| Lateduster / Easy Pieces |
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| Album: | Easy Pieces | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Lateduster | Added: | Oct 2004 | |
| Label: | Merck Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-10-25 | Pull Date: | 2004-12-27 |
| Week Ending: | Dec 12 | Dec 5 | Nov 28 | Nov 21 | Nov 14 | Nov 7 | Oct 31 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 14, 2005: | Trip Over Zero Keno | 4. | Jan 16, 2005: | Anywhere Out of the World Hospital No. 32 | |
| 2. | Apr 17, 2005: | Dancing in Outerspace Keno | 5. | Dec 09, 2004: | Fiction Romance Hospital No. 32 | |
| 3. | Jan 24, 2005: | Stirling's Approximation Keno | 6. | Nov 28, 2004: | Dancing in Outerspace Keno |
| Album Review |
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| Captain Dee Reviewed 2004-10-18 | ||
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Lateduster is a supergroup from Minneapolis: Neotropic, Fog (of Ninja Tine), Dosh (of Anticon), and Sans Le Systeme. Imagine a bunch of trip-hop DJs at an intimate, acoustic, guitars & drums jam session. These four know how to rock, yet the whole album is very warm and romantic. Think Album Leaf styled post-rock French kisses Ninja Tune styled trip-hop. Merck is one of the best – if not the best – electronica labels in the biz. For that reason, it is very important that you play/chart this album. The good news is that this album kicks ass, so rockin' it is a no-brainer. Favorite tracks: 2 is gorgeous! Also try: 1, 3, 7 *1. Warm pulses give way to shakers, drum and floating guitar notes. The beat is groovin' and the guitars intensify, but the track still oozes tenderness. (8:16) **2. Echoing, cheerful guitar with a sick turntable beat. Then ethereal guitars start jamming out. Beautiful! (6:48) *3. Stop & start drums, cute high-pitched sound effects and guitar scamper around in the ether. Picture a carefree evening somewhere out in the country. (4:26) 4. Plucking, ambient guitar and high-pitched rumbling give way to dreamy piano and guitar over slow beat. Intensifies over time, then sputters out slowly. (7:01) 5. Distant speech samples over rumble-y guitars, nostalgic electronic melody, and sparse, quiet drums. Guitars grow louder. The last 90 seconds is a chorus of goofy, robotic grunts. (6:20) 6. Loungy guitars, intricate mid-tempo drumming. Dissonant ambient noise gives it all a dark vibe. (5:25) *7. Warm guitar echos over cute scurrying noises. Then strong twangy guitar melody enters over sick, infectious drums. Hell yeah! (5:02) 8. Warble-y noises, slow beat, metallic sounds, super wistful keyboard melody with guitar strumming. Sounds like the ending track to a film. (5:06) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Shaker/Flicker | 5. | A Gallon of Hope | |||
| 2. | Keno | 6. | Sonata | |||
| 3. | Grunting and Walking Around | 7. | Hospital No. 32 | |||
| 4. | Mn^Obahoba/Milovanova (Vera) | 8. | Love Theme (From "Variete") |