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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:Are Purity Ring any good live? I can go see them in Lawrence and I want to know if it's worth a 3 hour drive each way. Three hours might be pushing it. I imagine they'll do a second run on this tour. They were pretty great when I saw them though, Corin Roddick's instrument contraption is a neat experience. The show itself got a little smoky but I credit that to poor ventilation in the venue. They played all of Shrines since that's all they had to go with, but it was worth it.
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kidcoelacanth posted:Two more songs off The Go! Team's new album have dropped: I thought the first song they released https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw_F3tzI3NM was better than those two. But Blowtorch is still pretty good. It seems like they're on autopilot mode, but eh, I've always liked what they do so I'm sure I'll enjoy the album later this month. For content, I have been a massive Sparks fan since I was a little kid, and been a Franz Ferdinand fan since the getgo, so, I'm pretty drat psyched about how much fun FFS should be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4o6WGgHEa8
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So Mumford & Sons went full-on circa-2005 Coldplay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW6SkvErFEE
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Is it just me or is Grimes really good poo poo?
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modestmusashi posted:Is it just me or is Grimes really good poo poo? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FH-q0I1fJY
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thepokey posted:For content, I have been a massive Sparks fan since I was a little kid, and been a Franz Ferdinand fan since the getgo, so, I'm pretty drat psyched about how much fun FFS should be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4o6WGgHEa8 I'm really excited about this. I like Franz Ferdinand a lot, even if they obviously have had one of the biggest post-debut dropoffs of any band out there (that last album was, well, not exactly memorable in any way), and I like Sparks a lot, so I hope this results in something cool+unique for both bands. Also, I really want them to announce some US dates in addition to their massive European tour, because what the gently caress  modestmusashi posted:Is it just me or is Grimes really good poo poo? Yeah, I came here to post her new track. It's an unfinished (though reasonably polished) demo from early 2013, but I could have believed it was more recent than that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9XKLqGqwLA Also there's a new St Vincent track, which is nice. A cool day for surprise, low-key music releases http://pitchfork.com/news/58251-st-vincent-shares-teenage-talk-written-for-hbos-girls/
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I used to judge people for still liking Franz Ferdinand, and then I realized that I own all three Tapes 'n' Tapes albums.
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Mew released another track off their new album today that is titled "Water Slides." I think it's pretty drat good and with it and "Satellites" their new album is sounding great. Here's a link to the song via Pitchfork: http://pitchfork.com/news/58782-mew-share-new-song-water-slides/
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Is this where I'd post about Lightning Bolt? NPR has a first listen on Fantasy Empire and I think it seems pretty sweet: http://www.npr.org/2015/03/08/390440887/first-listen-lightning-bolt-fantasy-empire
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I think Franz Ferdinand's latest was strong as hell, but I consider Tonight to be their best so V V
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No world music thread (that gets any real traffic ) afaik, but Songhoy Blues' album is great https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvGsV8Trl8o
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So Built to Spill has a new album! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv9SF-dGEFA Is it just me, or is this really good?
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Mar 11, 2015 04:32
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That's a great song. Favorite band of all time. Last album was weak save a few songs. This one sounds good. Wish they would go back with Phil ek
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Rob Crow (Pinback, etc.) says he's quitting music but kinda  at the same time.quote:I have just come to the realization that making music in this climate is financially irresponsible to my family and ultimately humiliating to my psyche. Im going to finish and release the work I've already spent my heart and tears on, but even that is likely to ruin me. Real Name Grover fucked around with this message at 21:51 on Mar 11, 2015 |
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That's a real bummer He's made a lot of loving amazing music over the years, but at the same time, yeah, that is the mature thing to do I guess. I guess that means he won't be on the upcoming Team Sleep album? Or maybe he recorded stuff for it already? Although I don't think he was even a core member around the time the first album was recorded, he just did guest vocals on a handful of their tracks, so maybe he won't be on this one at all.
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Foppery posted:So Built to Spill has a new album! Dude, awesome, thanks for the heads up. This one seems pretty solid, though it didn't immediately register as "really good" for me. But the songs from the last album took a while to grow on me, too. (I actually ended up quite liking There is No Enemy -- You in Reverse was the only album of theirs that didn't land for me.)
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onefish posted:Dude, awesome, thanks for the heads up. This one seems pretty solid, though it didn't immediately register as "really good" for me. But the songs from the last album took a while to grow on me, too. BTS has probably recorded some of my favorite music of all time, though. And I'm seeing them live for the third time in May.
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It's loving tough to make it as an artist and it takes a lot to call it quits after all that time.
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Whorelord posted:No world music thread (that gets any real traffic ) afaik, but Songhoy Blues' album is great I absolutely love this. Thank you.
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No idea where to post this (I guess it would also be in a world music thread?) but Yonatan Gat opened the Of Montreal show I saw tonight, and totally blew me away. His new album's streaming on Bandcamp; this track in particular is kickass: http://yonatangat.bandcamp.com/track/north-to-south He and his band (a bassist and a drummer) were set up in a little circle in the middle of the general audience floor, which is a pretty cool way to do a concert! Smart move for an opener that is so different musically from the main act, definitely makes it look more like a spectacle. Was fun to watch people slowly figure out how the heck to groove to it
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Picnic Princess posted:I absolutely love this. Thank you. Holy poo poo yeah, agreed.
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Trig Discipline posted:Holy poo poo yeah, agreed. Okay, so small world story. I posted it to Facebook, and someone who I had made internet friends with through a mountaineering page mentioned that a few weeks ago he had not only seen them perform live in Mumbai, but got to meet them and discuss afro-blues music history. I am so brutally jealous. Also sometimes Facebook isn't completely loving evil. Holy poo poo.
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Nice! I listened to a couple of other tracks and bought the album as a result.
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Trig Discipline posted:Nice! I listened to a couple of other tracks and bought the album as a result. Do you know Tinariwen? They're pretty awesome. Since we're kind of on the topic of music from Mali. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFtmB2U3Clo
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abraham linksys posted:No idea where to post this (I guess it would also be in a world music thread?) but Yonatan Gat opened the Of Montreal show I saw tonight, and totally blew me away. His new album's streaming on Bandcamp; this track in particular is kickass: http://yonatangat.bandcamp.com/track/north-to-south
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Picnic Princess posted:Do you know Tinariwen? They're pretty awesome. Since we're kind of on the topic of music from Mali. Awesome, thanks! While we're on the subject, everyone's heard Bonga, right? Not that he's indie, pop, or folk per se, but god drat he's amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMeDNp1-Nbc  Warning: video has some topless women.
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Pablo Gigante posted:Were you at the Webster Hall show too? Yonatan Gat was loving awesome. The crowd made me feel really old for some reason though. Ugh, I'm 21 and that crowd made me feel old. Bunch of NYU kids who'd barely drank in their lives falling all over the place. Also the first time I've ever seen someone get ejected from a venue for being too drunk.
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Trig Discipline posted:Awesome, thanks! While we're on the subject, everyone's heard Bonga, right? Not that he's indie, pop, or folk per se, but god drat he's amazing. I think there needs to be more focus on African bands. We tend to ignore the continent way too much and there's always been incredibly brilliant music coming from there. It's a real shame.
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Right! I've been into samba for a long time, but had no idea until a couple of years ago that Angola had a very similar parallel musical movement called semba (e.g., Bonga up there). It was like discovering that one of my favorite genres had doubled in size and gained a new flavor overnight!
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Oh man, The Mountain Goats have a new album coming out in April and they'll be playing in Los Angeles on my birthday.  I know what I'm doing in June.
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New Vetiver is around, I like it a lot, more of the same mostly but that's fine in my book.
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Should I see Sylvan Esso tonight or am I going to be bored as hell because it's a girl and a guy with a computer E: I should have mentioned that I'd be more into the opener, Flock of Dimes (side project of Wye Oak's Jenn Wasner). But still. Real Name Grover fucked around with this message at 17:13 on Mar 19, 2015 |
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It will probably be boring as hell, that type of music gives no life to the crowd too.. if it's more than $20, bleh.
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Real Name Grover posted:Should I see Sylvan Esso tonight or am I going to be bored as hell because it's a girl and a guy with a computer I saw them live in my office (lol) and they were good. If you like the album check it out.
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I was getting a beer before the show last night and Jenn Wasner came up next to me to get some water and I talked to her for a few minutes  Her "solo" stuff is pretty good and I hope she finds the time to assemble an album out of it.And yeah, Slyvan Esso was alright. The crowd was a lot longer than I imagined, though.
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Real Name Grover posted:
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I saw TV on the Radio last night at the Granada in Dallas. I based the ticket purchase off of Seeds and "Staring at the Sun" which I really enjoyed and got a lot of radio play when I was in high school. I have to say this was probably the first concert I've ever been to that I was a little disappointed in. Their album music generally speaking has a lot of dynamic contrast, and apart from one or two songs the band was just loud the entire time (both in terms of SPL and dynamics, my hearing still hasn't quite returned to normal). Even listening to the album after I got back, it seemed like this was the case. This is the second band I've seen at that venue (the other being Death from Above 1979) both were like that though, it might just be an issue with the sound setup that being said being loud and in your face is much more of DFA's style where as that isn't really the case with TVOTR. Careful You Happy Idiot and Staring at the Sun were the only real highlights for me. I've always enjoyed the first one, and the last two were fun dance songs. Some pictures below: The opening act was nostalghia who sounded like what I'd imagine a gothic rock band fronted by Bjork would be. Her outfit was really cute if nothing else, even if at times it reminded me of someone's cosplay especially with the virgin mary on her crotch. The music as a whole wasn't really to my taste but they had a cello player instead of a guitarist so that was different.   Here's TVOTR proper, I usually don't get many pictures as I don't like being "that guy" who watches the show from behind their phone the entire time so of the 5-6 I'll actually take only one or two will be in focus. Their singer was very animated, though I wouldn't say he interacted with the crowd much. This is the first official stop on their tour so hopefully if anyone else is seeing them they'll do a better show. 
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I saw TVotR last weekend at a festival and they were just okay. They played Wolf Like Me and Happy Idiot, which was all I was really seeing them for anyway, so I was happy about that. But they sounded fairly lifeless throughout the entire set. There wasn't as much of a crowd for them either, since they played in the afternoon instead of at night. That was my first time seeing them (although they first popped on my radar in like 2006), but I probably wouldn't go see them again. Now, Death From Above 1979, I saw them at a different festival last year and they loving killed it. I loved that show. In fact it made me appreciate The Physical World even more after seeing that.
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DFA was amazing. I'm going to see Sleater Kinney at that same venue in April and hope it'll be like that too. I actually bought some fancy concert earplugs for louder shows after I saw DFA for the first time live and couldn't hear for 2-3 days afterwards (I go to metal shows as well) but, didn't think I'd need them for TVOTR so I didn't wear them.
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The only time I've suffered long lasting hearing loss is Swans and Wire, bought some proper ear plugs after that as well.
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