So, I just got the album of the year
 

....for the first 4 months anyway.


FARMERS MARKET "SURFIN U.S.S.R"
The music of Farmers Market is a mixture of Bulgarian folk music, jazz standards, popular music and humor. Farmers Market has become one of Norway's most popular live bands, playing at all kinds of venues and festivals: jazz, folk and rock. Farmers Market has been releasing music in Norway sporadically over the past decade but their releases have been generally hard to find on U.S. shores. Those who have been lucky enough to hear the outfit have been instantly won over by the unbelievable musicianship and oddball mixture of styles.

On Ipecac records.

Have listened to this 3 times in a row. Just unbelievable. I really HIGHLY doubt anything will top this this year.

I might upload it later if anyone's interested.

Or better yet:

http://www.amazon.com/Surfin-USSR-Fa.../dp/B0012IWIQ8

i know someone who will also name it the album of the year, fucking loves anything patton related, everything on ipecac and bands with eastern european sounds.

It's not very appealing.
People from Norway playing bulgarian music!
Hem!

man it sounds fucking outta sight and shit. I am gonna order it and throw parties just so I can play this loudly over and over again

meh

I hate Patton. Good record label though.

Anyway, it "officially" comes out Tuesday, I have a copy now. I also have the new Melvins..

http://www.sendspace.com/file/uucdw9

enjoy.

thanks, ill tell you what i think

thanks, i'll download it laters...

Great stuff. Thanks for sharing. Yet another thing to add on to the long list of albums I have to buy.

It's April, sonny.

thanks adam...... again!!!

Yeah, but Porky, this is probably better than anything released last year or the year before that either. The only thing that has a chance is probably Secret Chiefs 3's new one... unless some random, new band comes along and blows me away. Who knows? It's already been an excellent year for music.

Pauly, I downloaded those things you sent me but haven't gotten a chance to listen yet. Still stoked on the JACKBEAST though. That shit's great, I've already sent it to out to a few people. Thanks!!

really, i gotta check this out

It's like a mix of Naked City, Secret Chiefs 3, and Dengue Fever.. but more complex.

I just got the new YMCK and Polysics albums too.. damn, this year has been great for music.. there's a new Zazen Boys coming too!

new polysics any good???

Haven't had a chance to listen :) I'm sure it's okay. I'm burnt out on them personally.

yeah, they are like cherry cola. fucking great when you havent had it in a while and too much of it makes your teeth stick together.

I motherfucking hate sendspace. The downloads are like, never available because of too many people on.

Oh, just refresh it after a minute. That always works for me man.

Bring it on, atsonic. I'll give it a listen and get back to you in December.

i listened to bits of their myspace, it's the sort of thing i strongly dislike.

I've listened to their myspace too. They are ok, I'd rather listen to stuff that is more mindblowing like Plastic People Of The Universe, Mogollar etc. They did, in a way, a similar thing with more ferocity, especially PPOTU.

In parts it sounds like the more symphonic prog of the 70's, the one played by people that you can take or leave.

i'm really not into those bands that meld a variety of previously unrelated styles and do so my virtue of the fact they're a bunch of music school geeks who can play anything, but have no better ideas other than to make music about other music.

More than making music about other music they reminded me of virtuosos throwing their technical promiscuity about. Show-off music, rather than distilled influences into one glorious amalgam, so to speak.

If it's good music, it's good music. No point in debating over the aesthetics of sound. I like things that are musical.

Plastic People Of The Universe are great though.

loudmouths with nothing to say

They also look like a bunch of music students, to be honest. I mean, they aren't that bad, it's just that they could do with putting some more soul where their fingers play. That has nothing to do with aesthetics, my friend le atsonique.

yeah this kind of stuff is all about surface and totally lacking in depth, to my ear

They are like the hyphenation of music styles put into practice. Easily done but all too often with disastrous results.

oh great, now we get the prog version of Gogol Bordello and Man Man.

It's not bad, but not really that interesting to me either.

i heard a few tracks but was not blown away yet. ill give it another listen later

Man, Man Man is fucking terrible...

Anyway.. This band references other genres, but they kerep a pretty straightforward Klezmer sound on most tracks. Played with heart and soul to my ears -- it's not technicality for the sake of technicality, it's not trying to be as crazy as possible, it doesn't go from death metal to jazz to country to noise to surf in the course of 3 seconds. It is just full of sounds that make my ears perk up -- creative, musically accomplished, and full of ideas and melodies that have never been explored before. It's what I look for in music. I don't think their slight "polygenre" exploration really makes a difference in the long run.. all it really proves to me is that their sound is without barriers or constraints. But as an album, the songs sound and feel very unified.

Oh well.

I'm a little confused by what you might be hearing on this band's record, and if you love it, that is still totally fine and dandy. You wrote this on one post:

''it doesn't go from death metal to jazz to country to noise to surf in the course of 3 seconds.''


Earlier you wrote this on another post:

''It's like a mix of Naked City, Secret Chiefs 3, and Dengue Fever.. but more complex.''

Can you explain what you mean?

man man is on of the worst bands ive ever heard. they sound like a shitty fucking gypsy version of new modest mouse. not even awesome lonesome croweded west modest mouse, but fucking float on modest mouse.

i was watching an interview with clockcleaner, another philly band, and the singer was sharing his murder fantasies of the two guys from man man, funny shit.

Porky, they explore similiar themes as the bands I mentioned but actually seem to be a bit more musically accomplished. They have more complex songs; that doesn't mean they jump genres 600 times per song.. it just means their songwriter's better. That's all I'm saying. They're comfortable enough with their songwriting that they don't have to cram 500 genres into one song.

It mostly just sounds like klezmer to me with some other genres being referenced throughout the hour long album.

New Polysics!?!?!? Bring it on!

I've heard the single Rocket and it is one of my favorite Polysics songs. So yes.

Weather Report. If you like this you'll love Weather Report. I'm listening right now. I fucking hate it, but that's not important. You will watery mega hyper-cum to Jaco Pastoris.

How can anyone stand that bass sound? It's just the most hideous bass tone I've heard since Gracelands.

I was expecting some ten-a-penny noise, by the way. I'm surprised that it's jazz fusion. I'd like this a lot more if they got rid of that bass and the twatty drums. God, that bass sound. It's unbearable. I feel quite unwell.