| Hi Red Center / Architectural Failures |
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| Album: | Architectural Failures | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Hi Red Center | Added: | Aug 2004 | |
| Label: | <No Label Info> | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-11-08 | Pull Date: | 2005-01-10 |
| Week Ending: | Dec 26 | Nov 21 | Nov 14 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 23, 2007: | Fiction Romance Oskar | 4. | Nov 12, 2004: | Mike's Approximation Alarm Will Sound | |
| 2. | Dec 24, 2004: | Memory Select, late night version Oskar | 5. | Nov 10, 2004: | Mr. Sparkle Challenge Alarm Will Sound | |
| 3. | Nov 17, 2004: | Brownian Motion Alarm Will Sound | 6. | Nov 10, 2004: | press and release Red/Green |
| Album Review |
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| Your Imaginary Friend Reviewed 2004-11-02 | ||
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Amalgam of styles. “A collection of noisy textures and driving rhythms that recall styles ranging from punk to gamelan” says the one sheet quite aptly. Halting rhythms, prog-jazzy approach yet lush melodic sense of indie rock and presence of no-wave dissonance. Members have played with Anthony Braxton, Caroliner Rainbow, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, et al etc. For fans of Parts and Labor, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, Chicago post-rock and Ipecac/Mike Patton type strangeness. Great stuff. 1) disjunct dissonant guitar rock with pretty off time choruses 2) vibes take center, disjunct with pretty vocs again 3) epic washes of chords and free-jazz feel, almost intro-like 4) halting, with noisey analog synth, cool 5) rather chill synthy feel, pretty 6) loud bursts with synth, slow plodding noisy overall 7) vibes appear with echo’y trombone for a decidedly jazzy, post-rocky flavor, without the pretense 8) fusion/prog approach, Fender Rhodes with fuzzy guitar a la Soft Machine, dynamic 9) vibes ring for a proggy indie rock feel, great doubled up vocals, good stuff 10) slow, chill with trombone and vibes and jazzy drum embellishments, really drinks from the well of interesting prog, Soft Machine fusion | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Red/Green | 6. | Alarm Will Sound | |||
| 2. | Captain Waltz | 7. | Eureka | |||
| 3. | Evildoer | 8. | Famous Hero | |||
| 4. | Magic Teeth | 9. | Oskar | |||
| 5. | Hollow Buttons | 10. | Bunnies Are Full of Magic |