Saturday, December 29, 2007

Top Ten Song


Favorite Songs from 2007: #7

The piano builds ever so gradually but soon it is colliding with the drums, rising then cascading to the verge of collapse. But it doesn't. It is an exercise in controlled breakdown. We never fear that the song will fall apart because what we heard before proved to us that Warm in the Wake knows its formula. Yet they also know it well enough to deviate from it and reveal what else is possible--ithin reason and without spiraling out of control. It is, I suppose, a "safe" song, but it is only so because Warm in the Wake know too well what they are doing as musicians that they don't leave a wreck of a song in the wake after all is done.

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Creative Loafing Best of...



Media Mashups


Best '07 music made in Atlanta and Athens

Published 12.26.07


Here, in alphabetical order, is some of the best music made in Atlanta and Athens in 2007.

• Warm in the Wake, American Prehistoric (Livewire Recordings)

Top Live Show!

Top Five Shows I Saw in 2007

5. Wayne Hancock, Smith’s Olde Bar, Atlanta, GA

4. The New Pornographers, Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA

3. Fountains of Wayne, Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA

2. Jeff Tweedy, the Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA

1. Warm in the Wake, Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA

AJC Top 5

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YEAR-END REVIEW: They were the tops: Eclectic sounds, new twists and familiar faces hit the right notes.

SHANE'S FAVORITE INDEPENDENT LABEL RELEASES FROM GEORGIA

1. The Black Lips —- "Good Bad Not Evil"

2. Of Montreal —- "Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?"

3. Warm in the Wake —- "American Prehistoric"

4. Japancakes —- "Loveless" and "Giving Machines"

5. Deerhunter —-"Cryptograms"

Top 10

12.21.2007


BAMA HIPSTERS LIST TOP 10 (or so) ALBUMS of 2007 - pt. 4

JOHN P. STROHM'S TOP 10-
entertainment/transactional attorney, solo-artist on superphonic records, and former member of blake babies, the lemonheads, a
ntenna and others...
AA Bondy : American Hearts
Rogue Wave : Asleep at Heaven's Gate
Warm in the Wake : American Prehistoric
Bon Iver : Emma, Forever Ago
Arcade Fire : Neon Bible
Okkervil River : The Stage Names
Dirty Projectors : Rise Above
of Montreal : Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Through the Sparks : Lazarus Beach
Sarah Borges : Diamonds in the Dark

Top 10


Jay's Top 10 of the 2007

8. Warm in the Wake American Prehistoric- If Wilco and the Shins were able to have children, these guys would be it. They manage to combine the elements of spacey folk and muddy guitar rock and make a beautiful record laden with terrific storytelling and great guitar hooks.

Top 15


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Albums That I Bought This Year That Actually Came Out This Year
[In Approximate Reverse Order Of How Much I Liked Them]:
15. Wilco: Sky Blue Sky
--Frustratingly inconsistent. "Either Way" is absolutely beautiful. "What Light" is great. "Shake It Off" and "Side With The Seeds" seem as though they were constructed to be as irritating as possible.

14. Fionn Regan: The End Of History
--He was billed as Nick Drake-like and does present a similar sound, just less haunting and slightly more background music-ish. Admittedly, I have not given it as many devoted listens as it deserves.

13. Warm In The Wake: Gold Dust Trail
--Sometimes I get Warm In The Wake, Midlake, and Great Lake Swimmers all confused. Don't ask. Warm In The Wake is the slightly country-influenced one. Very pretty yet lively.

12. Spoon: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
--Fun & dance-y! So many cool instruments going on, plus interesting lyrics.