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bows1 posted:Just found out my girlfriends dad (who passed away) was best friends with Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore. they were both at his funeral and that just blows my mind. talk about a weird way to meet some rock legends 
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Anyone here have the Neutral Milk Hotel box set? If so, is it worth the price for someone who is a big fan?
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Oct 23, 2018 17:46
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Slandible posted:l've listened to Phases so much the past two days. I still can't get over how good Dear Rouge was, and meeting them afterward to talk made me realize what great people they are too. They are so deserving of making it big. Totally agree man. I loved Black to Gold, but Phases has actually blown me away. After a billion listens I think my favourite track is Wicked Thing. And you're right, they're stellar people, I've followed them since they were so small, one time I even went to a local HMV (Canadian physical record store haha) to watch them play a tiny show, got autographs and had Starbucks when them after. They deserve to make it big, even if I'll miss them playing in little bars.
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Oct 23, 2018 18:09
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Beelerzebub posted:Anyone here have the Neutral Milk Hotel box set? If so, is it worth the price for someone who is a big fan? Personally speaking, a physical copy of Ferris Wheel on Fire is worth the price of admission alone. Though if you already have their LPs on vinyl, you're not getting a ton of new stuff but those have been widely available forever https://youtu.be/1WeO5Fl8G8s
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Oct 23, 2018 20:34
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I couldn't really give a poo poo about Greta Van Fleet or pitchfork but this review of their album is scathing and highly entertaining. https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/greta-van-fleet-anthem-of-the-peaceful-army/
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Oct 23, 2018 21:08
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I was pretty pumped for the album because I liked the eps and their "Zeppelin clone" schtick was ok with me. That being said: the album is really really bad. Think the filler tracks from In Through the Out Door compiled as a longer album and that's what GvF made.
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Oct 23, 2018 22:20
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Astrochicken posted:I couldn't really give a poo poo about Greta Van Fleet or pitchfork but this review of their album is scathing and highly entertaining. https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/greta-van-fleet-anthem-of-the-peaceful-army/ It got a few laughs from me if only because it reflects my own skepticism sprinkled in with a pinch of jealousy and nostalgia for Zep.
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CLAM DOWN posted:Totally agree man. I loved Black to Gold, but Phases has actually blown me away. After a billion listens I think my favourite track is Wicked Thing. And you're right, they're stellar people, I've followed them since they were so small, one time I even went to a local HMV (Canadian physical record store haha) to watch them play a tiny show, got autographs and had Starbucks when them after. They deserve to make it big, even if I'll miss them playing in little bars. During their set, Danielle called out someone in the crowd who had been to their last show in Windsor a few years ago and he was one of the four people at it. This time around it was probably 50+ crammed into this bar, but totally agree I love these kinds of small intimate shows more than anything. I've only been to one 1k+ size venue this year, everything else has been like 300-ish capacity and probably most shows being like 20-50 people. It's just the perfect number for a show, not too crowded but still worth the bands time. As for the album, I still can't decide which is my favorite, though Chains live was amazing and has been getting alot of plays.
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Oct 23, 2018 22:52
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Slandible posted:During their set, Danielle called out someone in the crowd who had been to their last show in Windsor a few years ago and he was one of the four people at it. This time around it was probably 50+ crammed into this bar, but totally agree I love these kinds of small intimate shows more than anything. I've only been to one 1k+ size venue this year, everything else has been like 300-ish capacity and probably most shows being like 20-50 people. It's just the perfect number for a show, not too crowded but still worth the bands time. My favourite DR experience was in the middle of a 1k venue in Vancouver (Commodore Ballroom), she recognized me immediately in the middle of the dancing throng, and mid-song worked her way into the crowd over to me to give me a hug. They're just such fantastic people, I can't wait to see them in like 2.5 weeks.
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Astrochicken posted:I couldn't really give a poo poo about Greta Van Fleet or pitchfork but this review of their album is scathing and highly entertaining. https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/greta-van-fleet-anthem-of-the-peaceful-army/ this is the least-insufferable negative pitchfork review I've ever read. i have enjoyed listening to Greta Van Fleet's music but i didn't really expect more than some kids having fun making "old" sounding music i don't know if i buy the main thesis though. the big music labels have been pushing nostalgia acts for decades. remember the "swing revival" with Brian Setzer and co?
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Oct 24, 2018 01:32
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Lutha Mahtin posted:talk about a weird way to meet some rock legends Well she had met them before but was too young to care. It was just an insane thing for me to hear (the funeral was long before I met her)
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Oct 24, 2018 01:36
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Astrochicken posted:I couldn't really give a poo poo about Greta Van Fleet or pitchfork but this review of their album is scathing and highly entertaining. https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/greta-van-fleet-anthem-of-the-peaceful-army/ Hahaha this review rules and even made me listen to the album, so in that sense it's an excellent advertisement. But I agree with them, everything about this bands feels conceived in an A&R boardroom.
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Oct 24, 2018 02:00
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Yeah it never really tops that opening line, but it is a hell of an opening line. Gotta tip my hat.quote:Greta Van Fleet sound like they did weed exactly once, called the cops, and tried to record a Led Zeppelin album before they arrested themselves.
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Oct 24, 2018 03:11
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Do y'all really hate Greta that much? I feel like they're fine.
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Oct 24, 2018 03:24
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Lutha Mahtin posted:Do y'all really hate Greta that much? I feel like they're fine. But what do they do that wasn’t done better by zeppelin? They aren’t really bringing anything to the equation
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Oct 24, 2018 03:38
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i never said they brought anything to that equation. i have always just approached their music as some Generation Z kids having fun playing rock music. are they good? important? groundbreaking? well i certainly don't make any claim on those points also i think the comparison to Zeppelin is played out
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Oct 24, 2018 03:46
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I listened to the album per the review and I hear early Rush, that period before 2112 where they were aping zep but also writing songs about the elves from lord of the rings, only without the virtuosic drumming and bass playing. Not bad, but just sorta whatever.
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Oct 24, 2018 05:23
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I feel like most of their criticism came after an interview where the person asked how big of an influence Zeppelin was for them, and they got chastised for saying it wasn’t really their main goal. It’s poor form to ask a question that is leading to a certain answer, and citing Zeppelin’s influences as their own is certainly the right move, but that got lost because everyone just wanted to read a headline saying “Band that sounds just like Led Zeppelin doesn’t think they were trying to be Led Zeppelin”. Overall I think they’re fine and have a lot of potential. They can be a huge rock band if they play their cards right. Pitchfork writing about them is done solely to clown on them since the target audience for a band like Greta Van Fleet spends zero time on their site. The people I know who dunk on them the most all never shut up about Death Grips or Swans and I don’t know what I prefer to be honest.
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Oct 24, 2018 06:05
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I think the public meeting The Heartless Bastards during Friday Night Lights is a better classic rock knockoff band then Greta Van Fleet
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Oct 24, 2018 06:09
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greta van fleet is pretty drat boring. Like why not just listen to Led Zeppelin instead lmaoLutha Mahtin posted:i never said they brought anything to that equation. i have always just approached their music as some Generation Z kids having fun playing rock music. are they good? important? groundbreaking? well i certainly don't make any claim on those points You can't be loving serious. I put on their new album yesterday and literally every single song was essentially a cover song of a led zeppelin track. Every single song on the album was like this. The REAL Goobusters fucked around with this message at 18:22 on Oct 24, 2018 |
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Oct 24, 2018 18:16
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The REAL Goobusters posted:greta van fleet is pretty drat boring. Like why not just listen to Led Zeppelin instead lmao i really honestly don't think there is a better response to this post than to say i'm sorry you have bad ears and failed out of music class
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Oct 24, 2018 19:03
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bows1 posted:But what do they do that wasn't done better by zeppelin? They aren't really bringing anything to the equation Also lmao that Black Sabbath gets to have two entire genres of imitators but Zep fans get mad when some kids try to have fun.
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There is a lot more to doom and stoner than Sabbath imitation but the Sabbath imitators don't pretend to be more than that and aren't appointed saviors of metal.
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Oct 24, 2018 19:42
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Siivola posted:The mix is actually much better than Zep's tinny seventies sound. I have no issue with kids wanting to have fun but their entire purpose is to mimic Zep. Like... Not inspired by... Completely ripping them off. So I can see how people find it enjoyable (I dont mind it) but it's absolutely fair game to call it out for what it is.
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Oct 24, 2018 20:26
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[Insert Mike Patton Wolfmother dot mov] But yeah, that's the best Pitchfork review since the one of the Jet album that was nothing but a video of a chimp drinking its own piss straight from its dick
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BonoMan posted:I have no issue with kids wanting to have fun but their entire purpose is to mimic Zep. Like... Not inspired by... Completely ripping them off. So I can see how people find it enjoyable (I dont mind it) but it's absolutely fair game to call it out for what it is. you should never take a music history or art history class then, because your brain would probably explode
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Oct 24, 2018 22:29
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Lutha Mahtin posted:you should never take a music history or art history class then, because your brain would probably explode you really dont need to get so defensive about people making fun of the boomer bait that you enjoy
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Oct 24, 2018 22:32
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Well at least bring something new to the equation instead of ripping off the "haha led zep" meme.  Here's a mild take: I unironically hope Greta makes it big and "kids playing granpa rock" becomes a real genre. I'm so used to modern compressed production that the classics always leave me cold.
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Oct 24, 2018 22:56
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its hosed up that theres a band of presumably young people who decide to play music like led zeppelin instead of something cool
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Siivola posted:Well at least bring something new to the equation instead of ripping off the "haha led zep" meme. actually it's against Internet Law section CLXIV to laugh at garbage posts if those posts are babbling on about something you like
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Oct 25, 2018 01:01
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i havent been able to get the phrase "half-baked boomer fetishism" out of my brain since reading that review. it's so perfect.
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Oct 25, 2018 01:08
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Lutha Mahtin posted:you should never take a music history or art history class then, because your brain would probably explode What point did you think you were making here? Yes artists have been ripped off through the ages. Doesn't somehow miraculously validate these guys and their 1:1 ripoff of Zep. BonoMan fucked around with this message at 01:41 on Oct 25, 2018 |
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Oct 25, 2018 01:39
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Lutha Mahtin posted:i really honestly don't think there is a better response to this post than to say i'm sorry you have bad ears and failed out of music class sir you have brain damage e: but yeah we get you're over 40+ years old and you love led zeppelin dude. is your other favorite band wolfmother? 
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BonoMan posted:What point did you think you were making here? Yes artists have been ripped off through the ages. Doesn't somehow miraculously validate these guys and their 1:1 ripoff of Zep. didn't led zeppelin famously rip off a bunch of guys too
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Oct 25, 2018 04:38
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A human heart posted:didn't led zeppelin famously rip off a bunch of guys too Yeah but we're not talking about cribbing a lyric or melody. We're talking about full blown mimicking. Song style, stage presence, vocals, delivery, clothes, everything. They're trying to just basically be a Led Zeppelin reboot. And that's fine. Like i said I don't find it to be unlistenable... Let's just not pretend it's anything more than what it is.
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Like the guy literally is trying to sound like Robert plant All of their songs have every single Led Zeppelin stereotype in them. Like cmon dude when he sings “SWEEEET MOMMAAAA!!!” That is most definitely 100% just being Robert plant lol
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Alright, this argument about a band that’s not even indie is getting really tiresome already and your extremely petty reports about it are even worse so just drop it, please. I shouldn’t have encouraged it by contributing my own take. If you absolutely must slapfight about Greta Van Fleet do it in the hard rock thread.
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In other, uh, topics, I saw Dizzy last night at Subterranean (downstairs) and it was a tiny tiny show. It was neat to see the band from like three feet away, and I got my shirt signed by Katie. And now, apparently, my daughter has said that she wants to see Girlpool. Which, I wasn't planning to go, but I may have to. Not a terrible sacrifice on my part.
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gently caress am I regretting not going to the Swearin' show in August  New album is so good. Old album is so good. They're touring Europe in spring, maybe we'll get a US tour in the summer or something.
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I saw SYML tonight, absolutely amazing voice. Highly recommend if he's playing your area.
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