Originally posted by CleverName84: And by that i don't mean the Giants winning the superbowl. This is a different kind of upset, meaning those albums which you waited so patiently for but were disappointed in
I must say, this thread is a major disappointment(fitting ) . I clicked on it expecting to see all the Rudys that triumphed against all odds, but instead I get little more than pissing on a solid Raconteurs album.
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Well, we can steer the conversation that way... But i can't think of anything that would qualify except perhaps the new Futureheads album after they got dropped by their label (haven't heard it, but perhaps it would fit).
Or how about Portishead's "Third" pretty much destroying all electronica music of the year, a great feat considering a) they haven't released an album in a long ass time and b) they're not exactly a young band anymore.
Hm... NIN's "The Slip" just popped up out of nowhere and is Trent's best album in over a decade (My Opinion), so that qualifies.
And how about the best psych-pop-dreamscapes record coming from a Metal band in the form of Pyramid's Self-Titled album. Seriously, people need to start representing that one. There's a good review at tinymixtapes here:
Originally posted by grabblegarrr: I agree with everything you said, substitute the Slip for Ghosts.
I just god Pyramids album a few days ago and I have to agree, it's very good.
i also just bought it and first listen through was great.. but i must say, i haven't been able to listen to much other than Torche. i don't think i've enjoyed an album this much since Apologies to Queen Mary came out.
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i also just bought it and first listen through was great.. but i must say, i haven't been able to listen to much other than Torche. i don't think i've enjoyed an album this much since Apologies to Queen Mary came out.
I forgot about "Meanderthal". Man, what's with all the great Metal lately? I was worried this year wouldn't turn out too hot for heavier music, but i have been proven wrong. Now if only some "hip" web-zine would hype some of these great albums, there could be a metal-renaissance and all the sweater-vests and nerd-glasses would turn into lots of hair and Slayer hoodies.
Could 2008 be the year independant metal breaks out once and for all? Will this year's "Person Pitch" or "Return to Cookie Mountain" come from a metal band? I hope so... but doubt it.
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Actually, I was really disappointed by Torche's new one. I've like the S/T since it came out, but the new one does nothing for me.
Also, I think that Pyramids will soon start appearing on more "hip" web-zines and garnering the attention it deserves, as it definetely isn't an album for metal fans only.
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Originally posted by CleverName84: And how about the best psych-pop-dreamscapes record coming from a Metal band in the form of Pyramid's Self-Titled album. Seriously, people need to start representing that one. There's a good review at tinymixtapes here:
I like the self-titled as well, but kind of got both at the same time fairly recently and haven't really gone back to the self-titled album. Perhaps i will do that later.
But on listening to "Meanderthal" again, I'm really digging it.
I also listened to Pyramids again, it's damn good i think, and deserves heaps of praise for crossing two genres that, on paper at least, don't really belong in the same vicinity (ambient psychedelic pop with some definitely creepy metal - I won't say "Black Metal" until i fully comprehend what that is - undertones).
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I also listened to Pyramids again, it's damn good i think, and deserves heaps of praise for crossing two genres that, on paper at least, don't really belong in the same vicinity (ambient psychedelic pop with some definitely creepy metal - I won't say "Black Metal" until i fully comprehend what that is - undertones).
Not black metal. I don't really like what I've heard so far either. I'd rather listen to The Goslings new one Occasion for some truly menacing soundscapes (another one nobody else seems to talk about around here).
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I don't really think it tries to be near as menacing as the Goslings new one. I like Occasion, and there was some discussion of it in the Avant- garde thread, I just think that Grandeur of Hair set the bar higher than what they could live up to. I think it's a pretty good record though, but I definetely like Grandeur of Hair (and the Pyramids record, at that) more.
I will have to explore this Goslings band and get back to you (if you don't mind my tangential rants). Are the Goslings more menacing/intense/grating than Prurient? Because I've found that Prurient is kind of my limit in terms of my harsh-noise threshold. At times i have to turn it off because it hurts my brain, and at others i really like being completely horrified by music and cowering to the music coming through my headphones.
I was weary to label Pyramids as "Black-Metal," so i guess I'm learning something about the genre.
Another (good)upset of the year (and it may be to pre-mature for me to say given only the cursory listens) could be the new Mudhoney showing the "garage" bands how it's done.
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The Goslings, being noise-pop, are more melodic than Prurient (although since Prurient writes songs does that make him "harsh noise-pop"? wtf?).
I really can't get enough of the Pyramids album; has anyone heard the second disk? Jesu's cover of "The Echo Of Something Lovely" is absolutely stunning. Oh, and don't listen to Birchville Cat Motel's remix of "Ghost" after or during smoking... it'll trip you out.
And I guess I'd call Pyramids ambient metal, it's kinda sludgey... it actually reminds me of a more fully realized Mok Nok album.
I hope these guys are playing shows around sometime soon... I sent them a myspace message asking if they had any shows set-up and have yet to get a response.
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Yeah the second disc is really good too, suprising as it really isn't much more than a bonus disc. To be honest I think that the second bonus disc is one of the better releases this year as well as the real one. The Jesu cover, along with most the others, is very good.
And you'd have to be fucking insane to call Prurient anything with the word pop in it.
Originally posted by grabblegarrr: To be honest I think that the second bonus disc is one of the better releases this year as well as the real one. The Jesu cover, along with most the others, is very good.
And you'd have to be fucking insane to call Prurient anything with the word pop in it.
I definitely agree with you on both of these points.
Seriously though, the Birchville Cat Motel track made me spill bongwater on my keyboard. Not good..
among the first 3 listens i thought it was a joke. now, i know for certain it's not and scarlett truely is a horrible musician. i still love you babe. no more music, please.
Originally posted by grabblegarrr: To be honest I think that the second bonus disc is one of the better releases this year as well as the real one. The Jesu cover, along with most the others, is very good.
And you'd have to be fucking insane to call Prurient anything with the word pop in it.
Seriously though, the Birchville Cat Motel track made me spill bongwater on my keyboard. Not good..
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Back to the original way this topic started (albums that stunk up the joint)... I'd have to say the new Weezer album further tarnishes their "legacy"... When your absolutely terrible albums out-number your good ones, you no longer go down in the history books folks. Rivers, what the hell? You studied composition at Harvard for christ's sake!!! You still spew this dribble and call it an album?
However, I am happy that he doesn't try to rap on this one. OH AND I FORGOT THE COVER ART. Worst album cover of all-time? Village People of the 21st century?
For bands like the Stooges/Iggy, working with Sum 41 and "The Weirdness" can be forgiven when Iggy & The Stooges (respectively) have appeared on at least 5 CLASSIC albums. Also, Wings is forgiven in light of the fact that, ya know, Paul was a fucking Beatle. So, FOR SHAME Rivers Cuomo! You've steered the ship into the ice-berg of MOR & AOR dribble. This truly is a black day for baseball.
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Originally posted by CleverName84: Back to the original way this topic started (albums that stunk up the joint)... I'd have to say the new Weezer album further tarnishes their "legacy"... When your absolutely terrible albums out-number your good ones, you know longer go down in the history books folks. Rivers, what the hell? You studied composition at Harvard for christ's sake!!! You still spew this dribble and call it an album?
However, I am happy that he doesn't try to rap on this one. OH AND I FORGOT THE COVER ART. Worst album cover of all-time? Village People of the 21st century?
For bands like the Stooges/Iggy, working with Sum 41 and "The Weirdness" can be forgiven when Iggy & The Stooges (respectively) have appeared on at least 5 CLASSIC albums. Also, Wings is forgiven in light of the fact that, ya know, Paul was a fucking Beatle. So, FOR SHAME Rivers Cuomo! You've steered the ship into the ice-berg of MOR & AOR dribble. This truly is a black day for baseball.
Is it at least longer than 25 minutes long. I gave up after the Green Album didn't last longer than my drive back home from Walmart to pick it up.
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It runs longer than the Green Album, but let's just say you can count the difference between the album-length (in minutes)on one hand. They're really starting to ruin their entire career. I mean, 3 years begat under thirty minutes of passable to horrendous music? With references to the pop-culture of yore? Let's just say this: Snooze-fest, and i always kind of hope Weezer finally brings back the good jams, so I'm not just blindly hating on these guys.
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) . I clicked on it expecting to see all the Rudys that triumphed against all odds, but instead I get little more than pissing on a solid Raconteurs album. 
