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yeah same here! how solid are the first three tracks? i feel like after about the halfway point the album kind of coasts to the end though. i enjoy it, but i don't feel very engaged by it. maybe it's just the novelty of their sound wears off for me and i'm ready for something different. (no homo) |
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I guess I'm very late to join the parade, but I just picked up Apologies to the Queen after reading so much buzz for From Mount Zoomer.
Where the hell have I been??? What a great album! Spencer Krug can do no wrong . . . Okay, I can do without Frog Eyes, but Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown are amazing. Now - on to Swan Lake! ________________ Caught between a generation dying from their habits and another thinking rock 'n roll is new. |
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Awesome. I'm not listening to the new Wolf Parade until it comes out, but I broke out my old copy of Apologize the other day, and it's as fresh as ever. Careful with Swan Lake. It's a little more hit and miss. But there are some really good tracks on it if you can bear some of the drama. |
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Definitely. "2080" is one of my favorite songs of all time. |
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Upwardly Mobile Participant |
I have just come across a recent Nick Cave album only to find out that he apparently has been around forever. Can someone please recommend me some of his stronger efforts.
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it depends which Cave you prefer: the loud, punk/garage-ish rock in which case you might as well go straight to the time when he was with the band The Birthday Party; or the softer, ballad-type Cave in which case i'd recommend No More Shall We Part, The Boatman's Call or Murder Ballads or you could go with Abattoir Blues, The Lyre of Orpheus which is a double album with one being loud (Abattoir) while the other (Lyre) is softer. Mix a little folly with your plans: It is sweet to be silly at the right moment. |
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Have just started getting into Phil Ochs and boy is he brilliant. I have heard his name for years associated with Bob Dylan, so I decided to pick up "I Ain't Marching Anymore". Some of the best protest songs I have ever heard and "Draft Dodger Rag" might be the best song I have heard this month. Any other albums of his I should look into?
I never hated any of you/I loved you all at the time |
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This is going to sound quaint to the Brits around here, but I finally decided to check out some Robbie Williams, and I'm really impressed, at least with Life Thru a Lens. I expected something much more in line with contemporary American pop. I'm looking forward to getting the rest of his work, even though there seems to be a consensus that he's never matched that first album.
http://www.last.fm/user/odysseyandoracl/ http://lesowijs.wordpress.com/ It's alright to feel a little fear. |
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Apprentice Guru |
I picked up GZA's Liquid Swords a little while back. I've never been a huge fan of hip-hop aside from the occasional album (36 Chambers, Madvillainy, picked up 8 Diagrams recently and have been liking it) but I think this is by far the best of the genre I've heard. RZA's beats and production are great as usual, but I'm surprised how much I'm digging the Genius' work. I'm typically more of a Ghostface, ODB or even a RZA guy when it comes to Wu but over a whole album GZA's talent really shines.
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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Liquid Swords is easily the best of the Wu-solo records and arguably better than 36 Chambers, which in itself puts in the debate for best album in the genre. Unfortunately, GZA hasn't topped it since Mix a little folly with your plans: It is sweet to be silly at the right moment. |
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If you like those albums, i would suggest getting the DJ Muggz vs. GZA album, it's really damn good hip-hop, as well as "The Legend of the Liquid Swords," GZA's follow-up to Liquid Swords. Also, i'm not sure if you're a big fan of everything by MF Doom or just "Madvillainy" so i'd suggest getting these albums: Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain King Geedorah - Take Me to Your Leader Dälek - From Filthy Tongue of Gods & Griots Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele and The Pretty Toney Album (if you don't have them that is) El-P - Fantastic Damage Mr. Lif - I Phantom Aesop Rock - Labor Days Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein Beanie Sigel - The B.Coming On a side note, i've been diving into the 70's more thoroughly than before, having recognized the wonder of some things i previously shrugged off some time ago. This message has been edited. Last edited by: CleverName84, |
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I second all of these, but especially the Dalek. All of his stuff is great, aside from Abandoned Language, which is pretty mediocre. I'd say his most consistent is easily Absence, but there are great moments on every album, especially From Filthy Tongues (which I really don't consider my favorite solely for Black Smoke Rises). |
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I'd have to say...
The Microphones - The Glow Pt.2 Jim O'Rourke - Insignificance Galaxie 500 - This is our Music Brian Eno - Before and After Science Silver Jews - American Water Also Because I was living under a rock in recent years.. Dirty Projectors - Rise Above Sunset Rubdown's discography Stephen Malkmus - Face the Truth |
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Jedi |
I kept hearing the band name Giraffes? Giraffes! constantly getting thrown around on another forum last year whenever people asked for Minus the Bear or math rock recommendations, and even prior to that had dl'ed their album from last year because it intrigued me.
The album I grabbed was improperly tagged so I never got around to checking them out... now I'm sad I didn't! Both their album from 2005, SUPERBASS!!!! Black Death Greatest Hits vol.1, and last years' album, More Skin With Milk-Mouth. Their style reminds me of Battles without the vocals... the sound will switch from mathy jams to post-rock build-ups, etc etc.. Although it may sound like another generic mathy post-rock band, they have far superior compositions, and maintain a real focus with a sense of originality. |
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I mentioned my new obsession with the 70's [and also the times immediately prior to and following the 70's] and re-discovering albums i forgot i had... So here they are and what i've been digging right now. It's not really "new" to me, but i am appreciating it much more now, so i guess it counts:
Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets & Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) [I always liked Another Green World before, so i don't know why i never liked the others as much] Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum & OutsideInside Eno & Byrne - My Life in the Bush Of Ghosts Throbbing Gristle Kraftwerk (never cared before now) Sly & The Family Stone Captain Beefheart - Safe As Milk (thought i only needed Trout Mask Replica) Elvis Costello & The Attractions - My Aim is True & This Year's Model Funkadelic - Maggot Brain Iggy Pop's solo shit isn't half-bad, particularly "The Idiot" & "Lust For Life" King Crimson - Red Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (I just plain forgot about this album) Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance Pop Group - Y This Heat - This Heat (Deceit was a given, but i thought i only needed one of their albums) That's all i can think of right now. |
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That's awesome. It seriously excites me that you're getting to realize all these great albums just recently. Keep at it. |
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Apprentice Guru |
Those first two Bowie-produced album solo albums are quite good, yes. Definitely worth checking out for anyone. Agreed. Nice list, CN. The late 70's and early 80's are the most fruitful era for modern music, in my opinion. It even beats out the legendary 60's for me. 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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Apprentice Guru |
Yeah, i tended to steer away from music that was made in an era in which i wasn't even alive because i thought i "couldn't relate" to it... but now I've been doing some digging, unearthing a lot of great stuff I (a) forgot i had or (b) ignored for no valid reason.
I'd say i know a bit more about late-70's and early-80's, because It also is my favorite musical period (punk through post-punk), and pretty much influenced about anything that's considered indie-rock today. I just thought i needed to go deeper and further back, so thanks for the kudos, it's really great to realize how amazing these albums are. |
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