The Brothers worked it out!!!

Stepping out of said delorian onto st-catherines back on a cold November night in 1996, you would have witnessed the 17 year old version of me waiting in line outside of the Metropolis, hours away from falling totally in love with the Chemical Brothers. A love affair that has lasted to this very day(in some senses). Their latest album entitled Further is as, if not more experimental then We are the night. Venturing into warm synths encircled by strange noises, dipped in bucket of soothing melodic songstress Divas and divos, then thrown down the well of fast paced mesmeric banter beats accompanied by the occasional pounding bassline, this album is quite the journey. They were once considered to be part of the very definition of modern breaks, and now... well, frankly, I'm not even sure. They still sound break-ish, they still sound fun... I could easily say they were under heavy influence when producing this album, but I think that would be a cop-out, and furthermore, I'm pretty sure they were under some type of heavy influence for pretty much every other album they made. No, I think this album is a continued adventure into the absurd, even toying with the completely insane(do sane people listen to this?). Um, it makes me smile, some songs are great, some are not so great, but they are still fun, and mostly, their production quality as always is fantastic. I think what this album does most successfully is not shy away from using strange sounds, odd pads, bewildering banters and PTS rhythms... My picks for tracks : swoon, horse power, snow, escape velocity. I would recommend this album to anyone wants to try something new and rather different, people who like the CB and those into "heavy influence". I give this album 7/10

Fleeting feelings, Arcade Fires Rapture...

Ok, so a million and one peeps already blogged their stupid heads off about this, but hey, I'm behind the times on blogganating...(read extended hiatuses) Arcades most recent album entitled the Suburbs is nothing short of another indie, nouveau rock, melodramatic masterpiece. Invoking subtle tenderness through soft chords of delighted guitar, bemused piano and sauntering violins, the gang seems once again to be oh so comfortably numb in the shadows of a bewildered reflection on life in North America. How they capture it in their music is another story all together. Win and Regine seem like they have however traveled in a forward path, as in my opinion, Suburbs becomes a clean contrast of sorts when compared to Neon Bible and even Funeral. Incorporating symphonic like violin scores, concentrating more on lifts and falls, blending a harder rock sound. The evolution of their sound seemingly draws a parallel to growing up, as each album seems to show more and more maturity. I would definitely recommend this album to anyone who's enjoyed their previous works and/or is curious enough by my ramblings to give it a shot! My picks for songs would be : The suburbs, City with no children, suburban war, we used to wait. I think this is perfect fall music, so I guess the timing makes my review cooler than all the previous ones, right? I give this album a 8.5/10

Extended Hiatuses...

Though it's doubtful that anyone shed a tear, or my one reader thought I'd vanished off the face of our beloved planet, alas, I am back, and my stairs, they be messy! As the fall season sets in(love it) and the cold winter season approaches, I figured between destroying my hearing by making beats and sipping cold choice beverages, I'd return to my far lessor hobby of contributing to the already vast wasteland of online authors... You can expect some more updates about my actual messy stairs, as well as the fun life I lead, music reviews, album nods and generally bad punctuation wrapped in run on sentences with little to no value... self deprecation, I think so! That being said, I think it's beer o'clock, hazah!