Mae Shi & Sparklehorse - mp3 review
August 30th, 2006 r8e8rcomThe Mae Shi tracks are from a split with ‘rapider than horsepower’. They used to be on 5RC, but I’m not sure what they are doing now. They sound kind of like Les Savvy Fav meets Deerhoof to me. I fucking fell in love with the track ‘The Bear’. I know, I know last year was the year of the wolf, this is the year of the bear. Any bets on next year, my vote goes for the chicken. ‘Chicken Mother Parade’ is going to be the Clap Your Hands of ‘07, just like Clap Your Hands was the Arcade Fire of ‘06, just like Arcade Fire was the…..ok you get the picture.
I used to be mad into Sparklehorse, and I still like it. Ok, the opening riff of the first track is a kind of a dear prudence rip, but the rest of the track is awesome. They also have this crispness to the production, kind of brittle, lo-fi, crackly thing (notice I didn’t say sparkle) going on that I love. Andy called me a pussy for asking for this promo, this coming from the guy with Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears on his ipod. BTW, he’s on the list now so give him some shit about it, he fucking loves that crap. Andy, welcome to the list, bitch.
http://www.r8e8r.com/mp3r/TheMaeShi-ThePotential.mp3
http://www.r8e8r.com/mp3r/TheMaeShi-TheBear.mp3
http://www.r8e8r.com/mp3r/TheMaeShi-MassivelyOverwrought.mp3
http://www.r8e8r.com/mp3r/Sparklehorse-DontTakeMySunshineAway.mp3
http://www.r8e8r.com/mp3r/Sparklehorse-ItsNotSoHard.mp3
enjoy, and write some fucking reviews.
-mark
