The Black Angels

The Black Angels - Passover

 The Black Angels Official Band Website

TRACK LISTING

1.  Young Man Dead                                 5.:32

2.  The First Vietnam War                      3:50

3.  The Sniper at the Gates of Heaven  4:16

4.  The Prodigal Son                                 4:23

5.  Black Grease                                        4:37

6.  Manipulation                                        5:49

7.  Empire                                                  5:35

8.  Better Off Alone                                  3:03

9.  Bloodhounds on My Trail                   3:58

10. Call to Arms                                       18:06 EDITORIAL REVIEWS Amazon.com Every now and again a band capable of not just capturing the spirit of a bygone era but portraying it with uncanny authenticity and accuracy arrives, and in an era where music lovers seem increasingly ravenous for psychedelic-inflected rock, Austin's the Black Angels are precisely that act. Following on the heels of their recent Turn On, Tune In, Drone Out EP, the quintet transports listeners to a land of napalm-bright LSD flashbacks with an elegantly unholy sound that proves both eerie and ethereal. "Young Men Dead" and "The Sniper at the Gates of Heaven" walk the line between celebratory dance and grief-filled dirge. These tracks unnerve the conscious mind with unsettling drones and vocals that seem to have emerged from some parallel universe where the struggle, strife, promise, and even the seedy underbelly of the Love Generation lives on in each primal drum beat and louder-than-loud bent note from a guitar that could not have been built anywhere on Earth, but has been drenched with the sweat and blood of a generation on the verge of either victory or collapse. If there is an act in American popular music with a future brighter and vaster than the cosmos, the Black Angels are it. --Jedd Beaudoin SPIN "'Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out'... bluesy pools of garage-scum shame mongering." BUST "...perfect for quiet Saturday nights at home on the couch with a fifth of whiskey." Sydney Morning Herald "This is an advance warning: you will want to claim early ownership of the Black Angels." CMJ Monthly "This band is purely American... getting musical and visual inspiration from the drone and dread of late 60s psychedelica..." Tripwire "...Passover is one hell of a record." SONGS TO LISTEN TO:    Young Man Dead    Run for the hills, pick up your feet and lets go. We did our jobs, pick up speed now lets move. The trees cant grow without the sun in their eyes. And we can't live if we're too afraid to die. The First Vietnam War  Sixty thousand men died While you were here You came into our homes And you took our kids And you ask for more now For this new war The Sniper at the Gates of Heaven Where do you go when heaven calls you What do you do, who do you turn to Black Grease You're alright You come to me in times You make me realize I'm not the kindest guy

Arcade Fire

Arcade Fire - Funeral

TRACK LISTING

All songs written and composed by Arcade Fire. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)"	4:48
2.	"Neighborhood #2 (Laïka)"	3:31
3.	"Une année sans lumière"	3:40
4.	"Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)"	5:12
5.	"Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)"	4:49
6.	"Crown of Love"	4:42
7.	"Wake Up"	5:35
8.	"Haïti"	4:07
9.	"Rebellion (Lies)"	5:10
10.	"In the Backseat"	6:20

Funeral is the debut full-length album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire, released on September 14, 2004 in North America

The album produced five singles. The most successful, "Rebellion (Lies)", peaked at #19 on the UK Singles Chart. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2005 for Best Alternative Music Album. It received wide critical acclaim and topped many year-end and decade-end lists. It was ranked eighth in Bob Mersereau's 2007 book The Top 100 Canadian Albums, #3 on Paste's 50 Best Albums of the Decade list,^[2] and #2 on Pitchfork's 200 Top Albums of the 2000s.

The critical response to Funeral has been extremely positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 90, based on 30 reviews.It is listed at number 24 on Metacritic's list of highest scored albums of all time.

SONGS TO LISTEN TO:

Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) 

And if the snow buries my
My neighborhood
And if my parents are crying
Then I'll dig a tunnel
From my window to yours

Neighborhood #2 (Laika)

Alexander, our older brother
Set out for a great adventure
He tore our images out of his pictures
He scratched our names out of all his letters

Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)

I went out into the night
I went out to find some light
Kids are swinging from the power lines
Nobody's home, so nobody minds


Rebellion (Lies)

People say that you'll die
Faster than without water
But we know it's just a lie
Scare your son, scare your daughter

In the Backseat

I like the peace
In the backseat
I don't have to drive
I don't have to speak
I can watch the countryside
And I can fall asleep

Iron & Wine Our Endless Numbered Days

Released March 23, 2004

TRACK LISTING

1. "On Your Wings" - 3:53
2. "Naked as We Came" - 2:33
3. "Cinder and Smoke" - 5:44
4. "Sunset Soon Forgotten" - 3:20
5. "Teeth in the Grass" - 2:22
6. "Love and Some Verses" - 3:40
7. "Radio War" - 1:56
8. "Each Coming Night" - 3:28
9. "Free Until They Cut Me Down" - 4:35
10. "Fever Dream" - 4:16
11. "Sodom, South Georgia" - 4:59
12. "Passing Afternoon" - 4:01

* 7" vinyl single

1. "No Moon"
2. "Sinning Hands"

* Bonus CD

1. "Cinder and Smoke" (demo)
2. "Swans and the Swimming"
3. "Free Until They Cut Me Down" (demo)
4. "Hickory"

EDITORIAL REVIEWS

Amazon.com

Florida’s brilliant singer-songwriter Sam Beam expands Iron & Wine from solo project to a gaggle of friends and family on slide guitar, percussion, and backing vocals on his second album. Fans need not worry--the hushed immediacy and rich melodies remain the focus--but new flavors abound. For instance, the strange "Cinder And Smoke" sounds like a collaboration (with banjos of course) between America, Robert Wyatt and Low. Meanwhile, "On Your Wings," "Free Until They Cut Me Down," and "Teeth in the Grass" showcase a brooding, earthy, Southern-rock-on-laudanum side that the band had previously only demonstrated in concert. It's rare when an artist who's become known for bedroom recordings makes the transition to the studio to produce work that's better--Daniel Johnston, Lou Barlow, and Liz Phair all made their defining moments crouched above a cassette recorder at home. But Beam is the exception to the rule, as he has easily bested himself on the second Iron & Wine album. --Mike McGonigal

Entertainment Weekly

"launches balloons of sweetly whispered regret over trance-inducing backwoods string arrangements and watches them float away, his heart in tow"

Stereophile

"The melodies are haunting or beautiful—sometimes both—and Beam’s lyrics approach poetry in the best sense of the word."

Spin

"Beam has given us his second straight masterwork: self-assured, spellbinding, and richly, refreshingly adult."

Magnet

Best of 2004

Spin

..Beam is a fearlessly accessible songwriter, framing his melancholy in concrete imagery and solid, inviting melodies. - (Joe Gross)  


SONGS TO LISTEN TO:

Each Coming Night

Will you say to me when I'm gone:
"Your face has faded but lingers on
Because light strikes a deal with each coming night"

Love and Some Verses

Love is a dress that you made long
To hide your knees
Love to say this to your face
I'll love you only

Free Until They Cut Me Down

When the wind wraps me like the reaper's hand
I will swing free until they cut me down
Papa dont tell me what I could've done
She's the one who begged me
"Take me home"

Passing Afternoon

There are things that drift away
Like our endless numbered days
Autumn blew the quilt right off the perfect bed she made
And she's chosen to believe
In the hymns her mother sings

Sodom, South Georgia

And Sodom, south Georgia
Woke like a tree full of bees
Buried in Christmas bows
And a blanket of weeds

Fever Dream

Some days her shape in the doorway
Will speak to me
A bird's wing on the window
Sometimes I'll hear when she's sleeping
Her fever dream

Naked As We Came

Eyes wide open
Naked as we came
One will spread our
Ashes round the yard

Cinder and Smoke

Give me your hand
The dog in the garden row is covered in mud
And dragging your mother's clothes