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Henchman of Santa posted:I think it's funny that big guitar bands that are heavily indebted to rock of the 70s-90s are now largely classified as indie indie as a genre and indie as an actual description of the label the band is on have never been so disparate. although one of my coworkers whose music tastes defnitely lean towards the "rock" end of things occasionally puts his music on our communal speaker and it's amazing how few of those bands I know despite regularly reading places like PF, Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, etc and keeping up with the billboard charts. Like under a rock somewhere there's an entire sub community of rock music that distributes their music pretty much entirely through spotify. and then I remember that if i kept up with rock like i keep up with rap and pop (i.e. actively seeking them out) i probably would know the stuff more. People's tastes are way more specialized than ever, because there's more music and you can listen to a lot more of exactly what you like instead of just having to settle for the little of what you like you can find plus a lot more stuff you kinda like.
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synth pop peaked with the postal service there was the postal service and then 1000 less good postal service albums by other artists
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The Walrus posted:synth pop peaked with the postal service there was the postal service and then 1000 less good postal service albums by other artists Nothing against The Postal Service but CHVRCHES discography was all in the last decade and is extremely good. As everyone said super hard to pick 10 full albums, but as far as this thread I'd have: Japandroids - Celebration Rock LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening Grimes - Visions, Art Angels CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe Purity Ring - Shrines Glass Animals - How to Be a Human Being Future Islands - In Evening Air The Naked and Famous - Simple Forms and then a million things I forgot I'm sure. e: oh and then they do ask for the 10 best songs next. Impossible. angrygodofjebus fucked around with this message at 16:27 on Sep 24, 2019 |
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The Presets - Hi-Viz Modest Mouse - Strangers to Ourselves Father John Misty - I love you, Honeybear LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming Broken Bells - Broken Bells Arthur Moon - Arthur Moon (yeah it just came out I like it that much) Digitalism - I Love You, dude Brothers - Black Keys Mutemath - Odd Soul I'm glad I'm not the only one whose tastes haven't really moved on from the aughts. also weird, three albums with commas in their title? Two of which are titled "I love you, ___blank"? weird. The Walrus fucked around with this message at 16:42 on Sep 24, 2019 |
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Sep 24, 2019 16:24
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The Walrus posted:synth pop peaked with the postal service there was the postal service and then 1000 less good postal service albums by other artists Wow how extremely wrong can one person be. Synthpop peaked with Cut Copy and Empire of the Sun.
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The Walrus posted:The Presets - Hi-Viz This was their worst album.
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Speaking of M83, his new Digital Shades Vol 2 album is out, it's very cool
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I don't pay attention to every corner of the rock scene but it seems like in the last decade psychedelic rock made a comeback. Indie rock might not be as popular as it was in the 2000s but rock's still kicking.
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Cyril Sneer posted:This was their worst album. I liked it better than Pacifica but both are excellent imo. also empire of the sun are fine but every single song on TPS is a timeless classic and everyone else is just making versions of those songs.
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DoubleCakes posted:I don't pay attention to every corner of the rock scene but it seems like in the last decade psychedelic rock made a comeback. Indie rock might not be as popular as it was in the 2000s but rock's still kicking. Yeah I would have to think one of the Tame Impala albums is in my top ten. But who knows. 2010 alone has at least 6 incredible quality albums (Kanye MBDTF; The Monitor; This is Happening; Halcyon Digest; Teen Dream; Contra).
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i do not feel even remotely comfortable with this list of songs, it's really just 10 i like that i thought might show up on the main list, but the albums one is pretty well set.
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DoubleCakes posted:I don't pay attention to every corner of the rock scene but it seems like in the last decade psychedelic rock made a comeback. Indie rock might not be as popular as it was in the 2000s but rock's still kicking. This was the point I was trying to make in my earlier post but missed. The only rock music that is actually finding some success outside of mainstream buttrock is psychedic rock right now.
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this is emo erasure and i wont stand for it. emo had a big decade
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Thom and the Heads posted:this is emo erasure and i wont stand for it. emo had a big decade Yeah it did. While indie rock and alt rock or whatever died and started being boring, emo had a huge comeback.
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If you told my Warped Tourn youth-self Panic! At The Disco would still be around and even charting high, I wouldn't have believed it. Edit: Now what is "emo" - some people call My Chemical Romance and Evanescence emo, that's a far cry from Mineral. Solomon Gumball fucked around with this message at 23:49 on Sep 24, 2019 |
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i know this is the indie thread but on reflection, kendrick lamar probably wins the '10s. Section 80 came out in 2011, GKMC came out in 2012, TPAB came out in 2015, Untitled Unmastered in 2016, and drat in 2017. That's a loving unbelievable run of great records in a single decade. Even the stupid black panther soundtrack album was really good edit: I was looking way back to 2010 and you know which album still whips rear end? Belle and Sebastian's Write About Love. It actually reminds me a lot of Carrie and Lowell in that it's an artist that has a very distinct ornate sound + contrived subject matter, who purposely toned it down to create a very earnest and genuinely heartfelt record. Polo-Rican fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Sep 25, 2019 |
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Hey guys - I don't post much but I lurk... I used to be a very big music fan. Back from like... 2001-2006 or so, I was a HUGE fan of Sigur Ros, for instance - I collected their live recordings, had seen them live in 2001 and 2003, and it was like... they felt SO FAR evolved ahead of what everyone else was doing at the time, and it was still pretty underground, I mean - they were still barely filling out ~1,000-2,000-seat venues in North America, but it made the shows that much more intimate and intense. I felt a little sad when they found semi-mainstream success, even though I was very glad for them and they certainly deserved it! It's hard not to feel nostalgic for that time when you liked a band before their popularity really blew up, you know? After Kjartan Sveinsson left, especially, it felt like something was really missing in both their live shows and the recorded music they put out after that. A band like Sigur Ros... I don't know, it always felt like a delicate balance/chemistry between the four members. Kjartan was the one who was musically trained - he did all the string arrangements, including Staralfur with its palindromic arrangement. He was also was the main keyboard/synth player and multi-instrumentalist. After Kjartan left, they were basically stripped down to a standard Guitar/Bass/Drums three-piece, and it was just like... watching the band go from being really special and multi-faceted to something... less; they kinda lost their sound, IMO. And now I guess the drummer, Orri, has also left after sexual assault allegations, which is really frustrating and sad as well, which leaves just Jonsi and Georg, the bassist. I somehow don't think Sigur Ros is gonna be performing or releasing new music anytime soon. it's so sad... However! The COOL thing is that Jonsi and his partner Alex have resurrected Riceboy Sleeps for its 10th anniversary, and just announced a brief 10-date North American tour where they're going to perform the album in full - with a full orchestra and choir - live, and in small/intimate venues. This is quite a surprise, and SUPER thrilling and excited, because the performance they did of part of the album earlier this year at the Sydney Opera House was really stunningly amazing; Here, I'm just gonna link to it, it's about 22 minutes of bliss, and at the end of the song 'Indian Summer' Jonsi had my jaw dropped wide open with how amazing his vocal abilities still are... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtSom6YxSGI When I saw this a few months ago, I remember thinking, "poo poo, I'd have given ANYTHING to catch that performance, that's the best 'Sigur Ros' performance (even though it's actually just Jonsi and his partner) that I've seen in over a decade!" And what happened yesterday? They announced the tour. And it just so happens I am visiting Los Angeles next month for 3 weeks, and it just so happens that they're playing at The Orpheum (the old theater from Last Action Hero :0) there *while I am in LA*! So yeah, I snapped up some tickets. Felt lucky to get them! If you to their official site you can find the dates and links for tickets. I haven't seeb Sigur Ros in *ages*, but I am so excited to see this show... Even though it's not technically Sigur Ros. But I was always a Jonsi fan first and foremost anyway 
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Sep 25, 2019 14:06
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Crazy for You... when California Nights exists??!
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^burtle posted:Crazy for You... when California Nights exists??! that's about 50% nostalgia and 50% how much i like the simplicity of the music and lyrics and how universal it all is. I love everything Best Coast does but i don't know that they could ever top Crazy for You
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Wraith of J.O.I. posted:aotd is blonde Facts
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Tame Impala's three records and EP are all stellar and in the indie psych realm so I'd say they win the 2010s. It's hard for me to pick my favorite albums, there are many great ones.
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Thom and the Heads posted:speaking of The Monitor - I'm gonna plug what is currently my AOTY This album fuckin rocks I've had it on repeat for two days now. Thank you
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Indie rock has been on hiatus since Calla went on hiatus.
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CLAM DOWN posted:Speaking of M83, his new Digital Shades Vol 2 album is out, it's very cool I *really* didn't like the last two singles but I'm about to give it a shot. edit: Also this thread page is overwhelming me with nostalgia + music to check out. When I remember back during the past 10 years it seems really fast. But when I use those albums to anchor my memories I'm like "drat that *was* a long time ago."
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bows1 posted:This album fuckin rocks I've had it on repeat for two days now. Thank you Hell yes!! I'm so glad you like it!! It kicks asssss
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Not sure what thread this goes in, but it's rock-ish music that doesn't make much money, so... Desert Sessions Vols. 11 & 12: Arrivederci Despair / Tightwads & Nitwits & Critics & Heels out October 25 https://pitchfork.com/news/josh-homme-announces-first-new-desert-sessions-album-in-16-years/ https://desertsessions.ffm.to/vols11and12 quote:After nearly sixteen years since its last entry, the longest-running mix tape in existence, The Desert Sessions will return this October with two stunning new volumes in its already storied catalog, Desert Sessions Vol 11: Arrivederci Despair and Vol 12: Tightwads & Nitwits & Critics & Heels featuring collaborations from Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top), Les Claypool (Primus), Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint), Jake Shears (Scissor Sisters), Mike Kerr (Royal Blood), Carla Azar (Autolux, Jack White), Matt Sweeney, comedian Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows), Töôrnst Hülpft and new comer Libby Grace.
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The Walrus posted:its ok but I want them to go back to the more raw sound on their first album sometime please, the anthemic poprock is getting stale The demo of First on their compilation album is so much better than than the final version, being smoothed and strangled to death from a producer who smashed blur in an audio version of photoshop ~100 times.
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Kramdar posted:Indie rock has been on hiatus since Calla went on hiatus. I like that someone knows who Calla is. Great band! But for me, indie will always be modest mouse circa 1997 lonesome crowded west. 2000s became mainstream indie with the New York bands
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YouTube recommendations seemed absolutely determined that I listen to Men I Trust and Tess Parks, they came up so consistently I was just like "loving fine gently caress you I'll listen to this poo poo" and then I do and they're both great.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6-usDE3aIM Interesting that Men I Trust, similar to K.A.A.N. who I'm also into, are high profile enough to have millions of youtube views without any sort of review profile at all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw_EjNkpCMo
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It's weird how Pitchfork just glosses over bands they would normally cover, like Men I Trust. TV on the Radio is still around, didn't they have an album a few years ago? I forgot about them, didn't one of the members die too? Might have taken a hit. It did remind me of when they crushed it on Letterman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73qBnuzrjx0 Speaking of - I think a big hit for indie rock might have been Letterman leaving too. Letterman's music department picked up a lot of up-and-comers to make their TV debuts, where as the other late shows you have to be more established or they've done away with the music segment altogether. Plus, Letterman favoured rock. There were some real gems of performances on Letterman and all nearly rock. Future Islands basically got famous overnight due to their performance on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4r6M22oTao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGKDJXW2BNo Solomon Gumball fucked around with this message at 06:43 on Sep 27, 2019 |
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Lid posted:Whatever happened to TV on the Radio? They still rock live if you can catch them. Seeing the 10 year anniversary of Dear Science is a top 5 show for me.
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wow didn't realize Sturgill Simpson had a new album out today! edit - drat its really good too bows1 fucked around with this message at 17:55 on Sep 27, 2019 |
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Automatic - Calling It Single from a new band, can't wait to see what the album sounds like. Like something you'd hear in a spy film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKpbKcjVfTQ Wild Wing - Momma's got a Brand New Bag "New Futures" is their debut album, punkish psychedelic rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PwrM2UC1BM Seratones - Gotta get to know ya Love this woman's powerful voice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLsNLn4JruE I'm constantly listening to Bagel Radio, have been for 10 years now. I've got so much motherfucking "indie" music. Highly recommend tuning into the Fuzzy Road radio show, which I believe is on Tuesday but gets re-aired throughout the week.
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Not sure if it fits here or somewhere else but this new Girl Band album sure is something. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdnA7qQCF0k
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This Sturgill disc is the Black Keys album I actually wanted
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I really loved the most recent Black Keys actually, hate to say it but ditching Danger Mouse was a good move. But yeah this Sturgill is ridiculous. A Good Look is just like a billion genres thrown at a wall and it rules.
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Harminoff posted:Not sure if it fits here or somewhere else but this new Girl Band album sure is something. Really dig Caveat too. Guess I need to listen to the whole album
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