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Slanted and enchanted |
Each week, my Feedback music column has featured the C-VILLE Playlist, a selection of tunes that my colleagues and I have been listening to while putting out the issue. Since this article looks back on my time at C-VILLE, I’ve picked a handful of albums that have frequently pumped through my headphones during my days working here.
Dear Companion, by Meg Baird—Bare bones folk to make your heart flutter. Baird alights with pristine versions of the English ballad “The Cruelty Of Barbary Allen,” Nina Simone’s “Do What You Gotta Do” and Fraser and Debolt’s splendid but obscure “The Waltze of the Tennis Players.”
Things We Lost in the Fire, by Low—Eerie, warm, minor-key pop in slow motion, like the empty, thick air of the Downtown Mall on a mid-summer Monday night. This one’ll have your eyelids shutting and your heart racing faster all at the same time.
Heaven or Las Vegas, by Cocteau Twins—Spacy guitars and lullabies from another world. You usually can’t understand what singer Elizabeth Fraser is saying, but it doesn’t matter because her voice seems to communicate in a sublime language all its own.
Sound of Silver, by LCD Soundsystem—Dance music that gets sentimental, sassy and soused all at the same time.
Grievous Angel, by Gram Parsons—The cosmic country captain teams up with sweet Emmylou to croon until our hearts are content…or softly broken.
Third/Sister Lovers, by Big Star—An album that reflects an astounding beauty, even as it shatters into disjointed fragments of ’70s power pop and soul. “Thank You Friends” is the highest of highs, while “Holocaust” hits a devastating emotional low.
