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Topic: Regina Spektor
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Heart--Shaped Cross Knowflake Posts: 7178 From: 11/6/78 11:38am Boston, MA Registered: Aug 2004
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posted November 17, 2006 12:33 PM
I am IN LOVE with this CD, and I just wanted to recommend it to anyone who might have similar tastes. http://www.amazon.com/Begin-Hope-Regina-Spektor/dp/B000FFJ80I/ref=pd_sim_m_5/0 02-6579846-0755200
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Sun_Scorpion Knowflake Posts: 1768 From: UK Registered: Aug 2003
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posted November 22, 2006 08:59 PM
Ooh cheers! I like! Unusual...IP: Logged |
Heart--Shaped Cross Knowflake Posts: 7178 From: 11/6/78 11:38am Boston, MA Registered: Aug 2004
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posted November 23, 2006 12:57 PM
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pixelpixie Knowflake Posts: 5301 From: Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 2005
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posted November 26, 2006 10:58 AM
For whatever reason, I couldn't listen to it, but the review tells me it's my cup of tea.... :"Amazon.com The style known as "anti-folk," as realized by practitioners like Ani DiFranco and Billy Bragg, is derived from a punk aesthetic, and thus tends to be spare and confrontational. But while Regina Spektor's music is anti-folk in the way it subverts the traditional coffeehouse vibe, it's less interested in rebellion and more concerned with the joy of eccentricity, melody and surprise. Begin To Hope is full of surprises, and like her promising major label debut Soviet Kitsch, it displays an easy facility with song structure that enables her to go in different--sometimes wildly off-the-wall--directions without sounding scattered. Classically trained on the piano, she's been compared to Tori Amos, but her music isn't as delicate or precious. Fiona Apple comes up as well, but just because neither fits in the usual female singer/songwriter cookie cutter mold doesn't mean they sound the same. Her voice is actually the primary attraction, cracking and loopy on would-be lullabies like "On The Radio" and "Field Below," then punchy and cute on "Hotel Room." But the music, if understated in the mix next to her vocals, makes an impression as well, breaking in with twisty piano arpeggios ("20 Years of Snow") and occasional touches of electronica. It's a consistently intelligent and daring record, yet remains enormously listenable--a neat trick for anti-folk, or any other genre of music for that matter." –Matthew Cooke
*goes to look her up*
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Bluemoon Knowflake Posts: 4456 From: Stafford, VA USA Registered: Feb 2005
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posted November 26, 2006 11:35 AM
http://www.passalong.com/Music/AlbumDetails.aspx?AlbumId=134195&gclid=COKpy4KQ5YgCFQboPgodyTIuqA IP: Logged | |