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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Vas Deferens on February 08, 2007, 10:11:00 am
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have 80 downloads left...need some suggestions :)
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Little Man Tate, The Chalets, The Hard Tomorrows, The Features, The Indestructible Beat of Soweto - Volume One, The Victorian English Gentlemens Club, Underground Resistance, The Broken West, Paul Weller "As Is Now". I Am Kloot, Department S, etc
The Nice Boys CD is good, it's the band formed by the surviving members of the Exploding Hearts
There's a good New York Dolls album "A Hard Night's Day" released by Norton Records which is the demos of what would become the first record...
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Add The Hentchmen to the list..
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The Chalets
Oi!! They're 'my' suggestion ;)
others worth your downloads are
A House (http://www.emusic.com/artist/11635/11635411.html) if you want to hear one of my favorite (and by extension Irelands) bands of all time
BC Camplight (http://www.emusic.com/artist/11591/11591831.html) if you like Belle and Sebastian
new Bloc Party
Angels of Light/Akron Family (http://www.emusic.com/album/10879/10879919.html) if you like slightly weird but very very good freak folk
Crooked Fingers (http://www.emusic.com/artist/11578/11578343.html) if you like Wilco pre-YHF and a singer who sounds like Neil Diamond
Danko Jones (http://www.emusic.com/artist/10559/10559821.html) if you like uncomplicated balls to the wall rock n roll
Eels (http://www.emusic.com/artist/11583/11583941.html) if you feel like killing yourself
Gogol Bordello (http://www.emusic.com/artist/11572/11572224.html) if you want to pogo around the room with unrestrained joy for 40 minutes
Heartless Bastards (http://www.emusic.com/artist/11580/11580626.html) if you want to hear one of the greatest female voices in contemporary music
I Am Kloot (http://www.emusic.com/artist/11693/11693658.html) if you want to score coolness points with Jaguar
Kristin Hersh (http://www.emusic.com/artist/11530/11530645.html)/Throwing Muses/50 Foot Wave if you want to hear one of the original riot grrrls still going strong
Portastatic (http://www.emusic.com/artist/11592/11592183.html) if you want to hear idiosyncratic power pop
+/- (http://www.emusic.com/artist/11583/11583747.html) if you want to hear one of the most underrated albums of 2006
Richard Hawley (http://www.emusic.com/artist/11635/11635442.html) if you still don't feel like killing yourself after listening to the Eels
Sultans of Ping (http://www.emusic.com/artist/11638/11638178.html) if you want to know how to make a 2 1/2 minute garage rock classic
The Birthday Party (http://www.emusic.com/artist/11534/11534909.html) if you want to know who Nick Cave was before he was Nick Cave
The Dears (http://www.emusic.com/artist/11578/11578235.html) if you want to hear another one of 2006's best albums
The Frames (http://www.emusic.com/artist/11543/11543957.html) if you want to hear the band that routinely outpolls U2 for best Irish band
The Frank and Walters (http://www.emusic.com/artist/11635/11635996.html) if you want to hear power pop from Cork City, the real capital of Ireland
The Spinto Band (http://www.emusic.com/artist/11590/11590812.html) if you want to hear one of the best young bands in the US
The Standard (http://www.emusic.com/artist/10566/10566182.html) if you like Joy Division
The Weepies (http://www.emusic.com/album/10890/10890977.html) if you like beautiful, low key music
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I like the new Danko Jones CD as well...
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Lately, I haven't been able to get Fennesz's Venice out of my mind, especially "Chateau Rouge." Electronica and subtle noise at its most engrossing.
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<img src="http://www.emusic.com/img/album/110/009/11000958_155_155.jpeg" alt=" - " />
Birdland w/ Lester Bangs
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is this the same birdland that were in england in the early 90s?
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No idea. I kind of doubt it though. I find it hard to believe this band would last that long.
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Good thread. I need recommendations too! Lately, I have been really enjoying +/-. :)
(I can't go to the site right now - defeats the purpose of my post, I know. Sorry! Check to see if Dandelions, Girls in Hawaii or Headphones are available...)
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The Submarines - Declare a New State! (http://www.emusic.com/album/10906/10906295.html)
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Brennser, that is a GREAT list. Thanks for the short descriptions.
Kosmo, you know I nearly always take your recommendations blind!!
I downloaded the Pipettes in December and just listened to it. I got back and forth on them -- sometimes there a too retro, then the next song has a good mix of 60s girl group and modern day kick ass chicks.
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Soft Complex - Barcelona (http://www.emusic.com/artist/11710/11710987.html)
Figured I might as well :)
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take most of my recommendations blind, but be sure to checkout Underground Resistance first as they are a very early Detroit Techno group who is pretty far away in sound to most of my fav rock bands.
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Very cool new label addition with Luaka Bop on eMusic...
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I downloaded:
the new Field Music
Townes Van Zandt (self-titled)
Black Angels' Passover
49 more downloads
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If you like Mclusky checkout The Victorian English Gentlemen's Cub. Who are of course Welsh and two thirds female.
you might also want to stock up on any V2 release under consideration, they could easily dump eMusic as a digital distributor.
as
V2 fires staff, splits with White Stripes, Moby
Sun Jan 14, 2007 7:28 AM ET
By Ed Christman
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Indie record label V2 North America, home to such acts as the White Stripes, Moby and the Raconteurs, laid off its staff Friday and will primarily become a catalog label.
The label's parent company, Sheridan Square, also plans to focus on digital distribution. About 35 people, including president Andy Gershon, are believed to have lost their jobs as part of the restructuring.
The company will retain the White Stripes catalog, but will no longer issue new music by the duo or other frontline artists such as Moby or the Raconteurs, sources say. The only genre the company plans to participate in going forward is gospel.
In addition to the catalog, the company is looking for ways to grow business digitally. Part of that is said to be in talks that could include a merger or investment with a company that is pursuing a similar strategy in the video business.
V2 was founded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson in 1996. New York-based Sheridan Square bought the North American assets in February 2006.
Sheridan Square's principals include Joe Bianco, Anil Narang, Joe Pretlow, and the Stephens Group, which bought into the company last July during a financial restructuring.
Since 2003, Sheridan Square has spent an estimated $43 million acquiring indie labels V2 North America, Compendia and Artemis; distributor Musicrama; and certain catalog assets of Tone-Cool Records, Triloka, Ropeadope Records and Vanguard Classical.
Reuters/Billboard
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I downloaded:
the new Field Music
Townes Van Zandt (self-titled)
Black Angels' Passover
49 more downloads
ok, now how about downloading some of the recommendations we gave you
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emusic has At the Drive-In... very awesome
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Since 2003, Sheridan Square has spent an estimated $43 million acquiring indie labels V2 North America, Compendia and Artemis; distributor Musicrama; and certain catalog assets of Tone-Cool Records, Triloka, Ropeadope Records and Vanguard Classical.
With business practices like this how the fuck can anyone consider any of these labels "indie"? It just goes to show how meaningless the term has become.
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I would pretty much spend the whole thing on the entire Clutch catalog. If you have it already, go with a bunch of Jesus Lizard, or maybe "Liquor in the Front" by Reverend Horton Heat so you can rockabilly out all day long. If thats too much, get the "Royal Tenenbaums" soundtrack. It was on Comedy Central a few weeks ago and I noticed that the music was really good. Happy shopping!
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I have no idea what is on emusic and I'm really not sure what sound you are going for but based solely on those you've already selected, maybe:
The Morning After Girls
Darker My Love
The High Dials
The Stevenson Ranch Davidians
(In no particular order and anything by either of the above.)
I like that album by The Submarines and think you might too but not all that sure. If you are a fan, as I am, this is Jack Drag's new project along with his girlfriend who is F. Scott Fitzgerald's granddaughter. (Not that being the gd makes her worthy as a musician but she does a good job regardless. Just an interesting side note. I didn't hit Hoya's link since I already have the CD so maybe it was mentioned in there.)
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Noticed the Swami catalog was just uplaoded on emusic so you can get some sweet Hot Snakes, Dan Sartain, RFTC, and Sultans.
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rerelease of The High Strung "Moxie Bravo" with four new tracks added
You Can Hurry Up
Sit Up Straight
Last Night Wasâ?¦
You Got History
link (http://www.emusic.com/album/10999/10999707.html)
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Just noticed they have twoo Cactus World News albums up, a band I hadn't thought of in awhile. It appears that a follow up to thier debut "Urban Beaches" which was record in 98 finally got released in 2004
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The Hot Snakes albums were there a year ago but got pulled for whoknowswhat...glad they're back.
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Thanks for the High Strung link Kosmo. If you look up the band on Emusic, only These Are Good Times comes up. I just realized that's because they have Moxie Bravo mislabeled as by Highstrung (apparently a slightly older country outfit).
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FYI: Nice interview of the president and CEO of emusic David Pakman.
http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=7805 (http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=7805)
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Thanks for this recommendation, kosmo...went to see their show at the Black Cat backstage. They were very good, but they played for about 20 people (most people left after XYZ Affair, which I did not get at all).
Originally posted by kosmo:
rerelease of The High Strung "Moxie Bravo" with four new tracks added
You Can Hurry Up
Sit Up Straight
Last Night Wasâ?¦
You Got History
link (http://www.emusic.com/album/10999/10999707.html)
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just added today songs performed live at lollapalooza 2006 from the following
Andrew Bird
The Frames
The Hold Steady
Broken Social Scene
Sleater-Kinney
Ben Kweller
Stars
Umphrey's McGee
The Disco Biscuits
Lyrics Born
Blues Traveles
Cursive
The Smoking Popes
The Go! Team
Particle
The Benevento Russo Duo
Deadboy & The Elephantman
Editors
Iron & Wine
Mucca Pazza
Last Album Added: 04/03/07
Office
Poi Dog Pondering
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Great rec's
I just added:
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new releases today:
heartless bastards
phospherescent
pains of being pure at heart
any recommendations?
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new releases today:
heartless bastards
phospherescent
pains of being pure at heart
any recommendations?
The Phospherescent album is really, really good.
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Lots and lots of great stuff on eMusic these days...
Belle & Sebastian BBC Sessions
The BPA record
They also just added the DFA label
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I got 63 downloads left....any recommendations?