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FactsAreUseless posted:I like Swan Lake and New Pornographers so I feel like I should like Destroyer, but they never grab me. Where should I start? They have about 20 albums. I was actually a latecomer to all the Canada stuff; my real introduction to Destroyer was Kaputt, which somehow managed to avoid being too pastiche-y. He slapped "Bay of Pigs" onto the end of it, although he'd released it as a single a year or two prior. I think it's one of the best songs of the past ~10 years, honestly. I've since dabbled in all his old stuff.
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This Night, Your Blues and Destroyers Rubies are cool and good
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I saw Courtney Barnett last night and goddamn that was a good show
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Pablo Gigante posted:I saw Courtney Barnett last night and goddamn that was a good show
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FactsAreUseless posted:Guy standing behind you at show: drat, this Pablo is gigantic!
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Pablo Gigante posted:I saw Courtney Barnett last night and goddamn that was a good show Saw her tonight. I agree that Courtney Barnett is rad as heck live. 
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Saw her a couple of months back. Also agree.
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Sadly I will be at a convention when she comes to Dallas. Seeing Purity Ring tonight though. Super excited!
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So I just bought a ticket to the Saturday of Pitchfork Fest, almost exclusively for Sleater-Kinney. I was actually supposed to cover it for a site, but I let another writer take it because I'm doing Lollapalooza and Riot Fest as well. I also don't know much about most of these bands, and was wondering if you goons could help me decide who I should prioritize/be excited about. For reference, I typically like hard-charging, guitar-driven music (I'm a metalhead first and foremost), but I have relatively varied taste. Just know that my taste in indie leans less jangly and more punchy. I also like hip-hop, and have almost no interest in anything synth-lead or electronic. Tell me about some of these bands. An asterisk marks ones I'm planning to check out for sure, while a question mark is a genuine "who is this and why should I care?" Future Islands A$AP Ferg The New Pornographers Ex Hex(?) Todd Terje and the Olsens Vince Staples* Kurt Vile Shamir(?) Parquet Courts* Mr. Twin Sister(?) Future Brown Protomartyr* Ariel Pink Bully* (I've actually seen them before) Jimmy Whispers(?)
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Henchman of Santa posted:So I just bought a ticket to the Saturday of Pitchfork Fest, almost exclusively for Sleater-Kinney. I was actually supposed to cover it for a site, but I let another writer take it because I'm doing Lollapalooza and Riot Fest as well. I also don't know much about most of these bands, and was wondering if you goons could help me decide who I should prioritize/be excited about. The only ones on the list that sounds up your alley is Parquet Courts and Kurt Vile.
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Henchman of Santa posted:So I just bought a ticket to the Saturday of Pitchfork Fest, almost exclusively for Sleater-Kinney. I was actually supposed to cover it for a site, but I let another writer take it because I'm doing Lollapalooza and Riot Fest as well. I also don't know much about most of these bands, and was wondering if you goons could help me decide who I should prioritize/be excited about. Prioritize and be extremely excited about Parquet Courts.
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I understand the appeal of Todd Terje but I can't imagine watching it live. That alone might be reason to walk by the stage. Beyond that, what the other guys said. The New Pornographers are all just really good musicians and put on one of the better shows I've seen in recent years last November.
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Ex Hex are rad. Take a listen to a few of their songs on YouTube or spotify, see if they're up your alley.
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Real Name Grover posted:I understand the appeal of Todd Terje but I can't imagine watching it live. That alone might be reason to walk by the stage. Todd terje current outing is a live band, not a dj act. They really do a good job of transposing the heavy sample and studio style of the music to a live performance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLHDNq7hzbc incoherent fucked around with this message at 06:48 on May 23, 2015 |
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Schpyder posted:Ex Hex are rad. Take a listen to a few of their songs on YouTube or spotify, see if they're up your alley. They're even better live. I saw them last year in some little hole in the wall venue and was blown away by it. Some serious talent in that band.
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As a big New Pornographers fan I suggest you see them. Great live act, and if they don't make you want to dance you're broken inside. Ex Hex is a lot of fun (kind of a garage rock sound), and if you like Sleater-Kinney, you probably know about Wild Flag, so you're already familiar with Mary Timony (who you might know from the 90s band Helium). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AxIA4042WA Future Islands apparently puts on a great show, but I'm not a fan of their albums so I've only seen their famous Letterman performance. You might not like synth-driven stuff but they might be a fun show anyway? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ee4bfu_t3c Ghost of Reagan Past fucked around with this message at 15:42 on May 23, 2015 |
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:As a big New Pornographers fan I suggest you see them. Great live act, and if they don't make you want to dance you're broken inside. Ex Hex is a lot of fun (kind of a garage rock sound), and if you like Sleater-Kinney, you probably know about Wild Flag, so you're already familiar with Mary Timony (who you might know from the 90s band Helium). I am really tired of hearing Seasons at this point. If it's possible for something in the indie genre to be overplayed, it's that song.
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Singles isn't even their best album. It's good, but not top list good. On the Water was their best, pre-"we're breaking through" album you could ask of a band.
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People should talk about The Dodos more. They're good and keep putting out music and nobody notices.
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incoherent posted:Singles isn't even their best album. It's good, but not top list good. On the Water was their best, pre-"we're breaking through" album you could ask of a band. In Evening Air is my personal favorite, if only for Tin Man. Chiming in on the Parquet Courts and Kurt Vile love. KV has a new album out later this year, hopefully, which excites me because Wakin on a Pretty Daze is fantastic.
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FactsAreUseless posted:People should talk about The Dodos more. They're good and keep putting out music and nobody notices.  Saw them in SF on their most recent tour. They were just amazing, considering it was just the two of them. Anyone going to Spoon in Oakland next Friday?
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Slandible posted:They're even better live. I saw them last year in some little hole in the wall venue and was blown away by it. Some serious talent in that band. I also saw them in some tiny venue a few months ago and my ears haven't quite been the same since. But they are incredible, I honestly don't remember the last time I was so addicted to an album the way I was with 'Rips' earlier this year.
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FactsAreUseless posted:People should talk about The Dodos more. They're good and keep putting out music and nobody notices. RIP Chris Reimer 
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Hope you guys are getting ready for summer! Neon Indian just put out a new single today titled Annie. I loved Psychic Chasms, liked Era Extrana, and am stoked to see where Alan goes with this 3rd release. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTuT1s-YPLE If you're into artists like XXYYXX or Giraffage check out this track by Misogi titled Church. It makes use of a lot trap stylings. Hell of a day starter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EktWKbvP7z8 This song by Poolside is starting to get some attention on the radio. It's a really groovy, smooth track. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suWbFPaVoEA Hibou reminds me of pretty much every other "beach-rock revival" band out there. It's low-fi rock music with apathetic vocals and glimmering synths. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AZjq82mrfg It's weird to be posting about Ceremony in this thread, but I would hardly call their recent release hardcore punk. They've really evolved in the past years and what were once a group of dudes making really chaotic, aggressive hardcore now could easily be confused with bands like Interpol, Viet Cong or Editors. Here's one of my favorites from their new release The L-Shaped Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXVTBHuKrPk guppiehaus fucked around with this message at 19:41 on May 26, 2015 |
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guppiehaus posted:Hope you guys are getting ready for summer! ...and Beach House announced a new album to be released on August 28th.
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Speaking of Summer, the new Jamie XX album is streaming (with some cool visuals) and it's on-track to be my AOTY  http://pitchfork.com/news/59707-jamie-xx-streams-in-colour-as-visual-album/
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Madisen Ward and Mama Bear's album was sort of a surprise in the wrong ways. That initial live performance of theirs was amazing, but the guy's vocals are totally shot in the studio release. He keeps dipping into that midwestern warble and it's a big turnoff, not to mention you can hear him fighting for breath at multiple points in every song.
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interpunct posted:...and Beach House announced a new album to be released on August 28th. I like Beach House fine but Depression Cherry is a really lovely name for an album
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Saw Purity Ring/Braids tonight. Here's what I thought: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h-ogENp-A8 The venue where they played is kind of notorious for having lovely mixing and that was true of this show too, no matter where I stood I couldn't see much of Purity Ring despite getting to the venue before the doors opened, multiple people ended up getting forcibly removed from the venue next to where I was standing (including Purity Ring's tour manager), when Purity Ring's tour manager got kicked out of the venue they stopped the show for like 5 or 10 straight minutes, etc. What I could see of their light show looked awesome. If I could just see them at a different venue and forget this show ever happened, that'd rule. Oh well, at least Braids was awesome. They only played for like half an hour or less, though. That was kind of disappointing.
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I'm sorry to hear that. They were amazing when I saw them in Dallas. Though it was a recently redone venue so everything was brand new. I really liked Braids, their last album has been on repeat in my car since I saw them last Friday. We had this other band open for us "Born Gold" they were an electro pop sort of thing. I am at work but the venues most recent album has plenty of pictures. https://m.facebook.com/thebombfactorydallas It was a 4500 person venue and by the far the largest GA show I'd ever been to. Every band kept commenting on how big of a crowd it was. Purity Ring themselves were really good. Really fun to dance to even without alcohol. Though there was a drunk woman next to me who kept grinding on me, then some guy who started smoking weed right next to me but, in light of how awesome the show was I can forgive it.
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jiffypop45 posted:I'm sorry to hear that. They were amazing when I saw them in Dallas. Though it was a recently redone venue so everything was brand new. I really liked Braids, their last album has been on repeat in my car since I saw them last Friday. We had this other band open for us "Born Gold" they were an electro pop sort of thing. Born Gold is amazing
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Also I dont know if this is the right thread but the new Disclosure is absolutely amazing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVN6FqPpChQ
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Born Gold was at my show too, and much like Purity Ring, they seemed like they would be fun to see at a different venue but the mixing was poo poo for them at the venue where I saw them. There was like barely any low end and too much high end to the point where it sounded distorted. The mix was embarrassingly bad but the band seemed like they put on a cool show.
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If you're into folky type stuff check out SOAK. She's a massively talented singer/songwriter from Northern Ireland and her debut album is out next week, can't get enough of her at the minute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt_juevz9Qg - B a noBody
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The new Tallest Man on Earth album is really disappointing but I can't decide if that's because the songs are actually bad or the production is just that lovely. The full band sounds completely unnecessary, plastic, and lifeless like it was made completely on a computer. I'm seeing him live tonight and I was way more excited when I bought tickets before the album was out.
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Still haven't listened to the new Unknown Mortal Orchestra album because.... new Jamie XX is ridiculously good.
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More new Metric dropping - Cascades New album supposedly called Pagans in Vegas, out in September
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