San Kazakgascar / Greetings From Beautiful...
| Album: | Greetings From Beautiful... | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | San Kazakgascar | Added: | Nov 2007 | |
| Label: | Lather Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2008-05-04 | Pull Date: | 2008-07-06 |
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| Week Ending: | Jun 15 | Jun 1 | May 11 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 11, 2008: | Don't Call it a Comeback
Exhale, Furnace |
3. | May 10, 2008: | On The Warpath
Wink Eye, Stink Eye |
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| 2. | May 29, 2008: | The Joy 'n Danny Division
Mosquitoes And Gnats |
4. | May 08, 2008: | Baptism a la Grecque
Exhale, Furnace |
Album Review
Rob Majors
Reviewed 2008-05-05
Reviewed 2008-05-05
San Kazakgascar
Greetings From Beautiful San Kazakgascar
Mid-East inflected psych rock. Sound is mostly focused on guitar riffs, clarinet hooks, and often-silly group vox, and maintains a consistently mid-to-high energy level. Longish fades or outros on most songs and a tendency towards repetition. And... tambourine on every track?
FCC Clean near as I can tell; My picks: 2, 9
See also: Psalters, Balkan Beat Box, Akron/Family
1) 4:34 Upbeat and a little noisy. 25-sec fade out.
*2) 4:10 Fun layered intro/breaks and a low-key, rhythmic vox refrain. 30-sec feedback fade out.
3) 4:12 Spy groove with low-in-the-mix reverb vox. A trifle repetitive.
4) 2:12 Quirky call-and-response/chant, featuring a gratingly nasal vox style.
5) 3:54 Very different feel. Low energy, delicate vox, droning bass. 20-sec fade out.
6) 5:52 Like #1. Thin, upbeat, and hook-focused. 15-sec fade out.
7) 3:56 Mechanical groove and abrasive vox. 33-sec outro.
8) 6:17 Pleasant, slow-building worldy instrumental for 2:40, then abruptly switches to a heavier tune with melodic vox hook. Vamps last 1 min with slow fade out.
*9) 5:00 Melodic, riff-based jam. Bass intro. Again, vamps last 1 min with slow fade out.
10) 6:00 Similar to first half of #8, with a slowly flowing dynamic and unobtrusive lines. 30-sec out.
Greetings From Beautiful San Kazakgascar
Mid-East inflected psych rock. Sound is mostly focused on guitar riffs, clarinet hooks, and often-silly group vox, and maintains a consistently mid-to-high energy level. Longish fades or outros on most songs and a tendency towards repetition. And... tambourine on every track?
FCC Clean near as I can tell; My picks: 2, 9
See also: Psalters, Balkan Beat Box, Akron/Family
1) 4:34 Upbeat and a little noisy. 25-sec fade out.
*2) 4:10 Fun layered intro/breaks and a low-key, rhythmic vox refrain. 30-sec feedback fade out.
3) 4:12 Spy groove with low-in-the-mix reverb vox. A trifle repetitive.
4) 2:12 Quirky call-and-response/chant, featuring a gratingly nasal vox style.
5) 3:54 Very different feel. Low energy, delicate vox, droning bass. 20-sec fade out.
6) 5:52 Like #1. Thin, upbeat, and hook-focused. 15-sec fade out.
7) 3:56 Mechanical groove and abrasive vox. 33-sec outro.
8) 6:17 Pleasant, slow-building worldy instrumental for 2:40, then abruptly switches to a heavier tune with melodic vox hook. Vamps last 1 min with slow fade out.
*9) 5:00 Melodic, riff-based jam. Bass intro. Again, vamps last 1 min with slow fade out.
10) 6:00 Similar to first half of #8, with a slowly flowing dynamic and unobtrusive lines. 30-sec out.
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