Volume 25, Track 14
“The Suburbs (Continued)” by Arcade Fire (2010) Clocking in at under a minute and a half “The Suburbs (Continued)” is the final track of the album and its long fadeout is a great bridge back to “The Suburbs” and its sudden, cymbal-crashing introduction (if one were to listen to this album on repeat). Additionally, “The [...]
Volume 25, Track 13
“Half Light I/Half Light II (No Celebration)” by Arcade Fire (2010) [Editor's note: excluding the introductions, the posts on this site adhere to an unofficial cap of 300 words. (Obviously, there have been some instances where the 300 word limit was exceeded but on the whole the song posts are kept within that limit.) But [...]
Volume 25, Track 12
“Empty Room/City With No Children” by Arcade Fire (2010) When Sarah Neufeld’s violin becomes a foreground presence and Régine Chassagne sings lead vocals Aracade Fire turns into a completely different band, which is evidenced on “Empty Room” the fifth track on The Suburbs. “Empty Room” begins with Neufeld semi-manically working her violin for about five [...]
Volume 25, Track 11
“The Suburbs” by Arcade Fire (2010) [Editor's note: excluding the introductions, the posts on this site adhere to an unofficial cap of 300 words. (Obviously, there have been some instances where the 300 word limit was exceeded but on the whole the song posts are kept within that limit.) But every once in a blue [...]
Volume 25, Track 10
“The Scarecrow” by Pink Floyd (1967) The penultimate track on The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, “The Scarecrow” employs some percussion by Nick Mason that can make one think of King Arthur’s coconut-handling assistant in The Holy Grail, and a guitar by Syd Barrett that makes me think that maybe Kurt Cobain or Stephen [...]
Volume 25, Track 9
“The Gnome” by Pink Floyd (1967) “I want to tell you a story/About a little man if I can/A gnome named Grimble Gromble/And little gnomes stay in their homes/Eating, sleeping, drinking their wine”—so begins “The Gnome,” the mellow track that is born out of the spaced out and frenzied audio channel-switching “Interstellar Overdrive.” Three things [...]
Volume 25, Track 8
“Astronomy Domine” by Pink Floyd (1967) Clocking in at a hair past four minutes and ten seconds, “Astronomy Domine,” the opening track on Pink Floyd’s debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, sets up the atmosphere perfectly on this seminal psychedelic masterpiece. Filled with a myriad of textures like blips and bleeps and [...]
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