Any impressions on La Gargola? I'm REALLY digging it after a few listens. At first I was a little let down but it really grows on you. Also listening to Wolfmothers New Crown. That album came out of nowhere. As a fan of Wolfmother I LOVED cosmic egg. This is pretty different from that, but there's some great tracks. Anything along these lines I should check out?
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I am talking personally. I know their albums are well regarded and they are supposed to be very good indeed, but from what I have listen to from Codes, It didn't grab me as much as I though it would. Maybe that was coming off their live performance few years back and ended up trying their albums subsequently (Why can't some bands sound like their live performances
)I just thought they felt raw and genuine. Like they enjoyed what they were doing, the quality wasn't the best (to be frank, the venue they played in didn't had the best equipment) but they created atmosphere and the drummers were all awesome.
Maybe, I'll listen to their recordings a bit more in the future, but I dropped it as soon as I got new albums (Liars' WIXIW was the hotness at the time)
EDIT: I have to add that, I am not that into Post-Hardcore, so maybe that is why. I was lucky to see them live because the tickets was actually not too bad pricewise considering what I have heard of the drummers before.
I had to google it to find out that its an album, not a band...
Never listened to Chevelle before. Sounds like I should check them out!
so this is going to sound crazy but hear me out...
i went on twitter the other day and searched for "ratm" because im a huge rage fan and it was a trip to me to see teenage girls tweeting about ratm.
well i came across a discussion with two dudes...
dude1: congrats to @dude2 for getting the ratm winter tour photographer gig!
dude2: thanks @dude1, its a dream come true!
i thought nothing of it because i figured it couldn't be true but it still lingered in my mind until the next day. so about 24 hours later i went back and did the same exact search and the tweets weren't there anymore. they were deleted, and i know my search skills are pretty good. plus there isn't a MASSIVE amount of ratm tweets within 24-48 hours to sift through.
this was a couple weeks ago but i feel like i should share it. if there's a reunion winter tour you heard it here first.
i went on twitter the other day and searched for "ratm" because im a huge rage fan and it was a trip to me to see teenage girls tweeting about ratm.
well i came across a discussion with two dudes...
dude1: congrats to @dude2 for getting the ratm winter tour photographer gig!
dude2: thanks @dude1, its a dream come true!
i thought nothing of it because i figured it couldn't be true but it still lingered in my mind until the next day. so about 24 hours later i went back and did the same exact search and the tweets weren't there anymore. they were deleted, and i know my search skills are pretty good. plus there isn't a MASSIVE amount of ratm tweets within 24-48 hours to sift through.
this was a couple weeks ago but i feel like i should share it. if there's a reunion winter tour you heard it here first.
My friends and favorite local band has their self-titled streaming on Pitchfork advance! - http://pitchfork.com/advance/388-tweens/
...OMG is there a new Horrors album out? Skying and Primary Colours are two of my most favorite albums.
...OMG is there a new Horrors album out? Skying and Primary Colours are two of my most favorite albums.
Well, its officially coming out in a month, but it has leaked and the word is that its rather good. Very Skying-like rather than Primary Colours, so expect very reverb heavy pop tunes with slightly Post-Punk revival undertones and shoegaze vocals.
But yeah, I loved Skying as well, so I really can't wait to get my hands on this bad boy. I have been waiting for it a really long time.
Hospice is one of my 'favourite' albums of all time. Hits me every time.
Burst Apart is great too, you should definitely check it out if you like Hospice.
Sorry, The bands name starts with ''The''
I remember this conversation :lol
But to be honest, I wouldn't expect you to like this band. I think they're a bit off your taste from what I know about the stuff you listen to.
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
Haha,
On this particular song, yeah, unfortunately, I am not into this piano rock kind of music. A bit too drawn-out for my taste, so yeah you are on the ballpark!
On another note, Sleeper Agent have released their new album ''About Last night'' and new direction of their sound is quite an understatement. They used to be a very Post-Punk revivalist band with the occasional Alternative rock mixed in and a lot of Garage mentality. Their new album is very synth-alt heavy album with the occasional glimpse of their previous style sprinkled here and there. The Main Vocalist Alex Kendall have also developed a rather soul-like vocals over the years as opposed to her Punk attitude she used to have.
Listening to the new tracks from the new album, I rather liek the new direction. It has focus and confidence which I thought they lacked before.
Waves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDdMGg9OkIc
Apparentlyone of the Together PANGEA gigs at SXSW has been recorded. By the looks of it they were pretty damn awesome.
http://3voor12.vpro.nl/luisterpaal/playerpage.program.39298630.html
Not sure if it's region locked but this is where you can find it. It reminds me of the Thee Oh Sees gig I was at. Same energy on stage and the crowd is loving it.
http://3voor12.vpro.nl/luisterpaal/playerpage.program.39298630.html
Not sure if it's region locked but this is where you can find it. It reminds me of the Thee Oh Sees gig I was at. Same energy on stage and the crowd is loving it.
chris121580
Member
I'm a huge fan of this new David Gray song. He has a new album coming June 17th
Gulls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF-xx8mMWIo#t=271
Gulls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF-xx8mMWIo#t=271
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbzV2Y06G-E
The War on Drugs live session for KEXP. So good.
In other news, looking forward to new albums by Tune-Yards, Parquet Courts and Thee Oh Sees later this year.
The War on Drugs live session for KEXP. So good.
In other news, looking forward to new albums by Tune-Yards, Parquet Courts and Thee Oh Sees later this year.
Why did I not know Jack White is coming with a new album in June? First instrumental track sounds pretty good.
http://www.stereogum.com/1672967/jack-white-high-ball-stepper/video/
http://www.stereogum.com/1672967/jack-white-high-ball-stepper/video/
equippedwithtowel
Member
Hype at maximum
I'm a bit late to the party on this one but I'm totally hooked to The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas by Courtney Barnett. It's something in between lofi rock and singer songwriter and it's totally awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcnIhzaDTd0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcnIhzaDTd0
I think you'll dig Boy & Bear, The Dodos, Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes.
First Aid Kit. Also, while they're not folk, Lucy Rose provides a lot of backing vocals for Bombay Bicycle Club.
Red Blaster
Member
listening to the manic street preachers first record
really weird cross-section of a guns n roses/80s cock rock aesthetic and alternative rock/post-punk songwriting
credit to nicky wire/richey edwards for making a catchy chorus out of the names of banks
really weird cross-section of a guns n roses/80s cock rock aesthetic and alternative rock/post-punk songwriting
credit to nicky wire/richey edwards for making a catchy chorus out of the names of banks
Manic Street Preachers are great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gavcjNniIvk
This fucking song man. And still great live in this day and age. Saw them last year in Amsterdam.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gavcjNniIvk
This fucking song man. And still great live in this day and age. Saw them last year in Amsterdam.
Not as alternative as those, but Highasakite combine Chamber Pop with Folk in a very exotic way. I think you might enjoy them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDpY4x4cV4I
https://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLQqTaSg-nI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GZHB0v7y6w
I need something in the vein of "Red Hot Chili Peppers" or "Cage the Elephant."
Marnie Stern, Hold Steady, Wavves, Pink Frost, Divine Fits, King Krule, Wolf Alice, The National, The So So Glos, The Thermals, The Men
Think those might apply but "alternative" is super broad so there's a lot to recommend
That's fine. I'll solve the maze, I just need to know where the entrance is, ahaha. Thank you for your recommendations.
people give Pitchfork crap all the time but you don't have to buy into their hype or even look at the review scores. BUT they cover a shitload of amazing bands, so I would just search through there for a bit w/ Spotify open and discover a shitload of great new bands
http://pitchfork.com/best/high-scoring-albums/
This section covers a lot of nice records. I usually follow Pitchfork for news though and a Dutch alternative music blog as well. But most of my new music I pull from a small Dutch community forum dedicated to the 'niche'. And festival line-ups are a nice way to discover new stuff too.
This section covers a lot of nice records. I usually follow Pitchfork for news though and a Dutch alternative music blog as well. But most of my new music I pull from a small Dutch community forum dedicated to the 'niche'. And festival line-ups are a nice way to discover new stuff too.
If we're on the subject of music discovery: I started a little Tumblr wherein I go to the record store, grab some clearance CDs that look interesting, and review them after one listen. I've come across some completely random stuff that way, and some of it's actually good.
I don't think I've seen Hop Along mentioned in here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqbUJg6Z4v8
This song is absolutely in my top 5 of the past decade or so. The emotion in her singing is so insane!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqbUJg6Z4v8
This song is absolutely in my top 5 of the past decade or so. The emotion in her singing is so insane!
people give Pitchfork crap all the time but you don't have to buy into their hype or even look at the review scores. BUT they cover a shitload of amazing bands, so I would just search through there for a bit w/ Spotify open and discover a shitload of great new bands
This too. Yeah the thing with p4k is that people score-bitch. And admittedly their whole strategy for who they give bnm is geared towards fanning internet hype and shit. But if you just check them a couple times a week for new tracks, or listen to records that they give a 6-8 to that sound like they'd be up your alley, you'll find good stuff.
That's true of The Needle Drop too, I think. His YT channel is organized pretty well to guide you to stuff in genres you might like (and he loved Cage the Elephant's last record so he'll probably direct you well!).
That Needle Drop guy is so annoying, I can't stand to watch his videos most of the time. Though his opinion is a bit 50/50 on par with mine from what I've seen. He gives me the feeling though that he sometimes downtalks a record just to go against the hype. And his yearlist is definitely one in the category "look at me being different than other blogs".
see like...people say this, but his reviews are perfectly reasonable. and he's often right with the consensus. and he's never taking his reviews as seriously as /mu/ types like to treat them. I mean, it's actually his opinion, but every one of his videos explicitly acknowledges that there are other opinions.
Dude plays a joke roommate character in his videos, he's having fun and talking about music in an easy-going way.
It's easy to swim against the tide and say there are other opinions too. It would be worse if he wouldn't acknowledge other people are allowed to have opinions too
But I don't want to go too much off topic, good for him he's quite successful with videos about niche music. I can't think of another video blogger who does the same thing as him with such an audience.
But I don't want to go too much off topic, good for him he's quite successful with videos about niche music. I can't think of another video blogger who does the same thing as him with such an audience.
I find myself disagreeing with Anthony most of the time as his tastes tend to differ strongly from mine. Nevertheless I think his reviews are great. He always articulates well why an album does or doesn't grab him.
This might have come up before, but I'm curious to hear which sites everyone keeps an eye on in order to stay in the know of the latest music news. I have to admit that I primarily visit Pitchfork and The Needle Drop. I also have Stereogum in my bookmarks, but I hardly visit. I'm not a big fan of their site layout.
love it
MSP's discography is really solid overall (but everything post-Send Away the Tigers and Journal for Plague Lovers has been meh). Pretty diverse body of work.
Some of the lyrics are really nuanced and weird but that's okay.
beyond p4k and needle drop, I look at Disco Naivete and no fear of pop and Portals. But more than that I follow specific labels of music. Hardly Art, Other People, Constellation, Kranky, Tri Angle, Orchid Tapes. When a label has a specific niche you can trust that each release will be pretty good at least.
equippedwithtowel
Member
Anthony is a very articulate reviewer with some flat out wrong opinions.
4/10'ed Trouble will find me. And gave Yeezus a worse review then MC...HG.
Yeah, I nearly felt the same way when I watched his Salad Days review. But I couldn't argue against his points so i sucked it up. I just think the album is way better than a 5/10 and i'm not even close to being alone in that sentiment.
That 4/10 was just ridiculous. But he has never cared for The National.
Scrolling trough some of his recent reviews the 50/50 thing is stil going. Wild Beasts, Future Islands and The War on Drugs I can mostly agree on. Though I'd score those last two rather an 8 than a 7. But he's completely off on MacDeMarco, Real Estate and Temples for me. But yeah, no point in arguing about some dudes opinion.
In the end reviews don't really matter anyways. Surely if an album gets crushed everywhere you might wanna consider staying away from it. But in every other case I'll always check stuff out if it's up my alley. To get to know new bands you'll have to rely on hypes amongst fellow listeners or reviewers but you'll find out soon enough if the hype is justified.
In the end reviews don't really matter anyways. Surely if an album gets crushed everywhere you might wanna consider staying away from it. But in every other case I'll always check stuff out if it's up my alley. To get to know new bands you'll have to rely on hypes amongst fellow listeners or reviewers but you'll find out soon enough if the hype is justified.