22th of February

Radiohead - The King Of Limbs

After the third careful listening I can say that this schizophrenia, which manifest itself by antagonism between mechanistic repetitive rhythmic matrix and smeared and weepy vocals (first seen in Joy Division), is singing about my sad life in this cruel world, as Arsen Dedić, albeit in a different context, used to say, ".. you'll have to go into that mill that grinds ...". *

* Excerpt from discussion about this album on Last.fm

6th of October

Midlake - Fortune

God knows I tried to like them. They were recommended to me by my good friend whose musical taste I respect but he didn't tell me neither that they were jazz students (from jazz they borrowed the least important thing - competence on their instruments) nor that their favorite bands are Radiohead and Jethro Tull (from Radiohead they borrowed quasi-intellectual pose, from Jethro Tull those ever-changing musical directions). Overall impression - flat, boring and meaningless.

4th of August

The Walkmen - Lisbon

The Walkmen are getting older, the razor blade is not as sharp as it used to be, they sound like they all fell in love, but love is unrequited! Anyway, I like it. I like it although they sound like Radiohead disabled from ego-tripping. I think I'll always like them just for that upright piano sound.