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Captain Hotbutt posted:I got Sleigh Bells tickets for Christmas and I'm pretty pumped to go. No-one cares about Sleigh Bells these days except for me I guess, but I thought their little mini-album they released this year has some really superb songs on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnuMMkDGjmE
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Big City Drinkin posted:Why do you say that? She's not my fav but seems to do her job ok She tries to hard to sound like she has something cool to say and sucks really bad at it, and she's old and not cool at all in anyway but you know... has a hosting gig.
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Chvrches confirming new album and a bunch of shows this year (though not announced). I can't wait to see them again. Martin's Under the Tide is still one of the best live experiences.
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Slandible posted:Chvrches confirming new album and a bunch of shows this year (though not announced). I can't wait to see them again. Martin's Under the Tide is still one of the best live experiences. I've seen Chvrches seven times, but at the last two they played High Enough to Carry You Over instead  It was still good, but wasn't Under the Tide good.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGMXOfpdgF8 I'm so ready for this new MGMT album
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First Aid Kit has a new album out in two weeks. I've enjoyed the three songs they've released so far and can't wait to hear the rest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDdXe51yphI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xlvi7VBaQ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp3op-DYFG4
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interpunct posted:First Aid Kit has a new album out in two weeks. I've enjoyed the three songs they've released so far and can't wait to hear the rest. I'm seeing them later this month! Very excited!
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angrygodofjebus posted:I've seen Chvrches seven times, but at the last two they played High Enough to Carry You Over instead I have seen chvrches zero times share u freakin selfish jerk
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interpunct posted:First Aid Kit has a new album out in two weeks. I've enjoyed the three songs they've released so far and can't wait to hear the rest. Wait they're Swedish? What the poo poo?
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AverySpecialfriend posted:I have seen chvrches zero times share u freakin selfish jerk Prepare for phones if and when you do go
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Saw CHVRCHES earlier this year or last year, can't remember and I didn't really enjoy it. All I could hear was the bass and her vocals, none of the interesting synths and keys that are in the songs. Now this may have been poor acoustics in the venue, I was in a mid tier balcony in the back so maybe only the highs and lows were being funneled to me, but overall I was unhappy. The crowd did that annoying thing at a seated show where everyone stood, but barely anyone around me was actually dancing. On the plus side, Lauren is very personable and her banter was fun. Just wished I enjoyed the actual performance more.
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Was anyone else a little underwhelmed by Every Open Eye? I found a few of the songs formulaic and some of the lyrics pretty inartful. "Bury It and Rise Above" comes to mind as a good example — the riff and chorus are just so monotonous. Not to say I didn't like the album altogether — I thought "Down Side of Me" was good, and "High Enough to Carry You Over" was a real surprise — maybe my favorite track. It might just be that The Bones of What You Believe is that good that it's hard to match. Still, I'm looking forward to their next album and would definitely see them live again, and think Lauren Mayberry is a real force for good in pop culture.
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It was a half-step back for me too, but mostly because it felt rushed. None of the tracks has room to breathe, it's just 3 seconds of intro and then "bam okay I guess the lyrics start now." And when you write these oblique lyrics, you're always straddling a fine line between being Jeff Mangum and being laughable, and EOE just missed the mark more than Bones. It happens. I'm worried a bit about the next LP mostly for those reasons. I'm getting the same feeling I had leading up to Arcade Fire's Everything Now, and we all saw how that turned out.
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Do you use earplugs? I honestly noticed a difference from the two times I saw them, her vocals and synth were much more audible with earplugs. I've noticed this with a few repeat bands when I started using plugs, but I've heard complaints of early Chvrches suffering on vocals before Lauren found her groove.
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I don't use earplugs, no. I saw them on the rail at Webster Hall (RIP) in 2013, and early-stage Lauren was apparent but not glaring. And then mid-crowd at T5, infamous venue and all, they sounded far better. I still have a setlist from that Webster show I've thought about sending out to get autographed. Does anyone have experience sending stuff out like that? I'm guessing it doesn't exactly work like it does for baseball cards.
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ThatsMyBoye posted:I still have a setlist from that Webster show I've thought about sending out to get autographed. Does anyone have experience sending stuff out like that? I'm guessing it doesn't exactly work like it does for baseball cards. Not sure if they'll do it this time around but on the last tour Chvrches had a fan mailbox at the merch booth that you could drop anything into and Lauren would reply.
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I def think bones was a more coherent album than eoe but eoe has a lot of great songs. Clearest blue has the most fantastic crescendo I love it so much
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Clearest Blue is also incredible live.
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I discovered this guy and really like it, very chill acoustic guitar stuff: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/02/armon-jay-to-be-honest.html
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And this guy too, I absolutely love this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZV7AJW9Tzs
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EOE dropped almost 2 years to the day Bones did, so I'm sure it was certainly a little rushed to capitalize on all the hype they built in 2014 and the chemistry and energy they were probably feeling from touring. Looking forward to seeing what the break does for them.
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Jack White put out a new single today. The A-side? Whatever. This B-side, though...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQxm-dFp0Og
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Pale Waves is awesome, can't believe I just discovered them, going to their show in Vancouver in March https://youtu.be/y-CvcTfcllk CLAM DOWN fucked around with this message at 09:54 on Jan 12, 2018 |
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The new Borns album came out today and it is good. Matt and Kim also released a new song and it is not very good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyVzPx4ecHA angrygodofjebus fucked around with this message at 17:45 on Jan 12, 2018 |
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They were never my favorite, but just the other day I was thinking, I feel like Matt & Kim's music will not (hasn't?) age(d) well
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CLAM DOWN posted:Pale Waves is awesome, can't believe I just discovered them, going to their show in Vancouver in March They're pretty cool, I can't wait for the album to come out. Hopefully I remember they exist by then so I can actually buy it.
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angrygodofjebus posted:The new Borns album came out today and it is good. Nice! I'll check it out Epi Lepi posted:They're pretty cool, I can't wait for the album to come out. Hopefully I remember they exist by then so I can actually buy it. I'll definitely post here when the show happens, and yeah can't wait for the album.
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Ya that song is pretty bad, but I still plan to see them because they are always a blast live. Their last album from a few years back felt like the begin of their downfall, but their old stuff still gets me excited.
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Also, UK post punk band Shame are really good.
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Matt & Kim are on an incredible streak where every album they release is markedly worse than the last. I’ll stan for Grand any day and Sidewalks is pretty good, but everything starting with Lightning is this weird no-mans land where the music is simultaneously trying to latch on to millennial culture while also trying to create the most car-commercial music possible.
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If I had to name a band I think will definitely withstand the test of time, I'd gush about Chairlift. Chairlift are probably best known for the single they had on an Apple commercial, "Bruises". I first discovered Chairlift in 2012 at an indie dance party with music videos when this came on. I was transfixed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98XRKr19jIE I made a note of them and got their second album, Something, later that year for Christmas. I listened to it over and over, and I couldn't believe how good the songwriting and production was. Over the years I checked out the rest of their stuff and I think it's all good. Even more, they have any have a good diversity of sounds across each of their three albums.
Recommended if you like indie electronic acts a little on the arty side like Neon Indian, YACHT, Poliça, and Yeasayer.
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My favorite LA Band about a LA Band singing about LA Bands in the key of Talking Heads De Lux are releasing a new album! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMSIFt0OHaM incoherent fucked around with this message at 23:43 on Jan 13, 2018 |
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incoherent posted:My favorite LA Band about a LA Band singing about LA Bands in the key of Talking Heads De Lux are release a new album! oh, huh! found this track via spotify recommendation and I bumped it all summer, been wondering if they were still around https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=634FT45Z0KU
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T Bowl posted:Also, UK post punk band Shame are really good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mz_K1b5rVk
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New Franz Ferdinand song, Feel the Love Go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VONVWm2X4JI I liked this a lot more than Always Ascending, though this seems to not be the popular opinion. Also, new Shins track and its really loving good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE5arf6PQCo
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Cyril Sneer posted:New Franz Ferdinand song, Feel the Love Go: I want FF to go on forever. Like, direct our resources and manpower to build them metal bodies so they may produce music for generations.
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incoherent posted:I want FF to go on forever. Agreed
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