| Shrimp Boat / [A Sampler Of] Something Grand |
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| Album: | [A Sampler Of] Something Grand | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Shrimp Boat | Added: | Aug 2004 | |
| Label: | Aum Fidelity | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-09-06 | Pull Date: | 2004-11-07 |
| Week Ending: | Nov 7 | Oct 17 | Oct 3 | Sep 26 | Sep 12 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 04, 2004: | Multiple Personality Disorder Motorcade | 4. | Sep 30, 2004: | Sunshine ... in the Afternoon Motorcade | |
| 2. | Nov 02, 2004: | Eclectica Honeyside | 5. | Sep 29, 2004: | Brownian Motion Ollie's Song | |
| 3. | Oct 11, 2004: | Not the City Council! Medea Rising | 6. | Sep 29, 2004: | press\ Motorcade |
| Album Review |
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| Ben Reviewed 2004-08-24 | ||
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Shrimp Boat – [A Sampler Of] Something Grand Eclectic indie rock out of Chicago, circa the late 80s & early 90s. Half the group went on to become Sea and Cake while the producer went on to work with Tortoise and other Chicago acts. But.. this doesn’t really sound like any of that. The liner notes drop Captain Beefheart, the Pixies, Albert Ayler, the Mekons and the Feelies, you could probably also throw the Velvet Underground and a dozen other bands in that list. The genius here is that these guys combined all of these influences and came up with a completely new category for themselves. Countrified post-rock? Bluesy indie pop? Free-jazz punk? You can decide later.. just play this now. *1. Mellow post-rock anthem **2. Driving rock 3. Wandering acoustic protest music *4. Jazzy rock – slow and epic with lots of Ollie North samples 5. Twisted folk music 6. Loud drinking song 7. Wacky experimental electronics 8. Free jazz interlude *9. Jangly country shuffle *10. Velvet Underground style slow and drawn out. 11. Pretty ballad *12. Jazzy instrumental 13. Rambling indie rock 14. Mellow rock | ||
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