| Us Maple / Purple on Time. |
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| Album: | Purple on Time. | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Us Maple | Added: | Oct 2003 | |
| Label: | Drag City | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2003-11-03 | Pull Date: | 2004-01-05 |
| Week Ending: | Jan 4 | Dec 28 | Dec 21 | Dec 14 | Nov 30 | Nov 23 | Nov 16 | Nov 9 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 21, 2020: | Some Songs Without Words My Lil Shocker | 4. | May 18, 2004: | Lick My Moody Guitar Show Lay Lady Lay | |
| 2. | May 05, 2009: | Indie Flavored Kool-Aid Im Just a Bag | 5. | May 11, 2004: | Lick My Moody Guitar Show Tan Loves Blue | |
| 3. | Sep 29, 2004: | Stirling's Approximation Lay Lady Lay | 6. | Apr 06, 2004: | Lick My Moody Guitar Show Dumb in the Wings |
| Album Review |
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| The Bawd Of Euphony Reviewed 2003-10-22 | ||
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Alright, here it is the new US Maple. These guys are freaks! Jarring jangly, angular guitars, heavy Syncapated drum grooves that frees up at times and of course the snake-like chanting of singer Al Johnson. Think about it this way. Beefheart & Pere Ubu have kids together and they get a robotussen -filled Mick Jagger to do the singing. This album is a bit straighter than previous Maple records. Actual Catchy melodies can be heard in places! Inventive song structures. I love it, I love these guys, they are gods! PLAY!!! ÐthE bAWD of euphony 1- Jangly guitars pulse and straight beat rocks out throughout, Cool Breakdown in middle 2* Moody guitars and vox start. Drum pulse begins then launches with Al screetching! Semi-catchy chorus groove. 3** Dirty guitar, very open sounding. Jazz? Semi-catchy chorus enters as softly as these guys are capable of doing. Great Feel! Yes, I think Al is actually crooning! Did I mention Sonic youth? 4* Pulsing guitars slow down and warp with free drums. Riffage! Angular groove. I smell Beefheart 5** Ok I love this song. Wandering guitar starts, whole band builds into epic, slow, dark groove. Standout track, PLAY! 6- Swelling strummed guitar gets nasty. AC/DC really really drunk! Death march enters! 7** A Bob Dylan cover! Lay Lady Lay. Awesome! 8** Great groove over plinky plunky guitars. This Rocks out! Gets open and FreeÉ Great! 9- 12-string Acoustic version of guitar riff from first song. 10* Broken rhythm, wandering guitars. Cool as shit! Organs enter for a while. Very Odd | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | My Lil Shocker | 6. | Whoopee Invader | |||
| 2. | Sweet & Center | 7. | Lay Lady Lay | |||
| 3. | Oh Below | 8. | Tan Loves Blue | |||
| 4. | Im Just a Bag | 9. | Untitled | |||
| 5. | Dumb in the Wings | 10. | Touch Me Judge |