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2/29/2012 1:51:41 PM

i hate to go back to 2011 since it's basically march now, but i looked as far back as june in the 2011 thread and noticed nobody mentioned these guys

http://nervesjunior.bandcamp.com/

and neither did any major music blogs/publications. pretty much amazing gave it album of the year . i wanna say this is really awesome, but i keep telling myself there must be a reason why everyone passed up on it because if it was that good it wouldn't have flown so far under the radar, right?

2/29/2012 6:51:32 PM

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" i keep telling myself there must be a reason why everyone passed up on it because if it was that good it wouldn't have flown so far under the radar, right?"

Because it's a self-released MP3 Bandcamp album from a band in Kentucky that no one's ever heard of?

2/29/2012 7:24:45 PM

hey man, they're on sonaBLAST! records alright?

2/29/2012 7:32:21 PM

new mewithoutYou album is finally coming out on May 15th. Can't wait.

3/2/2012 9:27:39 AM

feelin' the new Bear in Heaven.

3/3/2012 1:29:42 PM

not sure if anyone here is much into ween, but aaron freeman's solo record seems like it might be kinda nice

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/03/01/aaron_freeman_of_ween_on_his_solo_record_and_the_road_to_recovery.html

but christ, he looks fucking terrible. oldest looking 42 year old i've ever seen.

3/4/2012 10:08:56 PM

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"Giving the new Grimes a listen right now."

0/10

This is awful music.

3/5/2012 11:29:12 AM

You can't not like "Oblivion".

3/5/2012 4:16:11 PM

New Titus Andronicus single was supposedly going to be out today, but I haven't seen it anywhere

3/5/2012 5:19:41 PM

new beach house song is awesome.

3/7/2012 10:32:11 AM

did i miss the discussion of the new magnetic fields?

3/7/2012 10:39:21 AM

^ I like it. It's not going to change the world, but it's certainly a pleasant listen with plenty of hooks

3/7/2012 12:04:11 PM

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"new beach house song is awesome."

3/7/2012 6:01:36 PM

not 2012, but just now getting to it...I love the latest Future Islands record. so good.

3/8/2012 10:45:27 AM

new Miniature Tigers is out
i am only on the first track but it is an Of Montreal b-side if i ever heard one

this sounds like they are heading backwards, after their last two albums - still catchy pop but "girl i love you baby baby" pop and not as impressive song variation

the middle of the album is better than the beginning, skip the first two songs if you ask me

"Cleopatra" and "Flower Door" standout in the first half

[Edited on March 8, 2012 at 11:51 AM. Reason : f]

3/8/2012 11:32:48 AM

"Ugly Needs" is my favorite, skip the last two as well

3/8/2012 12:12:30 PM

also the new WZRD (Kid Cudi) is straight turrible

3/8/2012 12:22:05 PM

new shit from The Men is fucking incredible, way way way into it.

3/8/2012 1:24:44 PM

Magnetic Fields is pretty mediocre from me. A couple good tracks, some entertaining turns of phrases, but not a classic like their earlier Merge stuff.

3/8/2012 1:50:39 PM

^I like the second track, but overall pretty terrible, yes.

3/8/2012 2:04:48 PM

yeah Andrew in Drag is a pretty rad song.

3/9/2012 9:29:27 AM

I don't have much experience with their early 90s albums. It seems like everything they've put together since then is good for a few listens and then gets super annoying; that goes with Distortion, the Beach Boys-harmonies-sounding one, and now this one I can't even get through all the way.

I don't get it...

3/9/2012 10:15:01 AM

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"new shit from The Men is fucking incredible, way way way into it."

this

also could not get through a single grimes song

3/9/2012 10:34:20 AM

And why does Merge like has-been bands and senior citizens, anyway?

Bob Mould is the latest, apparently...

[Edited on March 9, 2012 at 10:51 AM. Reason : Eric Bachmann, Eleanor Friedberger, Stephen Merritt, etc etc etc ]

3/9/2012 10:50:07 AM

because they sign artists/bands that they like?

3/9/2012 11:38:00 AM

I would guess that known quantities sell more records, as well.

3/9/2012 12:19:53 PM

Forgot to add Carrie Brownstein to that list...

3/9/2012 3:22:39 PM

that batch of bait is far too obvious

3/9/2012 5:54:46 PM

Spoiler alerts: Mr Scrumples is complaining about things.

3/9/2012 7:04:29 PM

may be [old], but really like the new shearwater

3/9/2012 8:50:41 PM

While mostly being cynical on that list, I do not particularly think Wild Flag is worth a damn. I love Sleater Kinney, and I'm sure Brownstein is awesome, but I just can't get into Wild Flag. Honestly, I was ready to leave before their show was over at the Cradle last fall.

And Husker Du? Wtf...

3/12/2012 12:36:49 AM

More like...Husker Du Not, amirite?

3/12/2012 12:37:39 AM

This trolling is lazy, even by your standards. I almost want to re-up my premie to embed this: http://youtu.be/Lq_TowFGLU8

I'm really into this record by the Men. It sounds like they're having fun.

[Edited on March 12, 2012 at 1:46 AM. Reason : whatevs]

3/12/2012 1:40:52 AM

90% sure that "Your Girlfriend's Face" on this new Magnetic Fields album is a Weird Al song from 1993

3/12/2012 3:12:28 PM

3/12/2012 4:43:55 PM

im currently listening to the rough mixes of my bands new album.

i will be sure to let everyone know about this later

3/12/2012 5:35:30 PM

I love Bleached with all my heart.

3/12/2012 5:42:50 PM

loveless

3/12/2012 6:00:33 PM

Really digging the Sharon Van Etten album 'Tramp'.

3/12/2012 11:33:24 PM

the new shins is really bad...

3/13/2012 6:08:50 PM

^ so bad. what happened?!? i like simple song and september. there are one or two other decent tracks. but most of it is something i would imagine soccer moms listening to while sipping skinny lattes at starbucks. just terrible.

the last three songs are literally unlistenable.

3/13/2012 7:12:45 PM

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"what happened?!?"

It's been nine years since they put out a good record. What did you expect?

3/13/2012 8:46:42 PM

new say anything out this week.

title track is pretty terrible. that said, the rest of the album may very well be stellar. i'll report back.

3/13/2012 9:13:14 PM

^ the "what happened?!?" was in reference to my initial expectations after hearing Simple Song and September (which, to me sound like tracks that could've fit easily on Chutes too Narrow). I didn't like Wincing the Night Away and expected this new album to be terrible until I heard those two songs. Guess I should've stuck with my initial negative expectations.

3/13/2012 9:21:07 PM

Where are you folks hearing the new Shins? I just tweeted a gem about them getting Best New Artist next year. Anyway, I want to sound what the new absolutely terrible sounds like...

3/14/2012 5:00:35 PM

this year is pretty boring so far

3/14/2012 5:15:33 PM

^^ pm sent. it's also streaming on itunes

3/14/2012 5:33:05 PM

james mercer has some 'splaining to do for firing his entire (awesome) band a few years back. new record is mediocre at best.

3/14/2012 6:10:41 PM

^^^^ FOLLOW'D

3/14/2012 6:14:35 PM