| Rubenstein-Gillis, Ivan / Ivan's Dream Band |
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| Album: | Ivan's Dream Band | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Rubenstein-Gillis, Ivan | Added: | Feb 2003 | |
| Label: | Doggums Music | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2003-04-21 | Pull Date: | 2003-06-23 |
| Week Ending: | May 4 | Apr 27 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 30, 2003: | Fine Tuning Utopia What Is Sad | 3. | Apr 24, 2003: | Mr. Sparkle Challenge The Greatest Life Ever | |
| 2. | Apr 29, 2003: | In the Leaves Who Brought You Down | 4. | Apr 23, 2003: | Off the Path Temporary |
| Album Review |
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| Gabe Reviewed 2003-04-09 | ||
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Good-natured, melodic acoustica (sorry, it's not rock and not really folk) with touches of country. Reminiscent in spots of Graeme Downes, the original came-to-NYC A folkie, Bobby Zimmerman, and even, gasp, Nick Drake. Mature, poetic but evocative lyrics. 1. Love-hate thing with/for NYC; nice organ touches at end; "bullshit" 2. Beautiful hook, lush guitars, cello, and female vocals 3. Keening vocals 4. Sparse, poignant, pretty; "fucking", "shit" 5. Upbeat tune with meaning-of-life-and-work questioning lyrics 6. Uh, self-help music? much better than that sounds; sharp codependent rebuttal at end makes the song stand out 7. The Drake-ian touch of cello, guitar, drums-out-back, forlorn voice and sensitive lyrics; derivative but from a good source 8. Dylan-esque, except for the line about wetting his pants 9. Peppy but otherwise unremarkable 10. Mediocre tune distinguished only by the melodica-ish organ solo 11. Starts unpromisingly but cranks up into near-rock 12. Aiming for observational and complex, just sounds smugly clever | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | I'm in New York | 7. | What Is Sad | |||
| 2. | The Greatest Life Ever | 8. | Success | |||
| 3. | Roll on | 9. | Patience | |||
| 4. | Onion Skin | 10. | Strangers | |||
| 5. | Temporary | 11. | Star Star | |||
| 6. | Who Brought You Down | 12. | T**S |