Line Out - Comments on The Coldest Echo http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_coldest_echoes In 2007, I basically only listened to two albums. One, Untrue, and two, this: Echospace is DeepChord's Rod Modell and Soultek's Steve Hitchell. Seven or so years ago, Mike Schommer and Rod Modell released DeepChord 01-06, which was nothing more... Copyright 2008 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:46:24 -0800 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:01:26 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Somebody please explain this to me ... Not on the subject of this post, but honestly. There has got to be someone else out there in the world who is with me in saying that Burial's Untrue is the most overfuckingrated album of 2007. I just ... I just don't think it''s anywhere near the level of sound that it's been represented as.

]]> Somebody please explain this to me ... http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_coldest_echoes#c934262 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_coldest_echoes#c934262 Album Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:00:07 -0800 Comment by charles mudede sir, you are the only one. the only one who is wrong. and this is not an opinion. this is the truth. if you do not think burial's work constitutes a major cultural event, a rupture from the state of things, then something is very wrong with you.

]]> charles mudede http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_coldest_echoes#c934348 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_coldest_echoes#c934348 Album Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:42:44 -0800 Comment by donte @1,
I love Untrue, and even i think that it's overrated. Still a great album (one of the best of last year) and more worthy of the hype than its predecessor, but the overwhelming hyperbole is definitely a turnoff.

]]> donte http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_coldest_echoes#c934354 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_coldest_echoes#c934354 Album Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:45:49 -0800 Comment by cosby i like it. it's hard to say if it's over-celebrated. when i think of overhyped releases, i try to think of what should deserve it's place. in the case of 'untrue', i don't think there is another album from last year that is more deserving of the hype it garnered.

also, i think it means very different things to different people. i was talking about it with a friend and we share different musical pasts. 'untrue' means a lot to me because of it's use of classic garage programming whereas he connects more with the density of the music. it's hard to step outside of what you know, but it might be a hard album for someone to pick as an introduction to dubstep / uk garage / two-step / electronic music in general.

]]> cosby http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_coldest_echoes#c934369 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_coldest_echoes#c934369 Album Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:52:50 -0800 Comment by boyd main Charles, I think what sets Abraxas apart from earlier Deepchord and even R+S releases is that it actually has a bassline with a melody.

The form has been refined, and it is now ready to deliver substance. Ha, get it? substance!

]]> boyd main http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_coldest_echoes#c934464 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_coldest_echoes#c934464 Album Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:38:32 -0800 Comment by segal I just received Rod Modell's Incense & Black Light. I'll let you know how it is.

From the press release: "Incense & Black Light is an intoxicating journey into darkness, a sonic travelogue through one mysterious night, taking the listener from dusk to dawn... Psychedelic dub-delays, sub bass, and slabs of alien atmosphere rule here."

Sounds promising.

]]> segal http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_coldest_echoes#c934789 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_coldest_echoes#c934789 Album Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:46:15 -0800 Comment by segal Forgot to mention: the Modell album is out March 18 on Plop.

]]> segal http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_coldest_echoes#c934791 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_coldest_echoes#c934791 Album Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:47:52 -0800 Comment by segal Charles, you are going to flip when you hear Incense & Black Light. I'm not so sure about the rest of you...

But seriously, this album is so icy and tar-on-coal dark, your brain will get frostbite listening to it. Very inhuman--the way you like it.

]]> segal http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_coldest_echoes#c934897 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_coldest_echoes#c934897 Album Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:45:06 -0800 Comment by clint Can someone explain Untrue to me? I just don't get it.

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