yes

deerhunter -> "doe deer" -> crystal castles -> crystal stilts -> crystal antlers -> antlers -> the dear hunter

5/11/2011 6:33:41 PM

deer tick

those guys shot up in the schoolkids bathroom once, no joke

also, "i don't want love" by the antlers has almost the same chords as deerhunter's "helicopter." it all comes full circle.

[Edited on May 11, 2011 at 6:41 PM. Reason : d]

5/11/2011 6:36:58 PM

Deerhoof

5/11/2011 8:16:07 PM

the new antlers didnt really grab me at first listen

granted it was on the background while i was doing work, but i was really looking forward to it.

will give it a more fair shake later.



for you godspeed people, that Efrim Manuel Menuck "Plays 'High Gospel'" is worth a listen.

he's really quite a spectacular musician.

5/12/2011 9:48:49 AM

definitely gonna be the #1 album on billboard when it comes out. and I doubt he'll have to do it the bullshit way like Arcade Fire did with their $3.99 sale.

5/12/2011 4:47:09 PM

to be fair, merge does that with most of their releases at some point

i mean, neon bible was #2 at a time when online sales were not nearly as prevalent, and certainly not at loss leader-style discounts

5/12/2011 7:30:05 PM

Tons of people do that these days. We did that as well not long after the record came out.

5/12/2011 7:48:45 PM

plus, i thought the $3.99 sale was just for the download, as opposed to the physical cd? does that count towards album sales? i'm really asking

5/12/2011 8:22:25 PM

digital sales definitely count

5/12/2011 9:45:44 PM

I like the new Antlers lp a lot. 'I don't want love' is one of the best songs i've heard in a while

5/13/2011 12:58:03 AM

the new Battles video for Ice Cream has El Guincho written all over it but that's not a bad thing cause i love El Guincho

5/13/2011 8:52:19 AM

also the videos for Stars - Changes is stupid

5/13/2011 8:55:24 AM

So will the Bon Iver show at the Raleigh amphitheater sell out anytime soon? I want to go but have to see if I can make it to town that day or not

5/13/2011 11:34:52 AM

^Hard to tell. I think it will sell out, but probably closer to the show. Although they're approximately 23409840202322x better at music than Mumford & Sons, I guess they aren't as big.

That said, if they can sell out any city, it'd probably be Raleigh.

5/13/2011 11:44:37 AM

i just can't justify paying $50 for Bon Iver and The Rosebuds.

i love the Rosebuds, and Bon Iver is always hit or miss for me... but, i've also never seen him live. meh.... struggling with this one.

5/13/2011 12:03:08 PM

^if you go to the actual progress energy center box office downtown, you can buy tickets without paying the ticketmaster fees (there's still a small service charge iirc, but much less than ticketmaster's).

probably only cost you $30 or so a ticket if you do that and get the cheaper ticket option.

5/13/2011 12:43:06 PM

god damn fuck a fucking ticketmaster

5/13/2011 3:14:39 PM

It's $50 for reserved seats-- only $30 for lawn. Still a bit expensive for Bon Iver and Rosebuds imo

5/13/2011 3:29:36 PM

$15 per band is pretty solid IMO

5/13/2011 3:48:09 PM

new fucked up is out there

5/13/2011 6:32:45 PM

The ticket prices for that Rosebuds/Bonn-Eyever show are ridiculous and I can't do it.

5/13/2011 7:10:59 PM

^^four or five tracks in, absolutely loving it so far

5/13/2011 7:48:03 PM

This article is part of why Patrick Stickles is such a badass:

http://www.spinner.com/2011/04/05/titus-andronicus-furious-after-tour-with-pogues/

I imagine it takes a lot to come to grips with the fact that one of your favorite bands is treating you like shit.

5/13/2011 8:20:26 PM

haha i saw that a few weeks ago. the pogues are probably just mailing it in at this point and don't give a fuck, but it's still pretty lame

5/13/2011 10:05:48 PM

there was a great interview with stickles on sound opinions last week

first question: "why did you start this band when you did?"

stickles: "what else was i gonna do?"

5/14/2011 7:41:56 PM

epic new record day, a chunk of which is 2011

Tune-Yards - "WHOKILL"
Reigning Sound - "Time Bomb High School"
Beach House - "Devotion"
Sharon Van Etten - "Epic"
The Rolling Stones - "Goat's Head Soup"
Sweat Band - "Sweat Band"
Charles Bradley - "No Time For Dreaming"
Little Scream - "The Golden Record"
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - "Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven"
Tubeway Army - "Tubeway Army"
Guided By Voices - "Plantations of Pale Pink"
CSS - "Cansei de Ser Sexy"

5/14/2011 8:59:21 PM

Goat's Head Soup. Nice. Did that get BNM from Pitchfork this year? Because it should.

5/15/2011 2:23:11 AM

Definitely loving the new Antlers.

Also digging this Rome "Soundtrack" by Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi

5/16/2011 9:56:30 AM

bon iver leaked via itunes

5/17/2011 9:37:51 PM

Got it. Listening now. PUMPED!!!

[Edited on May 17, 2011 at 10:49 PM. Reason : herpes]

5/17/2011 10:35:41 PM

thanks for the heads up. grabbing it now. heard it's amazing.

5/17/2011 10:50:40 PM

Yes...many thanks. Right in the nick of time for me to cook the lady friend a birthday dinner tomorrow. I know what I'm bringing

5/17/2011 10:55:44 PM

lljkhlkj

[Edited on May 17, 2011 at 11:50 PM. Reason : jkkj]

5/17/2011 11:38:09 PM

On first listen, it's fucking great. And I can already tell it's gonna be a grower.

5/17/2011 11:59:57 PM

Listened twice...Holocene, Towers, Calgary, and Beth/Rest are my favorites. Never thought a voice like his and auto-tune would mix at all whatsoever...but babies are shooting out of my computer randomly during Beth/Rest. Fucking absolutely amazing album.

I was also inundated to his cover of The Outfield's Your Love today after Stereogum did a "10 best covers by Bon Iver" post. And it's really really good.


[Edited on May 18, 2011 at 12:14 AM. Reason : herpes]

5/18/2011 12:06:28 AM

Any help here would be greatly appreciated...

5/18/2011 12:09:24 AM

Demonoid

5/18/2011 12:10:54 AM

Damn, and that was before I got to "Beth/Rest." Might be the best song on the album. 80s synth slow-jam goodness.

5/18/2011 12:12:01 AM

Beth/Rest sounds like a D.A.R.E. program graduation song

5/18/2011 12:17:10 AM

A LOT of people are going to hate "Beth/Rest" because of how seemingly cheesy and unapologetically 80s it is. I love it.

But I think people are gonna love the album in general.

[Edited on May 18, 2011 at 12:37 AM. Reason : .]

5/18/2011 12:37:28 AM

yeah. really fucking good.

5/18/2011 1:01:58 AM

it's totally great

and shit like this isn't generally my thing

in other news, i schooled some motherfuckers who i thought would already know on GYBE! today

it was awesome

5/18/2011 1:21:35 AM

this is really just a fantastic album. god damn.

5/18/2011 9:27:46 AM

New Woods album, Sun and Shade, is fucking great. Definitely a notch above their previous work. It sounds like the Byrds got together to jam with Neu! Track number 2, 'Any other day', is pure bliss.



And, yes, the new Bon Iver album is good too.

5/18/2011 12:04:02 PM

giving it my first listen. currently on wash., which i can tell will be my favorite track

[Edited on May 18, 2011 at 12:20 PM. Reason : well, maybe calgary too]

5/18/2011 12:15:26 PM

The 2011 release I am most looking forward to:
http://www.merchdirect.com/TripleCrownRecords/Vinyl/The_Color_Spectrum_The_Complete_Collection?productid=14050

5/18/2011 12:26:24 PM

Fuck this Bone Ever CD is teh shizz

5/18/2011 3:10:40 PM

just got the bon iver. very good so far, and i'm only on holocene

5/18/2011 4:30:00 PM

Yup. It's good. Real good.

5/18/2011 4:47:57 PM

definitely looking forward to it

5/18/2011 4:51:20 PM