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Originally posted by m.leland:
Post-rock is dead. It's now post-post-rock.

You heard it here first.

I don't care if that was ironic or not, you're a terrible person for saying that.

Only joking.

Sort of.

I really need to get a hold of that new Adem album. The last one was immense. His label don't seem to want to send me a promo and I have a valid reason for wanting one. They'd scratch my back and I'd scratch their's, teehee. Can't wait!

Hey Yay. Try not to post twice in a row. It's rude.

Only joking

Sort of.

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Originally posted by Yay!:

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Originally posted by m.leland:
Post-rock is dead. It's now post-post-rock.

You heard it here first.

I don't care if that was ironic or not, you're a terrible person for saying that.

Only joking.

Sort of.

And people wonder why there's so little fun in music these days.

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Originally posted by zoetrope:
I've been listening to my advance copy of The Flaming Lips new album "At War With They Mystics" for about a week now, and I'm sad to report it's a dissapointment.
Ms. Case's "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood". This album is a lock for numerous best of year end lists and rightly so.

Yeah, I liked "The Wizard Turn On" and a few other tracks I liked well enough but At War With Mystics definitely wasn't up to par.
The new Neko case is excellent indie, though. I hope it gets huge for both Mint Records here in Canada and Anti- everywhere else.

At War With the Mystics is a very good, if not great, album, and it appears that I'm gonna be in the minority on this one.

I love "Yeah Yeah...", "It Overtakes Me", and "Free Radicals" (speaking of Prince...) among others on the album.

It's no Yoshimi, but I'll be damned if anyone can convince me that it is an active letdown.

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Originally posted by nathanielkt:
I love "Yeah Yeah...", "It Overtakes Me", and "Free Radicals" (speaking of Prince...) among others on the album.

Ironically, in my review, those were actually the three tracks I said you had to overlook to see a good Flaming Lips album. I'd bet you like the Scissor Sisters too. Just personal taste. If anyone is enjoying the Lips, that's a good thing.

Based on what I'm seeing here and on RYM , it seems that hardcore Lips fans are lukewarm on this album, while people who don't really love them or aren't very familiar with them think it's good. Similar to Hail to the Thief I guess. I think the Lips are good but I don't find myself listening to them that much; that's exactly how I feel about this album.

By the way, I love the Scissor Sisters.

Sigh.

I don't really care for the Scissor Sisters.

I LOVE The Flaming Lips. I'm not unfamiliar.

Assumptions make an ass outta you and me...or something.

About the new Flaming Lips album, what kind of direction are they taking with it? Are they still like a band for people who like Radiohead?

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Originally posted by nathanielkt:
Assumptions make an ass outta you and me...or something.

The tracks you like, for better or worse, have Wayne singing like the Scissor Sisters. I'm not assuming they do, I heard them several times. That would make it a hypothesis based on observation, not an assumption. No biggy.
(assume = ass u me)

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Originally posted by DaninGraniteCity:
About the new Flaming Lips album, what kind of direction are they taking with it? Are they still like a band for people who like Radiohead?

"The Wizard Turns On" probably is.

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Originally posted by Filmore Mescalito Holmes:

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Originally posted by nathanielkt:
Assumptions make an ass outta you and me...or something.

The tracks you like, for better or worse, have Wayne singing like the Scissor Sisters. I'm not assuming they do, I heard them several times. That would make it a hypothesis based on observation, not an assumption. No biggy.
(assume = ass u me)

I wasn't being terribly serious with that post.

I know the phrase...

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Originally posted by DaninGraniteCity:
About the new Flaming Lips album, what kind of direction are they taking with it? Are they still like a band for people who like Radiohead?

The new album is still spacey, but also embraces a 70's pop kinda sound.

This year goes from bad to worse - I found the Neko Case quite dull and pretentious - country trying to be artsy - any one of 50 Hank Williams songs contains more insight and memorable music. Blacklisted and the live Tigers are both preferable I think.

Anyone hear that the Arctic Monkeys got the title for their album from the Rig Veda? - It would have been more succinct in the original Sanskit of course.

It's not a proper 2006 release, but the Moondog collection Astralwerks put together, The Viking of Sixth Avenue, is absolutely phenomenal.

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Originally posted by gomad361:
Anyone hear that the Arctic Monkeys got the title for their album from the Rig Veda? - It would have been more succinct in the original Sanskit of course.

I would expect more from the Rig Veda. We're talking about the most banal album title in years. And when were these kids reading the Rig Veda anyway? They're 19 and they look 14.

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It's not a proper 2006 release, but the Moondog collection Astralwerks put together, The Viking of Sixth Avenue, is absolutely phenomenal.

agreed. This is an awesome collection of one weird guys music.