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Hey kids!Check out my review of the new Pavement reissue:http://www.allournoise.com/2008/12/harness-your-hopes-pavement-brighten-the-corners-nicene-creedence-edition/Enjoy!JM
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Brighten the Corners
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AMG Review of Brighten the Corners
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All Music GuideThere's a difference between accessibility and focus, which Pavement illustrate with their fourth album, Brighten the Corners. Arriving on the heels of the glorious mess of Wowee Zowee, the cohesive sound and laid-back sarcasm of Brighten the Corners can give the record the illusion of being accessible, or at the very least a retreat toward the songcraft of Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. And the record is calm, with none of the full-out blasts of noise that marked all of their previous releases. It would be easy to dismiss the absence of noise as mere maturity, or a move toward more accessible songcraft, but neither statement is entirely true. Brighten the Corners is mature but wise-assed, melodic but complex -- it's a record that reveals its gifts gradually, giving you enough information the first time to make you want come back for more. At first, the dissonant singsong verse of "Stereo" seems awkward, but it's all pulled into perspective with the gleeful, addictive outburst of the chorus, and that is a microcosm of the album's appeal. The first time around, the winding melody of "Shady Lane," the psycho jangle pop of "Date With Ikea," the epic grace of "Type Slowly," and the speedy rush of "Embassy Row" make an impression, but repeated listens reveal sonic and lyrical details that make them indelible. Similarly, Stephen Malkmus' hip-hop inflections on "Blue Hawaiian" and the quiet beauty of "Transport Is Arranged" unfold over time. While the preponderance of slow songs and laid-back production makes the album more focused than Wowee Zowee, it doesn't have the rich diversity of its predecessor -- "Type Slowly" comes closest to the grand, melancholic beauty of "Grounded" -- but it remains a thoroughly compelling listen.
Pavement "Brighten the Corners: The Nicene Creedence Edition"
on average people fear spiders more than death
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well, hey looky here, the fine folks at matador/domino have announced a reissue/re-fancy packaging of pavement's brighten the corners. been wondering when this would be coming to fruition. i guess the time is now. it sounds as if they will be doing some "buy it early" type shenanigans to entice it to actually purchasing it. [...]
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Pavement live -- Type Slowly
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Pavement live from Shepherds Bush Empire in London in November 1997 more tracks "here":http://aquariumdrunk.blogspot.com/2006/07/pavement-live-at-shepherds-bush-1997.html
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The Contrast Podcast and I Embrace Our Senile Genius
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Oh, I kid the contrast podcast . It's not old, I'm the old one. That's the theme this week, "old," and I had no trouble finding an appropriate song! If you want to listen or download the episode, go right here . "Embrace your senile genius" is one of the first lines in the Pavement song "Old to Begin," which is my choice this week. As I say in my intro, I am old, older than most of ...
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so, on 12.9 brighten the corners is being re-released, as if you didnt already know, in the fashion you have come to expect from matador/pavement. i am listening to it as i type, and just judging it by the material, i may just have to go and say that this may be best re-release, thus [...]
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Matador Re-issues Pavement's Brighten the Corners w/ Lots of Bonuses!
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Matador has announced plans to release the next installment in their series of deluxe Pavement reissues, and finally they've gotten to me favorite Pavement record of all time, Brighten The Corners! Besides making this masterpiece readily available at the record store for a whole new generation to try to figure out the synth flute sounds on Transport is Arranged or the chords in the verse of Blu...
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Matador Delays the Brighten The Corners Re-issue
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Exactly one month ago to the day we told you about a seriously sweet piece of news: Matador was re-issuing Pavement's Brighten the Corners , one of my favorite jams of theirs, and ironically an album I spent most of yesterday listening to. Well, before you get too excited about it's upcoming release, you should know it's been pushed back due to some slacker at the vinyl pressing plant. Curs...
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"Hi, Thanks for taking part in the Buy Early Get Now program for Brighten The Corners: The Nicene..."
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"Hi,Thanks for taking part in the Buy Early Get Now program for Brighten The Corners: The Nicene Creedence.We have a bit of bad news. Due to a delay at the vinyl pressing plant, we're pushing the release date for the Deluxe edition to 12/9/08. The rest of the schedule, including the 2nd exclusive B-side will go as scheduled, you'll just be receiving your cd/lp/poster a bit later than expected. ...
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Pavement "Brighten the Corners: The Nicene Creedence Edition"
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Hey kids!Check out my review of the new Pavement reissue:http://www.allournoise.com/2008/12/harness-your-hopes-pavement-brighten-the-corners-nicene-creedence-edition/Enjoy!JM
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Today's Pavement Vinyl Reissue to Brighten the Corners of Your Mouth, Frighten the Corners of Your Ears, and Enlighten the Corners of Your Mind
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Things couldn't get worse for wax cylinder collectors, but vinyl buyers haven't been rendered obsolete old hags just yet. There has and will always be smart little labels providing gold soundz to those who refuse to give up the vinyl ghost and, for now, bigger independent labels and even some majors still issue actual spinning records. Following the reissue of Pavement's Brighten the Corners: N...
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Pavement announce ‘Brighten The Corners’ reissue
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Domino have announced details of the next reissue in their Pavement repackaging exercise - a two disc sprawling metropolis of music.
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AfterNews: Pavement/MMJ/Grateful Dead
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As if Matador's deluxe reissue of Pavement's Brighten The Corners wasn't exciting enough by itself, the record label just announced that those who preorder the album will get a vinyl copy of Live, a concert recording from the Brighten The Corners tour that was originally intended for release in 1998. Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence [...]by Scott Bernstein Leave A Comment
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