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In The Aeroplane Over The Sea – Neutral Milk Hotel
Oftentimes in music, the most profound music is the most simple. The first thing I noticed about In The Aeroplane Over the Sea is that the only guitar played the whole album is an acoustic. Although the bass kicks on the distortion and overdrive periodically and the drums crash chaotically, the guitar always remains a…
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Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse – Of Montreal
There’s something to be said for chaos in music. Ever since the advent of atonal theory and composers such as Arnold Schoenberg, there has been countless amounts of experimental music that tests the limits of music and – if I’m being frank – tests the limits of a listener’s ability to suspend judgment until after…
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Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
I’ve long been a disciple not so much of Pink Floyd, but of their seminal album Dark Side of the Moon. It is about the best example of a flawless album as there is in the world. But, truth be told, I wasn’t too familiar with much of Pink Floyd’s other efforts. Of course, I…