recommend me some albums i should check out

i've been too busy listening to 70s shit

um there hasn't been much good so far.

the times new viking album is great. new mountain goats i liked a few tracks at first and have since taken a break from it. i'll go back to it soon and decide whether or not its good.

brian wilson shock treatment put out another awesome album, and that's about it.

other stuff ive heard:

cat power - bad
cadence weapon - haven't listened properly yet
destroyer - bad
mahjongg - haven't listened properly yet but sounds good
stephen malkmus - didn't sound like stephen malkmus, could be a good thing, need to listen more

so there's a new times new viking album or do you mean present the paisley reich

because that is indeed awesome but it came out last year

the only good albums i've heard so far were xiu xiu and fuck buttons

britney- blackout
hilary- dignity

oh yeah forgot about xiu xiu, it's pretty good but it's kinda business as usual

i haven't heard the fuck buttons but i listened to them on myspace and dig them.

yeah, times new viking have a new album called rip it off, it's really good

and the new boris album is badtoo

LSD Pond, fucker

yeah i can't fucking find it anywhere you prick

buy it, you fucking miserly cunt

the fuck buttons album is growing on me and it's quite good indeed
charlottefield - what friends are for is very nice
i like the new beach house album too

also if you don't like meshuggah - obZen you're gay

Helio Sequence and Vampire Weekend

HS because they have some really beautiful songs on the new one, and VW not because they're "blog favorites" or whatever you want to call them, but because the whole album is full of catchy songs.

the fuck buttons album is fucking awesome

VW not because they're "blog favorites" or whatever you want to call them, but because the whole album is full of catchy songs.

^what he said.

if fred durst put out a solo album this year i would definitely tell you to check it out
i dont think he has, though

this is my list so far -

The Steeldrivers - The Steeldrivers
Shelby Lynne - Just a Little Lovin'
Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
Stephen Malkmus - Real Emotional Trash
The Magnetic Fields - Distortion
Hot Chip - Made In The Dark

Although I've listened to a bunch that I haven't put on the list yet. Maybe I'll do that this evening and keep you all waiting in breathless anticipation.

so there's a new times new viking album or do you mean present the paisley reich

because that is indeed awesome but it came out last year
i posted a link to it in the ysi thread awhile back. here it is, its still good

times new viking - rip it off
hxxp://download.yousendit.com/170BF5F21E4D96ED

so i heard the fuck buttons and it's really good

the new black mountain album is awesome. like a modern day jefferson airplane meets sabbath meets gnr meets floyd.

be patient with the bright light/light bright song, it gets good.






p.s. the new hot chip blows goats.

i saw Black Mountain on sunday night, fucking awesome

meets gnr

what the fuck, i missed this the first time.

Stoner Rock just collectively bitch slapped you

on first listen the new Silver Mt. Zion was pretty good.

i saw Black Mountain on sunday night, fucking awesome

you lucky bastard. i'm dying to check them out.

what the fuck, i missed this the first time.

Stoner Rock just collectively bitch slapped you

i don't know exactly what it is, but a couple moments make me think of use your illusion.

they would have been perfect playing a solo show. But the mere fact that they were opening for Dead Meadow...

fucking tight shit. I never really cared for them until i heard the new record. They've taken everything good about bands like Blue Cheer, Love, V.U, im really enjoying it.

Mattcore, did you get the package yet?

Mattcore, did you get the package yet?

i did!

thank you, sir. I'll wire you some money once i have your paypal address! :)

they would have been perfect playing a solo show. But the mere fact that they were opening for Dead Meadow...

fucking tight shit. I never really cared for them until i heard the new record. They've taken everything good about bands like Blue Cheer, Love, V.U, im really enjoying it.

they've definitely made a big departure since the self-titled record. and it was for the better. good call on the blue cheer. hopefully i will get to see them soon.


Edit: hell yea. just got tix for 3/22 @ empty bottle. they're headlining over 2 other bands.

i like it how so many bands rip off the late 60's these days

matt has so many awesome records from this trip, its so crazy

The Black Kids EP. I don't know if it came out in 2007 or 2008, though.

i like it how so many bands rip off the late 60's these days

yea, like wolfmother.

guess its a good year for zep to come back afterall (though most ppl would consider them 70's). but that works for them too, since a lot of so-called indie rock is heading towards a pseudo 70's direction.

that dead meadow black mountain show was absolutely fucking insane

but black mountain are gay

Black Mountain are not gay

beach house - devotion

mazzy star meets um... mazzy star minus the heroin

I read that mazzy star comparison in some article, I don't remember what it was in. Maybe the paper or something. Or it could have been Rolling Stone. PLAGIARIST.

stephen malkmus
boris
silver mt. zion

on first listen the new Silver Mt. Zion was pretty good.

Agreed. Seems like their best since Born Into Trouble.

the 10 tracks of crap before the 3 actual songs on the silver mt zion...that's the kind of stuff that is annoying.

like...why do that?

My Ruin - Throat Full of Heart

the new boris album is pretty cool! sort of a change of direction for them (which was long overdue)

works most of the time. good album.

beach house - devotion

mazzy star meets um... mazzy star minus the heroin

do they seriously sound like Mazzy Star? They played a free show here a couple of months ago with some other good bands (Grizzly Bear, Melgrove Band, Akron/family) but I never saw them, I read they were good but I just never went.

is this bitch still seeded anywhere? ysi?


What does everyone think of new Stephen Malkmus? I find all his solo albums have to be listened to and incubated for a couple of months before I truly love them. I think I kind of liked the wackiness/looseness of Face the Truth more then these minimal-use-of-effects classic rock guitar jams. I guess Real Emotional Trash is kind of like 'Pig Lib + No More Shoes' on alot of tracks. But alot of it is fun so I'll have to get drunk with it a few more times before I have a final say.

that times new viking album is good but i think present the paisley reich was better

they're still probably my favourite band doing this kind of thing. e.g. royal trux is just annoying.

The Whigs new record is fantastic. Also, The Duke Spirit's new one is worth a listen.

black mountain, delicious, the magnetic fields, xiu xiu, the kills, and hot chip have all had pretty good records so far. a few other albums i havent listened to well enough to judge yet.

the new british sea power has been the most disappointing so far, though after open season i shouldnt have been expecting much.

one should never expect too much from british sea power

the new prurient album is kind of weird but i think i like it even though it sounds like a harsh noise sunno cover album

and lsd pond is just mindblowing, the second disk especially, thanks a lot for that matt

good


now that i'm back home, i can start d/l'ing again. what have i missed so far this year?

The Whigs new record is fantastic. Also, The Duke Spirit's new one is worth a listen.

I also find myself REALLY enjoying the new whigs albums!!!

let's wait for some more good releases in the weeks to come and listen to silver apples instead

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Syd Matters - Ghost Days
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that black mountain album is not really interesting to me

that Why album is atrocious

e.g. royal trux is just annoying.

actually i meant pussy galore

that Why album is atrocious

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but black mountain are gay

fuck you. see them live and say that. u r ghey

anyone heard the Woods Family Creeps album? it's interesting

this is everything i heard that was/will be released this year, good and bad

Albums

Scary Mansion – Every Joke is Half the Truth
Charlottefield – What Friends Are For
Beach House – Devotion
Dead Meadow – Old Growth
Goldfrapp – Seventh Tree
Genghis Tron – Board Up the House
Autistic Daughters – Uneasy Flowers
Meshuggah – ObZen
Excepter – Debt Dept.
Kelley Stoltz – Circular Sounds
Autechre – Quaristice
Fuck Buttons – StreetHorrsing
El Perro Del Mar – From the Valley to the Stars
Voicst – A Tale of Two Devils
These New Puritans – Best Pyramid
Drag the River – You Can’t Live This Way
Why – Alopecia
Destroyer – Trouble In Dreams
Rings – Black Habit
A Silver Mt Zion – 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
The Mars Volta – The Bedlam in Goliath
Apes – Ghost Games
Birds of Prey – Sulfur and Semen
The Holy See – Blood Honey
Xiu Xiu – Women as Lovers
Saviours – Into Abaddon
Boris – Smile
The Battle of Land and Sea – s/t
Born Ruffians – Red, Yellow and Blue
MiaMia – Meow
Protest the Hero – Fortress
Be Your Own Pet – Get Awkward
Crystal Castles – s/t
Jack Rose – I Do Play Rock ‘n Roll
She and Him – Volume 1
LSD Pond – LSD Pond
MV and EE with the Golden Road – Getting’ Go
Black Mountain – In the Future
Woods Family Creeps – s/t
Steven Bernstein – Diaspora Suite


EP’s
Aerial – The Legion of Dynamic Dischord
Belong – Colorless Record

yeah ive heard that woods album joeir

obnoxious vocals ruin it

joeri could you upload the be your own pet album

yes i could. but you could also take it from the uploads thread like i did.

do you think it's good

not really

yeah i don't know, they're compared to the yeah yeah yeah's a lot and i don't like their name and the way they look

but sean casey and redbull seem to think they're great

i know i should simply listen to them but bandwidth is so precious to me

it's just 40 mb i believe

Christing fuck!

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isn't that MV+EE album 2007

that Belong EP as well

isn't that MV+EE album 2007

looks like it is

that Belong EP as well
you're spoiling everything

Hey have you guys heard of band called The Black Summer Crush?? They remind me the Beatles with more of an edgy 70’s feel, kinda like Jimi Hendrix and The Who. I wanna know more info on shows and cds!! Any Pumpkin lovers also BSC fans out there??

do you think it's good

its not anywhere near as good as their first one.

uhh the new devotchka is good

yeah, really like the new devotchka. the new breeders and beach house albums are good too.

the new clinic and atlas sound albums feel very underwhelming after a listen, maybe they'll grow on me. i think clinic's best days are just too far behind them.

that Why album is atrocious
this makes me sad. i thought he was going somewhere new after elephant eyelash, but on alopecia the quality of his songwriting and recordings stayed at a standstill, if they didn't backtrack

i don't think that's what he meant really

why is just embarassing shit

new Silver Mt. Zion

WHA WHA WHAT?!

do you think it's good

they suck.

i like the thao nguyen album. black mountain is neither great nor shitty. the keyboards kind of suck most of the time though. they're like a lamer comets on fire to me.

NSB's Laurie Bird is the clear #1 album for me right now. No toher great albums this year so far but i like

High Places
Breeders
El Guincho
Becah House
Prurient
el perro del mar
fuck buttons
fredo viola
van hunt
atlas sound
valet
sebastian tellier
evangelista
times new viking
depreciation guild

and i might be coming around on that neon neon album.

forgot about that chris clark. that one's real good.

are you already hating women as lovers

i don't get what's so great about beach house

it's not great but enjoyable

yeah i never said that album was great. and maybe forgot xiu xiu cause i love them so much that i dont even consider them with other bands anymore. like xiu xiu is a part of my family now.

devotions is just so easy going and atmospheric

ive never been one to ask you for recommendations julio but what does the laurie bird sound like

these threads are not for me. i can never remember what i've heard or when it's from

devotions is just so easy going and atmospheric

ive never been one to ask you for recommendations julio but what does the laurie bird sound like

first track is a 40 minute drone fest so i doubt you'd like it. its very ambient lots of indistinguishable instruments that gradually bubble to the forefront coalescing into noise toward the end. otherh two tracks i admit aven't listened to in their entirety but more of the same, a bit more noisy.

The only stuff I super like from this year so far is the Vampire Weekend album, Helio Sequence, Nada Surf, Duke Spirit, British Sea Power, and Teenagers

i like the following (in varying degrees) enough to not delete:
Autechre- Quaristice
Balmorhea- River Arms
Beach House - Devotion
Blood On the Wall - Liferz
Cadence Weapon - Afterparty Babies
Clinic - Do It!
Earth- The Bees Made Honey In the Lions Skull
Flogging Molly - Float
Hello, Blue Roses- The Portrait Is Finished, and I Have Failed To Capture Your Beauty
Hinterland - Pan Pan Medico
Kill Hannah - Hope For the Hopeless
Magnetic Fields - Distortion
Malcolm Middleton - Sleight of Heart
Mars Volta - Bedlam In Goliath
Sleep Station - The Pride of Chester James
Taken By Cars - Endings of a New Kind
Unisex- Stratosfear

El Guincho


Is there consensus on what year we're calling this? Allmusic and Amazon are listing this as 2008 but p4k has it as 2007. It's really good either way, I'd like 2008. Maybe that's the U.S. release.

the new Mae Shi album is rather excellent

i have wanted to check that band out forever, redbull

is their new one a good start

start with terrorbird

if you don't mind me coming between redbull and you

D., upload cadence weapon and blood on the wall

I think I had terrorbird or heartbeeps and found it to be unlistenably spazzy (of course that was a few years ago before my mind was developed) but the new album is alot more cohesive. It reminds me of and punkier version of menomena.

obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen obZen

witch hats - cellulite soul

this album is fucking :rockon:

D., upload cadence weapon and blood on the wall

will do when i get home from work, promise.

Kill Hannah - Hope For the Hopeless

I already know the answer, but is there any chance this is miles above their last two albums?

I already know the answer, but is there any chance this is miles above their last two albums?
well, this is an outtakes album, but to answer your question, not really. they've kinda fallen into the same place the pumpkins have for me - the (new) songs will never be as good as the old ones, but it's listenable.

well, this is an outtakes album, but to answer your question, not really. they've kinda fallen into the same place the pumpkins have for me - the (new) songs will never be as good as the old ones, but it's listenable.

Hm, interesting. Cool to see Big Shot and Goodnight Goodbye finally get a release. Am I seriously considering downloading this? Yes, I am.

Hm, interesting. Cool to see Big Shot and Goodnight Goodbye finally get a release. Am I seriously considering downloading this? Yes, I am.
yeah, I always thought (the new version of) Big Shot had hella potential besides a spot on a Viva La Bam compilation.

btw, as soon as i bought it, i uploaded it:
http://woundedtodeath.blogspot.com/2008/01/kill-hannah-hope-for-hopeless-2008.html

i'm listening to The Dodos - Visiter and although it sounds like a total animal collective ripoff at certain points, it sounds very promising

so the new nick cave sounds a lot like grinderman

will do when i get home from work, promise.

ok when i get home tonight, i promise

Blood On The Wall fucking suck

god seriously, anyone can get on stage and play power chords for half an hour

okay so i'm really liking neon neon now. bump it in my car to work in the morning.

the new stephen malkmus record is pretty good

the blood on the wall album isnt fun enough

you're damn right its not fun

the lead singer is a fat fuck

maybe its julio

Julio would make better music.

oh btw, i heard Vampire Weekend for the first time today.

it brought me perilously close to mindless violence

Mars Volta's Bedlam in Goliath really worth a listen

god seriously, anyone can get on stage and play power chords for half an hour

oh btw, i heard Vampire Weekend for the first time today.

it brought me perilously close to mindless violence
:mad:

oh btw, i heard Vampire Weekend for the first time today.

it brought me perilously close to mindless violence

YES.

seriously, i don't get the hype. another group of nonthreatening, skinny white boys playing downtempo pop songs. yeah, that's just what the world needs right now.

ps, i laughed really hard when i read that the drummer was in a hit and run accident.

ive only heard the single from vampire weekend and i really like that song.

D. should upload vampire weekend, cadence weapon and blood on the wall.

:mad:

Blood On The Wall are seriously horrible.

*turns on Peacebone*...

D. should upload vampire weekend, cadence weapon and blood on the wall.
VW
mediafire.com/?1jzthzxk1tz

blood on the wall - liferz

mediafire.com/?ch0ojuxwqd5

Blood On The Wall are seriously horrible.

*turns on Peacebone*...

all of a sudden, everything is ok

tbh lead singer of Blood On The Wall is cromag man

holy crap he is!

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Saltlick/Sub%2001/botw.jpg

look at the blood on his face from his fresh kill!

i cant believe they shared a stage with Dead Meadow/Black Mountain

why
both of those bands aren't very good

yes, yes they are

you are WRONG for disagreeing with me Alex. Wrong.

D. should upload cadence weapon
rapidshare.com/files/97356525/cw_-_ab.rar.html

:) :)

thanks, D. *kiss*

theres been no eminem in 08 so the year has basically been a write off... lets face up to it. he's saying what everyone of us here is thinking but hes the only one who has the balls to say it

yes, yes they are

you are WRONG for disagreeing with me Alex. Wrong.

no you are wrong. your opinion is just wrong. so wrong in fact that if i put the parameters "deadmeadow" and "blackmountain" into this very complicated mathematical function of mine it would print out a 200 page essay about how wrong you are.

http://forums.netphoria.org/image.php?u=7061&dateline=1204367584

Anyone heard the new Black Francis?

fleet foxes - ragged wood

good stuff

i think i already mentioned this but i haven't seen people talk about it yet. my recommendations are superior to anyone's here, so listen to it

the first blank dogs album is good, maybe even better than some of their singles

and the new earth album gets better with every listen

add The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia and Portishead - Third to the 08 list 'o goodness.

add The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia to the 08 list 'o goodness.

add you to the list of badness?

oh theres a new Free Kitten record coming out.

add you to the list of badness?

sh'mon...you Know it, you Know

really enjoyed the new mount eerie, the these united states album is pretty good too though i need to listen to it more.

the new tokyo police club and tapes n tapes both have their moments but have felt underwhelming so far.. still havent gotten around to the black keys and a handful of others that could be good.

i feel the same way about Tapes n Tapes, and am starting to warm up to the Black Keys.

anyone here like the new Barronness or Evangelicals records?

which baroness?

red album. i guess technically its an 07 release, but i didn't get it until recently. :blush:

so here's my good stuff list so far

tallest man on earth - shallow graves
my disco - paradise
times new viking - rip it off
the mountain goats - heretic pride
witch hats - cellulite soul
earth - the bees made honey in the lion's skull
brian wilson shock treatment - hammer of the metal gods
fuck buttons - street horrrsing
the dirtbombs - we have you surrounded
excepter - debt debt

and i'm about to listen to this new cheveu

i must say that i like the new portishead album, even if some parts do sound dated to me.

oh and the new religious knives album is superb

glad you bumped this. listened to the new scott tuma last night and its great. and the high places grown on me. but hmm that portishead album might be my favorite album so far. weird, in more than 10 years i have never liked that band.

it's better than their second album imo

ones i really like now

The Steeldrivers - The Steeldrivers
The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Graves
Kat Flint - Dirty Birds
The Felice Brothers - The Felice Brothers
Shelby Lynne - Just a Little Lovin'
Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair
Punch Brothers - Punch
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Dolly Parton - Backwoods Barbie
The Breeders - Mountain Battles

blank dogs, natural snow buildings, growing ep, pocahaunted lp, fuck buttons, goslings

it's been ok this year but nothing major

man man - rabbit habits

MGMT huh

blank dogs, natural snow buildings, growing ep, pocahaunted lp, fuck buttons, goslings

it's been ok this year but nothing major

what do you think of the new religious knives record

and the new birchville

wow i hadn't noticed how awesome rockin' cherub's avatar is until right this second

what do you think of the woods family creeps album joeri?

not much. it grabbed my interest at first but the songs are quite weak if you ask me. do you like it?

where have you been?

"The Tallest Man On Earth"

probably the most ridiculous band name in history. fucking hell

i really didn't like that TMOE.

:\

what do you think of the new religious knives record

and the new birchville

i didn't like the religious knives record

the birchville one gunpowder temple of heaven? not bad but probably not one i will listen to much.

have you heard Naked Acid, dude?

i actually didn't download that album because the cover art was so goddamn hideous

i've heard a few good things about it though so i'll probably download it if i can be fucked to find a link

its awesome, there's a link for it in the YSI thread

i can't say i really dig naked acid.

the new goslings album doesn't seem as good as grandeur of hair after two listens, which is a slight disappointment

no i don't like occasion as much as grandeur of hair at all, or even as much as spaceheater and between the dead. it's uneven, but i threw it on the end of my list because most everything else i've heard this year is still worse.

the new r.e.m. album sounds exactly like monster but it's of course not as good because a) it's been done before and b) it doesn't have let me in and some other songs on it.

and i'm not even saying monster was good. r.e.m. is just like u2 now. realising their late 90s electronica "experiments" only made them more cheesy and going back to a boring alt rock style. with horrible drumming. and an obviously aging michael stipe. but some pretty awesome bass lines.

Yeah, I really picked up on the bass playing in this one.

the new Mae Shi album is rather excellent

Yes x 10000000000

deciding if i like the new animal collective ep, or if the aquatic theme has been taken to literally.

wow, guitar trio is my life by rhys chatham. this sure is better than a crimson grail but the decision to make this longer than three hours and repetitive as hell is completely beyond me. one track would have been enough. seriously man. that guy is nuts.

that bon iver album is weird, it sounds so much like phosphorescent and still i don't really like it. needs a few more spins.

for some reason i really enjoy "not for nobody" by scott tuma. apparently some ex-alt country guy but the music is mostly instrumental, acoustic, ambient and quite pretty i must say.

the tallest man on earth - shallow grave is a very solid folk / singer-songwriter album celluloid_love recommended to me. amazing swedish singer and catchy, too

i don't know what to think of neon neon. some catchy parts but overall sort of crappy. needs further listening.

the new portishead album is really not as great as i first thought and yes, it does sound dated. i sort of grew to hate the fuck buttons album too. don't ask me why. but the new prurient is superb!

a ton of stuff has leaked and i haven't had much time to listen to anything for the past couple weeks. need to get on that new matmos this afternoon i hope.

I don't know what to think of the new M83 yet.

also does anyone still care about notwist? new album is decent but i have a feeling its gonna grow on me.

Birds Of Maya - 'Vol.1'

AWESOME

I don't know what to think of the new M83 yet.

oh yeah that, too.

oh hell yeah i can rock to this matmos, everybody get this if you like squeaky squishy pretty dated sounding synth noodling

imo there is only one good song on M83

so far best albums 2008:

1. Black Mountain
2. The Whip
3. The Mars Volta
4. Black Kids
5. Cut Copy
6. Cat Power (cos of metal heart)
7. Devotchka
8. Gnarls Barkley
9. MGMT

Looking forward to Daniel Lanois' Omni Series:

"For every song of mine that gets released there is an abundance of material that does not. These pieces, often favorites of mine remain unheard, so Red Floor and I have decided to release this body of work as The Omni Series. At the moment we are planning six cds. Each will be thematically assembled to represent a certain part of my work. For example, one will be called Steel, featuring steel guitar instrumentals that I love, some of them recorded during the Slingblade Teatro era,
and others more contemporary. They are melodic, serene, and transporting, the sort of cd that I personally love to hear. Another, provisionally titled Midnight, will feature more south of the border psychedelic material that could be viewed as a cousin to Belladonna. So keep an eye on the Red Floor site for specifics on release dates and so on. This work of course will be available as a digital download in full resolution at the same price as MP3 resolution. Your support on this is appreciated, conventional record company expectations do not allow for material like this to flourish into the market place, but we are believers and I think you will be too."

THE OMNI SERIES

- Daniel Lanois

We will begin releasing the Omni Series albums later this year.

This should be great. I'm a big fan of Belladonna.

Grey Daturas - Return To Disruption leaked

http://sharebee.com/efe5d4a8

Birds Of Maya - 'Vol.1'

AWESOME

yes this destroys

how did i know that you'd be the first to comment on that?
:)

That new Destroyer album seems ace..anyone got a link?

how did i know that you'd be the first to comment on that?
:)

I heard that vol. 2 will be hawaiian polka

I don't know what to think of the new M83 yet.

i love it!

not much. it grabbed my interest at first but the songs are quite weak if you ask me. do you like it?

where have you been?

oh i quite like it but i agree that it's nothing spectacular really - i find them more interesting when they're not playing songs, which is a shame becuase i really liked at rear house by them

i've been busy and not home much

have we talked about vampire weekend yet? this is probably totally out of character for me but i enjoy most of what's on this album. it's like fela kuti meets the shins meets talking heads meets wolf parade

wtf you actually like that shit??

the songs that actually have some sort of afrobeat influence, yes. i would dance to this, would i dance.

i just hear guys making incredibly cheesy annoying music that i could only enjoy while on copious amounts of speed.

well do you like any of the bands i mentioned or any non-heavy rock music at all

im listening to alot of heavy rock music at the moment, yeah.

that Bon Iver record is pretty decent, as is the new Black Keys.

2008 has been pretty uneventful so far IMO. Lets see...


robert martin - 'long goodbye'
experimental aircraft - 'third transgression'
daniel menche - 'body melt'
folk spectre - 'blackest medicine'
drag the river - 'you cant live this way'

thats about it, so far.

i'm not talking about folk / acoustic kind of stuff. do you like rock music that isn't heavy? do you like talking heads? any new wave?

sometimes it seems like the only music you like that could definitely be identified as rock is all heavy down tuned riffs, 60s/70s psych influence and guitar solos. a nebula avatar certainly doesn't help.

i'm not talking about folk / acoustic kind of stuff. do you like rock music that isn't heavy? do you like talking heads? any new wave?

sometimes it seems like the only music you like that could definitely be identified as rock is all heavy down tuned riffs, 60s/70s psych influence and guitar solos. a nebula avatar certainly doesn't help.

yeah well, this is what im listening to most at the moment. dont you go through phases, at all?

Wilco is rock music that isnt heavy. My Morning Jacket is rock music that isnt heavy.

I DONT KNOW WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME ALEX

i do enjoy the Talking Heads, although i could take or leave alot of their stuff.

ok. i forgot you liked my morning jacket. check out early 80s post punk / new wave dance music like pylon or the very first r.e.m. albums. definitely one of my favourite kinds of music and the reason i can enjoy things like vampire weekend.

you think i dont listen to post-punk. jeez, whats going on with you?

i really dont see any connection whatsoever between early REM and Vampire Weekend.

i dont really like Pylon too much

i don't mean all post punk obviously. only the stuff that later grew into new wave when it became dancier and poppier. stuff like the feelies.

don't take all this too seriously i just thought most guitar/bass/drums bands that don't play slow and heavy would annoy you. i was mistaken.

good night.

man

have we talked about vampire weekend yet?

I was crazy about the Blue CD-R last year and I kinda played it to hell and back. I hear the actual album is mostly a re-recording of the songs on that so I haven't listened to it yet, I want to give it some time so I can listen again with some fresher ears.

i've listened to 63 albums that were released this year now and almost all of them are mediocre

what is wrong man? the xiu xiu one is the only one that's actually consistent and kind of interesting

I was crazy about the Blue CD-R last year and I kinda played it to hell and back. I hear the actual album is mostly a re-recording of the songs on that so I haven't listened to it yet, I want to give it some time so I can listen again with some fresher ears.
i did this, only with the actual album. i have played it A LOT since it leaked. i've had to stop myself from complete over-listen.

updated Top list for me:

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Helio Sequence- Keep Your Eyes Ahead
M83 - Saturday = Youth
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
Horrorpops - Kiss Kiss Kill Kill
The Gifted Children - Whitespace Differences
Panda Riot - She Dares All Things
In Flight Radio - The Sound Inside
Elika- Trying to Get Us Nowhere
Duke Spirit - Neptune
Autumn's Grey Solace - Ablaze
Goldfrapp - The Seventh Tree
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
Nada Surf - Lucky
Miimi - Ephyra
Russian Red - I Love Your Glasses
Sleepmakeswaves - In Today Already Walks Tomorrow
Teenagers - Reality Check
Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing

that's pretty much the order i'd put them in, with a few minor changes

yeah vampire weekend is fun but it's not great

it's like a 6.5/10

but you put nada surf above fuck buttons so i'm basically talking to myself here

this is my top ten now

The Steeldrivers - The Steeldrivers
The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Graves
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
Kat Flint - Dirty Birds
The Felice Brothers - The Felice Brothers
Shelby Lynne - Just a Little Lovin'
Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair
Sun Kil Moon - April
Matmos - Supreme Balloon
Punch Brothers - Punch

i have a lot more listed but this is all from this year i would seriously recommend to most people so far, the rest gets a bit more suspect in quality

but you put nada surf above fuck buttons so i'm basically talking to myself here

well, anything after in flight radio gets murky. i have to update it as the year goes on.

but, no, fuck buttons are going to be towards the bottom of it regardless - it's ok... i mean, better than just "ok", but not great

the songs that actually have some sort of afrobeat influence, yes. i would dance to this, would i dance.

In the words of my friend: "I gave Vampire Weekend a try recently. It made me want to run in circles and break shit."

well, anything after in flight radio gets murky. i have to update it as the year goes on.

but, no, fuck buttons are going to be towards the bottom of it regardless - it's ok... i mean, better than just "ok", but not great

That makes me sad, D.

That makes me sad, D.
i'll be listening to it again, maybe it'll click after a few more listens. stranger things have happened!

um top 10ish so far

the kills - midnight boom
devotchka - a mad & faithful telling
the french kicks - swimming
xiu xiu - women as lovers
the roots - rising down
beach house - devotion
cloud cult - feel good ghosts
mount eerie - black wooden ceiling opening
tokyo police club - elephant shell
the duke spirit - netpune

I think this stuff is pretty good, but certainly nothing monumental yet:

Samamidon - All Is Well
Beach House - Devotions
Carl Craig - Sessions
Justus Kohncke - Safe and Sound
AZ - Undeniable
Xiu Xiu - Women as Lovers
Thee Oh Sees - The Master's Bedroom is Worth Spending a Night In
Pete Rock - NY's Finest

I almost put Sian Alice Group on too, but it's really not even close to as interesting as I would like to be.

No idea, so many.
Right now I can think of:

Kettcar - Sylt
Tocotronic - Kapitulation Live
Portishead - Third
Dresden Dolls - No, Virginia

Erm...

portishead - third
black lips - good bad not evil
boris - statement
chin chin - chin chin
cut copy - in ghost colours
dandi wind - concrete igloo
ladyton - velocifero
man man - rabbit hands (okish)
marnie stern - in advance of the broken arm
MGMT - oracular spectacular
possessed by paul james - cold and blind
the dillinger escape plan - ire works
tokyo police club - elephant shell (love the songs but album is a bit dull aaw)
the whip - x marks destination
the tallest man of earth - shallow graves
the roots - rising down (getting a bit dull)
the mars volta - the bedlam in goliath

phew! pretty long list - i don't know how much wasn't actually released in 08 so sorry if I seem silly for posting it

Dresden Dolls - No, Virginia



really? listening to this actually made me realize how much i actually don't likr them. i mean, i've liked their singles and whatnot, but i went back and listened to their previous albums and i didn't enjoy them.

really? listening to this actually made me realize how much i actually don't likr them. i mean, i've liked their singles and whatnot, but i went back and listened to their previous albums and i didn't enjoy them.

I'm a huge DD fanboy, so... I dunno. They didn't put too much stuff on it I hadn't heard before [in concert or on boots], but again - I'm a fanboy, I don't really care.

i think these are all relatively good, like a 7.5/10 or more

xiu xiu - women as lovers
Religous Knives - it's after dark
blank dogs - on two sides
robert martin - long goodbye
scott tuma - not for nobody
elektronavn - Cosmic Continuum
boris - smile
the tallest man on earth - shallow grave
Prurient - And Still, wanting
ecstatic sunshine - way
no age - nouns
thao - we brave beestings and all
sun kil moon - april

not counting compilations. there were some good compilations of old shit this year

Any thoughts on the new Coldplay single "Violet Hill"?

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Sounds rather dull and uninspired on first listen, maybe it'll grow on me.

Posted this here just for the sake of letting people know they have a new single out without the embarassement of making a thread about it. I'm quite sure there are a few fans of the band here.

Looking through some of the lists in this thread makes me realise how pityfully little new music I've actually bothered to listen to so far, and it's almost May.

What's weird is nearly all the albums I have bothered to check out I've liked to some extent or another. I guess there's benefits to being selective/lazy.

No one likes the new Neva Dinova? I'd say it's my favourite of the year so far.

Any thoughts on the new Coldplay single "Violet Hill"?

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Sounds rather dull and uninspired on first listen, maybe it'll grow on me.

Posted this here just for the sake of letting people know they have a new single out without the embarassement of making a thread about it. I'm quite sure there are a few fans of the band here.


dull and uninspired pretty much sums up any coldplay song

but here is the album
http://rapidshare.com/files/111268526/violeta.rar
from REINZIDENCIA

so now that some time has passed to digest it, how does everyone like third?

i only just got around to listening to it, its the first portishead album ive listened to, and i dig it after a couple of listens. might check their older stuff now because of it.

their earlier stuff is more accessible i think. the new record kinda freaked me out. haven't listened to it since the leak.

that the tallest man on earth album is good


and i still don't like dylan

the new okay album is really good

these will def. make my top albums of the year:

Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull
Genghis Tron - Board Up The House
NIN - Ghosts
Disfear - Live The Storm
Torche - Meanderthal
Justin Broadrick + Jarboe - J2
Meshuggah - ObZen
Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold

These are all pretty decent:

NIN - The Slip
This Will Destroy You - s/t
Dub Trio - Another Sound Is Dying
Nick Cave - Dig! Lazarus Dig!
Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life

these are pretty dissapointing:

Melvins - Nude In Boots
Opeth - Watershed
Portishead - Third

my money is on the new Nachtmystium and Mastodon records being good contenders for the top spot though.

am i a retard for liking the Titus andronicus album?

the new okay album is really good
i really liked his last band but i don't really like this one. what the fuck is up with the band name 'okay' in the first place

Samamidon - All Is Well
Beach House - Devotions
Carl Craig - Sessions
Justus Kohncke - Safe and Sound
AZ - Undeniable
Xiu Xiu - Women as Lovers
Thee Oh Sees - The Master's Bedroom is Worth Spending a Night In
Pete Rock - NY's Finest

Added:
Nat Baldwin - Most Valuable Player
Ellen Allien - Sool
Matmos - Supreme Balloon

Why? - Alopecia is without a doubt my favourite record of the year so far. Probably will remain so.
Narrow Stairs - Pretty good IMO. Surprised at how much I like it, definetly a step up from Plans.
April - Fucking amazing. Took a few listens to really get into it, but it's become one of my favourite Kozelek releases.
Sloan- Parallel Play, just got into this band a few weeks ago but I'm really digging this release. They're playing here in a few weeks too I'm pretty pumped they seem like they would be a lot of fun live.
Red Album - Couldn't really get into it. Got about halfway through and got bored. I'll give it another chance eventually but I wasn't really impressed at all with what I heard.

That's about all I've heard from 2008 so far I think.

Fuck Buttons
M83
NIN
Microphones rerelease

Probably more than that.

i really liked his last band but i don't really like this one. what the fuck is up with the band name 'okay' in the first place

im dling both of the dilute albums now

im gonna interview marty some time next week :)

No one likes the new Neva Dinova? I'd say it's my favourite of the year so far.

Of course I like it. Jake Bellows is one of my fav. song writers. I haven't really had time to absorb it, though.

I really like the new Black Francis EP Seven Fingers and the new Dandy Warhols.

witch hats - cellulite soul
valet - naked acid
eddy current suppression ring - primary colours
times new viking - rip it off
terrible twos - terrible twos
tallest man on earth - shallow grave
robert forster - the evangelist
nothing people - anonymous
my disco - paradise
graham lambkin and jason lescalett - the breadwinner
fag cop - i'm fucking dead 7"
earth - bees made honey
cheveu - cheveu
brian wilson shock treatment - hammer of the metal gods
the barbaras - summertime road 7"

probably some shit i'm forgetting

i just finished the wedding present's album, its good. theres a lot of stuff that reminds me of early pumpkins in there. and their singer isnt a nasal fuck either.

ratatat's new album might be their best.

I really like the new Black Francis EP Seven Fingers

I forgot about this --- great little record. So much better than Bluefinger.

wow, guitar trio is my life by rhys chatham. this sure is better than a crimson grail but the decision to make this longer than three hours and repetitive as hell is completely beyond me. one track would have been enough. seriously man. that guy is nuts.

that bon iver album is weird, it sounds so much like phosphorescent and still i don't really like it. needs a few more spins.

for some reason i really enjoy "not for nobody" by scott tuma. apparently some ex-alt country guy but the music is mostly instrumental, acoustic, ambient and quite pretty i must say.

the tallest man on earth - shallow grave is a very solid folk / singer-songwriter album celluloid_love recommended to me. amazing swedish singer and catchy, too

i don't know what to think of neon neon. some catchy parts but overall sort of crappy. needs further listening.

the new portishead album is really not as great as i first thought and yes, it does sound dated. i sort of grew to hate the fuck buttons album too. don't ask me why. but the new prurient is superb!


i like rockin cherubs post because instead of just making a list of new albums, it also has a description of what they sound like. that way it doesnt matter if i agree or disagree, i just have some kind of guide for what to try.

so far this year i like the mars volta, sun kil moon, my morning jacket, weezer,

i think i hate vampire weekend.

d

i forgot sun kil moon even though it's like the 2nd best thing ive heard this year

oh i like the new OURS record a lot too

witch hats - cellulite soul
valet - naked acid
eddy current suppression ring - primary colours
times new viking - rip it off
terrible twos - terrible twos
tallest man on earth - shallow grave
robert forster - the evangelist
nothing people - anonymous
my disco - paradise
graham lambkin and jason lescalett - the breadwinner
fag cop - i'm fucking dead 7"
earth - bees made honey
cheveu - cheveu
brian wilson shock treatment - hammer of the metal gods
the barbaras - summertime road 7"

probably some shit i'm forgetting

cool