Quote :

"Seriously, the new Mogwai is really really good."

I still need to listen to it. I'm sure I'll love it.

[Edited on January 17, 2011 at 7:52 AM. Reason : .]

1/17/2011 7:51:34 AM

giving James Blake a listen now. let's see what all the fuss is about.


Mogwai is next, then Tennis

1/17/2011 10:50:44 AM

I still think James Blake's EPs are way better than the full-length.

new Destroyer album is great.

1/17/2011 12:32:37 PM

^

and the mogwai is pretty ok, but not much more than pretty ok

to me it is to me

it'll probs grow on me a lot like every other mogwai though

[Edited on January 17, 2011 at 12:40 PM. Reason : e]

1/17/2011 12:39:49 PM

I'm not a big fan of the James Blake full length thus far, but I'm going to give it a few more listens.

1/17/2011 2:03:46 PM

i like the james blake full-length a lot, and i like the first three ep's a lot

the full-length is pretty different from the EPs, but i'm not really sure which i like more

[Edited on January 17, 2011 at 2:27 PM. Reason : clarity]

1/17/2011 2:27:25 PM

Diggin that Starfucker shit

1/17/2011 8:40:33 PM

I like the new Ducktails record.

1/17/2011 9:07:28 PM

I can appreciate the Mogwai record as being really good, but I've always had a pretty hard time getting into Mogwai

1/17/2011 9:19:16 PM

finding it hard to give the new get up kids a decent chance

[Edited on January 18, 2011 at 4:38 PM. Reason : probs bc it's terrible]

1/18/2011 4:29:45 PM

Yeah, it's sad; I'm not really feeling most of it. On one hand I was excited they didn't try to re-tread their older material at their age but on the other hand I wasn't really happy with the result...

I still absolutely adore everything they did through On A Wire though and the first few tracks of Guilt Show are worth listening to once in awhile. Still glad I made the trip to Atlanta to see them last year.

1/18/2011 4:50:37 PM

this new Cut Copy album doesn't touch In Ghost Colours imo. a lot of it is pretty ~. IGC had like 6 or 7 songs that could have been big singles. it's not bad at all, but definitely a bit of a letdown comparably.

1/20/2011 3:58:13 PM

finally getting around to the smith westerns album

everyone who i trust in music taste is all about it

only one or two songs grabbed me

idk

[Edited on January 20, 2011 at 8:06 PM. Reason : e]

1/20/2011 8:05:28 PM

I think the first 4 songs are all great and then it falls off into mediocrity

should have re-recorded some of the great songs from the first album

1/20/2011 8:17:15 PM

i really dig the smith westerns album. planning to go to the 506 show - will be curious to see how they pull off some of these songs without all the studio polish.

1/20/2011 8:27:49 PM

i had someone recommend that smith westerns album to me yesterday. i only listened to 2 of the songs on the NPR stream, but i liked what i heard. nothing that blew me away, but once i get through some of these other albums in my queue i'll grab it and check it out.

1/21/2011 12:50:40 AM

guilty pleasure alert.... i'm looking forward to the new lykke li

1/21/2011 8:10:09 AM

Oh, I wouldn't classify Lykke Li as a guilty pleasure. Maybe that's just me, though.

Also, I'm way into the new Cut Copy, but for different reasons than In Ghost Colours. Zonoscope is more authentically 80s and I personally dig that about it.

1/21/2011 9:28:44 AM

new get up kids is growing on me some. Still isn't close to anything up through On A Wire but I definitely like it better than I initially did; at least glad they tried some new direction. However, I am very confused how they will pull this off on the tour for the album considering James Dewees can't play on the tour now and the record is so keyboard driven ha

[Edited on January 21, 2011 at 6:39 PM. Reason : ]

1/21/2011 6:24:54 PM

the braids album rules. gets better and better with each listen.

1/22/2011 9:24:56 AM

This new Ak/Fam is fucking incredible. Their best album to date, IMO.

There's something for everybody on it. If they don't receive a shit-ton of recognition for this record, it'll be a travesty.

1/22/2011 11:32:07 AM

i really dig the braids album

1/24/2011 10:38:55 AM

I need to check that^ out. However, on a side note, every time I see that band name I think of :

1/24/2011 10:53:22 AM

it sounds exactly like Animal Collective's Feels with a female singer, so if you don't like that album you probably won't like this one

1/24/2011 11:08:26 AM

Feels is probably my favorite AC album actually so that is promising.

[Edited on January 24, 2011 at 11:18 AM. Reason : .]

1/24/2011 11:18:13 AM

^^^ the opening drum line to new nathan detroits still makes me smile

[Edited on January 24, 2011 at 11:40 AM. Reason : e]

1/24/2011 11:39:52 AM

I, too, love Braid and have yet to give Braids a listen

1/24/2011 12:45:46 PM

saw a new black joe lewis and the honeybears torrent up and was all

saw it's a single and was just

but it's a fun song

1/24/2011 8:46:09 PM

I have never listened to Akron/Family

I am listening to their new album now

I am confused

1/25/2011 3:33:15 AM

Confused by how you never listened to such a great band, or confused by very interesting noises?

1/25/2011 3:54:17 AM

speak of the devil:

http://www.avclub.com/chicago/articles/never-will-come-for-us-braid-to-reunite-for-new-re,50514/

Quote :

"Asked if the band’s reunion was simply a way to show Braids who’s boss, Nanna laughed. “If only,” he says. “The idea came up April of last year, actually. Before this strange Braids phenomenon.”"

1/25/2011 7:48:15 AM

Cold War Kids - Mine is Yours is out there... I like it even though it's probably weaker than their last 2 efforts. I was kinda hoping for more based on their latest EP.

[Edited on January 25, 2011 at 11:44 AM. Reason : d]

1/25/2011 11:42:53 AM

wow...this real version of the Akron/Family is ridiculously good so far..(im assuming its real, off what.cd)

1/25/2011 12:39:43 PM

Quote :

"Confused by how you never listened to such a great band, or confused by very interesting noises? "

both.

1/25/2011 2:49:52 PM

am i the only one that vomits at the sight/sound/mention of cold war kids?

anyway, akron/family = <3 (in general, anyway. haven't given the new album a thorough listen yet!)

[Edited on January 25, 2011 at 3:12 PM. Reason : .]

1/25/2011 3:11:09 PM

James Blake, Akron/Family, Cut Copy

My three favorite releases of the young year so far.

1/25/2011 4:12:14 PM

agreed on akron/family and cut copy, but count me as one of the people that can't get into the James Blake album. Not so far, at least.

1/25/2011 5:34:21 PM

like the new Isolee and Yuck records

new Mogwai is pretty boring imo

[Edited on January 25, 2011 at 5:36 PM. Reason : ]

1/25/2011 5:35:12 PM

Talib Kweli came out with a new CD today...Gutter Rainbows. I've yet to download it, but I plan on doing so. It's an independent record he released. And it's digital only in the US.

1/25/2011 11:32:34 PM

Quote :

"am i the only one that vomits at the sight/sound/mention of cold war kids?"

good chance

1/27/2011 7:42:49 AM

^b-b-but Pitchfork doesn't like them!

1/27/2011 8:24:16 AM

the beginning of the Rill Rill video is pretty much exactly how I always pictured it would be

1/27/2011 1:56:12 PM

^^^ nah. pretty sure there are other haters out there. they are just too scared to come forward

^^ i spend very, very little time on pitchfork so, yea. i have no idea what their feelings are about them.

i am also adding the decemberists to the vomit list. there was a time where i enjoyed the decemberists kinda. that time is over (well it has been over, but has just now progressed from indifferent to vomit)

p.s. i am really enjoying the new akron/family after focusing on listening to it. i hope they have another hopscotch performance (or day show even) because i only caught the end of their set last year. i don't remember what else was that night but apparently, i went somewhere else. the war on drugs? i don't remember at all.


[Edited on January 27, 2011 at 4:21 PM. Reason : .]

1/27/2011 4:06:20 PM

http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/01/27/liam-gallagher-i-dont-know-what-any-of-my-tunes-are-about-ay/

Quote :

"“I don’t know what any of my tunes are about, they’re just out there,” Gallagher told Mojo magazine for their March issue (via Sydney Morning Herald). “I’m not good with words. I just say the first thing that comes into my head.”"

Quote :

"When asked about the band’s new single “Wigwam”, Liam offered his insight: “Fuck knows, I haven’t got a clue, man.”"

lol

[Edited on January 27, 2011 at 5:41 PM. Reason : /]

1/27/2011 5:33:48 PM

Quote :

"i am also adding the decemberists to the vomit list. there was a time where i enjoyed the decemberists kinda. that time is over (well it has been over, but has just now progressed from indifferent to vomit)"

I've always wanted to smack the shit out of everyone in that band.

1/28/2011 12:19:57 AM

I like The Decemberists, and I like their latest one.

Gillian Welch, ftw.

1/28/2011 12:32:57 AM

I'm sure this new Trail of Dead album isn't worth listening to, but I'm dying laughing at the cover:

1/28/2011 12:44:15 AM

The Decemberists have always been an annoying band with one good song.

1/28/2011 2:25:56 AM

I, too, hate the Decemberists.

That Trail of Dead cover looks like the winner of a "design your own Terry Gilliam poster" contest.

1/28/2011 2:29:27 AM

i would play that steampunk video game

1/28/2011 7:38:08 AM