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Rageaholic Monkey posted:I actually haven't! And not exactly. We met them last Spring when they played here in New Orleans and kept in contact with Phil. They were going to pass through here and we needed to book our album release show, and it kind of all just fell into place. We were very lucky and blessed to have gotten such a great opportunity I really like "He Who Strikes First Wins"! It's super awesome you got to play with those guys, I hope your new found success continues.  edit: Wandering Flatliner is pretty sweet too, I'd love to hear your stuff in high quality. Nuclear Spoon fucked around with this message at Mar 15, 2011 around 10:49 |
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Played a show with Caspian tonight. In addition to being incredibly nice guys, they were better tonight than when I saw them last Spring. That is to say that they were absolutely loving fantastic and still the most energetic/fun to watch post-rock band I've ever seen live.
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Nuclear Spoon posted:I really like "He Who Strikes First Wins"! It's super awesome you got to play with those guys, I hope your new found success continues. Thanks! If you PM me, I can send you a digital version of the album. I don't want to post the link for everyone, because we're supposed to be selling CDs. But I do want people who want to hear it to be able to hear it  Vogon Poet posted:That's cool. Too bad Moving Mountains' van broke down and they couldn't make that show; they are great live. Yeah, real bummer  I actually hadn't heard about them before we first got word that the show might happen (in January, I think). But I checked out some of their stuff when one of my bandmates told me I should, and they really are excellent. I would have loved to see them live.
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Thanks! I've only got a vanilla SA account, hit me up at chris.stern[at]gmail[dot]com
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slowdave posted:I thought the new EITS was kind of interesting at first, but then it descended back to the same old delay pedal boredom they've been churning out for years. Good for them for sticking to their own style I guess. It's just not very interesting anymore. I like the new album way more than the previous ones for exactly the opposite reason. I never actually listened to any of them besides The Earth... that much, but it seems like their formula was basically the Pachelbel style - building on one riff for 10 minutes getting louder each time. This time there's way more variety in each song, while still sounding exactly like EITS.
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I think the new Explosions album is boring and terrible. The only two passable songs on it are the final two, and Postcard From 1952 ended up horribly neutered when pressed to disc (listen to track three here to see how much more emotional and explosive it was live). I very much love Let Me Back In, but at the same time I can't help but think that it sounds like it belongs on How Strange, Innocence. I mean, it almost sounds like if you made a mashup of A Song For Our Fathers and Remember Me As A Time Of Day. If that's what they were going after they should have just named the song "Bookends For An Album Almost No One Cared About". Oh well. I guess you can't win them all. Edit: Also, Attn: Munaf Rayani: Your twinkling bell delay pedal, chorus and massive amounts of reverb combo thing is really out of place in about 90% of the music here. It worked great in the past, but it really isn't necessary in EVERY song. It's downright grating and irritating in Let Me Back In by the two minute mark. That song is beautiful because of its restraint, not because you like to hate a full on tonic clonic somewhere around the 21st fret of your Strat. Lighten up and let Mark Smith do his thing from time to time, because if you haven't been paying attention, he does it better than you do. Jadius fucked around with this message at Mar 16, 2011 around 23:17 |
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Jadius posted:I very much love Let Me Back In, but at the same time I can't help but think that it sounds like it belongs on How Strange, Innocence. I mean, it almost sounds like if you made a mashup of A Song For Our Fathers and Remember Me As A Time Of Day. This is such a bizzarre critique of a song. "I really like this song, but it sounds like it fits with another album, therefore that detracts from its quality." That really makes no loving sense.
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Aye, that was the most snide review I've read in a while.
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Has anyone else seen GY!BE on their tour? It was pretty amazing. And the loudest show I've ever seen, strangely enough. It was fantastic but I'm still disappointed they didn't play Moya.
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There's a GY!BE thread, man. Lots of cool stuff in there. I caught them in Glasgow... they were unreal. Just finished listening to a recording of the show, absolutely hilarious.
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I had the misfortune to see them in the Bristol SU, loving lovely venue really didn't do them justice.
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Mono have announced a new Asian and European tour in the summer. I thought they'd been taking a break to write a new album so maybe they'll be releasing something this year. http://monoishere.com/dates.htm I saw them 3 times in 2 years but the nearest one to me is miles away so I'll be missing this one.
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Lord of Sword posted:Mono have announced a new Asian and European tour in the summer. I thought they'd been taking a break to write a new album so maybe they'll be releasing something this year. This must be like the 5th tour in a row where they completely ignore Ireland, is there something about this island that just drives post-rock bands away?
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Jadius posted:I think the new Explosions album is boring and terrible. The only two passable songs on it are the final two, and Postcard From 1952 ended up horribly neutered when pressed to disc (listen to track three here to see how much more emotional and explosive it was live). I very much love Let Me Back In, but at the same time I can't help but think that it sounds like it belongs on How Strange, Innocence. I mean, it almost sounds like if you made a mashup of A Song For Our Fathers and Remember Me As A Time Of Day. If that's what they were going after they should have just named the song "Bookends For An Album Almost No One Cared About". I just listened to that version of Postcard from 1952, and it's more or less identical the entire way through (I guess with my "intensity" because it's in a live setting). I'm sorry you don't like the new album, but your criticisms are invalid.
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Rhgr posted:This must be like the 5th tour in a row where they completely ignore Ireland, is there something about this island that just drives post-rock bands away? I think they usually do back-to-back tours and release the album in the middle, so they'll probably add more in the winter. They always come to Birmingham but skipped it this time so I hope there are still more dates planned.
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Rhgr posted:This must be like the 5th tour in a row where they completely ignore Ireland, is there something about this island that just drives post-rock bands away? God Is An Astronaut is based there! Don't they play a lot of shows there too? I've never been able to see them, and I'm incredibly jealous if you have. If you haven't, well why not? In other news, two of my bandmates went and saw Godspeed last night and said it was absolutely mindblowing. They said the setlist had some drone at the beginning which was really creepy, then Moya, Storm, Albanian, 9-15-00, Static, part of Providence and an alternate version of East Hastings. I wasn't really excited when they announced that they were going on tour, but since everyone that's seen them has been saying how great they are live, I'm kinda bummed that I missed my chance to see them.
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:God Is An Astronaut is based there! Don't they play a lot of shows there too? I've never been able to see them, and I'm incredibly jealous if you have. If you haven't, well why not? Yeah, I pretty much get 2x God Is An Astronaut gigs a year (last time around they toured with Caspian  ) plus 2-3 And So I Watch You From Afar ones. Just very annoying when a band I love announces a "European Tour" that doesn't include Ireland (Arms and Sleepers, I'm looking at you  ) I think GIAA are doing an American tour soon though?And yeah, Godspeed blew me away far more than I expected them to, to the point where I'm amazed that I was actually on the fence about going. Plus there was the whole "I might never get another chance to see them live" thing about it.
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Rhgr posted:And yeah, Godspeed blew me away far more than I expected them to, to the point where I'm amazed that I was actually on the fence about going. Plus there was the whole "I might never get another chance to see them live" thing about it. God god oh god I hope they pull out all the stops for their Montreal dates. Pay homage to their hometown, and make me feel a bit less bad about being so young/ignorant in good music when they were first active.
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Jan posted:God god oh god I hope they pull out all the stops for their Montreal dates. Pay homage to their hometown, and make me feel a bit less bad about being so young/ignorant in good music when they were first active. Probably a reason they're doing their hometown last, I'd expect them to pull all the stops out and make it a loving awesome show, especially if this is only a one time reunion. Maybe free copies of All Lights hosed.. with each ticket?
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Haven't seen them mentioned much in here but I really dig The Calm Blue Sea. They had their last album in 2008 but the first track is a killer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhhfk_1Pwhw. What stuff is like theirs?
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http://twitter.com/#!/plasmatron/st...715429835616256 Mogwai are streaming their gig from Brussels if anyone cares. Nuclear Spoon fucked around with this message at Mar 26, 2011 around 18:50 |
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Ok, post-rock thread, I have a question. I dig the hell out of EitS, and a friend told me I should listen to Mogwai next. What's a good album to start with?
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They are pretty different bands. Mogwai tend to be a bit heavier and a little more melodic. I would have to say their latest is probably my favourite though. White Noise and Death Rays are about as close as they get to twinklecore.
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What're some other good twinklecore albums, then? Gonna check that Mogwai album, still.
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gently caress that, get Young Team.
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ICA posted:gently caress that, get Young Team. ^ this. For more bands like EITS, Try Tunturia, Caspian, pg. lost, This Will Destroy You, and The American Dollar. Problem with EITS is that they do what they do so exceptionally well that bands either have a "similar" sound but not close enough (like most of the bands I listed above) or they're total EITS rip-offs and sound like total loving poo poo.
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Will do! And I'll try the new Mogwai album and Young Team, too.
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Dickeye posted:Will do! And I'll try the new Mogwai album and Young Team, too. For my money, once you're done checking out Young Team and Hardcore Will Never Die, try Rock Action (it's one of those albums that has an especially strong second half, especially the version with Japanese Bonus tracks). Like a lot of UK acts, half of Mogwai's best stuff is on one of their 1,000,000 EPs, so if you find yourself scrambling for more, make your next stop "EP+6". Beware that Mogwai and Explosions really only get paired together if you're looking at modern music from the widest lens... when you really get into the nuts and bolts of it, the two bands have very little in common- Mogwai is a lot looser, more adventurous when it comes to arrangements, and covers a wider array of dyanmics. They are a treasure.
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For an introduction to Mogwai, I'd say Happy Songs For Happy People and the new one, Hardcore Will Never Die.
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:For an introduction to Mogwai, I'd say Happy Songs For Happy People Nope, absolutely not.
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Mogwai's latest album, Hardcore will never die..., is not that great. If you've never listened to Mogwai then you should start out with Come on Die Young or Rock Action.
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Are there other post-rock groups like Foxhole? Mostly, I really love the brass instrumentation. This is the same reason I love Sigur Ros songs like Se Lest.
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Was a bit skeptical after hearing Trembling Hands (still hasn't grown on me), but I'm loving the new EITS album. Postcard from 1952 is really nice.
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ICA posted:Nope, absolutely not. ...sorry?  I think it is, but other people think it's Rock Action, Young Team, Come On Die Young, etc. Dickeye, it seems there's no consensus in here on what Mogwai album to start with. You might as well just start anywhere and listen to all of their albums. They're all really good. Mr. Beast is probably my least favorite of theirs, but that one's still good.
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I like all the Mogwai albums except the new one. I dunno why, it just bores the tits off me.
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the Bunt posted:I like all the Mogwai albums except the new one. I dunno why, it just bores the tits off me. Have to agree the newest album hasn't held my attention for very long. That said.... the tune 'San Pedro' off the new album is a beast!
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the Bunt posted:I like all the Mogwai albums except the new one. I dunno why, it just bores the tits off me. I also find the new album to be pretty boring (even a slight step down from the hawk is howling, which was also a disappointment). My question for you is: how do you feel about death rays? I think it's the best song they've recorded as far as back as... rock action?
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White Noise, Death Rays, San Pedro and How To Be A Werewolf are all pretty great, by boring do you mean a lack of "in your face" crescendos?
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Slight Domestic is one of the best songs on the album. Shame that it's only an iTunes US exclusive bonus track. Okay, it was originally the b-side to the Mexican Grand Prix single, so technically it's not part of the album at all. But whatever, it's still awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl9v-ChypvM I still love just about every track on Hardcore Will Never Die despite what any of you guys say. It's still my favorite album of the year so far and a great Mogwai album. I don't find it boring like the rest of you.
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Nuclear Spoon posted:White Noise, Death Rays, San Pedro and How To Be A Werewolf are all pretty great, by boring do you mean a lack of "in your face" crescendos? No, just boring. I can't really quantify it in a more detailed manner. My favorite Mogwai song is Travel is Dangerous for the record, which isn't really too much about gigantic crescendos.
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