{"id":201,"date":"2010-12-21T17:54:30","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T17:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theycrawl.com\/news\/?p=201"},"modified":"2010-12-21T17:59:54","modified_gmt":"2010-12-21T17:59:54","slug":"music-for-monsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theycrawl.com\/news\/?p=201","title":{"rendered":"Music for Monsters"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the time of year for roundups<\/strong>, when pundits fill space in blogs and papers by making lists<\/strong> of things. In my case, as it’s been about a year since the last time I did it<\/strong><\/a>, I thought I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d pass along some music recommendations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If my neighbours have ever wondered this year just what that racket is that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been coming from my cave, here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the answer: my current four favourite albums<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Take one astonishing guitarist and singer. Add drums that sound like a washing machine being intricately and thoroughly hurled down a flight of stairs<\/strong>. The result, in the case of Marnie Stern<\/strong><\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcs eponymous third album (above), is a glorious, inspiring, joyful noise <\/strong>that makes you feel like you could leap out of the window and fly.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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With plaintive Kermit the Frog-style vocals, sparkling guitar and irresistible shake-it-to-the-left-shake-it-to-the-right rhythms Darwin Deez<\/strong><\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcs debut album is charming, chiming pop perfection<\/strong><\/strong>. And check out his moustache!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcparental advisory\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 sticker on Maniac Meat <\/strong>by Tobacco<\/strong><\/a> is, partly, a joke: the vocals on this album are mostly unintelligible and what few words I can make out don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seem that rude at all. What is<\/em> rude is the music: this raucous homebrewed electronic brouhaha <\/strong>never fails to put a grin on my face. Let it wallop you.<\/p>\n

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Lastly, in honour of Don Van Vliet<\/strong><\/a> who will be sorely missed, here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an album I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve adored ever since I first heard it when I was at school: Safe As Milk<\/strong> by Captain Beefheart<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’ve included links in the text above to pages where you can try the music out for yourself. Happy listening.<\/p>\n

Sam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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