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This one hits hard: Gal Costa has passed at 77. Many of you heard her in my last DI playlist. One of the greatest. RIP.

I am glad she managed to see us getting rid of our neo-fascist president before passing. I had just listened to her s/t and India on Sunday evening. Damn.

It's quite sudden. She was slated to play Primavera São Paulo last weekend and dropped off at the last minute.



Top-10 album for me, this one.
 
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I heard this song at a cafe just before and I really liked it. It kinda has that annoying early 2010s washed out vocal thing going on, but it's great. Reminded me of Rod Stewart a bit.
 
Was randomly looking up the last time Animal Collective played My Girls (2013 for those playing at home) and found this hilarious, pompous take on the track:

“My Girls” offers no mitigating ironies, no instrumental tension; the performance is an etiolated nightmare of what, to quote Ben Bradlee in All the President’s Men, it would be like to be on the festival circuit getting sanctimonious about supporting a wife and a family and a dog and cat.
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Worst Songs Ever: Animal Collective’s ‘My Girls’
 
^ and that sent me down a rabbit hole, in which I discovered:

  • Tears for Fears covered My Girls
  • Tears for Fears covered And I Was a Boy From School
  • Grizzly Bear covered And I Was a Boy From School
  • My Girls samples audio recordings of Saturn from the Cassini probe
 
This new Phoenix album is...not great. Like Bankrupt, it has some fantastic tracks, most notably Tonight (the single w/ Ezra Koenig), Season 2, Artifact, and the closer Identical, which was released like a year ago? A bit anticlimactic to end with an older, familiar track, but it might be the best thing on there.

Unfortunately, it's mostly forgettable outside of those songs. Nothing outright bad, but their albums used to have much more consistency/higher batting average throughout. And I'm sorry, but I miss the guitars.

For me, it's a step down from Ti Emo, which was very good front to back. And of course doesn't scale the heights of the first 4 albums. Hate to say I agree with the Pitchfork review in that the novelty has worn off by this point and they're just not doing anything new or interesting. A more stripped-down, organic affair, however outré and less commercial, would have been more appealing than this.
 
gump said:
It's a little abstract and impressionistic, but roughly this (it is a little more poetic in Portuguese, though not his best lyric) :

Lady muse of peace
Hold me
Carry me

...

Sleeping in the arms of pain
Friend, raze
Your hand drew
A dream in the sand
Now, give me for once
My path
And life

...

Say a joyful word
Send a message
Let it be now
Make the world new
And dance in the arms of that love

....

Say a word, man
A joyful one
Run, send a message
Hold me
Make a sweet vibe
Make me bristle
Stop gasping
Make me crazy
Make me a diamond
Your lover
Dance to the sound of wind
Stop gasping
Don't play
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I missed this earlier. Thanks for translating that. I think the story of how the collaboration came together was that both he and DD either were on the same label, or were working at the same studio at the same time, although when I googled it just now, the only thing that popped up was the band knew Milton through their guitarist Warren Cuccurullo.

Anyway, I'll have to check out more of Milton Nascimento's work. Any recommendations?
 
lazarus said:
This new Phoenix album is...not great. Like Bankrupt, it has some fantastic tracks, most notably Tonight (the single w/ Ezra Koenig), Season 2, Artifact, and the closer Identical, which was released like a year ago? A bit anticlimactic to end with an older, familiar track, but it might be the best thing on there.

Unfortunately, it's mostly forgettable outside of those songs. Nothing outright bad, but their albums used to have much more consistency/higher batting average throughout. And I'm sorry, but I miss the guitars.

For me, it's a step down from Ti Emo, which was very good front to back. And of course doesn't scale the heights of the first 4 albums. Hate to say I agree with the Pitchfork review in that the novelty has worn off by this point and they're just not doing anything new or interesting. A more stripped-down, organic affair, however outré and less commercial, would have been more appealing than this.
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Agree with all of this. I like it but its just more of that same sound we've come to expect from them. Identical is still the best track on here (and one of my favorite Phoenix songs actually).
 
U2inUtah said:
I missed this earlier. Thanks for translating that. I think the story of how the collaboration came together was that both he and DD either were on the same label, or were working at the same studio at the same time, although when I googled it just now, the only thing that popped up was the band knew Milton through their guitarist Warren Cuccurullo.



Anyway, I'll have to check out more of Milton Nascimento's work. Any recommendations?
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Oh man, this is so timely. He just played the last show of his retirement tour last night with 60,000 fans in a football stadium. He's 80 and super frail, and has to sit the whole time and had a lot of other artists filling in during some songs. But super beautiful and emotional, and I’m happy it was broadcast live.



Yes, I have recommendations!



1. Clube da Esquina (1972), which he recorded with Lo Borges and other collaborators, is widely considered to be one of the 3 best Brazilian records of all time. A wonderful blend of psych pop and Brazilian sounds.



2. Of his solo records, my favorite is Minas (1975), which has the wonderful Fé Cega, Faca Amolada and Paula e Bebeto (a motif from the latter plays throughout the album).



3. His self titled Milton (1970) is also a beautiful record in which he had already begun to explore some sounds that he would use in Clube da Esquina.



4. If you are into his collaborations with US musicians, he recorded Native Dancer with Wayne Shorter, in which they cover some of his (Nascimento's) earlier compositions.



Let me know if you decide to check any of these!
 
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I've been going through the list of indie rock records Pitchfork recommended in their best of the 90s series. One that I really enjoyed was Apples in Stereo - Fun Trick Noisemaker. Fans of Pavement and/or Supergrass should enjoy it.
 
I'm not a big Janet fan, but always loved that one, belongs on a list of the best tracks of the decade.

The one with Q-Tip and the Joni Mitchell sample from the subsequent album is great too.
 
There's a special place in my heart for the Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet - Velvet Rope trifecta. Lots of songs I love on those three. Not to mention, she was killing it with the music videos and dancing.
 
Third Man Records has been reissuing some really interesting stuff lately. One group I found through them that I have been loving is Les Rallizes Denudes, a cult Japanese band that got started in the 60s. It's like proto-shoegaze with some heavy Velvet Underground influences.

 
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Rhythm Nation for the win. That was the jam back in high school/college. Sounds dated now but I still love it.
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That album release and promotion lasted through my Junior and Senior years in High School. Come Back to Me is my favorite track, but the entire album is great. Loved the "Hey Baby" outtake. Janet is serious but still having some fun.
 
Happy Thanksgiving to all the Americans.
To the Canadians, your calendars are off by about 5 weeks.
To the Aussies, throw another shrimp on the barbie and enjoy that Foster's.
 
I’ve had great turkeys but my family prefers capon (rooster). It’s tastier and easier to cook than a whole turkey.
 
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