albums this week

[HoyaSaxa03]

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?

[HoyaSaxa03]

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 ....

[you be betty]

i've heard part of the new sk.
 it kicks face

[HoyaSaxa03]

is this not the laziest thing you've ever read from a journalist?
 
 from the allmusic review of shout out loud's album
 
 "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 ...

[grotty]

and this:
 
 LUCERO
 Nobody's Darlings
 
 Stream 5 songs here:
  http://www.luceromusic.com/av.cfm

[K8teebug]

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.

[jkeisenh]

and naturally, B&S have a goofy new flash game on their website to go along with today's release.

[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!

[hitmeintheface]

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.

[brennser]

paging Relaxer!!! anti SK diatribe urgently needed on this thread
 
 

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!

[kosmo vinyl]

Originally posted by hitmeintheface:
 

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...

[thirsty moore]

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.

[brennser]

you should definitely give this one a try - different to anything they've ever done and the Sabbath comparisons are spot on
 
 

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.

[Bags]

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
 
   

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.

[/b]

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)?

[brennser]

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