SOUNDTRACK–BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE-Bee Hives (2004).
B-side collections come in a couple of forms: the awesome collection of fantastic rare tracks, the self indulgent crap that only true fans would like, and the middle road.
This collection fits nicely into the middle road. I’ve enjoyed Broken Social Scene’s two later discs (I haven’t heard their first one). This collection comes between the second and third. And it contains remixes of songs from the first two, as well as some instrumental tracks.
The tracks are all dreamy and sort of atmospheric. It’s definitely the kind of disc that requires the right mood, as the instrumentals are pretty but not exactly pulse-racing. The highlights are Feist’s rendition of “Lover’s Spit” which is ghostly and haunting. And “Backyards,” a wonderfully catchy, beautifully sung song that could easily be one of their best.
This collection is not for the casual fan, but if you really like BSS, it’s a worthy addition to their catalog.
[READ: November 1, 2008] Artemis Fowl And The Time Paradox.
Just another example of how the British cover, while not drastically different, is still much cooler than the US cover.
This is the sixth book in the Artemis Fowl series. Sarah asked me if you could read any of them without having read the previous ones. Aside from the first, which you should read just for background information (and because it’s a great story), it doesn’t REALLY matter which you read next. Although references to previous events do crop up in the subsequent stories, the plot events of each book are not dependent on previous knowledge. (more…)
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