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« Reply #100 on: August 01, 2014, 07:24:50 AM »

Another one I'm really excited about, due on the 25th of this month, is "Brill Bruisers," the new album from The New Pornographers:



They've shared a couple of songs, including the title track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhhtSXk1c70

And "War on the East Coast":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMcumbSMY_8

I'm loving what I've heard so far - sounds like classic New Pornos.  They're a big influence for me, so I am naturally quite excited about this album.  Smiley
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« Reply #101 on: August 01, 2014, 09:00:34 AM »

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« Reply #102 on: August 01, 2014, 10:22:04 AM »

Sonny Knight?

http://youtu.be/vcrzoSgQMxI

I don't have strong feelings for or against. Solid band though.

As for the thread, it's totally appropriate to comment (pro or con) on new releases! As long as we don't devolve into "everything new (unless by old people or imitating old music) sucks" mentality, all is well.

Are you from MN? Have I forgotten? Current reference...
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« Reply #103 on: August 01, 2014, 10:28:39 AM »

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« Reply #104 on: August 05, 2014, 01:39:53 AM »



Heard a couple cuts from this album on the Colbert Report. Shimmering and beautiful. Has anyone bought it/review?
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« Reply #105 on: August 05, 2014, 01:41:42 AM »



Heard a couple cuts from this album on the Colbert Report. Shimmering and beautiful. Has anyone bought it/review?
See first and second page of this thread. Smiley
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« Reply #106 on: August 05, 2014, 12:45:37 PM »



Heard a couple cuts from this album on the Colbert Report. Shimmering and beautiful. Has anyone bought it/review?
See first and second page of this thread. Smiley
I read that thanks but no one is rraving that it's a must buy CD. Do you recommend grabbing selected tracks off iTunes or is the CD a magical listening experience?
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« Reply #107 on: August 05, 2014, 05:26:45 PM »

Selected tracks for sure. In hindsight I'd have bought 2-4 songs instead of the album.
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« Reply #108 on: August 05, 2014, 08:30:06 PM »

Selected tracks for sure. In hindsight I'd have bought 2-4 songs instead of the album.
Mahalo Captain. I have way too many CDs as is.
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« Reply #109 on: August 06, 2014, 12:54:06 AM »



Heard a couple cuts from this album on the Colbert Report. Shimmering and beautiful. Has anyone bought it/review?
See first and second page of this thread. Smiley
I read that thanks but no one is rraving that it's a must buy CD. Do you recommend grabbing selected tracks off iTunes or is the CD a magical listening experience?
I couldn't say.. I'd suggest listen to the whole thing a couple of times and then select your favourites and buy those. If you're not a big Beck fan to begin with, that is.
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« Reply #110 on: August 06, 2014, 02:03:09 AM »

I have a few of his albums. the songs I heard on Colbert were pretty amazing!
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« Reply #111 on: August 06, 2014, 02:30:48 AM »

I have a few of his albums. the songs I heard on Colbert were pretty amazing!
Get the whole thing, then. It's a great record. Smiley
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« Reply #112 on: August 10, 2014, 10:44:02 AM »

I listened to the 2014 Owen Pallett album, In Conflict. It didn't appeal to me much at all.

Pallett has recorded under his own name and previously as Final Fantasy, and has arranged (especially strings) for a lot of artists, most notably Arcade Fire. His work features violin, which he plays (along with singing, keyboards, etc.). I fully enjoyed his 2010 song "Lewis Takes Off His Shirt," the odd video for which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G-cqAehehA

In Conflict includes contributions from Brian Eno (synth, vocals, guitar) and piqued my interest to a moderate degree. It wasn't something I was awaiting, but I kept it in the back of my mind as something to check out. So a couple months after the fact, I finally did.

And I didn't much like it.

My criticism isn't really fair and says more about my taste than about the album itself: it's too ambitious for me. It's not to say I want or like only 3-chord, stupid pop. Plenty of my tastes range far beyond that (be it Stravinsky, Zappa, Monk, Ellington, Wilson, of Montreal, and on and on), it's just that there are different kinds of ambition in my eyes. (Or ears.) And this album sounds like ambition for ambition's sake, like someone talented putting together really well crafted music to show you he's talented, not to present some other feeling or point. It doesn't sound joyful to me, or pained, or excited, or anything else. It just sounds crafted. And honestly, to me, mostly boring.

The tune I liked most is this, "Infernal Fantasy." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ngL5SmEIos  It maintains a feeling of motion throughout, its melody has a surprising turn, and the bass line is propulsive without being the primary driver (that left to the arpeggiated synth). The latter half of the song may be the one moment on the album that feels fully alive to me. I may buy this song. The rest, I probably won't listen to again.
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« Reply #113 on: August 11, 2014, 03:26:11 PM »

I listened a couple of times to the 2014 album Midnight Sun by Ghost Of A Sabre-Toothed Tiger, aka GOASTTs. It's a duo between Charlotte Kemp Muhl and her boyfriend, Sean somebody. Lemon, I think. Having heard Sean's previous stuff I wasn't expecting a lot and don't recall why exactly I decided it was worth even giving a listen. I'm glad I did. Fans of '60s-inspired psych pop will probably find something to like. I don't have specific points to make here, but I'll get around to it. I haven't bought it yet and just want to decide whether to do the whole thing or just a few songs.

Here's a live clip from Letterman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns8VauCJYTs
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« Reply #114 on: August 11, 2014, 03:30:09 PM »

Sean Lennon sucks. Bad singer, boring songwriter.


I love comparing his career to his father. John co-wrote or wrote, and recorded hundreds of the songs and how many albums by the time of his death at 40. John ws a professional. Sean has made only three albums in his 38/39 years. He's just a rich kid pretending to be a musician.
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« Reply #115 on: August 11, 2014, 03:36:44 PM »

Sean Lennon sucks. Bad singer, boring songwriter.


I love comparing his career to his father. John co-wrote or wrote, and recorded hundreds of the songs and how many albums by the time of his death at 40. John ws a professional. Sean has made only three albums in his 38/39 years. He's just a rich kid pretending to be a musician.



Does he have a new album out? If not, this is hardly the place for Sean Lennon 'bashing'. (Or should I say 'trolling'? Comparing Sean to John is just dumb..)




EDIT: Apologies, Gabo. I failed to notice Lennon's current group was mentioned in the post before yours.
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« Reply #116 on: August 11, 2014, 03:38:33 PM »

Yeah he released a new album in his duo with his model girlfriend
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« Reply #117 on: August 11, 2014, 03:40:43 PM »

Yeah he released a new album in his duo with his model girlfriend
Never heard their act. Will check it out. I liked Friendly Fire back then.
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« Reply #118 on: August 11, 2014, 04:00:42 PM »

Yeah he released a new album in his duo with his model girlfriend
Never heard their act. Will check it out. I liked Friendly Fire back then.

With Friendly Fire, I'd have agreed with Gabo, more or less. I think Midnight Sun is pretty decent. Doesn't blow me away as some kind of important album or anything, but it's nice. And in fact their earlier album turned out to be listenable, too. Go figure.
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« Reply #119 on: August 14, 2014, 03:48:05 AM »

Michael Cera's 1st proper album, true that (yup, no capital letters - it's indie). 21 tracks of mainly original material. Lo-fi weirdo indie folk/pop with a Syd Barrett vibe. There's a couple of throwaways but also some neat instrumental piano diddlies and capable guitar compositions. If you like the guy and the soundtracks to most of his films, give it a go. It certainly is a likable effort.







EDIT: I listened to it with a friend, and he was disgusted. Grin

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« Reply #120 on: August 18, 2014, 05:45:39 AM »

For anyone into oldschool Blues Rock out there, check out the Blues Pills' eponymous 1st album (after a string of impressive EPs), released in late July this year:

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« Reply #121 on: August 18, 2014, 02:51:48 PM »

Well, Pitchfork has officially f***ed me. I had recently been thinking of assembling a massive--or at least substantial--collection of the best songs of the '00s so far, to be finished up around the new year (that being the halfway point of the decade from "start at year zero" reckoning). Well today those bastards released a best 200 tracks of the decade so far. Oh well ... my thunder may be stolen, but I'll do my own regardless, because let's be honest, my taste is the taste I care most about. (I will peruse their list, though. No harm in getting new ideas, and it's always fun to talk sh*t about their mistakes--er, opinions.)
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« Reply #122 on: August 19, 2014, 04:23:03 AM »

thinking about the quality of music so extensively is such a waste of mental resources be creative instead
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« Reply #123 on: August 19, 2014, 04:32:18 AM »

thinking about the quality of music so extensively is such a waste of mental resources be creative instead
As creative as your signature? Grin
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« Reply #124 on: August 19, 2014, 05:30:19 AM »

thinking about the quality of music so extensively is such a waste of mental resources be creative instead

Thank you for your comment and its contribution to the thread.
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