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Godzilla07
Oct 4, 2008

Trig Discipline posted:

Man, I was not a fan of the new Tune-Yards album. Having just seen them touring for it live tonight reminded me that Merrill can sell just about anything with her voice and stage presence, but still the juxtaposition of her older songs with the new stuff just threw the shittiness of the new stuff into sharp relief.

It's really bad. The sound is just lifeless, lacking the groove that Tune-Yards was known for. And the lyrical content is tedious at best.

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever released my favorite song of 2018 so far. Great jangle pop for a summer day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqZPbcJQC2Q

Well, it was my favorite song of the year so far, until this song from Snail Mail gave me pause. It's classical.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tnTucP1UM

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T Bowl
Feb 6, 2006

Shut up DUMMY
Just saw her with Shame the day she announced that lp, she's good.

Real Name Grover
Feb 13, 2002

Like corn on the cob
Fan of Britches

Aves Maria! posted:

It's really bad Beck

The music itself is really bad N64 menu music

captainOrbital
Jan 23, 2003

Wrathchild!
💢🧒
Saw Alvvays on Friday. It was my first time seeing them live, and they really put on a great show. It seemed like the bass was mixed a little heavy, but aside from that it was cool. Everybody singing along to every song. That's always fun. Now all I have on the radar is Hinds.

Slandible
Apr 30, 2008

I've been coming back to this song a lot this year by Blis. They seem to be an odd genre, but fit here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Tttp6Berg

hughesta
Jun 12, 2012

i know its super duper kooper
cool like up the bitches snitches
I quite like the new Jack White album sorry yall

Rageaholic
May 31, 2005

Old Town Road to EGOT

hughesta posted:

I quite like the new Jack White album sorry yall
You and Anthony Fantano both. He gave it a 9/10, which is totally baffling to me. I saw no appeal in it whatsoever.

Nail Rat
Dec 29, 2000

You maniacs! You blew it up! God damn you! God damn you all to hell!!
Here's an example
If Joe Blow says "Yo, you think like Avagio"
You'll respond "No, that's an insult, yo"
"I live in a vacuum, I ain't got but no one"
Listen up, son

Princeps32
Nov 9, 2012
the boarding house reach singles actually got stuck in my head despite having only listened to the album one and a half times, so maybe it’s a grower, but it still feels like an album made out of transition or interlude tracks, plus a baffling faux-rap boogie.

fantano isn’t the only high mark recently, it’s apparently more divisive than the initial rush of negative reviews hinted at. NME and Consequence of Sound were both positive as well.

T Bowl
Feb 6, 2006

Shut up DUMMY
Fantano is such a boob. His tastes sucks. Props for being so nerdy about band trivia though I guess (I am sure he has a prep sheet before every review but yeah he does good with that part).

captainOrbital
Jan 23, 2003

Wrathchild!
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Is he not one of those alt-right dudes?

I thought someone said that a while ago. As to whether that has any bearing on his music tastes whatever.

Back when I still watched his youtubes I learned about Kero Kero Bonito so that's...something that happened.

Princeps32
Nov 9, 2012

captainOrbital posted:

Is he not one of those alt-right dudes?

I thought someone said that a while ago. As to whether that has any bearing on his music tastes whatever.

Back when I still watched his youtubes I learned about Kero Kero Bonito so that's...something that happened.

nah the article that accused him of being alt-right ended up being so off base it was taken down by the host site. plenty of reasons to not like him but that was a pretty nasty smear job

also speaking of kero kero bonito their new pop-punk ep was pretty fun i thought

captainOrbital
Jan 23, 2003

Wrathchild!
💢🧒
Huh well poo poo; my apologies to Fantano.

Rageaholic
May 31, 2005

Old Town Road to EGOT

Fantano's a vegan leftist. He had a dumb meme channel on YouTube that's gone now, but that doesn't make him an alt-righter despite what that article said about him.

I'm not his biggest fan or anything. I disagree with a lot of his opinions on albums. But he does cover a huge quantity of albums across a wide array of genres, so I end up watching a lot of his content because much of it is about something I'm interested in or related to it at least.

T Bowl
Feb 6, 2006

Shut up DUMMY
His ultra-fanboy love for Sunn 0)) yet pretentious bashing of several modern amazing albums is why he's a boob.

ThatsMyBoye
Nov 21, 2006

I wish that I believed in fate
I wish I didn't sleep so late
I used to be carried in the arms of cheerleaders

Godzilla07 posted:

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever released my favorite song of 2018 so far. Great jangle pop for a summer day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqZPbcJQC2Q

One of the very best bands going right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEnSnJrOWVs&t=57s

spanky the dolphin
Sep 3, 2006


I'm really liking the last track from that EP:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn7ybiISu98

Sir Lemming
Jan 27, 2009

It's a piece of JUNK!
I mean I see how someone could like the Jack White album. It's not unlistenable. And to his credit it does kind of sound different from the thing he always does. But I'm still kind of Jack Whited out.

DasNeonLicht
Dec 25, 2005

"...and the light is on and burning brightly for the masses."
Fallen Rib

:agreed:

The French Press EP is so so good. Thrilled to see them on tour in the US soon.

My favorite early track from them is probably "Career".

captainOrbital
Jan 23, 2003

Wrathchild!
💢🧒
I was completely obsessed with the song French Press for a while.

SO GOOD

^burtle
Jul 17, 2001

God of Boomin'



My brother described the new Jack White as the "Music he hoped John Frusciante would have made" but it still hasn't clicked for me.

Schremp Howard
Jul 18, 2010

What attitude problem?
Someone (probably here) described Jack White as their favorite Johnny Depp character and I feel like that is the best comparison/point of understanding you can have for him and his music/mannerisms.

Thom and the Heads
Oct 27, 2010

Farscape is actually pretty cool.
i love hop along a lot and you can stream their new album before it releases on friday at npr right now

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/02/5976...ontent=20180402


i love hop along a lot

Terrifying Effigies
Oct 22, 2008

Problems look mighty small from 150 miles up.

Caught Gracie and Rachel opening for San Fermin and was really impressed, although I am a sucker for violins:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNAil6VlchE

thehoodie
Feb 8, 2011

"Eat something made with love and joy - and be forgiven"

Thom and the Heads posted:

i love hop along a lot and you can stream their new album before it releases on friday at npr right now

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/02/5976...ontent=20180402


i love hop along a lot

Ahhhh me too!!! I only listened to the first song so far but it was so good. Can't wait to listen to the rest and also all of their songs ever.

Thom and the Heads
Oct 27, 2010

Farscape is actually pretty cool.
this voidz album feels like it's 8 tracks too long

Henchman of Santa
Aug 21, 2010
My friends who I normally make doom metal with put out this very midwestern indie record a few days ago and I think it’s good. Most people have said it sounds like “an indie rock album from 2006” but I don’t have that frame of reference, so I think of it as sounding like Into It. Over It. with more eclectic instrumentation.

https://arthhur.bandcamp.com/album/come-meet-the-opposite-committee

angrygodofjebus
Aug 25, 2005

Drink it up and hunker down

Thom and the Heads posted:

this voidz album feels like it's 8 tracks too long

It is long and all over the place but I like it. Some really good individual tracks even if the whole thing never comes together. I had no expectations so I'm pretty happy.

captainOrbital
Jan 23, 2003

Wrathchild!
💢🧒
New Hinds record this Friday. I like what I've heard so far, but then again I am a Hinds superfan.

They're coming to Chicago again in May, and while I would love to see them "in the round" at Thalia Hall again, I'm happy with Lincoln Hall too.

Slandible
Apr 30, 2008

Terrifying Effigies posted:

Caught Gracie and Rachel opening for San Fermin and was really impressed, although I am a sucker for violins:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNAil6VlchE

I'm digging their stuff, good find.

The Modern Leper
Dec 25, 2008

You must be a masochist

Thom and the Heads posted:

this voidz album feels like it's 8 tracks too long

I haven't heard the album yet, but I don't feel I need to because I've already read this: https://www.stereogum.com/1988829/o...sounding-board/

Also, new Arctic Monkeys album in May.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uGQ_ypTw08

Little to work on other than some pretty synths and an ugly guitar riff. So yeah, an Arctic Monkeys album from the last 8 years or so.

EDIT: Looks like this may violate the rule about talking too much about well established bands, so here's some El mató a un policía motorizado. Sonically, they're sort of a Spanish language (Argentina) version of the last two Spoon albums, with some more emphasis on big, arena-ready choruses. Even if you don't speak Spanish, you'll know when the emotions swell. They're pretty big in South America, I gather, but who can tell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NX7LPvIUrs
El Tesoro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IuSX8tP34s
El mundo extraño

The Modern Leper fucked around with this message at 16:34 on Apr 5, 2018

Thom and the Heads
Oct 27, 2010

Farscape is actually pretty cool.
anyone know if the singer of the arctic monkeys is a british dude or not?

CLAM DOWN
Feb 13, 2007




Thom and the Heads posted:

anyone know if the singer of the arctic monkeys is a british dude or not?

Yup, they're all British iirc

Thom and the Heads
Oct 27, 2010

Farscape is actually pretty cool.

CLAM DOWN posted:

Yup, they're all British iirc

hmm i couldnt tell from LITERALLY ALL OF THEIR SONGS

CLAM DOWN
Feb 13, 2007




Thom and the Heads posted:

hmm i couldnt tell from LITERALLY ALL OF THEIR SONGS

Well, you asked.....

Thom and the Heads
Oct 27, 2010

Farscape is actually pretty cool.

CLAM DOWN posted:

Well, you asked.....

i was being cheeky, bruv. :wink:

OpaqueEcho
Feb 8, 2003

oh no no bro oh no
this slipped in under my radar, stream of new Wye Oak:

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/02/597607855/first-listen-wye-oak-the-louder-i-call-the-faster-it-runs

Sir Lemming
Jan 27, 2009

It's a piece of JUNK!

Cool, I heard "The Instrument" on the radio a few days ago and looked up whatever else I could find about the album, including the other 3 singles. Never heard of them before, but looking forward to hearing the whole thing tomorrow. (It's just easier pre-loading it and listening in the car)

thehoodie
Feb 8, 2011

"Eat something made with love and joy - and be forgiven"

Thom and the Heads posted:

i love hop along a lot and you can stream their new album before it releases on friday at npr right now

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/02/5976...ontent=20180402


i love hop along a lot

yo I finally listened to this (been a busy week) and it is SO good. I think its their best album yet. Gonna listen again to make sure

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Thom and the Heads
Oct 27, 2010

Farscape is actually pretty cool.

thehoodie posted:

yo I finally listened to this (been a busy week) and it is SO good. I think its their best album yet. Gonna listen again to make sure

i think im inclined to agree. had it on repeat since they first put it on NPR. so layered, so many good hooks.

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