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Neogaf Rock/Indie/Alt Music Thread (RockGAF?)
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equippedwithtowel
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Abel Tesayfe? Isn't that a persona.
Yep Yep - http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=225859&page=1
Edit: sorry for the mobile link, on my phone
It's funny DIY picked up on them. Every now and then a Dutch band reaches the surface.
chris121580
Member
New album by The Dodos is really good. I'm really enjoying it. 2015 is off to a great start
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
New Courtney Barnett song, and it's really really really damn good. Album is out in march, can't wait.
Only 45 for Early Bird passes and 20 for round trips from Paris. Cheapest alternative to Primavera !
That's a great line-up for that money
Hell yeah, hype that shit up
Hope I can catch her live this year
fuck yes, probably their best song. Though there's a strong case for Upstairs and Drag Open for contending in my mind, I really do love the songs where they create dissonant tones and put them into a pop structure.
Vietcong really lacks Pat Flegel's more adventurous sensibilities, which is my only real complaint about the album. Pat's projects post Women have put out some great slow songs, but they lack the same amount of energy with structure that I get from Women / Vietcong. The brothers may hate each other, but by god are they made for each other musically.
equippedwithtowel
Member
Sauna has easily jumped to potential AOTY status after a few more listents. First "capital a" album of the year for me.
Big Ups, Liars, Tune-Yards (maybe its a bit too quirky for you), Jaws, Superfood, Spoon are some of my favourite releases last year
Big Ups: Justice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNpEBRcbY3w
Liars, Mess on Mission https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbrNt-dMDsY
Tune-Yards, Water Fountain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-KulvW2TUQ
Jaws, Gold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3l_x0zVufo
Superfod, Mood Bomb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGKh8NDphYg
Spoon, Do You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd6aXM8WHGw
White White Sisters , Never Ever Land https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPIsCgiNke8
I Heart Sharks, To Be Young https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q15a0WuF_ac
Lillies and Remains, Body https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIda_odnbqA
Thumpers, Unkinder (A Tougher Love) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlYihXTm7zU
Idiotape, 0805, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOPa_CeQ5yo
Owarikara, Odoru Rorschach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgZ4QlBSjds
That is a varied list and you may not like many of them, but those have released my top albums for last year, personally speaking.
Agreed, favorite song is probably Planets, one of the best songs he's written even though it's painfully short. Really love the lyrics throughout the album, classic self-philosophizing Phil Elverum.
Thanks, man! I have a lot of listening to do. I'm familiar with tUnE-yArDs and Liars, and I've been a fan of Spoon since I was at college with Britt in '92. Everything else is new to me.
Noveller's new album Fantastic Planet is out and it's...well...fantastic.
Nice. To both.
Yeah, you can really hear some of the missing pieces there. And of course with Reimer gone...dammit, they were one of the most promising bands of the last ten years.
Yep, definitely my AOTY so far.
Nice. To both.
Yeah, you can really hear some of the missing pieces there. And of course with Reimer gone...dammit, they were one of the most promising bands of the last ten years.
Yep, definitely my AOTY so far.
PJ Harvey has a new record in the works too though right?
Someone already post that new Lower Dens?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n78GkK7LC9Y&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n78GkK7LC9Y&feature=youtu.be
soxinthebox
Member
Mac Demarco's Salad Days and Iceage's Plowing Through the Field of Love are two that I'd throw in since you've already heard Spoon's album.
I can't wait to listen to an official version of "Depreston" on repeat for days on end. rest of Barnett's album too, I guess.
A Place to Bury Strangers' record is good. I've only heard their one before this once, gonna see what else I can find time for in their backlog.
A Place to Bury Strangers' record is good. I've only heard their one before this once, gonna see what else I can find time for in their backlog.
My favorite of the month by a mile. Well, I haven't heard Sauna yet, among a handful of others I'm eager to get around to. But Fantastic Planet is such a...yeah, fantastic work that I can't see it being knocked out of my AOTM spot.
Worship is good start, but I would really recommend one of their EP just to get a taste of their music.
Strange Moon is really loud, pulsating EP with a lot of explosive adrenaline due to the noise and distortion applied to it to max. Underneath all that madness there is actually some catchy 60s Garage Punk tunes buried as it is a cover EP ofa defunct Punk group from that Era.
Onwards to the Wall EP, is mellower is comparison, its Bass driven, post-punk-like with some drone heavy undertones. Its also catchy albeit in a different way as its hooks is derived from pop side of the genre and shoegaze. The crazy distortion and pedal-effect is still there, but its distilled.
This band is one band I can say, that all their records are perfect. Enjoy!
soxinthebox
Member
I really dug APTBS' first two albums and EP but Worship wasn't on par and after hearing their new single I'm not holding much hope for the new album. Has it already been released?
"I Lived My Life to Stand in the Shadow of Your Heart" is an obnoxious song title but is so fucking epic you should start there. Got to see them live last year or the year before and hearing that noise, strobes and seeing them go off in our shitty city was awesome.
"I Lived My Life to Stand in the Shadow of Your Heart" is an obnoxious song title but is so fucking epic you should start there. Got to see them live last year or the year before and hearing that noise, strobes and seeing them go off in our shitty city was awesome.
Its the exact opposite for me, the dronier, the nosier and the more chaotic they got, the more i dug them. I would even go as far and say that I love Worship even more than their debut. Its much more louder album and I love that.
If you didn't like Worship, then you will most likely not like their new one which is coming out next month. In haven't listened to it, but apparently it leaked and people who liked Worship, are all loving it.
soxinthebox
Member
Worship was way less droney and noisey than what came before it. Being reductive it just came across as simple pop style songs propped up with their pedals. I mean I still liked it for what it was but was still disappointing since I really liked the previous album and EP.
Edit: Thinking more about it, I was disappointed there was no Ocean/I Lived My Life/I Lost You highs on it.
Edit 2: talking out my ass a bit with the pop song comment
New Pile single, album coming march 3rd.
Followup to one of the best albums I've heard in the last 5 years.
Followup to one of the best albums I've heard in the last 5 years.
Not bad
I wouldn't go that far, but...yeah, it's kind of disappointing. Hopefully it's not representative of the album as a whole.
equippedwithtowel
Member
Great album. Production is timelessly smooth and it doesn't overstay it's welcome.
Searched her on Rdio for a quick listen. Really nice! Love her voice.
L7 were great live. Seen em open for Fugazi in 1991 and they were amazing.
chris121580
Member
If you're not on board with The Districts, you should be. New album is streaming on NPR. Loved their last EP:
http://www.npr.org/2015/02/01/381570079/first-listen-the-districts-a-flourish-and-a-spoil
http://www.npr.org/2015/02/01/381570079/first-listen-the-districts-a-flourish-and-a-spoil
New Modest Mouse track - The Best Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmw8lVXHIms#t=136
new speedy ortiz coming April 21, cool.
Also heard the Father John Misty record this morning. musically I didn't find a ton to like outside a few tracks, though I suppose the string arrangements are all pretty...pretty. But for most of the run time Tillman's commenting on such trite subject matter--we're all too into our phones, gosh some people are sooooooo fake--and it's not until the final set of tracks that he kinda reflects that back on himself slash contextualizes it on a grander scale to say that he's just as guilty and petty, or to point out through "Bored in the USA" that these and other trials have become so pervasive they've become punchlines as people've resigned to their shitty situations. And then he exits with the wry joke of a finale by seemingly concluding that whatever, who cares, even within some capitalist cutthroat druggedout nation we can still find love (you'll likely find it at the store, even). Enjoyable enough. I'm just not sure it changes the fact that the first seven-ish songs are fairly vacant when that vacancy is ironic.
Foil Deer:
01 Good Neck
02 Raising the Skates
03 The Graduates
04 Dot X
05 Homonovus
06 Puffer
07 Swell Content
08 Zig
09 My Dead Girl
10 Ginger
11 Mister Difficult
12 Dvrk Wvrld
Also heard the Father John Misty record this morning. musically I didn't find a ton to like outside a few tracks, though I suppose the string arrangements are all pretty...pretty. But for most of the run time Tillman's commenting on such trite subject matter--we're all too into our phones, gosh some people are sooooooo fake--and it's not until the final set of tracks that he kinda reflects that back on himself slash contextualizes it on a grander scale to say that he's just as guilty and petty, or to point out through "Bored in the USA" that these and other trials have become so pervasive they've become punchlines as people've resigned to their shitty situations. And then he exits with the wry joke of a finale by seemingly concluding that whatever, who cares, even within some capitalist cutthroat druggedout nation we can still find love (you'll likely find it at the store, even). Enjoyable enough. I'm just not sure it changes the fact that the first seven-ish songs are fairly vacant when that vacancy is ironic.
stream of twee punk Quarterbacks' "Quarterbacks"
Really liked both their demo tapes from last year, looking forward to seeing how these versions are
Really liked both their demo tapes from last year, looking forward to seeing how these versions are
I might check this out.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
What the fuckkkk Jonny Greenwood
My go to summer festival for the past two years announced the first names this morning. Very happy to see Death Cab, The Libertines, The Jesus & Mary Chain and Mew up there. And a ton of other good stuff. Also interested in seeing Jonny Greenwood perform his film scores.
Don't really like any of the headliners but the small names are very good.
Also why Alt-J is that popular and eveywhere. It's one of the most boring bands I know.