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pissdude
Jul 15, 2003

(and can't post for 6 years!)

the new of montreal is floating around, i really like it :)

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Ass Catchcum
Dec 21, 2008
I REALLY NEED TO SHUT THE FUCK UP FOREVER.
Is it better than their last 3-4 albums? They haven't caught my attention for a full album since hissing fauna

RedneckwithGuns
Mar 28, 2007

Up Next:
Fifteen Inches of
SHEER DYNAMITE

Chaz Bundick has announced a new Toro Y Moi album is coming out soon, and from the first single they've released it's gonna be a serious departure from his previous TYM work. It's still wonderful so I'm looking forward to it, but I'm gonna miss that sound he had on Underneath the Pine and Causers of This.

https://soundcloud.com/carparkrecords/toro-y-moi-empty-nesters

Sun Harmonics
Jan 9, 2015

rear end Catchcum posted:

Is it better than their last 3-4 albums? They haven't caught my attention for a full album since hissing fauna

I am one of the few people who feels Paralytic Stalks is by far their best release. Hissing Fauna's pretty enjoyable, but little else has stuck with me

Whorelord
May 1, 2013

Jump into the well...

father john misty's new album is such a step up lyrically from fear fun. i was too into some of the songs on fear fun (namely hollywood forever and nancy from now on) to go mental for i love you honeybear it just yet tho

incoherent
Apr 24, 2004

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RedneckwithGuns posted:

Chaz Bundick has announced a new Toro Y Moi album is coming out soon, and from the first single they've released it's gonna be a serious departure from his previous TYM work. It's still wonderful so I'm looking forward to it, but I'm gonna miss that sound he had on Underneath the Pine and Causers of This.

https://soundcloud.com/carparkrecords/toro-y-moi-empty-nesters

He caught up with the 80s styles and is now deep into 90's alt music. I hope this isn't the album, but we always have Les Sins as a good stand in if he wants to go off recreate 90's friends style coffee muzak.

RedneckwithGuns
Mar 28, 2007

Up Next:
Fifteen Inches of
SHEER DYNAMITE

incoherent posted:

He caught up with the 80s styles and is now deep into 90's alt music. I hope this isn't the album, but we always have Les Sins as a good stand in if he wants to go off recreate 90's friends style coffee muzak.

That makes sense given that one of the guys from Unknown Mortal Orchestra helped him produce Empty Nesters so I can see the influence.

EDIT: First single from that new Lord Huron album mentioned a few posts up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKRJJ0B5NaQ

RedneckwithGuns fucked around with this message at 08:01 on Jan 28, 2015

cptn_dr
Sep 7, 2011

Seven for beauty that blossoms and dies


I saw FlyLo tonight, and now I think I'm enlightened.

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
Saw Viet Cong and Savages yesterday at two separate shows. Both were awesome as hell. I was surprised and glad the audience was dancing hard to Savages, given they were playing at 1am. As usual when I see bands I like, I did end up sad that Savages didn't play one of my favorite songs (Fuckers), but it was made up for in how awesome the new songs they were trying out were.

Man, post-punk revival is really my favorite thing to happen to music ever :allears:

interpunct
Aug 2, 2006

Bad girls think that you're being a boob punch

abraham linksys posted:

As usual when I see bands I like, I did end up sad that Savages didn't play one of my favorite songs (Fuckers), but it was made up for in how awesome the new songs they were trying out were.

They finished their set with Fuckers when I saw their first two nights of the residency, but seem to have dropped it from the setlist sometime last week for some reason. But yeah, the new songs were great and I often found myself in complete awe of the bassist and/or the drummer at any given time.

On an unrelated note, Courtney Barnett announced her first full length album and the video for the first single features her as the 2013 Clown of the Year - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-nr1nNC3ds

uggy
Aug 6, 2006

Posting is SERIOUS BUSINESS
and I am completely joyless

Don't make me judge you

abraham linksys posted:

Saw Viet Cong and Savages yesterday at two separate shows. Both were awesome as hell. I was surprised and glad the audience was dancing hard to Savages, given they were playing at 1am. As usual when I see bands I like, I did end up sad that Savages didn't play one of my favorite songs (Fuckers), but it was made up for in how awesome the new songs they were trying out were.

Man, post-punk revival is really my favorite thing to happen to music ever :allears:

Both of these bands rule and Viet Cong's new album is really quite awesome. I loved Continental Shelf when it came out last year but march of progress, bunker buster and silhouettes are also great songs from the album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdMz7BUtOvk - continental shelf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW1kP99mok4 - silhouettes

For those who want some idea of what they sound like, I really think they sound a lot like wolf parade which is great.

guppiehaus
Sep 13, 2010

The Polish Pirate posted:

Dear god, this page alone we have new stuff from Mew, Sufjan, San Fermin and now The Mountain Goats? The first half of 2015 is going to be outrageously good.

New Decemberists album is OK, but I haven't listened to it enough to have it fully grow on me. New Sleater-Kinney is great though. Also digging the Vallis Alps EP. Sounds a bit like Sylvan Esso.

Gonna second you and say that everyone needs to check out Vallis Alps. If you're into Made in Heights or Sylvan Esso do yourself a favor and listen to Reprieve by Vallis Alps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUeQm6XUPZg.

Petite Noir is a relative newcomer from South Africa. I heard his track Chess on XMU recently and it kind of caught me. It's very slow, but I love the amped up drums towards the end of the song. The rest of it ain't bad either. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCpkCLhZIJ0

Allie X is a youngster from Canada that reminds me a lot of Haim meets CHVRCHES, which in reality, given the alternative music scene these days isn't saying much. Still, she's kind of a guilty pleasure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOKsdQm0JFo

Travis Bretzer releases a new album in February, but has let go a new single entitled Lady Red, which I think is absolutely fantastic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynuJBZkHMLs

If you like more shoegaze/dream pop style I'd like to show you Best Friend's Swallow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arWTIKxbobY. I'm not too big a fan, but I love the melody in this particular song.

Destroyer is the name of Dan Bejar's project, best known from Wolf Parade fame. He has a penchant for creating really odd, but beautiful music. I really enjoy this track Painter In Your Pocket https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBWg9HEomLs, but Kaputt from his 2011 release is also a great listen. Dive in and check him out.

guppiehaus fucked around with this message at 10:45 on Jan 31, 2015

Real Name Grover
Feb 13, 2002

Like corn on the cob
Fan of Britches

guppiehaus posted:

Destroyer is the name of Dan Bejar's project, best known from Wolf Parade fame. He has a penchant for creating really odd, but beautiful music. I really enjoy this track Painter In Your Pocket https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBWg9HEomLs, but Kaputt from his 2011 release is also a great listen. Dive in and check him out.

Bejar wasn't in Wolf Parade. He was in Swan Lake with WP's Spencer Krug. He is, however, part of the New Pornographers.

interpunct
Aug 2, 2006

Bad girls think that you're being a boob punch

Real Name Grover posted:

Bejar wasn't in Wolf Parade. He was in Swan Lake with WP's Spencer Krug. He is, however, part of the New Pornographers.

Dan Boeckner was in Wolf Parade. His new project is Operators - https://soundcloud.com/operators-the-band

uggy
Aug 6, 2006

Posting is SERIOUS BUSINESS
and I am completely joyless

Don't make me judge you

guppiehaus posted:

Petite Noir is a relative newcomer from South Africa. I heard his track Chess on XMU recently and it kind of caught me. It's very slow, but I love the amped up drums towards the end of the song. The rest of it ain't bad either. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCpkCLhZIJ0

Chess is such an amazing song. Reminds me a bit of Daughn Gibson but I like this more than anything daughn's ever done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWlYnd02mj4 daughn gibson - in the beginning

I got into Chess around the same time I really got into the song Surrender by Portable. They're not really that similar but sort of remind me of each other.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2XYCNX10Rg portable - surrender

TheAbortionator
Mar 4, 2005

Gotta say I hate this death cab alot less then anything else they have done in the last 8 years or so.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46bIJJX_xzE

guppiehaus posted:


Petite Noir is a relative newcomer from South Africa. I heard his track Chess on XMU recently and it kind of caught me. It's very slow, but I love the amped up drums towards the end of the song. The rest of it ain't bad either. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCpkCLhZIJ0


God drat thats good.

TheAbortionator fucked around with this message at 21:01 on Jan 31, 2015

Trig Discipline
Jun 3, 2008

Please leave the room if you think this might offend you.
Grimey Drawer

TheAbortionator posted:

God drat thats good.

Dang, sure is.

A friend just introduced me to the Soundcarriers a few months ago. They're like late Os Mutantes but less scattered.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Eyxa5e72E

Rageaholic
May 31, 2005

Old Town Road to EGOT

TheAbortionator posted:

Gotta say I hate this death cab alot less then anything else they have done in the last 8 years or so.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46bIJJX_xzE
Yeah, I guess losing one of their founding members was what it took for them to actually make semi-interesting music again for the first time in a long time.

Dodoman
Feb 26, 2009



A moment of laxity
A lifetime of regret
Lipstick Apathy

Trig Discipline posted:

Dang, sure is.

A friend just introduced me to the Soundcarriers a few months ago. They're like late Os Mutantes but less scattered.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Eyxa5e72E

This is beautiful, thanks.

Real Name Grover
Feb 13, 2002

Like corn on the cob
Fan of Britches
Yeah, thanks Trig. That's the kind of poo poo I need when I'm working. :respek:

Rageaholic
May 31, 2005

Old Town Road to EGOT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmw8lVXHIms

Another new Modest Mouse track.

Eh, whatever. I'm finding it very hard to give a poo poo about their new album by this point.

Ass Catchcum
Dec 21, 2008
I REALLY NEED TO SHUT THE FUCK UP FOREVER.
I can't believe they took so long to work on this album

Rageaholic
May 31, 2005

Old Town Road to EGOT

rear end Catchcum posted:

I can't believe they took so long to work on this album
I listened to an interview with Jeremiah Green the other night in which he said it took that long because they worked with so many people, like Big Boi and Krist Novoselic, and most of those collaborations ended up as b-sides and didn't even make it to the album, those 2 included.

Real Name Grover
Feb 13, 2002

Like corn on the cob
Fan of Britches
The production most of the tracks on We Were Dead... turned me off and I was hoping that after eight years they would've dialed it back. Guess not, although it's more apparent on the first two singles than this one.

Hollow Talk
Feb 2, 2014

Rageaholic Monkey posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmw8lVXHIms

Another new Modest Mouse track.

Eh, whatever. I'm finding it very hard to give a poo poo about their new album by this point.

The first comment on YouTube is bothered by people who compare this to Arcade Fire. :allears: I'm inclined to agree with its feeling of indignation, though not in the way the comment would like, because "The Suburbs" was actually good.

At least the song is better than "Lampshades on Fire", I suppose? :saddowns:

FactsAreUseless
Feb 16, 2011

I'm not sure why anyone is surprised, these songs all sound like No One's First.

teethgrinder
Oct 9, 2002

I posted this in the electro-industrial thread ... but you know what, it's appropriate here too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdCw_iO77kw

stoops
Jun 11, 2001

guppiehaus posted:


Petite Noir is a relative newcomer from South Africa. I heard his track Chess on XMU recently and it kind of caught me. It's very slow, but I love the amped up drums towards the end of the song. The rest of it ain't bad either. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCpkCLhZIJ0


Petite Noir is currently my favorite artist right now. anything he does is awesome. I loved Chess when it first came out, but i think i love Shadows more.

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

Rageaholic
May 31, 2005

Old Town Road to EGOT

FactsAreUseless posted:

I'm not sure why anyone is surprised, these songs all sound like No One's First.
I'm not at all surprised, just disappointed that one of my all time favorite bands have comfortably settled into mediocrity even though I know they're capable of so much more than that.

Oxxidation
Jul 22, 2007

Rageaholic Monkey posted:

I'm not at all surprised, just disappointed that one of my all time favorite bands have comfortably settled into mediocrity even though I know they're capable of so much more than that.

What's your favorite album of theirs? Mine is We Were Dead and I've listened to literally everything they've ever made, even the Ugly Casanova soundtrack for that one awful documentary. It's a different-strokes thing.

Rageaholic
May 31, 2005

Old Town Road to EGOT

Oxxidation posted:

What's your favorite album of theirs? Mine is We Were Dead and I've listened to literally everything they've ever made, even the Ugly Casanova soundtrack for that one awful documentary. It's a different-strokes thing.
It always varies between Long Drive, Lonesome Crowded West and Moon & Antarctica. Don't get me wrong, I like Good News and We Were Dead, but not even close to how much I like those other albums. It almost feels like those 2 groups of albums are from entirely different bands.

Oxxidation
Jul 22, 2007

Rageaholic Monkey posted:

It always varies between Long Drive, Lonesome Crowded West and Moon & Antarctica. Don't get me wrong, I like Good News and We Were Dead, but not even close to how much I like those other albums. It almost feels like those 2 groups of albums are from entirely different bands.

I think a lot of the silky guitar work on Building Nothing out of Something is really reminiscent of We Were Dead, and the fuzz-stomp of Lonesome Crowded West is there too in a shinier, glassier sort of way. Long Drive and Good News are the two real outliers in terms of sound, the first because it was their debut and had a lot of grungy weirdness in the mix (poo poo like Head South or Tundra/Desert had a single echo in poo poo Luck and was never heard from again), and Good News because they didn't have Jeremiah Green and his drumming is the band's backbone. Seriously, I liked Good News but the percussion suuuucked outside of Ocean Breathes Salty.

What I'm saying is that if you take in their whole timeline then it's really more of a refinement than a total transformation, they've been peeling back a lot of their indie quirks - the grunge fuzz and prog-rock stuff, which I never really liked that much to begin with - and keeping focus on Brock's voice and the guitar work. My main concern with this latest album is that it's way less oblique than anything else they've made. This is the first time Brock's made such direct social commentary and it's really not to his benefit, "western civilization is sort of hosed" is a really obvious (if true) statement and becomes tiresome even if you cover it in Modest Mouse-colored paint.

Ass Catchcum
Dec 21, 2008
I REALLY NEED TO SHUT THE FUCK UP FOREVER.
Other than the single on good news (which actually sounds a little reminiscent of karma payment type song) I think the rest of the songs sound just as modest mouse-y. Bukowski and poo poo and a bunch of others have a real modest mouse feel.

We were dead...while its a good album, that's where the band reaaaaalllly became too slick.

No ones next is trash other than whale song.

FactsAreUseless
Feb 16, 2011

I think the album might prove better than the singles indicate. The singles for We Were Dead were Dashboard, Fire It Up, and Missed the Boat. The single for No One's First was Satellite Skin. Those discs, still had Spitting Venom, Parting of the Sensory, Invisible, King Rat, and Whale Song.

Knucklebear
Apr 19, 2005

Rageaholic Monkey posted:

It always varies between Long Drive, Lonesome Crowded West and Moon & Antarctica. Don't get me wrong, I like Good News and We Were Dead, but not even close to how much I like those other albums. It almost feels like those 2 groups of albums are from entirely different bands.

I feel similarly about those albums but I still really enjoy their new stuff. They're evolving as a band, when you think about it they kind of had to. Isaac Brock was self destructive during those early years and if something didn't happen then he wasn't going to be around. Is the new stuff less edgy and raw, sure. But, it also has some interesting nuance and twists.

Stelio Kontos
Feb 12, 2014
Vinyl download code drop off time!

Foals - Antidotes
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At the Drive-in - Relationship of Command
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Code: 296-AKH-853

Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
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Code: 1QSU-C8FH-PRDV-2HCZ

Enjoy!

Hollow Talk
Feb 2, 2014

Rageaholic Monkey posted:

It always varies between Long Drive, Lonesome Crowded West and Moon & Antarctica. Don't get me wrong, I like Good News and We Were Dead, but not even close to how much I like those other albums. It almost feels like those 2 groups of albums are from entirely different bands.

This sounds very familiar. For me, perhaps the Modest Mouse album when seen as a whole album is The Lonesome Crowded West, thanks to Jesus Christ Was An Only Child, Cowboy Dan/Trailer Trash, Truckers Atlas and especially Bankrupt on Selling. That said, perhaps my biggest all-time favourites are from The Moon & Antarctica, namely Lives and The Stars Are Projectors. I liked a few songs from Good News, but in the end, I kind of stopped following them and lost interest. The new things I have heard haven't gripped me at all, and not just in comparison.

edit: fixed my quote, since this didn't really make sense when quoting Oxxidation

Hollow Talk fucked around with this message at 20:28 on Feb 3, 2015

Ass Catchcum
Dec 21, 2008
I REALLY NEED TO SHUT THE FUCK UP FOREVER.
The part in the new song where he talks about lawn mowers is cringeworthy

Epi Lepi
Oct 29, 2009

You can hear the voice
Telling you to Love
It's the voice of MK Ultra
And you're doing what it wants

FactsAreUseless posted:

I'm not sure why anyone is surprised, these songs all sound like No One's First.

Good, No One's First is the dopest poo poo, way better than We Were Dead.

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Ass Catchcum
Dec 21, 2008
I REALLY NEED TO SHUT THE FUCK UP FOREVER.
Lol go take a nap in your autumn bed

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