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Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R (2000)
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (2001)
The Strokes - Is This It (2001)
Fugazi - The Argument (2001)
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)
Mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas (2002)
MF Doom - Vaudeville Villain (2003)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell (2003)
The Libertines - Up The Bracket (2003)
Jay-Z - The Black Album (2003)
Muse - Absolution (2003)
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory (2004)
Spoon - Gimmie Fiction (2005)
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (2006)
M. War - Post Ward (2006)
Radiohead - In Rainbows (2007)
Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Estelle - Shine (2008)
Portishead - Third (2008)

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Fugazi - "Full Disclosure (live 2002)" from the Argument

Labels: Black Keys, Flaming Lips, Ghostface Killah, Jack White, Muse, Queens of the Stone Age, Radiohead, Spoon, the Libertines, White Stripes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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Radiohead - video:


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Labels: Lollapalooza, Radiohead

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aka FIDDLE WHILE YOU BURNS 2007 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

This is the best of what I've been listening to in-between shows this year:

#1 Radiohead - "In Rainbows"
(In ways both musical & political Radiohead's once again raised the bar with "In Rainbows" making this the clear the album of 2007.) The rest below are all tied for #2:

Earthless - "Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky"
(A true classic that will keep guitar tab junkies scratching their heads for years, "Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky" is the sound of the exact point where all guitar rock comes full circle, in one continuous mind blowing assault. There's plenty of "stoner rock" albums out there right now but Earthless is operating on another level and distanced themselves from the pack with this one.)

Ezra Furman & the Harpoons - "Banging Down the Doors"
(Best Debut Album of the Year. Dead-on insightful, rootsy songwriting on this sensational debut from a band that will hopefully be doing big-things in '08)

LCD Soundsystem - "Sound of Silver"
(James Murphy delivered not just another classic album of thought provoking dance-rock but also the best interview quote of the year in '07 "Don't play a show with us and then bring your fucking B-game and phone it in and pose and pull a bunch of rock bullshit moves and emote and shit like that because I'll punch you in the fucking face. That's bullshit." Word.)

Nine Inch Nails - "Year Zero"
(If you haven't actually heard this album yet you're probably thinking "WTF, what is this 1993?". But if you have heard "Year Zero" you already know - 15 years later NIN have finally trimmed the fat and delivered what may be their all-around best album.)

Pharoahe Monch - "Desire"
Prodigy - "Return of the Mac"
(Lost in the Kanye vs. Fitty hypeathon were two of the best albums of NYC hip-hop in years. Monche's "Desire" wades deep into soul and gospel to create a consistently thought provoking, inspirational and original album. On Prodigy's gritty "Return of the Mac" one of hip-hop's best ever lyricists sounds more confident, thoughtful, and hungry than on anything he's done since the mid-nineties.)

Queens of the Stone Age - "Era Vulgaris"
(Some bands act like rock n' roll is this huge, steep mountain you have to spend your whole life trying to climb. Well, if you ever did somehow manage to claw your way to the top you can bet Josh Homme & Co. would be there camped out, smoking cigarretes, laughing at you.)

Spoon - "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga"
(Spoon's pretty much automatic for the top ten list any year they deliver an album, but what can I say? When it comes to catchy indie-rock song writing these guys just deliver the goods.)

the Cave Singers - "Invitation Songs"
(A photo-finish second for debut of the year. "Invitation Songs" is an album is filled with soulful, passionate tunes that beg for multiple listens.)


EP OF THE YEAR: Beck & the White Stripes - "Conquest"
(A hidden gem that you must seek out if you haven't heard it yet - a lot of bands phone in B-sides but not these guys... And by the way, if you sent us an EP this year and you're pissed that it's not here, ask yourself "Is my band really better than Beck & the White Stripes combined?"... Really think about it... Yeah, that's what I thought.)

Happy New Years from Florida,

FWYB


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Labels: Beck, Earthless, Ezra Furman, Jack White, LCD Soundsystem, Pharoahe Monche, QOTSA, Radiohead, White Stripes

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This just came in, Radiohead guitar genious Jonny Greenwood is using a pic posted here on FWYB as his myspace profile pic. Here is a larger version of the same pic:



What a great show!

Watch & Listen:
Radiohead - video: "Down is The New Up", live @ Madison Square Garden


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Posted by Nev Brown for FWYB at 7/13/2006 09:25:00 PM | Comments

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Another incredible show from Radiohead - the band tried out several new songs during the second of two sold out nights at the Garden. I enjoyed "Down is the New Up" & "Bodysnatchers" best of the new tunes.

The setlist (from Atease.web):

Setlist:

01 The Gloaming
02 The National Anthem
03 15 Step
04 Arpeggi
05 Kid A
06 Dollars And Cents
07 Videotape
08 Nude
09 I Might Be Wrong
10 Paranoid Android
11 Bangers 'n Mash
12 Pyramid Song
13 My Iron Lung
14 Bodysnatchers
15 Myxomatosis
16 No Surprises [Thom dedicates to Michael Stipe]
17 Everything In Its Right Place

Encore 1
18 A Wolf At The Door
19 Down Is The New Up
20 Like Spinning Plates
21 Spooks
22 Idioteque

Encore 2
23 Just
24 The Tourist

Watch & Listen:
Radiohead - video: "Down is The New Up", live @ Madison Square Garden



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Posted by Nev Brown for FWYB at 6/17/2006 02:42:00 PM | Comments

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Fiddle While You Burns's Best Live Shows of 2003 (in Chronological Order)

I shot most of these on film so I'm gonna have to get them scanned at some point.
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Stellastar w/ Alice, Texas @ Luna Lounge
Saturday, January 11
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The Greenhornes w/ The Hentchmen @ Southpaw
Friday, March 7
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The Allman Brothers Band @ the Beacon Theatre
Wednesday, March 26
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs w/ The Kills @ Bowery Ballroom
Thursday, April 3
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Spoon @ Irving Plaza
Wednesday, April 9
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The Libertines @ CBGB
Wednesday, April 30
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James Brown w/ Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra @ Battery Park
Tuesday, May 27 @ 7p Free!
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Radiohead, Beastie Boys, Blur, Underworld, Spiritualized @ Field Day Festival
(Giants Stadium)
Saturday, June 7
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Spoon @ Castle Clinton
Thursday, July 24
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The Black Keys @ Maxwells
Friday, October 10
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the Strokes & Kings of Leon @ MSG Theatre
Wednesday, October 22
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The White Stripes & The Flaming Lips - Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
Wednesday, December 31

Labels: Black Keys, Flaming Lips, Kings of Leon, Radiohead, Spoon, Stellastarr*, Strokes, the Hentchmen, the Libertines, White Stripes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Posted by Nev Brown for FWYB at 12/31/2003 12:00:00 PM | Comments