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There's a guy named Bill Mallonee whose stuff I've really been getting into. The two solo albums of his that I've listened to are Permafrost and Friendly Fire. He also used to be in the band Vigilantes of Love, named after either a New Order or Joy Division song, I can't remember which. The one album I've heard from that band is To the Roof of the Sky, which, like his solo albums, is very good. Anyways, they sound nothing like either of those bands, going more of a pop/rock/Americana route. Very solid stuff.
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| Posts: 4119 | Location: NE Indiana | Registered: 14 April 2005 | |
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Speaking as someone who isn't the biggest fan of the Velvet Underground, I love Nico's entire solo discography. I highly recommend The Marble Index and especially Desertshore, but be warned that they are *very* different from Chelsea Girl. She wrote virtually everything herself after that album, and suffice it to say that her songwriting couldn't be any more different from Jackson Browne's or VU's.
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| Posts: 506 | Location: Richmond, VA | Registered: 17 February 2006 | |
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Yes! Chelsea Girl is truly something to behold. This year I've been getting into The Kills, and trying to stay away from the god-awful noise/electronica crap P-fork pushed last year and is continuing to push this year. quote: Originally posted by Sammo201:
I've been meaning for ages to get into Nico. I've always adored 'These Days' but had that nagging feeling that her inability to sing or phrase could harm her over a whole record. But Chelsea Girl is just a marvellous album, detached emotional turmoil never sounded so beguilingly sexy.
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I just recently picked up Afghan Whig's Gentlemen from 1993 and haven't been able to go a day without listening to it. It's really weird as I've owned and enjoyed 1965 for several years, but it didn't occur to me until now to start exploring some of their back catalogue. Great album.
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quote: Originally posted by Vypa:
I just recently picked up Afghan Whig's Gentlemen from 1993 and haven't been able to go a day without listening to it. It's really weird as I've owned and enjoyed 1965 for several years, but it didn't occur to me until now to start exploring some of their back catalogue. Great album.
I'd say Gentlemen is easily their best. On a side note, it also has one of my all time favorite album covers. I like Black Love a lot too. In fact, I probably like it more than 1965, although I'm in the minority there. Congregation is alright too, but I think the hidden track, "Miles iz Ded", overshadows everything else on the album.
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| Posts: 5473 | Location: Michigan | Registered: 19 June 2005 | |
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Just mentioned this in the "What Are You Listening To Right Now?" thread, but Wire's Chairs Missing is definitely the best new-to-me music I've heard this year. It took a few weeks of listening for it to really catch on, but it's dominated my player for two weeks now. It only seems to get better everytime I put it in now. Really, really good stuff from top to bottom. Also: Neil Young - Rust Never SleepsThe Fall - This Nation's Saving GraceFrank Black - Teenager of the Year
I had a stick of CareFree gum, but it didn't work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as the gum lost its flavor I was back to pondering my mortality.
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| Posts: 569 | Location: Chicago, IL | Registered: 14 December 2007 | |
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quote: Originally posted by JeffinNYC:
I am enjoying the back catalogues of The Apples in Stereo, Jens Lekman, Herman Düne, and Of Montreal, but my favorite new-to-me album so far is Summer in Abaddon by Pinback, especially the song "Fortress".
That album is awesome. It makes me want to study mathematics, because I bought it and listened to it the week prior to one of my biggest math exams ever, but also because it is so perfectly balanced and calculated. It's pop music from people that think they are playing techno. If you haven't already check out their back catalog. Blue Screen Life and This is a Pinback CD are amazing as well.
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| Posts: 1935 | Location: Peter's Creek, Alaska | Registered: 08 August 2007 | |
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quote: Originally posted by Shadrach: quote: Originally posted by JeffinNYC:
I am enjoying the back catalogues of The Apples in Stereo, Jens Lekman, Herman Düne, and Of Montreal, but my favorite new-to-me album so far is Summer in Abaddon by Pinback, especially the song "Fortress".
I had heard good things about Pinback, and bought their most recent album. It was probably my biggest disappointment of 2007. That album is awesome. It makes me want to study mathematics, because I bought it and listened to it the week prior to one of my biggest math exams ever, but also because it is so perfectly balanced and calculated. It's pop music from people that think they are playing techno. If you haven't already check out their back catalog. Blue Screen Life and This is a Pinback CD are amazing as well.
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| Posts: 973 | Location: Ain'T it stiLl obvious? | Registered: 22 August 2006 | |
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quote: Originally posted by JeffinNYC:
I am enjoying the back catalogues of The Apples in Stereo, Jens Lekman, Herman Düne, and Of Montreal, but my favorite new-to-me album so far is Summer in Abaddon by Pinback, especially the song "Fortress".
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quote: Originally posted by Shadrach: You quoted me without saying anything... I feel mocked... 
actually, he added a sentence right inside the quote, right before your paragraph
Mix a little folly with your plans: It is sweet to be silly at the right moment.
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quote: Originally posted by ezatldude: quote: Originally posted by Shadrach: quote: Originally posted by JeffinNYC:
I am enjoying the back catalogues of The Apples in Stereo, Jens Lekman, Herman Düne, and Of Montreal, but my favorite new-to-me album so far is Summer in Abaddon by Pinback, especially the song "Fortress".
That album is awesome. It makes me want to study mathematics, because I bought it and listened to it the week prior to one of my biggest math exams ever, but also because it is so perfectly balanced and calculated. It's pop music from people that think they are playing techno. If you haven't already check out their back catalog. Blue Screen Life and This is a Pinback CD are amazing as well.
I had heard good things about Pinback, and bought their most recent album. It was probably my biggest disappointment of 2007.
Autumn of the Seraphs was a huge disapointment for me too. They seriously tripped on that one. I broke out my collection last night, due to this conversation though, and listend to Pinback's older stuff and it was still absolutely stellar. Three amazing albums, and some excellent B-sides and EP tracks. Do not let Seraphs turn you off to the band.
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| Posts: 1935 | Location: Peter's Creek, Alaska | Registered: 08 August 2007 | |
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I never listened to Microphones before and have really been hooked on The Glow Pt. 2 and Mt. Eerie.
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I have a friend who won't shut up about Aesop Rock. He lends me Labor Days for starters, and I haven't stopped listening yet.
Seriously, if you think Kanye West is the end all be all of lyrics in rap, listen to Aes' "Daylight".
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quote: Originally posted by JGlass:
And Aesop only makes sense one in ten lines.
Yeah right, how much hip-hop/rap do you even like/listen to?
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| Posts: 6007 | Location: Texas | Registered: 27 December 2005 | |
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Do you have to listen to a lot of rap to know whether Aesop's lyrics make sense? Seems to me you'd only have to listen to Aesop.
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| Posts: 4119 | Location: NE Indiana | Registered: 14 April 2005 | |
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