This generation is doomed.

7/11/2012 2:35:21 PM

That's not true at all. I just think alt baguettes are annoying.

7/11/2012 3:07:22 PM

^^ haha that's such an obvious troll comment

7/11/2012 3:46:50 PM

hey everybody, scrumples learned a new word

7/11/2012 4:38:02 PM

Best Coast is now sold out. Being right is something everybody loves.

7/12/2012 1:42:43 PM

you guys actually enjoy the frank ocean album? outside of a couple tracks, the album is garbage imo

7/12/2012 1:46:17 PM

didn't get a ticket.

oh well, saw em Tuesday.

might go to surfer blood Sunday though.

7/12/2012 1:46:30 PM

^^ i agree. it's all hype. pitchfork 9.5???? please...

7/12/2012 6:08:42 PM

I'm curious to know what parts of it you think are garbage

it's legitimately great IMO

7/12/2012 6:14:17 PM

I should've prefaced my comment with something along the lines of "this album isn't for me". I've listened to it a couple times at a friend's house, and it just seemed generic. The best moments seemed way too derivative of Stevie Wonder

7/12/2012 6:48:32 PM

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"Best Coast is now sold out. Being right is something everybody loves."

And it only took four months!

7/12/2012 6:55:59 PM

^^^ i thought that the lyrics for multiple songs on this album are terrible. and i'm not a Frank Ocean hater either, i still listen to the lonny breaux mixtape quite a bit, however lyrics like:

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"I know what I was on, I had a Pilot Jones She took me high, then she took me home Pilot Jones, Pilot Jones"

and

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"Forrest Gump you run my mind boy Running on my mind boy Forrest Gump I know you Forrest I know you wouldn't hurt a beetle But you're so buff, and so strong I'm nervous Forrest"

make me want to throw the cd out the car. i mean really he made a forrest gump song? that and the crack rock song...

(pyramids and pink matter are enjoyable though)

[Edited on July 13, 2012 at 9:31 AM. Reason : .]

7/13/2012 9:30:36 AM

late to the party, really love the DIIV

7/13/2012 9:43:52 AM

^

7/13/2012 4:04:30 PM

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"i mean really he made a forrest gump song?"

listen to Forrest Gump by Digitalism
they did it right. it was written by julian casablancas, but whatever.

7/13/2012 5:11:25 PM

^^^two pages about best coast and you just now think of moronic lyrics? Best Coast is the worst shit i ever heard in my life. Well that's not true, but they severely overhyped and completely suck

7/14/2012 4:56:41 PM

...he's talking about Frank Ocean.

7/14/2012 6:28:42 PM

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"I should've prefaced my comment with something along the lines of "this album isn't for me". I've listened to it a couple times at a friend's house, and it just seemed generic. The best moments seemed way too derivative of Stevie Wonder"

don't be upset. pitchfork acted like tyler the creator's last album was worthwhile too.

7/15/2012 1:16:51 AM

new passion pit is pretty good. may end up going to the show this week in charlotte with future islands opening.

7/15/2012 7:08:46 PM

i'm usually near the front of the line to mock Pitchfork, but i think they actually got it about right with Frank Ocean. maybe a little high, but not by much.

it's not a 9.5 in most years, but it's definitely a good album and a 9.5 with what we have to choose from this year. "sweet life", "bad religion" and "pyramids" alone make it worthy of a high score.

[Edited on July 15, 2012 at 8:03 PM. Reason : .]

7/15/2012 8:02:25 PM

i like the new dan deacon track that popped up a few days ago, but i find whatever those played-in-reverse-sounding vocals that come in at certain points to be really irritating.

7/16/2012 12:05:16 AM

A hero a fake's new album hits the stores tomorrow. My copy came early and it is pretty good. Rather different than their previous two releases

7/16/2012 11:28:55 AM

I've never really been a fan but they were all nice guys the few times we played with them. I streamed a few songs on youtube from this new album though and I have to say that I think they took a big step back. Their guitar players were/are actually pretty good but most of that doesn't show on the new stuff and the new drummer is super boring.

7/16/2012 12:23:49 PM

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"Best Coast is now sold out. Being right is something everybody loves."


And it only took four months!



Spiritualized didn't sell out.

7/16/2012 12:31:32 PM

I bought my beast coast ticket at the door so I don't know if it even sold out

7/16/2012 12:47:32 PM

looks like vinylbandit was correct, then.

7/16/2012 4:51:47 PM

^^^^I talked to one of the guitarists about the new album the other day. They just apparently wanted to do something that was pretty different from LOL. They really liked what they did with LOL and it was a very good album IMO, but they were tired of it and wanted to do something different. I told him that I really respected instead of blindly making more music that sounds the exact same to try to get more album sales, they made something they enjoyed making. He said there's like a 99% chance whatever they do next will sound completely different.

The guitar parts aren't as exciting, and the new drummer is definitely nothing special IMO. They also cut out the "clean" vocals. Haven't really dug into the lyrics yet, but they seem to be on par with LOL on first listen.

I think LOL was a better album, but there are a few good tracks on this one, and it's worth a listen if you're into that kind of music.

Also they apparently had production issues and had to leave off one of the songs they were using to promote the new album.

7/16/2012 4:52:58 PM

is there a link to the new passion pit somewhere? if not, i imagine it wouldn't be difficult to find.

7/16/2012 5:03:14 PM

npr is streaming it

7/16/2012 5:05:23 PM

nice, thanks

7/16/2012 5:14:44 PM

http://www.npr.org/2012/07/10/156551726/first-listen-the-gaslight-anthem-handwritten Not quite sure why I have become obsessed with this band over the last six months or so (maybe a sign that my musical tastes are starting to become less sophisticated), but fuck it I love them.

7/16/2012 5:22:40 PM

Here's the link for the passion pit if anyone else is interested. Definitely pretty good so far.

http://www.npr.org/2012/07/15/156545328/first-listen-passion-pit-gossamer

7/16/2012 5:23:32 PM

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"new passion pit is pretty good. may end up going to the show this week in charlotte with future islands opening."

well, nevermind. looks like they just cancelled this leg of the tour. new album is still good....

7/16/2012 7:33:40 PM

pretty good album. it's growing on me.

7/17/2012 2:17:28 PM

there were only 2 or 3 songs on the new passion pit that stood out. the rest was sorta meh i thought

7/17/2012 9:54:28 PM

that description for a Passion Pit album?

surely you jest

7/17/2012 10:05:24 PM

new nas is pretty good

7/21/2012 10:20:09 AM

the new Nas album gets better everytime I listen to is

I also like the new Gaslight Anthem album its a little slower than some of their older stuff but the song '45' is great, and I'm diggin on the the new Fang Island right now

7/24/2012 9:26:04 AM

fuck yeah, been waiting on the new gaslight anthem album.

7/24/2012 9:37:33 AM

not into the new animal collective track.

7/30/2012 8:05:08 PM

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"Bill Doss, member of Olivia Tremor Control and co-founder of The Elephant 6 Recording Company, has died, Flagpole Music reports and the Olivia Tremor Control site confirms. "We are devastated by the loss of our brother Bill Doss. We are at a loss for words," the site says. He was 43 years old. The cause of death has not been announced."

7/31/2012 4:09:14 PM

I just can't stop listening to Frank Ocean. Goodbye super white boy listening habits at least for a while.

7/31/2012 4:15:55 PM

^^ What the fuck?

7/31/2012 6:02:48 PM

dig

http://soundcloud.com/fatpossum/melodys-echo-chamber-endless/s-6Xyl4

fat possum rules

8/6/2012 7:32:06 PM

From the sounds of the first two tracks the upcoming Lupe Fiasco sounds like a return to form after the mess that was Lasers. I don't know if he'll ever get back to where he was with The Cool and Food and Liquor but at least it sounds like he's not got the label fucking around with him any more.

8/7/2012 1:44:04 PM

yeah, I've heard a couple good tracks from him - but thats not really any different than the last couple of albums either. He puts out some good stuff then his album is trash


on a different note, I'm really digging on Atlas Genius today at work. I love checking Spotify first thing Tuesday morning

8/7/2012 1:59:53 PM

New Dan deacon is lots of fun

8/7/2012 4:15:43 PM

^yeah, i'm also a fan of the new music video


dudes from future islands are in there too

8/8/2012 9:18:25 AM

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" a dudes from future islands are is in there too"

FIFY

8/8/2012 9:45:19 AM

at least 2 of the 3 are in that video. watch it again.

8/8/2012 10:49:39 AM