General Music Discussion Thread (a.k.a. indie lovefest)

[Weever22]

for those who dont know about Beirut check them out.. they have a new cd that leaked that comes out in a week or so.. its very good, along with thier two previous cds Lon Gisland and Gulag Orkestar. If you like neutral milk hotel you will like these guys, thats a promise.

edit: also check out Caribou's new cd Andorra, its amazing.

[Quinn Warren]

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Really? I was actually expecting the review to be lower than what it deserved simply because of the hype surrounding the album. Pitchfork LOVES to serve as hype-crushers.

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Yeah I was expecting the same thing. Drowned in Sound gave it a perfect 10, which as far as I'm aware, they pretty much never do.

Critcs aside, this album is the best I've heard in a long time.

[SL__72]

Yeah that was pretty good.

[mason55]

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Really? I was actually expecting the review to be lower than what it deserved simply because of the hype surrounding the album. Pitchfork LOVES to serve as hype-crushers.

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is this album commercially viable?
no: +3 points

is there a lot of hype for this album?
yes: -2 points for mainstream hype, -1 point for indie hype
no: +1 point

does this band have a lot of side projects?
yes: +.5 points

is the album mainstream enough to ironically give it a good score?
yes: +.5 points

old school musician
whose sound is cool again: +1 point
whose sound isn't cool again: -2 points

singer/songwriter?
yes: +2 points

etc etc etc

[mason55]

LCD Soundsystem lovers:

keep your eyes open for

A Bunch of Stuff EP - Sept 18
FABRICLIVE36 - James Murphy + Drummer Pat Mahoney live mix from Fabric - Oct 2 UK/Nov 20 US
45:33 enhanced - updated version of the previously digital only Nike+ album - Nov 13
Arcade Fire/LCD Soundsystem Split 7" - TBA

[Kneel B4 Zod]

tomorrow begins my month long spree of shows.

Interpol, followed by New Pornographers, The National, and Spoon. The Decemberists just announced a new tour, where they perform long songs 1 night, and poppy songs the next night. this would be cool, but I'll be on vaca in Greece when they are here [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Macdaddy Warsaw]

Goddamn, I'm only halfway through, but the Kanye album is sick.

[SL__72]

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tomorrow begins my month long spree of shows.

Interpol, followed by New Pornographers, The National, and Spoon. The Decemberists just announced a new tour, where they perform long songs 1 night, and poppy songs the next night. this would be cool, but I'll be on vaca in Greece when they are here [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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For me next month is going to be like that. This month is just Animal Collective, the Editors and the LCDS/Arcade Fire show.

Animal Collective was last night and it was amazing. They played the Fire-Essplode-works song mentioned earlier in this thread, Peacebone and I think Unsolved Mysteries and unless I am forgetting something, that was it off of Strawberry Jam. I could be mistaken because its hit or miss on my recognizing things from before feels or off of EPs, but I think they played a lot of new material.

Anyway, it was really really good.

[nath]

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LCD Soundsystem lovers:

keep your eyes open for

A Bunch of Stuff EP - Sept 18
FABRICLIVE36 - James Murphy + Drummer Pat Mahoney live mix from Fabric - Oct 2 UK/Nov 20 US
45:33 enhanced - updated version of the previously digital only Nike+ album - Nov 13
Arcade Fire/LCD Soundsystem Split 7" - TBA

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Hot.

ACL starts Friday. Whoever booked M.I.A. and LCD Soundsystem, and then Wilco and My Morning Jacket, opposite one another should be fired, but other than that it should be awesome.

Plus, Saturday night is Blonde Redhead & the National, and next Saturday is Animal Collective.

[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] this city.

Oh yeah, I saw the Silver Apples last week! They were (he was) really good.

[Weever22]

minus the bear the 23rd, lcd and arcade the 24th, then the national/st. vincent oct 2nd.. best 2 weeks of my life. If only it wasnt a 4 hour drive to seattle.. i love goin to a school in the middle of nowhere :/