Serpentine
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New Best Coast. I think I'd like it more if the vocals weren't so clear. it's aight.
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I'm excited for this album.
Best Coast is simple and safe but I like Bethany as a singer. Fun live also. I actually agree about the vocals, though. I miss the rougher production from their early singles/EP's.
Serpentine
Banned
Yeah, I saw them headline a fest back in August and it was super fun. As for the vox, I actually like the last two albums but I think the super clean production works against it here
hm, did not know of this as a thing. gonna have to check it out
Holy shit, the new Built to Spill song is great:
http://www.stereogum.com/1782955/built-to-spill-living-zoo/mp3s/
It's a minute before Doug's vocals come in. As it should be.
http://www.stereogum.com/1782955/built-to-spill-living-zoo/mp3s/
It's a minute before Doug's vocals come in. As it should be.
Not sure if it belongs in this thread, but Kristian Mattson released the first single of his new The Tallest Man On Earth album yesterday and I'm really digging it:
The Tallest Man On Earth - Sangres
Kind of bummed that he won't be playing any indoor venues in The Netherlands this year. His performance in Paradiso (Amsterdam) is still one of my favourite concert experiences.
The Tallest Man On Earth - Sangres
Kind of bummed that he won't be playing any indoor venues in The Netherlands this year. His performance in Paradiso (Amsterdam) is still one of my favourite concert experiences.
Outdoor Miner
Member
Damn what a great song.
the EP's dripped too for anyone eager for it.
I think it's pretty good, but their first EP really stuck with me as its apparent simplicity eventually morphed into just solid catchy dream pop melodies and hooks. This one is more outwardly dancey and festival ready, nearing later Washed Out or Neon Indian-esque chillwave territory at times. I liked them playing a bit more coy on the first ep.
NipplesAndToes23
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Do y'all fuck with a leaf?
chris121580
Member
Holy shit, that's so good! I decided to go back and listen to There is No Enemy. Album sounds fresh as ever and man, Life's A Dream is just the best song.
I really like it. The whole EP is out in the wild too. Enjoying it a lot.
edit: beaten by big ander
equippedwithtowel
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New built to spill is great. Album just jumped up my anticipated list.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
Has anyone fucked with that new Tania?
same humans as that Avec Mes Mess album from like 2010? is it the same humans and is this only their second lp five years later?
edit: ah yeah looks like it, that's a surprise. forgot about them
chris121580
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Just got introduced to the music of Leon Bridges. This guy is going to completely blow up once he puts out his album. All 3 of these songs are so damn good. About as close as you can get to Sam Cooke
https://soundcloud.com/leonbridges
https://soundcloud.com/leonbridges
If you're into melodic hard rock, check out Eclipse, holy shit this band is good. Their newest album Armageddonize, with songs like Love Bites and Caught Up In The Rush is already a strong contender to be my album of the year.
Serpentine
Banned
Joyce Manor seems to be getting pretty popular.
I love all three of their full lengths but after many listens I think their 2nd is still the best.
"Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired"
I like Joyce quite a bit. Saw em like two weeks ago, on V-Day and they were great. Upset and The Garden opened, and The Garden is KILLER live. So insane.
I don't rank their albums that differently but I think the first one has most of my favorite songs on it, so i gotta give it to that one
Stairouais
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That Colleen Green record is pretty addictive.
Mango Positive
Member
New Swervedriver on Tuesday! It's their first new album in 17 years. I saw them for the first time opening for the Pumpkins in 1993. The new album is FANTASTIC. Some amazing guitar textures. They've still got it.
Streaming on NPR: http://www.npr.org/2015/02/22/387539394/first-listen-swervedriver-i-wasnt-born-to-lose-you
Enjoy!
Streaming on NPR: http://www.npr.org/2015/02/22/387539394/first-listen-swervedriver-i-wasnt-born-to-lose-you
Enjoy!
chris121580
Member
Damn, the Purity Ring album is fire. I'm loving it a lot more than their first album
-ImaginaryInsider
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Agreed. I liked "Sock it to Me", but it wasn't as raw as Milo or Cujo. This album is both more polished and rocks a bit more, and I'm glad she didn't use a human drummer on every track, "Deeper than Love" works better with the drum machine.
If you haven't already, check out Jeff the Brotherhoods cover of her song "Cujo", it's pretty great.
go here and listen to "Harriette" by the Rio Grands (not the instrumental version). I like this song in the way I loved Vampire Weekend's first record.
https://www.marmosetmusic.com/artists/rio-grands
really like this band. Their most recent record (or maybe only record, I dunno...) has 26 tracks in Alphabetical order, all girls names, and is aptly named "A-Z."
https://www.marmosetmusic.com/artists/rio-grands
really like this band. Their most recent record (or maybe only record, I dunno...) has 26 tracks in Alphabetical order, all girls names, and is aptly named "A-Z."
chris121580
Member
I strongly recommend checking out the new album from Buxton called Half a Native. It's basically the album I've been hoping My Morning Jacket would make after Z. Absolutely fantastic. Sadly these guys are so unknown that it's hard to find their songs to link to. The whole album is up on Spotify and it's one of the best things I've heard so far this year
AMG review:
Houston five-piece Buxton deepen their sojourn into experimental pop pastures on their expansive fourth LP, Half a Native. The group's journey began a decade prior when principal songwriter Sergio Trevino teamed up with multi-instrumentalist Jason Willis and bassist Chris Wise to record their folk-inspired debut, Red Follows Red, in 2005. With each subsequent release, Buxton expanded both musically and in terms of personnel, adding drummer Justin Terrell in 2009 and guitar/keyboard player Austin Sepulvado a year later. By the time they signed to esteemed indie New West Records to release 2012's Nothing Here Seems Strange, they had evolved from a fairly straightforward roots act into more adventurous indie pop purveyors with banjos who still bore some residual Texas twang. While their New West debut was a somewhat wiley affair that pitted Trevino's thoughtful songwriting against mildly chaotic noise bursts and sonic chatter, Half a Native is a far more understated set that leaves some welcome space between the gaps. Working with an outside producer for the first time, Buxton left their home state to record in Los Angeles with Thom Monahan (Devendra Banhart, Vetiver). Whether it's Monahan's influence, the change in location, or a bit of both, Half a Native has a gently melancholic, sun-warmed haze that filters throughout the album, helping it to hang together better than anything the band has released up to this point. The spacy, swirling guitars from their previous release are still present, but they now bounce neatly in a controlled environment softly coloring standouts like "What I'd Do," "Pool Hall," and the lovely title track. There's a weary romance to these songs that seem to want to escape down a ribbon of desert highway, and while this is a sound Buxton have sought before, it seems fully realized here on what may be their strongest effort to date.
AMG review:
Houston five-piece Buxton deepen their sojourn into experimental pop pastures on their expansive fourth LP, Half a Native. The group's journey began a decade prior when principal songwriter Sergio Trevino teamed up with multi-instrumentalist Jason Willis and bassist Chris Wise to record their folk-inspired debut, Red Follows Red, in 2005. With each subsequent release, Buxton expanded both musically and in terms of personnel, adding drummer Justin Terrell in 2009 and guitar/keyboard player Austin Sepulvado a year later. By the time they signed to esteemed indie New West Records to release 2012's Nothing Here Seems Strange, they had evolved from a fairly straightforward roots act into more adventurous indie pop purveyors with banjos who still bore some residual Texas twang. While their New West debut was a somewhat wiley affair that pitted Trevino's thoughtful songwriting against mildly chaotic noise bursts and sonic chatter, Half a Native is a far more understated set that leaves some welcome space between the gaps. Working with an outside producer for the first time, Buxton left their home state to record in Los Angeles with Thom Monahan (Devendra Banhart, Vetiver). Whether it's Monahan's influence, the change in location, or a bit of both, Half a Native has a gently melancholic, sun-warmed haze that filters throughout the album, helping it to hang together better than anything the band has released up to this point. The spacy, swirling guitars from their previous release are still present, but they now bounce neatly in a controlled environment softly coloring standouts like "What I'd Do," "Pool Hall," and the lovely title track. There's a weary romance to these songs that seem to want to escape down a ribbon of desert highway, and while this is a sound Buxton have sought before, it seems fully realized here on what may be their strongest effort to date.
His first solo was pretty underwhelming aside of a few tracks, but I really dig Chasing Yesterday. It reminds me a lot of Dig Out Your Soul's style and atmosphere, if only a bit more jazz-y. I agree about Liam though. Beady Eye proved who really was more integral to Oasis' music quality.
To me it's the perfect example of a collaboration where both sides really complemented the other. Like I wasn't a huge fan of Beady Eye, but Noel is kinda bland to me without Liam. He was just too great as a singer and frontman.
They were really two sides of the same coin, it's true. I hope that one day they'll make up. One has to wonder how each of them would put their hand on improving the other's songs.
New Chromatics track: http://pitchfork.com/news/58736-chromatics-share-i-can-never-be-myself-when-youre-around/
Not crazy about it for some reason. Might grow on me.
Not crazy about it for some reason. Might grow on me.