Upsidedown, The / Town With Bad Wiring, The
| Album: | Town With Bad Wiring, The | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Upsidedown, The | Added: | Oct 2010 | |
| Label: | Reverb Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2011-03-20 | Pull Date: | 2011-05-22 |
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| Week Ending: | May 22 | May 15 | May 8 | May 1 | Apr 3 | Mar 27 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 20, 2011: | awmeow
Something Good |
4. | Apr 26, 2011: | meow
Hang On |
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| 2. | May 10, 2011: | meow
God's Bare Hands |
5. | Apr 02, 2011: | Music Casserole
Hang On |
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| 3. | May 05, 2011: | e hele aku a ho'i mai
God's Bare Hands |
6. | Mar 24, 2011: | meowgasm
Your Sister's Cool |
Album Review
MC Dizzy Jackson
Reviewed 2011-03-10
Reviewed 2011-03-10
Lots of influences here, but mostly subtle shoegazing. There’s few lyrics within the songs. It’s guitar, drum, bass, keys and a few other instruments as well. The instrumental parts are really magnetic. I wasn’t sure about this album when I listened at the review area, but I’m happy I reviewed it; there’s lots to like here. Peter Buck (R.E.M.) guests on #6. No FCC’s.
*My Favorites*: 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10.
1. (3:09) Mid. Big guitar, strong drums, stretched-out vocals, background vocals. It’s loud and catchy.
2. *(6:51) Mid. Swirling keys, ominous sound, spacey, droney. Really stretched-out vocals. Few lyrics. Very Jane’s Addiction.
3. (3:54) Mid. Intro with radio surfing? Surf / punk beat. At one point I thought they were going to break out with ‘We Got The Beat’, but it gets very different and rocking. The voice sounds almost like Peter Murphy’s (Bauhaus). Again, few lyrics, a bit of shoegazing.
4. (7:25) Mid. Random noises leads into guitar, bass, drums. Droning and mellow. Random far-off vocals.
5. *(3:51) Mid / Fast. Drums galore, guitar solos. Whispered, but up-front, vocal delivery. Maybe a bit R.E.M. sounding, musically.
6. *(4:19) Slow / Mid. Featuring Peter Buck (R.E.M.) on guitars. Kind of psychedelic with tambourine, plodding drum and guitars. There’s a bit of an interlude with 1:50 remaining.
7. *(6:48) Mid. Nature sound intro, then noise. Drums enter with shoegazing guitar, percussion. Gets loose, free, spacey and just really cool jamming. Cool ending.
8. *(3:44) Mid / Fast. Bluesy with harmonica. Rollicking and driving. Great vocal effects.
9. (4:18) Mid. Droning, percussive, hollow female vocals. Stretched-out and spacey. Slow fade.
10. *(5:22) Slow / Mid. Big ’80’s rock, post-punk (check out the similarity of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ Up Jumped The Devil), Mexican trumpet. A hodgepodge of styles. Gets really jamming toward the end.
11. (5:46) Mid. Later Les Claypool bass sound, keys, drums. Big build-up until vocals come in. Background vocals.
12. (7:18) Mid. Noise intro, then drums, then band. Mostly a drone piece, very spacey and ethereal. Ultra-long fade out.
*My Favorites*: 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10.
1. (3:09) Mid. Big guitar, strong drums, stretched-out vocals, background vocals. It’s loud and catchy.
2. *(6:51) Mid. Swirling keys, ominous sound, spacey, droney. Really stretched-out vocals. Few lyrics. Very Jane’s Addiction.
3. (3:54) Mid. Intro with radio surfing? Surf / punk beat. At one point I thought they were going to break out with ‘We Got The Beat’, but it gets very different and rocking. The voice sounds almost like Peter Murphy’s (Bauhaus). Again, few lyrics, a bit of shoegazing.
4. (7:25) Mid. Random noises leads into guitar, bass, drums. Droning and mellow. Random far-off vocals.
5. *(3:51) Mid / Fast. Drums galore, guitar solos. Whispered, but up-front, vocal delivery. Maybe a bit R.E.M. sounding, musically.
6. *(4:19) Slow / Mid. Featuring Peter Buck (R.E.M.) on guitars. Kind of psychedelic with tambourine, plodding drum and guitars. There’s a bit of an interlude with 1:50 remaining.
7. *(6:48) Mid. Nature sound intro, then noise. Drums enter with shoegazing guitar, percussion. Gets loose, free, spacey and just really cool jamming. Cool ending.
8. *(3:44) Mid / Fast. Bluesy with harmonica. Rollicking and driving. Great vocal effects.
9. (4:18) Mid. Droning, percussive, hollow female vocals. Stretched-out and spacey. Slow fade.
10. *(5:22) Slow / Mid. Big ’80’s rock, post-punk (check out the similarity of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ Up Jumped The Devil), Mexican trumpet. A hodgepodge of styles. Gets really jamming toward the end.
11. (5:46) Mid. Later Les Claypool bass sound, keys, drums. Big build-up until vocals come in. Background vocals.
12. (7:18) Mid. Noise intro, then drums, then band. Mostly a drone piece, very spacey and ethereal. Ultra-long fade out.
Track Listing
| 1. | Something Good | 7. | Hang On | |||
| 2. | Your Sister's Cool | 8. | Whiskey Boots Of Snake | |||
| 3. | La Paloma | 9. | Spiders | |||
| 4. | Town With Bad Wiring | 10. | Indio Bernice | |||
| 5. | God's Bare Hands | 11. | Night Kissed | |||
| 6. | Wounded Knee | 12. | Katydid |