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Neogaf Rock/Indie/Alt Music Thread (RockGAF?)

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Macadinho94

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Listening to a band called QTY from New York recently since they appeared in my Discover Weekly playlist. Give them a listen GAF, they have a few singles out.
 
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Futureman

Member
man the Silver Jews are so good but I barely know them. I only have two of their records and their stuff isn't on streaming services.

I have to rectify that. "American Water" is one of my favorite records. Silver Jews and Pavement will always intensely remind me of college.
 
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Catvoca

Banned
The new Guided By Voices album August By Cake is nice. It's Robert Pollard's 100th LP so it seems he put a bit of work into it. It's also his first double album. Worth checking out if you're a GBV fan.
 
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lord quas

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Catvoca said:
The new Guided By Voices album August By Cake is nice. It's Robert Pollard's 100th LP so it seems he put a bit of work into it. It's also his first double album. Worth checking out if you're a GBV fan.
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I'd go as far as saying this is probably one of their best lineups ever... Doug Gillard is just so incredibly talented. His collab with Bob on ESP Ohio is also worth listening to.

Sigh. If only they'd do a tour in Europe. :(
 
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Catvoca

Banned
lord quas said:
I'd go as far as saying this is probably one of their best lineups ever... Doug Gillard is just so incredibly talented. His collab with Bob on ESP Ohio is also worth listening to.

Sigh. If only they'd do a tour in Europe. :(
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Oh shit, I heard about ESP Ohio and then forgot to check it out. Will have to listen to it tonight!

Yeah, it's a really solid lineup. Hope they put out a few more records together.
 
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King_Moc

Banned
lord quas said:
Sigh. If only they'd do a tour in Europe. :(
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I've loved them for years, and the only chance i've ever had to see them was when they played the Leeds festival in 2002. Unfortunately I didn't get into them until later on that year, so I was watching the Dandy fucking Warhols, who were terrible live. I'm filled with so much regret.
 
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Ampersands

Member
Damn they were right. Twin Peaks is an amazing live band! The crowd was going ballistic, myself included. I know they're releasing a live album soon so I'll be on the lookout for that.
 
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eyeball_kid

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Catvoca said:
The new Guided By Voices album August By Cake is nice. It's Robert Pollard's 100th LP so it seems he put a bit of work into it. It's also his first double album. Worth checking out if you're a GBV fan.
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I love GBV and Bob is a songwriting hero, but I get pissed off that Robert calls it GBV with whatever random group of people he assembles. To me, GBV isn't GBV without Tobin Sprout and Mitch Mitchell. It's like if John Lennon had called his solo records Beatles records. It's just not the same.
 
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Catvoca

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eyeball_kid said:
I love GBV and Bob is a songwriting hero, but I get pissed off that Robert calls it GBV with whatever random group of people he assembles. To me, GBV isn't GBV without Tobin Sprout and Mitch Mitchell. It's like if John Lennon had called his solo records Beatles records. It's just not the same.
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I wouldn't quite say that since Gillard era GBV is so good! It's an important part of the band's history! I get what you mean though, he doesn't really have any rhyme or reason for what project he puts out under what name. Like last year's Please Be Honest (which was very good!) was basically a Bob solo record but he decided to put it out as a GBV album for some reason. I think he might put stuff out under the GBV banner just because he knows it'll get more attention than releasing it as a side project with a silly name. It's best to consider them more of a collective around Bob rather than a band with strict members I suppose.

This new album has several songs Bob didn't write though, which is pretty cool. It feels more like a "band" with this one. He let the reigns off a bit since it's a double album.
 
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Dead

well not really...yet
Might go see Waxahatchee and New Pornographers next week. Gonna try and rope a friend into going but I'll just solo it if need be :p
 
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olympia

Member
Star roving is good but I like sugar for the pill way better. Also the music video for it absolutely rules and I've listened to the song like 50 times, lol! I'm pumped for the new Slowdive album in general

forgeforsaken said:
Thought this would be bigger news

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1361891

Jawbreaker reform to at least play Riotfest
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People in the emo thread care. I'm flying to Chicago to see them. It sounds like a one and done deal from what I've heard through the grapevine.
 
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eyeball_kid

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MisterNugNug said:
Priests - Jj

IDLES - Mother

Bayonne - Fallss

Slowdive - Star Roving

Dr. Dog - Could've happened to me.
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Hadn't heard any of these bands (besides Slowdive of course).

- Priests, the singer sounds like Kathleen Hanna is a big inspiration. She has that Bikini Kill thing down. The music itself is kinda whatever.
- IDLES is pretty good. They actually have shit to say, rare these days. From what I've heard I feel like their music is a bit ungrounded though, sonically speaking. But that's true of a lot of modern records that are mastered for the streaming generation.
- Bayonne. Fuckin dream pop, again with bad production. Next.
- Slowdive, holy shit. Shoegaze is back. Good track.
- Dr. Dog. Hm, a bit of a poor man's Wilco mixed with a bit of M. Ward. Middle of the road.
 
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Mifune

Mehmber
I thought I reached a point where I could listen to Carrie & Lowell without wanting to bawl but this new live album is bringing it all back.
 
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Laekon

Member
Some how I missed this thread for years. One of my favorite bands, The Districts, just announced/opened sales on a bunch of shows today.

http://thedistrictsband.com/#shows

The District Long Distance

The Veils is one of my other favorite band and are supposed to be involved with the new Twin Peaks season some how. They even recorded a song at David Lynch's house though he wasn't involved. They got 2 great videos with their last album.

Low Lays the Devil

Axolotl

And then their classic song which is used to crash the whole show.
The Veils - Jesus for the Jugular
 
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faridmon

Member
Today is the Day!

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Lot of clashes bu fuck me if that isn't a good line-up. Just about to board the Leicester train in a bit. Can't wait!
 
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Futureman

Member
Mac DeMarco and Black Lips this Friday!

Next month Kevin Morby and Big Thief. July Waxahatchee.

Nice few months of releases coming up.
 
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MemoryHumanity

Member
Can any of you lovely people recommend some music to someone who's currently really digging The Menzingers, PUP and Turnover? I've been turned on to Daisyhead by a pal of mine, but any other suggestions would be very welcome!
 
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