^Exactly. Weezer has always walked that fine line and that's what made them so great when they were at their best. It was tongue in cheek and they didn't take themselves too seriously while still writing some killer pop songs. Right now it doesn't work and it comes off as totally lame.

5/30/2008 11:55:12 AM

I agree about The Red Album --- in the 2nd song ("greatest man that ever lived") there's this rap rock shit at the beginning that is terrible, then this spoken word crap at the end that's even worse, but the middle contains all kind of good hooks and changes of pace.

I like "Pork & Beans", the 3rd track, and I like one of the songs near the end... I think it's #7 (one of the tracks that doesn't have Rivers on vocals). I like it better than Make Believe, but so far I'm not enjoying this too much. Maybe 3 or 4 songs out of 10 will continue to get a listen from me.

5/30/2008 12:30:31 PM

See I think I feel the opposite of most of you guys on this. To me "Peace" had worse lyrics than most of the songs on this album. I had 3 major issues with Make Believe (a lot of minor issues, but these were the big ones): lyrics, repetitiveness, and production.

Lyrics are still a problem, and IMO the biggest problem Rivers (ignoring the other guys for a moment here as writers) has at this point with his songwriting. However, I do actually think the lyrics here are much better than Make Believe, although there are still some cringe worthy ones. Or maybe they aren't better, but are just masked more by more interesting music around them.

As for the other two concerns, I think this album addressed them. These songs are just more interesting, with more little quirks and details that have been lacking for some time. That is probably why I still find myself enjoying this album whereas the last few wore out their welcome rather quickly. The backing vocals are the best since Pinkerton; I don't care for any of the other guys as lead singers, but I yearn for the return of more 3 part harmonies like the early albums, and there are some here that aren't bad.

Production is the biggest improvement. This has pretty much killed everything since Pinkerton for me. That's more of a personal issue; bad production can just destroy an album for me. Completely throwing out objective discussion, I just think most of these songs are fun and actually rock; I can turn up the volume and blast them. The drums finally have some kick to them (and I might even daresay that this is Pat's best effort outside of Pinkerton), and the bass has some power behind it. The production on Green and Make Believe, and to a slightly lesser extent Maladroit, was just such utter shit that it's unbelievable. Green and Make Believe might actually be decent albums if they weren't compressed into utter oblivion.

I've always been driven into a rage and wanted to rip off the necks and shit down the throats of people who say things like "U GUYZ WOULD HATE PINKERTON AND LOVE MAKE BELIEVE IF THEY WERE RELEASED IN THE OPPOSITE ORDER". But, I actually do kind of feel in a couple spots on this album that if a song or two were 1994 demos reactions would be completely different.

I'm not totally sure what I'm saying here. I guess I'm honestly a bit surprised at how much hate this album is getting; it's weird being in the other camp for once. Once I get past the opening few lines in "Troublemaker" that are terrible, I just really like that song. I think "The Greatest Man" is awesome, "Pork and Beans" has grown on me and seems permanently stuck in my head, and while I'm not sure what to make of the shitty verses of "Everybody Get Dangerous", I think the bridge and breakdown are killer. I like "Dreamin'" right down to the bizarre "running through the meadows" midsection that sounds like a weak imitation of something from a hippie era Beach Boys album. Fuck it, maybe this is just a guilty pleasure for me. "Thought I Knew" is a shitty song, but I'll be god damned if I don't enjoy listening to it every time. I think "Automatic" is fun although the tempo is too slow, and "The Angel and the One", despite being absurdly anti-climatic, is awesome.

I hope that I don't change my mind later and regret having made this post, but I think it's had enough time to settle in that my opinion is pretty firm.

Oh, and I'm also interested to hear the 4 deluxe tracks: http://www.amazon.com/Weezer/dp/B001A62PP6/ref=dm_ap_alb2?ie=UTF8&qid=1211695036&sr=101-3 Miss Sweeney definitely sounds odd.

5/30/2008 12:37:27 PM

i played "automatic" at the jackpot last night and lol'd to myself

i think it's the only song on the record i could get away with

5/30/2008 3:57:04 PM

Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter III

hxxp://www.megaupload.com/?d=D4R0EE7U

Not my link.

(the full album)


Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning - Something For All Of Us...
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?lirpnh2mwu9

The Zutons-You Can Do Anything
hxxp://rapidshare.com/files/118829027/TZ-YCD.rar









[Edited on May 30, 2008 at 10:26 PM. Reason : .]

5/30/2008 10:15:26 PM

not sure how this already leaked, as I"m not even sure they've given it a release date, but here it is:

Deerhunter - Microcastle
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?yizayii1tde

(it's legit)

[Edited on June 1, 2008 at 12:46 PM. Reason : .]

6/1/2008 12:45:57 PM

deerhunter is fun, if a little repetitive from song to song

6/1/2008 2:31:32 PM

I'm digging the raconteurs album more and more lately.

especially the last track Carolina Drama, it just seems fucking epic although i'm sure many see it as just silly. Can't wait to see them at Bonnaroo.

6/1/2008 8:25:05 PM

fuck yeah, deerhunter!

6/1/2008 10:37:19 PM

I'm def. looking forward to seeing them again if they come around.

6/2/2008 8:25:39 AM

any leaks on the full sigur ros?

6/2/2008 9:06:18 AM

i wish

6/2/2008 1:06:39 PM

just listened to the red album

i really liked the angel and the one

gotta listen to it some more - i know i hated cold dark world

6/2/2008 4:29:10 PM

Bolachas Gratis is back: http://bolachasgratis.baywords.com/

plus they have the new Tilly & The Wall album

6/2/2008 4:33:44 PM

If anybody has any more Deerhunter, plz PM me.

Thxu.

6/2/2008 9:08:42 PM

Quote :

"Cadenza boss Luciano mixes minimal, tribal and house on his new mix for Fabric. Fabric 41 is out next month. Luciano is famously averse to CD mixes, but Fabric have managed to twist his arm into delivering the goods. “For me, the hardest thing to do is make a mix CD. Really,” says Swiss/Chilean minimal star. “It was a big decision for me to do a CD for Fabric. To me, mixing is about the live moments, it’s about the moment you live with the people: that’s why you choose one record, and this is how you push the music. So to make a mix CD and already have a playlist in my head, it’s something that disturbs me. Then I know I have to play this and that—I feel obliged to do something rather than feeling free to just create something." “It was really difficult for me,” he adds. “I always try to think, ‘what music do I like?’ and I try to make something a bit more natural. Not too soft or too thin, and not screaming either, but to mix both together. I try to use also a lot of tools, some elements that I can put in and put out, so it’s more like a composition, but it’s still very tough to make a mix feel right. I took a very dance-approach and I tried to make a sort of crescendo, musicwise. It starts a little bit deeper with fewer elements and slowly it modifies and modulates into something more charged and more rhythmic.” Fabric 41 is Luciano’s second commercial mix, and follows up Sci.Fi.Hi.Fi Vol. 2. Like that mix, it begins in minimal territory, slowly building to floor-oriented house climax before finishing on the gentle techno of Chymera’s ‘Arabesque’."

Tracklist

01 Rhadoo – Slagare – Cadenza Records
02 Brothers’ Vibe – El Baile [Acapella]– Som Underground
03 D’Julz – Yo Momo – Intacto Records
04 Los Updates Ft. Luciano – Getting Late [Luciano’s Getting Late Remix] – Cadenza Records
05 Reboot – Be Tougher – Cadenza Records
06 Alex Picone – Floppy – Cadenza Records
07 Sety – Mogane (Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts Remix) – Circus Company
08 Johnny D – Orbitalife – Oslo Records
09 Julien Jabre – Jungle Beatz – Defected
10 M83 – In Church – Gooom Disques
11 Inner City – Good Love [Luciano Remix] – KMS
12 Phuture – Rise From Your Grave [Tiefschwarz Remix] – Strictly Rhythm
13 Schneider, Galluzzi – Albertino – Cadenza Records
14 D’Julz – So You Know – Ovum
15 Kenny Larkin – You Are Original – Planet E
16 Chymera – Arabesque - Tishomingo

Tracklist looks pretty promising on this one.

6/2/2008 10:05:48 PM

i keep going back to that new hold steady

of course i listen to the hold steady a lot anyways, so i guess it'd be expected

6/3/2008 11:03:02 AM

Quote :

"Jazzman records continues its quest to uncover the best and rarest Funk ever recorded, and after the success of last year’s ‘Florida Funk’, we’ve moved up the Atlantic coast to look at the vibrant and original scene in the two rural states of North and South Carolina – collectively known as the Carolinas. Bordering the Bible belt, the Carolinas share the hidebound reputation of neighbouring Tenessee – and without any large urban centres, much of the musical output of the Carolinas has been limited to single towns, with bands and their records seldom venturing further than the state line. Funk 45 label boss Jazzman Gerald and resident North Carolina collector Jason Perlmutter have selected 22 of the rarest and most coveted examples of heavy funk from the Atlantic Coast to show the world there is more to the Carolinas than tobacco plantations and venus fly traps! From inspired percussive instrumentals to heartfelt slabs of soul; from rediscovered tapes in the garages of retired musicians to funk 45s so raw that they were blessed by James Brown himself – this is Carolina Funk! "

picked up this badboy last week at Offbeat Music in Durham... excellent stuff

http://www.amazon.com/Carolina-Funk-First-Various-Artists/dp/B0012BWESW

it's a shame the amazon cover isn't the same as mine, though

6/3/2008 11:35:32 AM

^it was originally released locally with the cover you posted (the guy who did the comp. was selling them at schoolkids like 6 months ago), but when Stones Throw officially released it they changed the cover to look like the others in the series (Florida Funk, Midwest Funk, Texas Funk - which are all great)

6/3/2008 11:37:54 AM

anyone know if School Kids has the Fleet Foxes album on vinyl and how much they're charging?

6/3/2008 1:23:42 PM

yes they have it I wanna say it's 14.99 but not 100 percent sure.. I do know its a double lp and one of the records is the ep

[Edited on June 3, 2008 at 1:32 PM. Reason : ugh iPhone auto edit]

[Edited on June 3, 2008 at 1:35 PM. Reason : .]

6/3/2008 1:30:31 PM

^ sweet, thanks. I'll stop by there this week after work.

6/3/2008 1:32:30 PM

Quote :

"DEERHOOF ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM, OFFEND MAGGIE Deerhoof has just finished a new album, Offend Maggie, to be released on Deerhoof’s longtime home, Kill Rock Stars. One song from Offend Maggie will soon be available from an interactive website as a downloadable written score. Fans (or foes, or perfect stangers) can then record the song and share their mp3s with others on the website. It is not yet known which song it will be. Everyone can hear Deerhoof's own solution to the song when the album is released October 7. The October release will be followed immediately by a world tour of all-ages venues and low ticket prices. In the meantime, Deerhoof will join their hip-hop buddies The Roots this weekend by performing at The Roots Picnic in Philadelphia along with Gnarls Barkley and others before heading off to tour Japan, then a free show in Brooklyn, an appearance at the Halifax Jazz Festival, and a night at the Hollywood Bowl. They continue to perform songs from Offend Maggie throughout these shows. Catch them if you can! Also don't miss the new Will Ferrel movie Stepbrother which features Deerhoof's Greg Saunier playing with producer John Brion and Nels Cline of Wilco on the soundtrack. OFFEND MAGGIE Act 1 1. Offend Maggie 2. Fresh Born 3. Chandelier Searchlight 4. The Tears and Music of Love 5. Buck and Judy 6. Don’t Get Born 7. My Purple Past Act 2 8. Basket Ball Get Your Groove Back 9. Numina 10. This Is God Speaking 11. Eaguru Guru 12. Snoopy Waves 13. Jagged Fruit 14. Family of Others UPCOMING SHOWS: jun 07 - Philadelphia, PA - The Roots Family Picnic @ The Festival Pier (w/ The Roots, Gnarls Barkley, Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings) jun 14 - Tokyo, Japan - Liquidroom (Kill Rock Stars showcase w/ Xiu Xiu, Mika Miko, Panther) jun 15 - Osaka, Japan - Shangri-la (w/ Xiu Xiu, Tenniscoats, Shugo Tokumaru) jun 16 - Nagoya, Japan - Club Upset (w/ Xiu Xiu, Tenniscoats, Shugo Tokumaru) jun 18 - Sapporo, Japan - Bessie Hall (w/ Tenniscoats) jul 18 - Brooklyn, NY - Prospect Park (w/ Metropolis Ensemble) jul 19 - Halifax, NS - The Marquee Club for the Halifax Jazz Festival jul 27 - Hollywood, CA - KCRW's World Festival @ The Hollywood Bowl (w/ Gnarls Barkley)"

6/3/2008 3:11:11 PM

Coldplay -- Viva La Vida
hxxp://rs288.rapidshare.com/files/119982638/cold2008.rar

one of the tracks, "life in technicolor" is poor quality. I have another link to it as well, but it's at 128, while this is at 192.

If/when I find a better one, I'll up it. It should helps some of y'alls ratio's on other sites, however.

6/4/2008 4:12:24 PM

id like deerhunter as well...if anyone has a working link

6/4/2008 5:23:43 PM

^ try this one:
hxxp://rapidshare.com/files/119852271/deeeeerhunter.rar

6/4/2008 5:25:38 PM

I picked up "Cryptogram" today. It's ok, but nothing compared to that new one. The new one is badass...

6/4/2008 5:40:29 PM

You know how I know I'm gay? I just downloaded coldplay.

6/4/2008 7:49:01 PM

^Has the album leaked? [no homo]

6/4/2008 9:38:06 PM

5 posts up

6/4/2008 9:39:27 PM

Found another Coldplay link ---

Life in Technicolor is actually 5mins. this one also has Lost! & Loves in Japan acoustic versions and A Spell Rebel Yell

hxxp://www.megaupload.com/?d=TEQ3HDE1

id3 tags are a little messed up, but you can put it in a playlist or whatever.

6/4/2008 10:15:32 PM

^ I don't think that Life in Technicolor is right. It sounds like The Escapist was just added to the beginning of it

Somebody had found this link that's in Japanese, but it has the length of each song next to it and it's only 2.29

http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-j/section-index/pid-1010989205/


/coldplay nerd

6/4/2008 11:28:01 PM

i really like the new coldplay

6/4/2008 11:38:59 PM

^if I absolutely hate the single is there still a chance i'll like the rest?

if not then I'm not going to waste my time.

6/5/2008 12:52:23 AM

I've actually heard the new coldplay was decent but after listening to it I still don't care for them.

6/5/2008 2:49:39 AM

^^ maybe... the album isn't really like Violet Hill. It's also a new sound for them completely but yet you can still hear the Coldplay in it. I would give it a shot if I were you

6/5/2008 7:17:35 AM

^^^ if you're talking about violet hill that's the only song i'm not really into...but if you're talking about viva la vida then you might not like it.

6/5/2008 12:33:41 PM

Listened through the Coldplay album a couple times, I like it, it definately has a U2 kind of sound to it but I like the faster tempo compared to a bunch of slow, depressing songs.

6/5/2008 3:20:16 PM

The new N.E.R.D. is sooo good.


N.E.R.D. - Seeing Sounds

01 Intro/Time For Some Action
02 Everyone Nose (All the Girls Standing in the Line for the Bathroom)
03 Windows
04 Anti Matter
05 Spaz
06 Yeah You
07 Sooner or Later
08 Happy
09 Kill Joy
10 Love Bomb
11 You Know What
12 Laugh About It

Part 1: hxxp://rapidshare.com/files/120211680/N.E.R.D.-Seeing_Sounds-2008.part1.rar
Part 2: hxxp://rapidshare.com/files/120206751/N.E.R.D.-Seeing_Sounds-2008.part2.rar

Sorry about the split, they're not my links.

6/5/2008 6:54:54 PM

June 10th

6/5/2008 8:10:55 PM

That's a very informative post, but just in case ...

Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue [Legacy Edition]

6/5/2008 8:33:51 PM

that's sweet-ass package design

6/5/2008 8:35:42 PM

It's a really great album, too...all three Wilson brothers were great songwriters. "Forever," for example, is a fantastic song, and the original recording doesn't have any of the cheesiness of the John Stamos version.

6/5/2008 8:45:51 PM

How are the Beach Boys so damned trendy to you hipsters? I will never understand this.

6/5/2008 9:09:25 PM

trendy?

i think 40 years has outlived the term "trend"

6/5/2008 9:18:16 PM

Over-fucking-rated then.

It's like a cult of you people who get all your friends together and push Pet Sounds on them like it's the holy grail of the timelessness of awesome music. Need to get over it. That album isn't even that great. I mean, it's okay...but don't go touting off and diarrheaing at the mouth when anybody outside said cult probably doesn't give a fuuuuuuck.

[Edited on June 5, 2008 at 9:33 PM. Reason : k]

6/5/2008 9:20:40 PM

Here's a link for Pacific Ocean Blue. It's not the Legacy Edition, but it should give some people a frame of reference.

hxxp://www.megaupload.com/?d=X7WFSB7K

6/5/2008 9:23:31 PM

I really, really would like to see what all the fuss is about...

6/5/2008 9:24:02 PM

i tried to get into the beach boys, and i like some of their stuff

but it's just not for me... too sweet or something

over time i've simply just gone

beatles > rolling stones to rolling stones > beatles

6/5/2008 9:30:38 PM

I love Pet Sounds, Smile and some of Wild Honey. But the rest of their catalog is too cheery for everyday listening IMHO.

Now Pacific Ocean Blue is great stuff. It's pop that's both fun and gritty.

6/5/2008 9:37:13 PM