What Are You Listening To?

[Ezee E]

I can get behind the new Lady Gaga song, "Judas."

[Russ]

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[Ivan Drago]

I can get behind the new Lady Gaga song, "Judas."

As can I.

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[number8]

I can get behind the new Lady Gaga song, "Judas."

Speaking of which:

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I feel like the lyrics fit this version better.

[endingcredits]

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[Boner M]

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[Ezee E]

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[Derek]

On the Glenn Branca edge of the No Wave spectrum, 'cept maybe a bit more abrasive. So really, this one's just for Boner and Russ. :)

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[Boner M]

<3 Rhys Chatham.

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Song of the year. So, so beautiful.

[Qrazy]

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[Russ]

Re: Rhys Chatham - I'm not usually down with much of this kind of "music", but this intrigued me. Parts of it reminded me quite a bit of the staccato rhythm that Eno employed in Third Uncle.

Qrazy, those look like some choice cuts. Will check them out soon.

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[Milky Joe]

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[Russ]

Rate My Tunes (Qrazy edition)

Dorothy Ashby - The Windmills of Your Mind ****/**** In a word, irresistible. Impeccable production, pure class act.

Bear in Heaven - Casual Goodbye **/**** Art/prog aspirations aside, it's more bore than bear.

The Octopus Project - Hold the Ladder ***/**** Lo-fi indie rock rears its ugly head and eight appendages to reveal an infectious sound design. Frankly, this could have gone on for several more minutes and I wouldn't have complained.

Apparat - Arcadia **½/**** I dunno - could go either way on this one.

Mahmoud Ahmed - Aynotche Terab */**** Not my cuppa.

[Qrazy]

Rate My Tunes (Qrazy edition)

Dorothy Ashby - The Windmills of Your Mind ****/**** In a word, irresistible. Impeccable production, pure class act.

Bear in Heaven - Casual Goodbye **/**** Art/prog aspirations aside, it's more bore than bear.

The Octopus Project - Hold the Ladder ***/**** Lo-fi indie rock rears its ugly head and eight appendages to reveal an infectious sound design. Frankly, this could have gone on for several more minutes and I wouldn't have complained.

Apparat - Arcadia **½/**** I dunno - could go either way on this one.

Mahmoud Ahmed - Aynotche Terab */**** Not my cuppa.

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[Russ]

:)

[Russ]

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[transmogrifier]

Last 10 songs on iTunes, random shuffle:

Bend Over Beethoven - !!!
Slither - This Heat
Smash It Up (Part 1) - The Damned
(Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
Paranoimia - The Art of Noise
Havalina - Pixies
The Party - St. Vincent
The Horn Song - A Sunny Day in Glasgow
The Final Push to the Sum - Grandaddy
City of Glass - Ikara Colt

[endingcredits]

Les Rallizes Denudes

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[Milky Joe]

^ Hells yeah.

[Russ]

Les Rallizes Denudes

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Production values aside (vocals, distortion), musically, this sound a lot like Hawkwind, circa Space Ritual.

[SirNewt]

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[Boner M]

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More hardcore should incorporate chipmunk-voiced choruses IMO.

[Milky Joe]

ATTN: fans of noise/garage/kraut/etc:

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and

http://vimeo.com/homemademixture/the-feeling-of-love

and

http://vimeo.com/21254580

[Boner M]

Hey Derek there's a new Snowman rekkid out, their last one sadly. More Drum's Not Dead-ish than ever.

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[D_Davis]

What an angel sounds like

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[D_Davis]

Very nice pop-shoegaze

http://bandcamp.com/files/78/38/783859119-1.jpg (http://thearcticflow.bandcamp.com/album/starflow-lightning-ep-2011)

[Boner M]

Holy shit: Vin Diesel/Arthur Russell hiphop collaboration from '86 (http://soundcloud.com/garylucas/second-edition-vin-diesel-vs). :eek:

[MadMan]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iVuSf4sibWw/S3mghLB9GwI/AAAAAAAAF1s/FhTm0eQbwIQ/s400/Devo-PioneersWhoGotScalped.jpg

I'm on Disc 1, and its beyond catchy. Gotta love late 70s-early 90s prog/pop.

[Spun Lepton]

I picked up Ke$ha's album. (I didn't pay for it.)

I listened to it. Well ... part of it.

Next time, I think I'll stab out my ears with pencils.

[Acapelli]

fuuuuuuuuuccccckkkkk this song is so good

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[MadMan]

I picked up Ke$ha's album. (I didn't pay for it.)

I listened to it. Well ... part of it.

Next time, I think I'll stab out my ears with pencils.:lol:

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Love this album to death. Although it probably means the end of The Shins, although Broken Bells' self titled album was better than anything The Shins put out over the years. Plus Danger Mouse rules.

[origami_mustache]

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Saw these guys live about a month ago. Tyler, the Creator was there checking out the show too.

[Derek]

fuuuuuuuuuccccckkkkk this song is so good

Awesome! I love it. I was just listening to the new Dominik Eulberg (solid, but not quite great) today and wondering where all the good electronic music is this year. How's the rest of this album?

[Derek]

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[Acapelli]

Awesome! I love it. I was just listening to the new Dominik Eulberg (solid, but not quite great) today and wondering where all the good electronic music is this year. How's the rest of this album?
just a 12" with one other song and two remixes. none of the tracks even come close to "ocean" though

The Feelies - Way Down

finally figured out a way to go through all my unlistened 2011 releases without constantly skipping to my favorites. i just put them all in a playlist and listen to only that playlist

what i've listened to the past few days:

good:
Gucci Mane - The Return Of Mr. Zone 6
Kode9 & The Spaceape
Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
Horrid Red - Silent Party EP
Vee Dee - Vee Dee
White Fence - Is Growing Faith

bad:
Psychadelic Horseshit - Laced
Foster The People - Torches

meh:
Dead Rider - The Raw Dents

[endingcredits]

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[Russ]

A comment posted on Youtube a couple of weeks ago:


I am 8 years old, i am posting this with the help of my mummy. My daddy's a soldier and is in Agfan at the minute, he is due home soon my sister and i can't wait because he sings this song to us when he takes us to bed. Dear God in heaven please bring our daddy and the rest of the regiment home safe. Missing you daddy. ps we think your really brave and you are our hero.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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[D_Davis]

Amazing
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[Russ]

Amazing
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GREAT song! Who's the vocalist? Is it Moby? The whole thing is very Bowie/Eno-ish.

[D_Davis]

GREAT song! Who's the vocalist? Is it Moby? The whole thing is very Bowie/Eno-ish.

Yeah, that's Moby. I love his voice. It's very honest.
The whole album - Destroyed - is brilliant. One the best he's ever done.

[D_Davis]

Destroyed may be the album of the year...

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[D_Davis]

http://ia700408.us.archive.org/20/items/digitaldiamonds014DetoGleam-KissesTearsEp/DigitalDiamonds014_Deto__Gleam _-_Kisses__Tears_EP.jpg?cnt=0 (http://www.archive.org/details/digitaldiamonds014DetoGleam-KissesTearsEp)

[Russ]

Ah, a golden oldie.

Where's my seconal?


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[D_Davis]

http://bandcamp.com/files/34/71/3471404274-1.png (http://electricwest.bandcamp.com/album/together-we-fade)

[Idioteque Stalker]

I'm far from a Deerhunter/Atlas Sound fanboy, but everything about this performance, including the female dancer, is just plain gorgeous.

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Now very much looking forward to a new Atlas Sound record.

[D_Davis]

I'm far from a Deerhunter/Atlas Sound fanboy, but everything about this performance, including the female dancer, is just plain gorgeous.

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Now very much looking forward to a new Atlas Sound record.

Did you ever check out those 4 free Atlas Sound albums I mentioned? Really good stuff.

[Derek]

I'm far from a Deerhunter/Atlas Sound fanboy, but everything about this performance, including the female dancer, is just plain gorgeous.

Love it.

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[Russ]

Flowers of Romance has always been an underrated album.


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[Henry Gale]

Well, the new Bon Iver, Arctic Monkeys and Lady Gaga albums leaked. So I guess I'll be listening to a diverse rotation of those for at least the next few days along with the Fucked Up, Moby and Eddie Vedder ones I've yet to get around to.

[D_Davis]

fans of motorik/kraut-sounds...

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[D_Davis]

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[Ezee E]

People hate on Chris Brown, but "Beautiful People" might be one of the more original sounding 'pop' songs that I've heard in quite some time. I dig it.

[Derek]

People hate on Chris Brown, but "Beautiful People" might be one of the more original sounding 'pop' songs that I've heard in quite some time. I dig it.

Pretty sure they're hating on him more because he's a wife-beating piece of shit not than because of the quality of his music.

[Derek]

New Demdike Stare single/video will creep you the fuck out.

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[Ivan Drago]

Badass cover.

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[D_Davis]

Anja Garbarek is simply stunning.

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She can do no wrong.

[Boner M]

Will never age:

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[Russ]

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[D_Davis]

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[Dukefrukem]

I just got wicked disappointed when i found out there's two cuts in this

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[D_Davis]

Unbelievably good.

http://skrowmedia.com/skrow/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/eb-fts-cover-small1.jpg (http://skrowmedia.com/skrow/audio-releases/skrow038/)

[EyesWideOpen]

Skrillex - "Reptiles Theme"

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[Russ]

If I don't come in here and post this at least once a year (you know, to indoctrinate you new ones), then I just don't feel like I've been doin' my job.


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[D_Davis]

Your forced my hand, Russ.

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[Qrazy]

Pretty sure they're hating on him more because he's a wife-beating piece of shit not than because of the quality of his music.

Nah, the music is also horrible shite.

[Derek]

Nah, the music is also horrible shite.

No arguments from me. Personally, I hate on him for both reasons.

[Ivan Drago]

Captain Jack Sparrow - The Lonely Island

[Derek]

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[endingcredits]

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[Glass Co.]

Yeeeeeeeees! Although I still think Blue Thunder is my favourite of that particular album.

[ledfloyd]

so um, if you're not watching the my morning jacket stream on youtube, they came out for the encore with erykah badu and they're currently rocking the hell out of call tyrone.

[Sven]

I love this track!

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[SirNewt]

If I don't come in here and post this at least once a year (you know, to indoctrinate you new ones), then I just don't feel like I've been doin' my job.


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I was just thinking, dear God why, the whole time. I was so distraught by my suffering that for a good 30 seconds I forgot I could make it stop whenever I wanted.

[D_Davis]

My current obsession

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[D_Davis]

hell fucking yeah.

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[D_Davis]

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[MadMan]

Mr. Ambulance Driver-The Flaming Lips. Just felt like listening to At War With The Mystics again, and its still a great album. This is one of my favorite songs by the band.

[Russ]

D, I thought the Bohren and the Club of Gore stuff sounded like outtakes from an unreleased Lynch film, but the Dale Cooper Quartet & the Dictaphones have really nailed it! Outstanding.

[D_Davis]

D, I thought the Bohren and the Club of Gore stuff sounded like outtakes from an unreleased Lynch film, but the Dale Cooper Quartet & the Dictaphones have really nailed it! Outstanding.

Yeah. In general, I prefer the Bohren albums, but that Dale Cooper album is pretty sweet.

[endingcredits]

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[Dead & Messed Up]

Just picked up NIN's Broken and Springsteen's Nebraska today. Putting on Nebraska right now. It's kinda Dylan-y.

[MadMan]

Nebraska is a great album, although I don't think its as good as The Ghost of Tom Joad. Atlantic City is easily one of my favorite Springsteen songs-you can really sense the desperation and fear of failure echoing through the lyrics.

[D_Davis]

Super chill....

http://f.bandcamp.com/z/69/02/690220368-1.jpg (http://music.mindthings.net/album/resonance)

[Spun Lepton]

Was recently given MGMT's Oracular Spectacular and wondered why I hadn't bothered before. I'd heard Fade to Pretend numerous times and enjoyed it, but I never bothered with the full album. These guys are pretty talented.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Was recently given MGMT's Oracular Spectacular and wondered why I hadn't bothered before. I'd heard Fade to Pretend numerous times and enjoyed it, but I never bothered with the full album. These guys are pretty talented.

"Kids" gets overpayed a lot here in LA, but I still love "Electric Feel." Great disco vibe.

[Spun Lepton]

"Kids" gets overpayed a lot here in LA, but I still love "Electric Feel." Great disco vibe.

Have you heard the remix by JUSTICE? Really good.

[Spun Lepton]

Hrm, I guess the MGMT song is called Time to Pretend. My bad. My bad.

[Ivan Drago]

Call Your Girlfriend - Robyn

[KubrickLoveChild]

Call Your Girlfriend - Robyn


AH! Robyn has become my new obsession lately. Something big on the debate charts for me lately.. is the Robyn from Bonnaroo the same Robyn from the '90's?

[monolith94]

Peter Tosh - Stepping Razor

[Ivan Drago]

AH! Robyn has become my new obsession lately. Something big on the debate charts for me lately.. is the Robyn from Bonnaroo the same Robyn from the '90's?

Was her 90s album titled Robyn Is Here? If so, yes.

Electric Feel (Justice Remix) - MGMT

I don't know which French techno duo is more awesome, Justice or Daft Punk.

[Ezee E]

Started listening to Bassnectar. I bet they're a blast live.

And they just came through Colorado. D'oh!

[MadMan]

I love both MGMT albums. Oracular Spectacular I like better, but that's only because its more radio friendly and less weird. Still, I enjoy Congratulations, and both get the same rating overall.

[D_Davis]

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[monolith94]

??? Since when did Weird Al get all depressing?

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[Derek]

Not sure why this didn't make it onto King of Limbs. Pretty sweet track.

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[Spinal]

Clearly, Skipper Dan's interest in performance was really all about the pursuit of fame and wealth. He could name-drop Uta Hagen, but he had no respect and love for the artform. To be honest, it was evident in his performances. Early on, he was able to impress critics and audiences with his technique, purchased as it was from Julliard, that empty factory for would-be soap opera stars. But ultimately, the truth caught up with him. He had no heart. He couldn't reflect humanity because he had no love for humanity.

I don't wish sadness and dissatisfaction on anyone. But Skipper Dan's fate is no more or less than he deserves. And if he holds contempt for his current occupation, well, that is no surprise. Skipper Dan holds contempt for life itself.

[Qrazy]

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[D_Davis]

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[Qrazy]

...

Did you listen to that track I posted? First half is sooo good.

[amberlita]

The Book of Mormon soundtrack.
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[Russ]

haha, Kid 606's funny take on the old 4 Hero classic, Mr. Kirk's Nightmare:


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[Dead & Messed Up]

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Pretty fun faux-Steinman.

[Raiders]

Now that our computer screen alerts us of a phone call, they have began letting us listen to music at work (using headphones of course). So today, I had a nostalgia-fest, revisiting the four albums that basically were on constant loop in college:

Jimmy Eat World, Clarity
Weezer, Pinkerton
Pavement, Terror Twilight
Built to Spill, Perfect From Now On

Good times. Still love this stuff.

[Derek]

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[dreamdead]

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First listen through stuff off this album. Still working on Attention Please as well, which alternates presently from wonderful shoegaze rock to a little too minimalist given the album's intentions...

[Glass Co.]

Yeah, as awesome as it is to here Boris do more shoegaze-y stuff, I think they are better when sticking to their heavier stuff, but then I've just started exploring Attention Please like you.

[endingcredits]

Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will is not an outstanding album from Mogwai, but this song kills

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[Raiders]

Listening to that Boris song, I have realized there are some artists and styles of music I will never, ever "get." Mogwai on the other hand is one I have slowly started to like more and more. I actually really like their newest album.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

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[EyesWideOpen]

I bought the Tyler the Creator album "Goblin" since it's gotten so much hype and it was onsale for $5 on amazon. Not my thing at all. I'm also getting really tired of people using the word "faggot" like they're 12 years old. If you hate gay people and use the word at least I can understand that but using the word as a "diss" without the gay context I had hoped that people had matured past that.

[ledfloyd]

I bought the Tyler the Creator album "Goblin" since it's gotten so much hype and it was onsale for $5 on amazon. Not my thing at all. I'm also getting really tired of people using the word "faggot" like they're 12 years old. If you hate gay people and use the word at least I can understand that but using the word as a "diss" without the gay context I had hoped that people had matured past that.
yeah, the lyrics are all stupid immature shit. and on top that only about half the album has decent beats.

[Pop Trash]

I don't really pay much attention to the music threads here, but I just wanted to express my admiration for Weezer's Pinkerton. I think I'm a fan in general of those 90s/grunge era messy "fuck our careers" albums (see also: In Utero and Vitalogy).

[Acapelli]

I bought the Tyler the Creator album "Goblin" since it's gotten so much hype and it was onsale for $5 on amazon. Not my thing at all. I'm also getting really tired of people using the word "faggot" like they're 12 years old. If you hate gay people and use the word at least I can understand that but using the word as a "diss" without the gay context I had hoped that people had matured past that.
sounds like "you don't get it"

[Acapelli]

and what i mean by that is if you listen to the album and you come to the conclusion that he hates gay people, then you're listening to it wrong. he's an immature 19-year-old (20-year-old?) who uses words in the most offensive way he can think of to do exactly that. whether the listener should consider that a valid excuse to actually say these execrable things is up to them

it's not a great album by any stretch of the imagination (it's way too long for one), but it's exciting to listen to, and makes a much more interesting listen than most rap records now

plus "bitch suck dick" is hilarious

[Acapelli]

also, he definitely needs to evolve lyrically, unless he wants to be pigeonholed as an immature kid who uses the vile content of his lyrics to shock "white america"

he's a talented guy. it's evident in the fact that he's responsible for every audio and visual aspect of his projects

[Derek]

and what i mean by that is if you listen to the album and you come to the conclusion that he hates gay people, then you're listening to it wrong. he's an immature 19-year-old (20-year-old?) who uses words in the most offensive way he can think of to do exactly that. whether the listener should consider that a valid excuse to actually say these execrable things is up to them

Yeah, it's not that he hates gay people. It's that he's purposefully being as offensive as possible with the goal in mind being to sound as offensive as possible. It's not that he believes in anything he's saying, but rather wallows in the excrement of sexism, homophobia and racism to the point where the filth loses its fury because he refuses to use half-measures in his rapping about stupid, offensive things.

But not really. I fucking hate that album, in case that wasn't clear. The guy's like Neil Hamburger, only not as good of a rapper.

[Acapelli]

i think he has a ton of potential, and it kinda sucks that he blew up so early in his development as an artist that i don't think that potential will ever be fully realized. that he'll be stuck in a state of arrested development ("hey that's the name of the show!")

i'm hoping earl's return will be a catalyst for something new and exciting, instead of a rehash of their old stuff

[EyesWideOpen]

and what i mean by that is if you listen to the album and you come to the conclusion that he hates gay people, then you're listening to it wrong. he's an immature 19-year-old (20-year-old?) who uses words in the most offensive way he can think of to do exactly that. whether the listener should consider that a valid excuse to actually say these execrable things is up to them

it's not a great album by any stretch of the imagination (it's way too long for one), but it's exciting to listen to, and makes a much more interesting listen than most rap records now

plus "bitch suck dick" is hilarious

Sounds like you didn't get my post. I never said he hates gay people. Exactly the opposite. Just like in alot of recent comedies the use of the word "faggot" when it's not applicable "in the haha I'm saying faggot but not too a gay person so it's ok and hilarious" is not funny to me nor do I find it offensive.

The last words I would use to describe his album are "exciting" or "interesting".

[Acapelli]

my favorite contemporary rappers:

1. lil b
2. odd future (tyler the creator, earl sweatshirt, mellowhype)
3. g-side and the huntsville scene
4. 1017 brick squad (gucci mane, waka flocka flame)
5. green ova undergrounds (main attraktionz)
6. kanye west
7. young l (of the pack)
8. soulja boy

raekwon and killer mike put out a couple of really solid albums out this year, but can't say they get me excited. and it sucks that pusha t has basically been neutered into kanye's louis bag carrier

still need to listen to this shabazz palaces album, but i'm not really expecting anything. don't care for digable planets and in general dislike hip hop and jazz fusion (jazzamatazz sux)

[Acapelli]

Sounds like you didn't get my post. I never said he hates gay people. Exactly the opposite. Just like in alot of recent comedies the use of the word "faggot" when it's not applicable "in the haha I'm saying faggot but not too a gay person so it's ok and hilarious" is not funny to me nor do I find it offensive.

The last words I would use to describe his album are "exciting" or "interesting".
yeah i totally did read it wrong, but i was too lazy to edit

there's really nothing else that sounds like this out there. too much rap music wants to be the next b.o.b. or regress back to the 90s, so it's refreshing to see a kid want to move it forward

[EyesWideOpen]

I'm not deep into hip-hop like I once was so I couldn't really make a list of favorite contemporary rappers. Besides the stuff I'm listening or re-listening to for my Wu-Tang thread the only other hip-hop albums I've listened to from 2011 are:

Pharoahe Monch - W.A.R.
Random Axe - Random Axe

I really like both of them.

[Derek]

Random Axe - Random Axe

Nice. I wanna hear this one since I like Black Milk a lot. Check out Reks' album from this year - quality stuff and definitely has more of 90s feel to it.

[Ivan Drago]

Time - Pink Floyd

The greatest song to listen to while you're high. I should know because that's how I feel right now.

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[EyesWideOpen]

Nice. I wanna hear this one since I like Black Milk a lot. Check out Reks' album from this year - quality stuff and definitely has more of 90s feel to it.

It was the amazon deal of the day the day it was released. $2.99 I couldn't refuse.

[endingcredits]

Random Axe

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[Lucky]

"Pumped Up Kicks" - Foster the People

My vote for Summer '11 anthem.

[D_Davis]

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Love the song, but not this version. :)

[Mr. Pink]

my favorite contemporary rappers:

1. lil b
2. odd future (tyler the creator, earl sweatshirt, mellowhype)
3. g-side and the huntsville scene
4. 1017 brick squad (gucci mane, waka flocka flame)
5. green ova undergrounds (main attraktionz)
6. kanye west
7. young l (of the pack)
8. soulja boy

raekwon and killer mike put out a couple of really solid albums out this year, but can't say they get me excited. and it sucks that pusha t has basically been neutered into kanye's louis bag carrier

still need to listen to this shabazz palaces album, but i'm not really expecting anything. don't care for digable planets and in general dislike hip hop and jazz fusion (jazzamatazz sux)

I'm not familiar with most of these guys, but I'm really curious how an absolute disgrace to the whole genre like Soulja Boy can make your list when he hasn't even been around long enough to make any sort of significant impact, minus his one hit and flame war with Ice-T, when guys like Jadakiss and Fabolous are around, who take a giant, steamy shit all over Soulja Boy.

Not trying to be a dick (you have to get at least some ribbing for that), but I'm genuinely curious how you can defend him making the list over other people like Andre 3000.

[D_Davis]

Yeah, I'd say that Soulja Boy pretty much personifies everything that is wrong with contemporary hip hop, both culturally and musically. He's nearly talentless save for his personal marketing techniques.

But then again, it has previously been established that Acapelli and I have diametrically-opposing views of what good hip hop is.

[Idioteque Stalker]

still need to listen to this shabazz palaces album, but i'm not really expecting anything. don't care for digable planets and in general dislike hip hop and jazz fusion (jazzamatazz sux)

It's a complete departure. Jazzy more like Brainfeeder or Stones Throw, if anything, but it's mainly the unpredictability and frequently jarring minimalism that make it so fresh. Actually, I think it's the only album I can fully get behind so far this year, unless Street Halo counts.

Music has been weird lately.

[Ezee E]

Soulja Boy? Really? Even his fans don't think he's anywhere in a top ten.

[D_Davis]

New release from the Passage Netlabel.

This is very good. Check out track 7. (http://fuselab.bandcamp.com/track/tren-en-marcha-extended)

http://fslab.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Cover2.jpg (http://fslab.net/passage/pass019-vs-save-our-sounds/)

[D_Davis]

Great shoegazer from the folks at the BFW netlabel.

http://www.bfwrecordings.com/releases/TheSunshineFactory/SugarAlbum/200.jpg (http://www.bfwrecordings.com/releases/TheSunshineFactory/SugarAlbum/)

[D_Davis]

Absolutely brilliant.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/releases.circleintosquare.com/331/images/bigspidersback_lp_final_small_ market-large.jpg (http://www.circleintosquare.com/item/memory-man)

The album flows organically from more traditional electronica into folk-tronica and other weirdness. Great production with interesting timbres and sounds, pleasant and relaxing while still engaging and memorable.

Highly recommended.

[Derek]

Actually, I think it's the only album I can fully get behind so far this year, unless Street Halo counts.

Music has been weird lately.

This has been an awesome year for music, probably the best since '07. I think the weirdness lies elsewhere. ;)

[D_Davis]

Someone took a Carl Sagan's Ghost track and set it to some sad pictures of a junkie, a homeless dude, and some homeless dogs.

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It's always interesting to see/hear what people think of when they consume something that you've created.

[D_Davis]

Track 9 - "Megazone" - on the Big Spider's Black album is incredible.

This reminds me a lot of my favorite album from last year by Magic Man. I will be listening to this for a long time to come. It's just great sample-based, electronic psychedelic pop.

[Thirdmango]

Over the past year or so I've been working out a lot more and so I've been fashioning my ipod in such a way that the only music on it is uptempo type music. I have a bunch of qualifiers for what can be on the overall mix like even if it's an awesome song if the first 20 seconds are silence I can't have it on there and if the song is just overall slower it can't be on my mix. This is generally how I go about listening to music anyways since I've never been big on lyrics since I don't comprehend them, for me it's more about how it's sung then the content of what is sung. Because of this I've been doing more listening to bands I hadn't really given a try to but I do it with these ideas in place so I just skip slower songs and only go for the more pulse pounding songs. Since I have a lot of music I haven't listened to I've been going through bands quite quickly.

Today is Dream Theater day, I've listened to almost all of their music today.

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The Men - Leave Home

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[Derek]

The Men - Leave Home

Sunnavabitch! I just got home and was going to post that. Such an awesome album...I was actually listening to it when I hopped on MC. :)

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Or for Boner or anyone else looking to really have your eardrums assaulted...

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Sunnavabitch! I just got home and was going to post that. Such an awesome album...I was actually listening to it when I hopped on MC. :)

Haha, you got scooped! But yeah, I just got into these guys recently after going home to New York for a weekend. The album is unrelentingly intense and genre defying. After listening to it the whole way through a few consecutive times I feel like I need a valium or something; it's just brutally awesome.

[romantisaurusrex]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBTuyF1T7zA

Good Arms Vs Bad Arms, Frightened Rabbit.

[Acapelli]

I'm not familiar with most of these guys, but I'm really curious how an absolute disgrace to the whole genre like Soulja Boy can make your list when he hasn't even been around long enough to make any sort of significant impact, minus his one hit and flame war with Ice-T, when guys like Jadakiss and Fabolous are around, who take a giant, steamy shit all over Soulja Boy.

Not trying to be a dick (you have to get at least some ribbing for that), but I'm genuinely curious how you can defend him making the list over other people like Andre 3000.
ever since soulja boy hooked up with lil b, i feel like he's improved tremendously. he's always been a great swagger jacker (before lil b, he was biting brick squad's style) and an incredible producer (listen to this: sUcr24DFxvA, that drum pattern is incredible even if his rapping is substandard). He's still really young, and i see a lot of potential. then again, i actually really liked crank dat when it came out (i even remember when it was only a regional hit and making the rounds on the blogs and i was bumping it) and been a big fan of pretty much all his singles

guys like fabolous and jadakiss make the same albums over and over again, they bore me. you've heard one, you've heard them all. the east coast scene is so stagnant right now. but i haven't heard the latest fab tape though i've heard good things

also, keep in mind that wasn't an all time list. just stuff that i dig currently from artists that are still generating music on a regular basis. all of the above have released something in 2011. and to be clear, pretty sure none of these guys would be in my all-time list (maybe lil b)

as for andre3000, i love it when he raps, but he seems to only drop the occasional guest verse here and there

[Acapelli]

the men are so good. seen em live a few times and they totally slayed. cool dudes too. met them through a friend's band who they play with a lot, pregnant (same scene, more straightforward punk though)

[Mr. Pink]

ever since soulja boy hooked up with lil b, i feel like he's improved tremendously. he's always been a great swagger jacker (before lil b, he was biting brick squad's style) and an incredible producer (listen to this: sUcr24DFxvA, that drum pattern is incredible even if his rapping is substandard). He's still really young, and i see a lot of potential. then again, i actually really liked crank dat when it came out (i even remember when it was only a regional hit and making the rounds on the blogs and i was bumping it) and been a big fan of pretty much all his singles

guys like fabolous and jadakiss make the same albums over and over again, they bore me. you've heard one, you've heard them all. the east coast scene is so stagnant right now. but i haven't heard the latest fab tape though i've heard good things

also, keep in mind that wasn't an all time list. just stuff that i dig currently from artists that are still generating music on a regular basis. all of the above have released something in 2011. and to be clear, pretty sure none of these guys would be in my all-time list (maybe lil b)

as for andre3000, i love it when he raps, but he seems to only drop the occasional guest verse here and there

I don't understand, though. Your first point in defense of Soulja Boy is that he steals shit, and he's good at it. Then you admit his rapping is sub-standard in the clip you put up, while dismissing Fabolous and Jadakiss for being redundant.

Here's what he talks about in the clip you put up:

He's awesome.
He gets high a lot.
He has guns.
He has money, too. And jewelery.
Some people robbed him.

Sure, the beat is good. I just don't see the appeal. A lot of it comes down to credibility, and he's got none. Kat Stacks took a shit on him, too. Compare him to someone like Fabolous:


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He balances mainstream popularity with a tight style almost to perfection. Soulja Boy might be trying out different stuff right now, along with some of those other guys, but, overall, it wont touch the delivery you'll find in something like the new Bad Meets Evil album by more established and honed artists.

[Ezee E]

I don't know. Soulja's voice sounds like any other rapper. I did like the clip you posted, but that's the first one that I liked. Fabolous has unique production and a unique voice. I could careless about lyrics really, especially in hip-hop.

[Acapelli]

can't believe you brought kat stacks into this :lol:

anyway, i used to love fab when he was first out. he sort of lost me after street dreams though. that was also the time when i was more into punchline rappers like him. but what soulja boy has over fab? charisma. my favorite rapper of all time has it in spades (jay-z), and most east coast rappers really lack that

wish the dipset reunion would hurry up and do something to put the east coast back on the map. love me some cam

[Acapelli]

and lol at fab having a unique voice, i remember when he first came out and everyone said he sounded like mase

[Acapelli]

i'm not trying to belittle fab or kiss or other rappers like them. it's just not a style of rap that i'm interested in listening to right now. they're talented dudes and lyrical geniuses, but it's just not my thing right now

i blame kanye

edit: actually #1 on my list should be split between lil b and kanye

[Derek]

Haha, you got scooped! But yeah, I just got into these guys recently after going home to New York for a weekend. The album is unrelentingly intense and genre defying. After listening to it the whole way through a few consecutive times I feel like I need a valium or something; it's just brutally awesome.

Yeah, it's totally brutal, but the variety of sources and styles they draw from keeps it so fresh from one song to the next. I can't stop listening!


the men are so good. seen em live a few times and they totally slayed. cool dudes too. met them through a friend's band who they play with a lot, pregnant (same scene, more straightforward punk though)

Awesome. They're playing 2 days in LA at the end of August and I might just go both nights. I figured from the album they'd be intense live, so nice to have it confirmed. Looks like they're touring w/Milk Music on that leg - heard anything about them?

[Mr. Pink]

can't believe you brought kat stacks into this :lol:

anyway, i used to love fab when he was first out. he sort of lost me after street dreams though. that was also the time when i was more into punchline rappers like him. but what soulja boy has over fab? charisma. my favorite rapper of all time has it in spades (jay-z), and most east coast rappers really lack that

wish the dipset reunion would hurry up and do something to put the east coast back on the map. love me some cam

Ha! Fair enough. I used to love Busta Rhymes for largely the same reason, even after it became clear others were lyrically better than him, despite his unique style and delivery. Fabolous has more of a subdued confidence. I think Soulja Boy will eventually calm down though.

[Ezee E]

It's really unfair to compare anyone to Jay-Z or even Eminem in my opinion. For the 00's, they're the only rappers that can almost create their own beat with their lyrics. It's very impressive. Unfortunately, Eminem's songs are so played out on the radio that I hate them within a month.

Jay-Z's stuff never gets radioplay, so I always love it.

[Boner M]

Wow, that Men album is seriously backloaded. Starts off a bit like a watered-down Goslings but seriously picks up when the songs get hook-ier near the end. "Bataille" is killer.

Thanks for the pimpin' EC & Derek.

[Acapelli]

Awesome. They're playing 2 days in LA at the end of August and I might just go both nights. I figured from the album they'd be intense live, so nice to have it confirmed. Looks like they're touring w/Milk Music on that leg - heard anything about them?
haven't heard anything about milk music, but definitely see the men. if anything their live show is more intense than the album

[D_Davis]

I cannot get enough of Big Spider's Back

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This dude is uber-talented.

[Derek]

Wow, that Men album is seriously backloaded. Starts off a bit like a watered-down Goslings but seriously picks up when the songs get hook-ier near the end. "Bataille" is killer.

Thanks for the pimpin' EC & Derek.

I'm definitely with you in thinking the second half is the better of the two, but calling anything "watered down Goslings" is kind of unfair. I'm not sure I want anything non-Goslings to be as noisy and harsh as Goslings. :) I think the A-sides still have a pretty sweet mix of noise rock and post-hardcore and build nicely into the more esoteric B-sides.

[MadMan]

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After listening to a bunch of their songs on Youtube, I'm not a huge fan of the band. But I do really dig this one and "Sail" a lot.

[Idioteque Stalker]

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And a lot of ambient music.

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Awesome. They're playing 2 days in LA at the end of August and I might just go both nights. I figured from the album they'd be intense live, so nice to have it confirmed. Looks like they're touring w/Milk Music on that leg - heard anything about them?

Live The Men should be spectacular. I am hoping to catch them in NY the next time I go home.
I've never seen Milk Music live, but I listened to a few tracks on last.fm. The'ye more on the synth-pop end of things and the tracks I listened to were somewhat weighted down by the vocals and mediocre synth riffs. Still, they might be fun live.

[D_Davis]

And a lot of ambient music.


What kind?

[D_Davis]

Another brilliant ambient release from the folks at the Mime Netlabel:

http://www.mimenetlabel.com/img/%5Bmime04%5D-camouflagedhere-small.jpg (http://www.mimenetlabel.com/download/%5Bmime04%5D%20andrea%20congia %20-%20liberainosi%20de%20mali.zip )
Andrea Congia (http://www.mimenetlabel.com/download/%5Bmime04%5D%20andrea%20congia %20-%20liberainosi%20de%20mali.zip )

Every single one of these three-track EPs released on the label is great (...) ;).

[D_Davis]

http://www.restingbell.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/rb098_Luck-276x276.jpg (http://www.restingbell.net/releases/rb098-luck)

[D_Davis]

Really nice and mellow ambient/post-rock

http://freemusicarchive.org/file/images/albums/un_automne__Lob-Nor_-_bye_bye_-_2011070752235735.jpg?width=29 0&height=290 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/un_automne__Lob-Nor/bye_bye/)

[Derek]

Really nice and mellow ambient/post-rock

But is it...brilliant? ;)

Just kidding. I'm gonna try to check those out in the next day or two!

[D_Davis]

But is it...brilliant? ;)


Heh....

[D_Davis]

BTW, I turned my friend-who-loves-that-kind-of-stuff on to The Men. He totally dug it. Me? Not so much. ;)

[Derek]

BTW, I turned my friend-who-loves-that-kind-of-stuff on to The Men. He totally dug it. Me? Not so much. ;)

It's definitely not for everyone. :) Honestly, I wonder if I'd even have liked it as much had I heard it even a few years ago. I've become progressively more fond of harsher, noisier music, so that hit at just the right moment for me to love it.
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Been listening to the new Eleanor Friedberger solo album and it's pretty durn enjoyable. It's more mellow, straightforward pop than Fiery Furnaces, but it's funky, fun and perfect for the summertime. Not sure it'll have much staying power, but worth checking out if you're an FF fan. Streaming now on NPR too.

[D_Davis]

It's definitely not for everyone. :) Honestly, I wonder if I'd even have liked it as much had I heard it even a few years ago. I've become progressively more fond of harsher, noisier music, so that hit at just the right moment for me to love it.


I would have loved it back in the late '90s. I just never really get a chance to listen to loud music these days.

[Acapelli]

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[Raiders]

I've been on a serious Spencer Krug kick lately. I still can't decide if I like Shut Up I Am Dreaming or Apologies to the Queen Mary more. Certainly the compositions in the Sunset Rubdown recordings seem more expansive and interesting, but there's something more catchy about Wolf Parade and I have definitely listened to it more over the past few days. In any case, onward to At Mount Zoomer and Random Spirit Lover.

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[Derek]

I've been on a serious Spencer Krug kick lately. I still can't decide if I like Shut Up I Am Dreaming or Apologies to the Queen Mary more. Certainly the compositions in the Sunset Rubdown recordings seem more expansive and interesting, but there's something more catchy about Wolf Parade and I have definitely listened to it more over the past few days. In any case, onward to At Mount Zoomer and Random Spirit Lover.

So much rep.

Personally I'd take Apologies, which is probably the most consistently awesome album Krug's worked on, but Shut Up has some amazing highs though and there are days when I think he's never topped "Stadiums and Shrines II". I'll definitely be interested to see what you think of At Mount Zoomer and Random Spirit Lover, which definitely left people more split than the prior albums, as sophomore albums tend to do. Zoomer is wildly inconsistent, but thoroughly enjoyable even when it meanders a bit. Random Spirit Lover is one of my favorite albums of the 00s and seems to be an album that either blows people away or leaves them rolling their eyes at its excesses. It's my favorite album Krug's worked on, even though Apologies is probably the one he should be remembered for.

[Marley]

I always found "Mount Zoomer" to the most consistent of Wolf Parade's albums and can listen to it all the way through without skipping any tracks. The same can't be said for the other two albums but they are still solid. Love this band.

[D_Davis]

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[dreamdead]

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One of the most densest pop/ambient tracks from Townsend's latest album.

[Qrazy]

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[Qrazy]

I always found "Mount Zoomer" to the most consistent of Wolf Parade's albums and can listen to it all the way through without skipping any tracks. The same can't be said for the other two albums but they are still solid. Love this band.

Dan Boeckner lives across the hall from me. Crazy eh? My roommate has already started ingratiating himself haha.

[Derek]

Dan Boeckner lives across the hall from me. Crazy eh? My roommate has already started ingratiating himself haha.

Woah, that's awesome. Plus his wife is pretty hot.

[Qrazy]

Woah, that's awesome. Plus his wife is pretty hot.

She really, really is.

[Yxklyx]

Plastic Passion - The Cure

[Boner M]

Not for wimps.

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[Milky Joe]

Really wish I would have been listening to this back in junior high instead of Thursday and Taking Back Sunday:

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[Derek]

Nice, I've been playing catch-up on post-hardcore the past couple weeks and that's one of the albums I have in the wing. I dig that track.

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[Boner M]

Speaking of Scratch Acid, Mark Prindle's intro to them on his review site (http://markprindle.com/scratch.htm) is one of the best pieces of writing ever.


Hello there! I'm the guy that burglarized Mark Prindle's home while he was on vacation in Arizona! I was just about to trade this nice computer with the flat screen for a puddle of liquid drug juice when I ran across Mark's delightful music review page. Well, I'm nothing if not a piece of human shit, so I thought I would contribute a page of my own! I may be a drug-addled worthless prick, but there's a band from Texas called Scratch Acid that I like a lot! Mind you, I don't listen to them very often because I sold all of my possessions (along with several of other people's!) for one marijuana joint, but I can still remember how much I enjoyed listening to them back in the days when I would carefree smash car windows and throw peoples' babies out into the street. The band featured a young David Yow (soon to be singer of The Jesus Lizard), a young David Wm. Sims (soon to be bassist of Rapeman and The Jesus Lizard) and a young Rey Washam (soon to be drummer for Big Boys, Didjits, Helios Creed and a bajillion other bands) and a guitarist. They sort of sounded like they wanted to be an American version of Australia's sick noisemakers The Birthday Party (especially Yow, who tried something terrific to imitate Party vocalist Nick Cave). Speaking of The Birthday Party, let me know if you have one so I can steal the cake like an asshole.

[Acapelli]

man i love mark prindle

[Ezee E]

I'm digging Lupe Fiasco's Lasers a ton.

[D_Davis]

http://f.bandcamp.com/z/40/48/4048710287-1.jpg (http://plasticstatic.bandcamp.com/album/reverse)

Reversed, by Plasticstatic

Really cool mix of shoegazer-like atmosphere and psych with an '80s guitar aesthetic.

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Nice, I've been playing catch-up on post-hardcore the past couple weeks and that's one of the albums I have in the wing.


Have you checked out The Jesus Lizard?

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[D_Davis]

Wow.

http://f.bandcamp.com/z/31/33/3133400102-1.jpg (http://2heartsandchemicals.bandcamp.c om/album/coming-home-ep)

[Derek]

Have you checked out The Jesus Lizard?

Get out of my IPod! Yeah, I've been listening to them the past couple days, including right now when I checked in this thread. :) Really liked Goat, but Liar is fantastic and a bit more consistent. Real good stuff - "Slave Ship" definitely is one of the highlights.

[MadMan]

Caring is Creepy-The Shins. Even after all these years, its still one of my favorite songs from the band. Sure its probably their most popular after New Slang, but that doesn't matter.

[D_Davis]

The newest Loscil album is very good.

http://www.glacialmovements.com/images/loscil_cover.jpg (http://www.glacialmovements.com/rele11.htm)

[Derek]

The newest Loscil album is very good.[/URL]

Good to hear! I really liked the last one, but this one seemed to get more mediocre reviews. Of course, you really can't trust most critics when it comes to ambient music anyway.

[D_Davis]

Good to hear! I really liked the last one, but this one seemed to get more mediocre reviews. Of course, you really can't trust most critics when it comes to ambient music anyway.

I like the last one more than this newest one. The last one is probably my favorite of his - more texture and variety.

This newest one is very drone-y.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

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love it

[Milky Joe]

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album of the year. play it LOUD.

[Ezee E]

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Beyonce and Rihanna both haven't gotten anything close to this song.

[Spinal]

T. Rex - Electric Warrior

I can't get over how cool this album is.

[Glass Co.]

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Is there a more stunningly tranquil/haunting ambient track? Excluding Eno.

[Ivan Drago]

Howlin' For You - The Black Keys

[D_Davis]

"Losing the Light," from the newest Marconi Union album

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MU once again proves they're the best thing in ambient music today.

[D_Davis]

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[D_Davis]

T. Rex - Electric Warrior

I can't get over how cool this album is.

Yep - it's groovy as fuck.

[Ezee E]

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[Derek]

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[Ezee E]

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Say what you want about Lil Jon. He's fun to listen to.

[Ezee E]

IMHO...

[EyesWideOpen]

I've been listening to a mix of Wu-Tang Clan - Legendary Weapons, The Strokes - Angles, MGMT - Congratulations and the Tron Legacy Reconfigured album.

[ContinentalOp]

I'm hungover, so that usually means I'm listening to either the Jesus and Mary Chain or Wire. Today it is the Jesus and Mary Chain, 21 Singles.

[Qrazy]

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[Acapelli]

Belle & Sebastian - We Are The Sleepyheads

goddamn i love this song/band

[Glass Co.]

Mos Def - Mathematics

Goddamn this guy is good when he wants to be. Plus you can't go wrong with Primo at the helm.

[Acapelli]

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can't stop listening to this

[Qrazy]

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can't stop listening to this

I suggest hitting the pause button and then throwing your computer out your window just to be safe.

[D_Davis]

I suggest hitting the pause button and then throwing your computer out your window just to be safe.

I can't tell if Acapelli is trolling us.

[D_Davis]

http://f.bandcamp.com/z/26/34/2634217035-1.jpg (http://mellomusicgroup.bandcamp.com/track/claim-to-fame)

[Acapelli]

I can't tell if Acapelli is trolling us.
nope, genuinely love the song

[D_Davis]

nope, genuinely love the song

That's cool. I just don't get that kind of hip hop. :D

It lacks everything I look for in hip hop: a good beat, good lyrics, good delivery, good production

I'm not tuned into that wavelength. But obviously many people are. That thing has millions of views! Wild.

Could be an age-gap thing. Maybe I'm too old to get it. ;)

[Qrazy]

That's cool. I just don't get that kind of hip hop. :D

It lacks everything I look for in hip hop: a good beat, good lyrics, good delivery, good production

I'm not tuned into that wavelength. But obviously many people are. That thing has millions of views! Wild.

Could be an age-gap thing. Maybe I'm too old to get it. ;)

Did you listen to that Shad track I posted last page? He's good stuff. Saw him last weekend actually, quality live show as well.

[Boner M]

Not into Soulja Boy but something tells that he's The Ramones of our time so I dunno.

[transmogrifier]

A: Great shit.

[Qrazy]

Not into Soulja Boy but something tells that he's The Ramones of our time so I dunno.

I can assure you that he's not.

[Ezee E]

I like a lot of rap, and can't fathom liking Soulja Boy. What happened there eternity?

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Also, Soulja Boy is awful.

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And on the heavier side of things
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[D_Davis]

New Doyeq

http://www.temiongrecordings.com.ar/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Cover_.png (http://www.archive.org/download/Doyeq-UntitledEp/Doyeq_-_Untitled_EP.zip)

[Derek]

Did you listen to that Shad track I posted last page? He's good stuff. Saw him last weekend actually, quality live show as well.

Have seen the "Rose Garden" video? Awesome song and video (esp. once you get the trick).

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I too prefer rap with a good beat, good lyrics, good delivery, good production and that doesn't sound like complete shit. Sucks getting old.

[Acapelli]

then why are you listening to that shad song?

*rimshot*

[Acapelli]

in all seriousness, i can see the appeal but i don't like it. his def poetry jam flow is the most irksome aspect of the song to me. he barely acknowledges the beat (which i also don't like, mainly for the annoying vocal sample)

he's a talented lyricist, but that's about it

[Acapelli]

and i don't think it's an age thing, because 16-17 year old me would eat that stuff up. i was way more into "conscious" hip hop back then

basically, thinking about this more, my taste has mirrored kanye's artistic evolution (to a point). he started off rapping and producing for guys like saul williams, slum village, common and dilated peoples and i used to love that stuff. but now you're more likely to see him associating with dudes like rick ross, pusha t, lil wayne and young jeezy and rapping over beats by lex luger (one of brick squad's producers) and tweeting about odd future

speaking of brick squad, now listening to:

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Waka Flocka Flame - Wake Up feat. YG Hootie & Wooh Da Kid

[Qrazy]

Have seen the "Rose Garden" video? Awesome song and video (esp. once you get the trick).

I too prefer rap with a good beat, good lyrics, good delivery, good production and that doesn't sound like complete shit. Sucks getting old.

Yeah I have. Good stuff. Drop!

[Qrazy]

basically, thinking about this more, my taste has mirrored kanye's artistic evolution (to a point).

I also find Kanye to be terrible.

And what you describe sounds much more like a devolution than an evolution to me.

[Acapelli]

nah

[Qrazy]

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[Acapelli]

faltydl rules

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MondreHott (of Green Ova Undergrounds) - Everything (produced by Silky Johnson)

[Qrazy]

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[Ezee E]

First listenthrough on the Jay-Z/Kanye. It's not exactly what I expected. One thing's for sure though, Kanye has nothing on Jay-Z.

[ledfloyd]

First listenthrough on the Jay-Z/Kanye. It's not exactly what I expected. One thing's for sure though, Kanye has nothing on Jay-Z.yeah, it's not what i expected either. i was... expecting something better.

as a rapper? of course not, but jay hasn't had an album that can match any of kanye's since the black album.

[Ezee E]

yeah, it's not what i expected either. i was... expecting something better.

as a rapper? of course not, but jay hasn't had an album that can match any of kanye's since the black album.
I think it's an album that'll grow on me, and enjoy as I'm doing housework or writing. Not exactly one for parties though which is what I was hoping for.

[Ezee E]

I think it's an album that'll grow on me, and enjoy as I'm doing housework or writing. Not exactly one for parties though which is what I was hoping for.
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This might be my favorite one.

[ledfloyd]

I think it's an album that'll grow on me, and enjoy as I'm doing housework or writing.
yeah i could see that.

i think murder to excellence, new day and that's my bitch might be my favorites so far. that opener is pretty strong as well.

[Henry Gale]

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This might be my favorite one.

Yeah, probably the same for me, along with the slightly re-worked "That's My Bitch". It's sort of a shame in that way that it comes first on the album, but it's a perfect opener. I didn't even realize that was The-Dream in the middle part until I read the credits. Good stuff.

Also, "Illest Motherf**ker Alive" and "Primetime" are probably two of the strongest songs of the bunch, but they're reduced to only being on the Deluxe version, along with the very good "The Joy" (formerly a G.O.O.D. Friday release) and the less worthy "H*A*M" (the M, evidently, stands for "Meh"). I think this will be the sort of album I start to really enjoy once I make my own custom tracklist.

[D_Davis]

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