NEW BEACH HOUSE RULLLLEEEEESSSSSSS

1/1/2010 4:23:43 AM

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1/1/2010 6:36:57 AM

from bolachas the other day

Northern Portrait – Criminal Art Lovers

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"Northern Portrait emerged on Matinee’s roster a mere two months after they were founded, with a sleek, reverb-slicked sound — headed up by Stefan Larsen’s melancholy caterwaul — that harked back to the Smiths and nodded to contemporaries like the Mary Onettes and the Pains of Being Pure at Heart. The band formed in Copenhagen, Denmark, in the summer of 2007 (July, to be exact) with Larsen, Michael Sorenson, and Rune Reholt. Larsen and Sorenson had known each other since they were children, and had rehearsed together on and off again prior to forming the band."

hxxp://rapidshare.com/files/327758527/retratonortenhopidaroubaogrito.rar.html

i don't think "harked" is a strong enough word

1/1/2010 8:40:02 AM

^^^what he said. the new midlake is very solid as well.

others i am looking forward to: the besnard lakes - are the roaring night, spoon - transference, new arcade fire?, fleet foxes?, the national?, of montreal?, hell even the avalanches are supposed to be putting something out.

1/1/2010 8:59:44 AM

^^

album cover inspired by Architectural Digest spread

1/1/2010 11:55:56 AM

new Los Campesinos! is great
Beach House is very good
Toro Y Moi rules hardcore

1/1/2010 12:51:00 PM

^^^ have you found a copy of Midlake that is better than 160 kbps??

i'll edit this in a minute to put the Broken Bells link in here.

here we go:


Broken Bells (James Mercer of The Shins with Danger Mouse)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?unyzmzim4yz



[Edited on January 1, 2010 at 4:17 PM. Reason : .]

1/1/2010 4:16:10 PM

^sent you a PM.

enjoying broken bells myself. local natives and surfer blood are two 2010 debut LPs getting a lot of play here.

1/1/2010 4:30:01 PM

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"NEW BEACH HOUSE RULLLLEEEEESSSSSSS"

1/1/2010 5:01:17 PM

Broken Bells is very good IMO.

1/1/2010 6:35:44 PM

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"^^ album cover inspired by Architectural Digest spread"

MARKO SAID A BAD WORD! EWW


On the other hand, they've got fucking Corb on their cover!

1/1/2010 8:21:21 PM

I, too, enjoy the Broken Bells album.

1/1/2010 9:08:12 PM

though I hate the name for Ringos album "y not" I'm kinda looking forward to it.

1/1/2010 11:44:23 PM

http://bolachas.org/ringo-starr-y-not-2010

1/2/2010 4:30:47 AM

i dont know not a damn one of these bands

1/2/2010 5:36:18 AM

random insomnia-inspired local music thoughts of the hour:

veelee will probably put out an LP this year, and i am willing to put money on the fact that it will be highly enjoyable

also, i've heard rough mixes of the new future islands LP and it rules

ditto for the new lonnie walker EP

1/2/2010 6:33:05 AM

i have this in my cache and just decided to post it in here

1/2/2010 5:51:38 PM

y not...should be the end of Ringo Starr. However, Walk with you should be wedding song of the year. It's the only good song on the album (Paul saving him on this one).

1/2/2010 8:58:45 PM

should be a new guster cd this year. thats probably enough for me for the year but i'll attempt to discover some new things to keep it fresh.

1/2/2010 11:47:29 PM

Got around to listening to Contra...it's pretty bad.

One good song ("Giving Up the Gun") and another I'm split on ("Diplomat's Son"), and that's it as far as decent tracks.

Not that I expected much, but still.

1/4/2010 5:29:53 AM

I don't care what anybody says, I'm digging that Cousins song

1/4/2010 2:55:17 PM

i'm tired of rapidshare being a lil bitch

1/4/2010 3:10:10 PM

Supposedly, the New Pornographers are coming out with something, or at least will start recording soon (per their listserv).

1/4/2010 9:15:03 PM

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"Got around to listening to Contra...it's pretty bad. One good song ("Giving Up the Gun") and another I'm split on ("Diplomat's Son"), and that's it as far as decent tracks."

as usual, this man is spot-on

what a boring album

(I still like "Cousins" though)

[Edited on January 5, 2010 at 1:40 PM. Reason : V THIS GUY]

1/5/2010 1:28:49 PM

1/5/2010 1:33:56 PM

A few of the bands I am looking forward to new releases from this year:

Dillinger Escape Plan
Minus the Bear
Jimmy Eat World
deftones
Arsis (honestly expecting this to be a little weak tho)
This Will Destroy You
MGMT
JÓNSI
Arcade Fire

1/5/2010 1:51:24 PM

wow, deftones? are we gonna see new stuff from crazytown or staind, too?

btw, front page of their website: http://www.thenewpornographers.com/

1/5/2010 2:12:58 PM

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"wow, deftones? are we gonna see new stuff from crazytown or staind, too?"

ooooouch.

1/5/2010 2:25:02 PM

those two bands don't even deserved to be mentioned in the same sentence. Deftones were/are a very innovative/experimental band comprised of some seriously talented members (Abe Cunningham is still one of my favorite modern drummers) that just happened to get slapped with the "nu-metal" tag given to other bands like Staind, Disturbed etc.

Someone like Crazytown put out something like 1 or 2 absolutely terrible albums with 1 (still terrible) song that saw some commercial success. The deftones have been around for over 22 years with a full catalog of great albums. I know not everyone is going to like their sound and that's no skin off my back, but the deftones were around before, during, and after all the crappy "nu-metal" bands that record labels tried to lump in with them.

/rant

Back on topic though. I'm very interested to see what the new MGMT album sounds like. I really enjoyed the last album (even if it was a bit patchy with really good songs and ok songs) but kinda wonder if they are just going to fizzle out on this next one or what.

[Edited on January 5, 2010 at 2:55 PM. Reason : ]

1/5/2010 2:26:52 PM

I'm not a big deftones fan, but they're definitely not in the same category as that other shit.

As much as I like Dave Fridmann's style, I hope MGMT go back to the more electro style they used on their EP as opposed to the way things were arranged on Oracular Spectacular.

1/5/2010 4:31:20 PM

I can't decide what I think about the Vampire Weekend.

On first listen I thought it was cool they had had seemed to mature a bit, especially lyrically, but what happened to the hooks?

It's sort of uneventful, but I'll give it more spins.

I feel the same way about the new Midlake and it's killing me. I loved their last one so much and just knew they would blow my mind after waiting so long for another record.

I do think the Midlake is much stronger than the Vampire Weekend thus far, but my expectations were higher.

Of course, the last Midlake took me several listens to finally get into.

1/6/2010 12:29:16 AM

will someone pm me vampire weekend and midlake pleeeeeeeeeease?

1/6/2010 1:50:57 AM

^ ditto. that woul dbe super.

1/6/2010 9:10:39 AM

A shitty leak of the new Massive Attack is out there.

If anyone has a link that's not RS, I'd much appreciate it.

1/6/2010 12:01:32 PM

http://www.myspace.com/giantdrag

I can't find the swan song ep leak from giant drag...if anyone likes the music and finds it, please post!

1/6/2010 1:30:11 PM

If you enjoy Peter Gabriel, you'll like the new VW.

If you liked the previous VW stuff, you won't like the new VW.

The new Massive Attack has piqued my interest. I've been getting back into them again, really haven't listened to them much since '03.

1/6/2010 2:09:19 PM

Peter Gabriel wrote good songs.

These are not good songs.

1/6/2010 8:56:34 PM

new Vampire weekend...

1/7/2010 8:49:19 PM

the first single off the new besnard lakes album sounds pretty good. really hoping this album can live up to "are the dark horse".
http://www.scjag.com/mp3/jag/albatross.mp3

1/7/2010 9:22:53 PM

someone post that vw already so i can know why all you people hate it

1/7/2010 11:00:16 PM

Whenever i think of Vampire Weekend, I'm like 50% annoyed, and 50% charmed.

and, I guess Danger Mouse's "niche" now is just to make beats for front men with Indy cred?

[Edited on January 7, 2010 at 11:03 PM. Reason : fasdfas]

1/7/2010 11:00:47 PM

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"I'm not a big deftones fan, but they're definitely not in the same category as that other shit."

1/7/2010 11:52:36 PM

^^^^ that is some seriously boring music.

1/8/2010 2:33:41 PM

I've listened to a ton of Vampire Weekend songs, some of them multiple times, and it isn't growing on me.

1/8/2010 3:26:49 PM

eh, upon first listen, it's pretty weak, especially compared to the debut.

i concede, vinylbandit (although i dig run too).

[Edited on January 9, 2010 at 2:22 AM. Reason : and diplomat's son is catchy at points]

1/9/2010 2:13:30 AM

there are some catchy songs on it, no doubt, but it's bullshit overall

1/9/2010 3:54:39 AM

Am I crazy, or does Wes Anderson's obsession with Futura make this Sharon Jones cover feel almost fake:

1/9/2010 6:11:38 AM

^^^^Try Discovery.

^What do you mean fake?

1/9/2010 10:08:45 AM

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"This Will Destroy You"

cannot wait for this...i am going to see them in austin friday...stoked!

my most anticipated release of the year is Crime In Stereo- I was trying to describe you to someone, coming out in February

1/10/2010 3:58:07 PM

^^ Like it's not a real band/album, just a mock-up for a movie.

1/10/2010 4:14:24 PM