Topic: Recent Purchases but better. (Read 57286 times)

Johnny C · « **Reply #50 on:** 04 Jun 2006, 13:00 »

Quote from: ASturge

Stadium Arcadium is a really bad album name

THANK YOU! I keep on telling people that and they keep going "I don't think it's that bad" but it's godddamn terriblamn.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #51 on:** 04 Jun 2006, 13:17 »

Quote from: Johnny C

Also: I'm surprised nobody really likes "Transformer." It's kind of abrasive but damned if I don't love it. But thank you, Valrus, for confirming that the album is in fact awesome.

I love Transformer, the Lou Reed album.

ruyi · « **Reply #52 on:** 04 Jun 2006, 14:45 »

the last cd i bought that you guys would have heard of...was probably coldplay's parachutes.

yes, i am incredibly lame, but i really do like it, it makes me quite happy.

ASturge · « **Reply #53 on:** 04 Jun 2006, 15:29 »

oK!

Well, im slightly annoyed since, after buying this Dr John cd, I find that my parents are really big fans and already own it and would've given it to me, along with the rest of his catalog AND, that they went to see him live a few weeks ago and didn't invite me!

Seriously, how ghey?
I'm thinkin' reeeaal ghey.

Thrillho · « **Reply #54 on:** 04 Jun 2006, 16:03 »

Parachutes is a great record.

Quote from: Johnny C

Quote from: ASturge
Stadium Arcadium is a really bad album name

THANK YOU! I keep on telling people that and they keep going "I don't
think it's that bad" but it's godddamn terriblamn.

What does it even fucking mean?

The cover art looks like it was made in MSPaint.

Skibas_clavicle · « **Reply #55 on:** 04 Jun 2006, 16:03 »

New cds which I'm really happy about owning:

Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
Cat Power - You Are Free
Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind (for 11 bucks, not too shabby)
M.I.A. - Arular
Nada Surf - Let Go (one of my favourite albums I've gotten in a while)
The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? (better than I expected)

Praeserpium Machinarum · « **Reply #56 on:** 04 Jun 2006, 16:15 »

The most recent purchase of mine were:

Under Byen - Samme Stof som Stof

I love Under Byen. I mean I whore them almost as much as Kai whore Residents or Khar Skyclad. It is that level of fanboyism. Their newest album, which this is, is of course incredible and really deserves to be praised on a grander scale. David Fricke likes them, hell Stylus likes them and that review was way off in every other aspect than the score, though the score was too low. I am thinking Sigur Ros kind of big, not bigger than that since it is demanding music no doubt, but just as with Sigur Ros it is rewarded tenfold. Actually comparing them to Sigur Ros is not that off since both them sing in obscure languages but their music is good enough to compensate for that.

This is their website, give them a listen if you please, chances are you won't regret it.

Kai · « **Reply #57 on:** 04 Jun 2006, 16:22 »

Quote from: DynamiteKid

The cover art looks like it was made in MSPaint.

It's terrible cover art, terrible name, and terrible in of itself, really.

EDIT: You mentioned my whoring of the Residents and so I'm required to talk about them now. I'm pretyt pumped cause they relese their whole little River of Crime project in about a week AND are releasing an album on October 2nd. I'm so excited.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #58 on:** 04 Jun 2006, 17:19 »

I just bought most of A Silver Mt Zion's (and other names) releases, for the amazing price of $10 at a garage sale. I've only listened to "He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts Of Light Sometimes Grace The Corners Of Our Rooms" and I really like it. It's GY!BE but simpler and more concise.

Gryff · « **Reply #59 on:** 04 Jun 2006, 22:41 »

I just been shopping, man. Lots o' good CDs for cheap!

I got Neko Case's Blacklisted, because, as I was sayin' earlier in the thread, she's got a brilliant, mournful kinda country voice. I've been meaning to get Blacklisted for about 2 years, but I only just found it at the right price, so I'm very happy about that.

Also Hex Enduction Hour by the Fall, because Mark E. Smith is awesome, and I've been told this is a good album. After hearing other Fall stuff I've been looking for recommendations (since they have like 500 different releases or something).

Paul's Boutique by the Beastie Boys is another I've been meaning to get for forever, because it's just hell of good.

The wild card is Weird War's album, because I know nothing about them but have heard good things. Here's hoping I heard right!

Omnicide · « **Reply #60 on:** 05 Jun 2006, 05:26 »

Quote from: Gryff

Also Hex Enduction Hour by the Fall, because Mark E. Smith is awesome, and I've been told this is a good album. After hearing other Fall stuff I've been looking for recommendations (since they have like 500 different releases or something).

Fall recomendations? well:

-This Nation's Saving Grace (epic rockabilly-punk? hells yes)
-Perverted By Language (Dark stuff)
-Live At The Witch Trials (Early punk)
-Grotesque (one of the wierdest & best)

Tool- 10,000 Days
Not a popular band round these parts, but hell I enjoy them and that needs no rationalisation. Not a bad album but could've been so much more. Too much filler as always.

Eric B & Rakim- Follow The Leader
As much as I love Paid In Full (The rap equivalent of a garage band) this is a step beyond. masterful.

Tom Waits- Blue Valentine
Bought it for 'Christmas Card From A Hooker...' but I'm pleasantly surprised by every other track- sweet, perverted lounge and swing. damn good.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #61 on:** 05 Jun 2006, 06:45 »

Quote from: DynamiteKid

What does it even fucking mean?

Who cares, it fucking rhymes.

McTaggart · « **Reply #62 on:** 05 Jun 2006, 07:00 »

I think you can only play that card if you're using all real words.

Thrillho · « **Reply #63 on:** 05 Jun 2006, 15:41 »

Quote from: KharBevNor

Quote from: DynamiteKid

What does it even fucking mean?

Who cares, it fucking rhymes.

So does Masturbation Station. Doesn't make it a good album title.

Except it's totally awesome.

Houdinimachine · « **Reply #64 on:** 05 Jun 2006, 15:44 »

See that's awesome because here in St. Louis we used to have a kids radio station called the Imagination Station so I keep singing Masturbation Station in the same sing song style and it amuses me.

Thrillho · « **Reply #65 on:** 05 Jun 2006, 15:47 »

What, because I just told you it? Or you always have?

Houdinimachine · « **Reply #66 on:** 05 Jun 2006, 15:48 »

No just now after I read it. It's done amusing me now.

Thrillho · « **Reply #67 on:** 05 Jun 2006, 15:59 »

I amused you briefly though, and that's awesome.

You avatar makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside, and I have saved it to my computer. I want to put it on a shirt, were it bigger.

Gryff · « **Reply #68 on:** 05 Jun 2006, 16:57 »

Quote from: Omnicide

Fall recomendations? well:

-This Nation's Saving Grace (epic rockabilly-punk? hells yes)
-Perverted By Language (Dark stuff)
-Live At The Witch Trials (Early punk)
-Grotesque (one of the wierdest & best)

I already have This Nation's Saving Grace, and yes, it is fucking great. I love Mark E. Smith -- grouchy old bastard that he is. The best bit in Hex Enduction is in 'The Classical' where he's ranting "Where are the obligatory niggers? Hey there, fuckface! Hey there, fuckface! There are twelve people in the world. The rest are paste." It's great.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #69 on:** 05 Jun 2006, 18:10 »

Quote from: DynamiteKid

Quote from: KharBevNor
Quote from: DynamiteKid

What does it even fucking mean?

Who cares, it fucking rhymes.

So does Masturbation Station. Doesn't make it a good album title.

Except it's totally awesome.

CONFLAGRATION INVESTIGATION IN THE MASTURBATION STATION

Skibas_clavicle · « **Reply #70 on:** 06 Jun 2006, 12:28 »

So, we both got that album for basically the same price?

Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue V. II

Houdinimachine · « **Reply #71 on:** 06 Jun 2006, 12:34 »

I just got Scott Walker - The Drift...

Man, maybe I just don't know enough about music, but there's a point where I draw the line between genius and complete gibberish disguised as pretentious asshattery. The critics love this album, so I said... hey why not. I bought it... and I am so disappointed. I dunno, maybe I'm too obsessed with pop sensibilities. I like my songs to be fun to listen to and, god forbid, sing along too.

Ducksgoquak · « **Reply #72 on:** 11 Jun 2006, 13:01 »

Not really a fan of hip hop but i stumbled into this groups page and fell in love. Cd's are on the way now i'm excited!

Crown Control - Debaser
and
Tied to Things - Simple

can hear a couple of their songs here

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=73071549

Johnny C · « **Reply #73 on:** 11 Jun 2006, 15:56 »

Quote from: Kai, referring to RCHP's new album,

It's terrible cover art, terrible name, and terrible in of itself, really.

sjbrot described it as looking "like a Smashmouth album" and I am inclined to agree.

I bought The Stills' latest, Without Feathers, today. Ugly album art aside, it's very very VERY different from what I expected. But it's fantastic; I'd call it "pastoral" if it wasn't so loud.

Kai · « **Reply #74 on:** 11 Jun 2006, 17:01 »

I'm pretty inclined to agree; that is definitely the best comparison ever.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #75 on:** 11 Jun 2006, 17:13 »

Blood Axis - The Gospel of Inhumanity

Martial post-industrial with extensive sampling of sources such as A Clockwork Orange, The Wicker Man, Charles Manson and Johann S. Bach.

I can't believe it took me as long as it did in life to discover the neo-folk scene.

Faw · « **Reply #76 on:** 11 Jun 2006, 21:54 »

Last album i bought was Murder by Death's 'in al bocca lupo'
Very folksy and a pretty big change from their traditional style, but i love it just as hard as their other stuff.
funny thing about the album name is that its an italian wine toast. 'In al bocca lupo' is 'in the wolf's mouth' loosley translated, and the response is 'so that the wolf may die'

sjbrot · « **Reply #77 on:** 12 Jun 2006, 01:50 »

I bought Mint Records' group Immaculate Machine's first album, Transporter, at their concert tonight. I was kinda worried because they played pretty much every song off their second album, Ones and Zeros, and only did two off this one, and so in my logic that could mean that they were somehow admitting that it wasn't as good.

But that's sillyness. It's good. And when I bought it from Kathryn Calder (who also has a gig as the touring replacement for Neko Case in the New Pornographers since Carl Newman is her uncle) after the show, she seemed like a real sweetheart, which is always cool.

OllieA · « **Reply #78 on:** 12 Jun 2006, 07:13 »

Quote from: Faw

'in al bocca lupo'

I assume that should be 'In bocca al lupo', which is a phrase to mean 'good luck' in Italian. Not literally, kind of in the same way as 'break a leg'.

To which you reply "crepi il lupo" - 'the wolf dies'.

Valrus · « **Reply #79 on:** 12 Jun 2006, 12:50 »

Quote from: Johnny C

Also: I'm surprised nobody really likes "Transformer." It's kind of abrasive but damned if I don't love it.

The first time I heard it I was like "What the fuck is this?!" but it's grown on me. I've sort of partitioned the album into "Take it" and "Leave it" songs, and that one is in the first category. Lively and rambunctious and doesn't wear out its welcome.

Quote from: skibas

M.I.A. - Arular

Second'd. This album rollicks hard.

Kai · « **Reply #80 on:** 12 Jun 2006, 14:24 »

Are we talking about Lou Reed's Transformer? Because I do like that album.

ALMOST AS MUCH AS METAL MACHINE MUSIC LOLZ!*

*I actually do like Metal Machine Music. I am pretty sure this makes me a terrible person.

pat101 · « **Reply #81 on:** 12 Jun 2006, 16:38 »

My last purchase was the Silver Jews album "Bright Flight" I now own all of the Silver Jews albums except for their first "The Arizona Record" as it is only on vinyl (I belive) and a little tough to find.
Bright Flight was a nice suprise though, after listening to the first track and not being too interested I had put it away for a few days but when I finally got around to listening to the whole thing I was quite impressed. David Berman ditches Malkmus' great guitar work from "American Water" and trades it in for some great piano parts and a more complete band sound. His then girlfriend, now wife, Cassie Berman also does some vocal work on the album which brings an intresting touch to the record. I reccomend it highly.

Thrillho · « **Reply #82 on:** 12 Jun 2006, 16:38 »

Quote from: Kai

Are we talking about Lou Reed's Transformer? Because I do like that album.

ALMOST AS MUCH AS METAL MACHINE MUSIC LOLZ!*

*I actually do like Metal Machine Music. I am pretty sure this makes me a terrible person.

Yeah I think you're now going to hell.

pat101 · « **Reply #83 on:** 12 Jun 2006, 16:43 »

after somewhat reading this thread it seems people may or may not be hating on Transformer the Lou Reed album. If they are I am sad, actually thinking about makes me think that they're PROBABLY talking about the Gnarls Barkley album, but I enjoyed that album as well.

I'm bored, and tired, and sick.

BrainToad · « **Reply #84 on:** 12 Jun 2006, 19:29 »

I haven't gone to the record store in ages, due to lack of funds. But my last purchase ended up being alone. I think it actually turned out to be my first CD purhcase using the internet, which is odd.

I bought Jumbo Shrimp's only album, called Thingie. Jumbo Shrimp was the band Klaus Flouride and East Bay Ray (of Dead Kennedys fame) formed in 96. It contains a lot of surf tunes (Ray's speciality on guitar) and is really good. It has a cover of Weezer's Buddy Holly and all the songs are instrumental and really catchy. I hear the CD is quite rare and I ended up getting it for 68 cents about $4 after S&H.

Praeserpium Machinarum · « **Reply #85 on:** 15 Jun 2006, 06:59 »

Recently I acquired by birthday and my own pocket:

Gåte - Iselilja(gift from my little sister)
Norwegian folk songs getting attacked by anything from electronica to hard rock, I now have all their albums and their mini live cd. I like Gåte

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F#A#(Infinity)
GY!BE is awesome and so is my little brother for getting me this!

Eels - Electro-Shock Blues
Despite by being a declared Eels fan, I have actually never listened to ESB with the exception of selected tracks like Cancer for the Cure.
I started in a sort of weird way with hearing Shootenanny!(which I love) first, then Souljacker and Blinking Lights. I am rather excited considering they say that it is their masterpiece

youthoftomorrow · « **Reply #86 on:** 17 Jun 2006, 00:59 »

i just got Sonic Youth's new one, Rather Ripped. it's not bad, but not really what i was hoping for. it's plenty noisy, but almost half the record sounds like it could have been make by a quasi-shitty pop band borrowing SY's equipment. however, there are a few songs that are truly brilliant ("Pink Steam" being my favorite). many of us on the SY forum were a bit disappointed, but i bet that this'll get them a few new fans.

StrikeThePostman · « **Reply #87 on:** 17 Jun 2006, 21:36 »

I was never into electronica/dance. Then I saw Barbara Morgenstern open for The Mountain Goats. She sings in German and is very adorable. I really like the CD I picked up after the show, "Nichts Muss." It's quite mesmerizing.

Also:

Tallahassee by The Mountain Goats and their Babylon Springs EP. The former is better than the latter. I still prefer the early stuff, but good production can work in their favor too. No Children is an excellent song. The EP is sadly missing Hollering John, and from what I've heard live, the next album, Get Lonely, will be lacking in that area as well.

Some other stuff that hasn't really soaked in yet:

Eels - Blinking Lights
Vetiver - To Find Me Gone
My Morning Jacket - Z

IntermittentEvil · « **Reply #88 on:** 17 Jun 2006, 23:01 »

I recently purchased a set of records containing a recording of Shostakovich's opera "The Nose" by Rozhdestvensky. It was damn hard to find and I am very excited. I also bought a device to transfer all my records to CDs, so it's like I'm getting 30 or so new CDs in the next week or so. Doubly excited!

I also bought Lightning Bolt's "Wonderful Rainbow" recently, but was confused, as I had heard a lot of Ruins comparisons, which do not match. It's still a good noisy album with enough tunes to be enjoyable.

Johnny C · « **Reply #89 on:** 17 Jun 2006, 23:15 »

Quote from: youthoftomorrow

Rather Ripped

Damn stupid-ass name.

Coonstar · « **Reply #90 on:** 17 Jun 2006, 23:41 »

Today, I purchased:

Stereolab - Mars Audiac Quintet
I've already listened to this album a lot before I had purchased it, so there was really no surprise factor. I don't remember the last time I purchased an album without listening to it beforehand. Anyway, it's probably currently my favorite Stereolab album, although Stereolab albums tend to sound ridiculously similar to each other anyway. But they have such a winning template for their music! Frenchy lounge-pop with their 60'sique melodies that hates on capitalism! It's simply for the win.

and

The Book of Lists - Red Arrows EP
I think the first time I listened to the Book of Lists was early 2005? Maybe even earlier than that, then I saw them perform over the summer of 2005, but didn't buy anything of theirs, and only listened to those three tracks on their website over. and over. and over again. I really hadn't gotten sick of it, ever. This EP gives me an additional three songs, which are pretty good but just aren't up to the caliber of stuff like Sweet Malady, although Pacifist Revolt is pretty good. This EP is overall good even if it's not earth shattering, definitely a Vancouver band to watch.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #91 on:** 20 Jun 2006, 09:25 »

I just got Looking For Europe, the history of neo-folk, and it comes with a quadruple compilation disk which is pretty damn fantastich. Even though I'm familiar with a lot of the bands, especially on the middle two discs, there's lots of bitching unreleased or exclusive material, and there's some great new stuff I've never heard before. The first disc, which is mainly folk rock experimentation from the 70's which grew into neo-folk, is particularly nice.

thedevilissix · « **Reply #92 on:** 20 Jun 2006, 09:47 »

Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets

I like this a lot. Much more straight-up and punky than Another Green World, which I also own. The drag act from the album cover also comes through brilliantly witty and vibrant on record, rather than just obstinately & carelessly trashy.
What is it about Eno's stuff that always sounds so timeless? (I believe that AGW & HCTWJ sound just as current today as they probably did 30 years ago). I guess probably that he has a great deal of pretenders to the throne today might be it.....

Gold Chains - Young Miss America

Wickedly diverse beats and some instances of real poetry, even if there are times when the rhymes revert to misogynist gangsta rap cliché (really guys, you don't need that crutch to lean on.)

schimmy · « **Reply #93 on:** 20 Jun 2006, 11:33 »

Golden D - Graham Coxon
I bought this record in a 4 for £20 deal HMV had on. I mistakenly thought Graham Coxon was the guy from Pulp (Jarvis Cocker, I think). Now it sits on my shelf. Mocking me, daring me to listen to it. I have yet to even put it in any CD-playing device, I'm scared of it, I really am. What if I put it on and I don't like it. What then?

sjbrot · « **Reply #94 on:** 20 Jun 2006, 12:37 »

Quote from: Spinless

I was giving serious thought to buying rather ripped, but after 'At War with the Mystics' decided I didn't want to risk it. Even though I know the yoof can't possibly make anything that's THAT bad.

I'm lost. Are you saying that you didn't buy Rather Ripped because At War with the Mystics didn't suit you? If so, I'm at a bit of a loss.

schimmy · « **Reply #95 on:** 20 Jun 2006, 12:44 »

Their surname's both have a naughty word in them, I couldn't get past it.

Praeserpium Machinarum · « **Reply #96 on:** 20 Jun 2006, 13:02 »

Jarvis Cocker has released "solo" albums with Relaxed Muscle but I doubt that was what Schimmy was after.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #97 on:** 20 Jun 2006, 13:06 »

Quote from: Spinless

You thought Graham Coxon...was Jarvis Cocker? Is Jarvis Cocker's abum even recorded yet? Listen to it wuss.

And rather ripped.
Right, bands that I love have recently put out albums I didn't care for. The Flaming Lips, Built to Spill, blah blah blah.
I'm scared that Sonic Youth will continue this trend.

You should give it a try. It's somewhat like Murray Street filtered through Sonic Nurse so it has the Murray Street sound but tighter and less jammy.

Joseph · « **Reply #98 on:** 20 Jun 2006, 13:30 »

DJ Shadow - Entroducing...: Pure awesome. I'm absolutely loving this, it's perfect for basically every mood, whether I have it on in the background, or whether it's all I'm paying attention to. I'd downloaded it before, so it was no real surprise, but it sounds a lot more vital and intricate on the CD. Just the regular version though, the delux versio was 5 times the price.

Supertramp - Crime of the Century: Picked this up basically just to complete the 2 for $15 deal at Future Shop with Endtroducing. It's your typical Supertramp, and it'd definately not bad. Not absolutely amazing, but definately worth its half of the $15 dollars.

Amy Millan - Honey From the Tombs: I love Amy Millan. Her voice is spectacular, easily my favorite in current music. I'd meant to pick this up the day it was released, but I was lazy. Anyway, I don't find it measures up to her work with Stars, but still, it's an amazing record. Definately a lot of alt-country influence on it, with Skinny Boy being the closest to a typical Stars song that she would sing on. Still, the alt-country stuff is pretty great, and this should have a fairly easy time ending up on my best-of list at year end.

Massive Attack - Blue Lines: I loves me some trip-hop, but until now, beyond some Bjork, I didn't actually own any. I love this album, the lounge room vibe and the cool, detatched vocals leave you feeling like you're in a kind of surreal state. Definately a must have.

Gryff · « **Reply #99 on:** 20 Jun 2006, 14:35 »

I just bought Belly's album, Star -- I have a weakness for nineties alt-pop. Belly was Tanya Donelly's band after she left the Breeders (which was after Throwing Muses). I got this on the strength of 'Feed The Tree' and I have not been disappointed.

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Author Topic: Recent Purchases but better. (Read 57286 times)

ASturge

Praeserpium Machinarum

Omnicide

Faw

sjbrot

OllieA

Praeserpium Machinarum

youthoftomorrow

StrikeThePostman

IntermittentEvil

Coonstar

thedevilissix

sjbrot

Praeserpium Machinarum