Not his performance, mind you -- he's just being himself, albeit on the slurred and lazy side of the MES gray scale -- but rather the actual recording, which is basically one of the worst overdubs I've ever heard on a proper, non-lo-fi album.
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This may or may not be the actual Zooey Deschanel, but that's irrelevant -- she's so good at selling this persona that if it's at all a put-on, it's hard to spot the seams in her fabrication.
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Clearly, much of that thrill came from feeling a bit in over her head, and that comes across in the music -- even at the song's boldest moments, she sounds like she's trying hard just to keep up with herself, much less this dude. Obviously, she has changed a lot, but what is he like now?
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Britta Persson "Kill Hollywood Me" - Three of my favorite albums right now are essentially records about the relationship between fantasy and reality. Meanwhile, at Fair Game : I forgot to mention this last week, but our sessions with the Child Ballads and Peter Moren are both available now.
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Much of Barnes' recent work has tended toward the abstract and purposefully gaudy, but he's extremely successful in conveying a great deal of emotional complexity in this song with only a spare arrangement and simple, straightforward lyrics. ( Click here to buy it from Green Owl Records.)
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The Breeders "Walk It Off" - As far as I am concerned, the gentle rumble of a Kim Deal bass line -- whether she's playing it or not -- is one of the most consistently pleasurable things in all of music.
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Basically, this is one of those remixes that dares the band to be better. This track is such a thrill; I really do hope they move more in this direction because for them, it's the difference between being a nice little shoegazer band, and becoming one of the most promising pop bands in the country.
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( Click here to buy it from Touch and Go.) Sally Shapiro "Hold Me So Tight" (The Cansecos remix) - Most Sally Shapiro songs -- whether they are album tracks or remixes -- tend to be extremely cold and aloof, to the point that the tunes become monochromatic and bloodless.
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Do It! carries on from the experimentation with psychedelic elements that characterized their previous record, but this time around, the integration of hard psyche riffs and quasi-folk acoustic guitar is less forced, and the melodies and rhythms are more inviting and inspired.
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