I prefer Sea Change, Kid A, and In Rainbows to AMOK. But it's really splitting hairs because it's damn good.Quoting D_Davis (view post)
I prefer Sea Change, Kid A, and In Rainbows to AMOK. But it's really splitting hairs because it's damn good.
Has anyone else been listening to Youth Lagoon? Initially I kind of recoiled from his voice, but I got lost in the layered production. There's an early 90's indie movement vibe to the whole thing. Hints of Built to Spill and Dinosaur Jr. seep through. I'm really digging it.
I was a fan of his first album, but this new one was kinda terrible I thought. Melodies suddenly nonexistant or warmed-over re-hashes of the debut's.
I haven't heard his debut, maybe I would like it more.
I feel like I should like the Local Natives a lot more than I do. Aesthetically they are right in my wheelhouse, but they're lacking that special something that would keep me listening to their music. I mean Aaron fucking Dessner produced the new one, and it sounds great but leaves me emotionally flatlined.
Gaspar Noe directed this music video. Can't you tell?
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Last Five Films I've Seen (Out of 5)
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse (Mackesy, 2022) 4.5
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Crawford, 2022) 4
Confess, Fletch (Mottola, 2022) 3.5
M3GAN (Johnstone, 2023) 3.5
Turning Red (Shi, 2022) 4.5
Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) 5
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Nope. Found it tedious. Thom Yorke is really chasing a deathly dull muse these days.
Last 10 Movies Seen
(90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)
Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
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Listening Habits at LastFM
All right, Derek/Boner. How's the new Men album? I greatly prefer Leave Home to Open Your Heart, so their recent musical shift seems to be forgoing some of the aspects that I most enjoy about them.
Been digging Cocteau Twins's Treasure, Janis Joplin's Pearl, a Robert Johnson's King of the Delta Blues Singers recently. Trying to work up the same interest in Prince's Purple Rain, but that one feels a bit more time-bound musically. Can't dismiss the epic nature of the closer, though.
The Boat People - 9
The Power of the Dog - 7.5
The King of Pigs - 7
Halfway in, the new Justin Timberlake albums sounds pretty great. His multi-part, 7-minute songs seem at home in an r&b landscape where the Weeknd and Frank Ocean are so popular, but he was already doing it on Futuresex/Lovesounds, just not as well IMO. I only liked his first two albums off and on, but this one is really grabbing me--maybe because I've warmed up to this genre in the past few years? The way it engages with current musical stylings (minimalistic samples, pitch-shifted vocals, heavy bass) while paying tribute to the past (call and response vocals, flashy horns) is giving it an aesthetic throughline that makes it enjoyable throughout.
well ever since they kicked chris out of the band they've seemed to ditch the hardcore aspects of their music, which was my favorite part too
It's alright, but a pretty big step down from Open Your Heart. It's even more mellow with a more consistent focus on the alt-country side of their new sound, but none of the songs are all that creative or energetic. The post-hardcore edge is entirely non-existent. It's enjoyable but not much beyond that - certainly the year's biggest disappointment for me so far. FWIW, I gave Leave Home a 4.5/5, Open Your Heart a 4/5 and this a 3/5. In retrospect, Chris Hansell (their original bassist and screaming vocalist) leaving the band was the worst thing that could've happened to them.
Brilliant album and one of my favorite dream pop classics. Elizabeth Fraser might have the greatest voice ever.
Heh.
Do you know what happened w/Chris? All I know is I showed up at a show, the second time I saw them, a few months before Open Your Heart came out and he wasn't there. I looked it up and only found that he was no longer with the band.
Looks like the new Bowie album will be $11.99 on mp3. What's with all of these old dudes (Leonard Cohen, Emmylou Harris, Bowie et al.) releasing their new albums at these high prices? Ridiculous. They already have a ton of money. The price has been set - $9.99 is when I buy. Anything more for a single album - nope.
Another one bites the dust. The first track is the first track off of Bowie's new album - a guitar, bass and drums number. The track below is Ziggy Stardust - and we all know how much that rocks.
This is especially sad to me because Ziggy Stardust was the first album I bought that said "Best when played at loud volumes" on the inside, and the album that taught me about audio dynamics. This was back when the listener was in charge of determining the volume of something by turning it up. Now, that decision has been made for us by the producers and record companies.
In case anyone's curious, it has been decided that the Scissor Sisters are the best band to cook to.
My 8-year-old loves One Direction. And I'm totally cool with it. Is this wrong?
Losing is like fertilizer: it stinks for a while, then you get used to it. (Tony, Hibbing)
Upon further consideration, my answer has come to "fuck you. no."
Losing is like fertilizer: it stinks for a while, then you get used to it. (Tony, Hibbing)
Jason Molina of Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. died this weekend. Super sad story and a real loss from a musical and human perspective.
last four:
black widow - 8
zero dark thirty - 9
the muse - 7
freaky - 7
now reading:
lonesome dove - larry mcmurtry
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The Harrison Marathon - A Podcast About Harrison Ford
The new Bowie album is pretty good, though. Just bought the vinyl, and I can't decide if I want to break the seal. :P
And the new Kashmir album's very good as well. I used to obsess about these guys ten years ago, and they've just released their new album "E.A.R", which is the first they self-produced. It has resulted in a sort of spacey-ambient rock album that I sort of disliked upon first listen, but I'm rapidly warming up to its sound. While they might be a bit catchier than the rest of the record, and so a bit mis-representative of the record as a whole "Peace In The Heart" and "Seraphina" are among their finest moments throughout their carreer.
Seraphina on YouTube.
"Listen man, it might be hard to understand, but
Don't mourn the dead,
Celebrate the life they gave"
- Kashmir "Seraphina"
Every single track on the new Depeche Mode CD has digital clipping. I was beginning to think that something was going on with Amazon's MP3s, that maybe they were being post-mastered/compressed. So I got the new DM album on CD, and ripped the tracks to WAV files to analyze them. Every track digitally clips - this means that frequencies are actually being cut, so we are not hearing the entire spectrum.
I'm done with new major label releases.
I'm sure this will make many of you happy, because now maybe I'll shut up about this.
Damn, talk about some over indulgent production...
Losing is like fertilizer: it stinks for a while, then you get used to it. (Tony, Hibbing)
Wait what? The CD has is clipped as well or just the MP3?
i had to check the new mbv album to see of kevin shields had become a casualty of the loudness wars and i'm happy to say he doesn't. here's a quick look at all the tracks:
Yep - it's actually a very quiet album. That's fantastic.i had to check the new mbv album to see of kevin shields had become a casualty of the loudness wars and i'm happy to say he doesn't. here's a quick look at all the tracks:
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