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abraham linksys posted:Glad to hear CHVRCHES' new stuff sounds good live; I reckon I should listen to their album sometime this weekend. Was a bit turned off hearing that it was more of the same, but I do like their first singles well enough that I figured I'd give them a shot live. They have a good light show and turn up the bass x 100. 
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I liked about the same if not a tad more then the first, other then the tracks with the guy singing. They really need to break something to him.
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Seeing CHVRCHES in November and am pretty pumped. The new album has some pretty good stuff outside of the singles like Empty Threat.
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Nothing on the new CHVRCHES album is grabbing me in the same way that Science/Visions did on the first album, but other than that, I think it's pretty good. Can't wait to see them in January.
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BonoMan posted:Saw a new release of Arcade Fire's Reflektor today... "ohhh a deluxe edition?" "a third disc?!?!" I was excited.
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cptn_dr posted:Nothing on the new CHVRCHES album is grabbing me in the same way that Science/Visions did on the first album, but other than that, I think it's pretty good. Can't wait to see them in January. I don't think anything on it is as good as "The Mother We Share" but "Down Side of Me" tries awfully drat hard.
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Listened through Better Nature about 3 times now, and I'm not sure what to make of it. Cradle is by far my favourite track, but afterwards it kind of loses steam until the middle of the album. Nightlight through Ragamuffin are pretty good, though outside of Nikki's more pronounced vocal contributions it's nothing revolutionary. The Wild Kind isn't a bad track but it doesn't have the feel of a good album closer to me, especailly compared to how well Out Of Breath closed out Neck of the Woods. It's still SSPU and a pretty good album, but it kind of feels like a step back.
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FactsAreUseless posted:You thought you had found a collector's edition. Turns out it was just more Reflektor. 
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Better Nature has a ton of great melodies but it's lacking something. Still good, with a few great tracks, but not as good as Caranavas or Neck of the Woods imo. More consistent than Swoon but nothing that quite matches the best tracks on that album either.
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I strongly disliked neck of the woods and like this new album a lot. A bit too glossy at times but Nightlight and everything after it is great I thought.
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its no big deal posted:Where/how, other than this thread, do you all hear about new music? I want to bump up my discovery beyond just AM/Spotify recommendations and hearsay from friends/family. Forums such as this, websites like Stereogum, following bands you listen to on social media, etc.
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its no big deal posted:Where/how, other than this thread, do you all hear about new music? I want to bump up my discovery beyond just AM/Spotify recommendations and hearsay from friends/family. Bookmark and read places like Stereogum and P4k that make a point to link to and stream lots of new music. Also NPR's First Listen.
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its no big deal posted:Where/how, other than this thread, do you all hear about new music? I want to bump up my discovery beyond just AM/Spotify recommendations and hearsay from friends/family. Facebook has pretty much become my music discovery site. I just like pages like the aforementioned Stereogame, Pitchfork, NPR Music, and KEXP. Or find their youtube pages and subscribe.
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I'll toss my hat onto the wave of posters lauding CHVRCHES' live show. Saw them last night at Boston Calling and they blew me away with already-high expectations. The new stuff sounded great, light show was phenomenal, Make Them Gold and Clearest Blue worked perfectly and Martin danced like an adorable chode on Under the Tide. Other bands yesterday: Skylar Spence is still getting used to the whole band and performance thing, but Prom King (their new record) is great and translate well to a live setting. Found it hilarious that they have a MacBook on stage to play the electronic parts. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks kind of bled one song into the next but were very enjoyable. Wasn't too into Sturgill Simpson but he sounded fine, probably just a personal taste thing. Papa John Misty slayed, as he is wont to do. No banter, sadly, just a rundown of 12 tracks back to back. Skipped Walk the Moon for burgers, don't regret it at all. Chromeo sounded good but the whole two white Canadian dudes co-opting black funk as much as they did disco in general rubbed me the wrong way slightly. Not that they're bad, they're just not for me. Alt-J was really quiet at the outset and I was stuck in the middle of a crush near the stage, which made for an unbecoming start to their set. When things eased up/the sound mix was fixed, they got a lot better. I'd still never see them at a fest again, all the drunk frat bros who inexplicably knew all the lyrics and needed to scream them out were a big turnoff.
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CRINDY posted:Chromeo sounded good but the whole two white Canadian dudes co-opting black funk as much as they did disco in general rubbed me the wrong way slightly. Not that they're bad, they're just not for me. Neither guy in Chromeo is white. They're great.
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Thanks for the info, goons. I've got some new stuff added into feedly.
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Just listened to the new CHVRCHES stuff, holy poo poo is it good. I need to see them live if they come to Vancouver.
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Action Serious posted:Neither guy in Chromeo is white. They're great. I will put it on the record that I am dumb and have bad opinions based off incorrect information. Chromeo still doesn't do anything for me, though. Edit: OK, I'll give them "Jealous," that's catchy.
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Chromeo's White Women, to me, is like one perfect song after another after another. I'm glad I got to see them live last year. That was really my first exposure to them and they put on such a fun show.
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It's probably a long way out, but Alison Mosshart did a Q and A today and basically confirmed a new Kills album currently in the works. Let the hype begin.
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I'm finally seeing Father John Misty tonight, hope it lives up to the hype.
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ThatsMyBoye posted:Bookmark and read places like Stereogum and P4k that make a point to link to and stream lots of new music. Also NPR's First Listen. Also Drowned in Sound, Consequence of Sound (although the latter has gotten a bit clickbaity).
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its no big deal posted:Where/how, other than this thread, do you all hear about new music? I want to bump up my discovery beyond just AM/Spotify recommendations and hearsay from friends/family. I go to a million shows and wrote for an indie zine for like ten years. Also bands just randomly follow me on Twitter and sometimes they're actually good. This is how I found out about A Great Big Pile of Leaves for instance.
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Wanna take a post to bump Meg Myers, who probably won't strike a chord with everyone (so to speak), but who cranks out some pretty emotive rock and has a few memorable singles on her first full-length https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym1J5IAk2P4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8imFxu4Jbo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-z4sUKWd6Q
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Kurt Vile released another good indie rock/pop/folk/electronic album! (Also TIL that's his real name.)
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T Bowl posted:I'm finally seeing Father John Misty tonight, hope it lives up to the hype. He will
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Is it worth spending 3 hours driving to see A Place to Bury Strangers tomorrow night? Wifey hates noise rock in bars so I'd be going alone to boot.
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Whorelord posted:He will He did, he did a Q and A before his encore, it was funny.
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CRINDY posted:I'll toss my hat onto the wave of posters lauding CHVRCHES' live show. Saw them last night at Boston Calling and they blew me away with already-high expectations. The new stuff sounded great, light show was phenomenal, Make Them Gold and Clearest Blue worked perfectly and Martin danced like an adorable chode on Under the Tide. I was there too and you're totally spot on. Chvrches was great, Alt-J was good too but the crowd of bro-hipsters and white basic bitches was horrendous. Like being at a loving Dave Matthews Band concert.
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abraham linksys posted:why do bros like Alt-J I love the experimental nature of Alt-J's stuff but I think they fall into that "different but still approachable" mindset that led to the cult of personality around Pink Floyd. That's not a dig against Floyd, it's just that every douchebag stoner I knew in high school and college loved waxing philosophic about Dark Side. I didn't even know about the bro-ey nature of their fanbase until Saturday night, and while it doesn't taint the music for me, it does prevent me from seeing them live in the future. Although the whole bro-ey part might have been exacerbated by the festival setting, which many people consider an excuse to get shitfaced. The extreme irony of seeing Father John Misty play "The Night Josh Tillman Came To Our Apartment," a song about how pretentious, narcissistic and obnoxious millennials can be, while the five people immediately in front of me were fall-down drunk and screaming over the music, completely fulfilling his point, turned me off festivals something fierce. At least festivals in cities where college is currently in session. How can I make this post less whiney? Um... the new Wavves record loving kicks rear end, and I'd go see them Saturday night if I haven't been feeling under the weather recently. Not in the mood to get my rear end kicked if I end up in the pit. And man, the Arcade Fire Reflektor b-sides are so goddamn disappointing. "Get Right" has the right atmosphere, but everything else is just so loving derivative of Reflektor's thesis, which is already imprinted all over the entire record in the first place. Still haven't dipped into the new The World is a Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid to Die record, guess I'll do that tonight. I saw them open for Real Estate, Math the Band and Vivian Girls (man the end of that slate is so late-00s it hurts) back in 2009, so it's really pleasing to see them getting high marks. I guess if you manage to survive Willimantic, CT, everything else is gravy.
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Man, this TWIABP is at once pretty great and exactly what would trigger a quarter-life crisis in me right now.
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New (live) track from EL VY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q1qog-I9cs Getting psyched for the full album.
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abraham linksys posted:Speaking of bros, this CHVRCHES crowd At least that one dude who yelled out "marry me" got shut down quite emphatically by Lauren.
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that was a good show. they should put more bass in their songs because I'm listening to the new record now and it sounds way duller than it does live maybe Peter Hook should join CHVRCHES. or whichever brother in Disclosure plays bass live. this seems to be the element they're lacking e: I am actually angry about how much loving worse "Bury It" is on this record than it was live. Why is this production so goddamn sterile. Now I'm really glad I didn't end up buying the record at the show, because I'm not sure how many more times I'm gonna listen to this. abraham linksys fucked around with this message at 05:47 on Sep 30, 2015 |
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