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http://pitchfork.com/news/40887-drone-metal-titans-earth-announce-new-album/
n/t
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that's kind of cool
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I mean it is if you like Earth.
It's kinda cool.
(Okay honestly I wasn't sure whether or not to just make this thread or a "2011 in music" one. That would probably be better)
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I'm not good with puns, Tommy.
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woo, Earth. I hope there's less silly "melodies" and such, I mean god what's Earth coming to
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The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull is my favourite thing they've ever put out, and that makes me less of a pussy than anybody who bones out over Earth 2. Look into yr heart, you know it to be true. TBMHITLS is a monster of an album. If anything it is more about pure tone and the nasty sounds a guitar can make than straight drone stuff. It's really fascinating to start picking up the subtle nuance present in the way each run through the languid, repeating guitar lines is phrased, sometimes being allowed to feed back ever so slightly, now with vibrato, and so on. In other words, I am very much looking forward to this. The name-drop of Tinariwen is pretty interesting as well.
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The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull is my favourite thing they've ever put out, and that makes me less of a pussy than anybody who bones out over Earth 2. Look into yr heart, you know it to be true.
What? There are people who don't like "The Bees.."?.... That seems weird because in my social circles and also the metal forums that I'm into that album is worshiped.
New Earth > Old Earth tbh... I mean... I love both, but Earth 2 just can't win against albums like HEX or The Bees, also... I want to say that the new album's artwork SUCKS, there... I said it.
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If this is going to be the 2011 music thread, Tom Fischer said in an interview (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq7LV8JVj9s&list=ULxntf7J0RJtg&playnext=1) that he hopes to have the next Triptykon album recorded and released by the end of next year
Oh and you guys have seen their music video, right? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrRi25jZRFY)
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if this is gonna be the 2011 thread we should rename it
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Deerhooooooof album next year
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(http://www.ratewall.com/cpics/Dr_Perry_Cox_Scrubs.jpg)
Giant who cares.
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(http://fandomania.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/drkelso.jpg)
Did I ask for your opinion Perry?
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Stoked for this. I only recently found out that Kurt Cobain is on a song on Extra-Capsular Extraction - I find that hilarious.
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Divine & Bright? Awesome track.
edit: changed the thread title.
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Along the mainstream road, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Van Halen and Foo Fighters have new LPs out next year.
Personally I'm quite looking forward to the next Portugal. The Man record. 2011 shaping up to be a good year.
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Portugal. The Man and I could get along if they'd just switch it up once in a while. Fuck man, I know they can groove it up hard, their early stuff is pretty rad! So why haven't they for the last couple of albums? Don't become Weezer so soon.
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I think I saw Portugal The Man open up for CTTS several years ago.
I don't remember what they sound like.
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all i want is a new Man Man record
i thought we might get one in 2010 but no nothing
*fingers crossed*
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Police Teeth's third LP, "Awesomer Than the Devil" is coming out in Spring 2011. Once it hits I might as well not wear pants for the rest of the year.
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Personally I'm quite looking forward to the next Portugal. The Man record. 2011 shaping up to be a good year.
AGAIN? American Ghetto was pretty good, but come on. I have to admit though, it's pretty impressive that they're releasing stuff at this rate and that it's all been at least decent.
Really excited for the new Gorguts, This Will Destroy You, and Mogwai records, as well as the Kanye/Jay-Z collab. Also, I'm pretty sure we can expect records from Aphex Twin and and M83 in 2011, so I'm stoked about that.
Not really likely, but maybe Anata and Circle Takes the Square will finally release their stuff. I know with Anata, at least, it mainly had to do with label issues.
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The one track I've heard off the upcoming Mogwai album was pretty rad stuff.
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Circle Takes the Square will finally release their stuff
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oh yr funny
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According to his website Devin Davis's new album is no longer definitely coming out in 2007! He's actually working on it right now and hoping to release it soon! Nothing would make me happier.
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New British Sea Power in January, it's called Valhalla Dancehall and it's out on New Years Day.
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Circle Takes the Square will finally release their stuff
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oh yr funny
Haha, has there been any indication that that they're even working on it, from their end?
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Edit: what a dick posted in the wrong thread!
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New British Sea Power in January, it's called Valhalla Dancehall and it's out on New Years Day.
Have you checked out the "Zeus" EP from a month or two ago? Not sure if it has a physical form or if it's download only.
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First I've heard of it; downloading it now. What did you make of it?
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It's so unfocused and self-indulgent that I just keep losing interest. I am now worried about the state of their new album.
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Is that album named after a Times New Viking song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pscn85cgNI)?
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New Mogwai shenanigans. I haven't had a chance to listen to it as I'm at work, but yeah... http://www.nowness.com/day/2010/12/6/1179/thirty-century-man
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It's an edit of the album version, but still. I'm really excited based on Rano Pano and that song.
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Quote from Jon Wurster's twitter feed
The Mountain Goats recorded several songs 4 upcoming Merge debut w/death metal guru Erik Rutan. A small glimpse: http://vimeo.com/17579140
:psyduck:
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Oh and so the album is called ALL ETERNALS DECK and there is a tracklist and some info from JD right here (http://www.mountain-goats.com/archives/2010/12/paging-jean-nob.html)
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New EiTS album this year, hopefully!
http://www.explosionsinthesky.com/news_archive.php?articleID=51
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2011: The return of post-rock?
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It didn't go anywhere, we got new DMST last year and it was
pretty very good.
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Return? There have been literally dozen of great "post-rock" albums this year, just not from the small handful of widely known heavy hitters (MONO, EitS, Mogwai etc.)
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Yeah, and 2010 is the year that GY!BE started touring again, and Silver Mt. Zion album, and and and.
Also, how the fuck does JD keep on spitting out so much stuff.
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Yeah I have 55 albums by the Mountain Goats alone on my computer, not to mention all the related projects he's been involved with in recent years. The guy's damn prolific. I guess most of his music is pretty simple and doesn't demand a huge amount of production but still he's gotta write all those songs. Craziness.
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From that link that Dovey posted:
if you have ever watched say a 70s occult-scare movie where one of the scenes involves a couple of people visiting a storefront fortune teller, getting their cards read, and then trying to feel super-hopeful about what they hear when what they're visibly actually feeling is dread
I love that man.
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2011: The return of post-rock?
Pretty much, I think. With two potentially amazing albums coming from Mogwai and This Will Destroy You, I think it could be a great year. I mean there have been some good ones in the past few years, but it's been a while since I heard a really good post-rock album.
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Braids will be releasing their debut on January 20th. They have basically become my favourite band this year. Saw them live twice, and will be seeing them two other times in a month. They also recorded a Daytrotter Session. (http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/braids-pop-montreal-session-concert/20054401-110563.html) It's goddamn rad.
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I always get immensely disappointed when I realise that those guys aren't Braid.
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Oh and so the album is called ALL ETERNALS DECK and there is a tracklist and some info from JD right here (http://www.mountain-goats.com/archives/2010/12/paging-jean-nob.html)
still disappointed it's not Earth Filled With Blood
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According to Wikipedia, Wire are releasing a new album January 11th
Since I heard Wire for the first time well, just now, that is really all I have to say about that
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I always get immensely disappointed when I realise that those guys aren't Braid.
Haha, this is what I was just thinking. Someone brought them up in the "shows" thread, and I got the impression that Braid were somehow playing a show, and got all stoked. Oh well.
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Oh and so the album is called ALL ETERNALS DECK and there is a tracklist and some info from JD right here (http://www.mountain-goats.com/archives/2010/12/paging-jean-nob.html)
still disappointed it's not Earth Filled With Blood
Me too, especially because there's the chance that it's a direct reference to the name of Slayer's most recent album.
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I'm looking forward to Wild Flag hopefully getting their debut out. Also new Mogwai and (hopefully) Low.
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dear god and baby jesus in heaven. please grace this wretched earth with a new okkervil river as soon as possible. 2011 would be very nice. thank you. remember the poor people in africa. amen.
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A-fuckin-men.
a fucking man HURRRRR
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It's been 2 1/2 years already.
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Circle Takes the Square will finally release their stuff
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oh yr funny
Haha, has there been any indication that that they're even working on it, from their end?
Yeah actually (http://ritualofnames.blogspot.com/)
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Ha. Well, at least it's in the works I guess. Also, has anyone heard anything about a new Ampere album?
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Oh yeah, Low are coming out with a new album in 2011. I think it is going to be called C'mon
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*like*
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They've been playing some new songs on tour! Here are youtube videos
'Witches (Al Green)' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRq0MEaUgWw)
'Try To Sleep' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm_dvUEO5xA&feature=related)
'Something's Turning Over' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN7W0DJmtSM&feature=related)
'I'm Nothing But Heart' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmyqiQUtDUQ&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL)
'$20' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIdJU4TYf54&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL)
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"I'm Nothing But Heart" is a really great song. Looking at the setlist from that show, I don't think I have much of a chance of hearing my favourite Low songs played live.
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Ha. Well, at least it's in the works I guess. Also, has anyone heard anything about a new Ampere album?
thats supposed to be allegedly coming out relatively soon. by relatively soon, i mean maybe this year because these are dirty punks we are talking about.
also zombiedude that is like, from a year ago. im pretty sure they are just playing nasty riffs in a cave at this point for their own delight.
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New Rural Alberta Advantage album on March 1st. It's going to be incredible.
(http://exclaim.ca/images/RAA1.jpg)
http://exclaim.ca/News/rural_alberta_advantage_talk_sophomore_album_reveal_release_details/?&utm_source=TwitterEN&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ENTwitter
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thats supposed to be allegedly coming out relatively soon. by relatively soon, i mean maybe this year because these are dirty punks we are talking about.
Hey man, don't worry about it.
Worry about this new Avalanches album we've been hearing about for like 6 years now..
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I heard Chan Marshall is releasing a new album. I'm not going to get my hopes up because it'll probably just be another cover album.
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So Death Cab for Cutie is putting out another album this year. Plans really disappointed me after Transatlanticism, but Narrow Stairs kind of made me pay attention to them again. I think this album will decide whether I continue to pay attention to them or let them rot in the land of Bands About Which I No Longer Care. I know many of you already don't care, but I still cherish a secret, shameful hope.
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plans was shitty but I actually really liked Narrow Stairs, so I'm cautiously optimistic.
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i once had a drunken foot race with this crazy black guy that was living in the house that Death Cab started out in
i don't think i've ever heard their music though
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I guess an Alexisonfire side project is releasing a split 12" with Shad.
I'm so confused, but since it's the first Shad release to hit vinyl, I'll be all over it.
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I'm so confused, but since it's the first Shad release to hit vinyl, I'll be all over it.
Yeah, seriously. Alexisonfire are so bad now though, holy fuck.
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their latest EP wasn't bad. And there were quite a few songs on Old Crows/Young Cardinals that I dug.
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vuk is right, oc/yc was so shitty as was crisis
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Yeah well the point is SHAD ON VINYL FINALLY.
I asked him when it was happening when I saw him a few years ago. He had this really bummed out look on his face and said he wasn't sure.
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vuk is right, oc/yc was so shitty as was crisis
The haters: Fuck them.
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I actually liked Crisis, even though a lot of the songs sounded alike. Boiled Frogs and This Could be Anywhere In the World were great singles though. I haven't give Old Crows/Young Cardinals a spin though. I... I just didn't feeel like it, I guess?
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The Aquabats have a new album coming out. The first song from it that they put out last month was some awful tuneless white reggae dreck, so I kind of wrote it off, but they just put up another song from it that's kind of... fucking... awesome? :psyduck:
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Everybody: The new Decemberists record (find it in the MF thread) does not repeat DOES NOT suck. Breathe easy, download without fear.
I'll need to listen to it a couple of times more before I decide if it's actually good as such. But it don't suck. It's got a lot more country-influenced stuff (fiddles! pedal-steel! banjo! honky-tonk pianee!) and a heavy tip of the hat to "heartland"-style folk rock (Dylan/Tom Petty et al)
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Yeah, one listen: A+
I also gave Drive By Truckers new album a listen and was kind of meh about it, but I wasn't really paying attention. So I'm going to go back to that at some point by probably.
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Oh. My. Fucking. God. It is insanely good. Keep up the good work guys, no more rock operas. kthxbye
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There's a new Go! Team album due in early February! Yay! They're streaming a song from it called "Buy Nothing Day" on their website and, surprise surprise, it sounds pretty much exactly like a Go! Team song. Frankly I wouldn't have it any other way: there are some bands I love to see develop their sound, but when a band's sound is as much fun as the Go! Team's I pretty much just want them to keep making one dense clattery jangly party track after another.
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yeah the new Decembrists is ace, I'm really impressed/surprised that I like it so much.
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There's a new Go! Team album due in early February! Yay! They're streaming a song from it called "Buy Nothing Day" on their website and, surprise surprise, it sounds pretty much exactly like a Go! Team song. Frankly I wouldn't have it any other way: there are some bands I love to see develop their sound, but when a band's sound is as much fun as the Go! Team's I pretty much just want them to keep making one dense clattery jangly party track after another.
This is in the thread now too, as well as the new Destroyer, as well as the new Fujiya and Miyagi. Man, leaks, fun.
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New Aphex Twin.
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is that official finally?
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yeah the new Decembrists is ace, I'm really impressed/surprised that I like it so much.
I think I listened to the whole album like 3 times yesterday, and "Down By The Water" about 20.
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I think a new Braveyoung album is coming out in 2011. Bloom was awesome, so I can't wait.
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New Weedeater in March. Produced by Steve Albini.
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yeah the new Decembrists is ace, I'm really impressed/surprised that I like it so much.
I think I listened to the whole album like 3 times yesterday, and "Down By The Water" about 20.
It's incredible. "Rox In The Box" and the whole second half of the album are flawless.
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New Weedeater in March. Produced by Steve Albini.
Didn't they just release an album? Wasn't into the last one, but if it's Albini, who knows...
Tim Kinsella was raising funds for a Joan of Arc album to be produced by Steve Albini. Hopefully, this will actually happen.
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what is this I don't even
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It comes out in May, right?
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what is this I don't even
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Does the new Destroyer album confuse the fuck out of anyone else? Also I am jumping right back on the Decemberists bandwagon. The new album is pretty fantastic. Didn't know they could still folk out like that.
Still, most anticipated would have to be All Eternals Deck and a new Thermals side project called Forbidden Friend.
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Might not even see a 2011 release date for anything, but holy shit Godflesh are working on new material holy shit holy shit
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Didn't they just release an album? Wasn't into the last one, but if it's Albini, who knows...
God Luck and Good Speed was the last one, in '07. That one was also Albini, so if you didn't like it, you might not like the new one.
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I love that album, and I just read that recording for the fourth album was halted because Dixie shot his toe off or something haha. Dude is so fucking crazy - when I saw them, he took forever to soundcheck and was just making random noises while high out of his mind.
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Cake? Cake. (http://www.indieshuffle.com/live-in-chicago-q101s-twisted-2010-cake/#!)
Edit: oh and I think the new Smith Westerns leaked. I'm not sure whether the download is any good though, will investigate. Although, I think I mainly like this band because I always think that the lead guy is Sean.
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Cake? Cake. (http://www.indieshuffle.com/live-in-chicago-q101s-twisted-2010-cake/#!)
Edit: oh and I think the new Smith Westerns leaked. I'm not sure whether the download is any good though, will investigate. Although, I think I mainly like this band because I always think that the lead guy is Sean.
160kbps web rip but yeah it rocks
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New Arch Enemy mid-year. Very much looking forward to hearing some new stuff from the Amott brothers.
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According to Wikipedia, Wire are releasing a new album January 11th
Since I heard Wire for the first time well, just now, that is really all I have to say about that
I've listened to it. It's good, but not on par with, say, Read & Burn 03 or Send. It's less the songwriting itself than the production... I'm really curious about the Strays EP, though. Especially "German Shepherds".
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I'm really looking forward to the new Frank Turner album. Based on the Rock and Roll EP, it's gonna sound fantastic, and the songwriting has taken on a few extra layers and shades too.
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Cake? Cake. (http://www.indieshuffle.com/live-in-chicago-q101s-twisted-2010-cake/#!)
Edit: oh and I think the new Smith Westerns leaked. I'm not sure whether the download is any good though, will investigate. Although, I think I mainly like this band because I always think that the lead guy is Sean.
160kbps web rip but yeah it rocks
It's not like Smith Westerns needs to be super high quality, it's the Smith Westerns. But yeah it's real real good, departure from the first record but I'm pretty psyched so far.
Also the James Blake LP leaked and it's fucking great.
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yeah i just gave it a good concentrated listen and i am comfortable throwing my entire weight behind that statement
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Might not even see a 2011 release date for anything, but holy shit Godflesh are working on new material holy shit holy shit
Wait what
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Linking to an article from Blabbermouth makes me feel dirty but well, whatever (http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=150396)
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Wasn't Panda Bear supposed to drop an album in 2010? Will that be coming out any time soon?
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it did come out
edit: whoops confused panda bear with avey tare
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Cake? Cake. (http://www.indieshuffle.com/live-in-chicago-q101s-twisted-2010-cake/#!)
Edit: oh and I think the new Smith Westerns leaked. I'm not sure whether the download is any good though, will investigate. Although, I think I mainly like this band because I always think that the lead guy is Sean.
160kbps web rip but yeah it rocks
It's not like Smith Westerns needs to be super high quality, it's the Smith Westerns. But yeah it's real real good, departure from the first record but I'm pretty psyched so far.
Also the James Blake LP leaked and it's fucking great.
Smith Westerns never grabbed me in the end actually, I just have no desire to listen to it again. Couldn't really get into the james blake one either, but it's interesting so I'll give it a few more goes probably.
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it did come out
edit: whoops confused panda bear with avey tare
it's weird, i really don't like animal collective or their various offshoots but avey tare was quite groovy.
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I got through three songs of Animal Collective before turning it off.
I got through 26 seconds of an Avey Tare track before doing the same. You make the call.
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The new Mogwai is warm and delicious.
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dear god and baby jesus in heaven. please grace this wretched earth with a new okkervil river as soon as possible. 2011 would be very nice. thank you. remember the poor people in africa. amen.
god exists and this is definitive proof (http://pitchfork.com/news/41088-okkervil-river-announce-new-single/)
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All I want for 2011 is for support of my band to continue growing and expanding.
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The new Mogwai is warm and delicious.
Amazing as always. Anyone listen to the new Earth album?
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Mid-first song. It's awesome.
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Yeah it's pretty great.
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I'm getting a bit of a Hex vibe with the new Earth. It's decent.
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Wasn't Panda Bear supposed to drop an album in 2010? Will that be coming out any time soon?
Apparently it's all about how Panda Bear was waiting for Avey Tare to release his solo record first, because he is a spiteful douchebag. He has released a few singles at this point.
Really any delay is fine by me, as it maximizes the time in which I don't have to hear about how AnCo is the most important and exciting band in music.
Anyway, I'd take Okkervil River over the Decemberists any day as far as my lit post-grad rock goes, but the last two albums really did very little for me despite the huge volume of jizz this forum blasted over them when they came out.
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ain't nothing wrong with a song like "john allyn smith sails." i'm serious. but if that glasses rock aint your bag maybe try the long winters instead, they have guitar solos
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I mean isn't Titus book rock?
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tommy's right, it's literally just a case of the long winters being more about Rock Moments, you know? vs. okkervil's meticulous songcraft or whatever else you'd call it
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Earlier today I listened to Autopsy's Mental Funeral and their 2010 EP back to back, and it was like they never split up. I am now super excited for their new full-length
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Okkervil River is the best, how are will sheff's words a bad thing
I listened to Westfall today!
Okay I'll be honest the only reason i'm posting is because i haven't posted since i changed my avatar last night.
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yeah the stage names is pretty great
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yeah the stand ins is pretty great
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yeah black sheep boy is pretty great
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at 8pm eastern standard time, tune into npr's music site (http://www.npr.org/2011/01/05/132443474/first-listen-live-iron-and-wine-introduces-kiss-each-other-clean) and catch a full stream of iron & wine's new album. from then on, it will be on npr for on-demand listening. that is pretty cool, i think!
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Man there is nothing about either Iron and Wine or Okkerville river that I can get excited about, anymore.
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You know...he's kinda right.
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Shepherd's Dog was pretty motherfucking fantastic though
haven't heard anything more recent than that from him though, and i've never even heard Okkervil River or whatever they called.
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You know...he's kinda right.
I mean it is not like I think they are bad at music or anything but what about them is really getting people going? I am honestly curious, because like it sounds nice and I have no problem with people listening to it or playing it around me but it is not something I have a desire to play, ever.
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you're just not depressed enough.
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Judging on how horrendous the songs on the newest Iron & Wine single were, the album will be bad as well. Seriously, there's one song on the single where it sounds like his take on a hip-hop song. He should NEVER do that.
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Sam listen to the new G-side dude.
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change is scary
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Shepherd's Dog was pretty motherfucking fantastic though
haven't heard anything more recent than that from him though, and i've never even heard Okkervil River or whatever they called.
Go get Black Sheep Boy
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on it
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Mitochondrion's new album is very interesting. They're Canadian death metal that I would place somewhere between Immolation and Portal (in terms of both how they sound and how good they are). Because they are Canadian and it is their way, they tend to push the drums and vocals way far up in the mix and obscure the riffs, but it seems like for this new release they decided to be slightly less obtuse. And I say slightly because the last three tracks are two ten-second bits of wooshing noises followed by a ten minute ambient outro
Really great death metal though. Less for banging your head/punching nuns to, more for sitting in the dark and feeling very very small
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Sam listen to the new G-side dude.
Seriously I am giving you all a youtube. Listen to these fuckers.
Edit: forgot to actually include the youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl0lCo5U1-Y
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yeah FUCK hip hop
change is scary
Both of these posts are pretty stupid
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The new Mogwai is warm and delicious.
Amazing as always. Anyone listen to the new Earth album?
Mid-second song. Really nice. Stuart Hallerman's recording is so thick and delicious.
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Dovey! You'll listen to G-side, won't you?
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Both of these posts are pretty stupid
your face is really stupid
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At least my stupid face doesn't think Sam Beam making hip hop is a good idea
Dovey! You'll listen to G-side, won't you?
I'll try listening to anything if people won't shut up about it enough. Although I can pretty much guarantee I won't like it.
EDIT: Actually, I like this way way more than, like, The-Dream, Lil' B and, like, everybody else mentioned in the Swag thread combined. I was prepared for some extremely retarded bullshit when I saw the title was a literal fucking hashtag but uh, this guy is actually attempting to make rhymes and rhythms and the beat makes me feel so nice. I could believe that people genuinely enjoy this. I still don't believe that people enjoy Lil' B for real.
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i haven't heard this alleged hip hop song but walking far from home was fucking great
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Do you know what would've made "Walking Far From Home" better? Just letting the song be a song instead of a bleepy-bloopy gimmick. The fact that "Walking Far From Home" doesn't suck gigantic ass (unlike the other tune on the single) is a testament to Sam Beam's skill as a crafter of melodies, not to his ill-advised new direction. It somehow managed to be good despite all attempts to fuck it up. I have a feeling most of the new material won't be so lucky.
Also I just wanna mention again that it feels pretty gratifying to have enjoyed that G-Side track. As much as I spend an awful lot of time being an insufferable cock about stuff on these boards I still derive more pleasure from getting jazzed about things that are good than shitting on things that are bad. I especially enjoy having my expectations subverted.
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For balance, I thought that G-Side track was monstrously boring.
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At least my stupid face doesn't think Sam Beam making hip hop is a good idea
I'll try listening to anything if people won't shut up about it enough. Although I can pretty much guarantee I won't like it.
EDIT: Actually, I like this way way more than, like, The-Dream, Lil' B and, like, everybody else mentioned in the Swag thread combined. I was prepared for some extremely retarded bullshit when I saw the title was a literal fucking hashtag but uh, this guy is actually attempting to make rhymes and rhythms and the beat makes me feel so nice. I could believe that people genuinely enjoy this. I still don't believe that people enjoy Lil' B for real.
The whole record is in the M/F thread and the swag thread and it's pretty incredible in my opinion. The Slow Motion Soundz/Block Beataz Alabama scene is really awesome, the beats especially. I just love how spacey and disoriented the beats sound, spacey without being pointless like Lil' B gets sometimes, and still being able to go really hard from time to time. Like this is the first record where the flow actually lives up to the incredible production that Block Beataz do. You should definitely check out the record if you liked the track.
Yeah, were from the south. Its no different from where you live. We hustle; we still chase dreams. Its just that your Benzes and Beamers are our Chevys and Lacs. We got pimps. Ours just wear creased jeans and Air Max. And in mouths down here, ice grills are str8 gold. Slow Motion means that while the whole world is racing by at 100 mph, we are traveling at a steady 50. Enjoying successful longevity while observing everything along the way- learning from our mistakes. ..
Like how can you not love that.
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Khar that is completely unsurprising, but I am glad you gave it a try.
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Starfucker have a new album. And they're not called pyramiddd or whatever anymore, so that's cool.
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Shepherd's Dog was pretty motherfucking fantastic though
haven't heard anything more recent than that from him though, and i've never even heard Okkervil River or whatever they called.
It had some good points. "White Tooth Man" was a sick track, to be sure.
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Khar that is completely unsurprising, but I am glad you gave it a try.
yeah, that's legit
dovey – i'm kind of surprised you didn't like The-Dream, to be honest. he's basically just a prince acolyte!
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I'm not gonna say I've heard a heap of his stuff but what I did wasn't interesting. I get the Prince comparison but it's without the virtuosity or the unpredictability of being batshit insane and not giving a shit, i.e; what makes Prince awesome.
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Is it bad that I've refused to check out The-Dream because the hyphen in the middle of the name just seems stupid and unneccesary?
I mean, I'm all for bands with weird punctuation (fuckin' love O Pioneers!!!), but The-Dream..nah.
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It seems like the new Circle Takes the Square might be coming out this year after all. Apparently Ritual of Names is the first part of an even bigger project called "Decompositions". Then again, they might just be all talk again, but if you go to their Facebook page you can actually see some studio videos as evidence that they've been doing something this time.
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i refuse to believe they even exist anymore.
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Honestly, they sound less and less like a screamo band, so I don't even know what to expect anymore, haha.
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Is it bad that I've refused to check out The-Dream because the hyphen in the middle of the name just seems stupid and unneccesary?
I mean, I'm all for bands with weird punctuation (fuckin' love O Pioneers!!!), but The-Dream..nah.
Yeah that is a really bad reason to not listen to The-Dream.
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" Boris new albums in Spring time 2011 "
yeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh
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I'm not gonna say I've heard a heap of his stuff but what I did wasn't interesting. I get the Prince comparison but it's without the virtuosity or the unpredictability of being batshit insane and not giving a shit, i.e; what makes Prince awesome.
i dunno, dude; there's something really virtuosic about, say, the abyss (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RUPaP2EUmQ) trilogy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eeZO9zaAGw)?? like the idea of having a 3-song r&b suite that goes from wooshed-synth futurepop to like a fingersnap r&b Song About Fuckin to a downtempo minor key r&b lament with a hard beat where the transitions are so smooth that it might as well be one song, i feel that's some fine songwriting AND if you listened to the last couple of records you can kind of see a glimmer of it but you can't in any way expect the way that "sex intelligent" is followed seamlessly by the remix to "sex intelligent"
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For balance, I thought that G-Side track was monstrously boring.
likewise.
and i listen to stuff like Low and The Tim and Sam band for fun!
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For balance, I thought that G-Side track was monstrously boring.
likewise.
and i listen to stuff like Low and The Tim and Sam band for fun!
Likewise likewise
I like the record as a whole though.
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" Boris new albums in Spring time 2011 "
yeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh
.....!!!
"Heavy Rocks"
on Southern Lord
:-o!!!!!!!!!
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and i listen to stuff like Low and The Tim and Sam band for fun!
Yeah it has nothing to do with sounds and tempos. To my ears this shares a quality with a lot of chart rap (or at least chart rap from probably up to 5-10 years ago that I hear played a lot when I am in those sort of music situations) in that to me it is sort of listless. Perhaps it is because the artists are consciously trying to sound cool and above it but it seems to be lacking some sort of vaguely defined energy or passion which, were it present, would probably make me a lot more receptive to the music itself.
Another problem I have not particularly with that song but a lot of the other rap Kieffer posts is that I find it very hard to relate to the brash, almost arrogant level of self-confidence and nigh-on smug contentment many of the songs display. Like this is a general thing with pop music and in fact all music, not just rap. Like it seems a lot in the past that when pop songs talked about states of happiness they talked about yearning towards achieving them, regaining them, or about their imminent dissolution. There was often a bittersweet, humanising tone. At some point there seems to have been a cultural shift where, if by no means all then a large number of songs are simply about how great it is to be ensconsed in a state of happiness; how wonderful it is to be a rock star, to be rich, to be in love, to be respected, whatever. I find this hard to relate to not only because I struggle to find happiness in my own life but because such songs lack any dramatic tension which can make us like their protagonist, a pop singer after all being essentially a character or persona of a real person.
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I am enjoying the new Starfucker.
Like, it's not Jupiter explosogasm poppy, but it's a lot more refined and sounds like it's been made by people who've thought about the music they're making instead of purely going "FUCK YES FUN"
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Like it seems a lot in the past that when pop songs talked about states of happiness they talked about yearning towards achieving them, regaining them, or about their imminent dissolution. There was often a bittersweet, humanising tone. At some point there seems to have been a cultural shift where, if by no means all then a large number of songs are simply about how great it is to be ensconsed in a state of happiness; how wonderful it is to be a rock star, to be rich, to be in love, to be respected, whatever.
what are you talking about dude, loads of bands from the seventies at the most recent were singing about how great their lives are. like you've heard a KISS song before haven't you? or skynyrd's "working for the mca" which is literally about how happy they are to be on a major label? i feel being somewhat alienated by the like constant self-aggrandizement in rap, that's something which like if you can't get past it as a listener it's going to be a huge stumbling block for your appreciation of a lot of artists
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Yeah but uh, KISS and Lynyrd Skynyrd are incredibly shitty bands.
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oh so you're only talking about the themes in objectively good pop music as opposed to popular music
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No I'm talking about what I like and why I like it. I used a hell of a lot of qualifiers in what I wrote, being careful to never state anything absolutely or make any pretence at objectivity. I said "Like it seems a lot...there was often...by no means all." Has your rejection of the accepted standards of written english caused a breakdown in your ability to read also?
Also even then it's worth noting that each of those bands most well known songs are in fact about desiring rather than having. It's "I wanna rock and roll all night" and "Sweet home Alabama, lord I'm coming home to you".
Also like I just realised that KISS are the 70's version of the Insane Clown Posse, like the comparison works on so many levels it's a bit scary.
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I think KISS had better facepaint.
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No Psychopathic Records affiliate can even come close to the skeeziness of Gene Simmons.
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The ICP guys at least seem to occasionally express an earnest appreciation for the fan base/community they've had a hand in creating, one that goes at least a li'l beyond liking money and notoriety. Gene Simmons, on the other hand, always seems to treat KISS as being all about him. Normally, that wouldn't bother me a whit-- the degree to which an artist decides to interact with their fans is a personal choice after all. But Simmons very much likes to posture as some kind of uber-capitalist alpha male, and I guess I just find it a bit unseemly on some level that he is so happy to talk about one of the most famously loyal fanbases like they're merely a collection of wallets and spread legs to plunder.
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Oh, and anyone who routinely makes the "People who say I'm an asshole are only saying that because deep down inside they wish they were me," argument should be punched in the dick on sheer principle. Repeatedly.
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No I'm talking about what I like and why I like it. I used a hell of a lot of qualifiers in what I wrote, being careful to never state anything absolutely or make any pretence at objectivity. I said "Like it seems a lot...there was often...by no means all." Has your rejection of the accepted standards of written english caused a breakdown in your ability to read also?
Also even then it's worth noting that each of those bands most well known songs are in fact about desiring rather than having. It's "I wanna rock and roll all night" and "Sweet home Alabama, lord I'm coming home to you".
you were talking about music you relate to, but then arguing that a lot of pop songs of an undefined past period shared a lot of qualities that you find good in music, and arguing that these kids today ain't got that, and while i don't doubt that you've got a lot of pop music from the past that backs up your claim i think it's absurd to suggest that at any point that was the dominant tone, regardless of whether or not it's a subjective quality you appreciate in music. like whether you like it or not you set up an argument within a declaration of subjective taste. i wasn't arguing with your tastes; i was arguing against the argument.
and i really don't think that the use of "wanna" by KISS is about yearning, i think it's more a declaration of intent. i guess that's ~subjectivity~ for you but since most of KISS' catalogue is less about the frustration of desire than it is about its fulfillment i have to express serious doubts that a song about rock and rolling all night and partying every day is an outlier.
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oh hey did someone post this already http://pitchfork.com/news/41165-okkervil-river-perform-new-song-with-the-roots-and-ac-newman-on-fallon-reveal-new-album/ ?
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DO YOU THINK WE WOULD BE RESTRAINING OURSELVES FROM POSTING IN ALL CAPS IF SOMEONE HAD?
I AM EXCITED GUYS
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ALSO MASTURBATING FURIOUSLY IN OTHER PEOPLE'S HOMES
I WAS RESTRAINING MYSELF FROM THAT
NOT ANY MORE
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I am like not 100% sure of what is going on with the new akron/family. Unless this is one of those leaks they have been releasing as teasers.
I think there's too much rock in my psych folk.
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new Akron/Family holy shit why was i not informed
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The new Wire album is pretty solid, I'd say. Not perfect, but there are some great highlights.
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"A Flat Tent" is wonderful.
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The new Crucial Dudes is great
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Darkest Hour released a new tune (http://www.noisecreep.com/2011/01/13/darkest-hour-savor-the-kill-song-premiere/)that sounds like every Darkest Hour tune, but a really good one.
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Ok, so you guys probably all know about this, but I saw this for the first time today:
A new Gang of Four music video for a new song! (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/exclusive-video-gang-of-fours-never-pay-for-the-farm-20110110#ooid=5hb3l4MTrLYK70_Azzm4pFyP15nLKFzZ)
And a new Gang of Four at the end of January!
This song sounded not quite like what I wanted after so long of a wait, but I am still excite
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That video is a bit depressing. The song isn't bad but the unbuttoned shirts, the leather jackets, the dreadlocks, the microphone sharing, the tantric guitar face all add up to a pathetic catalogue of sadness.
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Mogwai is going to be on the radio on BBC Scotland in 10 minutes, so if you're around a radio or a computer have a listen (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland/)!
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holy cow is that new Destroyer album fantastic! It's insanely weird, out there in a way that reminds me somehow of Bitte Orca but, in a shocking turn, doesn't suck miserably. Listen to it!
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Bitte Orca didn't suck miserably
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holy cow is that new Destroyer album fantastic! It's insanely weird, out there in a way that reminds me somehow of Bitte Orca but, in a shocking turn, doesn't suck miserably. Listen to it!
I feel the opposite way about these albums. I think I'm just over Bejar.
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That Mogwai album is so fucking good. Best post-rock record I've heard in a while.
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Agreed. I haven't been much into post-rock lately, but I'm definitely really liking Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will.
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New Burzum in March, which I will get based solely on the cover.
(http://www.burzum.org/img/covers/big/official/2011_fallen.jpg)
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Jens Lekman has started working on his new record and is hoping on releasing an EP sometime this year, according to his blog: http://www.jenslekman.com/records/smalltalk.htm I had a few email exchanges with him over the course of last year, and he's exactly as charming and friendly as you'd imagine he'd be.
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The first song from the Mountain Goats All Eternal Decks
http://stereogum.com/620041/the-mountain-goats-damn-these-vampires-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/
I dig it.
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new Braveyoung record is streaming and it's awesome.
http://braveyoung.com/
I heard the new Rotten Sound yesterday...I dunno, it's alright but nothing new really.
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The Joy Formidable have their debut out today. It's really fucking good. It's streaming on Spotify, but for those without here is their myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/thejoyformidable
Most of the songs on the album have been released over the past few years but they just sound a lot 'bigger' on here, better production etc.
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new Akron/Family is really growing on me. I'm only on my third listen but it's gotten better each time.
I wasn't intitially impressed because it's pretty different, but I guess all their albums are pretty different. I was surprised with how "Black Keys-y" it is.
Now to see what this new A Hawk and a Hacksaw is all about. :mrgreen:
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SMITH WESTERNS.
also destroyer.
also, i'm really excited for lykke li. she is my new idol now
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ok the new hack and a hacksaw is fuckin awesome also
yeah, 2011, keep it up!
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As if this year couldn't get any better...
http://www.avclub.com/chicago/articles/never-will-come-for-us-braid-to-reunite-for-new-re,50514/
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An email from the Explosions in the Sky mailing list:
Hi Everyone,
We're pleased to announce that our fifth album will be coming out this April. It has six songs and its called Take Care, Take Care, Take Care. It was recorded on a pecan ranch in West Texas by our good friend and frequent collaborator John Congleton. Esteban Rey did the artwork. The music on it feels different than anything else we've done before and we're very excited for you to hear it.
Anyway, here is the track list:
1. Last Known Surroundings
2. Human Qualities
3. Trembling Hands
4. Be Comfortable, Creature
5. Postcard from 1952
6. Let Me Back In
And here are the release dates:
UK (April 18th)
Europe (April 25th)
US and Canada (April 26th)
Thanks for caring and we hope to see a lot of you this year.
Love,
Explosions
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yessssssssssssssss.
I am thinking of going to Manchester to see them.
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After The Hawk Is Howling ended up being Mr. Beast: The B-Sides, I am extremely pleasantly surprised by Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will.
"Mexican Grand Prix" is the closest thing we'll probably ever get to a new Trans Am song that's as good as their late-90s albums.
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New Dirtbombs oh my goodness yes
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The leaked tracks from the new Young Galaxy LP are pretty good!
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Anyone else listen to the new Talib Kweli? I for one think it's dope
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Do you have a link to the new Talib Kweili?
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It's in the thread that we don't talk about.
I've only heard the single on the radio (the one produced by M-Phazes) and I dunno. It's far from unpleasant but it doesn't really command my attention. I've gotta sit down and actually listen to the whole thing through before I can really say what I feel about it.
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The leaked tracks from the new Young Galaxy LP are pretty good!
the new record as a whole is kind of boring though, like they wanted to make some italo or something and didn't want to commit
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however, new rural alberta advantage is amazing
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however, new rural alberta advantage is amazing
Any chance of that finding its way onto the Steal-O-Tron? I honestly don't think I can wait the two weeks before the download comes from my pre-order; I am too excited about this album.
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New Burzum in March, which I will get based solely on the cover.
(http://www.burzum.org/img/covers/big/official/2011_fallen.jpg)
Now we can finally hear some samples. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5HIpXUTX80&feature=player_embedded#)
So glad this doesn't suck nearly as much as Belus, DAMN that stuff was repetitive shit. If you're going to use the same riff for the entire song it better be a damn good riff like Hvis Lyset Tar Os or Filosofem, but Belus really failed at that.... Hopefully this will be better. The samples might promise a good change.
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New 13 & God in May (http://pitchfork.com/news/41434-notwist-subtle-themselves-return-as-13-god/).
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Early impressions of the new Burzum album, from someone who had only previously heard Hvis Lyset Tar Oss:
I obviously can't compare Fallen to other Burzum records, but it sounds in a way unlike any black metal I have heard before. The riffs are pretty stock 2nd wave material (which doesn't necessarily mean bad), but the atmosphere this record carries is very interesting. All of the surface elements of black metal are there, but the bile is completely absent. This is black metal without ire, Satan, or fuck. Hell, it's relaxing, all soft edges and pastel colours, much like the cover art. You don't listen to this record in the middle of a forest during winter over a chalice of goat blood, it's for relaxing on a veranda on a warm spring morning with a cup of tea or some shit
I can't say yet as to whether I think this is a great record, or even a particularly good one, but props to Varg for making something that is somehow both quite like and quite unlike anything I have ever heard
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With Belus, I think you had a number of problems. For a start, Varg hadn't been in a recording studio or even touched a guitar for sixteen years. He was relearning his craft, probably working out some ideas that had been ticking over in his mind for a very long time; whether he should have released these efforts is another matter, but hey. Furthermore, Varg had (presumably) been almost completely isolated from music culture for a lot of that time; he spent a great deal of that period denouncing black metal and saying he would never play it again, remember, despite the fact that some of the interviews in which he described these views may be apocryphal; there are a number of Varg Vikernes interviews floating about that he has explicitly stated he never granted, and which contain glaring factual errors (one talks in the introduction about Vargs cell window overlooking a forest, despite him being at the time in a prison on an island in a cell which looked over the yard), and a number more which are suspect. Anyway, Belus to me smacked of a man who has been out of touch for a long time basically rehashing themes of his adolescent output, but without the vitality or relevance they had back then; after all, part of what makes Burzum such a touchstone is its huge influence on a range of traditional, atmospheric, pagan, depressive, ambient and so on black metal bands. With Fallen, it seems to me Varg is not only becoming more comfortable with the process of making music and trying out new ideas (Clean vocals!) but he also seems to be reconnecting with and listening to more music that came out whilst he was in prison. Probably not just black metal (Varg is known to have tastes that include electronica and Dead Can Dance), but there is a definite sense coming through in Fallen that Varg is now aware of developments in the folk/black/pagan/viking milieu, and is aiming towards developing an individual and distinctive voice again. There are moments of genius shining through once again on this album, I think, and memorable tracks. Jeg Faller is really nice.
What I personally think the music really needs is for the keyboard to come back, and slightly more adventurous song structuring. The keyboards could be used sparingly (I'm not quite suggesting he becomes Summoning) to provide flourishes and texture, whilst the songs could benefit from more sudden changes of direction, crescendos etc.
All in all, this album gets me excited for what the next one will sound like.
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It's kinda neat playing Filosofem and Fallen together. Quite a contrast.
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new tvotr in the spring
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but there is a definite sense coming through in Fallen that Varg is now aware of developments in the folk/black/pagan/viking milieu
Yeah, there were bits where I thought I was listening to a Vintersorg album.
Jeg Faller is really nice.
Probably my favorite song off of Fallen.
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All in all, this album gets me excited for what the next one will sound like.
I agree with this part... For the Keyboards comment. I might agree if you mean keyboards a la Filosofem or Hvis Lyset Tar Oss.
Hopefully he will do better stuff in the future, Fallen seems to get my hopes a bit higher. It's hard to blame him from not being influential anymore since he was in prison for a long time... But unfortunately for him... The bands he inspired... His own legacy and devotees have surpassed him. If Belus did not have "Burzum" written on the cover, nobody would have given a damn.
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Not sure what the general opinion on them is here, but Meshuggah's new album is coming out later this year (fall/winter). Despite the mass of shitty spawns they inspired, they're still so good.
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I'll probably give it a shot, just 'cos ObZen was pretty sweet and an interesting swing back to writing "songs" as such, after Catch 33. No idea what way they'll go with this one. Should be cool.
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Haake said:
… Maybe not try to be as anal about every single little hit [that] has to be super-tight but be more focused on the vibe of a track and let some of those tiny errors slip through. I think that kinda breeds a bit of life into a song.
While I agree with that when it comes to most music, I think the details matter with Meshuggah...who knows what will happen with that, though. Catch 33 is the only Meshuggah album I dislike, but it's to the point that I don't listen to it at all, haha.
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new tvotr in the spring
that band has really mastered the art of "coming out with a new album at the precise moment i stopped caring and kind of forgot about them".
if it's anywhere near as good as Dear Science, i'll be so happy. that was a really surprising album in terms of "massive jump in quality" and the live show for that tour was breathtaking.
is Totem Three coming out this year? i can't find anything about it.
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A new tvotr album means a tvotr tour which makes me extremely happy.
But yeah, totally a band that when I first hear the album it get's non-stop play, but then the love really cools down a lot. But I'm pretty excited.
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so The New Division's ep is basically fucking incredible.
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New Times New Viking record, hurry up and leak plz
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New Battles slated for early Summer. Eye from Boredoms is among the guest voxalists recruited since Dickhead McAltbro jumped ship.
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i was wondering when we were gonna hear from Battles
they've been quiet for a while now
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it'll be interesting to see how they do without that one dude
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Jessie J has really weird lipstick (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOf3kYtwASo)
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This spring, Japanese fuzz-rock overlords Boris will pull a Guns N' Roses/Springsteen/Bright Eyes and release two albums on the same day. Outside of Japan, Sargent House will release the new albums Heavy Rocks and Attention Please on April 26.
Boris already released an album called Heavy Rocks in 2002, but this new Heavy Rocks is a completely different work, one destined to confuse record-keepers for years to come. The new one even has similar cover art to the last one. According to a press release, the band is bringing back the title because the new album "seeks to redefine 'heavy' music in a culmination of the band's tireless efforts over the past two decades." Makes perfect sense!
Attention Please, meanwhile, marks the first time guitarist Wata has sung lead on an entire Boris album.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
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Ulver done got a new song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP-FLD7EHhs&feature=player_embedded)
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According to their wikipedia page, Boris have or are also doing another collaboration with Mezbow this year? Why do I never hear about this stuff?
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diwproducts.com%2Fprd.php%3FDYMV997&act=url
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Wait, so...what's happening with this Boris album?
http://www.qetic.jp/?p=59441
A lot of people seemed to hate this song, but I love it. Also, that I'll Be Your Mirror tour is so unfair.
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I...that's a new one on me.
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@shane:
WOO!
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holy fuck new Boris new Ulver this year is going to kick ass
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OK so it's slightly confusing but Boris are actually releasing THREE LPs this year:
Heavy Rocks
Attention Please, both out in April
and the Japanese-only New Album (that's actually what it's called) which is out in March, and you can stream a track called "Party Boy" from it here (http://soundcloud.com/qetic-1/partyboy-boris)
there's some songs that are shared between the three LPs, and some tracks shared between these albums and the "Japanese Heavy Rock Hits" 7 inchers they did two years ago, although the songs are completely reworked and different across the varying releases.
They're also doing the aforementioned collab with Merzbow, and Atsuo has a collaboration with Stephen O)))Malley called Uroboros Circuit which has been released already. Jeeeeez
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Damn! That is confusing. 'Party Boy' is definitely on Attention Please but it's also apparently on New Album.
I wasn't sure how to feel about that track, but it's at least very different for them. This made me nervous until I found out that 2011 is the year Boris do everything.
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New Dirtbombs oh my goodness yes
For real??? :psyduck:
Any leak yet?
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in the wink wink
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Boris try very hard to be as confusing as possible.
Wata has a beautiful voice, I can't wait.
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OK so it's slightly confusing but Boris are actually releasing THREE LPs this year:
Heavy Rocks
Attention Please, both out in April
and the Japanese-only New Album (that's actually what it's called) which is out in March, and you can stream a track called "Party Boy" from it here (http://soundcloud.com/qetic-1/partyboy-boris)
Never expected anything like this from Boris, but I dig it. Can't wait to hear the new albums.
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Never expected anything like this from Boris, but I dig it. Can't wait to hear the new albums.
It's like they decided to single-handedly redeem the entire J-Pop genre. I bet the whole album is similar. I like it.
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The song from New Album gives me a really dream-pop vibe, which isn't that crazy of a transition considering they've written shoegaze material. Personally, I'm stoked for it.
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The music video for Moves is fucking hilarious (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYyu5vbwvbA)
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Atsuo has a collaboration with Stephen O)))Malley called Uroboros Circuit which has been released already. Jeeeeez
I heard the solo stuff he released as "Rollo", but really? I'll have to check that out. O'Malley's solo stuff is the kind of Ambient drone I wish I could make.
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I got the new P.J. Harvey album yesterday because it's been getting such glowing reviews, and I'm really torn on it. On the one hand everything about the music is fantastic: the melodies, the instrumentation, the orchestration. And I really admire the idea and ambition behind the album. But the lyrics so often let the songs down: too often they seem just juvenile, which is surprising and really disappointing from Harvey.
I'll probably keep listening to it, though, because oh that music.
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That new Seefeel album is ridiculously good.
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Early summer, two double-albums (Ghost and Deconstruction) dropping from Devin Townsend on the same day. I am frickin excite.
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http://pitchfork.com/news/41676-listen-boris-hope/
It's more rocking than most Wata songs. Nice.
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Hey I was just coming in here to post the same thing! Swag
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Swag indeed, my swag.
(guys what the hell does swag even mean?)
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http://www.punknews.org/article/41750
Mikey Erg: now in 500 bands.
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Adversarial are releasing a new EP in March, it's to be made up of only two new songs (plus a demo and two covers), but still, goddamn Adversarial. New track on their stereokiller page (http://www.stereokiller.com/ADVERSARIAL) is fantastic. These guys are one of my favorite new-school-old-school death metal bands, seriously godlike riffing
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Who's digging the new Grails album? I feel like they just get better and better.
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yes, so good! Listened to it on repeat all day today and it really sunk in more and more
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A blank space has appeared on the discography page of boardsofcanada.com. According to the folks at Twoism.net, that happened shortly before the announcement of both The Campfire Headphase and Trans Canada Highway.
Fingers crossed it actually means something and it's not just people getting their hopes up!
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I would jizz.
Starfucker has been releasing mixtape tracks featuring unreleased songs mashed up with hip-hop classics. The highlight is easily the one with De La Soul (http://soundcloud.com/starfucker_usa/de-la-soul-itzsoweezee). I cannot stop listening to this. I don't even like hip-hop that much :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck:
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WHY? is recording a new record.
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Who's digging the new Grails album? I feel like they just get better and better.
It's really amazing. I like the noticeable evolution of sound.
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WHY? is recording a new record.
booya
I loved Alopecia and eventually ended up liking the next one too (forget what it was called), even though I didn't like it much at all when I first heard it.
looking forward to seeing what they do next
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The new Low album, C'mon is pretty fucking awesome. Almost sounds like Low doing Dream-Pop.
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Show off.
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The new FOUND album is pretty good http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/found-factorycraft
If you don't know FOUND, they're a band from Edinburgh who used to do a lot of experimental music, but have steadily been moving to a poppier sound, this album is pretty much the end result of that. They've also won a BAFTA for making a Cybraphon - an autonomous emotional robot band. Definitely check them out.
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The new Low album, C'mon is pretty fucking awesome. Almost sounds like Low doing Dream-Pop.
Agreed. I've been listening to it and the new Pains of Being Pure at Heart album all day trying to write reviews.
TPOBPAH have a song on the album where I was certain they were covering Just Like Honey, but then they could just be poking fun at comparisons? I don't know. The rest of the album is an absolute belter though.
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40 Watt Sun (new band of the singer from Warning) have released their debut album The Inside Room. It's epic, depressive doom, absolutely breathtaking. I will likely put up the album in wink, cough sometime today, but for now here is a little taste (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IEvmtSxfuI)
Actually, another fantastic doom record has been released recently, SubRosa's No Hope For the Mighty Ones, on Profound Lore. Short description is Ozzy-era Sabbath with lady vocalists and violin, but that doesn't really do justice to the strength and emotion of their arrangements (youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ivx1HrKqMpQ)).
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The new Low album, C'mon is pretty fucking awesome. Almost sounds like Low doing Dream-Pop.
Agreed. I've been listening to it and the new Pains of Being Pure at Heart album all day trying to write reviews.
TPOBPAH have a song on the album where I was certain they were covering Just Like Honey, but then they could just be poking fun at comparisons? I don't know. The rest of the album is an absolute belter though.
So if I were to listen to it, I wouldn't be suicidal out of boredom?
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http://www.punknews.org/article/41750
Mikey Erg: now in 500 bands.
http://www.punknews.org/article/41868
Mikey Erg: now in 501 bands.
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The new Low album, C'mon is pretty fucking awesome. Almost sounds like Low doing Dream-Pop.
Agreed. I've been listening to it and the new Pains of Being Pure at Heart album all day trying to write reviews.
TPOBPAH have a song on the album where I was certain they were covering Just Like Honey, but then they could just be poking fun at comparisons? I don't know. The rest of the album is an absolute belter though.
So if I were to listen to it, I wouldn't be suicidal out of boredom?
No, you would not be.
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Stoked to hear new Pains material. Is anyone reviewing the new This Will Destroy You album, btw? I know promos went out, and I'm dying to hear it/hear what it's like.
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I don't listen to much punk anymore but Ice Age's album is damn good.
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Anyone listened to the Banjo or Freakout album? I'm listening to it for the first time and I think it's kind of lovely.
Also:
http://www.thepainsofbeingpureatheart.com/ - the new album is streaming here.
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FUCK YES
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TV On the Radio - Now in Peter Gabriel flavor (http://www.tinymixtapes.com/chocolate-grinder/listen-tv-radio-caffeinated-consciousness)!
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New Pains album is awesome. All I've listened to lately is classic shoegaze and dream pop stuff, and it hit me that they're really one of the few bands that are still true to that sound. Not to say that they belong in that time period, because they still have a pretty modern sound, but it makes more sense to call them "dream pop" than half the shit people apply that and the "shoegaze" label to, nowadays.
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New Egyptrixx is pretty solid, I think--going to have to give it more listens. Wasn't sure what to expect from a Night Slugs full-length, but it delivers.
Also, I'm finally starting to "get" Ramadanman. Took long enough, but I'm loving his stuff now.
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New Pains album is awesome. All I've listened to lately is classic shoegaze and dream pop stuff, and it hit me that they're really one of the few bands that are still true to that sound. Not to say that they belong in that time period, because they still have a pretty modern sound, but it makes more sense to call them "dream pop" than half the shit people apply that and the "shoegaze" label to, nowadays.
Holy FUCK. It honestly doesn't suck ass. And there's some really fuzzy rocking guitar stuff. Thank you for improving, band with a terribly annoying name.
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the new pains record is weird to me because they've dropped like a lot of the gauzy atmospherics and so now they just sound like a band from the 10 things i hate about you soundtrack, not that that is at all a bad thing
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So I am kind of digging the new Strokes album? In many happy ways it reminds me of a band trying to remember what it was like to record Is This It while hanging tentatively onto the best of the intervening years.
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the new pains record is weird to me because they've dropped like a lot of the gauzy atmospherics and so now they just sound like a band from the 10 things i hate about you soundtrack, not that that is at all a bad thing
Haha, I definitely prefer the noisier vibe the s/t had, but this shit is so catchy.
Also, I heard one of the new Boris albums leaked. Can anyone confirm this? Damn, I haven't even heard the one with Merzbow yet.
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I'd guess if it's any of the three it'd be "New Album", but I haven't seen anything yet.
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I think I might have found it, but I can't see the link at work.
http://www.mediafire.com/?8x8tc87r5mr5s3x
Someone let me know, and I'll move it to the other thread if it's real. I think it's New Album...
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I beat you to it.
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WELL SHIT.
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So I am kind of digging the new Strokes album? In may happy ways it reminds me of a band trying to remember what it was like to record Is This It while hanging tentatively onto the best of the intervening years.
I like it too
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WELL SHIT.
It's gonna need a few more listens, but after the first time through, "Flare" really stood out for me.
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Just ordered both new Grouper albums. Can't frickin wait!
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well, the new Explosions In The Sky is pretty meh
not surprised, but still a little disappointed. I was secretly hoping they'd bring back the magic of How Strange, Innocence even though I knew they wouldn't
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All Eternals Deck though is fantastic.
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Ugh Geoff Berner has a new album called Victory Party and what I've heard of it is great.
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Just ordered both new Grouper albums. Can't frickin wait!
Guh you can only get it in Portland fuck that
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huh who says? Mississippi Records ships records the whole world wide.
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Where did you order the Grouper albums? DO WANT.
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huh who says? Mississippi Records ships records the whole world wide.
They don't really have a website or even a wikipedia article (taken down for "copyright infringement")
I mean I could write them a letter? But who knows if they'd get it and by the time that would be sorted out the Grouper stuff will be sold out, if it isn't already.
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Ugh Geoff Berner has a new album called Victory Party and what I've heard of it is great.
how is this an ugh
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ugh of excitement
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Also ugh-I-want-it-and-I-don't-have-it-yet ugh
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Not sure if anyone here is into Iron Age, but the Saga demos are awesome. It's such a shame they breaking up, though - based on the songs from the demos, they would have made an incredible album.
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what is going on with this new Boris record holy cow
i keep reopening iTunes to make sure I'm still listening to the same album. i like it better than the last one i heard though; so far, anyway
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oh hello new Battles song, i'm not sure how i feel about you yet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWMYghPvxuY)
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huh who says? Mississippi Records ships records the whole world wide.
They don't really have a website or even a wikipedia article (taken down for "copyright infringement")
I mean I could write them a letter? But who knows if they'd get it and by the time that would be sorted out the Grouper stuff will be sold out, if it isn't already.
Nope, email warren at [email protected] to pre-order, ships early April
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oh hello new Battles song, i'm not sure how i feel about you yet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWMYghPvxuY)
spun this, im not that stoked. battles was rad cause they were fucking insane, not cause they could write a wacky yet catchy pop song.
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I tripped out for a second and thought that said "new Beatles song", and I was like wat.
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Well, there is that unreleased Beatles track Carnival of Light (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_of_light) that's essentially "new" in that only Beatles and Beatle related people have heard it.
Apparently Paul's been working on trying to get it released, so maybe someday (soon) there will be a new Beatles song
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So the new Amon Amarth album is floating around and it is...an Amon Amarth album
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Astute observation there Sherlock.
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So the new Amon Amarth album is floating around and it is...an Amon Amarth album
Chugga chugga, cookie monster vocals about pillaging and other general viking things, and synchronized hair swinging?
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and a random lord of the rings song on their first album
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Hey guys why didn't you tell me there was a new Belong record out?
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The debut album from EMA (former Gowns) called Past Life Martyred Saints is flying around the interwebs and is fucking excellent. By far my favorite thing from this year so far.
Also the new tUnE-yArDs leaked, if the rest of it is at all like that first single "Bizness" it will be the Bees Knees.
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Hey guys why didn't you tell me there was a new Belong record out?
It is pretty great.
I will have it up in the M/F thread soon.
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http://usthemgroup.blogspot.com/2011/03/boris-issues-statement-regarding.html
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these estates bassist mason pitzel: "[the new mother mother album] sounds like railroad jerk. why does anything today sound like railroad jerk"
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Faded Paper Figures just released this new video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNC6u-oPtUk) in which they prep for some live shows and practice new material for their 2012-slated album. I peed.
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http://usthemgroup.blogspot.com/2011/03/boris-issues-statement-regarding.html
Well, that gives me 4/26 open to spin the new EitS vinyl.
(John, pre-emptive thanks!)
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A teaser for the new Appleseed cast EP, The Middle States. Not crazy about it, since I get a really Two Conversations-y vibe from it, but I love this band so it's okay.
http://vimeo.com/21082260
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I'm really digging YACHT's new single (http://vimeo.com/21314891), can't wait to hear it on decent speakers/headphones.
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New This Will Destroy You leaked, although it's terrible quality. Holy fuck this is good.
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If anyone other than me cares about Polkadot Cadaver, there's an album coming this year.
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for some reason I read that three or four times in a row as polecat cadaver until I saw it correctly. Weird.
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Both names probably make as much sense.
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New This Will Destroy You sending chills down my spine
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Thirding new TWDY. AMAZING. A massive leap forward from their past work, which was already incredible. Uploading to M/F thread now!
Honestly, the best thing that both EITS and TWDY have done for their releases this year is to give subtlety and mysteriousness precedence over melodrama. Crescendos are fine but crescendo-core no more!
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Haha, EITS wrote a different record this year? I didn't notice.
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Akron/Family just popped by KEXP to do a live in-studio, it was mostly new material and it all sounded fucking awesome. Never got into them before but definitely checking them out now. Whoaa.
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One of the best record I've heard this year is Reks - Rhythmatic Eternal King Supreme. Unless the new GZA comes out this year, I don't think a better hip-hop record will come out.
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Akron/Family's new record is EASILY their best. All the best parts of their sound (soft folky, spazzy rock, spaced-out psych jams) perfected IMO.
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Akron/Family just popped by KEXP to do a live in-studio, it was mostly new material and it all sounded fucking awesome. Never got into them before but definitely checking them out now. Whoaa.
oh man. you gotta get as stoned as you possibly can (without passing out) and listen to Love Is Simple in it's entirety, preferably like in the woods or something
i promise on everything that is good in the world that it will change your life
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That new Belong album is great! It's really nice and honestly quite refreshing to see such an obviously talented band go in a pretty new direction following an accomplished and well received first album. It would have been so simple for these guys to do the exact same thing all over again but instead they kept the core sound of their first intact but took it in whole new directions. And it works!
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I'm really digging YACHT's new single (http://vimeo.com/21314891), can't wait to hear it on decent speakers/headphones.
Here you go. (http://teamyacht.com/blog/introducing-shangri-la/)
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I am convinced that all post-rock is merely the grateful dead being upset that they can't find their stash.
I disagree. If you're going to use any weed simile, post-rock is like that guy who has been going through some troubles and decides to smoke with some friends to take the edge off and ends up getting so wrapped up in himself and his problems that he wakes up the next day with his face in the freezer, with last night's tears frozen to his face. And it is his sweetest memory.
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The new friendly fires is intense.
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I am convinced that all post-rock is merely the grateful dead being upset that they can't find their stash.
I disagree. If you're going to use any weed simile
Sometimes post-rock is like that guy who gets stoned and just does the same thing tiny over and over and over and over again because he suddenly thinks it's the coolest and most amazing thing ever.
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The new friendly fires is intense.
Saw their performance on Jimmy Fallon and was utterly pleased. Very excited for it.
New Malajube is out soon. They are taking a synthpop approach, from what I've heard of it. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u4DTfnu1G8)
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of course they are
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New Fucked Up track, "The Other Shoe". It's really good.
http://www.davidcomestolife.com/announcement.html
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oh hello new Battles song, i'm not sure how i feel about you yet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWMYghPvxuY)
They released another track (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwlDza_dV20).
whoa that song is petty awesome
can't believe i've never heard of those guys before
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whoa that song is petty awesome
can't believe i've never heard of those guys before
Philip Glass actually performed on their first two albums. I might toss the first album in the "wink wink" thread, if anyone else wants it.
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New Jesu track (http://stereogum.com/670421/jesu-birth-day-stereogum-premiere-2/mp3s/) - Birth Day
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I know this place isn't exactly Animal Collective friendly, but bros! The music from their little Keep Shoes Cassette deal is out. (http://stereogum.com/670451/stream-animal-collective-keep-mixtape/mp3/)
Also, New Panda Bear single. (http://stereogum.com/667932/panda-bear-surfers-hymn/mp3s/) WE SO EXCITED.
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moar nu borriz (http://downloads.pitchforkmedia.com/Boris%20-%20Riot%20Sugar.mp3)
This one's off the upcoming Heavy Rocks, and has some more Ian Astbury goodness. Are they slowly becoming a five-piece band?
And a new one from Frank Turner as well (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Je6YnLNpL0).
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unf unf
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huh who says? Mississippi Records ships records the whole world wide.
They don't really have a website or even a wikipedia article (taken down for "copyright infringement")
I mean I could write them a letter? But who knows if they'd get it and by the time that would be sorted out the Grouper stuff will be sold out, if it isn't already.
Nope, email warren at [email protected] to pre-order, ships early April
Sent an email to this to ask about ordering it and I never got a reply :(
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I got a reply and sent money but didn't get a confirmation. Smooth operation, Mississippi Records!
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Where did you hear that they were the only source of the vinyl for the new record? Seems like a pretty terrible distribution strategy.
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They are indeed the only source. That's how distribution of some of her other records has worked in the past. As far as I know, no other distributors are getting this b/c there are such limited quantities although I guess that might change. Also, not getting a confirmation after sending money is standard with Mississippi, it's just one guy so you should assume he got the money and will send you your records. Warren's a good guy, no worries.
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So a question for all my fellow pedants out there: How are you going to be tagging Boris' new Heavy Rocks album in yr iTunes/Winamp etc. to differentiate it from the 2002 Heavy Rocks?
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Heavy Rocks (2011)
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Yeah, probably that. Maybe "The Purple One".
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Sort Album: Heavy Rocks (2011)
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So a question for all my fellow pedants out there: How are you going to be tagging Boris' new Heavy Rocks album in yr iTunes/Winamp etc. to differentiate it from the 2002 Heavy Rocks?
You know, speaking of, I'm still a bit bummed out. When they first announced this, I was really hoping it meant that Southern Lord would be doing the same thing they did for Amplifier Worship and Absolutego, putting out a really nicely packaged reissue of the 2002 version.
I don't think I've ever seen it on vinyl.
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So a question for all my fellow pedants out there: How are you going to be tagging Boris' new Heavy Rocks album in yr iTunes/Winamp etc. to differentiate it from the 2002 Heavy Rocks?
I have the year in square brackets beside all the albums in my iTunes. So it'd be like "[2011] heavy rocks". Also, all of my tags in iTunes are lower case because I have been doing it like that for years and I can't stop now. Anyway, the square bracketed year thing gets a bit confusing when a band releases two albums in the same year, because sometimes they are out of order. Also, I sometimes feel like a loser that the earliest album on my iTunes is from 1967. I have come to terms with it.
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how comes you don't just use the year tag in iTunes. I have a feeling looking at yr library would infuriate me
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Nah it actually looks really nice and consistent. Using the year tag makes the scroll bar pop up on the bottom of the the window. I can't abide by that.
Check it out:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/jesusvsthepolice/itunes.jpg)
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FYI, they never released 2002 Heavy Rocks on vinyl.
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New Gridlink leaked in case anyone cares.
Snap, Young Widows leaked as well.
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FYI, they never released 2002 Heavy Rocks on vinyl.
GET ON IT, SOUTHERN LORD. The Amplifier Worship reissue was outstanding.
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The new Appleseed cast EP is in you-know-which thread.
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NEW LOS CAMPESINOS! ALBUM OUT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR I'M GOING TO DIE
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Oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit
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(http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_livlzyc70M1qgnlnko1_500.jpg)
(http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_livm98BbVG1qgnlnko1_500.png)
I KNOW RIGHT
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fingers crossed that it's good like Sticking Fingers Into Sockets, and not bad like the rest of their albums
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The "we're gonna need a gospel choir" makes the post.
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fingers crossed that it's good like Sticking Fingers Into Sockets, and not bad like the rest of their albums
can someone else be confused about this too because :c and :|
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i know it's a controversial opinion around here (many of the things i think and say are), but i got Sticking Fingers Into Sockets when it first came out and fell in love with it; it was perfect.
i eagerly awaited their next cd and i ended up really disappointed. i can't explain why.
sorry! :laugh:
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hey danny, i pretty much have the same exact opinion as you. really, You! Me! Dancing! is the only song by them i really like.
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Other songs have their moments, but yeah, I'd say SFIS and Y!M!D! are pretty much the best of the bunch.
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actually the noisier and more abrasive they are the better. the stuff that isn't we are beautiful, we are doomed or romance is boring is good enough but like far too polite and a little bit bland. more power to the fuckups
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Oh man Earache is offering the new Wormrot album as a free download (http://www.earache.com/misc/downloads/wormrot/)
Oh and according to John Cobbett's twittering Hammers of Misfortune are recording a new album as we speak, though the release date could be far off seeing as how most of the band have other bands to tour with
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johnny is right, i don't know how you can deny the power of "this is a flag. there is no wind"
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like honestly it's just kind of weird to me that people like their more twee-leaning stuff better than stuff off romance is boring when that stuff just kicks so much ass
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well, i'll give their newer stuff another shot then
i have been compelled by your compelling arguments, anna.
it has nothing to do with the fact that you are super cute and also make totally rad music though. nope, nothing like that at all
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Anna that's actually one of the ones I was including in "other songs." That and "Straight in at 101." And maybe a few others but honestly I just can't tell the difference and forget most of those albums, because like, I have ridiculous pop sensibility and melodic bias so I am kind of bad at the whole "rock" thing :psyduck:
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New Sea and Cake yeah.
http://stereogum.com/677151/the-sea-and-cake-up-on-the-north-shore-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/
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ooooooooooooooooooooh.
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Axis of Perdition are releasing a new album May 1st! Two of its songs are streaming on their bandcamp page (http://theaxisofperdition.bandcamp.com/album/tenements-of-the-anointed-flesh)
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New Patrick Wolf pushed back until June
whyyyyy
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DUDESDUDESDUDES
efrim menuck solo album jesus fucking shit (http://cstrecords.com/cst078/)
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Is that the dude from ASMZ?
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i know only two dudes named efrim
one is from asmz....the other is from...what're they called....Death By Stereo or something, I think
...he's probably talking about the former
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Is that the dude from ASMZ?
NO it's the dude from GY!BE idiot
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TOO MANY OF THEM. Stop being in so many things, Quebecers.
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I can't stop listening to Holy Ghost! oh my goodness.
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Other than "Wait And See," which is amazing, the album fell a little flat for me. But I only listened to it all the way through once. Maybe it's a grower.
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The new Ponytail rules, as anticipated.
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Anyone on here like the metal-turned screamo band, Titan, from Toronto? They have new stuff coming out this year, and a bunch of tracks from it have leaked. Really sludged out, Buried Inside-like shit.
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Looks like (https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=202497386437114&id=118131858207001) we're getting two new Panopticon full-lengths this year. Crazy
And Michael Gira said on facebook that Swans plan to record a new album first two weeks of July : D
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Completely obsessed with new Fleet Foxes
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So this is pretty awesome, despite my not being able to get too into Silkworm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO6LKtZmRLw&feature=player_embedded
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Any of you metal dudes into Altar of Plagues? Their new album leaked.
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New Ulver is good
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Oh my god a new Autopsy song has leaked aaaaaaaaaa (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SD_gQsSv9s8#at=162)
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shit, guys, Jenny Conlee has breast cancer:
The Decemberists | News 5.3.11
Adored Mailing List Recipients,
About a month ago, we all at Decemberists HQ got hit with some pretty hard news. Jenny Conlee, our since-the-very-beginning accordion and keyboard player and all-around rad person was diagnosed with breast cancer. If you or anyone in your world has been handed a similar diagnosis, you know what a bolt-out-of-the-blue this news can be.
The good news is that Jenny caught it early. And while the prognosis is very, very good for a full recovery, tackling the disease will mean some intensive treatment for our Jenny as well as a lot of important recovery time.
So I’m writing this to say that, weighing our options, and with Jenny’s fervent blessings, we’ve decided to go forward with our scheduled tour dates this spring and summer.
What we know now: Jenny will very likely miss all nine of our concerts in May and June. We're all hoping that her recovery will be such that she'll be able to get back on board as soon as possible.
And now, a note from Jenny:
Hello to Everyone,
I am very sorry to say that I will be missing a few shows coming up as I go through treatment for breast cancer. It has been great to be on tour these past few weeks. The band and crew are like family to me and have been incredibly supportive and understanding. To be making music with everyone and seeing the fans has helped me to feel more positive and keep my mind off of my diagnosis. But, alas, as the tour winds down, it is time for me to get back to reality. I will try to get into surgery as soon as I can after we return from this leg of the tour so I can begin my recovery. There are still a few unknowns out there concerning my cancer, but I am thinking positive and hope to be back on the road soon. Thanks for all of your support! See you soon!
Lots of love,
Jenny
Thanks for everyone’s understanding during this crazy time.
Yours,
Colin Meloy
The Decemberists
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i don't know if this is legit or not but i'm currently downloading something labeled as a new Man Man record circa 2011
i'm quivering with anticipation :mrgreen:
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holy shit guys it's legit
all my dreams are coming true
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Profound Lore really seem to know what is what when it comes to death metal. I read in an interview they're releasing the debut album of a Canadian band called Antediluvian (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWgVHPepWhM). The band's been releasing demos from 2006 to present day and have only gotten better over time, so I've got high hopes for the LP. Easy description of their sound would be the atmosphere of Portal plus the ferocity of Blasphemy, which I doubt is any of y'all's thing but if it is let me know and I will put some of their stuff on *wink, cough*
Going back to Profound Lore, this July they are releasing an album by a new band called Disma, who I was not very interested in until I read it's made up of members of Funebrarum and former members of Incantation. That right there is a recipe for goodness
Also, um, holy shit I guess the new Autopsy album is floating around out there
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aw yess new P.S. Eliot, Bad Banana and Four Eyes
Today is the best day
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My friend Jo Warren who performs as sTiCkLiPs is a pretty frighteningly good songwriter. Her first album had a lot of cool instrumentation and electronics but she almost always performs solo with just a guitar which I think gives her music a bit more space. Anyway she's recently released a two song live recording for free on Bandcamp with two songs from her upcoming second album. People should really check it out: http://asarchives.bandcamp.com/album/sticklips-asarchives-session
here's a video of a different song for those interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgL9XsjzZNg
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holy fucking shit she's good
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http://www.npr.org/2011/05/16/136241990/first-listen-boris-heavy-rocks
Why does my lunch have to be half an hour away?
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holy fucking shit she's good
right?? She's also only 22. It's kind of unfair how talented some people are. You can buy her first album on Amazon and itunes for $5 I think. Or I could just put it up on M/F when I have a minute if anyone wants it.
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Her (Jo Warren) songs and guitar work remind me of the Smoke Fairies.
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Or I could just put it up on M/F when I have a minute if anyone wants it.
i am so interested. damnit, i wish i could write songs like that. all i can ever come up with on guitar is silly noody-emo sounding riffs. welp.
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OK I'll get on it. My friend Clemens also put out an album just the other day. Jo Warren provides backup vocals on two tracks. A pretty different sound (a bit more straight forward song structures for example) but it's really good as well: http://clemensknieper.bandcamp.com/
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Here's the link to sTiCkLiPs "It is Like a Horse, It is Not Like Two Foxes." This came out a couple of years ago, all songs written by Jo Warren who plays guitar and sings, additional guitar and electronics by JP Nocera, percussion by Jim Bertini, and Chris St. Hillair on bass.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BEo0jWXl9GA/S4UV8wzkaQI/AAAAAAAAD4k/t6hUuf0NtvY/s400/Sticklips_ItIsLikeAHorse.jpg)
http://www.mediafire.com/?g9yyvnc3qcbc6q2
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So it turns out Peste Noire released a new album a couple days ago, called L'Ordure à L'État Pur, and I somehow never knew about it until now. Someone put the whole thing up on youtube in high quality and it sounds....very weird. Famine is well-known for giving the finger to well, pretty much everyone, and it seems on this new album he's giving the finger to his more puritanically-minded fans
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So I know it came out a little while ago but is there some reason we're not getting all excited about the new Fleet Foxes album in this thread? Are they, like, not cool any more or something? Because their new album is fucking great.
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So I know it came out a little while ago but is there some reason we're not getting all excited about the new Fleet Foxes album in this thread? Are they, like, not cool any more or something? Because their new album is fucking great.
It was leaked a while ago. It's awesome. Not much more to say. :P
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pretencious hipsters get excited about albums when they leak not when they're released
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Helplessness Blues has been one of those albums that I enjoy so thoroughly that every time I think about writing something positive about it, I just want to listen to it again.
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New album from The Rapture will be released by DFA this fall. Color me ecstatic.
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i am digging the almighty fuck out of the new Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Crystal Stilts records. they put out two of my favorites of '09 and it looks like they pulled the same shit this year.
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The Very Best released a new mixtape for free (http://www.theverybestmusic.com/)
features Cee Lo Green, LCD Soundsystem , Billy Idol, Kanye West and many many others.
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http://www.avclub.com/articles/real-estate-signs-to-domino-plans-to-release-new-a,57230/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_music
Well, October isn't going to suck if I can't make it to ATP.
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New YACHT album, new Patrick Wolf, and new Dananananaykroyd albums streaming across a variety of websites.
Exciting.
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augh man the new fleet foxes album is really great why did it take me this long to give them a try
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So I've been hearing more about fleet foxes whenever I use the internet. I finally checked their new album out and it is pretty damn awesome. I feel like cranking up the volume and dancing all across the room when I hear helplessness blues.
Also I have been kicking myself for the last month for not listening to the new She Wants Revenge and Taking Back Sunday albums. Listened to TBS's self titled album and I thought that it was pretty decent. A back to basics kinda albu to me in terms of vocals and overall sound. Then again, I just listened to the new album right before.
Overall, 2011 is a chill bro. The music is not so much " OH YEAH ROCK UT WITH YOUR COCK OUT!!!" kind of year but more of a "yeah whatever" kind of year
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A chill bro?
That's it. I demand new Nails, and I demand it now.
Also, come onnnnn, new Hot Water Music EP next week! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpN9QPvSlaQ
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New Mastodon song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3LLX9ThXjI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3LLX9ThXjI)
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http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/black-sabbath-0816-2011/
The original Sabbath lineup, back together. Whoa.
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My friend Jo Warren who performs as sTiCkLiPs is a pretty frighteningly good songwriter. Her first album had a lot of cool instrumentation and electronics but she almost always performs solo with just a guitar which I think gives her music a bit more space. Anyway she's recently released a two song live recording for free on Bandcamp with two songs from her upcoming second album. People should really check it out: http://asarchives.bandcamp.com/album/sticklips-asarchives-session
here's a video of a different song for those interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgL9XsjzZNg
I just saw this. I haven't kept up on this thread, because I am a bit lazy (I just skip to the u no wat thread), but I am glad I checked it. Shared it on my FB. Please tell me she is prolific and releasing a bunch of shit.
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Tuesday Circle Takes the Square releases an EP. A nine minute song can be heard on NPR (http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2011/08/19/139781132/circle-takes-the-square-hymn-like-labyrinthine-chaos?ps=cprs). Prelude for the new album in November.
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My friend Jo Warren who performs as sTiCkLiPs is a pretty frighteningly good songwriter. Her first album had a lot of cool instrumentation and electronics but she almost always performs solo with just a guitar which I think gives her music a bit more space. Anyway she's recently released a two song live recording for free on Bandcamp with two songs from her upcoming second album. People should really check it out: http://asarchives.bandcamp.com/album/sticklips-asarchives-session
here's a video of a different song for those interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgL9XsjzZNg
I just saw this. I haven't kept up on this thread, because I am a bit lazy (I just skip to the u no wat thread), but I am glad I checked it. Shared it on my FB. Please tell me she is prolific and releasing a bunch of shit.
Not at all, sad to say. She played tons of shows, almost all just her and an acoustic guitar when we were both in school but other than the one album no other releases exist at the moment. Another album is in the works and due to come out at some point but a dear friend of hers and a major member of the band in early shows (he graduated our freshman or sophomore year - i forget which - so couldn't play with her at school much after that) and a major presence on the first album (he added all the interesting if not wholly necessary and occasionally even distracting if you ask me sonic elements) got very ill and then died during the recording so it's been a slow process. That being said, I've heard a bunch of new songs performed live and they're as good or better than what's currently officially released so that's a good sign. Thanks for sharing in any case! Whenever the new album comes out I'll be sharing it here and in the med!af!re thread
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Tuesday Circle Takes the Square releases an EP. A nine minute song can be heard on NPR (http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2011/08/19/139781132/circle-takes-the-square-hymn-like-labyrinthine-chaos?ps=cprs). Prelude for the new album in November.
Whoa nuts
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I still have no idea what to think of that new CTTS song.
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I still have no idea what to think of that new CTTS song.
I'm still confused as to why they're selling the first third of their album for $8 and expecting people to buy it again in November along with the rest of it. Unless I'm mistaken?
The song is pretty good, but it's very... I don't know; to me, it sounds like they might be trying to hard to be themselves. It's hard to tell without context.
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Trying too hard.
That's what I was looking for.
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(http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr42ihT4Jr1qj88sqo1_500.jpg)
Das Racist are releasing their first commercial album on the thirteenth
and there was much rejoicing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enSYlCEz5VI)
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I'm pretty darned excited about that, should be really good.
Brasstronaut have released a single which is a pretty big steer away from what was on Mount Chimera, but it's pretty good!
http://soundcloud.com/tlobf/brasstronaut-opportunity (http://soundcloud.com/tlobf/brasstronaut-opportunity)
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Das Racist are releasing their first commercial album on the thirteenth
and there was much rejoicing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enSYlCEz5VI)
The weird thing was, I was at a bar this past weekend, and the digital jukebox thing actually had the whole album up for play. I did not have $10 to play a whole album.
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apparently it's already on US Spotify.
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New Mogwai EP.
Good music to fall asleep to. *yawn*
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New Los Campesinos! and tour dates http://www.loscampesinos.com/wheat/by-your-hand-free-download-tour-dates/
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http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds#/14
One thing I hate: People referring to albums as "CDs". No. That is just what the album is on. Maybe I should just start calling albums "vinyls".
Anyway, that is the new Polar Bear Club vinyl, and it is OUTFUCKINGSTANDING. Popped right into the #2 spot for my album of the year.
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One thing I hate: People referring to albums as "CDs". No. That is just what the album is on. Maybe I should just start calling albums "vinyls".
Then we should really stop calling mini-albums EPs. :mrgreen:
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I'm all down for "mini-album", but what I am NOT down with is putting your mini-album out on a 10" and charging people $1 for FIVE SONGS, LOOK MEXICO.
Even if I still am planning on buying it.
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A new Fun. single.
http://www.ournameisfun.com/
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New Los Campesinos! and tour dates http://www.loscampesinos.com/wheat/by-your-hand-free-download-tour-dates/
Since Johnny Foreigner is Los Campesinos!' evil twin here's the new Johnny Foreigner single... where they go really small/acoustic as (if you listen to the above) Los Campesinos! goes really BIG AND PRODUCED
http://johnnyforeigner.bandcamp.com/releases
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Jonny Foreigner is pretty fucking excellent.
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Donald Glover(the dude who plays troy in community) is releasing an rap album sometime soon. He's good but I keep expecting Annie to pop in and rap terribly.
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Let the jizzing over Los Campesinos! continue: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/44255-new-los-campesinos-hello-sadness/
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How fucking chill is the new Real Estate album?
WAY CHILL.
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Ok, so I just found out that Fugazi (a great band, btw) will be slowly releasing recordings of every single live show they've ever played (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/26/arts/music/fugazi-live-series-a-post-punk-bands-archive-of-shows.html?_r=2&hp). Starting on Dec 1, 130 shows will be put up on Ian Mackaye's Dischord Records (http://www.dischord.com/news/465/2011/11/fugazi-live-series-to-launch-december-1-2011-now-up-in-beta)' site and can be listened to/browsed through for free or be bought for a pay-what-you-want between $1 and $100
I'm pretty excited about this. I just have to figure out how much I'm able/willing to pay.
(I found an ancient thread about Fugazi specifically where this would fit in, but it was really old and filled mostly with the Jurors who've moved on, I didn't think it would be too appropriate to resurrect that one, so I revived this one from a month ago instead)
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Thanks for the heads up!
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Is it time for Top # of 2011 yet? I really enjoyed that from last year. I still need to hear the new Johnny Foreigner album if I can find a copy before I make any decisions. Also, what is the status of the Circle Takes the Square album? I heard it was supposed to come out last month and haven't seen a thing about it.
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So it turns out Peste Noire released a new album a couple days ago, called L'Ordure à L'État Pur, and I somehow never knew about it until now. Someone put the whole thing up on youtube in high quality and it sounds....very weird. Famine is well-known for giving the finger to well, pretty much everyone, and it seems on this new album he's giving the finger to his more puritanically-minded fans
I fucking love that album... best one since their debut. Well... I'm one of the few that enjoys all their albums.
Also: Blut Aus Nord's triology of 777-albums is good.....VERY GOOD.
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http://pitchfork.com/news/44878-earth-announce-new-album/
YRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YESSSSSS.