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Stereogum's done a couple of write-ups on these guys, but I didn't follow up until today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3L0NI8vcMg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpLMc6nWtJw Debut album released on 6/2. I'm super-psyched.
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Trig Discipline posted:Loving the first one. The second one not quite as much. I kinda prefer the second, but it's a close call. So far, their singles more along the lines of the first than the second.
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The REAL Goobusters posted:If you don't like the new Grimes because its "too mainstream" or way too "pop" then you're just an idiot imo. Personally her old stuff was like ok at best but it was missing something, like some intense energy and she delivers that with spades on this album (and her live show, just saw her this weekend and she loving killed it). Let's not revise history. Art Angels owns, but Visions owns too and was legitimately one of the best albums the year it came out. Like, we wouldn't be debating this album if there weren't so many expectations and concerns about how she would follow up the last one (compared to how Visions kinda appeared "out of the blue" after the actually okay Geidi Primes).
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detectivemonkey posted:Indie Rock/Pop/Folk/Electronic Megathread: Just kidding about the pop part Meh, it's all been a flat circle since Kelly Clarkson, anyway. Throw in Annie, Robyn, and the New Wave revival...
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Snark aside, this is pretty specifically what "California" is about.
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Can we throw in some Spanish-language indie pop? I think they're doing some really interesting things: Dream-poppy sound (more Beach House than MBV) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL-2slEtzHQ Psychedelic downtempo coffeehouse electronica. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQTnMZ5iztc Closer to pure pop, but fits in the current trend of New Wave-era synth sounds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUCZG09ehLM Edit: One more cause this track owns. 50's-era Rock and roll rhythms with disinterested female vocals are my poo poo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jLYP1RzOPE The Modern Leper fucked around with this message at 03:49 on Mar 8, 2016 |
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resident posted:This reminds me of a Spanish Paranoid Android for some reason Haven't checked out the Japanese indie-rock song above, but this is pretty cool. I guess it might be problematic to look to foreign language music as "throwback," but I really dig how a lot of these Spanish-language alternative artists seem to be running with that late 90s-early 2000's, pre-Strokes sound (though that Enfantos song I posted reminds me a lot of the Raveonettes). It's sort of the same way that I dig K-Pop that's explicitly using 90s R&B as a touchstone. Fake EDIT - I remember a few years ago they were running a bunch of ads on MTV claiming that Cafe Tacuba were the "Mexican Radiohead." That claim was not borne out by their sound, as I recall, though you might want to check out the band Zoe if that type of electronic-influenced alt rock is your thing. Real EDIT: I generally like my indie rock with softer edges, but those Backdrop Cinderella tracks go hard. The Modern Leper fucked around with this message at 23:13 on Mar 8, 2016 |
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Queen Gnome posted:Yeah they are a bit hard. I wasn't sure what thread to put them in - is there one that would be a better match? I think it fits. The thread title leans more toward a Chvrches/Father John Misty space, but a) I don't live here and b) I've seen grittier stuff discussed. I wouldn't call it punk, but it might be something that a punk thread would also like it. Speaking of NPR-approved: NPR Music's Austin 100 playlist for this year's SXSW festival has been out for a week or so. Haven't found anything that's sparked my passion like last year's list (which included Laura Cantrell, Vince Staples, and a bunch more), but I've only scraped the surface.
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bowser posted:I love me some Spanish-language music, even though I don't understand the language at all. Spotify's been pushing Carla Morrison and El Guincho a lot in their Latin playlists, but I'm less familiar with the others Thanks!
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I just finished listening to Wildflowers. It's from this amazing period where all these Boomer artists started putting out gorgeously produced comeback albums. I really think VH1 was part of the reason, as they began to pivot from cheesy adult contemporary to something closer to Adult Album Alternative. A few months ago, I also rediscovered "Don't come around here no more," which is just a fantastic headphones song and another mindbending video.
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He was reportedly taken off life support after showing no brain activity. I don't know what the gently caress either, but deleting the original post.
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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 |
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Maybe too tentative to share, but it sounds like they may have found Scott Hutchison. Official identification to come later today, but they’ve reportedly notified the family. https://www.stereogum.com/1995774/search-for-frightened-rabbit-body-found/news/
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All signs suggest that Ed Droste would be pretty lukewarm on still playing his biggest hit almost ten years after the fact.
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Nahoj posted:Honestly biggest album of the year imo US Girls for me, but yeah. I don't know if there's been an embarrassment of riches like 2016 was, but there have been some tremendous works.
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Don't imagine I need to introduce this thread to them, but just a reminder as we head into fall that the newest Horse Feathers album is pretty great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37FBPEF9zMM
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Jesus Christ, I did not participate in this decade at all, musically.
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Yeah, I never understood Pitchfork's adoration for Oblivion over, say, Genesis, which is right there and is such a better song. I think they latched onto the "upbeat tune/bleak lyrics" aspect of it and collectively never let go.
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emdash posted:I like it a lot but it doesn’t feel like a standout single lyrically, or maybe in the vocal arrangement. Very curious what the rest is like It seems to be a rework of an earlier song, so the songwriting may not be as mature as what she's been doing now. I'm totally down with it though, and love the musical arrangement. The little background vocal and saxophone wails throughout, plus the lyrical content, rub my itch for "tightly controlled emotional breakdown" music.
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Adam Schlesinger (Ivy, Fountains of Wayne, That Thing You Do, Josie and the Pussycats, Tinted Windows, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) is on a ventilator with COVID-19. Reports of a coma have been debunked, but it doesn't sound good. https://www.stereogum.com/2078677/fountains-of-waynes-adam-schlesinger-hospitalized-with-covid-19/news/ Needless to say, this is terrible news. Stay safe, everyone.
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To each their own, but I don't even know where you would've gotten this. NPR:The Band (especially around this time) would have been Animal Collective or Dirty Projectors, or more likely the third album by Fela Kuti's former kalimba player.
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It's worth reading his statement (EDIT: Looks like it was the following year, after he contributed to another ad). I think he sent it to Stereogum--the link is dead, but there's an extended excerpt on avclub that's pretty choice. https://news.avclub.com/of-montreals-kevin-barnes-selling-out-isnt-possible-1798212793 "In the art industry, it's extremely difficult to be successful without turning yourself into a cartoon. Even Hunter S. Thompson knew this. God knows Duchamp and Warhol knew it. Some artists are turned into cartoons and others do it themselves. I prefer to do it myself, at least then I can control how my cock is photographed." "The worst kind of person is the one who sucks the dick of the man during the daytime and then draws pictures of themselves slitting his throat at night. Jesus Christ, make up your mind!" 2007, y'all! Fake edit: found the original piece - https://www.stereogum.com/7208/of_montreal_art_brut_do_tmobile/video/
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Henchman of Santa posted:https://twitter.com/lilblondie45/status/1267069852545671168?s=21 https://twitter.com/aaron_dessner/status/1267148649307541508
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captainOrbital posted:I've recently started becoming obsessed with this album It's a very good album, but it looks she's a very restless artist. She's on her third album, and not one has sounded much like the other two. Your mileage may vary once you go past this one.
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foutre posted:Maybe it's kind of basic but Vampire Weekend honestly had 3 very good first albums as well. Yeah, this is a really good answer. They followed the perfect arc of "good first album that shows promise, second album that builds on the strength of the first, third major breakthrough" Too bad they stopped making music after that, though. 
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thrilla in vanilla posted:Hannah hunt is transcendent but I feel like it would be real real boring live right up until the good part so I get why they wouldn’t play it. And yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v38ld7jN6L0
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LooksLikeABabyRat posted:New DFA single is mad good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7scGleNqEnk 
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Cemetry Gator posted:https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4395143
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I just thought it was funny that you'd posted the video after there had JUST been a discussion about this.You're acting really angry and personally defensive over what's basically a smilie and a callback to a same page article post. You might want to take a step back and think about why that is. EDIT: "contrarians"
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Woah! I had no idea Death From Above was releasing a new album today 
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Disco Pope posted:I've tried to crack Radiohead a few times, but beyond Kid A, just can't do it. Its not the drearyness (I'm fine with dreary) as much as the worthy Bansky-mural-Black-Mirror-what-if-phones-but-too-much-what-if-Ronald-McDonald-had-a-bottle-of-poison vibe that I can't get past. Kid A is really good, but I've bounced off OK Computer several times now and think I need to call it quits. I'd be open to trying other records, but there's a lack of colour to their music for me for want of a better term. In Rainbows and (despite the counterintuitive title), Hail to the Thief. This just came up in a discovery playlist. Straight ahead fuzzy guitar rock, with close vocal harmonies. https://youtu.be/SUxul45sh8U
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TV on the Radio and Mac Demarco are both absolutely still going concerns. I think we should distinguish between bands that are past their heyday big still "major label" active (Interpol, The Strokes, Modest Mouse, Death Cab) vs. bands that are basically in a "State Fair" phase of their career vs. bands that broke up/artists that went back to accounting/etc. Also Santigold's last album ("mixtape," whatever) was pretty great.
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I feel like I'm just not hearing what a lot of people here are hearing re this Chvrches album. Other than How Not to Drown and, like, Final Girl, most of these songs are just bouncing off of me. None of them are bad, but they just feel like perfectly solid album cuts that aren't necessarily greater than the sum of their parts. The album basically ends for me with "Good Girls" cause I just fatigue out on the general vibe.
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Flayer posted:Screen Violence is better than the last Chvrches album (not hard when the tracks on that were largely indistinguishable). It still suffers from Mayberry having no range on her voice so the only variation you get on the vocals is when they chuck in some auto-tune effects. Makes the album a bit of a chore to listen to but maybe it will improve after a few spins. The first 2 albums still favourites of mine. Open Every Eye is my favorite of their albums, but the songs that hit me from that album prove your point: the little breakdown in the second verse of "Leave a Trace," the musical tension and release of "Clearest Blue," and the whole back end of "Down Side of Me" all add little bits of novelty that I connect with. It's interesting that they don't really do many (any?) songs where Mayberry and Doherty sing against each other like she and Robert Smith do. I think it would help in terms of dynamics, but maybe they would just become Human League at that point?
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Stereogum is celebrating the 20 year anniversary of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Wilco leaked the album on this day, but the album didn't actually come out until April 2002. Happy YHF day (Orthodox), to those who observe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RQcPC8KY_g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USMsgVbf8Us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPqukZXplVs The Modern Leper fucked around with this message at 15:01 on Sep 18, 2021 |
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abraham linksys posted:i thought sound and color loving ruled and was mad no one else seemed to care about it Sound and Color was a number one album and was nominated for six Grammies, including album of the year.  EDIT: Album won four of those nominations. The Modern Leper fucked around with this message at 22:57 on Oct 31, 2021 |
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