What Are You Listening To?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Really? I didn't like that album at all...well California Girls is ok, but the rest...blah
 
 Not that I was a big fan to start with, but I was hoping for better...
 
 

Originally posted by Hoya Paranoia:
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 giving it my first listen since it leaked a while back ... really impressive stuff, "california girls" is up there with his best tunes

[azaghal1981]

Wildildlife - Six
 
 
 One of the reviews of it started with the line "This is what it would sound like if Animal Collective discovered doom metal." which is fairly accurate so far.

[terry]

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[sweetcell]

Originally posted by Hoya Paranoia:
 "california girls" is up there with his best tunes

i really like Distortion but i thought california girls was the weakest track (ok, zombie boy is more annoying). drive on driver and courtesans are the two i can't get out of my head.
 
 looking forward to the show in NYC.

[azaghal1981]

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
  Wildildlife - Six
 
 
 One of the reviews of it started with the line "This is what it would sound like if Animal Collective discovered doom metal." which is fairly accurate so far.

And I'm thoroughly enjoying this. And they're at the Talking Head soon. Hmm...

[grotty]

Israeli Hard Rock? who knew...
 
 Monotonix
 
  http://www.myspace.com/monotonix
 
 in DC 4/12
 
 press-
 
 "If you didnâ??t enjoy yourself at this one, kids, youâ??re deeply fucked." - S.F Weekly
 
 "Since the times that Fugazi, Unwound, and Les Savy Fav have left me speechless from their sonic force and physical fearlessness, I have not been as floored by a band as I was watching this bass-less trio unfold." - Seattle Weekly
 
 "Total rock performance art energy." - Chunklet.com
 
 "Of all the bands I saw these last four daysâ??Rahim, Big Sleep, We Are Lightning, Thunderbirds Are Now!, Les Savy Fav, Ghostface Killah, Rakim, Clockcleaner, CX Kidtronik, the Rub DJs, the Teeth, Black Lips, Fucked Up, Apples, This Moment in Black History, Those Peabodies, Chin Up Chin Up, the Walkmen, Matt and Kim, Bonde do Role, C-Rayz Walz, Attractive and Popular, that one band whose name I forgot, that other band whose name escapes me, those six bands whose name is on the tip of my tongue, Archie Bell, Deerhunter, the Ponys, Danava, the Gossip, Erase Errata - Monotonix put on the best live show" - Philadelphia Weekly (SXSW 2007 Review)
 
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[azaghal1981]

Dark Meat are playing that show too (see: just announced thread). Should be cool.
 
 

Originally posted by i'm her slave:
  Israeli Hard Rock? who knew...
 
 Monotonix
 
   http://www.myspace.com/monotonix  
 
 in DC 4/12
 
 press-
 
 "If you didnâ??t enjoy yourself at this one, kids, youâ??re deeply fucked." - S.F Weekly
 
 "Since the times that Fugazi, Unwound, and Les Savy Fav have left me speechless from their sonic force and physical fearlessness, I have not been as floored by a band as I was watching this bass-less trio unfold." - Seattle Weekly
 
 "Total rock performance art energy." - Chunklet.com
 
 "Of all the bands I saw these last four daysâ??Rahim, Big Sleep, We Are Lightning, Thunderbirds Are Now!, Les Savy Fav, Ghostface Killah, Rakim, Clockcleaner, CX Kidtronik, the Rub DJs, the Teeth, Black Lips, Fucked Up, Apples, This Moment in Black History, Those Peabodies, Chin Up Chin Up, the Walkmen, Matt and Kim, Bonde do Role, C-Rayz Walz, Attractive and Popular, that one band whose name I forgot, that other band whose name escapes me, those six bands whose name is on the tip of my tongue, Archie Bell, Deerhunter, the Ponys, Danava, the Gossip, Erase Errata - Monotonix put on the best live show" - Philadelphia Weekly (SXSW 2007 Review)
 
    <img src="http://www.monotonix.com/images/new3.jpg" alt=" - " />

[Bombay Chutney]

Originally posted by i'm her slave:
  Israeli Hard Rock? who knew...
 
 Monotonix
 
   http://www.myspace.com/monotonix  
 
 in DC 4/12
 

This looks awesome.

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  Really? I didn't like that album at all...well California Girls is ok, but the rest...blah
 
 Not that I was a big fan to start with, but I was hoping for better...

i love the power-pop kind of songs that he wrote for this one, and i thought the production style (lo-fi, distorted, wall of sound type of thing) was a fun change of pace
 
 i don't think at this point that stephin merritt would make an album just like any of his others, so it's fun to see him taking chances with the instrumentation and sounds, and i think they generally work ... i'd love to hear these songs live where they won't be able to replicate the noisy sound of the album, there are some real pop gems on there
 
 

Originally posted by sweetcell:
   

Originally posted by Hoya Paranoia:
 "california girls" is up there with his best tunes

i really like Distortion but i thought california girls was the weakest track (ok, zombie boy is more annoying). drive on driver and courtesans are the two i can't get out of my head.[/b]

you're crazy, "california girls" is probably my favorite song of the year so far ... another sang by shirley simms ("the nun's litany"?) is great too

[azaghal1981]

Originally posted by Hoya Paranoia:
   

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  Really? I didn't like that album at all...well California Girls is ok, but the rest...blah
 
 Not that I was a big fan to start with, but I was hoping for better...

i love the power-pop kind of songs that he wrote for this one, and i thought the production style (lo-fi, distorted, wall of sound type of thing) was a fun change of pace
 
 i don't think at this point that stephin merritt would make an album just like any of his others, so it's fun to see him taking chances with the instrumentation and sounds, and i think they generally work ... i'd love to hear these songs live where they won't be able to replicate the noisy sound of the album, there are some real pop gems on there
 
   

Originally posted by sweetcell:
   

Originally posted by Hoya Paranoia:
 "california girls" is up there with his best tunes

i really like Distortion but i thought california girls was the weakest track (ok, zombie boy is more annoying). drive on driver and courtesans are the two i can't get out of my head.[/b]

you're crazy, "california girls" is probably my favorite song of the year so far ... another sang by shirley simms ("the nun's litany"?) is great too [/b]

Completely agree on both accounts.

[Relaxer]

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 So this is an awesome wild ride of an album, kinda all over the place on the shoegaze, drone, lo-fi hissy, post-punk/goth sound. Like Working For a Nuclear Free City, it's one of those long double discs that doesn't immediately have a lot of hooks, but I end up playing it a lot anyway.

[ggw]

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[grotty]

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[ggw]

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 On the first couple of listens, I would say this is really good -- much better than the last two.  Of course, as with every Clinic album, it sounds pretty similar to all the others.

[kurosawa-b/w]

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