the first track from MONSTERS OF FOLK!!! is pretty good, but not what i expected

9/15/2009 8:54:14 AM

i've heard quite a bit of their stuff on SiriusXM. On paper, this should be right up my alley and I should totally dig it. But each time i hear it, it's just average and forgettable

9/15/2009 8:58:03 AM

i think it's going to be a grower. but i have only listened to two tracks.

9/15/2009 9:15:41 AM

this probably belongs in the concert thread, but..... The XX -- Monday 11/16 at the 506.

9/15/2009 10:18:40 AM

watch out, pilgrimshoes spotting at the xx show.

will be in town that weekend and extending my stay due to this

9/15/2009 11:20:39 AM

tight.

9/15/2009 11:24:11 AM

I, too, will be spotted at the xx show

9/15/2009 11:25:46 AM

I'm going to pick up the new Megadeth album at lunch today.

9/15/2009 11:33:51 AM

This is literally the hottest thing out right now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY-IDnzbi5U

9/15/2009 11:40:36 AM

Quote :

"Madonna VS Lady Gaga VS Pitbull"

I hope that's a fight to the death

And I hope they all lose

9/15/2009 12:13:36 PM

Music of 2009 makes me sad

9/15/2009 1:22:17 PM

9/15/2009 1:31:37 PM

I haven't been too thrilled with the summer of 09, just hasn't been my style. I seem to always enjoy the "winter music" more

9/15/2009 1:46:50 PM

I, too, plan on going to the The XX show.... I'm playing the fuck out that album and I owe it to this thread for one.

Still haven't got around to Yacht, which someone else recommended.

I'm loving 2009 so far --- not the volume of great material that we saw in 2008, but the albums I have enjoyed, I've really loved. (Grizzly Bear, Megafaun, White Rabbits, Jason Lytle, Camera Obscura, The XX, etc)

Now I just need Midlake to leak this year, god damnit.

9/15/2009 2:12:04 PM

Quote :

"I'm loving 2009 so far --- not the volume of great material that we saw in 2008"

really? i barely liked any new albums last year. there have been a TON of great albums so far this year

9/15/2009 2:16:20 PM

^ I actually meant "not the volume of 2007", sorry.

I thought 2007 was the best year in recent memory (and 2005 before that). Seems like we're on an odd year cycle, lol.

9/16/2009 1:04:26 PM

New Shadows Fall is pretty badass. Usually takes me a few listens to get into an album but I already like it after one listen.

9/16/2009 1:56:09 PM

New Pelican song premiered on stereogum.

http://stereogum.com/archives/mp3/new-pelican-an-inch-above-sand-stereogum-premiere_090271.html

I'm looking forward to the new album. It comes out the same time as the new BTBAM and the new Converge, I think. October should be a rad month for releases.

9/16/2009 4:24:28 PM

^indeed, also new Om Sept. 29

Goddamn, Pelican's on Southern Lord now, too?

9/16/2009 4:32:42 PM

^^

I was just thinking the same thing recently because the new The Red Chord album comes out the same day. Wasn't a fan of the last album, but the few teaser things I have heard from the new one sound promising...

BTBAM, Pelican, Converge, The Red Chord all coming out on the same day...thats going to keep me busy for awhile.

[Edited on September 16, 2009 at 4:36 PM. Reason : ]

9/16/2009 4:34:19 PM

Smashing Pumpkins new album contains 44 songs and it's free

http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/pages/news/announcement-from-billy-corgan-about-new-smashing-pumpkins-album

Quote :

"I'm happy to finally announce the plans for the new Smashing Pumpkins album. Recording began yesterday, September 15th, 2009 on the new record which will be entitled 'Teargarden by Kaleidyscope'. The album will feature 44 songs, 4 of which are now being recorded. My desire is to release a song at a time beginning around Halloween of this year, with each new release coming shortly after until all 44 are out. Each song will be made available absolutely for free, to anyone anywhere. There will be no strings attached. Free will mean free, which means you won't have to sign up for anything, give an email address, or jump through a hoop. You will be able to go and take the song or songs as you wish, as many times as you wish. We will however sell highly limited edition EP's (of 4 songs each times 11), and details of how those EP's will be made available are still being worked out. Because the songs themselves will be free, the EP's will be more like collectors items for the discerning fan who will want the art itself, along with the highest possible audio quality available. The EP's will be more like mini-box sets rather than your normal cd single. We may also offer other variations for sale, say for example a digital single with a demo version of a song. The commitment that is most important is the one I'm making to you: that the music of 'Teargarden by Kaleidyscope' will be available for free to everyone. All 44 songs: free for ALL. When the entire album is finished, it will be compiled into a deluxe box set which will also be made available for sale. Those who have bought the EP's need not worry, as the box set will not be a recompilation of the limited edition pieces. The story of the album is based on 'The Fool's Journey', as signified in the progress of the Tarot. It is my intention to approach this by breaking down the journey of our life here into four phases as made by these different characters; the Child, the Fool, the Skeptic, and the Mystic. The music of 'Teargarden by Kaleidyscope' harkens back to the original psychedelic roots of The Smashing Pumpkins: atmospheric, melodic, heavy, and pretty. I already have 53 songs written for the record, so I am quite confident that I already have much of the material that I would need to undertake such an extensive project. I am very committed to seeing this album through to its completion and very, very excited about the prospect of delivering new Smashing Pumpkins music to you in a unique and exciting way"

9/16/2009 4:36:24 PM

53 songs?????

how much of that is going to be absolute shit? its gotta be half

9/16/2009 4:39:39 PM

after zeitgeist and jimmy's departure, im more skeptical of new material than ever (esp considering the quantity)...but will definitely check out every song still probably

[Edited on September 16, 2009 at 4:41 PM. Reason : ]

9/16/2009 4:41:14 PM

groan.

9/16/2009 4:42:42 PM

CalledToArms expressed my exact same sentiments.

uggg... i don't know whether to give a shit or not.

9/16/2009 4:46:12 PM

thanks to jstpack...i too will be at this show

omg spottings?

[Edited on September 16, 2009 at 5:11 PM. Reason : hopefully...i really liked what i have heard]

9/16/2009 5:11:07 PM

lol Mo09 thread meet up at the xx show

9/16/2009 5:17:11 PM

hell yeah...^

sorry if this is old news but i got this in my facebook feed.

listening to some of it now...sorry if its a repost or old:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112674848&sc=fb&cc=fp

Volcano Choir
Justin Vernon's side project...you can listen to their new album on the link. sorry, no DL link.

9/16/2009 5:24:32 PM

i need kid cudi's record again. definitely lost it

9/17/2009 9:29:21 AM

I'm really digging those Pelican songs - I'm excited for another album. Thanks for the link Ronny.

9/17/2009 11:22:02 AM

Basement Jaxx has leaked, but the link I found is already dead.

9/17/2009 4:21:34 PM

i went to one of the billy corgan shows back on august 30th. while i'll admit that i'm a big fan (the people there were all pretty hardcore), i can also admit that some of the stuff he was playing on the anniversary tour, and some of those songs on the 2 EPs were..... not the best. that being said, i really enjoyed the stuff he played live. i only knew 1 song that he played, but they still sounded good. it was a very full sound (included keyboards, backup vocals, a violinist and 2 percussionists), and not completely cheesy like the zwan record.
(the show i was at http://www.archive.org/details/BillyCorgan2009-08-30.BillyCorgan2009-08-30 )

so yeah, at the very least i'll download the songs, but more realistically, i'm gonna buy them all on whatever physical media i think sounds best/coolest.

9/17/2009 8:13:38 PM

Quote :

"Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day Hip Hop album of the year?"

just got his album, damn good. i keep repeating songs so it's gonna take a while to get through the whole thing

9/17/2009 10:22:30 PM

here's a link to the Monsters of Folk record --- i think it leaked a few days ago and was probably already posted, but, whatever

Monsters of Folk -- Monsters of Folk (2009)
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?mmjimznzozy

9/17/2009 11:10:35 PM

Thank You! I searched for it last week and couldnt find it

its not labeled right...i hope this works...

[Edited on September 17, 2009 at 11:22 PM. Reason : suspect]

9/17/2009 11:21:21 PM

^ I found one last night that wasn't labeled right, but I think this one is.

Good sound quality too -- it's up on bolachas, and this is the same copy, just in mediafire (i think)

Also, no shit, but 5 songs in and it's already way up on my best albums list for this year. I think this is what was really supposed to happen when the Traveling Wilbury's were formed, lol.

Seriously, this is fucking great!

Also, the new Do Make Say Think album is out there if people are interested in that.

[Edited on September 17, 2009 at 11:42 PM. Reason : .]

9/17/2009 11:41:58 PM

So... the new flaming lips album sounds pretty good to me. A few of the tracks aren't quite driven enough for my tastes, but I'll still be downloading it, and I have a feeling some of them will grow on me after some more listens.

(Note: The whole album is currently available streaming from http://www.colbertnation.com/, if anyone here didn't know already.)

9/18/2009 4:57:29 AM

reporting in- the basement jaxx blows

9/18/2009 11:06:37 AM

^

9/18/2009 11:14:45 AM

Quote :

"Also, the new Do Make Say Think album is out there if people are interested in that. "

the first track, "do", is freakin awesome.

9/18/2009 5:43:50 PM

the new islands album "vapours" is out there and it is quite good.

9/20/2009 9:48:29 PM

do want

It's at Bolachas

[Edited on September 20, 2009 at 9:50 PM. Reason : .]

9/20/2009 9:48:58 PM

new built to spill songz streaming at stereogum

http://stereogum.com/archives/new-built-to-spill-things-fall-apart-stereogum-premiere_090981.html

"things fall apart" is really fucking good. there's a trumpet solo in the middle!!

9/21/2009 3:42:25 PM

man, these two built to spill tracks have me really excited about the new album... already preordered the vinyl from insound

9/21/2009 4:08:08 PM

we finally got that Smith Westerns album in at Schoolkids, on CD and LP (it rules)

new Times New Viking, Postmarks, and Girls all in heavy rotation here. don't know what to think of that Islands album (autotune?). Monsters of Folk put me to sleep

9/21/2009 7:15:14 PM

Quote :

"the new islands album "vapours" is out there and it is quite good."

Not nearly as terrible as the last one, but not nearly as good as the first one. I'll give it another listen in a week or so.

Rain Machine's all right.

9/21/2009 7:31:20 PM

Quote :

"don't know what to think of that Islands album (autotune?)."

one song has limited use of autotune. it's not like they went "discovery" on us. that said, i could do without "heartbeat".

9/21/2009 7:35:55 PM

anyone else seeing them at Local 506 on Thursday?

9/21/2009 7:40:53 PM

Considering it. They are also playing Duke Coffeehouse in November.

9/21/2009 7:41:53 PM

I didn't know they were playing there in November

might have to go then instead

9/21/2009 7:44:47 PM