| Frontier Ruckus / Orion Songbook, The |
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| Album: | Orion Songbook, The | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Frontier Ruckus | Added: | Nov 2008 | |
| Label: | Quite Scientific | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-02-22 | Pull Date: | 2009-04-26 |
| Week Ending: | Apr 26 | Apr 19 | Apr 12 | Apr 5 | Mar 29 | Mar 22 | Mar 15 | Mar 8 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 29, 2013: | Murder Ballads and Torch Songs The Back-Lot World | 4. | Apr 14, 2009: | I once was Canadian Orion Town 2 | |
| 2. | Mar 07, 2013: | The Show with T-Lex & Lolo Mount Marcy | 5. | Apr 07, 2009: | I once was Canadian Orion Town 2 | |
| 3. | Apr 21, 2009: | Joy's Special Mount Marcy | 6. | Apr 06, 2009: | Gold Soundz Bethlehem |
| Album Review |
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| Basil Reviewed 2009-02-11 | ||
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Frontier Ruckus “The Orion Songbook” Young hipsters from Michigan play a folksy, indie breed of bluegrass music. “Alt-country” at its finest, with some experimental, spidery banjo lines & poetic, kooky lyrics (“your tight skin confessed not a vein in your chest”). Singer’s voice is distinct: harsh & heartfelt with a sense of immediacy (a la Neutral Milk Hotel, The Decemberists). Worth a listen, even if just to hear a musical saw in action! No FCCs (“son of a bitch” on #9) 1) Explores his vocals in a soft song of both love & remorse 2)** Refreshingly sporadic percussion with some impressive banjo 3) ***Spooky duet w/ female; yearning harmonica, aggressive piano & some haunting musical saw. Sounds like Halloween! Lyrics: “if only you knew what you are” 4) Sufjan Stevens meets the banjo – result is sadly unexceptional 5)*** Banjo, horns lead this upbeat, jubilant bluegrass fun-fest; ends w/ :05 left 6) Desperate song; vocals cry out, horns shine w/ deep gloom of New Orleans 7) slow, acoustic guitar song; more folk than country; voice is v. Neutral Milky 8) banjo plucks gingerly alongside acoustic guitar & great piano palpitations 9) ***“SON OF A BITCH” forceful percussion, really rumbly voice, nice horns 10) starts out with some haunting musical saw & harmonies; slow acoustic strums 11) **blend of upbeat folk and spooky musical saw; small town lyrics 12) easy-going travel song about going home, nostalgic banjo solo & harmonies 13) **Builds to a nice hoe-down in the middle; banjo lick guides the rest; Tour de force that highlights all of their instrumentation (6:55) 14) artful acoustic guitar; slow ballad to end the CD Bailey Richardson baileyr@stanford.edu | ||
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