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Paula - 2004-12-23 12:32:37
testing, testing
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Flasshe - 2004-12-23 16:42:45
Agreed, it was a good year. Good list. My list will be different from yours, but we do have some albums in common. The Libertines broke up already? I have a weird relationship with that Chris Stamey album - I like the first few songs a lot, but then I can't really take the rest of the album. I need to listen to it some more.
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Tim Walters - 2004-12-23 19:27:28
As usual, I'm far too out of it to have a top N list, but the 2004 album that no one comes over to my house without hearing is Residue by Amy X. Neuburg. Check it out:
http://www.isproductions.com/amy/presskit.html
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Paula - 2004-12-26 10:15:43
Tim, I checked out some of Amy's songs. Wow, scary and brilliant..."Every Little Stain" in particular. Thanks for the tip, I've never heard of her!
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2fs - 2004-12-27 20:43:38
Re Robyn Hitchcock: the instrumentation isn't *too* Nashville-y though - it's not as if he suddenly grew a twang. There's the occasional dobro...but really, what's interesting to me about the record is the way it both sounds different from the typical "acoustic Robyn" but not like what you'd expect a collaboration with Rawlings and Welch to sound like. (My list should be up within a week.)
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Paula - 2004-12-27 21:57:06
2fs; exactly. I am not a Gillian/David fan (no offense to the lot of you who are), and I was worried that Robyn was slipping a bit , based on last year's Luxor. So it was a really pleasant surprise to hear these folks bringing out the best in each other...and, yes, what I like about the Nashville-y instrumentation is that it does not = "Robyn Goes Country," it just adds some depth and interest.
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ana m. - 2004-12-28 20:07:42
hey paula, i was just doing one of my daily searches for press on my bf's album (which is in yr honorable mentions, thank you very much), and lo and behold, i stumbled 'pon yr bloglike object. hope you are well.
due to strong bias, i won't comment on one of yr picks, but i will say that the a. c. newman, while not one of my favorites, does have my favorite song of the year, "on the table". i also liked carl's album more than the new pornographers.
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Paula - 2004-12-29 00:34:27
Hey, ana! So nice to hear from you! So your boyfriend is Rufus W., eh? :)
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