In my opinion it could be the year of Arcade fire if they can fulfill the promise of their outstanding debut album.
Anyone else???

Modest Mouse and The Shins will be everywhere.

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Originally posted by Hophead:
Modest Mouse and The Shins will be everywhere.

true that... heard the new MM single?

Yes. Its not that great. I'm not their biggest fan, though. I usually like about half of the songs on each of their cd's. This tune, Dashboard is probably the worst thing I've heard them do.

I only listened to it once, but I thought "Dashboard" sounded pretty good. Nothing great though.

Its streaming on their myspace here if anyone's interested.

"Dashboard" is just ok. Hopefully, it's not a good indication of the rest of the album. I loved Good News For People Who Love Bad News, and I had high hopes for the new one, especially with Johnny Marr on board.

I really don't like Dashboard, but I've hard a few other tracks from Modest Mouse I liked.

I think that "Dashboard" is a bit crowded but it's not bad. My favorite thing about the song has to be the Moon & Antarctica/Lonesome Crowded West fanboys who are having fits because it still sounds Good News-ish.

I loved Good News. A lot.

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Originally posted by Chamberk:
I think that "Dashboard" is a bit crowded but it's not bad. My favorite thing about the song has to be the Moon & Antarctica/Lonesome Crowded West fanboys who are having fits because it still sounds Good News-ish.

I loved Good News. A lot.

Stupid fanboys, heaven forbid that band evolve over time, I haven't heard the new single yet but I love everything MM have done to date.

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Originally posted by Hophead:
Modest Mouse and The Shins will be everywhere.

I can tell that The Shins are already the most disappointing album of 2007

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Originally posted by umberto p:
I can tell that The Shins are already the most disappointing album of 2007

The new album may be very different from the previous two, but I still like it. I'd say it's slightly above average.

From the few tracks I've heard of the new Shins album, I'd say it's hardly disappointing. I predict some mainstream success for them this year.

Spoon's "Sister Jack" had some limited mainstream success last year, if you consider commercials. A decent follow-up to Gimme Fiction and a catchy single could very easily turn them into a Modest Mouse-like crossover. (I'd argue the singles have been there for a while, but the world was too big between 2003 and 2005. It feels quite a bit smaller now.)

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Originally posted by ericg75:
From the few tracks I've heard of the new Shins album, I'd say it's hardly disappointing. I predict some mainstream success for them this year.

I don't know, EG75. Something about the album is a bit off. I'm not going to give my "final answer" until I get the real thing in my hands (and ears), but I feel like the album is a bit soft...no teeth. I think the only "different" songs are Sleeping Lessons, Split Needles and Pam Berry. Don't get me wrong, the songs are all catchy, but to put it nicely, I think my Mom would really appreciate some of it.

I'm not sold just yet...but hopefully I will come around to it as I'd prefer to love it over hating it.

I will say that Sleeping Lessons will have a serious shot at being my #1 song of the year.

Wilco and Ted Leo will be big in '07.

I'm not sure what the left-field smash of '07 will be, but given the hype in the British press in 2006, I'll give The Long Blondes a shot at 2007's Arctic Monkeys award for biggest new-hype of the year.

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Originally posted by m.leland:
Spoon's "Sister Jack" had some limited mainstream success last year, if you consider commercials. A decent follow-up to Gimme Fiction and a catchy single could very easily turn them into a Modest Mouse-like crossover. (I'd argue the singles have been there for a while, but the world was too big between 2003 and 2005. It feels quite a bit smaller now.)

Spoon's been on the verge of success for awhile now. A lot of people thought they'd break with Kill the Moonlight. Last year's Gimme Fiction did have some limited crossover success - "I Turn My Camera On" was in a Jaguar commercial, "I Summon You" was used in an episode of Veronica Mars (which Britt Daniel also appeared in, singing a karaoke version of Elvis Costello's "Veronica").

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Originally posted by Il Mago:
Don't get me wrong, the songs are all catchy, but to put it nicely, I think my Mom would really appreciate some of it.

I think the Shins have always been that sort of band though. I wouldn't classify any of their past work as difficult or edgy. They're not the Liars.

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Originally posted by ericg75:

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Originally posted by Il Mago:
Don't get me wrong, the songs are all catchy, but to put it nicely, I think my Mom would really appreciate some of it.

I think the Shins have always been that sort of band though. I wouldn't classify any of their past work as difficult or edgy. They're not the Liars.

Yes and No. They never sounded adult contemporay before. Turn a Square is a pretty angular track. Kissing the Lipless (amazing tune) is fairly heavy, and my Mom wouldn't be able to stomach his high yelps. Inverted world sounds like a bit of a "stoner" album, sure it's "easy" to listen to, but there's a lot heavy reverb, and some weird sections as well. As catchy as So Says I is, it's still fairly heavy.

Girl Sailor, Australia, Phantom Limb, Turn on Me and A Comet Appears are very pretty songs. I think they will turn off many males. I thought the only track on the previous two that was "pretty" was Gone for Good.

I love the Shins, don't get me wrong...I just don't want to see them turn into softies. These songs all have stellar hooks in them, I think that's their biggest asset. Listen to the chorus in Sea Legs...it's very solid, but the song is still a bit too smooth after my first couple of listens.

I would say that "Saint Simon" and "Pink Bullets" are also fairly 'pretty' songs, and ones that someone's mom couldn't really have much against. Wincing the Night Away is a bit of a different album for The Shins, but I still like it. I especially like the track "Australia" - I can't help but smile whenever I hear that one.

Spoon has a shot at a Modest Mouse-like crossover. However, Modest Mouse were on a major when "Float On" was the song. Is Spoon moving to a major? If so, then a definite shot. If not, then not quite as much so. Even though I live in a relatively small place, and don't listen to the radio very often, I have yet to hear a song on the radio that was from an album on an indie label, even Matador or Subpop. In fact, when I heard a local station playing "Soul Meets Body", the DJ said it was from Death Cab's debut, Plans - it's as if they don't even acknowledge anything that isn't on the majors in any way, which is rather bizarre.