so last night i got to hear the unmixed version of the Gayngs' album, an R&B/80s electronic side project featuring Justin Vernon, Megafaun, and eventually St. Vincent Annie and the Department of Eagles/Grizzly Bear guy once they record their parts

holy shit it was awesome. every song is recorded at 69 BPM

10/24/2009 8:07:58 PM

really enjoying phrazes and tarot sport this weekend.

10/25/2009 1:59:33 PM

^^damn, that sounds awesome.

10/25/2009 8:27:54 PM

Quote :

"owenpallett: Can't contain it. I just completed 10 days on the best album I've ever had the pleasure of working on."

10/26/2009 12:26:19 AM

OH SNAP

10/26/2009 12:30:22 AM

been listening to the mumford and sons album a lot recently. it's very good.

10/26/2009 12:36:58 AM

Someone asked on the last page but I'll ask again ...
Anyone listened to the Where the Wild Things Are OST?

I thought the music was a gorgeous part of a goddamn beautiful movie, but wonder if those are snippets of 3-minute songs we hear and if they're good separate the wonderful visuals.

10/26/2009 9:53:52 AM

and as i replied on the previous page. yes i've listened to all of it, it's very nice. All songs are available on youtube to listen to. Try for yourself

10/26/2009 10:02:12 AM

^ sorry, brainfarted.

Thanks!

10/26/2009 10:16:48 AM

The new Devendra Banhart is lovely.

10/26/2009 11:54:04 AM

does anyone have Whitley's new album? Came out today.

http://www.myspace.com/whitleymusic

10/30/2009 5:26:32 PM

anyone else into dead man's bones? kinda monster's mash meets the national.

10/31/2009 7:25:35 PM

[Edited on October 31, 2009 at 7:28 PM. Reason : double post. sorry.]

10/31/2009 7:25:35 PM

just downloaded the studio version of "New Fang" by Them Crooked Vultures. i heard a bunch of bootlegs of their songs, but if this is indicative of what their album is gonna sound like then it's gonna be a fucking monster when it's released. i'm surprised it took me this long to come to the realization that josh homme isn't capable of putting out bad music, but god damn everything the man touches turns to gold.

[Edited on November 2, 2009 at 7:17 PM. Reason : .]

11/2/2009 7:13:30 PM

Anyone pick up the new Nile album that came out today? Pretty badass.

11/3/2009 3:36:43 PM

iTunes just released "Mind Eraser, No Chaser" by Them Crooked Vultures as a free download today. it has further supported my suspicion that this is going to be a really, really good album.

11/3/2009 4:30:04 PM

Stream the new Coalesce EP here: http://lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=13534

Also, I mentioned this in the BTBAM thread, but huge congrats to those guys, their new album debuted at #36 on the Billboard charts. Highest charting release yet.

11/4/2009 1:54:55 PM

props to Julian Casablancas for covering the SNL Christmas Song

its always been one of my favorite sketches

[Edited on November 4, 2009 at 3:51 PM. Reason : is it really a sketch though?]

11/4/2009 3:50:25 PM

i'm surprised Pitchfork gave Raditude a 4.5

it should get a 0. it has no redeeming qualities.

11/4/2009 4:03:23 PM

I think most of you guys just have extreme overreactions because of how terrible it is compared to the first two albums. It's pretty bad, but it's definitely not 0 bad. 4.5 is pretty fair IMO.

11/4/2009 4:45:08 PM

i disagree. it's a 0 based on how bad it really is, not comparing it to blue or pinkerton. there is nothing good about it. the green album is like an 8 compared to this.

compare it to any other album this year that is somewhat good and it looks even worse. maybe sub 0

- i would rate this album a little higher if they had kept "can't stop partying" as an acoustic song. i thought that worked pretty well. as it is now, awful.

[Edited on November 4, 2009 at 5:11 PM. Reason : .]

11/4/2009 5:05:07 PM

^
Out of curiosity, how would you rank the red album, compared to blue and Pinkerton, or on its own?

11/4/2009 5:50:28 PM

i like Pork & Beans and The Greatest Man That Ever Lived but the rest is just as bad as Raditude. I'd say it's a 3.5. I'd give Make Believe a 4

11/4/2009 6:02:08 PM

I'm liking this Julian Casablancas album. I see why most songs by The Strokes are two and half minutes, though.

11/4/2009 10:56:01 PM

^

11/5/2009 3:47:39 AM

yea i dont get the rating system there. They give Frances the Mute, one of my favorite albums this decade, a 2 and then give this steaming pile a 4.5.

11/5/2009 8:03:58 AM

What? Pitchfork's reviews and ratings aren't always accurate and sometimes reek of bias induced by shameless dickriding? WHAT!?!

11/5/2009 11:46:48 AM

Which reminds me, picked up Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's latest album, Xenophanes. Honestly one of my favorites among his solo albums easily. Its a lot more focused.

[Edited on November 5, 2009 at 1:43 PM. Reason : ]

11/5/2009 1:41:49 PM

Totally random thought: am I the only person who hates the Hold Steady? That dude's voice annoys the shit out of me, and the piano parts are always tacked on, hokey, and mixed way too high.

11/8/2009 7:25:43 PM

No, you're not.

11/8/2009 7:33:46 PM

The only good thing to come from The Hold Steady are nods to Kerouac and Led Zeppelin?

[Edited on November 8, 2009 at 7:35 PM. Reason : I liked Separation Sunday. They mostly blow, though.]

11/8/2009 7:34:44 PM

I can't stand them

11/8/2009 7:38:48 PM

i always thought hold steady sounded like a springsteen cover band where the lead singer had a horrible horrible head cold

11/8/2009 8:20:51 PM

yeah, i've never been able to get into the hold steady. actually, i hate that shit.

in other unrelated but sad news, !!! and Juan Maclean drummer Jerry Fuchs died last night after falling down an elevator shaft in Brooklyn (what?). really sad, he was an awesome drummer, as evidenced here http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7ghl2_untitled-collaboration-with-the-fie_music

11/9/2009 3:28:16 AM

yea just read that

"According to sources at the party, Fuchs and a friend had attempted to leap over a gap between an elevator and the building's fifth floor after a malfunction. He fell in the gap due to his big fashion sense becoming caught on the elevator, falling down to his death."

11/9/2009 8:29:46 AM

death by fashion

11/9/2009 12:04:06 PM

Quote :

"picked up Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's latest album, Xenophanes. Honestly one of my favorites among his solo albums easily. Its a lot more focused. "

It really is a fucking great album. I mentioned it a few pages back I think. I am pretty sure I enjoy it more than Octahedron.

11/9/2009 2:37:48 PM

I'm buying into this Sleigh Bells hype. Too bad their demo sounds like it was recorded in mono into a boombox that was inside a metal trash can.

11/9/2009 4:51:31 PM

Quote :

"he was an awesome drummer, as evidenced here http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7ghl2_untitled-collaboration-with-the-fie_music"

i remember watching this video a while back and thinking it was awesome. thanks for sharing it again.

11/9/2009 6:22:34 PM

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - FALL BE KIND
NOVEMBER 23
YES THIS BELONGS IN CAPS TO ME

http://dominorecordco.us/usa/news/09-11-09/animal-collective--new-ep--fall-be-kind/

11/9/2009 6:32:32 PM

them crooked vultures leaked every song from their album on youtube today. it's unreal. this is bar none the album of 2009. shit, maybe even 2010 too. i haven't heard anything as good as this in a long time.

11/9/2009 8:02:53 PM

sleigh bells is the bomb. i put "ring ring" on a bunch of mixes earlier this year and "A/B machines" is my jam even though it kills my ears every time it comes on my mp3 player.

11/9/2009 8:15:51 PM

anyone else enjoy Will Hoge?

his new album The Wreckage is pretty damn good.

11/9/2009 8:16:31 PM

the real estate LP is good stuff.

11/9/2009 8:32:38 PM

^ i like suburban dogs

11/9/2009 8:46:39 PM

<3

11/9/2009 10:12:10 PM

^ finally someone else posts something about them. EMBED PLEASE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfpXfdRStu4&feature=player_embedded

[Edited on November 9, 2009 at 10:40 PM. Reason : .]

11/9/2009 10:40:01 PM

The Them Crooked Vultures record is on Bolachas now.

11/10/2009 3:21:03 AM

ahahahahahahaha

RADITUDE appears to be clocking in at around 30,000 units sold in its first week, which ranks it right behind Josh Groban's Christmas CD and if memory serves me right not much more or even below the amount the Alone demo compilations sold. Oh, and you could buy it at Amazon for $4.

So hilarious to see the whole Rivers attitude of "fuck the fans and critics I'm just gonna make something that will be HUGE" blow up in his face. Weezer is an 8x platinum band, and they've been a joke musically for years, but now they are a joke in terms of popularity as well.

11/10/2009 9:51:52 AM

haha. where did you see their first week numbers? the few areas I usually check are being slow to update. actually the only source I found was estimating 60,000. Which I think is still significantly smaller than the last one. i dono tho.

[Edited on November 10, 2009 at 10:16 AM. Reason : ]

11/10/2009 10:07:26 AM