| Beirut / Gulag Orkestar |
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| Album: | Gulag Orkestar | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Beirut | Added: | Jul 2006 | |
| Label: | Ba Da Bing! | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2006-07-09 | Pull Date: | 2006-09-10 |
| Week Ending: | Sep 10 | Sep 3 | Aug 27 | Aug 20 | Aug 13 | Jul 30 | Jul 23 | Jul 16 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
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| Album Reviews |
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| canuck Reviewed 2006-07-25 | ||
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Eastern European-influenced indie folk pop from Albuquerque-via-Brooklyn youngster (19 years old!) Zach Condon. He has a soaring, almost crooning, baritone voice that sounds much older than he is; it sounds a bit like Andrew Bird’s to me. The instrumentation is often lush with lots of percussion and brass. He takes Balkan brass music as a big influence and there are some nice brass parts on the album. Jeremy Barnes (Neutral Milk Hotel, A Hawk and a Hacksaw) guests on the album. While I’m not completely in love with the album as a whole, I do love some of these songs. -Adrian FCC: Clean (as far as I can tell) My picks: 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11 1. starts with out-of-tune piano, accordion and wavering brass, then goes into a slow march. 2. med-slow. waltz-time accordion-based tune. 3. fast-strummed mandolin. chorus vocals. nice melody and orchestration 4. med-tempo ukulele and voice to begin, then full drums and later brass. I love this song, especially the brass parts. 5. med-fast. waltz-time accordion-based tune. 6. med tempo ukulele. plodding drums. 7. a bit out of place with electronic keyboards and drum sounds. they form a nice backdrop to his voice. more typical brass comes in between verses. 8. med tempo. a minute of drums and brass trills before the vocals come in. it’s mostly the instruments with small vocal parts. 9. med-slow ukulele and simple percussion to start. cello. Fades down and then comes in stronger with drums and brass. 10. med-slow ukulele and vox to begin. later simple brass and drums. 11. a bit of a reprise of 7. interspersed clapping. man, his voice is gorgeous on this song. | ||
| TBXTX12 Reviewed 2006-07-23 | ||
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The first song, unlike the rest, is closer to true slavic/balkan folk form. | ||
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