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 Review by: BrandonSideleau See others by this writer ![[staff]](/images/icons/staffsticker.gif){kind=icon}
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Published on March 29th 2005
Let me start off by saying if you bought this record ignorantly hoping it would sound like Fugazi or Minor Threat, you will no doubt be let down. I love those two bands, but they are both entirely different, as is this wonderful little album from the genius which is both Ian MacKaye and Amy Farina (of the Warmers). Ian trades in his usual trademark of loud, abrasive intellectual rock for beautifully atmospheric and simple tunes, without sacrificing his usual razor-sharp political lyrics.
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This is good.. unlike Minor Threat.. overrated shit Beautiful music. I can't stop this listening the evens at the side room of the glasshouse = fucking great. i think i'm going to have to get this online...unless i feel like making the drive to a real record store. everything is at least an hour away. i picked this up today. so far, so good. i need to listen to something a couple times before i form a real opinion though. but right now i'm digging it. I heard some of this while walking through a record store. It sounded pretty great. I'm gonna pick it up ASAP. answer: if you dont mind stealing a cd then go for it. Hell, not every1 is rich enuff to buy every cd they want. Hi this is Greg Raymer, you are all gay and I am rubbing my five million all over my body, and into my asscrack. I hope someday some of these bills make it through the money system and into your hands and you get sick. Bye. i have a burned minor threat album that is about 20 years old, and that cd only gives me minor problems My burned copy of the first Clash album is five years old and I have no trouble at all. Chinatown, for the sake of us all, shut the fuck up. I have so many 'black' bands/artists on my fucking playlist, it's obsurd. Shit, I just realized I said Bright Eyes. Yeah, ITunes is shit. What good is having a bunch of mp3s on your computer or Ipod? With a real CD, you can transfer the songs onto both those devices, as well as play it in your car and stereo. Besides, burnt CDs have some kind of mechanism implanted inside them which causes deterioration over time (most of my burnt CDs from 2-3 years ago have become unplayable, or skip heavily). the art, barring certain releases, is not really a driving factor for me. and i know I can mail order from dischord blah blah blah. Trust me. I'm not new. I used to order from Very, Lumberjack, and Initial for a long long time. Back when there was no website to go to. Now, I carry my ipod everywhere I go. i find that itunes' real strength lies in EP's and exclusives. i'm not a heavy user of the itunes store, but back when the lashes ep came out, i couldn't find it in stores around here at all. i went to the lookout site and it was $5 plus shipping, and it was $6.50 shipping at interpunk. so instead, i paid $3.96 and had it immediately. seriously, why the fuck would you buy this on itunes? I will never, I repeat never, pay for a music download. Why in the world would I want to pay the same price as I would at an indie record store, and not get the actual cd, cover art, and liner notes? Being that I rarely set foot in a music store anymore, I'm stoked that Dischord stuff is on iTunes. I bought this album last night after scouring every store here for a week. in a week or so, all dischord releases will be available on itunes. not sure how i feel about that. sister, wife, as long as shes a mackaye, I feel like I shot pretty close. Beautiful music. Both singers do a terrific job. I can't stop listening to this. I need this. This LP is self-titled. Dischord always uses the "# songs" to refer to a self-titled release (except Fugazi's 13 songs which is really called that). "by the way, where did you guys get the title "12 songs?" my copy seems to be self-titled..." i'm going to take a leap and say amanda mackaye is his sister, not wife... see sammich records, etc... this album does not rock. that said, it is quite good. not at all what i would have expected, but i enjoy it. This record is awesome, as is their performance on Burn to Shine (which, as we discussed elsewhere, is not that good overall). This is a great album. All I can think about, though, is they would be perfect tour mates with Low. Wyzo like to say abstract shit to sound witty. He's very hit or miss. This is a lot like the "la-la" bands I remember from DC in the late 80s/early 90s. Tsunami, Velocity Girl, Unrest, any of those Simple Machines and Teenbeat bands. I like it, it's a nice change of pace. wyzo's got a lot on his mind where is the fiya review? Haven't heard the album, but the song Vowell Movement is great. People in Black Cougar Shock Unit too. Ian's wife's band THE ROUTINEERS just put a record out and is quite stellar, and i only reserve stellar for good records and high school prom punch. Fantastic. this is good chill music brandon i hate you for your amen review....i bought it and couldnt even get through 5 songs.....it sucks uhg i barely made it threw 3 songs before i was too bored to listen...i'll have to give it another chance sometime. The guys at the recordstore were amazed when I came up the counter with this. "Dude, someons buying it already!" Excellent album. It does get better with every listen, and the subtlties pop up more and more. Its great to draw to. I wasn't so sure anyone was gonna have the balls to take on this review. Guess I was wrong, Anyways, I agree that the only comparisons that can be made regarding Ian's previous work would be a few tracks off The Arguement. I'm not so sure it will appeal to many fans of Fugazi and Minor Threat. Thats not saying that it is not a good album though. Ian vocals are amazing. They are soft and smooth throughout. The only yelling is in the background when Farina is singing but you have to listen closely to hear it. They make a great pair musically. I just like this cd so much because it is a welcome change of pace from what I've been listening to lately. why haven't i bought this yet? Best record so far this year. It only sounds better the more I listen to it. Funk? Really? I'm in. i've been meaning to order this |
