| Tall Dwarfs / Sky Above the Mud Below, the |
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| Album: | Sky Above the Mud Below, the | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Tall Dwarfs | Added: | Mar 2003 | |
| Label: | Carrot Top Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2003-09-22 | Pull Date: | 2003-11-24 |
| Week Ending: | Nov 16 | Nov 2 | Oct 19 | Oct 12 | Oct 5 | Sep 28 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 07, 2004: | All This and Mor: Going Down Under Meet the Beatle | 4. | Oct 12, 2003: | the rust belt Michael Hillbilly | |
| 2. | Nov 12, 2003: | In the Leaves Meet the Beatle | 5. | Oct 08, 2003: | press and release You Want Me Shimmy | |
| 3. | Oct 26, 2003: | the rust belt Meet the Beatle | 6. | Oct 06, 2003: | Fly By Night Michael Hillbilly |
| Album Review |
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| Kareem Ghanem Reviewed 2003-09-30 | ||
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An important New Zealand group associated with the well-known Flying Nun (which also brought the world the Chills) label, Tall Dwarves have been around for nearly 20 years. They’re known for their lo-fi recordings and this album reflects that past, though it’s a bit of a stretch to call this lo-fi. While the first two-thirds of the album is more traditional, the last 8 songs are more experimental and worth checking out if that’s yo thang. The most immediate point of reference here would be Robyn Hitchcock. All in all, a thoroughly charming album chockfull of marvelous songs! My picks: All, but these in particular! 1 Great quirky song about a visit George Harrison made to New Zealand. 3 Cool, hip rocker. 4 Slow, old-timey instrumentation with bells and whistles. 5 Wonderful Beatles-y/Hitchcock-ish charm. 6 FCC! There’s a lyric sheet though, so it might be worth playing. Neat vocal and instrumental distortion going on. 8 Melancholy keyboard drone. Terrific! 9 Bowie/Freddie Mercury doing lo-fi synth pop? 14 Funny as hell. Fake bad ass blues-y rock ‘n’ roll dude. 18 Abrasive, keyboard forms the background for a disjointed vocal sample. Cool. | ||
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