i tend to really like TA

i tend to really not like people at TA shows

10/17/2010 11:27:52 PM

I'm sorry but that TA singer is shit. Not Ke$ha-shit, but shitty enough to hold back what is an otherwise excellent band.

Also, that "Tragic Girl" song is surprisingly good. Made me listen to Pinkerton again.

10/18/2010 1:49:25 AM

YA, FUCK EMOTION. H8 THAT TA SINGER.


NEED MORE INTERPOL.

[Edited on October 18, 2010 at 2:09 AM. Reason : .]

10/18/2010 2:09:45 AM

Not 2010, but I picked up

Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Adorable - Against Perfection (1993)

this weekend at a used music store. Really enjoying both so far. I had heard of Ride before, but never heard of Adorable. Certainly both enjoyable, though I enjoyed Ride better.

I also picked up Red House Painters - S/T (aka Rollercoaster, 1993) last week after getting into Sun Kil Moon and wanting some more Mark Kozelek material. I'm sure I am super late to the party on this as well but I really dug this record a lot.

10/18/2010 9:51:53 AM

Quote :

"YA, FUCK EMOTION. H8 THAT TA SINGER."

That's fucking stupid. Emotion doesn't make his voice sound any better.

I think the rest of the band sounds great...his voice is just not that good. Put down the mic sir and pick up an instrument.

10/18/2010 10:07:01 AM

Quote :

" That's fucking stupid. Emotion doesn't make his voice sound any better. I think the rest of the band sounds great...his voice is just not that good. Put down the mic sir and pick up an instrument."

Now that's fucking stupid. TA isn't pop music; they are a rock band. Stickles' vocals perfectly fit the sound of the band. End of discussion.

10/18/2010 3:29:52 PM

Bob Dylan was/is a vocal phenom.

So was/is Lou Reed.

So was Jimi Hendrix.

Every band needs one of such to be a success.

[Edited on October 18, 2010 at 3:38 PM. Reason : I am trolling.]

10/18/2010 3:37:42 PM

Quote :

"That's fucking stupid. Emotion doesn't make his voice sound any better."

Yeah, you're right.

Sincerely,

Will Sheff

[Edited on October 18, 2010 at 4:31 PM. Reason : .]

10/18/2010 4:30:54 PM

^Sheff's voice sounds a lot better than the guy from TA...it's not even close.

You don't have to be able to hit all the notes, but you've got to hit some.

10/18/2010 5:04:38 PM

I think Wil Sheff is a much better singer than Patrick Stickles.

Patrick Stickles is also my #1 favorite singer of the moment. I've listened to The Monitor probably 3-5 times a week for the past three or four months.

Quote :

"Ride - Nowhere (1990)"

Way way back in the olden days when I wrote for Technician, I interviewed Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and asked them how they felt about the fact that everybody says they sound just like Ride.

It was roughly at that point where I realized music journalism wasn't for me.

10/18/2010 5:16:15 PM

Haha...spöokyjon stars in Almost Famous 2?

Fuck you and fuck Ride, man, our sound is UNIQUE!

10/18/2010 5:38:18 PM

new stuff that's been getting a lot of play here:

the fresh & onlys - play it strange
sun airway - nocturne of exploding crystal chandelier
warpaint - the fool

10/18/2010 8:58:02 PM

God damn it. The Fresh & Onlys harmony sounds just like a 70s psychrock band that name's escapes me.

Help me....

Also, does anyone have a HQ copy of the Sun Airway Album?

[Edited on October 18, 2010 at 10:16 PM. Reason : g]

10/18/2010 10:05:26 PM

loving tame impala - innerspeaker



straight up psychedelic rock mixed by dave fridmann (flaming lips)

10/18/2010 10:27:08 PM

^Really like that album. Now if only they would release the fuckin thing domestically...

10/18/2010 10:29:12 PM

^^pretty good, yeh.

im liking the new sufjan stevens a lot

10/18/2010 11:06:06 PM

tame impala rules

their EP is also awesome

finally got the wilco being there reissue today, vinyl sounds awesome, "monday" sounds better than i've ever heard it

the CD that comes with it has the whole album smashed on to one CD...sounds weird

10/19/2010 1:57:16 AM

Another Weezer Pinkerton era song: "Getting Up and Leaving" http://api.ning.com/files/uS8VBueCR0GkB7ZOdNMQBlTZlITQJrCRe6rvPG4mCDgcuUzMYnFsuadLlK3MNRFdQdUXt0555BHnxKG3dbrLJDNrMjYFvaLG/13GettingUpAndLeaving.mp3

10/19/2010 4:34:17 PM

been waiting a long time to hear that one

10/19/2010 4:42:28 PM

Yeah that's kind of the last of the unreleased 90s stuff that has been hyped up for so long. I guess there are a few Black Hole demos left for Alone 3, and then that's that.

10/19/2010 4:47:31 PM

welp, time to go on my 588th Pinkerton binge

10/19/2010 5:11:42 PM

song delivers

10/19/2010 7:29:17 PM

Foxes in Fiction album released.

Chillwave/Pop/Ambient/Shoegaze people need to give it a listen.

http://www.myspace.com/foxesinfiction

10/19/2010 8:15:18 PM

^ Stuff on their MySpace sounds really nice...I really like it

10/19/2010 10:14:23 PM

you would

10/20/2010 1:53:44 AM

the warpaint album is awesome. have listened to it at least ten times since sunday.

10/20/2010 6:21:21 PM

^ Yep

Something about their sound makes me think they'd be awesome live, despite mostly low key songs

But I'm usually wrong about these things

10/20/2010 6:43:18 PM

I know most won't care but finally got to sit down and listen to the new Trapt album and it's great just as all their previous ones so definitely give it a listen or pick it up if you are into them or that type of music

10/20/2010 9:51:22 PM

I think you meant Trapped

must have been some kind of a typo

10/20/2010 10:00:24 PM

Whoa, for a second there I thought I was in the "Music of 2001" thread.

10/20/2010 10:06:08 PM

Are we talking about the Tupac song

10/20/2010 10:15:36 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iC8CRKxvmQ

dumbest song ever or greatest song ever?

10/21/2010 3:35:40 AM

that song rules. thick chicks ftw

10/21/2010 8:09:26 AM

Really like the Diamond Rings record.

10/21/2010 5:04:21 PM

New Mavis Staples is really good, too (produced by Jeff Tweedy).

sorry for dp

10/21/2010 7:31:12 PM

The Love Language rhyming rest with rest on Lalita bothers me slightly every time i hear it for some reason.

10/23/2010 1:10:33 PM

Quote :

"Really like the Diamond Rings record."

lol at this last.fm bio

Quote :

"Diamond Rings is an emotional outlet for Toronto based artist and musician John O. His lyrically evocative pop songs are composed with a stolen MIDI keyboard, borrowed laptop, and second hand guitar. "

I've never heard his music but I hate this guy

10/23/2010 2:26:36 PM

Haha, fair enough...The dude has make up like an Aladdin Sane-era Bowie on the cover. Quite possibly another strike against him. The music is good, though, I swear...

10/23/2010 3:14:11 PM

Gone through the Warpaint album a few times now. It's decent, but I like the EP more.

The Veelee LP is good, but because of the way they use samples in their show it's very similar to what you see live. That's not a bad thing, but it's basically a hi-fi representation of a polished Veelee show. I like it.

10/24/2010 3:17:21 AM

http://www.myspace.com/kenjiuradatheband

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10/24/2010 9:26:06 PM

Future Islands acoustic EP FTW

10/25/2010 11:13:36 PM

just saw them tonight

not as crazy as the hopscotch show but still good.

10/26/2010 12:55:53 AM

Saw The Love Language w/ Jenny Lewis and her b/f tonight in Baltimore -- they are amazing live.

10/26/2010 2:05:52 AM

Big Troubles album is great

new War On Drugs EP also great

10/26/2010 5:26:45 PM

i am incredibly jealous of stu & co. because they are opening for GBV at their hometown show on halloween

10/27/2010 3:20:01 AM

about to check out a stream of warpaint - the fool right now to see if I want to pick it up tonight.

10/27/2010 8:00:03 AM

The Love Language's "heart to tell" was featured on some Fox show last night (Raising Hope or something? never heard of it).

royaltie$

10/27/2010 8:14:24 AM

I cannot stop listening to the new Deerhunter album, absolutely fantastic.

10/27/2010 8:38:05 AM

^ Yeah, I binged on that album for a while. It's my favorite album of the year. I also went back and listened to all of their earlier stuff because my prior exposure was only through Atlas Sound.

10/27/2010 11:26:09 AM

I still don't think it's as good as Microcastle, but it does rule.

10/27/2010 11:49:20 AM