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They only have two albums...They're both good
eyeball_kid
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Right now I'm finding it hard to imagine any other record topping it this year. Maybe Cornelius if the rest of the album holds up to the single.
I like how Slowdive just casually drop an album after 22 years and show years of dream pop bands how to make a dreamy atmosphere without sounding vapid and inconsequential.
Outdoor Miner
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Been a great week for singles. New Grizzly Bear, The National, and War on Drugs have got me hyped!
Yeah it's really great.
Ooh nice. Really liked her last album.
Honestly these are like three of the biggest indie acts I have never got into. Not because I don't like them but because I just somehow missed out.
Quite like the new Fleet Foxes single even if it isn't as terrific as the first.
chris121580
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Ampersands
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Two new Beach Fossils songs too! The vibe in Social Jetlag reminds me of Earl. And the second apparently features Rachel Goswell.
I also dug the new Broken Social Scene song. Much better than the one they announced with
I also dug the new Broken Social Scene song. Much better than the one they announced with
Kibbles
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It's been 15 years since Box Car Racer was released. They have released a limited vinyl on their side and Hot Topic and Tom has been teasing a comeback. He's tweeted about having serious conversations with Travis Barker, then has been playing BCR songs live on instagram, keeps teasing people asking if they are coming back, asked who they should have feature on the album if there was a new one (and a bunch of musicians replied wanting in, interest is obviously there for this regardless, hopefully it gets the ball rolling) and just recently he has mentioned on twitter he is going in the studio next week... hopefully related to this and not AvA.
Box Car Racer is a sideproject that he can do on his own time and terms and doesn't have to do an exhausting greatest hits tour like he claimed to have gotten tired of with Blink so I think it makes sense. I really hope Travis is involved, he killed it on the first record and I've always preferred the Tom+Travis combo to +44 and the new blink lineup.
edit: From Billboard interview today too:
Up: Tom better not be yanking my chain
RampagingSoul
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Been listening to Tigers Jaw's new album and it's really good (two or three listens of it fully). The first half is better than the second, but the second half isn't too bad, just weaker than the first part of the album.
still listening to these Calgary bands
Friendo's album Cold Toads here is v good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yChezUqVho
edit: bandcamp link https://friendo.bandcamp.com/album/cold-toads
female guitarist/vocalist from Friendo also played in this band, which is pretty good:
http://shop.bornbadrecords.net/album/s-t-5
a song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX9iIIe1Ch4
I got into these Canadian artists starting with the band Women, their album Public Strain is real good:
https://womenband.bandcamp.com/
can't find anything else like these bands anywhere and there really needs to be more.
Friendo's album Cold Toads here is v good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yChezUqVho
edit: bandcamp link https://friendo.bandcamp.com/album/cold-toads
female guitarist/vocalist from Friendo also played in this band, which is pretty good:
http://shop.bornbadrecords.net/album/s-t-5
a song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX9iIIe1Ch4
I got into these Canadian artists starting with the band Women, their album Public Strain is real good:
https://womenband.bandcamp.com/
can't find anything else like these bands anywhere and there really needs to be more.
Is the new Wavves album as good as V? I freaking loved that album, but the singles so for for the new one have been underwhelming
like it a lot more than v tbh, but the only wavves album i've really liked before (or that i still do from high school) is afraid of heights
yeah, sonic jesus album is tight as well
Vision festival have announced their second batch of artist/bands
Wolf Eyes - Happyness - Holly Macve
Moor Mother - Marie Davidson - Cosmo Pyke
Amber Arcades - Matt Maltese - Puma Blue - Night Flowers
Its an OK bunch. I am only excited to potentially see Happyness and Amber Arcades
Wolf Eyes - Happyness - Holly Macve
Moor Mother - Marie Davidson - Cosmo Pyke
Amber Arcades - Matt Maltese - Puma Blue - Night Flowers
Its an OK bunch. I am only excited to potentially see Happyness and Amber Arcades
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
Kind of curious to know what a music festival dog show is like...
Too bad windswept is some seriously half assed shit.
What is Windswept? Is that the song on Twin Peaks? I only watched the first episode last night and can't wait for the rest.
Only Wavves album I really listened to was King of the Beach. Love that album.
eyeball_kid
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I've been on an Olivia Tremor Control kick lately, and man, it's such a heartbreak that we'll never have another OTC album due to the huge loss of Bill Doss.
Oh really? Haven't checked it out yet, but a lot of Johnny Jewel's work outside the IDIB bands has been a little boring. But I like the tracks they've teased so far from Dear Tommy.
The Chromatics song they played is called Shadow. Really like that one personally.
Windswept is a new instrumental album by Johnny Jewel, including some stuff he composed for Twin Peaks (I think).
Yeah it has some twin peaks stuff on it. It also has some other stuff by chromatics and desire.
It's crap
I seem to remember the other members talking about releasing The Same Place a while after his death, but I've given up hope on that at this point.
eyeball_kid
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It might not have been far enough long to feel confident in releasing it, especially given Doss's big stamp on the sound and production.
New Alex G is great. Gotta be okay with his nasally/whiny voice which I need to be in the mood for. I appreciate him dipping his toes in a variety of instrumentatinal influences (like DSU).
Hope in those dudes ain't worth it
definitely why i'm enjoying rocket a whole lot more than beach music
eyeball_kid
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I'm LTTP on the Cactus Blossoms, but heard their song on Twin Peaks and damn, the whole album is pretty good. They've got that 1950's vintage country-pop aesthetic on lock. Great brother harmonies.
Dangerblade
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Hazel English just came onto my radar. Awesome dream pop, she released a double EP earlier this month. Gonna have to buy me that.
So... Will Oldham and Merle Haggard are two of my favorite things and that is why Best Troubadour is the best album this year so far, so I urge everybody to listen to it (check this out, which strictly spoken is neither a Merle cover nor on the actual album itself, but it's still great and the rest of the album is just as amazing).
I'm also absolutely obsessed by Alasdair Roberts/Appendix Out as of late. Anybody else into his music? The Crook of My Arm has become one of my favorite albums ever. Does anybody know of any similarly traditional Scottish/Irish folk music influenced artists?
I'm also absolutely obsessed by Alasdair Roberts/Appendix Out as of late. Anybody else into his music? The Crook of My Arm has become one of my favorite albums ever. Does anybody know of any similarly traditional Scottish/Irish folk music influenced artists?
Macadinho94
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Dunno about that, James said he'll delay the album a few months until the printing houses can print the albums LP to be in stores upon release. If that's the case, the album will definitely get leaked I'd say.
Did you see their Facebook post today? They said it was potentially doable in 6 weeks, but probably a little longer.
Macadinho94
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Didn't read the whole thing, just got the select quotes off NME earlier. If so that's promising, an LCD Soundsystem album at the end of summer would do nicely
eyeball_kid
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I realized at some point a few years ago that I'm just tired of Oldham's shtick. I used to be a huge fan of his back in the day, have basically all of his singles on vinyl, etc. But he hasn't really progressed as an artist at all. Yeah this cover album is decent. I was never a big Merle Haggard fan to begin with though, and these songs don't really shed new light on them. That flute is also something I cannot abide.
Although they're not directly comparable, Bill Callahan has kept me far more interested throughout the years.
Another killer release from these guys.
great record
Death From Above 1979 is teasing something too. They updated their website.
Yeah, its enjoyable, but your opinion is wrong. Last year Savages was amazing and one of the best last year.