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Nihonniboku posted:Uh, yeah, that's an intense review for something they only gave a 7.5
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Ultraviolence is her best album, everything since then has paled in comparison. Born to Die is dope too but sounds way different
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Ratios and Tendency posted:Why would anyone care what pitchfork thinks the jet review was funny
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Katana_Warrior posted:the jet review was funny That was like ~20 years ago
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Ratios and Tendency posted:That was like ~20 years ago yeah, idk anything else they did worthwhile. I'm assuming most of the people who actively used Pitchfork lived in cities without local alt weeklys and before bandcamp made it easy to find bands you like on your own.
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well, poo poo. Dan Sartain has died. Loved his music but this certainly puts a cloud over it https://twitter.com/olirecords/status/1369666896228982790 https://twitter.com/NME/status/1373402976014962697
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Ratios and Tendency posted:Why would anyone care what pitchfork thinks They used to be a great source for great upcoming indie groups. At some point they got very self conscious about being labeled pretentious hipsters (which who cares), and decided they would go in the opposite direction and try and stan pop music. Now they're pretty unreliable, and they're just as likely to declare the latest Justin Bieber album of the year as they once were to declare the same for Sufjan Stevens.
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resident posted:I think she’s kind of boring but I enjoy Norman loving Rockwell quite a lot for a reason I don’t fully understand. I wasn't too big on NFR but I could see what people saw in it. This one just feels like one too many of the same exact lyrics while the music just gets less and less interesting.
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I like her music fine. Just wanted to point out how incredibly overwrought and ridiculous that review was.
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Cheesus posted:Is it still true at Pitchfork that one person gives the numerical score and someone else writes the review? I find it funny that they still use a 100 point scale system. Like, what's the appreciable difference between a 6.8, a 6.9, and a 7.0? How does that level of granularity help anyone make a decision about what to listen to? Are there people who say "I only listen to albums that get above 8.2?"
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Troxartas posted:well, poo poo. Dan Sartain has died. Loved his music but this certainly puts a cloud over it My "I joined Dan Sartain" shirt just became very tasteless (it has an image of him mock blowing his brains out). This sucks, that is way too young to die El Gallinero Gros fucked around with this message at 18:36 on Mar 21, 2021 |
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abraham linksys posted:we need to stop jack antonoff Agreed dude is over-rated. I hope he's not the producer for the next June 1st Lana del Rey album but they probably made a ton of songs. I wish she'd got back with the original producer or Aueberbach. And songs like Yosemite have sat around forever, it was supposed to be a duet with Marina (and the Diamonds) originally. For what it's worth I really like Lana, like her unreleased material when she was trying to make it in the 20s and her hard drives got stolen are all great stuff, same with stuff that didn't make the UV cut when she scrapped the entire thing an Auberbach came in. But since Antonoff came in, it's been boring. I think NFR is slightly better but there are some really strong songs on Chemtrails -- the title song, Breaking Up Slowly, and White Dress are all great, Tulsa Jesus Freak is pretty good too, but there are points where she sounds like she's really retreading NFR ground. Antonoff really neutered some of the good NFR tracks to fit the flow of the album I assume, but stuff like Cinnamon Girl had much more hitting trap and he really toned it down. She announced an album for June 1, I figure Antonoff is on that,, they probably made a lot of material to cut it into two albums to be released. at least it's new music from an artist I like which has been a big drought. Lana just gets credited for singing and mellotron on NFR. I think the title gave it some early hype but her shift to AM gold folk music has been hit or miss. Her last real cohesive album was Honeymoon. The Label ruined Lust for Life, the demos for that before she secured the duets had much better lyrics. I'm glad Lana's around after the whole initial backlash. She may be out of touch but she can write a few good couplets that take some clunky lyrical choices but I always like that in artists willing to take the risk. I think NFR got overhyped straight from the start due to the title, it has good songs but it has a lot really boring songs, and the same with this one. The ratio of good to just mediocre has increased since she's started working with Antonoff. fun. had like one mild hit back in the day too, wasn't he part of that? I saw them at some swanky hotel in San Francisco play for free and they just played in the corner while most people socialized. He must be a decent guy since it seems a lot of women trust him, no big scandals but his production is just boring and he cannot play to adequately all the big acts he's taken on effectively. Solomon Gumball fucked around with this message at 10:55 on Mar 24, 2021 |
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Jack Antonoff was the drummer in fun.
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Thom and the Heads posted:Jack Antonoff was the drummer in fun. what the heck
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Each LDR album has like 1½ songs where she remembers that percussion exists, and they're usually my favorites. I really wish she would use it more often. She seems to exist at some impossible level of chill where she doesn't need it, but I guess I'm just not there.
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it totally passed me by, but Tokyo Police Club's Champ turned 10 last year and more than ever I'm feeling too aware of the flows of time https://exclaim.ca/music/article/tokyo_police_club_champ_10th_anniversary_reissue_interview
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Katana_Warrior posted:it totally passed me by, but Tokyo Police Club's Champ turned 10 last year and more than ever I'm feeling too aware of the flows of time Wasn't it these guys where one of the band members used to regularly post here back in the day?
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Nihonniboku posted:Wasn't it these guys where one of the band members used to regularly post here back in the day?
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New Black Midi album May 28th. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT0nSp8lUws
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I'm in that stage of the pandemic where I am watching full live sets (something I never did before) to remind myself of what it feels like to be happy. This one by Low is cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiU1ycXJ9us Also discovered this Basque band, Belako. They are rad also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7TlAz1HvSk Post your favourite live sets!
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I think I got it from this thread, but Parcels at Reeperbahn 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY-7adE4EVM
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thehoodie posted:I'm in that stage of the pandemic where I am watching full live sets (something I never did before) to remind myself of what it feels like to be happy. pretty sure the last show i saw before the world exploded was low, with rivulets. was a good show
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Finally got a copy of the newest Soccer Mommy album and it’s so drat good. The singles were great but it’s wry cool to see that the whole album is that good.
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nice circle the drain was one of my favorite songs of last year I'll check it out
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thrilla in vanilla posted:Finally got a copy of the newest Soccer Mommy album and it’s so drat good. The singles were great but it’s wry cool to see that the whole album is that good. I just.. it's such a bad band name. I really hate it. They're good though.
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The Walrus posted:I just.. it's such a bad band name. I really hate it. They're good though. I enjoyed them enough, but at one point last year Spotify decided to only recommend sad girl indie rock to me, and 2020 was not the year to only listen to sad girl indie rock. I started to dread every time Soccer Mommy came up on random shuffle, and I had to hop on Spotify to skip it as fast as possible. I asked this thread last year for new rock recommendations to get out of the glut of sad girl indie rock, and I seem to remember that I mostly got recommendations for punk bands, which isn't really my jam. Might as well ask again. Anyone have any recommendations for fun bands with the energy and sound of Broken Social Scene or New Pornographers? It seems like sad girl indie rock is the only thing that is making waves in the indie rock scene these days, and it's hard to find anything else worth listening to. I did finally jump on the Tame Impala train lately, about a decade late.
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oh also sunset rubdown. basically anything spencer krug ever did.
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I put Destroyer on one of my favorites list for last year. I'll check out Sunset Rubdown though! Thanks!
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i like all of sunset rubdowns albums but my favorite is shut up i am dreaming. for more of the chamber pop or w/e sound though i would start with random spirit lover, personally
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Nihonniboku posted:I enjoyed them enough, but at one point last year Spotify decided to only recommend sad girl indie rock to me, and 2020 was not the year to only listen to sad girl indie rock. I started to dread every time Soccer Mommy came up on random shuffle, and I had to hop on Spotify to skip it as fast as possible. Parquet Courts, Ezra Furman
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Ok, I just got off a work call and put on Sunset Rubdown. Immediately recognize the lead singer's voice from Wolf Parade.Cloks posted:Parquet Courts, Ezra Furman I remember hearing of Parquet Courts, I think a friend likes them. Haven't heard of Ezra, I'll check them out. Gone Fashing posted:also not really super similar to bss or new pornographers but one of my other favorite mid aughts pitchfork indie rock bands is okkervil river. the stage names is my favorite album Oh yeah, I remember them from like 2008.
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Nihonniboku posted:I asked this thread last year for new rock recommendations to get out of the glut of sad girl indie rock, and I seem to remember that I mostly got recommendations for punk bands, which isn't really my jam. Might as well ask again. Anyone have any recommendations for fun bands with the energy and sound of Broken Social Scene or New Pornographers? It seems like sad girl indie rock is the only thing that is making waves in the indie rock scene these days, and it's hard to find anything else worth listening to. I did finally jump on the Tame Impala train lately, about a decade late. Remember suggesting you some stuff, uhh try Illuminati Hotties or Khruangbin air- fucked around with this message at 16:45 on Mar 25, 2021 |
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I really enjoy the new Middle Kids record. Their two LPs and EPs are really good strong stuff with good hooks.
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Cloks posted:Parquet Courts, Ezra Furman ezra furman's my favorite active rock artist and i'll always take an opportunity to dump a bunch of my favorite vids. didn't love their newest album as much, but day of the dog, perpetual motion people, and transangelic exodus are absolute classics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-LX1-R-nLU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0zZIoAtRow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oek1m4CuAhc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36TcNfaCTLY https://twitter.com/ezrafurman/status/1371150676311437314 abraham linksys fucked around with this message at 18:45 on Mar 25, 2021 |
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abraham linksys posted:ezra furman's my favorite active rock artist and i'll always take an opportunity to dump a bunch of my favorite vids. didn't love their newest album as much, but day of the dog, perpetual motion people, and transangelic exodus are absolute classics Thanks. I just listened to their latest album and wasn't super into it, but I'll check out the rest. I'm also relieved I didn't accidentally misgender them above.
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Nihonniboku posted:Thanks. I just listened to their latest album and wasn't super into it, but I'll check out the rest. I'm also relieved I didn't accidentally misgender them above. they also contributed enough songs to a netflix show that they made a soundtrack album that doubles as a best-of-with-bonus-songs, if that helps at all  https://open.spotify.com/album/0d5VbUpz8dcGC17Jkm3og4?autoplay=true
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