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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Herr Professor Doktor Doom on October 21, 2008, 06:03:00 pm
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I went to Coinstar and got a $73 Amazon credit which I intend to spend on MP3s. What should be my top 5 choices of good new stuff from within the last year?
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Jay Reatard - Matador Singles '08
Lindstrom - Where you Go I Go Too
Brightblack Morning Light - Motion to Rejoin
Nick Cave - Dig! Lazarus, Dig!
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LOL, I'd list my top 5, but I doubt any of them are mainstream enough to be on Amazon MP3. Most serious artists only release on cassette or 7".
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I've come across quite a few cassette and 7" releases in the last year, too.
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Julian, if I'm not mixing you up with someone else, you only like formulaic alt-country?
Unfortunately Coinstar credits can't go towards 7" and cassettes, so I'm stuck with MP3s.
How are the Secret Machines? The New York Times (aka Liberal Elitist Media) gave their new disc a good review and they played here recently?
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i like the new James and Supergrass albums...
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Originally posted by They call me Doctor Doom.:
Julian, if I'm not mixing you up with someone else, you only like formulaic alt-country?
You are thinking of Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer.
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I'll admit I occasionally get you two long-named contrarians mixed up.
Anyway, thanks, my dogs, for these tips. I have more than enough to use up my Coinstar earnings.
I also see that Amazon carries Malory, which Jaguar recommended long ago, so that will be in the download queue as well.
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Originally posted by kosmo:
i like the new James and Supergrass albums...
i am loving the new James disc too. makes me wanna go out and get the old ones that i think i only had on tape before.
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My favorite this year is Neon Neon (gruff from super furry animals).
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Originally posted by very sonick:
Originally posted by kosmo:
i like the new James and Supergrass albums...
i am loving the new James disc too. makes me wanna go out and get the old ones that i think i only had on tape before. [/b]
kosmette beat you too it :D already owning all the albums from "Gold Mother" onwards, she went out and got all the early stuff along with booth's solo record..
"Hey Ma" is about as powerful of an anti-war song as I've heard lately...
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Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers.
Good start.
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Good call on James... digging it on first listen.
Azaghal, thanks for the Nick Cave rec. Can you suggest a key track from each of your other recommendations?
It turns out I already have "Everbody's Daylight" from Brightblack Morning Light, from KCRW's podcast... it comes up in my shuffles from time to time, until just now I thought it was the Dandy Warhols in one of their spacier moments.
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Sure.
Jay Reatard: Screaming Hand, An Ugly Death, Always Wanting More, D.O.A., No Time, I'm Watching You
Brightblack: Oppressions Each, Another Reclaimation, Rainbow Aims, Past A Weatherbeaten Fencepost
(And Hologram Buffalo is a free download on the Matador site)
Lindstrom: the nearly 30-minute epic title track that'll take you on a danceable sonic journey out into space and back.
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dandy warhols - earth to the dandy warhols
the new album definitely has grown on me.
white lies - only have a single or two available - death and unfinished business
highly recommended and worth a listen.
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it didn't gwoq on at least 20 out of 20 critics.\\\\\
http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/dandywarhols/earthtothedandywarhols?q=dandy%20warhols (http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/dandywarhols/earthtothedandywarhols?q=dandy%20warhols)
Originally posted by xneverwherex:
dandy warhols - earth to the dandy warhols
the new album definitely has grown on me.
white lies - only have a single or two available - death and unfinished business
highly recommended and worth a listen.
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I like the new Marnie Stern and the new TV on the Radio.
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A half dozen albums I've really liked from 2008:
Fleet Foxes
Drive By Truckers
Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson
Shearwater
the Walkmen
Dengue Fever
I'd say more, but what do I know, I only like formulaic alt-country. Plus, I don't want to give away my entire end of year list...
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i'm pretty sure everyone here can pretty much predict your end of year list, rhett.
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Ok, I gave the first six, now you predict the next six, and I'll tell you how many you get.
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Same here. Especially the Marnie Stern.
Originally posted by K8teebug:
I like the new Marnie Stern and the new TV on the Radio.
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The Caesars -- Strawberry Weed
This one will take everyone by surprise. Not a single bad song on the U.S. version. But not only that, there isn't a single song on it that isn't great.
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that would assume i actually cared what the critics think - which I dont. Most fans of the band liked this album quite a bit - and I know Doom already likes them.
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
it didn't gwoq on at least 20 out of 20 critics.\\\\\
http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/dandywarhols/earthtothedandywarhols?q=dandy%20warhols (http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/dandywarhols/earthtothedandywarhols?q=dandy%20warhols)
Originally posted by xneverwherex:
dandy warhols - earth to the dandy warhols
the new album definitely has grown on me.
white lies - only have a single or two available - death and unfinished business
highly recommended and worth a listen.
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Originally posted by bearman:
The Caesars -- Strawberry Weed
This one will take everyone by surprise. Not a single bad song on the U.S. version. But not only that, there isn't a single song on it that isn't great.
Thanks for the heads up on this one...I'll have to check it out. When in top form I just love the songs this band writes.
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The P4K review today just reminded me of the awesomeness (is that a word?) of Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday.
No idea what they were thinking gushing over that new Deerhunter, though.