Swan Lake & Caliphone - mp3 review
September 1st, 2006 r8e8rcomTried to have a low key night last night. Met some friends at Soda Bar and ended up meeting some really cool peeps. Intentions were to lay off the booze, but when the topic of shandies (spelling? anyone?) came up I had to try one. Has anyone had one of these? Its 3 parts beer, 1 part ginger-ale or sprite. Sounds horrible, right? It’s actually pretty good. a bit on the sweet side. I mean, I imagine getting drunk on shandies would carry a pretty bad hang over, but I guess one or two every once in a while could be a nice change. I did, however, refrain from becoming intoxicated and succeeded in making it a ‘low key’ night.Moving from mixed drinks to mixed bands (holy shit I’m dumb sometimes)
Swan lake is 1 part Wolfe Parade/Sunset, 1 part Destroyer, and 1 part Frog Eyes. To me they sound more like Wolf Parade than anything else, but I like it. I was really into Wolfe Parade when it came out but it quickly lost its luster. Shuffle on my ipod really saves that album for me. I’m sure it’ll be the same with Swan Lake for me, but I still think its good for now.
http://www.r8e8r.com/mp3r/SwanLake-WidowsWalk.mp3
http://www.r8e8r.com/mp3r/SwanLake-AllFires.mp3Califone is 1 part Ugly Casanova, 1 part Red Red Meat, 1 part Unseen Hand, 1 part Loftus, 1 part Orso, 1 part Freakwater, etc, etc, etc. No really, the list just keeps going on and on. If they were an alcoholic beverage 1 drink would prolly kill you. I’m not super into this band or anything but I like a few tracks.http://www.r8e8r.com/mp3r/Califone-SpidersHouse.mp3
http://www.r8e8r.com/mp3r/Califone-SundayNoises.mp3
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