Posts Tagged: art brut


6
Oct 09

Music From Gossip Girl: Season 3, Episode 4

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Gossip Girl’s music selection for its third season is finally getting interesting. Last night’s star-studded episode (insert: read NY Mag’s hilarious and inspired GG recaps every Tuesday morning), was the season’s most interesting, musically and otherwise.

As always, Gossip Girl played a handful of tracks by small bands you probably never heard of, but Alex Pastavas always keeps a goodie for the Gossip Girl’s closing monologue (which was awfully good last night).

Last week they closed with Miike Snow’s “Animal,” in a cutesy scene, and but this week they turned to Passion Pit’s “Moth’s Wings” in a plot-relevant scene. I’m more impressed by Pastavas’ decision to license “Moth’s Wings” (over other delectable Passion Pit cuts like “Little Secrets” or “The Reeling”) than the actual use of the track. Check out last night’s GG playlist:

Gossip Girl, Season 3, Episode 4: Dan de Fleurette

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19
Mar 09

Art Brut – Art Brut vs. Satan Album Review

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[rating:40/100]

Art Brut reached the “pinnacle” of their success when their third single, “Emily Kane”, stumbled to #41 in the UK charts. It’s fairly depressing, then, to realise that two albums down the line, not only have Art Brut failed to build upon this success, but they have also refused to progress as a band. The end result? Three albums of fairly pleasant, sporadically hilarious songs that have served to market them as a cult band for those that “get” them. With their newest album  “Art Brut vs Satan”, I was hoping to be astounded. I wanted breathtaking, what I got was power chords, more power chords, the “angular” guitars of 2005 and Eddie Argos’ thoughtful and witty monotone that is entertaining on the finer songs of the album, but quickly becomes tiresome.

Possibly I’m being a bit critical… “Art Brut vs Satan” is by no means a bad album. Continue reading →