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Jose Jones Posted - 06/23/2009 : 15:13:01
i'm so thrilled about some albums lately, but i don't want to make a new topic for each one, so here's the list:

DEERHUNTER - microcastle
i just discovered this a couple months ago, and it's easily one of the best albums i've ever heard. i can't stop listening to it!

THE HANDSOME FAMILY - honey moon
beautiful, nearly flawless album. rennie sparks never disappoints. great summer night album.

ANIMAL COLLECIVE - merriweather post pavillion
haven't stopped listening to this one since january. endlessly wonderful.



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darwin Posted - 09/29/2024 : 18:51:28
MJ Lenderman

https://youtu.be/0rFVVzavii0?si=FmBjvj8jyp9jy-ZZ
Stevio10 Posted - 09/29/2024 : 09:21:00
New music from the Legendary Rich Gilbert

https://youtu.be/KYKs4kCsu3M?si=m3xoSVfutlcFQO7M

The Maharal Posted - 09/13/2024 : 11:53:52
quote:
Originally posted by Troubles A Foot

Does that mean it's good or bad?



Is that expression not known in America then? It means it's a good thing.

I went into the album with low expectations as I heard the single Frogs on the radio and didn't like it all but listening to the album as a whole everything just clicked. Some of it verges on the ridiculous and saccharine but old Nick pulls it off. I think you have to go into this album knowing his situation: that two of his sons have died in recent years, that he's struggled with the grief and that he's found religion again. So it's a mix of absolute despair and hope.
Discoking Posted - 09/11/2024 : 22:52:00
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in


it's educational
Troubles A Foot Posted - 09/11/2024 : 16:04:05
Does that mean it's good or bad?
The Maharal Posted - 09/11/2024 : 13:09:57
The new Nick Cave album is a cracker.
darwin Posted - 08/01/2024 : 18:46:48
Being Dead, great band
ObfuscateByWill Posted - 07/27/2024 : 20:39:11
Zach Bryan

*Take a bite of the chocolate coffin.
Bedbug Posted - 06/22/2024 : 18:41:28
I gotta say, I listened to R.E.M. Murmur the other day for the first time in like 30 years, and that entire album is rubbish.
Troubles A Foot Posted - 06/15/2024 : 14:22:39
Nice. And in case anyone hasn't seen, Junkie Boy is on Spotify now!
Bedbug Posted - 06/15/2024 : 09:33:21
The 30th anniversary edition of Ween Chocolate and Cheese coming out August 2 will include 15 unreleased tracks curated by Gene and Dean, list here

SIDE A:

Take Me Away
Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)
Freedom Of ’76
I Can’t Put My Finger On It

SIDE B:

A Tear For Eddie
Roses Are Free
Baby Bitch
Mister, Would You Please Help My Pony?

SIDE C:

Drifter In the Dark
Voodoo Lady
Joppa Road
Candi

SIDE D:

Buenas Tardes Amigo
The HIV Song
What Deaner Was Talkin’ About
Don’t Shit Where You Eat

SIDE E (Bonus Tracks):

Crappy Anniversary Jimmy
Warm Socks
Stop, Look, Listen (And Learn)
Dirty Money
I Got It
Belgian Stew
Voodoo Lady – Demo

SIDE F (Bonus Tracks):

Junkie Boy
Smooth Mover
Church Fire
Take Me Away – Demo
Sasha
Roses Are Free – Demo
Candi – Demo
I Really Miss You (And I’m All Alone)
Bedbug Posted - 06/05/2024 : 17:18:26
Judy Rodman
Stevio10 Posted - 06/04/2024 : 12:01:24
Haven't been this obsessed by an album for some time, Wildweed by Jeffrey Lee Pierce.
The Maharal Posted - 06/04/2024 : 11:12:30
mclusky's new EP is pretty good. Saw them live a couple of weeks ago and they were class. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-ZwYL7tqlo&ab_channel=Irresponsableful
danjersey Posted - 05/19/2024 : 07:43:41
Shellac’s Compliant off of Dude Incredible. I like the repetition.
I’m going to buy their album To All Trains. I hope I dig it. It’s a great title.
TarTar Posted - 04/25/2024 : 21:02:57
I co-wrote one song called "Wash It All Away" on the new Unspeakable Breakfast album It Fells which has influences ranging from Frank Black to Shellac. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeAgwE_ZGpM&list=OLAK5uy_ngYOyjxIpAUaQ1DDcm__AXq2WyYTSj3G4

My life is dirt but you seem to make it cleaner... reduce my felony to a misdemeanor
Stevio10 Posted - 04/21/2024 : 09:26:17
Repairs - new single Lylas.

Not just because my mates sister plays bass and sings but they are also pretty good!

https://youtu.be/eSPGxEXDO3A?si=OAFMOdpeitqd9gLs
Arm Arm Arm Posted - 01/21/2024 : 11:39:14
Handel's Messiah. Absolutely an amazing and beautiful piece of music that reveals a lot of subtlety and beauty on repeated listens. Just fantastic! The Robert Shaw Chorale version.
pot Posted - 11/30/2023 : 12:03:03
I'm giving it another spin to see if I hear something new second time which is often the case
Reminds me of something from the past - got a bit of a rock/metal of the late 80's/early 90's feel about it
It's like the Beastie Boys but they're fighting for their right to get stoned and chill out (which arguably can also be a form of partying)
Bedbug Posted - 11/30/2023 : 09:02:40
Thanks pot and arm3 for your feedback.

I put the song in the so bad it's good category
Arm Arm Arm Posted - 11/24/2023 : 10:41:29
quote:
Originally posted by Bedbug

If you guys have the time and ambivalence could you give me your honest opinion about a song called “Doin’ It” by Mike Vallely and the Complete Disasters?

I’ve been discussing this song with some people and opinions are strong

Thanks in advance



I don't know. Some music takes multiple listens for me to get or appreciate it. Initial impression: Riff reminds me just a tiny bit of Soundgarden, Outshined. Sometimes I like the singer's voice other moments it's annoying. It feels like early 90s rock, which I like quite a bit - I love Pearl Jam - but I'm not sure what to make of this, feels like a bit of other bands stitched together. Which sounds insulting; which I'm not trying to be.

I can see this being played on rock radio and getting tired of hearing it at bars or the random times I hear the radio.

Performance wise it's all good, nothing stands out that amazes me; it also goes on a bit too long for my taste.

The whole verse after the solo and the spoken word interlude seems too much so by the time it gets to the outro I've had enough. It's better than things played on local radio but then...most local rock radio that isn't the indy colelge station is a mix of classic rock everyone's heard way too much of and awful sound music like Stained (sp?) or...I don't even know really I just don't like whenever I'm listening to the big radio stations. NIckelback? Blehh.


It's better than that but goes on too long.

I guess mixed feelings on it, nothing amazing to make me want to hear more but nothing terrible that I had to stop it halfway. Left me curious to hear it again another time and see what to make of it or to hear what their other tunes sound like.

Mixed feelings is a good way to sum it up.
pot Posted - 11/22/2023 : 00:21:56
quote:
Originally posted by Bedbug

If you guys have the time and ambivalence could you give me your honest opinion about a song called “Doin’ It” by Mike Vallely and the Complete Disasters?

I’ve been discussing this song with some people and opinions are strong

Thanks in advance



Didn't think much but Ratboy sound quite interesting
pot Posted - 11/21/2023 : 23:27:24
So many of these commercialish manufactured indie bands with female lead singers these days coming out of America - a lot of them if you see them play live they come across a bit like a prom band but otherwise you can't fault the production and sound of some of their studio recordings

Days Move Slow and A Love Profound from the new Bully album recreate the whole 90's indie rock/shoegaze/grunge sound really well (but her vocals get a bit tiring after a while - that said though the dreamy wishy washy vocals against the dirty scrunchy guitars just works so well - what is it that makes this combination of sounds so pleasing?)
Bedbug Posted - 11/21/2023 : 16:57:11
If you guys have the time and ambivalence could you give me your honest opinion about a song called “Doin’ It” by Mike Vallely and the Complete Disasters?

I’ve been discussing this song with some people and opinions are strong

Thanks in advance
Arm Arm Arm Posted - 11/13/2023 : 17:59:39
A random mix of Chopin, Liszt and Scarlotti. And I'm through the first four discs of Wagner's Ring; just what an incredible, epic experience. It already feels like a natural epic conclusion and I'm not quite a third through the experience. One of the best box sets I've ever purchased.

Van Halen with Roth still holds my attention in the rock world, along with some live Zeppelin from '73 and Queens of the Stone Age's new one and Joe Satriani's most recent album, The Elephants of Mars which is just an incredible album full of unexpected changes and an amazing flow.

Cheers
Stevio10 Posted - 11/04/2023 : 05:22:10
quote:
Originally posted by The Maharal

Right now this Mark Mulcahy performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Dqgc3Cs_g&ab_channel=PasteMagazine

He's a great singer. Hopefully he tours Europe so I can see him live.

Earlier I discovered The Replacements and Tom Waits got together for a drunken session back in the day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mixLAwf-eh4&ab_channel=TheReplacements-Topic

Also I went to see PJ Harvey in concert last week, what a performer. Great new album too.




Saw Mark Mulcahy with Miracle Legion reunion tour in 2016, they were great. Love his solo albums.
The Maharal Posted - 11/04/2023 : 04:50:17
Right now this Mark Mulcahy performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Dqgc3Cs_g&ab_channel=PasteMagazine

He's a great singer. Hopefully he tours Europe so I can see him live.

Earlier I discovered The Replacements and Tom Waits got together for a drunken session back in the day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mixLAwf-eh4&ab_channel=TheReplacements-Topic

Also I went to see PJ Harvey in concert last week, what a performer. Great new album too.
Arm Arm Arm Posted - 09/24/2023 : 12:57:50
I can't believe what a great band Van Halen was, Eddie's fantastic yet succinct playing and songwriting, the brother bond with the drums, Michael Anthony's harmony and of course the vaudeville of Roth, somehow it all works and is so different from other hard rock acts.

The production of these recrods is great as well, not dated sounding at all. They're a damn fun band..! Much like Zeppelin's Rock-n-Roll, and Pixies Rock Music embody their subject, so too with VH's Beautiful Girls.

And the album's are a tribute to brevity, around 30 mins. Here's to short albums!

Cheers
Arm Arm Arm Posted - 09/24/2023 : 12:54:31
Van Halen, first six albums with Roth - fantastic.

Wagner's Ring Cycle, 14 disc box set, taking my time with this, two discs in and it's quite good. The end of disc two feels like an ending unto itslef and there's 12 discs to go...!

Cheers
pot Posted - 07/21/2023 : 11:14:03
There must be an indie rock band factory in America somewhere churning out Gen Z bands playing stuff like the bands from the 90's these days

Momma - what a terrible name for a band

Household Name is a pretty decent album though - you can hear the Smashing Pumpkins and Sonic Youth influences in there - remind me of Big Deal now split also from CA and they had a simirly feel-good grungy shoegaze summer vibe

Playing live they come across like an American High School band playing at their final year Prom but credit where due they seem to be writing some good tunes and they can play their instruments
pot Posted - 07/04/2023 : 05:46:50
I really like the new Blur song St Charles Square - unusual for me to say something like that as I've always though they were a bit average

I'm getting kind of Trompe le Monde/Pixies vibes from it though ? Anyone else think that ?
Arm Arm Arm Posted - 06/05/2023 : 17:23:46
Clutch – Psychic Warfare
pot Posted - 06/05/2023 : 00:30:21
Can't get enough of MUNA these days - synth rock band from LA been going for a few years now and three albums down

Really catchy funky 80's style - watched a few live recordings and it's like watching The Bangles or something from the 80's - love the keyboardist/bass player with the big frizzy hair she's straight out of a Prince video

Better than Haim (which isn't hard - they got about one song)
pot Posted - 05/14/2023 : 00:50:46
New Alison Goldfrapp album is really dancy - don’t know why she has gone solo (I guess it’s just a natural progression) but the songs still retain the general ouvre of Goldfrapp so I dunno why she just didn’t release it as a Goldfrapp album ? Anyway lots of nice, velvety synths and vocals as you would expect
pot Posted - 04/28/2023 : 13:16:15
Jim E. Brown

What a class act

Thank the algorithms for bringing the music of Jim E Brown into my life

Seriously though, the guy is a fucking chump ! This barfly act he is putting on doesn't really work that well and it's the band you have to listen to here really

There seems to be a splurge of new bands coming out these days featuring deliberately terrible vocalists - the worse they are the better - although that is slightly unfair because I think behind some of them there is real talent required to actually do that and make it feel authentic - like Hotel Lux and whoever their vocalist is

Was it Mark E Smith who started all this ? or Eddie Argos ? or even Frank Black

Why does sounding shit sound so good sometimes ? Why am I more drawn to dischordant music than perfectly produced note perfect garbage like Adele or Sam Smith

Anyway all his/their stuff is worth checking - Nausea is a good album - the band who consist of a basist, keyboardist and drummer really are an odd looking bunch like a Sparks tribute band or something - and at times they play the oddest but still somehow interesting to listen to music ! like something from an 80's Children's TV show about Science or something

You get 2/3 of the way through this album (Nausea) and all the bizarre self-deprecating humour etc and then they just throw this one in: Kiss Me Once, Kiss Me Twice and suddenly they are playing this absolutely gorgeous slightly (The) Cure-esque synth ballad from the 80's - could easily be Robert Smith singing there at the start - is this a cover I'm not sure?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERVZTbpt_IM

Next tune on the album is a cover of Oh Sweet Nuthin by The Velvs which is also not a bad cover actually !


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