Comments on: Culture Bully Presents: The Absent Arch, Suzanne Vallie & Les Ourses @ Acadia Cafe Jan. 29

By: solace

solace — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:38:08 +0000

ok, maybe not sucks, but unless you combine the best songs from Kid A and Amnesiac, it doesn’t hold up to Radiohead’s best records for me, that’s all

and that’s fine, i realize you dig Springtime a lot, just found it really really slow and dull unfortunately.

By: solace

solace — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:37:08 +0000

Kid A sucks though, bad comparison

By: Jon Behm

Jon Behm — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:29:02 +0000

Kyle, the other fans can think what they want. This fan loves Springtime. It got plenty of good reviews too, along with the bad ones. In my opinion people didn’t like it because it was a bit of a departure from her established sound. Just like when Kid A came out – people were joking about how Radiohead “fell off.” They wanted another OK Computer so bad they didn’t understand how great the new stuff was.

Anyway though, we have argued this before and we will probably never come to an agreement

By: solace

solace — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:33:24 +0000

err, Will, sorry

By: solace

solace — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:32:58 +0000

Jon… honestly from all the Be Good Tanyas and Jolie fans i know, you’re definitely in the minority regarding Springtime

not that it matters, just sayin’. Mark’s take on that record mirrors mine as well.

By: Chris DeLine

Chris DeLine — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:36:24 +0000

“I have a friend that wants to marry this man. I don’t know if it’s because of his dashing man looks or his music…”

If the real answer to that is “neither,” but rather “because Chad was born in Calgary” – you should definitely put me in touch with this friend of yours.

By: jonathanwaldo

jonathanwaldo — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:28:58 +0000

Hey nice list Will,

Amber read this while it was on Facebook and got me three of these for Christmas. Definitely a good list to choose from. The James Hunter record is fantastic!

By: Jon Behm

Jon Behm — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:10:44 +0000

Nice list Will – there is definitely some stuff on here I will have to check out.

We may have to butt heads about Jolie Holland’s Springtime though – I will defend that album to the grave ; )
I’ll agree with you though that The Living is fantastic. Props too for including Juana Molina and Horse Feathers – those two were also very high on my list this year.