| Upsidedown, The / Town With Bad Wiring, The |
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| Album: | Town With Bad Wiring, The | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Upsidedown, The | Added: | Oct 2010 | |
| Label: | Reverb Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-03-20 | Pull Date: | 2011-05-22 |
| Week Ending: | May 22 | May 15 | May 8 | May 1 | Apr 3 | Mar 27 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 20, 2011: | awmeow Something Good | 4. | Apr 26, 2011: | meow Hang On | |
| 2. | May 10, 2011: | meow God's Bare Hands | 5. | Apr 02, 2011: | Music Casserole Hang On | |
| 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 |
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| MC Dizzy Jackson Reviewed 2011-03-10 | ||
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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. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 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 |