New Releases 8-23-2005

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

She didn't play that show.
 
 I did see her play Iota maybe seven or eight years ago. During the opener, she stood right next to me, at the bar. At no time that night did I find her the least bit sexy. Great singing voice (though she overdoes it at times), but not sexy.
 
 

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  i thought Neko Case wasn't doing that series of shows with the band...

[Celeste]

Am I the only one who thinks the New Pornographers sound like crap?
 
 Their songs on Twin Cinema seem to especially highlight their poor singing voices and the music lacks any complexity. They sound like a highschool garage band that needs more practice.
 It sounds like they are trying VERY hard not to sound "overproduced."
 
 I don't get it. Neko Case's BlackListed is a quality record, if not a little boring at times, and AC Newman's latest solo record is quite interesting.
 
 I think I just don't like NP's schtick.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Well he has lost some sex appeal since growing that beard. The beard was one of the reasons that we opted out of the Jammin Java show.
 
 
 

Originally posted by Bags:
   

Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:
  Rock shows are, in part, about eye candy. For me, the artist should be visually appealling. They don't have to be sexy, but should at least be interesting to look at.

No one's hotter than Joe Pernice... [/b]

[Celeste]

Originally posted by Bags:
   

Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:
  Rock shows are, in part, about eye candy. For me, the artist should be visually appealling. They don't have to be sexy, but should at least be interesting to look at.

No one's hotter than Joe Pernice... [/b]

before the beard...
 
 anyway, in that band, Thom Monahan is the hot one...alas, I think he has not been touring with them

[ggw]

Originally posted by Celeste:
  Am I the only one who thinks the New Pornographers sound like crap?
 

Apparently so

[godsshoeshine]

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[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Best (and nearly perfect) when taken two or three songs at a time, as an entire album, Twin Cinema overstays its welcome.
 
 
 There were at least a couple of other boardies who posted that their NYC show was boring. Not to mention the scads of people who were leaving the show pre-encore.
 
 
 

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   

Originally posted by Celeste:
  Am I the only one who thinks the New Pornographers sound like crap?
 

Apparently so [/b]

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Well if all the critics love it, and all the people who rushed out and bought it on it's release day say it's good, that pretty much proves that nobody will ever dislike it. Well put.
 
 

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   

Originally posted by Celeste:
  Am I the only one who thinks the New Pornographers sound like crap?
 

Apparently so [/b]

[ggw]

Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:
  Best (and nearly perfect) when taken two or three songs at a time, as an entire album, Twin Cinema overstays its welcome.  
 
 

You forgot the last part of that review:
 
 It's simply too much of a good thing.
 
 Also, the link was really just to point out the header of "Universal Acclaim."
 
  <img src="http://www.metacritic.com/_images/scores/90.gif" alt=" - " />

[godsshoeshine]

it leaked a month or two ago. a fair portion of people that rushed out to buy it have had it for awhile now

[ggw]

Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:
  I did see her play Iota maybe seven or eight years ago. During the opener, she stood right next to me, at the bar. At no time that night did I find her the least bit sexy.

Is that because you were still into dudes seven or eight years ago?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I was single, and into anything that moved me. She didn't move me.
 
 

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   

Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:
  I did see her play Iota maybe seven or eight years ago. During the opener, she stood right next to me, at the bar. At no time that night did I find her the least bit sexy.

Is that because you were still into dudes seven or eight years ago? [/b]

[BookerT]

i like "twin cinema," but i think that it's not nearly as good as "electric version," which itself wasn't nearly as good as "mass romantic." i undoubtedly like "the slow wonder" better than "twin cinema," that was a fucking great record. and of course the best record ever associated with a new pornographer is destroyer's "streethawk: a seduction." honestly, neko case gets on my nerves on this record. i gotta agree w/rhett a little bit, she just projects too much sometimes. chill out, babe.
 
 the review on allmusic was pretty good i thought. they gave it 4.5 stars, but it seemed a pretty unenthusiastic 4.5 stars. but then again, they give everything 4.5 stars. "which is what makes Twin Cinema an endearing listen, if not a flat-out knockout." that's about how i feel.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Rodney Crowell's new album got universal acclaim on metacritic as well. Why aren't boardies raving about his album?
 
 And Sufjan Stevens new album gets universal acclaim, and what I've heard of it would make me turn it off and turn on a New Pornos album right quick.
 
   

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   

Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:
  Best (and nearly perfect) when taken two or three songs at a time, as an entire album, Twin Cinema overstays its welcome.  
 
 

You forgot the last part of that review:
 
 It's simply too much of a good thing.
 
 Also, the link was really just to point out the header of "Universal Acclaim."
 
    <img src="http://www.metacritic.com/_images/scores/90.gif" alt=" - " /> [/b]

[godsshoeshine]

he's not as hot as neko
 

Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:
  Rodney Crowell's new album got universal acclaim on metacritic as well. Why aren't boardies raving about his album?
 
   

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   

Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:
  Best (and nearly perfect) when taken two or three songs at a time, as an entire album, Twin Cinema overstays its welcome.  
 
 

You forgot the last part of that review:
 
 It's simply too much of a good thing.
 
 Also, the link was really just to point out the header of "Universal Acclaim."
 
    <img src="http://www.metacritic.com/_images/scores/90.gif" alt=" - " /> [/b]

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