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Fall releases reach new high
By Dave Depper
Oregon Daily Emerald
I have been in heaven lately.
No, it’s not the fact that we’re
having great weather, nor is it
the fact that the Ducks are a
lock for the Rose Bowl, nor that the
stock market has been hitting un
precedented highs in tandem with
a jovial national mood.
Although all of these things
make me happy, what I’m really
stoked about lately is the state of
the music industry right now. With
all of the negative images and bad
news that
seem to be in
_ undating every
aspect of our
lives right
now, it may be
easy to over
look the fact
that some ab
solutely in
credible music
has been re
leased this fall.
I don’t remem
ber a time
when so many
terrific albums
came out within such a short
amount of time, and in honor of
this cosmic gift I’m going to write
about the ones I think deserve spe
cial mention.
Bob Dylan “Love and Theft”
This album was the highly-an
ticipated follow-up to Dylan’s
1997 Album-of-the-Year winner
“Time Out of Mind.” Recorded
with his cracklingly tight touring
band, “Love and Theft” had the
terrible misfortune of being re
leased Sept. 11. As a result, many
people overlooked this album, and
a lot of people don’t even know it
was released.
What a shame. “Love and Theft”
easily ranks among the best of Dy
lan’s work. Though his voice still
sounds like he gargles with paint
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thinner, he can still paint a stun
ning portrait of Americana, filled
with humor and regrets.
Stereolab “Sound-Dust”
I don’t know exactly how many
albums this band has, but I know
that there are many, many of them.
This one is the best. Previous ’lab
albums have been obsessed with
repetition, creating songs that
seemed to go on forever with little
change.
Not so with “Sound-Dust.” This
album manages to cover about 400
musical styles on each song, from
1960s girl-group doo-wop to Ger
man krautrock of the 1970s to
funk. All of this with singer Laeti
tia Sadier’s deadpanned gobbledy
gook lyrics floating over the top.
Superb.
Spiritualized “Let It Come
Down"
Though this album may share a
title with James Iha’s solo album,
rest assured it’s way better. When
we last heard from Spiritualized, it
was 1997, and they had released a
nearly universally hailed master
piece, “Ladies and Gentlemen We
Are Floating In Space.”
Bandleader Jason Pierce then
unceremoniously fired the rest of
the band and hired a bunch of stu
dio musicians and a full orchestra
to record this latest opus. I may not
share the popular opinion here,
but I think that “Let It Come
Down” does “Ladies and Gentle
men” one better. It’s vaguely a con
cept album about substance abuse
and redemption, and every single
song is incredible. The presence of
the orchestra lends the album a bit
of old-fashioned grandeur, and
Pierce is still the master of the wit
ty lyrical put on. (Example: “Out of
sight is always out of mind /1
think out of mind is out of sight / if
I am good I could add years to my
life /1 would rather add some life
to my years”).
Lupine Howl “The Carnivorous
Lunar Adventures of Lupine
Howl”
What happened to the rest of
Spiritualized after Pierce fired
them? They formed their own
band, of course! Though Lupine
Howl’s debut may not match the
dizzying highs of Spiritualized’s
best work, it’s a very satisfying re
lease in its own right. Psychedelic
walls of sound envelop die listener
on every song. The production is
immaculate, the musicianship is
great, and this is the album to put
on as you’re going to bed.
Charlatans UK “Wonderland”
The Charlatans are the Timex of
rock music: They take a licking
and keep on ticking. Despite losing
keyboardist Rob Collins in a car ac
cident a few years back, the band
has actually managed to get better
and better with each release. Their
last album, “Us and Us Only,” was
a terrific rock and roll record in the
vein of the Rolling Stones.
However, “Wonderland” takes a
sharp left turn into dance territory.
Every song on this album shim
mers with synthesizers, funky bass
lines and dancey drum tracks.
This sure sounds like a disaster,
but believe me, it isn’t. “Wonder
land” may well be the best album
yet by these guys.
Remy Zero “The Golden Hum”
Remy Zero of Birmingham, Ala.,
still holds the banner of alternative
rock aloft proudly. Mixing solid
songwriting skills and a bit of Ra
diohead-esque dramatics, “The
Golden Hum” is a blockbuster
waiting to happen. This album
took a few listens to really grow on
me, but now I can’t remove it from
my CD player. Really. I am help
less. I want to listen to something
else, but I cannot. I am trapped.
Help.
The Strokes “Is This It”
It’s a well known fact that the
best music the world has ever
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