| Various Artists / Buzzlighter |
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| Album: | Buzzlighter | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | May 2003 | |
| Label: | Shut Eye Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2003-09-08 | Pull Date: | 2003-11-10 |
| Week Ending: | Nov 9 | Nov 2 | Oct 12 | Oct 5 | Sep 28 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 30, 2007: | Storytime: Secrets Upemporary Sterep | 4. | Dec 08, 2003: | Fly By Night Upemporary Sterep | |
| 2. | May 20, 2006: | Biff Bang Pow Mosquito March | 5. | Nov 05, 2003: | press and release See to Believe | |
| 3. | May 13, 2006: | Biff Bang Pow Get Loose | 6. | Oct 29, 2003: | Wednesday Morning Radio Program Upemporary Sterep |
| Album Review |
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| Mandy Khoshnevisan Reviewed 2003-09-25 | ||
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Buzzlighter [COLL], The Dance of the Metropolitan Muse For some reason I expected dancy techno, but this is definitely a pop/alternative/rock collection. The first three tracks are slow alternative/country sounding; then the album becomes more generally alternative/rock. Hard to review since the songs seem so different from each other—there’s some really fun stuff, and I’ve starred the ones I like, but by all means play the others if you like them. *1. (3:37) slow and melodramatic; starts with Morse code, then vibrating organ and piano and accordion, violin, and earnest male vocals *2. (4:09) enthusiastic midtempo, drunk country sound; somewhat dissonant and hazy twangy guitars, and thumping percussion and male voices w/ distant female harmony. *3. (3:42) driven downtempo, acoustic guitars and cello and british-tinged wistful male vocals 4. (3:09) driving uptempo surfy, buzzy guitars and vocals 5. (4:21) loud midtempo strummy buzzy electric guitars; “alternative,” a nice sound 6. (1:57) loud, aggressive more “classic rock” sound *7. (4:11) chugging midtempo; almost countryish rock sound; nice harmonies in the chorus 8. (3:49) a fast, determined walk; driving percussion, dramatic male vocals *9. (3:27) harmonica and contented acoustic strumming with bass and piano; caustic, sarcastic male vocals *10. (4:22) instrumental; simple, retro somehow nice and lonely synth/techno melody, with traditional instruments in background. I like it. 11. (2:57) strutting brassy electric guitar sound; kind of slow-angry-confused *12.(3:56) countryish, folky, vaguely doo-wop waltz tempo, acoustic instruments, plaintive vocals with pretty, complex harmonies! 13. (2:56) enthusiastic rock and roll; yelling vocals and feel-good harmony chorus 14. (3:53) reminds me of the movie Empire Records. That early 90s feelgood alternative sound. Loud guitars, happily goofy chorus: “you make me go—Cuckoo!” so silly I have to like it! 15. (3:24) loud head-bouncing electric guitars with cheerfully strummy acoustics, intricate lyrics 16. (3:36) bell-like electric guitars, lots of cowbell, alternative/rock 17. (3:51) traveling rock, with spacy guitar sounds and long confident chords 18. (3:28) muted midtempo; dark burbling spacy bass noises, out of tune vocal harmonies; eventually, dark buzzy guitar 19. (1:54) sounds almost like weird al’s voice! Beastie boys-style spoken vocals, pleading for optimism, over strummy acoustic guitars and bass and easy beat. 20. (3:33) Latin-y percussion and bass and funky acoustic guitar, easygoing nasal vocals 21. (2:47) slow swingy and countryish, vibrating slow surfy guitars 22. (3:43) buzzy narrated story over saucy buzzy guitar; kind of strident. Structured to simulate a carnival ride, suggested by the song’s subject and title. | ||
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