CANADA: On And At CMJ

Canada, the sprawling, well, not quite sprawling, seven piece outfit from Michigan, have landed a spot at this years CMJ and a spot smack dab on the cover of CMJ NEW MUSIC REPORT (these are the mag's capitals, not mine, although there's nothing wrong with capitals. And as you can plainly see the band on the cover and the capitals, why am I indulging in this quasi interior dialogue with you, the reader, you may ask? Because I can.)

Some mp3s, info, links, and whatnot, can be found here in the June post *Sixeyes did on the band.

Here are some upcoming tourdates:
09/22 Champaign-Urbana, IL The Canopy Club (w/ Man Man)
10/7 Kalamazoo, MI The State Theater (w/ RJD2 and Spank Rock)
10/26 Rochester, NY The Bugjar*
10/27 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place *
10/28 Waltham, MA Brandeis University*
10/29 Providence, RI AS220*
10/30 Boston, MA Middle East*
10/31 Poughkeepsie, NY House Party*
11/01 New York, NY Mercury Lounge - CMJ Festival (w/ Girl Talk, Figurines, Mobius Band)
11/04 Pittsburgh, PA Brillobox *
11/17 Lake Forest, IL The Chapel (w/ Hanalei)
11/19 Champaign, IL Cowboy Monkey*
11/20 Chicago, IL The Empty Bottle *

* = w/ Headlights

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REEBOSOUND is Sven Missullis

REEBOSOUND is Sven Missullis, and Sven, or Missu, likes to thrash at his guitar, but that isn't enough to disguise the traces of power pop showing through. The catchy melodies and more-pop-than-rock vocals stand out amongst the fuzzy guitar and at times, overdriven beat. Missu wrote all songs and plays all instruments and this adds up to some sweet songs from Germany.

The album can be downloaded as a zip file at Missu's website.

+ deleted scenes
+ that gun
+ down
[these are myspace mp3 links and can only be streamed on the myspace page]

The Reebosound myspace page, where you can download another song... but try the zip file, it includes the artwork.

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Jeremy Enigk: World Waits : Review

Jeremy Enigk
World Waits
[Lewis Hollow Recordings - October 17, 2006]
*Sixeyes Score: 7.5 out of 10

Review by JP Swenson

Let me start off by saying that in the mid 90’s, I LOVED Sunny Day Real Estate’s first 2 albums (Diary & the self-titled/Pink albums). In 1995, in the Pacific Northwest, Sunny Day Real Estate were enigmatic legends: they didn’t do interviews, they wouldn’t play shows in California, they were featured on a movie soundtrack that also had U2 (even if it was for one of those awful Batman movies), they appeared in a Nordstrom ad, and had a video on MTV. I was blown away by Jeremy Enigk’s first solo album, 1996’s Return of the Frog Queen, the chamber pop left-turn he made during SDRE’s first break-up. When Sunny Day reformed, I was a bit underwhelmed by 1998’s How it Feels to Be Something On, but embraced it like the prodigal son who returned home, and I learned to love it. The Rising Tide was a giant leap toward mediocrity. When The Fire Theft came out, I immediately wanted my money back.

Thankfully, World Waits is no Fire Theft, but it’s not a Return of the Frog Queen either. This one lands somewhere in the middle, and that’s about as much as I had hoped for. The songs on here were written over the past 10 years, some shortly after Frog Queen, some intended for The Fire Theft, and some just for this album. Jeremy’s voice is still that elfin/Jon Anderson (of Yes)-meets-John Vanderslice type of yowl. The album opens with the too-literally titled instrumental “A New Beginning”. With it’s mid-tempo 6/8 lilt & lack of histrionics, “Return to Sea” is one of the better tracks on the album. On the other end of the spectrum is “City Tonight” which sounds like a contender for The Fire Theft, but it (thankfully) lacks William Goldsmith’s over the top, overplayed drumming, and is therefore more credible as a solo Enigk effort, rather than a band showing off their chops. The star of this album is the layered vocals & melodies, backed by delicate guitars & strings, not fancy drum or guitar work, and that’s a good thing. “Damien Dreams”, an old live favorite from the Frog Queen days, finally shows up here and is almost unscathed by the past 10 years. It’s slightly reminiscent of Jeff Buckley’s “Dream Brother”; it’s deceptively uncomplicated, and it highlights Enigk’s ability to form an engaging, melodic song around a simple chord pattern. “Wayward Love” and “Dare a Smile” are acoustic based songs that wouldn’t be out of place on Return of the Frog Queen; “Dare a Smile” is another contender for “best song on the album”, with its hints of John Lennon and arcing string line that gently propels the song along. The title track is a somber ballad that once again avoids the overblown operatic route and instead focuses on lyrics and a beautiful string section in the background.

The problem I have with this album is Enigk’s continued tendency (during the rocking songs) to rely on soothing keyboard patches, overly harmonized vocals and the fact that when he screams, it only highlights his worn vocal cords. Mercifully, there are only a few moments on the album that display these negative traits, and overall this is a welcome (music critic cliché alert!) return to form.

MP3s:
+ been here before
+ river to sea

>>GO to the HYPE MACHINE for more of Jeremy Enigk.

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JP Swenson is a musician and English major who loves to misspell and misuse words. He is fascinated by regional accents and is somewhat ashamed that as a native Pacific Northwesterner, he has no accent.

Matt Friedberger: The Younger

Fiery Furnace and newbie solo artist, Matt Friedberger, played in a few bands before teaming with his sister, Eleanor, to form the Fiery Furnaces. The bands Corndolly, Mezzanines, and Liquorette all boasted Friedberger's obvious talents, but, as far as I know, Liquorette was truly Friedberger's baby. He was the lead singer and main songwriter and the fact that he was lead singer surprises me, as I once had the feeling he was hiding behind his sister's distinctive voice in the Fiery Furnaces... that illusion now laying shattered at the feet of his double disc solo album, Holy Ghost Language and Winter Women and these two Liquorette songs from Matt Friedberger, the younger.

liquorette - from the album When You Work I Sleep
Learn more about the record through the buy link below.
+ don't quit your job, joan
+ santa claus
Buy from Parasol.

Matt Friedberger
+ do you like blondes
+ under the hood at the paradise garage




the fiery furnaces
+ benton harbor blues
+ quay cur
You'll find more Fiery Furnaces here, mostly live and/or radio sessions.



>>GO to the HYPE MACHINE for more Matt and more Fiery Furnaces.

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Listen to *Sixeyes MP3 Blog

I have no idea how many people used the M3U and Flashplayer links I used to have in the sidebar, but I've removed them and am now going with a link to the Hype Machine. At the HM each blog has it's own page (here's *Sixeyes page) showing all their posts and on these individual pages are streaming options displayed by graphics at the top of the page. It's easy to listen via your preferred method.

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Beach House

"...dreamy, languid, back-to-the-womb slow pop."
*Sixeyes



I haven't stumbled upon a band more aptly named than Beach House in quite some time. But this isn't your average beach house, this one is filled with warm, thick saltwater which lifts and soothes you. And in this audio aquarium you are now the fish, a sleek golden fish, a goldfish, swimming in the cupped hands of your mother. Or maybe, this music simply makes you feel good... it's one or the other and sometimes both. The Baltimore based duo are Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally, and they, as Beach House, make dreamy, languid, back-to-the-womb slow pop.

From their self-titled album on Carpark Records...
+ saltwater [mp3] - release date October 3/06

>>GO to the HYPE MACHINE for more Beach House.

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Of Montreal: Satanic Twins and More MP3s

Of Montreal, with Polyvinyl Records since January of 2004, have just released a double album called Satanic Twins on that label, and here's what Polyvinyl says about it.

"Satanic Twins is a limited edition, exquisitely packaged vinyl-only double album that features remixes from of Montreal's two most popular albums, Satanic Panic in the Attic and The Sunlandic Twins. A project nearly two years in the making, Satanic Twins features remixes from the likes of Broken Spindles, Grizzly Bear, I Am The World Trade Center, Restiform Bodies, and more. Due to the album's rarity and of Montreal's popularity, these should sell out fast! Limited to 2,000 copies. Limit 2 per customer." BUY.

Get your Satanic Twins here through eMusic's FREE trial offer.

From Satanic Twins...
+ disconnect the dots mixel pixel remix
+ forecast fascist future iqu remix

A mix of OF Montreal MP3s...
+ requiem for o.m.m.2
+ disconnect the dots
+ so begins our alabee
+ lysergic bliss
+ wraith pinned to the mist and other games
+ psychotic feeling
+ more noir blues and tinnitus
+ good morning mr edminton
+ a question for emily foreman
+ hello from inside a shell
+ dustin hoffman thinks about eating the soap
+ just recently lost someting of importance
+ if i faltered slightly twice
+ doing nothing
+ jacques lamure
+ nickee coco and the invisible tree
+ don't ask me to explain
+ spoonful of sugar

And the free bonus covers EP that came with Satanic Panic In The Attic
[these are all covers done by Of Montreal]
The Shins' + Know Your Onion
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci's + Spanish Dance Troupe
V Twin's + Delinquency
Broadcast's +Color Me In

>>GO to the HYPE MACHINE for more Of Montreal.

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Get Lonely and Post-War at eMusic

Oh, there's some good stuff showing up at eMusic lately. If you're already a subscriber, go crazy. If you haven't had the pleasure yet, you can do a trial run (no strings) by going here for 25 FREE mp3 downloads.

Here's some of the albums that caught my eye.

M Ward Post-War
The Mountain Goats Get Lonely
Sufjan Stevens Seven Swans
pipettes we are the pipettes
final fantasy he poos clouds
The Decemberists Picaresqueties
Magnolia Electric Co Fading Trails
Kaki King ...Until We Felt Red
silver jews
silver jews starlite walker
silver jews tanglewood numbers
silver jews american water
lisa germano
US Maple Acre Thrills
nouvelle vague

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