Live Show: PJ Harvey and John Parish (4/1/09) BBC Show

PJ Harvey and John Parish
BBC Maida Vale
1st April 2009
BBC Radio 1

1. Interview
2. Black Hearted Love
3. Interview
4. Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen
5. Outro

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Ohmpark’s Top 50 Best Albums Of 2007

2007 was an incredible year of music and there were so many albums I really liked that didn’t make this list. I noticed that most of the lists I pay attention to were very similar to one another this year as opposed to last year. Also, I’ve found myself in more of a disagreeance with those lists than last year. If there is any theme to be taken out of this list, I think it’s that I feel like too many great albums were underrated by the blogosphere elites, and that they were way in love with some albums I think are overrated. This list represents my personal assertions more so than the rest of the Ohmpark crew, but I worked hard to get every one’s opinions and influences in this thing. Feel free to comment on how much you hate or love it. I feel like every album on this is an essential one from last year, so go listen to some new music:

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Humpnight Randomnimity

Three interesting shows this week i didn’t mention earlier are:

I can’t decide which Saturday night show to hit up after Joanna Newsom, so I’ll probably coin flip or something. With the Thursday night show, I guess I’m going to offer the dissenting opinion relative to all the other blogs in town that I would recommend going to Smashing Pumpkins and Explosions in The Sky over the free Star Bar thing. I know Black Kids are somewhat local and blowing up thanks to the ‘fork, but I’ve listened to that EP a few times and it just doesn’t stand out to me that much. It’s not bad or anything, but it sounds like a dancier ripoff of the whole Swan Lake spectrum of indie-rock and its just not exciting me that much relative to all the other stuff I’ve been listening to lately. Also, I caught Judi Chicago last month, and as much as I hate ripping on locals, I have to call it like it is, and I think they just pretty much suck. Just because you perform crappy music in your underwear doesn’t make up for the crappy music you are performing. I mean, the show is free so it’s probably worth going if you don’t have the cash for the other show, but I just wanted to get my opinion out there.

Now I’ll cool off the haterade and give you a nice PJ Harvey vid:

Back to the haterade, Band of Horses are doing 3 New Years shows at the Earl and tickets go on sale Friday. BOH, or “Fisher Price, My First My Morning Jacket” as I like to call them, are another band that I think receive a little too much praise relative to what every other band on Earth is doing right now. Cease To Begin isn’t a bad album or anything, but it’s not a great one either.

Someone who is worthy of the hype is coming to Eyedrum in January:

The onslaught of My Bloody Valentine reunion rumors continue.

Want to see what Dethklok look and sound like live? Here you go:

Here’s a The Octopus Project vid:

In case you had forgotten how awesome Marnie Stern is or you are a new ohmpark reader, here’s a vid:

Between The Buried And Me are an awesome metal band that i’ve recently been jamming alot:

In case you don’t know, Radiohead did some crazy webcast stuff last week. I’ve got a huge-ass article planned as i haven’t really talked about the new album much and i’m still listening to it like crazy. Until i get a chance to go on an In Rainbows lovefest, here’s my favourite song from it done live on the webcast:

What The Hell Am I Listening To?!?

Today’s theme, IRCILFs:

PJ Harvey

Having an artist you’ve been a fan of for a long time drop an album that completely reawakens your fandom for that artist is such a cool thing. PJ and me go way back, and I had sort of come to the conclusion that maybe she was another victim of losing your edge as you get older and that the sort of music she used to make required a youthful angst to be phenomenal. That may or may not be true, but instead of trying to recapture her roots (Like her slightly unsuccessful attempt on Uh Huh Her), she went in a completely new direction with an album packed full of piano ballads. I was starting to doubt I was listening to the right album at first listen until I heard her sing the album title. It’s like since Cat Power decided to be Wynonna Judd, PJ Harvey decided to pick-up where Chan left off after You Are Free. The results are an amazing piece of work if you don’t have any pre-conceived notions of what you want to hear from her. I’ve been jamming it hard and you should too:

The Devil

Dear Darkness

Buy White Chalk Here

PJ Harvey Myspace

The Fiery Furnaces

Another musical act I used to be obsessed with but sort of fell off the bandwagon is The Fiery Furnaces. As much as I respect the art of Rehearsing My Choir, I could never really get into it. And I don’t dislike Bitter Tea, but it didn’t really do it for me either. But their newest release, Widow City, is everything i loved from this band and more. When I first discovered these guys at Coachella, I remember just being blown away by the ridiculous amount of twists and turns in the music, switching time signatures and melodies every few seconds, but still retaining a sound that contained pop sensibilities. Widow City is a return to walking between art and pop and they do it so well:

Ex- Guru

Clear Signal From Cairo


Buy Widow City here

The Fiery Furnaces Myspace

Torrent Of The Day: PJ Harvey (10-30-1991)

PJ Harvey / 10.30.91 / Joiner’s Arm Southampton, uk / Flac

PJ Harvey
Joiner’s Arms
Southampton England
October 30, 1991

AUD > ? > ANA > CDR > EAC > FLAC

01 Oh My Lover
02 O Stella
03 Dress
04 Dry
05 Victory
06 Hair
07 Joe
08 Fountain
09 Sheela Na Gig
10 Water