Teeth [EP]

Teeth [EP]

Track Listings

1. Teeth

2. S.R.T.

3. Shit for Brains

4. Like Jeff

5. Sunshine of Your Love

6. Joined at the Dick

Tracks:

All The Love In The World
You Know What You Are?
The Collector
The Hand That Feeds
Love Is Not Enough
Every Day Is Exactly The Same
With Teeth
Only
Getting Smaller
Sunspots
The Line Begins To Blur
Beside You In Time
Right Where It Belongs

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Trent Reznor has always been a one-trick-pony, but it's a damn good trick: sunny melodies filtered through ferocious electronics. Unfortunately, the trick's impact was often watered down by a tendency toward petulance and self-absorption. Still, almost six years after NIN's last release, The Fragile, the trick itself has lost none of its Teen-Beat-from-hell appeal. With Teeth blisters from the start with "All the Love in the World," and tracks like "The Collector" take full advantage of Dave Grohl's sledgehammer drumming. Reznor stretches occasionally, trying out different tactics, from crunchy, overtly commercial rave-ups ("The Hand That Feeds") to borderline New Wave ("Only"). But Teeth isn't about stretching. It's about doing the same trick, only better, with less clutter and more bite. By neatly distilling the sparseness of Pretty Hate Machine with Downward Sprial-style density, it ends up being the most focused record in the NIN catalog. -Matthew Cooke

Customer Reviews:

Listen to the Music as Well as the Lyrics. Great Album........2007-06-28

I waited a long time to write this review for a reason. I wanted to see, because there are so many haters of this album out there, how it stood up to The Fragile, the album prior to it's release, and Year Zero, the album which came out afterwards. It is comparable to both, with The Fragile and Year Zero being my favorite NIN albums of all. I see all these people writing and saying how terrible this album is, that Trent just put something out to sell records because he hadn't put an album out in a long time. That's bush!! The music on this album is awesome. It's as textured at times as The Downward Spiral or The Fragile, or even Year Zero, and at other times as heavy as Broken. Plus the live drumming that Dave Grohl provides on most of the tracks is excellent. And the lyrics are pretty good if you listen to them. Sure, Trent deals with coping with love, anger ,being lonely, and heartache. This is obvious on tracks "All the Love in the World, "Love is not Enough", "Only", and "Sunspots". He also is leading to the political precursor of Year Zero with tracks like "The Hand that Feeds", and "Right Where it Belongs". This is just a message to all of the haters out there that Trent was writing about the things he knew about and the things that were important to him. And if anyone thinks that the music itself is bad, have your hearing tested. Keep up the great work Trent.

Tree Trunk Arms and Cereal Box Philosophy.......2007-06-25

Have mercy!! Please Mr. Reznor stop making these terrible albums before you destroy your legacy. These lyrics sound like they were penned by a fifteen year old kid that just smoked his first doobie. You used to stand for something....what happened? Mr.Reznor who gave you the philosophy 101 textbook? What's coming next the "Question Reality" tour. Anyways, I'm sure all the little kids you're stealing money from are quite impressed by your lame ramblings............................Don't forget your 5 o'clock workout you muscleman

I can't help it........2007-06-24

I realize that there are more than a few people who consider this to be NIN's weakest album, but speaking for myself, I like everything Trent Reznor touches, including his other music projects. I love this album, and I am a huge NIN fan so I suppose that doesn't qaulify my rating as fair. Oh well, just had to give my imput.

A solid 4 stars for NIN.......2007-04-27

With teeth is agood nin cd. Right where it belongs The line begains to blur Sunspots Every day is exactly the same and Love is not enough. are good solid songs Hand that feeds is not juvenile and is a great commetary on the war. what i dont like are Only and Getting smaller i dont like the attitude of Only or the My Shrona riff for getting smaller. With teeth is mostly solid and underrated.

A hitfilled adventure.......2007-04-24

This album was a comeback of sorts. After the amazing, yet poor selling The Fragile, Trent needed a hit. Much like the Velvet Underground did with Loaded, he churned out a lean mean album, chock full of hits. Unfortunately, by doing so, he lost the depth and intelligence of previous albums. While I've listened to this a ton, it's usually more for the singles than for the entire album. As such, your opinion of the album depends on the type of music goer you may be. While some perfer the entire album effect, others are in it solely for the singes. This album is for those who like catchy songs, surrounded by industrial music.

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Definitely CAN Stand It...
Wilco Summerteeth
Wilco's Deceptive Masterpiece
Quite possibly my favorite Wilco album
Great Songs!!! Don't Miss Out!!

Summerteeth
Wilco
Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea
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ASIN: B00000I5JS
Release Date: 1999-03-09

Tracks:

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A Shot In The Arm
We're Just Friends
I'm Always In Love
Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Agian)
Pieholden Suite
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Via Chicago
ELT
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Summer Teeth
In A Future Age
Bonus Track
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Bonus Track

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Wilco's de facto frontman, Jeff Tweedy, sports a colorful past, one where he wrote paint-peelers dedicated to late Minutemen founder D. Boon as a member of the feted (and maybe fated) Uncle Tupelo and where he dolefully crooned Woody Guthrie lyrics on 1998's Mermaid Avenue. But Wilco's Summer Teeth shows hardly a tatter of Tweedy's herky-jerky postpunk intensity or the agrarian rootsiness that so often came in the past from him. Instead this layered album spreads its digits far into guitar-heavy Britpop, with full-group backing vocals carrying bouncy choruses and synths whistling over the melodies. The tunes sound like a crosshatch of orchestral plans and an execution drawing on Alex Chilton and Big Star, the Kinks, and, only distantly, Wilco's debut, A.M. "We're Just Friends" and "Via Chicago" stand as harmonized twists on ballad formulas, the latter recalling Mermaid Avenue's "California Stars" with the opening line, "I dreamed about killing you again last night / And it felt all right to me." So it's not always uplifting or cheery, but it's got dozens of surprises in a mere 15 songs. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

Definitely CAN Stand It..........2007-06-21

Summerteeth marks the point where the wheels officially fell off the wagon for die-hard Uncle Tupelo & AM/Being There Wilco fans. From the opening pop-rocky "Can't Stand It" (intentionally made radio-friendly by the record label), it became clear that alt-country wasn't going to be the name of the game anymore. "She's A Jar" briefly confuses you into thinking otherwise, but "A Shot In The Arm" - possibly the best song on the record - sends the album in yet another direction with the help of a looped piano track and synth effects.

The first three tracks pretty much set the tone for the remainder of Summerteeth. The album continues swinging between up-tempo toe-tappers ("I'm Always In Love", "Nothing'severgonna...", "ELT"), borderline alt-country ("Via Chicago", "When You Wake Up...") and slow, soft tunes ("We're Just Friends", "My Darling").

Overall, I like this record because it's so ecclectic. You never get bored due to all the variety, and the hidden/bonus tracks provide a nice little surprise at the end. Not as good as Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, but VERY close.

Wilco Summerteeth.......2007-05-13

Not their best album but it's pretty good. I like YHF and AGIB better. My favorite songs: Shot in the Arm, She's a Jar

Wilco's Deceptive Masterpiece.......2007-03-29

If this album was playing at a pool party and you could only hear the melody and beat, you might think, wow, what a fluffy little pop album, sounds like the Beatles or something. HOWEVER, when you start to listen to the lyrics and examine the dark lyrical content, you realize that this album is not what it appears on the surface. The arraingments are a little more complex than you think. "I'm Always In Love" ranks with the best of Wilco's material, a song with cryptic lyrics and a real toe-tapping rythym. "I Can't Stand It" is also addictive. Overall I would say the album explores the lonliness of life on the road. I put this up there with Yankee Hotel Foxtrot as Wilco's best.

Quite possibly my favorite Wilco album.......2006-07-30

Maybe it's because I live out in the country and don't listen to the radio, but I got on the Wilco boat after most folks had been around the lake a few times. There was a huge buzz surrounding Wilco after the release of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot in 2002, but I didn't get my hands on it until much later. After I fell in love with Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, I was recommended Summerteeth. While I'm on the boat now, I still consider myself a newcomer to the Wilco. I don't have all the albums yet and I haven't read the books (though I did enjoy the documentary I Am Trying To Break Your Heart), so this review is for all those other newcomers that I eager to find out what this Wilco band is all about.

One thing that strikes me as odd is that across the board, Wilco is classified as a country band. I'm not sure how that happened, but to all those narrow minded folks out there saying "I like all kinds of music except country," don't be like that; give it a shot. I maintain that truly great music transcends genre. The arrangements of these songs are rich with harmonicas, piano, guitar, and ambient electronic noise. The lyrics are nothing short of brilliant.

Summerteeth is not as intricate as Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. That isn't a criticism, just an observation. Summerteeth is a shining example of Wilco's beautiful and humble beginnings.

Truly excellent tracks: Can't Stand It, She's A Jar, I'm Always In Love, Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway(again), Pieholden Suite, Via Chicago, My Darling,

Songs that will grow on you: A Shot In The Arm, How To Fight Loneliness, ELT, When You Wake Up Feeling Old, Summer Teeth

Great Songs!!! Don't Miss Out!!.......2006-07-13

Of all Wilco Cds, this one is by far my favorite! I absolutely adore Jeff Tweedy. These songs just wouldn't be the masterpieces they are without his vocals. "Shot in the Arm" "How to Fight Lonliness" and "She's a Jar" are the outstanding songs of the disc, however all the songs are great. I just can't say enough about this cd!! I love it. If you enjoy this cd, you may also like Mermaid Avenue. While both volumes are great, I highly suggest the first.

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Knocked Out by The Teeth!
Best of 2007

You're My Lover Now
The Teeth
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"This band has Official High Pop Harmonies and you actually should listen to them and make them your new favorite band." -- THE FADER

"The vocals on Carry the Wood, the third recording by Philadelphia-area rockers The Teeth, suggest what Alex, the protagonist in Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film A Clockwork Orange, might have sounded like had he been a sunny, loopy petty criminal rather than a vibrantly bitter sociopath." -- WASHINGTON POST "Ostensibly born with identical vocal cords, twin brothers Aaron and Peter MoDavis's harmonies on Carry the Wood are thicker than blood as they cull Brit rock from the Kinks to Costello." -- CMJ NEW MUSIC MONTHLY

Philadelphia's infamous foursome, The Teeth, spent the better part of 2006 locked away in a Northeast Philadelphia warehouse/studio. After spending most of 2005 and early 2006 touring the US in support of its 2005 EP Carry the Wood, the band was nearly out of sight. While the studio sound of The Teeth has been compared to the Beatles, early Bowie, and the Elvis Costello, the band's live performance has been likened to the Minutemen, Pavement, and even the Stooges. Thunderous bass lines, roaring brass sections, hand claps, foot stomps, jangly guitars, growls, screams, and of course those ever-so-beautiful harmonies that Teeth fans know and love--not to mention enough ideas to drive you insane. Recorded and produced by The Teeth and mixed by Nick Krill of the Spinto Band, You're My Lover Now will be ready for your embrace in late April 2007. It will be backed by extensive touring, lots of publicity, and of course, a "strong will to succeed."

Customer Reviews:

Knocked Out by The Teeth!.......2007-06-08

YOU'RE MY LOVER NOW is The Teeth's RUBBER SOUL: a breakthrough album that fulfills all early promises but takes things to a higher level.

They've never sounded so good on CD, and repeated listenings only sharpen one's appreciation of the artistry of Aaron, Pete, Brian, and Jonas.

Not only are The Teeth muscial, funny, surreal, manically energetic, unabashedly intelligent, and consistently surprising but also they are masters of what The Beatles sometimes called "gimmicks"--in the same way that Beethoven and Bach used gimmicks.

Their songs mix things up; they evolve and shift shape; they start one place and end up somewhere wholly unexpected. Honky-tonk piano, hand-claps, grunts, random chatter (is it really random?), shock openings and closings, melodic lines that won't leave your head--it's all here.

For those unfamiliar with the boys, Brian Ashby is the band's Hendrix, a guitar wizard whose hands and fingers fly faster over frets than hummingbird wings. Aaron Modavis is the lyric-writing eye of the Teeth's hurricane, a gentle verbal genius whose lyrics allude to T.S. Eliot, King Crimson, The Kinks, and everything in-between. Twin Pete Modavis is the meanest bass player I've ever seen live: big thrumming fingers that George Harrison would have admired. The twins play off each other telepathically, but Brian is utterly in synch with their Apollonian madness. Watching them live, they'll suddenly soar into leaping, hopping, flapping, perfervid Dionysian frenzies that are wholly controlled. Drummer Jonas? He's a rock-steady tubthumper whose polyrhythms keep pace with all the key shifts, time-signature twistings, and vocal pyrotechnics of the other three (who have been playing together for over a decade).

On YOU'RE MY LOVER NOW (the title song whose first words--"Stupid girl!"--are as romantic as the Stones' song of the same name), we enter realms of weddings where a bridesmaid pops a lude; a scenic swimming pool where the narrator's anorexic girlfriend is talking on the phone to the coolest kid at school; the world of Molly (a la "Ob-la-di, Ob-la da"?), whose nightmare may end with flowers blooming; and so much more ("I only care about me!"). Here, form fits content at a level never-before reached by the band--and it's all danceable, listenable, memorizeable, canonizeable.

These guys are ready for ROLLING STONE coverage--and it's about time! (TIME should cover them, too!) Little Steven's Underground Garage may not yet have added The Teeth to its stable of Rock 'n' Roll that Will Save The World, but it's gonna happen soon.

Do yourself a favor: buy this CD and discover what rock always has been: cerebration, liberation, intoxication, jubilation, and celebration.

Best of 2007.......2007-05-26

Amazing album from Philidelphia's best. I believe that The Teeth have have been put on this planet to bring melody back to rock and roll. Not to pile on to the usual comparisons, but this record really can remind you of the Beatles, Bowie, Elvis Costello, and the Zombies. Don't get me wrong, it's not a throwback or a cheesy imitation. It's just a reminder of the lack of melody and pop-tunesmanship that exist in rock music today. Excellent playing, lyrics and harmonies reign all over this wonderful album. It has a classic analog sound which only adds to the warmth of the band's music. They're also an amazing live band. I was lucky enough to catch them in Buffalo about a month ago, and they absolutely blew me away. So do yourself a favor and pick up this record or go see these guys live. They really are a breath of fresh air.

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Great album for those researching Modes Mouse
Issac Is the best, and ISSAC wrote the lyrics
Awesome if you can get it
Decent
Good alternative

Sharpen Your Teeth
Ugly Casanova
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It's hard to say what distinguishes this from a de facto Modest Mouse release, other than the fact that the only carryover member is singer-songwriter Isaac Brock. But this is hardly a problem, considering the flannel-clad Northwestern trio is one of the most engaging and inventive avant-garde rock bands America has to offer, right up there with the Flaming Lips and Built to Spill. Sharpen Your Teeth doesn't miss a step, throwing up a familiar mix of lovesick vocals, funeral march rhythms, and terminally discordant song arrangements. "Diamonds on the Face of Evil" floats on a haunting bed of clarinets and rattling chains, while "Things I Don't Remember" charts the unlikely meeting point between psychedelic period Rolling Stones and early Tom Waits. Side projects historically serve as a venue for self-indulgence for disgruntled band members, but for Brock--working with former Red Red Meat members Tim Rutili and Brian Deck, the Black Heart Procession's Pall Jenkins, and friend John Orth--it appears Ugly Casanova is merely a way to keep a foot in the indie world, since Modest Mouse signed with Epic two years ago. As luck (and contractual obligations) would have it, the group's debut album is also its last, so the confusion is only fleeting. --Aidin Vaziri

Album Description

Great debut album from Modest Mouse vocalist/guitarist Isaac Brock and featuring members of Red Red Meat, Black heart Procession & Holopaw. Beautiful & wacky, Tom Waits would love this album! Sub Pop. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

Great album for those researching Modes Mouse.......2006-11-10

There are several tracks that don't feature any real songs, but instead random music. Those tracks are okay, but difficult to initially skip, because the actual songs start in a similar way. Still a great album, caught myself listening to Barnacles over and over again.

Issac Is the best, and ISSAC wrote the lyrics.......2006-07-14

Anyway the cds great just like everything Issac has made. I wrote this review to tell everyone that Edger Graham AKA Ugly Casanova is a fake person made by Issac to lessen the amount of media coverage. Brock actually wrote all of the songs, not Edger Graham, hes not even real. Hold on let me find a link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugly_Casanova

Ugly Casanova
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Ugly Casanova is an American Indie rock band carried on Sub Pop Records. At present, the band has only released one album: Sharpen Your Teeth. According to band mythos, in 1998 a man named Edgar Graham, a.k.a. "Ugly Casanova", impressed himself upon the band Modest Mouse while backstage at a concert in Denver, Colorado. After some prodding, he shared his work with the band, and began performing it early before shows while some people were milling around. Whenever he completed these performances, he retreated quickly with a look of anger and shame. After a time, a few small recordings were created, after which Edgar vanished completely.

Isaac Brock has since revealed that Edgar Graham was a "a fiction thing that [Brock] started a while back to eliminate [himself] from the band," to escape having to do interviews. One bit of evidence that had previously suggested that story was false: Modest Mouse's 1996 EP The Fruit That Ate Itself was credited to having been under the production company Ugly Casanova, which suggested it was a name Brock made up to retain creative control and publishing rights to his music while under a major label. The band lineup now consists of Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse), Tim Rutili (Califone, Red Red Meat), Pall Jenkins (The Black Heart Procession), John Orth (Holopaw), and Brian Deck.

Two tracks released by Ugly Casanova, "Baby's Clean Conscience" and "Parasites", appear earlier as unrealeased demos of Modest Mouse in the Paracite Sessions purportedly recorded in 1993 at Calvin Johnson's Dub Narcotic Studio. In 1997 the single To Roads To Go was released [1] on the apparently now defunct Magic Eye Records, however, this is likely considered an entirely different incarnation of Ugly Casanova by Brock et al.

It seems that another release is unlikely, owing to contract issues between Modest Mouse's label, Epic Records, and the contract Brock signed with Sub Pop Records to produce the record.

Awesome if you can get it.......2005-10-26

I'm not a big fan of buying music online, so it gets pretty hard to find some albums.
I love Modest Mouse and have all their albums except for Interstate 8 (Can't seem to find it) so I just had to have Ugly Casanova.
I finally found it after months of searching, and it was completely worth it. I love used CD stores.

Decent.......2005-07-30

You listen to this, and you realize how good Modest Mouse is (not just Brock - but the rest of the band - incredible rock songs) Here, though, it's just sort of electronic acoustica, and though the lyrics are still perfect (with some good collaboration), it just doesn't rock enough, honestly. It is fun to compare "Things I Don't Remember" with that idiotic Kenny Chesney song "I Remember" (that may be the title, if y'all know what I'm talking about) just to see the difference between being real and vacationing in North Carolina.

Good alternative.......2005-07-19

The solo/side project by Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock is great. It's more mellower and less desparate than some of Modest Mouse music, and also a little less angry. A great chance to see another side of Brock's musical personality, and hear more clearly some of his influences.

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Maintaining Their Unique Sound
Bringing peace to all that find them
I wanna live on the stage...
new spin on folk rock
solid thrid album

Cotton Teeth
The Snake the Cross the Crown
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Cotton Teeth is the culmination of a year and a half of introspection, experimentation, and discovery for the four talented young men known as The Snake The Cross The Crown. At a time when bands are exhausting every resource to get to the top, The Snake The Cross The Crown have poured their energy into finding and developing their sound. Honest and unassuming folk inspired rock, stripped of all gimmicks.

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Maintaining Their Unique Sound.......2007-08-01

A band that does something different every time they release an album is a hard thing to find. The Snake The Cross The Crown tends to combine a folk background with British Rock. Think Wilco getting together with Radiohead. I won't go on and on about this band. If you enjoyed Mander Salis, then you won't mind trying out Cotton Teeth. They are different, but the band remains the same with their talent in music. "Hey Jim" "Electronic Dream Planet" "Cotton Teeth" and "The Great American Smokeout" are a powerful foursome of songs you will take in and remember.

Bringing peace to all that find them.......2007-06-24

I recently went to a mewithoutyou show in Detroit, not really knowing what to expect. There were three other opening bands, which I had never heard of before. The snake, the cross, the crown opened first with the beautiful "Cakewalk", and I was blown away. It's been a long time since I've gotten goosebumps from listening to a band play. I've never felt more at peace. The entire show that night was an incredible experience that I'll never forget. If you get the chance to see them in concert, I strongly suggest you do so. The album is amazing as well, full of upbeat tunes as well as beautiful melodies. Take a listen and I'm sure you won't regret it.

I wanna live on the stage..........2007-05-25

I would argue with those who say this album is a maturation from the previous albums, or being more cohesive. I look at their 3 albums (Including the 'Like a Moth before a Flame'ep) as seperate and equally successful attempts in different sub-genres of rock. Their previous two albums hold their own in terms of musical composition, lyrics and overall congruity.

new spin on folk rock.......2007-05-14

beautiful melodies..good followup to mander salis with a more cohesive sound..it is now clear what direct scs is going with their music..excited to see what they will come out with next..if you don't like this album, may your ears incessently bleed

solid thrid album.......2007-04-06

this is a good album, with definite growth and maturity evident in the band. but this growth has been more towards a Folk influence, which although i like and am growing into, definitely dont enjoy as much as their prior stellar rock angle. preview the tracks and if it's your style, this is an amazing album. otherwise, if you havent already, pickup TSTCTC's second album: Mander Salis. it's amazing

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Atmospheric, Dreamy, Fierce
Eclectic mix of folk, funk and progressive...
Great music
Ani's Political Pride
ONE NIBBLE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH

To The Teeth
Ani DiFranco
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The follow-up to the ambitious Up Up Up Up Up Up finds the prolific Ani DiFranco striving to expand the range of her brand of do-it-yourself folk. Here she incorporates organ, clarinet, megaphone, and even an ill-advised rap courtesy of Corey Parker, whose father, former James Brown sideman Maceo, contributes saxophone to a few tracks. DiFranco, meanwhile, handles her usual array of instruments, taking on bass, drums, guitar, and, of course, vocals. That voice has changed since her 1990 debut. A smoky quality adds a layer of expression and maturity to still-angry protestations such as the title track and its whispery counterpoint, "Back Back Back." There's even an appearance here from the Unpronounceable One, a.k.a. the Artist, who lends his distinctive voice to the alternately dense and quiet "Providence." Regardless of guest appearances and new vocal and instrumental colors, however, DiFranco's ace remains the quiet, confessional tone she brings to introspective songs such as "I Know This Bar." The sound of her fingers sliding from one warm chord to the next is DiFranco at her strongest. Matthew Cooke

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Atmospheric, Dreamy, Fierce.......2006-01-06

"To The Teeth" is another brilliant Ani album. "I Know This Bar" has to be one of the most beautiful songs ever! The album has a pretty dark and dreary tone to it for the most part, which works really well with some of the subject matters. There are also some heavier jazz influences that were hinted on "Up Up Up Up Up Up". The lyrics are top quality as usual. Amazing back up band! Amazing Woman!

Eclectic mix of folk, funk and progressive..........2004-11-11

A very eclectic mix of folk, funk and progressive. Much of it is very stripped down and most of the vocals are strangely mixed below both the acoustic or electric guitar. Maceo Parker is on half the album and Prince does vocals on one song. I found it a pretty mixed bag.

Great music.......2004-08-22

This is an awesome cd with some experimental tracks and some classic Ani. However, if you've never listened to Ani before and you aren't too into nontraditional music you should start with Not a Pretty Girl, Living in Clip, or Like I Said. Little Plastic Castles is fairly accessible too. If you already know you like Ani, you should definitely have this cd. It's one of her strongest studio albums and it's very well rounded. Buy it.

Ani's Political Pride.......2003-11-05

Ani DiFranco showcases her anger through her album 'To the Teeth". She expresses her democratic pride and her deep, personal anger through every track. Her style offers the one-on-one closeness to her audience. Every lyric is fearless. This is only one of her qualities that deserves tremendous respect as an artist and as a person. "To the Teeth", the track and "Hello Burmingham" express her anger toward the world and certain political values the heaviest.

She offers a wide musical variety. She combines rock, folk, pop, and funk. Her use of woodwind and brass instruments give a new, pleasing, and evolving touch to her tracks. Her guitar efforts more than accents her musical style, she also expresses her feelings through it. Few other guitarists have mastered this difficult task. She also plays the bass, the drums, and the keyboards on many tracks brilliantly. Despite such expressed anger, her voice remains beautiful, never losing its soul for a second. Such showcased talent proves that she is one of the best musicians of today.

Sadly, she's also one of the most underrated musicians in music history. "To the Teeth" proves that she continues to evolve as an artist through every album release. This is one of her most personal albums to date. All Ani DiFranco and soft rock fans will enjoy this album. Those that like her introduced woodwind and brass instrument sound will also enjoy her newest album "Evolve". That is the next step from such style...wonderful as always.

ONE NIBBLE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH.......2003-05-25

We have been a Ani aficionado since her first self-produced CD was released too many
years go. On this, her 13th CD, she tries. She really tries. But Ani's stab at protest songs --- spurred by the Columbine tragedy --- are too preachy. And lacking her usual poetry, or at least the poetic justice needed to make songs of injustice ring true. We're also starting
to real annoyed with her little-girl voice, whispered to the kind of folksy strumming found in coffeehouses . We're getting old and need her to speak --- make that SING --- up.
Sorry, but we cannot sink our teeth into this one. One nibble was enough.

The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast

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gross
Portraits of insanity
Wow this is the best, I'm in Matmos Heaven!

The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
Matmos
Manufacturer: Matador Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000F3AJKI
Release Date: 2006-05-09

Tracks:

Roses and Teeth for Ludwig Wittgenstein
Steam and Sequins for Larry Levan
Tract for Valerie Solanas
Public Sex for Boyd McDonald
Semen Song for James Bidgood
Snails and Lasers for Patricia Highsmith
Germs Burn for Darby Crash
Solo Buttons for Joe Meek
Rag for William S. Burroughs
Banquet for King Ludwig II of Bavaria

Album Description

The latest from hyper-innovative SF-based duo Matmos consists of ten aural and visual portraits of famous people such as Valerie Solanas (shot Andy Warhol), Larry Levan ('80s NYC dance DJ), Darby Crash (singer of punk group The Germs), King Ludwig II (mad, last ruler of Bavaria), James Bidgood ('60s gay porn director), William S. Burroughs (beat author), and many more. Accompanying each musical portrait is a visual one, commissioned by the band, by artists ranging from Dan Clowes to Adam Ansell to Jason Mecier. The ten portraits are printed on cardstock and arranged in a die-cut digipak with a front window. On the back of each card is detailed recording information. Various accompanists include Antony of Antony & The Johnsons, The Kronos Quartet, Bjork, Jay Lesser, and more.

Customer Reviews:

gross.......2007-02-08

I bought this with my only reference point being their work with bjork. That stuff is magical. This stuff is beyond pretentious. Unappealing sound clips, mismatched ideas and uncomfortable fashionista beats. Its not like this release is beyond me, I like a challenging listen. But this just sucks. I don't relate to it. All the snot-nosed attitude of IDM without the appealing soundscapes. Or the forethought.

Portraits of insanity.......2006-08-25

After making an album based around the sounds of plastic surgery ("A Chance To Cut is a Chance To Cure") and a lavish period piece inspired by the English, American, and Russian civil wars ("The Civil War"), the San Francisco electronic duo Matmos return with yet another elaborate concept album.

"The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast" takes its name from the writings of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, one of many literary, historical, and underground figures that Matmos pay tribute to on the album. However, you wouldn't find most of the subjects chosen in your typical history book. These ten "audio portraits" are filled with murder, sex, and insanity, much as the lives of the subjects were. These sordid details aren't the only reason to buy this album, however, as the music is fantastic.

In "Tract for Valerie Solanas," a very androgynous-sounding speaker reads a passage from Solanas' "S.C.U.M. Manifesto" over frantic beats and cacophonic, disturbing noises. There is something deliciously subversive about using someone with an unidentifiable gender to narrate a radical feminist tract, and the song succeeds at sounding both snotty and clever. "Public Sex for Boyd McDonald," a pulsing and somewhat menacing tribute to the 1970's gay club scene, does a good job bringing to mind the dark side of the era (being as it was a sort of "last party" before the AIDS epidemic hit). On the other hand, "Steam and Sequins for Larry Levan" skips the darkness and focuses on the fun with a rollicking disco flashback.

Elsewhere, "Banquet for King Ludwig II of Bavaria" pays tribute to the mad monarch with a track that begins calmly but soon moves into screaming opera and the sound of breaking glass. The track ends with rushing water, alluding to King Ludwig's suspicious death by drowning. Insanity is also explored in "Solo Buttons for Joe Meek," an audio biography of the neurotic sound engineer turned murderer.

Matmos seldom disappoint, and "The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast" is no exception. It may leave you feeling dazed, but that's just part of the charm.

Wow this is the best, I'm in Matmos Heaven!.......2006-05-14

While I'm all about new cool Warp releases, Matmos has once again reinvented the idea of conceptual dance music / fun / weirdness/ experimentalism- This album is Great!!!

A Rose has teeth in the Mouth of a Beast has all the elements people love about Matmos.
Lush sound samples, groovy dance beats, dense textures of sampled sounds- and that special touch of magic. It seems like other `star idm'rs' try so damn hard to show us that they are the kings of this music, to the expense of the music at times, but although sonically vast- this album makes no effort to force sounds down your ears. This is one of the best things these guys have done....since the last album.

Take a brake from IDM snobbery and enjoy this music!! O, Matador records has a free download for the title track for listening too; have a listen.

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Great SKA album
the singer sucks
I'm not a ska/punk person, but...
SKA at it's very finest, consider it skanking yoga!
OK............. at best

Twenty-Eight Teeth
Buck-O-Nine
Manufacturer: Tvt
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Binding: Audio CD

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Libido
Pass The Dutchie [EP]
Let's Face It
Friend or Foe?
Green Album

ASIN: B000000GSC
Release Date: 1997-04-15

Tracks:

Round Kid
Nineteen
Albequerque
Tear Jerky
I'm The Man
Jennifer's Cold
Steve Was Dead
What Happened To My Radio?
Twenty-Eight Teeth
You Go You're Gone
Peach Fish
Record Store
My Town
Little Pain Inside

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After the underground success of Life in the Key of Bree, Buck-O-Nine made the leap to the majors and issued this record, co-produced by David Kershenbaum, who'd worked with Joe Jackson--hence, perhaps, the cover of Jackson's "I'm the Man," which perfectly suited the band's ska-punk style. But it was only one of a number of great songs here (the rest originals), with the title track and "Jennifer's Cold," in particular, standing out from the pack. Fast and hard, or slower and groovy, this record showed that Buck-O-Nine were fast masturing into real contenders. --Chris Nickson

Customer Reviews:

Great SKA album.......2006-04-04

I've listened to lots of ska over the years and I would rate "My Town" as one of my top 10 ska songs of all time. It's as catchy a ska tune as they come...ranks right up there with the classics from the English Beat and with more modern stuff like Rancid.

the singer sucks.......2006-03-06

i love the music that is being played but i cant stand the singers voice, its annoying, go listen to some ska with good singers in it

I'm not a ska/punk person, but..........2004-07-26

I really enjoyed this cd. being a trombone player I enjoyed the simple horn riffs, and its light enough for my liking unlike most hybrid ska/punk outfits. I like the vocals a lot although the lyrics are somewhat weak, and they don't overuse chord changes like most bands of this genre seem to. My friends that are in to 3rd wave ska seem to think this is a horrible cd, but this finds its way into my car's CD player all the time. The only reason this CD doesnt get a 5 is because "I'm the Man" (Track 5) is absolutely horrible and I skip over it every time I play the CD. I would definitely reccomend Twenty-Eight Teeth to people who aren't really into this style of music but are bored with their taste and want to try something new.

SKA at it's very finest, consider it skanking yoga!.......2003-05-09

i must say, TWENTY EIGHT TEETH is the first thing which pops in to my head when the word SKA is mentioned. i bought this CD only because i loved Buck-o-Nine's laid back, home town oriented track "my town." i was greatly surprised to find that many of the songs which followed were if not as good, better than my town. how could i not mention the punk anthem "Steve was dead", the fast catchy ska tune to "what happened to my radio" which sounds like your quick ska tune, but then explodes in your face to the fast drum beats and rocking guitars of punk rock!!! AWESOME CD! check it out, ignore all the NEGATIVE REVIEWS!!

OK............. at best.......2003-03-12

Well, just recently i bought a few cds from amazon and 28 teeth was one of them. At first i was really hyped up about this cd because of the good things i heard about it but once i popped it into the cd player i was dissapointed. I couldn't even listen to the whole cd the first time i tried because it lost me after the first 5 songs. I expected better ska than this, the horn section is not that impressive and the vocals are just terrible. I must admit that on a select few songs the horn section is OK at best but nothing compared to Mustard Plug or the Mad Caddies. What i would do with the $$$ your about to spend on this cd would be to buy a Mad Caddies cd..... now that is a good band! .....

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Another excellent nin cd!!!
Coming from a person who never heard of NIN until With Teeth.
NIN - With Teeth - Trent Reznor Always Delivers
IT'S ALL IN THE STARS
Finaly a CD worth the $$

With Teeth
Nine Inch Nails
Manufacturer: Interscope Records
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The Hand That Feeds

ASIN: B0008ISM40
Release Date: 2005-05-03

Tracks:

All The Love In The World
You Know What You Are?
The Collector
The Hand That Feeds
Love Is Not Enough
Every Day Is Exactly The Same
With Teeth
Only
Getting Smaller
Sunspots
The Line Begins To Blur
Beside You In Time
Right Where It Belongs

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Another excellent nin cd!!!.......2007-05-09

NIN keep on giving us the best of his productions, the 5.1 sound quality is the best, the extras are good, this a collection piece, you oughtta have it!!!!

Coming from a person who never heard of NIN until With Teeth........2006-07-14

On my usual trip to Borders, I usually pick up a few comics (usually in subsequent volumes) and a CD (depending on how much I can afford). Well, my decision was either between Metallica's "Ride the Lightning" or Nine Inch Nails' "With Teeth"; it was almost time to leave the store and I was deciding over the two albums until I'd come to a conclusion where I'd buy "With Teeth, so I purchased it (the UK version, for some odd reason, they didn't carry the US version, lucky for me, this version didn't have an "EXPLICIT CONTENT" sticker, so I wouldn't get slapped on the wrist for buying it) I sat down at home popped the CD into the CD player and sat playing my PS2, really not noticing anything. Two days later, in fact, I had to leave on a family trip by car (Northeast Ohio to Ocean City takes 10 hrs minimum), so I took only two CDs (this is when my music taste was quite "premature", so I didn't have what you would consider a CD collection--the albums were With Teeth and typically, American Idiot, an album that EVERY AMERICAN 12 YEAR OLD OWNS) and sat in the car for 10 hours listening to ONLY With Teeth. Why? Being 12 years old, obviously I wasn't able to take in the tracks beside "Hand that Feeds"--taking all of that time listening, I came up with ONLY 5 tracks that I liked--"Hand that Feeds", "You Know What You Are", "The Collector", "Getting Smaller" and I'd occasionally listen to "Home" (which was a B-side to HtF exclusively on the UK version). The rest of the tracks were what I considered "boring"--maybe I was too young to understand the rest, I was too busy watching MTV to even bother with picking up my CD player and listening to With Teeth again.

Now, fast-forward about 11 months, I've gone through the transition of going from Elementary School to Junior High, from going to a school where I had friends to a school where I knew nobody and was rejected, from being social to being isolated to being social, and the list goes on; I guess you could say With Teeth grew on me as I went through more and was able to relate with the music--the lyrics matter more to me now than they did when I was a 12 year old seeking quick and catchy songs.

The first track, "All the Love in the World", isn't really a good song to kick off the album--it's slow and repetitive, though the instrumentals have a darkwave and a Closer-esque sound. "You Know What You Are?" is a sharp contrast from the beginning track, where [....] is said nearly twenty times, the lyrics, meaningless and dull, but the beat is quick which makes up for the lyrical nonsense that sounds like Eminem doing a Slipknot cover. "The Collector" is easily one of my favorite songs on the album, angsty yet perseverant, the bass pounds out as the drummer beats the march beat--the piano drizzles out the last notes as the storm ends. "Hand that Feeds" is once again, a more bass-oriented song, so obviously, it's more "dancy" with the quick pace--though it doesn't compare to the other songs. "Love is not enough" is a bit whiny, but as always, Trent tells it as it is even if it's ugly, much like this track. "Everyday Is Exactly the Same" is the most accessible song on the album, U2-esque? Wow, that's different for industrial-metal. The lyrics describe boredom of boredom, you can love, hate, or keep it the same. "With Teeth" seems to tell the story of a drug that you love (which apparently is a woman), but its 'teeth' kill you and change you--WITH-UH TEETH-UH, was laughable. "Only" is a narcissistic theme song, suitable for today's teenage generation and population that simply repeats "THERE IS NO YOU THERE IS ONLY ME, THERE IS NO [....]ing YOU THERE IS ONLY ME", yet a catchy song. "Getting Smaller" was formerly my favorite song on With Teeth, I used to want nu-metal on it and this was what I wanted, thumbing bass, Trent's merciless yells and lyrics, it all flows quickly through this speed tunnel. "Line Begins To Blur" has a heavier industrial edge than the other songs, repent for sins, yet the sins lead to consequence; the background blares in your ears as Trent's screams of repent drown. "Beside You In Time", a great and ambient song, and you don't know what you're being led into next, a heavy and angry song (like "You Know What You Are) or a more quiet and at rest song such as "Everyday Is Exactly the Same". Eventually we get a more quiet rest to conclusion the album, "Right Where It Belongs", where the main character finds his place, hell or heaven, his place has been found, and the lyrics are brilliant--"What if everything around you isn't quite as it seems, What if all the world around you is an elaborate dream?" speculation of reality. The finally track, and a GREAT finish is "Home", where everything seems to unite once when it is where it belongs--drums pound throughout the song, and Trent sings until it comes to an end.

Key songs:
*The Collector
*Hand that Feeds
*Everyday Is Exactly the Same
*Only
*Getting Smaller
*Beside You In Time
*Right Where It Belongs
*Home

TO PEOPLE WHO ARE/WERE NEW TO NIN, SUCH AS I:
After the first few listens, if you find that this album is not worth listening to, listen alittle more, then put it away for awhile. Pick it up, and listen to it again, you might come to appreciate it more as time goes by. Plus, I highly reccomend buying the imported version of With Teeth that has "Home" on it, you won't be disappointed and you don't know what you're missing.

TO NIN FANS FROM THE PRETTY HATE MACHINE OR DOWNWARD SPIRAL DAYS:
I'm sure you guys won't like this album, there aren't many songs that sound similar to the heavier and angrier earlier albums, and it sounds more like a rock album than an industrial metal album.

NIN - With Teeth - Trent Reznor Always Delivers.......2006-06-13

I have been a Nine inch Nails fan since the very beginning. I can honestly say, that I am never disappointed. I look forward to every release, knowing that it is going to be another powerful installment in the ever changing world of Nine Inch Nails. No matter what the current state of mind, Trent Reznor makes every release powerful and interesting and you can always be sure that he will never sell out, ever. Something most artists, inevitably do at some point. If you purchase a NIN cd, one thing is always certain, it is never going to be some piece of garbage that was thrown together, just to turn out a cd. It is always going to be something Trent Reznor poured his heart and soul into, and is most likely, very proud of. There will always be songs you like more than others. If you happen upon a song you don't particularly care for, give it time, let it soak in, it may be becuase you just don't "get it" at that given time. And if you find that you still don't like it after it has thoroughly soaked in, then press fast forward ! But please, don't go onto Amazon.com, The Spiral or other fan sites, and try to recruit others for your pathetic bashfest. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, and, for that matter, to voice it. But, I have never seen a fan base that has such a large number of people who like to whine, cry, and act like Nine Inch Nails owes them something. Music is a form of art. If you don't like the art you are looking at, don't look at it. If you don't like the art you are listening to, don't listen to it, and move on. As for "With Teeth", it ROCKS !!! Thank you Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails !! As always, I'll be patiently awaiting your next release. See you on tour !!!

IT'S ALL IN THE STARS.......2006-05-16

good side:finally a new NIN album, Dave Grohl appears on several songs playing drums, Trent's voice sounds its best
bad side:the entire packaging, the line-up change, lyrical content
standout tracks:all the love in the world; the hand that feeds; every day is exactly the same; right where it belongs

Finaly a CD worth the $$.......2006-04-26

I won't leave a long review but I felt I had to write something in support of this album. As you all know, the millineum brought some pretty bad music with it. The 1990's brought the best music in my life time when alternative hit the scene. I was born in 65.
I don't understand how the junk most stations play even gets on the airwaves. In a world that's pumping out cr@p music. It's good to see an artist giving me hope that the industry isn't totaly going down the toilet.
A quick rundown:
-Best song is #8
-Excellent songs are 1,4,6,9,10,11,12,13
-Song #2 and #5 are still ok
-Songs 3,5,7 are just average.
Overall the album has excellent flow, ie. the hit songs aren't the first on the album.
-Rivals NIN's Downward Spiral. Without a doubt the best or second best NIN album.
I hope NIN will continue. We need to purchase albums like this to show Trent R. that we appreciate his work.
PS. Keep a look out for the new TOOL CD out in a few days. I've heard it(don't ask) and it is their best ever! A must buy.
-R

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It doesn't get as UNORIGINAL as this
Not Quite Up To Standards
What was I thinking?
Metal-core at its best...
Hardcore with that metallic punch

Unbroken
Perfect Murder
Manufacturer: Victory Records
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War of Aggression
On Earth As It Is In Hell
Undoing Ruin
The Fall of Ideals

ASIN: B00028U6DQ
Release Date: 2004-07-13

Tracks:

Jaded
Possessed
Time Bomb
Speak Without Faith
Slave to the Clock
Unbroken
No Truce...
Eye for an Eye
Savior
Bouc Emissaire
Die With Regret
No Pulse in My Veins
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One of the year's most anticipated albums, A PERFECT MURDER are the next big thing on the Canadian hard music scene. An EP release on Montreal's Goodfellow Records has built the band a strong local following and solid reputation. Their Unbroken record will appeal to fans of HATEBREED, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and LAMB OF GOD.

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It doesn't get as UNORIGINAL as this.......2005-05-18

bad band, bad music, these guys obviosuly have NO TALENT. not original at all.

Not Quite Up To Standards.......2005-03-26

First, I'll start this review by saying that I'm basically a metal guy, but I do like some other genres, hardcore / metalcore being two of these (though I have grown a bit out of both genres recently). So I bought Atreyu's album "The Curse" a few months back when it came out and there was sampler with three other Victory records bands on it, A Perfect Murder being one, with their track "Possessed". I loved the intro riff. I loved the intense buildup, to the metal-ish solo, to the breakdowns, all of it. I had to get this album, but of course a few other CDs came out first that I had to get and all that, so about four or five months later I finally picked this album up and of course listened to the track "Possessed". Then I went on to listen to the first track and, to say the least, I was not impressed. It just seemed like another generic hardcore track. Basically, it didn't even begin to touch what I expected from this album given the song "Possessed". The rest of this album was, much to my dismay, pretty much like the first track. There are some catchy parts, like the breakdown in "Speak Without Faith" and the clean guitar and drum passage halfway through "No Truce" that I always find humming, but overall, this is just one of those CDs that you listen to and don't really remember afterwards. The singer sounds way too much like Jamey Jasta, which makes all the vocals sound alike and eventually grow a tad tedious. The musicianship is passable. The guys obviously aren't amateurs, but I think they need to work on variation and not just follow the ever growing hardcore crowd. If they don't restrain themselves to what's trendy, I know they have potential. "Possessed" proved that. Also, there's an amazing instrumental track on here called "No Pulse in my Veins" I recommend you download.

What was I thinking?.......2005-01-04

I had heard a couple of short clips of them over the net and I thought they sounded pretty promising. I went out and bought this album and I was disappointed. At times the music makes no sense at all. It goes from fairly heavy riffage to like an 80's hair band feel. That's what I got out of this album, it's not worth buying...

Metal-core at its best..........2004-10-15

I was blown away when i first listing to the band a perfect murder's "unbroken" because of their sound... It rimends me of the old metallica,pantera,and,hatebreed all blending in together. All the songs are brutal and very much agressive beyond words can truly express. Amazing lirycs,production, sound, and, energy as well as how talent " a perfect murder" realy is with not one weak track to be found, in the whole album. I recommend.

Hardcore with that metallic punch.......2004-09-23

Hatebreed hardcore if you will. The singer has a more aggressive bark and the guitars hit an almost thrash metal speed at times. But the hardcore chuggachugga and stark breakdowns bring this all back into the core pit territory. When A Perfect Murder slows things down to a sludgy crawl, the bass rumbles through with more clarity and the unit strikes with a more forceful impact. When the music speeds up, it's just good hardcore with the metal influence. Lots of that around nowadays. A Perfect Murder make a good dent in the genre by taking the roots of hardcore and bringing in the thrash guitar, the aforementioned sluggish drawn out punch and the slick guitar break (and even the occasional more rock influenced solo). Then dose it with plenty of those pit swirling breakdowns where the whole song pulls itself into one big riff and just pounds through the listener. File as another of those bands that doesn't really bring that much new to the hardcore table, but what they do bring is well done and worth a listen.

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