Maybe Fleetwood Mac's one of those bands that you need to grow into, 'cause these days it's pretty obvious to me that they're basically awesome and yet the history of me talking about them on extemporanea, in 2007 and then again in 2011, is basically one of non-committally vague liking.
Anyway this is a decent compilation, with some good moments and some average ones. On the particularly good side of the ledger line up the Lee Ranaldo Band feat J Mascis with "Albatross", Antony doing "Landslide" (admittedly merely pretty rather than the revelatory version that it had the potential to be), Washed Out's "Straight Back", Gardens & Villas' "Gypsy" (two dreamily synthy tunes by bands that I hadn't heard before - somewhere in the terrain of Beach House and Wild Nothing) and an extremely simple and straight-up - but charming - "Rhiannon" by Best Coast. The New Pornographers and Lykke Li turn in some nice numbers too, both sounding v much like themselves. Also, turns out that "Dreams" did not need a slowed-down, garage-y take (no thank you, the Kills).
Anyway this is a decent compilation, with some good moments and some average ones. On the particularly good side of the ledger line up the Lee Ranaldo Band feat J Mascis with "Albatross", Antony doing "Landslide" (admittedly merely pretty rather than the revelatory version that it had the potential to be), Washed Out's "Straight Back", Gardens & Villas' "Gypsy" (two dreamily synthy tunes by bands that I hadn't heard before - somewhere in the terrain of Beach House and Wild Nothing) and an extremely simple and straight-up - but charming - "Rhiannon" by Best Coast. The New Pornographers and Lykke Li turn in some nice numbers too, both sounding v much like themselves. Also, turns out that "Dreams" did not need a slowed-down, garage-y take (no thank you, the Kills).
