for the last 10 years or so I&#8217;ve been unimpressed and disappointed.</p>
<p>My first listen through to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jordpuls-Vintersorg/dp/B004KB4SDA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1303056343&amp;sr=1-1"><em>Jordpuls</em></a> I didn&#8217;t like it.  It was
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<p> much more folk-heavy than anything since Ödemarkens son, but not up to snuff with Till fjälls.  But you can&#8217;t just listen to an album once and make a proper decision.  Every time I hear it now (going on 15-20) I like the album more and more.  There is a much higher abundance of growled lyrics than the first three albums I think, which was a turn off at first.  See, part of the reason I like Vintersorg so much is Mr. V&#8217;s voice.  It&#8217;s just so.. well, I&#8217;ll put it this way.  If there was a way to have sex with a voice and it not be gay I would totally pick his.  Actually, I might even if it is kind of gay, that&#8217;s how amazing his voice is.  The problem is that that doesn&#8217;t come across as well when he&#8217;s not singing clean lyrics.  The growled lyrics just don&#8217;t shine like his clean vocals do.</p>
<p>Another complaint about the album is that most of  it feels  too layered, too busy.  One thing I really liked about the early albums was that there was a diversity of feeling to the music.  Some of the songs would be more laid back than others.  The driving drums and guitar are still there in those songs, but there is also an element that&#8217;s rather lofty and slower.  Most of the time it&#8217;s Mr. V&#8217;s vocals, but, other times it&#8217;s the piano in &#8220;Till fjälls&#8221; (the song, not the entire album) or Cia Hedmark&#8217;s vocals in &#8220;Isjungfrun&#8221;.  Don&#8217;t get me wrong, there are parts of songs on Jordpuls that manage to capture this feel: the album closer, Eld Och Lågor, is probably the best example.  But it&#8217;s all kind of buried and feels like an after thought.</p>
<p>Still, for all of that I&#8217;ve definitely changed my opinion on the album now that I&#8217;ve heard it more.  It&#8217;s worth listening to, especially if you&#8217;ve been waiting for Vintersorg to return to their folk roots.  While it may never be as good as the first three albums it&#8217;s still pretty good.  I hope it&#8217;s an indication of the future direction Mr. V is going to take.  If it is I&#8217;m more than willing to wait another four years for the next album.</p>
<p><strong>The Good.</strong> Vintersorg has returned more to their folk roots than with any album since Ödemarkens son.  I think this is a huge plus.  Mr. V&#8217;s voice is still great and a pleasure to listen to.</p>
<p><strong>The Bad.</strong> It&#8217;s better than mediocre, but still not great.  There&#8217;s just something missing.</p>
<p><strong>The Verdict.</strong> Not Vintersorg&#8217;s best album, but it&#8217;s worth listening to, especially if you&#8217;ve been waiting for 10 years for them to return to a more folk-influenced sound.</p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-4843" href="http://mysterytricycle.com/vintersorg-jordpuls-2011/02-klippor-och-skar-compress">Klippor Och Skär </a></p>
<p>PS.  It&#8217;s a longer song (6+ min), so I had to compress it in order to put it up here.  Sorry if there&#8217;s any loss in quality, but it should still give you a good idea of what the song sounds like.</p>
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		<title>The Foo Fighters &#8211; Wasting Light (2011)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hipsters, we need to talk. I don&#8217;t know how to buy cialis tell you this, but I think we need to break up. It&#8217;s not you, it&#8217;s me. We had our good times. You introduced to me to vintage music and showed me what quality craftsmenship looks like. I can&#8217;t thank you enough for that; [...]]]></description>
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<p>tell you this, but I think we need to break up.</em></p>
<p><em>It&#8217;s not you, it&#8217;s me. </em></p>
<p>We had our good times. You introduced to me to vintage music and showed me what quality craftsmenship looks like. I can&#8217;t thank you enough for that; and you know <a href="http://mysterytricycle.com/fleetwood-mac-rumors-1977">Fleetwood Mac</a> will always be our thing.</p>
<p>But I need to move on. I guess I just wanted to tell you about me, the Foo Fighters, and Wasting Light before you heard it from someone else.</p>
<p>Before you start getting upset, know that I&#8217;m only here because you always taught me to follow the music.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t worry; I&#8217;m in good hands. You two would probably be very good friends if it wasn&#8217;t so awkward. I mean, you both like Nirvana and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Vig">Butch Vig</a>. Did I tell you about the garage recording? That&#8217;s right, the enter record was made in a garage on analog equipment. You can hear the imperfections. Doesn&#8217;t that get you excited?</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the thing: Dave and the boys can give me something you never could. Airplay.</p>
<p>I mean, there was that one time with Mumsford and Sons, but you said they were too maintstream after Taylor Swift covered &#8220;<a href="http://www.spin.com/articles/watch-taylor-swift-cover-mumford-sons">White Blank Page</a>&#8220;. You know I love spending time with you; I just wish you would make an effort to come to me. I&#8217;m tired of always coming to you. Wasting Light&#8217;s &#8216;Rope&#8217; launched at #1 on <a href="http://goo.gl/S8DhP">Billboard&#8217;s Rock Songs</a>. I didn&#8217;t have to go pillaging through records stores and cans of PBR at a some $10 cover show just to find good music. You know where we met? Top 40 radio. Yeah, I said it. I sometimes listen to Top 40.</p>
<p>Please don&#8217;t even act surprised. You know me and Foo have been friends since &#8216;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Colour_and_the_Shape">97</a>. And I&#8217;ve heard you sing &#8220;My Hero&#8221; before, so don&#8217;t try to hid it.</p>
<p>Try to be happy for us. This is what I want. It&#8217;s not like we won&#8217;t see each other anymore. I won&#8217;t even be mad if you stalk them <a href="http://mysterytricycle.com/7-alternatives-to-pandora-and-last-fm">online</a>.</p>
<p>Now if you&#8217;ll excuse me, Dave is calling.</p>
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<p>The Foo Fighters are back with their seventh studio album, <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004LUHQ1G/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mystetricy-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B004LUHQ1G">Wasting Light</a><img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B004LUHQ1G" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></em>, after spending the last three and a half years touring and collecting Grammy Awards from <em>Echos, Silence, Patience, and Grace</em>. Proving again what a talented band they are, Foo unleashes an unadultered album that pleases lifetime fans and newcomers alike. From his blues crooning on &#8216;I Should Have Known&#8217;, to his screaming vocals on &#8216;White Limo&#8217;, Dave Grohl covers a breadth of ranges most vocalists dream of.</p>
<p>Like a family reunion, Krist Novoselic and Butch Vig join with Grohl to help fashion an album the way Nirvana would have:
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<p> badass. Not only does the music deliver, it was all done without computers. Recording in his garage, Grohl wanted to get back to raw feel of the music. In case you don&#8217;t believe him, Grohl shredded the master tapes after recording and included <a href="http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2011/04/dave_grohl_wasting_light.php">a piece in every CD</a>.</p>
<p><strong>The Good</strong>: Talking with a friend about which bands our generation will remember 30 years from now, I mentioned Foo Fighters. This album only solidifies that belief.</p>
<p><strong>The Bad</strong>: For fans of the lighter side of Foo Fighters (read: <em>In Your Honor: Disc Two</em>), about the closest thing you&#8217;ll get to an slow song is &#8216;These Days&#8217;.</p>
<p><strong>The Veridct</strong>: Forgo the digital download and buy the physical album. You&#8217;re gonna rip it anyway; might as well get some master tape out of it.</p>
<p>P.S. For audiophile&#8217;s who respect the notion of physical music, be sure to check out <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_Rare_(Foo_Fighters_album)">Medium Rare</a> on April 16 available only on 12-inch, 120-gram vinyl.</p>
<p><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24112838/Foo_Fighters_-_Rope.mp3">Foo Fighters &#8211; Rope</a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Clarks are a Pittsburgh-based rock band that seem to have been on the edge of breaking out onto the national scene for years now. Formed in 1986 they cut their teeth playing at fraternities and bars. They&#8217;ve released 12 studio and live albums since forming, which have collectively sold nearly a quarter million copies. [...]]]></description>
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<p>s-Let_It_Go_3-300&#215;300.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;" width=&#8221;300&#8243; height=&#8221;300&#8243; /></a>The Clarks are a Pittsburgh-based rock band that seem to have been on the edge of breaking out onto the national scene for years now.  Formed in 1986 they cut their teeth playing at fraternities and bars.  They&#8217;ve released 12 studio and live albums since forming, which have collectively sold nearly a quarter million copies.  Their music has been featured in the Warner Bros. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234829/"><em>Summer Catch</em></a> and the closing credits of <em>The Anna Nicole Show</em>.  Admittedly <em>Summer Catch </em>is only rated at 4.6/10 on IMDB and 7% on Rotten Tomatoes and it&#8217;s Anna Nicole, but still, that should generate some interest.   In addition they&#8217;ve played on the Late Show with David Letterman.  They&#8217;ve toured all across the East, Southwest, and Pacific US, but for all of that are still most popular around Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania.  While they might draw a few thousand attendees to shows in other areas around the &#8216;Burgh The Clarks can bring in a crowd of over ten thousand.  This is probably in part because people in Pittsburgh often have great taste in music, but also because two local radio stations, <a href="http://www.dve.com/main.html">WDVE</a> and <a href="http://www.1059thex.com/main.html">The X (WXDX)</a>, often play their songs.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Let-Go-Clarks/dp/B00004TKTP/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top"><em>Let It Go</em></a> is probably The Clarks most successful album to date.  Most of the songs on the album, such as the popular &#8220;Chasin&#8217; Girls&#8221;  and &#8220;Better Off Without You&#8221;, are energetic tracks.  You find yourself tapping your foot or bouncing a knee or whatever it is you do to keep a subconscious beat.  Even the more ballady songs are energetic, like they know they could just rock if they wanted to, but chose not to and if you don&#8217;t like that tough.  So yes, energetic, that&#8217;s how I&#8217;d have to sum up this album if forced to pick a vague term that you can&#8217;t properly quantify (and that&#8217;s what this music review business is all about, isn&#8217;t it?).    Actually, sometimes you swear you&#8217;re listening to a band that you&#8217;d hear at a college bar, only they&#8217;ve polished their material, written a lot of original songs, and gone professional.  Which is exactly what The Clarks have done, so that makes perfect sense.</p>
<p>Now getting into some specifics just for fun: &#8220;Snowman&#8221; is the album opener.  While the lyrics are intentionally vague it&#8217;s fun to
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<p> listen to with some great guitar riffs and a driving drum beat.  It definitely sets the tone for the rest of the album.</p>
<p>&#8220;Better Off Without You&#8221; is anthemic, especially to anyone that&#8217;s broken off a terrible relationship though I think most of us can relate to that experience.  It&#8217;s kind of angry, but driven and glad to be done with that stupid bitch at the same time.  Take for instance the last couple lines:</p>
<p>&#8220;Late at night you pick up the telephone<br />
Call me up and cry &#8217;cause you&#8217;re all alone I don&#8217;t care<br />
Apologize for taking my cigarettes<br />
Now it&#8217;s time to feel all the side effects<br />
Missing the life you had&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;Born Too Late&#8221; is a perennial favourite.  This is often one of the songs that gets people hooked on The Clarks.  Released as a single it&#8217;s a retrospective song that references famous artists and figures throughout history.  I know that doesn&#8217;t sound like the outline of a song that should have become a national/international hit, but once you hear it I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll agree.</p>
<p>&#8220;Chasin&#8217; Girls&#8221; opens with lyrics I&#8217;m sure a lot of us can relate to:</p>
<p>&#8220;I’ve been chasin’ girls<br />
I’ve been drinkin’ beer<br />
I’ve been getting stoned right here&#8221;</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re reading this blog and are male (and sometimes female) then you&#8217;ve done that.  As for the song it self, it&#8217;s basically saying &#8220;Yeah, I could be successful if I tried&#8221;.  Again, been there and though that, right?</p>
<p><strong>The Good</strong>: Pretty much every song on this album is well thought out and well done.  There is a range of intensity from driven rock to ballads and lyrics anyone can relate too.  Plus the songs are catchy.</p>
<p><strong>The Bad</strong>: Some serious Clarks fans like their earlier stuff better.  Might be that if you like this album you should check it out as well.  Let this album springboard you into their discography.</p>
<p><strong>The Verdict</strong>:  Listen to the album, you&#8217;ll like it.  If you don&#8217;t trust me look at the ratings on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Let-Go-Clarks/product-reviews/B00004TKTP/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&amp;showViewpoints=1">Amazon</a>: 24 5-stars, 7 4-stars, and 1 2-star.  Pretty good indication I should think.  Also, if you&#8217;re outside of Pittsburgh, you can thank me for introducing you to The Clarks after they blast off onto the national stage.  If you&#8217;re from Pittsburgh you can share the smugness of knowing they started here and they&#8217;ve great for years.</p>
<p>One last thing.  Everything I&#8217;ve heard and read says The Clarks live show is even better than any album they&#8217;ve put out, and in fact the best part about the band.  Unfortunately I&#8217;ve never been to one of their shows.  I&#8217;d really like to someday.  They play around 150 shows a year so it shouldn&#8217;t be too hard getting to one.  If you can see them, my only suggestion is to do it and see what happens.</p>
<p><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24112838/The_Clarks_-_Born_Too_Late.mp3">The Clarks &#8211; Born Too Late</a></p>
<p><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24112838/The_Clarks_-_Chasin_Girls.mp3">The Clarks &#8211; Chasin&#8217; Girls</a></p>
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		<title>Adam Taylor &#8211; No Poet (2011)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adam Taylor&#8217;s short pop soliloquies are just as quirk canadian pharmacy cialis y as Adam himself probably is. Though I&#8217;ve never met the man, I can safely guess that he is a complex, layered individual. My first clue in to that insight is No Poet, his newest release. No Poet exists an enormous juxtaposition. It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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<p>y as Adam himself probably is. Though I&#8217;ve never met the man, I can safely guess that he is a complex, layered individual. My first clue in to that insight is <em><a href="http://www.adamtaylormusic.com/fr_about.cfm">No Poet</a></em>, his newest release.</p>
<p><em>No Poet</em> exists an enormous juxtaposition. It&#8217;s a short (20 min EP) arrangement of brief, compartmentalized folk-pop-rock musings, but within a relatively bubbly exterior lies some complex themes and messages. The disc is focused around human conflicts like the fears of leaving home, questioning of religion, and the frustrations of sexuality. All very deep thoughts requiring pointed introspection and deep considerations. Not bad for 3 minute pop songs, eh?</p>
<p>The opener, &#8216;Oliver&#8217; is about a long distance relationship, and explores the concerns of fear of abandonment and resisting the temptation of infidelity. It&#8217;s a battle between love and lost, and presents some very deep concerns for a 2minute, 12 second song. At the end of the song, the listener realizes what Adam calls &#8220;the redemptive  power of trust.&#8221; This is just an example of the tangibly important themes that are buried  at the foundations of the music. You can see that these are tracks centered around the story, and lyrics are definitely of paramount importance for &#8216;getting&#8217; this album.</p>
<p>Musically, it&#8217;s evident that backing tracks are there as foundation of the stories only, and not voices themselves.  There are no real solos or notable performances &#8211;
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<p> not necessarily a bad thing, but as the name contradicts, this is a poetry album and music exists superfluously. Back tracks are the standard fare of acoustic guitar and poppy drums. I rather prefer it that way, as it gives ample room for the listener to extract some meaning from the lyrics.</p>
<p>This is a good disc for a quick listen, and I recommend it provided that folk pop is your thing. It&#8217;s not breaking any boundaries, but it&#8217;s comfortably riding in the sweet spot that bands like Stereo Fuse and REM have cut out for them.</p>
<p><strong>The
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<p> Good</strong>: Quality songwriting, important and relevant lyrics, in a nice, succinct package.</p>
<p><strong>The Bad</strong>: Maybe a little too succinct, EP&#8217;s don&#8217;t always cut it for me in length.</p>
<p><strong>Verdict</strong>: This is a quality disc worth listening too, but I&#8217;d probably prefer to see the man live.</p>
<p><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24112838/Adam_Taylor_-_Oliver.mp3">Adam Taylor &#8211; Oliver</a></p>
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		<title>Extraordinary Endeavors: Eric Whitacre and the Virtual Choir</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Occasionally we run into a project or musical endeavor which viagra generic defies all attempts at pretentiousness; it&#8217;s just straight up cool. Even if you&#8217;re not a classical music fan (though if you read MysteryTricycle you must enjoy the occasional Bach partita or Chopin waltz), you&#8217;re going to enjoy this. Enter and the virtual choir. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img style=' float: right; padding: 4px; margin: 0 0 2px 7px;'  class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4812" title="Eric_Whitacre" src="http://mysterytricycle.com/wp-content/uploads/Eric_Whitacre-300x281.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="281" />Occasionally we run into a project  or musical endeavor which
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<p>defies all attempts at pretentiousness; it&#8217;s  just straight up cool. Even if you&#8217;re not a classical music fan (though  if you read MysteryTricycle you must enjoy the occasional Bach partita  or Chopin waltz), you&#8217;re going to enjoy this.</p>
<p>Enter  and the virtual  choir. Eric started life in Nevada, wanting to be a pop star. <em>&#8220;[I  wanted to be] the 5th member of Durand Durand&#8221; </em> (from his speech at Ted talks). However after going to college he realized  that there&#8217;s really no degree for that, and he was strong-armed by a  friend into joining the university&#8217;s choir (with the promise of hot  soprano girls and a trip to Mexico).</p>
<p>It was in this choir that Eric had  an epiphany of sorts, which would shape the rest of his life. He abandoned  the idea of becoming a pop star to instead become a classical music  composer and conductor. Since then, he has written many works including  pieces for choir, wind symphonies, and even a musical.</p>
<p>But what we here at MysteryTricycle  are most impressed by is his idea of a &#8220;virtual choir.&#8221; A  few years ago he got the idea to try to put together a choral rendition  of his song <em>Lux Aurumque</em> by requesting that users submit YouTube  videos of themselves singing the piece.</p>
<p>To have a shot at making this work,  he videotaped himself conducting the piece, and had a background track  of piano so that people could listen to something while they sang. This  way everyone would sing at approximately the same tempo and approximately  the same pitch.</p>
<p>The submissions came in, were edited  all together, and <em>Lux Aurumque</em> was released via YouTube in 2009.  In the end, there were 185 people singing this song together representing  12 countries around the world.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>We not only appreciate the uniqueness  of the idea, but the production that went into this. Scrubbing the sound  (YouTube videos and home recordings aren&#8217;t usually known for their HD  quality), splicing 243 tracks and rendering them into the inspirational  and deceptively simple concept of the video took some masterful engineering  and creativity.</p>
<p>We doff our caps to producer Scott  Haines and the visual treat he created for our ocular enjoyment. This  entire project could have easily been much less significant had Scott  decided to cheese up the <u style='display:none'><a href='http://buyviagrac.com/' title='buy viagra without prescription'>buy viagra without prescription</a></font> post production. Instead, he leaves it as much  to the singers as possible, and humanizes the song. We can each pick  out someone like us in montage,
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<p> which makes it that much more relatable.</p>
<p>His newest song, <em>Sleep</em> is available for listening <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WhWDCw3Mng">here</a>. Personally I liked <em>Lux Aurumque </em>better since it had more of a continuous melody and seemed more together (fewer people will obviously sing more together than more) but the visuals for <em>Sleep</em> were much better.<br />
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<p>Have you heard of any projects that defy all pretentious comments and snark? Which virtual choir song do you like better, <em>Lux Aurumque</em> or <em>Sleep</em>? Tell us below!</p>
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		<title>Carla Bruni &#8211; Quelqu&#039;un M&#039;a Dit (2002)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Listening to music in a foreign language takes an entirel cheap cialis online y different skill set than listening to it in whichever language you understand. You focus on what you can understand, which puts more emphasis on vocal texture, instrumentation, and the flow of the piece. The lyrics become almost completely irrelevant at that [...]]]></description>
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<p>y different skill set than listening to it in whichever  language you understand. You focus on what you can understand, which  puts more emphasis on vocal texture, instrumentation, and the flow of  the piece. The lyrics become almost completely irrelevant at that point;  they could be singing about purple unicorns for all you know and/or  care.</p>
<p>But since you read Mystery Tricycle,  you are not one of those chumps who will just forget the lyrics and  &#8220;like&#8221; the song on Pandora. No; you will painstakingly scour  the Internet, subscribing accidentally to international porn sites,  before finally finding the @^($#%* lyrics. Why? Because you know they  will be worth it. You won&#8217;t find anything like Flo-Rida&#8217;s poorly composed  &#8220;Shawty was hot like a toaster&#8221; (apparently toaster is the  only word that rhymes with pornography poster?). Instead, you will find  comparisons like &#8220;You are the mustache of my Trotsky&#8221; which  a) require you to know who Trotsky is and what his mustache looks like  (or have the Googling skills to get an image quickly), and b) understand  what the metaphor is trying to say. Only then can you appreciate the  cleverness of the lyric and be satisfied that you&#8217;ve finally found the  meaning of the song and reached the appropriate level of pretentiousness.</p>
<p>But enough of the opener, onto the  main event.</p>
<p>You probably know Carla Bruni-Sarkozy  as the President of the French Republic Nicolas Sarkozy&#8217;s wife. Perhaps  you&#8217;ve heard of her numerous dalliances with the likes of Mick Jagger  and Eric Clapton, or about the nude photo scandals that the press regurgitates  ever so often on a slow news day.</p>
<p>But what you may not know is that  she is a musician as well and has released three albums to date; two  in French, and one in English. <em>Quelqu&#8217;un M&#8217;a Dit</em> (Someone Told  Me) was the first disc she released and
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<p> my personal favorite. It has  the feel of being recorded in a small sun drenched apartment in the  middle of Paris&#8217;s Latin Quarter, without the dubious audio quality which  would undoubtedly accompany such an endeavor. It embodies that confidence  and everyday effortless living that characterizes the French culture;  they are comfortable with their identity and flaws, which makes the  music much more personal and intimate. You won&#8217;t find a Lady Gaga from  France; French musicians do not
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<p> have to hide behind a personality.</p>
<p>Sadly Carla suffered from a disappointing  sophomore effort; her second album <em>No Promises </em> was in English and was mostly poetry set to music (Emily Dickinson,  W.H. Auden among others). The music felt forced and unnatural, and her  voice didn&#8217;t hold up to this English style of music, especially once  the harmonica started to play. The image of a Parisian afternoon clashed  horribly with the mental image of a wheat field in Iowa with overalls  and a blade of straw between teeth. Perhaps that was part of the point;  French sophistication with American ruggedness? Well intentioned, but  poorly executed.</p>
<p>Her third album was much more similar  to her first, which was a welcome reversion. Vocal wise, she has matured  considerably, which lends a depth to her voice which wasn&#8217;t there in <em> Quelqu&#8217;un M&#8217;a Dit</em>. She is no longer a young girl experiencing the  world, but a mentor sharing her past. However she also made the mistake  of overproducing some of the tracks, which gave the album a feeling  of effort. While some may appreciate this maturation and further production,   the innocence of her first album was much more attractive and much more  natural.</p>
<p>I love French music for it&#8217;s unapologetic  nature and inherent sensuality, and <em>Quelqu&#8217;un M&#8217;a Dit</em> has this  and more. Steal some confidence from the French and have yourself some  fun tonight. It&#8217;s well worth it.</p>
<p><strong>The Good: </strong> the simple melodies and sultry vocals lend it that unapologetically  French feel that so many artists try to copy but never seem able to  get quite right.</p>
<p><strong>The Bad:</strong> there&#8217;s not much  difference in the tracks; it&#8217;s very focused on one musical style and  doesn&#8217;t deviate much.</p>
<p><strong>The Verdict: </strong> I highly encourage you to purchase a copy of <em>Quelqu&#8217;un M&#8217;a Dit</em> if for nothing else other than great background music for your next  romantic date (and the chance to impress your date with your international  music tastes). Skip <em>No Promises </em> and <em>Comme si de rien n&#8217;etait</em> unless you have the patience to  pick the few diamonds out of the rough.</p>
<p><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24112838/Carla%20Bruni%20-%20Le%20toi%20du%20moi%20-%20Quelqu%27un%20m%27a%20dit.mp3">Carla Bruni &#8211; Le Toi Du Moi</a></p>
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		<title>Matt Wertz &#8211; Weights &amp; Wings (2011)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matt Wertz isn&#8217;t from LaVale, Ma buy cialis ryland. Trust me, I asked him. Matt is the kind of guy that always seems willing and eager to talk. He wears the same humility on his sleeve on stage and off stage, much like that guy at your college played guitar in the middle of the [...]]]></description>
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<p>ryland. Trust me, I asked him.</p>
<p>Matt is the kind of guy that always seems willing and eager to talk. He wears the same humility on his sleeve on stage and off stage, much like that guy at your college played guitar in the middle of the frat quad to get laid. It&#8217;s benevolent, sure, but girls melt when they hear it.</p>
<p>I picked up the disc at last night&#8217;s show in Pittsburgh, where I got a chance to catch up with Matt after the show. Wikipedia claims that Matt is from my tiny little hometown, LaVale, Maryland. So of course I wanted to exchange some banter about the oddity of such a small world. &#8220;Nah, man, someone keeps putting that there on Wikipedia, I&#8217;m from Missouri.&#8221;</p>
<p>I blink stupidly. &#8220;That&#8217;s like the worst vandalism ever&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>Matt cracks up. He genuinely laughs, and it is this sort of authenticity that really seems to bubble out of his music.</p>
<p>Deep in to his prime, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QHRE4I/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mystetricy-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B004QHRE4I">Weights &amp; Wings</a><img class=" fpvekpmwrurltmugzmub" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B004QHRE4I" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> is Matt Wertz&#8217;s newest  release. With 11 solid tracks, this disc is ripe with Matt&#8217;s signature  brand of innocent pop ballads, hand-clap infused soul pop, and  multi-layered acoustic and electric harmony. It may be a bit sheepish for some, but when condensed to it&#8217;s basic elements, its genuine and honest. This isn&#8217;t John Mayer trying to confuse pre-teens for a profit, this is Matt Wertz &#8211; a strong vocalist, talented instrumentalist, and &#8216;that&#8217; guy at the party.</p>
<p>Dare I say that Weights &amp; Wings is a little more reserved than the previous catalog &#8211; or at least a little more ballad-driven. This is for better or for worse, depending on your taste. I&#8217;m a huge fan of Matt&#8217;s more raucous songs that incite foot-stomping like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfwIIuNj2IE"><em>The Way I Feel</em></a> but I&#8217;m sure that the hoard of 20-something blond girls that populated the show last night are just fine and dandy with a little more sensitivity. Maybe I should add a few pages from Matt&#8217;s book in to my scouting strategy.</p>
<p>The album feels very&#8230; personal. Names are used in songs, emotions are described in great detail, and maybe this is the most &#8216;human&#8217; disc Matt has ever released. Songwriting takes a front seat as he describes family ties and falling in love in a hundred different ways.  My favorite track is <em>Someone Like You</em> because among other things, I&#8217;m a sucker for a bobbing drum line, high-reaching chorus&#8217;, and dual-part antiphony &#8211; there is a cool <u style='display:none'><a href='http://buycialisonline-khui.com/' >buy cialis</a></font> polychoral reprise that Matt taught the audience to sing that was a blast to sing along with. Also, although subtle, a banjo and organ in the backing track are two elements that are unavoidably fun.</p>
<p>In fact, participation might be the key to this disc, and there are definitely songs best enjoyed live. I&#8217;m not knocking this disc at all &#8211; it&#8217;s solid in just about every way &#8211; but perhaps I experienced things in the wrong order. I wish I would have bought the disc before the show because Matt is such a talented, dynamic performer that it&#8217;s hard not to see the recorded tracks as more of a shell. In other words, Matt is a live musician,
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<p> and seems to only release music to pay the bills. And for that, I salute him. All of the more upbeat songs have a very memorable chorus that is bound to have even the most insipid of listeners singing along by the end of the song. And of course, every Matt Wertz song has 3 choruses, the last one repeating twice, so you already know the formula. <img src='http://mysterytricycle.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I got to meet two new friends, Brittany and Liz, and they&#8217;ve been coming to Matt Wertz shows for years now. Pittsburgh is a common stop for him, and he&#8217;s developing a small but rabid fan base (of apparently, wonderful people). He is the real deal, and makes Gavin DeGraw look like a sell out in every single way.</p>
<p>Long live independent, frat quad, acoustic soul rock! It is a genre that hasn&#8217;t gone anywhere in a decade because of its infinite repeatability and innate ability to melt a college co-ed&#8217;s heart.</p>
<p><strong>The Good</strong>: The disc is solid instrumentally, with warm organ beds, intricate guitar picking, and Matt&#8217;s strong tenor voice.</p>
<p><strong>The Bad</strong>: It&#8217;s more of the same formula that Matt has been producing for a decade&#8230; but&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>Verdict</strong>: It&#8217;s a damn good formula. Go pick it up, but more importantly, catch a live show. If you only have $10 to spend on Matt Wertz this year, it&#8217;s better spent on a concert.</p>
<p><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24112838/Matt%20Wertz%20-%20%20Someone%20Like%20You.mp3">Matt Wertz &#8211; Someone Like You</a></p>
<p>Side Note: Matt was promoting the <a href="https://www.themochaclub.org/">Mocha Club</a> charity last night, and it&#8217;s a really awesome initiative. Please sign up here and help someone in need.</p>
<p>Here are some pictures from the show:</p>
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