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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: HoyaSaxa03 on May 23, 2005, 10:55:00 pm

Title: albums this week
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on May 23, 2005, 10:55:00 pm
wow, i feel like a 40-yr-old government secretary, i had no idea any of these were coming out this week:
 
 gorillaz - demon days
 stephen malkmus - face the truth
 sleater-kinney - the woods
 belle & sebastian - push barman to open old wounds
 shout out louds - howl howl gaff gaff
 
 anyone heard any of them?  in particular, the belle & sebastian?
Title: Re: albums this week
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on May 23, 2005, 10:56:00 pm
and then i found out the belle & sebastian is just an EP collection ... a very good one at that, "i know where the summer goes" is one of my faves by them ....
Title: Re: albums this week
Post by: you be betty on May 23, 2005, 11:26:00 pm
i've heard part of the new sk.
 it kicks face
Title: Re: albums this week
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on May 23, 2005, 11:58:00 pm
is this not the laziest thing you've ever read from a journalist?
 
 from the allmusic review of shout out loud's album (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Aypg9keptfq79)
 
 "In fact a better combination of arrangement, emotion and melody is hard to find anywhere in the early 2000's so far. Saturday Looks Good to Me, for sure. The Concretes, perhaps. Maybe there are others, whatever, the real point is that Howl Howl Gaff Gaff is an excellent album."
 
 that said, i really liked the shout out louds when they opened for someone recently at the club (the futureheads?) ... hope the album is as good as the sloppy review ...
Title: Re: albums this week
Post by: grotty on May 24, 2005, 12:31:00 am
and this:
 
 LUCERO
 Nobody's Darlings
 
 Stream 5 songs here:
  http://www.luceromusic.com/av.cfm (http://www.luceromusic.com/av.cfm)
Title: Re: albums this week
Post by: K8teebug on May 24, 2005, 08:14:00 am
I was pleasantly suprised to find a used copy of the new Gorillaz at my local cd/vinyl store on sunday.  It's pretty good.  Looking forward to hearing the new Sleater Kinney and the Belle and Sebastian collection.  The SM cd is also supposed to be pretty neat.
Title: Re: albums this week
Post by: jkeisenh on May 24, 2005, 09:30:00 am
and naturally, B&S have a goofy new flash game on their website to go along with today's release.
Title: Re: albums this week
Post by: jardison on May 24, 2005, 09:36:00 am
The Sleater Kinney album is getting rave reviews from just about every music publication.  For what it's worth Rolling Stone just gave it 4 stars.  The album is supposedly classic rock sounding nuanced with SK style punk.  Can't wait for this one!
Title: Re: albums this week
Post by: hitmeintheface on May 24, 2005, 09:44:00 am
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
  wow, i feel like a 40-yr-old government secretary, i had no idea any of these were coming out this week:
 
 gorillaz - demon days
 stephen malkmus - face the truth
 sleater-kinney - the woods
 belle & sebastian - push barman to open old wounds
 shout out louds - howl howl gaff gaff
 
 anyone heard any of them?  in particular, the belle & sebastian?
[/QUOTE
 
 Your fucking kidding me right.  Them bands suck.
Title: Re: albums this week
Post by: brennser on May 24, 2005, 09:44:00 am
paging Relaxer!!! anti SK diatribe urgently needed on this thread
 
 
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Originally posted by jardison:
  The Sleater Kinney album is getting rave reviews from just about every music publication.  For what it's worth Rolling Stone just gave it 4 stars.  The album is supposedly classic rock sounding nuanced with SK style punk.  Can't wait for this one!
Title: Re: albums this week
Post by: kosmo vinyl on May 24, 2005, 09:53:00 am
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Originally posted by hitmeintheface:
 
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
  wow, i feel like a 40-yr-old government secretary, i had no idea any of these were coming out this week:
 
 gorillaz - demon days
 stephen malkmus - face the truth
 sleater-kinney - the woods
 belle & sebastian - push barman to open old wounds
 shout out louds - howl howl gaff gaff
 
 anyone heard any of them?  in particular, the belle & sebastian?
[/QUOTE
 
 Your fucking kidding me right.  Them bands suck. [/b]
have you actually heard any of these bands you seem so intent on bashing?  i'll take belle & sebastian over damp scones anyday...
Title: Re: albums this week
Post by: thirsty moore on May 24, 2005, 10:00:00 am
A friend of mine told me this morning that SK's new album sounds like Black Sabbath.  I was surprised.  I've been listening to a lot of Black Sabbath recently (Master of Reality/Paranoid).
 
 It seems like every band I like, they list as influences (Television, Go Betweens).  So I can't figure out why I don't like SK.
Title: Re: albums this week
Post by: brennser on May 24, 2005, 10:16:00 am
you should definitely give this one a try - different to anything they've ever done and the Sabbath comparisons are spot on
 
 
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Originally posted by econo:
  A friend of mine told me this morning that SK's new album sounds like Black Sabbath.   So I can't figure out why I don't like SK.
Title: Re: albums this week
Post by: Bags on May 24, 2005, 10:24:00 am
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Originally posted by brennser:
  you should definitely give this one a try - different to anything they've ever done and the Sabbath comparisons are spot on
 
   
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Originally posted by econo:
  A friend of mine told me this morning that SK's new album sounds like Black Sabbath.   So I can't figure out why I don't like SK.
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I will say, as a very big SK fan, that their last coupla albums have been wonderfully critically received, and they're good, but didn't blow me away.  I feel like I don't need another SK album, the five I got are sufficient...That sad, I'm very irresponsible with my moolah and will probably buy it (I still love and support them...)
 
 Does anyone else know what I mean, how sometimes you just have enough of a band's albums at, say, two, three or four (depending on the band)?
Title: Re: albums this week
Post by: brennser on May 24, 2005, 10:26:00 am
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I will say, as a very big SK fan, that their last coupla albums have been wonderfully critically received, and they're good, but didn't blow me away.
I disagree, I thought One Beat was among the best they've ever done
Title: Re: albums this week
Post by: JohnnyBaconbitz on May 24, 2005, 10:28:00 am
The new Malkmus is excellent...I highly recommend it.
 
 I'm going to have to pick up the B&S, too...
Title: Re: albums this week
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on May 24, 2005, 10:41:00 am
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Originally posted by hitmeintheface:
 Your fucking kidding me right.  Them bands suck.
you're (notice the contraction, they're fun!) still around?
 
 you must be REALLY bored ...
Title: Re: albums this week
Post by: The_Creeper on May 24, 2005, 10:42:00 am
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Originally posted by JohnnyBaconbitz:
  The new Malkmus is excellent...I highly recommend it.
 
I agree
Title: Re: albums this week
Post by: JohnnyBaconbitz on May 24, 2005, 10:48:00 am
I had huge expectations for Face the Truth, and I'm more than satisfied.  He ran through a lot of the new tunes at SXSW and they sounded like winners then.
 
 I thought SM's eponymous release was solid, but a little sterile in parts.  Pig Lib was a huge step up, bringing the back some of the weirdness.
 
 I think Face the Truth is the most "Pavement-like" of his solo stuff.  It's kind of a cross between Wowee Zowee and Terror Twilight.
 
 I can't wait for the 6/4 show at the Black Cat.
Title: Re: albums this week
Post by: brennser on May 25, 2005, 09:05:00 am
the pitchdorks love it as well
 
 http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/s/sleater-kinney/woods.shtml (http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/s/sleater-kinney/woods.shtml)
 
 
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Originally posted by jardison:
  The Sleater Kinney album is getting rave reviews from just about every music publication.  For what it's worth Rolling Stone just gave it 4 stars.  The album is supposedly classic rock sounding nuanced with SK style punk.  Can't wait for this one!
Title: Re: albums this week
Post by: alex on May 25, 2005, 10:57:00 am
I'll be picking up the Shout Out Loud's and the Lucero discs sometime this week.
Title: Re: albums this week
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on May 25, 2005, 11:57:00 am
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Originally posted by alex:
  I'll be picking up the Shout Out Loud's and the Lucero discs sometime this week.
can you post on here how the shout out loud's disc is?  that's one that i might pick up if i hear enough good things ... their $1 EP i picked up at the show is good
 
 and just saw the first video for the shout out louds on subterranean, it was for that song that sounds a lot like YYY's "Y control" ... think it's called "the comeback" ... it was really good ...
Title: Re: albums this week
Post by: hostiledm on May 25, 2005, 12:08:00 pm
The Gorillaz was a big suprise to me. I did really like the first one, and the dub record, but I didnt see this project as one that would be pushed to new areas and growth. I was way off, the record is really well put together and has some great thought into it, without forgeting what made it cool in the first place. If your into them, check it out. Really good.
Title: Re: albums this week
Post by: alex on May 25, 2005, 03:30:00 pm
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
   
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Originally posted by alex:
  I'll be picking up the Shout Out Loud's and the Lucero discs sometime this week.
can you post on here how the shout out loud's disc is?  that's one that i might pick up if i hear enough good things ... their $1 EP i picked up at the show is good
 
 and just saw the first video for the shout out louds on subterranean, it was for that song that sounds a lot like YYY's "Y control" ... think it's called "the comeback" ... it was really good ... [/b]
Yeah, but from what I hear the "new" cd is just a collection of their ep's packaged together for an International Release.  Which doesn't really affect me since I just discovered them at Coachella, but just thought I'd mention that.