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I love this stuff, it feels good to listen to. Certain Brazilian music strikes this impossible balance of relaxed vibe and sharp rhythmic precision.
Jul 26, 2024
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Happens on lots of music from the 70s, sounds awesome. Linking Caetano Veloso - Ave Maria, which has a prime example at the end. Feels like heaven, dopamine, sunlight.
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It's impossible to pin point Jorge Ben as a single genre. an iconic album of Brazilian Tropicalism it incorporates Samba, Soul and Rock in unique and exciting ways. It speaks to the Modernist concept of Antropofagismo citing both American pop culture and local Carioca culture.
Highlights: Cadê Tereza and Charles, anjo 45
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Blindsided by this, really sad. The list of Albini's productions is jaw-dropping. Magnolia Electric Company is one of the great pieces of post-industrial Americana, bleak and beautiful. Farewell Transmission is Jason Molina's most powerful recording, but the album (incl. outtakes) is stacked. Heavy & gorgeous, suitable for the moment.
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⭐Tearing up right now instead of working. I moved to the city as the last of Williamsburg's artistic energy was spent, and I moved to the edge of the neighborhood after it was already hollowed out. God bless the few places that are still interesting: Spectacle, Union Pool, Ore Bar, Blue Sun, Miriam Gallery, The P.I.T., Baby's, etc.
Are there places in NYC with a real artistic scene now, or did our new way of living end that possibility? Please don't say Hudson, there's no way I can learn to make furniture.
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⭐More of a look back on the making of the album, no footage from the actual recording, iirc. But great banter, good insights into the process.
The Wilco doc about making Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is good and dramatic, too—I Am Trying to Break Your Heart.