William is definitely in one pair with his girlfriend, and there's a guy that looks like Sam, but I'm not 100% sure it's him. I watched it on my phone, though.

More importantly, though, ED SCHRADER'S MUSIC BEAT.

8/8/2012 11:55:55 AM

I, too, watched on my phone and can't tell if that's Sam or not

8/8/2012 12:29:08 PM

Sam comes in at 2:10. But yeah, the song and video are cool.

8/8/2012 1:58:56 PM

Haven't read the whole thread so I don't know if it's been mentioned or if anyone even cares anymore. But Aesop Rock put out his first new album since 2007, Skelethon, in July. Definitely digging it right now. Plus it's a $2.99 download special this week on Amazon.

8/8/2012 7:03:57 PM

god damn, that dan deacon song is horrendous to my ears, but i've never really been a fan.

i can't stop playing "yet again" by Grizzly Bear. jesus, that's a great song.

[Edited on August 8, 2012 at 8:32 PM. Reason : .]

8/8/2012 8:25:47 PM

^"sleeping ute" is pretty awesome too. can't wait for the album.

8/8/2012 8:39:05 PM

^^ haha, all I hear when I listen to that (and most of his music) is pure joy

8/8/2012 8:44:10 PM

^ and that's what makes music so great.

i would like to see one of his live shows, though.. at least for a few minutes.

8/9/2012 12:03:34 PM

I thought I talked about the new Spider Bags in here before, but it appears I didn't.

The new record is awesome, not in small part because it successfully captures a lot of what makes them such a great live band. I've always felt bad that the Cherry Valence never made a record that actually sounded like the band, so I'm glad Spider Bags have been able to do that with this album. The songs are pretty damn awesome, too.

[Edited on August 9, 2012 at 7:06 PM. Reason : 4]

8/9/2012 7:01:55 PM

I haven't heard the new record but yeah, at Hopscotch last year i was surprised at how fucking intense and awesome they were compared to A Celebration of Hunger.

8/10/2012 2:34:15 AM

a symphony of buzzes, i say.

8/10/2012 9:29:36 AM

new Titus Andronicus album in October. Yesssss

8/10/2012 2:33:00 PM

WOOO

8/10/2012 2:51:42 PM

#LP3

8/10/2012 4:12:37 PM

i already miss patrick stickles' beard.

8/10/2012 4:42:34 PM

psyched

8/11/2012 10:56:30 AM

so there's this band called shark week from DC that just released a 3 song EP yesterday. i think it's pretty good. i don't really hear a lot coming out of DC that i care for, so it's nice to find something i like for once so i can have a bit more pride in my city, i guess

http://sharkweekdc.bandcamp.com/album/ep

[Edited on August 11, 2012 at 9:07 PM. Reason : link]

8/11/2012 9:07:13 PM

NPR is streaming the new yeasayer, divine fits and ariel pink. i've only listened to divine fits so far, but i like it.

8/13/2012 4:20:43 PM

twitter has been blowing the fuck up about Divine Fits all day

haven't listened yet

8/13/2012 4:26:23 PM

yeasayer is awesome

8/13/2012 7:11:23 PM

What's the word on these folks?

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16910-shake-my-head/

[Edited on August 14, 2012 at 8:50 AM. Reason : .]

8/14/2012 8:50:16 AM

new dan deacon rules. i feel like this year's music just got a lot better as a whole over the last week

8/14/2012 4:09:52 PM

^^ Talked about it earlier in the thread, but can't talk about it enough. One of the best live bands you'll ever see, and they've finally made a record that explores that side of their personality. Their other LPs are quite good (and a couple of their 7"s even better), but this is easily their best work to date.

8/14/2012 6:21:49 PM

I don't get the spider bags album.

8/15/2012 9:17:34 AM

Some of the Divine Fits songs are great. Others not so much. Overall I like it.

8/15/2012 2:41:06 PM

This came out earlier in the year and I don't feel like clicking through the thread to see if it's already been linked.

http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2012/02/album-stream-geographer--myth.html

Good stuff, check out "Kites"

8/16/2012 4:31:59 AM

I made one of those Pitchfork list things. http://peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/797084dc/ not in any order except for number 1, also I did this in about 10 minutes so I probably forgot some things

8/17/2012 4:56:46 PM

here's mine with the same disclaimer:

http://peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/cf1eed47/

8/17/2012 5:18:39 PM

^, ^^ i agree 95% of both of those lists.

8/17/2012 7:51:40 PM

NEW KRALLICE ALBUM IN 8 DAYS

I'm Krallun and I approved this message.

8/17/2012 10:31:50 PM

^^^^fuck yeah unicorns

8/18/2012 12:42:54 PM

Animal Collective streaming their new album tonight, right now it's a mix by Geologist going, not sure when it will actually start...

http://radio.myanimalhome.net/

8/19/2012 9:56:47 PM

well that settles that, i'm an ex-animal collective fan, maybe I just aged out of it cause I do not enjoy a single song on that album

it sounds like primus, phish, and chiptunes had a baby

8/20/2012 1:13:48 AM

http://www.mediafire.com/?14qybih8ei2mhff

there's a webstream rip. starting my first listen now.

8/20/2012 12:37:00 PM

8/20/2012 4:12:51 PM

the new dan deacon should replace the star spangled banner as the national anthem. i would happily stand and listen to all 45 minutes of it before a sporting event.

8/20/2012 5:02:26 PM

Relax ThatGoodLock

We all know anco albums are growers.

8/20/2012 7:02:00 PM

I hope this one is a grower

it sounds exactly like you would expect an Animal Collective album to sound, which is fine, but nothing is jumping out

this is only after one listen and I'm sure it will need some time to sink in

8/20/2012 7:06:18 PM

just got around to listening to last week's all songs considered podcast, and if the new amanda palmer song they played is indicative of what the rest of her new record sounds like, it's going to be incredible. i couldn't find it streaming anywhere else, so you have to scroll down the page a bit.

http://www.npr.org/2012/08/14/158693834/this-weeks-essential-listening-jens-lekman-amanda-palmer-more

8/20/2012 9:05:56 PM

new Dan Deacon is fucking EPIC

8/20/2012 10:01:09 PM

waaaaaaaaaaaaay late on this, but that new Nas is pretty fucking great

8/21/2012 2:00:09 PM

^it really is. Funny cause its the first new Nas album that I wasnt counting down the days til the release and its the best album he's put out in a while

I'm kinda liking this new The Heavy album

8/21/2012 2:37:48 PM

I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that you're a big fan of "Daughters"

8/21/2012 2:47:38 PM

haha YES

8/21/2012 2:50:30 PM

new xx is out there.

8/21/2012 5:15:45 PM

the two tracks i've heard are terrible

8/21/2012 5:24:43 PM

^

8/21/2012 5:37:09 PM

TWITTER FIGHT

8/21/2012 6:47:36 PM

Grayson was being kind of a dick there.

8/21/2012 7:13:47 PM

^

8/21/2012 7:30:14 PM