Don't really care that Bon Iver is shilling for whiskey, but did it have to be Protestant whiskey?

12/5/2011 6:50:10 PM

Just perused his stupid Twitter. Guess him and Jeepin4x4 should hang out. The ol' MacIver likes the Alabama Shakes or whatever the hell.

[Edited on December 5, 2011 at 10:20 PM. Reason : k]

12/5/2011 10:13:43 PM

patrick carney from the black keys having every lady gaga fan in the world descend upon him was probably my favorite twitter thing that happened this year

12/5/2011 11:31:36 PM

Speaking of bands I'm tired of:

http://pitchfork.com/news/44831-sleigh-bells-reveal-reign-of-terror-album-details-florida-tour-with-diplo/

Sleigh Bells.

Hopscotch 2012?

12/7/2011 10:26:13 AM

Tired of what exactly? The 11 songs that currently exist?

12/7/2011 10:35:49 AM

they were late as hell and awful at bonnaroo

12/7/2011 11:00:27 AM

Their videos are also terrible.

12/7/2011 11:06:17 AM

the new Amy Winehouse album is enjoyable. Damn that coked out woman could sing when she was physically capable of doing so.

12/7/2011 12:02:33 PM

I saw Sleigh Bells a few months ago and they totally blew (no big surprise). CSS opened for them and completely stole the show. Those ladies can put on a show.

12/7/2011 9:16:53 PM

Really don't know what you people expect from a band whose album starts with, "CHACKAH CHACKA PPPPWWWEEEEEEW PPPPPPEWWWWWWWEEEEEEWWWWWW..."

12/7/2011 10:54:28 PM

i read something about one of their shows last year on the something awful forums where the singer tried to crowd surf and jumped off the stage and no one caught her and she just landed on the ground like that scene in school of rock

12/7/2011 11:56:11 PM

Well, those people are dumb. While their (his) music sucks, Alexis Krauss is a cutie in my book.

12/8/2011 12:09:48 AM

Their music definitely doesn't translate well to live performances, but I still enjoy the first album.

12/8/2011 8:16:22 AM

Just discovered this band. Best alt-country discovery I've made in fucking forever. This album came out earlier this year and it's a strange, dark, beautiful concept album about a mechanic who falls in love with a girl at an auto-parts store, set in a place that sounds exactly like the cover looks.

I had no idea who Willy Vlautin (the band's lead singer and songwriter) was until a few days ago, but he's a tremendous storyteller on this record and a few of their earlier records. Apparently, he's also put out a few novels, one of which is called The Motel Life and is being made into a movie starring Emile Hirsch and due out next year. I'm gonna have to track that down and read it.

12/8/2011 10:00:26 AM

haha, i really like Richmond Fontaine too. They're one of those alt-country bands that is much bigger in the UK than they ever were here.

12/8/2011 10:17:49 AM

HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

http://hipsterrunoff.com/2011/12/bon-iver-does-infomercial-lower-back-pain-appeal-aging-cool-dads.html

"When I started working out with Jeff I just felt sooo goooood and I like, wanted to do it more."

This is awesome.

Quote :

"Despite their love for boring indie rock played by white men, they are going thru tons of issues. * Male pattern hair loss * Hair in NEW places! * Diabetes * Sleep Apnea * Snoring * Miscellaneous pains * heart attacks * High Blood Pressure * High cholesterol * Erectile Dysfunction * Torn ACLs * Tennis elbow * STDs * getting ur tubes tied * and many more middle-aged-man issues. "

[Edited on December 8, 2011 at 1:52 PM. Reason : d]

12/8/2011 1:48:34 PM

your post does not make sense within the context of this thread

anyway, does anyone have an opinion about The Roots - Undun?

12/9/2011 11:40:35 PM

^stop trolling scrumples, leave scrumples alone.

12/9/2011 11:44:30 PM

12/12/2011 11:47:05 PM

Quote :

"anyway, does anyone have an opinion about The Roots - Undun?"

I'm loving Undun, even though the last 3 songs/movements are pretty much worthless. Besides that, its another solid Roots album, imo

12/13/2011 11:37:49 AM

Just listened to the whole Drake album for the first time. Goddamn this shit is really fucking terrible.

[Edited on December 13, 2011 at 9:01 PM. Reason : /]

12/13/2011 9:00:58 PM

that's what i said after recently listening to the new red hot chili peppers album one day when i was feeling really masochistic

12/13/2011 9:07:57 PM

In retrospect, 2010 was a lot better of a year for music...

12/13/2011 10:13:35 PM

there are a lot of albums that i enjoyed, but i think i'd have a hard time picking more than 5 that i thought were really great

12/13/2011 10:14:53 PM

Should probably be in a "Music of 2012" thread but Sleigh Bells first single from their next album came out today.

http://pitchfork.com/news/44912-new-sleigh-bells-born-to-lose/

I find it quite enjoyable.

12/15/2011 6:16:33 PM

I like it.

12/16/2011 3:24:50 AM

i do not.

but, i didn't like their last record either, and most of my peeps did. just not my thang,i guess.

12/16/2011 3:28:22 AM

Quote :

"Just listened to the whole Drake album for the first time. Goddamn this shit is really fucking terrible."

Yeah I did that. God damn. So bad.

12/16/2011 5:23:09 AM

The dude from Wavves got arrested in Clayton apparently.

12/17/2011 3:32:22 PM

The new GBV album is pretty disappointing. I wasn't expecting anything great, but Bob had shown something of a return to form with the Boston Spaceships albums. Didn't carry over to this.

12/20/2011 3:12:38 PM

I thought they were done.

12/20/2011 3:20:49 PM

They got back together for a one-off show for Matador Records' 21st birthday last year. That turned into a full tour, which turned into a return to recording. They apparently already have another one in the can scheduled to come out in May.

12/20/2011 3:45:54 PM

Dirty Diana cover on the new Weeknd album absolutely fucking floored me...

12/22/2011 2:20:39 AM

Their performance at Hopscotch was kind of sad.

12/22/2011 12:27:20 PM

we left their set way early to go see Juilianna Barwick

easily the best decision of the weekend

12/22/2011 12:29:50 PM

The Weeknd actually didn't play Hopscotch. Le Weekend and Weekend played Hopscotch, but those are both different than The Weeknd. When the Hopscotch lineup came out I was hoping it was The Weeknd, but alas it was Weekend.

12/22/2011 7:22:53 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKRRDmug9c4

12/22/2011 8:05:38 PM

^^ I was talking about GBV

kinda thought spooky was as well

[Edited on December 22, 2011 at 8:51 PM. Reason : whoops]

12/22/2011 8:34:26 PM

I will drunkenly high kick you into next week.

12/22/2011 10:10:32 PM

^^ yup

12/22/2011 10:29:10 PM

ooooooh right, my bad

yeah gbv was pretty bad

[Edited on December 22, 2011 at 11:33 PM. Reason : /]

12/22/2011 11:32:52 PM

this drake shit really is terrible. i got a little over halfway through it. it's literally nothing but all those hip hop cliches about making it and look at where i came from and i'm heading for the top and i'm taking over and me and my crew spend a lot of money and party with women.

12/26/2011 1:25:24 PM

the production on it is really great but he's a shitty rapper with an annoying voice

12/26/2011 3:16:49 PM

I saw Drake at Villa Blanca in Beverly Hills last week. True story!

12/26/2011 4:52:47 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MwnckU0SUkColm K feat. Elaine Dowling - Basics (Part Time Heros Vs. Patchwork Pirates Remix)

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[Edited on December 26, 2011 at 4:59 PM. Reason : ]

12/26/2011 4:58:37 PM

Quote :

" look at where i came from"

DOWNTOWN SASQUATCH, THAT'S WHERE

12/26/2011 5:30:07 PM

Degrassi High AKA The School of Hard Knocks

I can agree that the production on Drake's album is good, but I just cannot get past his nonexistent ability as a rapper or his bitchy voice/lyrics enough to enjoy it.

12/27/2011 2:10:38 PM

I was going back through and saw pilgrimshoes post about the newest Yacht album. I will say, I don't find it terrible. It's got a few good songs, definitely.

And the album is supposed to be mocking a shel silverstein book. It's more apparent as an LP.

12/27/2011 3:41:06 PM

Why bother mocking a Shel Silverstein book when the Dr. Hook records mock themselves?

12/27/2011 7:56:49 PM

Have you seen the portrait on the back of his latest? I expect the next one to have him pointing a gun at himself...

12/27/2011 9:02:50 PM