Spinning Now: Sleigh Bells, Paul Simon, Grant Green

Posted by elix (A) on May 31, 2012 at 15:50:34

I picked up a few new records today. "Treats" by Sleigh Bells...I have to say, this is an intense album that a lot of people here are likely to think is annoying as hell. The songs are pretty and catchy pop tunes, wrapped up in a mess of super compressed digital noise. The compression is intense, but is definitely used as special FX. There is still some space in the mixes, so I think individual noises and tracks are compressed as hell and then mixed. It sounds way better than I suspected it would on vinyl. Whoever mastered it did a good job. Even with 5-6 songs a side, there's a good inch of dead wax on each side. There's a link to a song so you can get an idea of what they sound like at the end of the post. If you like this tune, I'd definitely recommend picking this up.

I also picked up a "Graceland" left over from Record Store Day. Haven't listened to it, yet, but I'm pretty excited to. And after that, I'll probably give another spin to the King pressing of Grant Green's "Matador" I got in the mail a day or two ago. Beautiful music, and a cover in the style of the covers Andy Warhol did in the 50's for Blue Note(but honestly I think this cover is better). It showed up on ebay buy it now, it wasn't exactly cheap, but I knew it was likely to be the best price I'd see for it, at least for a while.

Tell Em by Sleigh Bells on Youtube (Open in New Window)

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Topic - Spinning Now: Sleigh Bells, Paul Simon, Grant Green - elix 15:50:34 05/31/12 (28)

Sleigh Bells! - DanK tubes 22:47:43 06/01/12 (1)

RE: Sleigh Bells! - elix 22:57:23 06/01/12 (0)

Agharta: Miles Davis and PETE COSEY 1943-2012 - Ryan T 19:37:34 06/01/12 (0)

RE: Civil Wars ...Barton Hollow - Condorsat 05:27:57 06/01/12 (1)

RE: Civil Wars ...Barton Hollow - Jive Turkey 07:54:42 06/02/12 (0)

Bartok violin concerto no. 2/Kyung Wha Chung/Solti - Munkie_NL 03:33:24 06/01/12 (0)

RE: Spinning Now: Sleigh Bells, Paul Simon, Grant Green - Hi-Fidelity 23:32:36 05/31/12 (0)

RE: Spinning Now: Sleigh Bells, Paul Simon, Grant Green - cwsiggy 20:55:26 05/31/12 (0)

Toyah and Fripp: The Lady or the Tiger? - eso 20:48:06 05/31/12 (0)

Ingolf Wunder Chopin Recital... - kuma 20:44:05 05/31/12 (0)

Miles Davis In Person At the Blackhawk - Friday and Saturday Nights nt - djost 20:35:32 05/31/12 (0)

A new copy of the first LP I ever owned - "Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits" /nt - newanvil 20:17:08 05/31/12 (1)

Dead Babies............. - ASHRA 20:59:18 05/31/12 (0)

Jonas Reinhardt's Music For The Tactile Dome - Frank_Locke 20:05:06 05/31/12 (4)

RE: Jonas Reinhardt's Music For The Tactile Dome - ASHRA 20:23:55 05/31/12 (3)

RE: Jonas Reinhardt's Music For The Tactile Dome - Frank_Locke 20:38:19 05/31/12 (2)

Sunday mornings at 1:00 am in Philly.... - ASHRA 20:48:23 05/31/12 (1)

Thx for the tip! :-) /nt/ - Frank_Locke 21:37:24 05/31/12 (0)

Buddha-Bar IV... - popsy 19:53:38 05/31/12 (5)

Glad to see someone around here has taste :-) - Batman 16:07:42 06/01/12 (1)

Why Thank-you, Thank-you very much :) - popsy 23:02:22 06/01/12 (0)

They drive me crazy. I want 'em all on LP! Why only IV? - Enophile 09:18:34 06/01/12 (1)

Sealed box for $11 :) - popsy 10:20:24 06/01/12 (0)

Nice to see someone on this board spinning that. /nt/ - Frank_Locke 20:06:14 05/31/12 (0)

ARS - Champagne Jam - Biff 19:28:18 05/31/12 (0)

Brian Wilson - Langdell 19:16:00 05/31/12 (0)

Quiet Kenny/ Kenny Dorham-A favorite of mine! nt - BillyBenBilly 18:46:30 05/31/12 (0)

patti smith...easter and twelve - Tao 16:38:32 05/31/12 (0)

Spinning Now: Sleigh Bells, Paul Simon, Grant Green

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