markl
Hangin' with the monkeys.
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I've become so jaded and cynical, I knee-jerk reject almost anything that's come out in the last 5 years almost out of habit as being junk by default. It's not my fault, and it's not just me; "rock" music has clearly declined during this time. Real bands with real songs roughly in the "rock" genre find themselves strangley on the outs. The "alternative", today's so-called "indie-rock" is mostly no-talent charlatans, wanna-bes and trust fund dudes with a burning need to whine about powerful women and not getting laid. They try so hard to be "cute" you just want to snip their balls off (if they have any) and be done with it. *yawn*.
But every now and then, by accident an actual "pop group" with actual (sexy) songs breaks through. Rilo Kiley is such a band. Every song on "Under The Black Light" is one of those songs that would've-been and should've-been a hit under proper circumstances. In today's market, as commercial as this stuff might be, there's just no place for it. We lose.
This has been called their "Fleetwood Mac moment", in that this album barely holds together the band despite crumbling interpersonal relationships.
I couldn't care less which member of Rilo Kiley is sleeping with another; here we have a classic pop album. The lyrics are cutting and biting and very clever; yes, it's obviously a break-up album. It's a sly, sexy female voice we hear throughout, but the real star of the show is the guitar player who begs, borrows and outright steals, he doesn't care. Maybe he thinks this is it, the band is breaking up and this record will stand as his audition to become a certified awesome studio guitar player hereafter. Maybe he's right, and this really is the last Rilo Kiley album.
That would be a real shame. They've really got something here, something out of time, that maybe doesn't fit into today's pop chart. But it would be a tragedy for a band this good, with such great songs to disappear...
But every now and then, by accident an actual "pop group" with actual (sexy) songs breaks through. Rilo Kiley is such a band. Every song on "Under The Black Light" is one of those songs that would've-been and should've-been a hit under proper circumstances. In today's market, as commercial as this stuff might be, there's just no place for it. We lose.
This has been called their "Fleetwood Mac moment", in that this album barely holds together the band despite crumbling interpersonal relationships.
I couldn't care less which member of Rilo Kiley is sleeping with another; here we have a classic pop album. The lyrics are cutting and biting and very clever; yes, it's obviously a break-up album. It's a sly, sexy female voice we hear throughout, but the real star of the show is the guitar player who begs, borrows and outright steals, he doesn't care. Maybe he thinks this is it, the band is breaking up and this record will stand as his audition to become a certified awesome studio guitar player hereafter. Maybe he's right, and this really is the last Rilo Kiley album.
That would be a real shame. They've really got something here, something out of time, that maybe doesn't fit into today's pop chart. But it would be a tragedy for a band this good, with such great songs to disappear...
