Each week we take a listen to some of the top songs from elbows, review them and then give our selection of alternative tracks that we believe should be getting more recognition The Mountain Goats "Sax Rohmer" 1st track from upcoming Heretic Pride Album The first thing that is noticeable on this song is the really thick sounding acoustic strum, which adds a lot of power and force to the song. The way he sings the chorus is jumps out from the rest of the song... "I am [...]
I discovered the band, Okay , a couple days ago and their songs keep getting better and better with repeated listenings. Their music is so delicate, it feels like it could fall apart any second or that Marty Anderson's voice will just disappear into the wind. The fact that Okay could easily be called bedroom pop, is in a sense ironic, because Anderson, the lead singer and songwriter, has a disease (Crohn's) that confines him to his bedroom. Making the best out of a tragic situation though, Okay's music (which was, out of necessity, recorded in Anderson's bedroom) is [...]
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Here's my new favorite darling. I can't find much information on Okay other than that it's the recording pseudonym of Marty Anderson of the band Dilute. Here's one instance where I'm more than happy to forfeit background knowledge for mindless appreciation. Okay already looks like 2008's ultimate lo-fi indie pop ...
Nov 15, 2007, 12:00am
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Zwischen den sanften Gitarrenakkorden, dem lieblichen Glockenspiel und dem wunderlichen Xylophon baut sich eine latente Spannung auf, sobald die androgyne Stimme einsetzt. Sie ist zuerst unangenehm geschlechtslos und kratzig, doch spätestens als sie "accept" singt, hast du akzeptiert, dass sie sich ebensowenig stoppen lässt, wie der Sturm, der in diesem Song aufzieht. Die Wellen türmen sich schiffhoch, der Kutter schwankt, der Gitarre stockt der Atem. Doch das Gewitter zieht vorüber, der Himmel klart auf, die Stimme ist plötzlich schön und die Orgel schimmert in der Abendsonne. Okay - "Truce" [...]
(photo from here ) Le Loup - "We Are Gods! We Are Wolves!" Le Loup's The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly is a heavy undertaking. It's kind of a whooshing stormy banjo warm front, and this is the breaking clouds. It comes in the middle of an album that stretches down into hell and reaches up to heaven, it's a very spiritual breadth, and seems pretty sincere too. Where this song exactly plays into the "plan" of this album I can't say, [...]
Since I'm hoping to catch these guys tonight at the Hemlock Tavern here in SF, I thought it was an opportune time to post some tracks that visited long ago here on Macktronic. These two albums have stayed with me, High Road in particular, for the duration. Marty Anderson (aka Okay) can write some damn good songs, and his delivery is original and deeply enrapturing. ::: Okay - Have [from High Road ] ::: Okay - Oh [from Low Road ] Buy Okay's albums here [...]
Okay - "Sing-Along". The man who calls himself Okay both is and isn't. Marvellously musical, with a voice like tin cans, but a rare illness makes it difficult for Marty Anderson to travel let alone tour. Is this why a song called "Sing-Along" is without any singing-along? Or is it a matter of choice? Is it ironic? Is he asking who would sing along with a chorus like this?"I don't believe anything that you say!"Layers of synths and a gardener's plod, a melodic shuffle that reminds me of late 90s alt-rock -- The Eels, early Beck, Apples in Stereo. And [...]
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