Treble Album of the Week Mix 2004 Vol. 3

by Jeff Terich, Treble Staff

11.09.2004





A few months have passed since Treble's first Album of the Week mix feature, and in that time, we've discovered enough favorite songs to fill up another 80 minute CD. In case you hadn't noticed, this is starting to become a regular thing. We figure there's only so much time in the year left before we all start posting our "best of" lists, so here's one of our last ditch efforts to sway those votes. No Diebolds required.

Treble AOW Mix 2004, Vol. 3

1.Rilo Kiley "Portions for Foxes"
from More Adventurous
"'Portions for Foxes' is a power-pop anthem worthy of endless radio play, should station programmers decide that they need a change from Unwritten Law and New Found Glory."
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2.A Girl Called Eddy "People Used to Dream About the Future"
from A Girl Called Eddy
"It's called `People Used to Dream About the Future' and it's a hell of a song."
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3.Trash Can Sinatras "Got Carried Away"
from Weightlifting
"What Trashcan Sinatras are is a great band writing extraordinary songs with solid lyrics and radiant music…"
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4.Graves "Headphone Brigade"
from Yes Yes Okay Okay
"'Headphone Brigade,'" is one of the best moments on the album, if for no other reason than the stellar trumpet leads."
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5.Channels "Story Time (In the Street of Spies)"
from Open EP
"Morgan's bass pounds beneath Robbins' tweaked guitar riff and Zentek's dizzyingly syncopated beats."
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6.Comets on Fire "Whiskey River"
from Blue Cathedral
"The track "Whiskey River" slows down to a melodic groove based tempo that showcases what the Echoplex can really do."
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7.The Faint "Paranoiattack"
from Wet From Birth
"Their new album, Wet From Birth just might be their best yet."
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8. Fly Pan Am "Pas a Pas Step Until"
from N'ecoutez Pas
"Fly Pan Am are an intriguing band that, I'm sure, have more surprises in store."
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9. The Libertines "What Became of the Likely Lads"
from The Libertines
"'What Became of the Likely Lads' is an amazing composition, lyrically and musically that could unfortunately end up to be the band's swan song."
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10. VHS or Beta "No Cabaret!"
from Night on Fire
"Pfunder's throaty whine is classic New Romantic and is a perfect complement to the disco beats and guitars driving the song."
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11. Earlimart "First Instant/Last Report"
from Treble & Tremble
"A song like `First Instant/ Last Report' is a tight, two-and-a-half minute pop gem, filled to the brim with layers of guitar, piano, mellotron and transcendent, life-affirming melody."
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12. Interpol "Evil"
from Antics
"…with Antics, Interpol has created a stunning second chapter in what could be an unstoppable body of work."
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13. Travis Morrison "The Word Cop"
from Travistan
"Morrison rattles off words, parts of speech and definitions as verses, which he pulls off magnificently."
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14. Brian Wilson "Surf's Up"
from SmiLE
"SmiLE will make you do just what the album's title suggests you do, and you will from ear to ear"
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15. Q and Not U "Wet Work"
from Power
"…a synth-funk band was the last thing we would have expected four years ago, but judging by these songs, it was the right direction."
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16. The Arcade Fire "Rebellion (Lies)"
from Funeral
" Funeral is a giant whirlwind of an album that will take you up and down through intense emotional highs and lows."
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17. Elliott Smith "A Fond Farewell"
from From a Basement on the Hill
"[Smith] was an artist, and could craft a song with multiple layers of sound and meaning. And underneath each layer was something even more breathtakingly beautiful."
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18. Tom Waits "Hoist That Rag"
from Real Gone
"Tom Waits may be the only artist alive that manages to get even weirder with each release."
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