|
Rock might be dead but its desiccated corpse keeps rolling along just fine. Exhibit A: May 2021, glam rock band Måneskin wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Zitti e Buoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN1odfjtMoo Exhibit B: June 2021, famous pop star John Mayer releases a single from his upcoming album Sob Rock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66Ne5dVDfLM There's a bunch of fun new rock music coming right now and it doesn't really fit any other thread, so let's have a nonspecific rock thread.
|
#
?
Jun 9, 2021 19:40
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 5, 2024 17:22 |
|
|
Rock is the genre of music I listen to most often. I try to branch out, explore other ideas, but I keep coming back to Rock. One of my all-time favourite bands with the song that won them "Best Hard Rock Song" at the 8th Annual Independent Music Awards (some award show I dunno, I like the song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfUenEME3UY Two or three guitars, drums, a singer or two, maybe throw something else in like a tambourine, piano, hell a saxophone or a whole brass section works too. Rock.
|
|
#
?
Jun 16, 2021 07:17
|
|
|
Is this where we talk about Muse? Because the 20th anniversary remix of Origin Of Symmetry is out today. I appreciate the added clarity on most of the songs, they do feel more dynamic. A few questionable choices though. The snare drum sounds really weakened on some songs, especially "Bliss", which is a shame because that might be my favorite song by them. I just immediately knew it was missing something. The snare is just a little too crisp now and doesn't have that nice wet thud to it which propels the song along. At least, not on my car speakers. Maybe on other sound systems it'll sound better. (I was A/Bing it with the original version on my iPod on the drive to work) I'm also not sure why they removed some of the track transitions. Citizen Erased and Micro Cuts both sound great (the latter has a harpsichord part that was completely inaudible in the original) but they don't have the weird flangey noise bridging them anymore, it's completely just not in the mix. (I thought this was just done for the "single" of CE but nope, the album is really like that.) I had never heard this song "Futurism" before, it's pretty neat. Works well enough on the album even though it does sort of retread some of the other songs.
|
|
#
?
Jun 18, 2021 12:33
|
|
|
Sir Lemming posted:Is this where we talk about Muse? Because the 20th anniversary remix of Origin Of Symmetry is out today. I’m in agreement with you. My take, crossposting from Reddit: It’s definitely a cleaner mix. Overall, it’s good, but I’m gonna go ahead and say it’s a bit TOO clinical. And weirdly sloppy in places. You can hear the automation where they tried to accentuate the dynamics a bit more or fade things out weirdly conspicuously, and the compression over the whole thing is so heavy that somehow when the guitars kick in on Bliss, it feels *quieter* than the synth intro. The instrument levels feel very focused on Matt’s voice and making it as clear as possible. As such, the mixes feel a bit unbalanced when he isn’t signing, like with the snare on New Born, or the guitar on Hyper Music seemingly high-shelved and dulled a bit. There’s hisses and pops and clicks on certain channels in a few places, which makes me wonder if this new mix is just bringing out imperfections in the original recordings, or if there were encoding errors introduced when transferring the original tapes to Pro-Tools. And the missing split second in the intro of Micro Cuts is definitely an error. Overall, it’s a very fun and interesting different take on what is, in my opinion, their best album. But it really sounds like it was kind of rushed, or wasn’t given a final pass with fresh ears before bouncing the tracks. It’s definitely not an abomination like REM’s recent Monster remix. Holy hell that traumatized me.
|
|
#
?
Jun 18, 2021 15:49
|
|
|
yeah, OOS is one of my favorite albums of all time so I’ve been excited for this. Unfortunately there seems to be as many things that I don’t like about it as much as there are things that I like, but it’s still fun hearing these. Like I agree that taking out all the little sound effects in Citizen Erased’s outro is a travesty. by the way, most of their awesome early b-sides were added to Spotify about a year ago. Dead Star, Host, Coma, Twin, Nishe, Yes Please, etc. but to contribute someone else, Ours is a band I got into over 10 years ago and they just came back with a good self-titled album. They don’t seem to have much of an online following at all anymore sadly, I’d see them if I could. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGXq6t7Xt0Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDgigTjXwMk Paperback Writer fucked around with this message at 22:09 on Jun 18, 2021 |
|
#
?
Jun 18, 2021 19:26
|
|
|
Coldplay dropped the 10-minute final track of their upcoming album and it's pretty good. Definitely check it out if you miss the old Coldplay, or just if you like slow epic pop-rock about outer space and stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWUV5-frRU4
|
|
#
?
Jul 23, 2021 18:41
|
|
|
I'm not seeing the "Classic Rock" thread that I thought I remember existing, so I'll just post here. The 50th anniversary remix/deluxe edition of George Harrison's All Things Must Pass is out today. I've heard the main album so far, haven't dug into the demos. Overall I think it sounds great. I will say they might have “de-Spectorized” it a little more than purists might want, but I think very few people will miss it. Most of his fingerprints are still very much here, just a little less overbearing. You can finally pick out distinct instrument and vocal parts in these mixes. “Awaiting On You All” still sounds like an unholy mess, but it’s no longer physically painful to listen to. It actually has a rhythm you can latch onto, instead of being the audio equivalent of that scene in Peter Jackson’s King Kong where a flock of dinosaurs tumbles off a cliff for reasons which are still unclear to me.
|
|
#
?
Aug 6, 2021 15:29
|
|
|
Sir Lemming posted:I'm not seeing the "Classic Rock" thread that I thought I remember existing, so I'll just post here. The 50th anniversary remix/deluxe edition of George Harrison's All Things Must Pass is out today. I've heard the main album so far, haven't dug into the demos. Overall I think it sounds great. I will say they might have “de-Spectorized” it a little more than purists might want, but I think very few people will miss it. Most of his fingerprints are still very much here, just a little less overbearing. You can finally pick out distinct instrument and vocal parts in these mixes. “Awaiting On You All” still sounds like an unholy mess, but it’s no longer physically painful to listen to. It actually has a rhythm you can latch onto, instead of being the audio equivalent of that scene in Peter Jackson’s King Kong where a flock of dinosaurs tumbles off a cliff for reasons which are still unclear to me. It would be impossible to completely de-Spectorize since a lot of his style is printed to tape during the recordings. So when you have a ton of doubling and large ensembles, that's going to come through. A lot of people probably have expectations messed by Let It Be where he did overdubs (and to be honest, he was right except for some of the changes to Let It Be, he loving rescued The Long and Winding Road). My biggest problem is that the vocals are a little too upfront. They pushed the drums forward too, but I think that's a better change. But the slightly buried vocals helped make the album sound so big.
|
|
#
?
Aug 6, 2021 18:42
|
|
|
Yeah and to be clear, I didn't really want a "de-Spectorized" version. At least not at the mixing stage. That just wouldn't be an honest reflection of how the album was made. I feel they toned it down just the right amount here. The mixing was always the biggest problem: quite understandably, they seemed to have a bit of trouble balancing all those elements, at least on a standard release schedule, on equipment that existed in 1970.
|
|
#
?
Aug 6, 2021 19:14
|
|
|
all I know is this is my AotY so far. Not because of the remasters, but so many of the demos/alternate takes are incredible.
|
|
#
?
Aug 6, 2021 22:19
|
|
|
This might sound weird, but the new Switchfoot album, interrobang, is honestly amazing and worth a listen to anybody remotely interested in rock music. I basically had the whole thing on repeat over the whole weekend. Any time I wanted to listen to music, it was this. It's been a long time since any album has compelled me to do that. I think it's a perfectly lean album, no dead weight, no obvious pandering singles, no unnecessary repetition, which gives it replayability. Production is really interesting and fresh. Sort of lo-fi and washed out moody vibe, but with certain things elevated in the mix. Basically everything that's ever kept me interested in the band is concentrated in one burst on this album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWD1Xf40zWI
|
|
#
?
Aug 24, 2021 14:26
|
|
|
Sorry for the double post, but totally different topic. Although you might get deja vu. Let It Be is getting the deluxe + remix treatment after all, just shy of 2 months from now, October 15th. https://variety.com/2021/music/news/the-beatles-let-it-be-deluxe-edition-box-set-announced-1235049495/ The main remix aims to be faithful to the Phil Spector version, though like All Things Must Pass it may perhaps see a small percentage reduction in Spector-ness overall. Also included is apparently a faithful reproduction of the original Glyn Johns mix from 1969, AKA the actual "Get Back" album that was shelved. Here's the first released track from the Glyn Johns mix (Let It Be remix and a version of Don't Let Me Down are also out): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGTfcPJXpQE So what I get from this is... Wow, they were right, it sounds like garbage. Seems the main purpose of this mix is going to be convincing us that Phil Spector did nothing wrong. I mean aside from shooting those people. I have a feeling I'm always going to be a fan of the "Naked" version the most. Yeah, it's kind of revisionist, but it does sound great. Probably will never sound better. quote:CD1: Let It Be (new stereo mix of original album)
|
|
#
?
Aug 27, 2021 02:39
|
|
|
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyvwLAPNfXY Nandi rules. Grohl’s done some fun drum-off videos with her, and this is just awesome seeing her nail Everlong.
|
|
#
?
Aug 27, 2021 20:12
|
|
|
let it be naked owns. every band would sound better if their albums were mixed like eric's trip.
|
|
#
?
Aug 27, 2021 22:23
|
|
|
LET IT BE is a weird one, and probably my least favourite, because it seemed to be the first time they doubted themselves which led to John rushing to Spector. The whole intent was to put out something a little loose and raw, but that's then underdone by some syrupy overdubbing. There's a way you can compliment the songs, but a lot of what Spector does is just him reminding you he's there. However, to be fair I also don't think the songs are all that great to start with. Had they gone on to make another album as they were originally planning, I don't think they would have lasted too much longer.
|
|
#
?
Sep 3, 2021 15:35
|
|
|
DrVenkman posted:LET IT BE is a weird one, and probably my least favourite, because it seemed to be the first time they doubted themselves which led to John rushing to Spector. The whole intent was to put out something a little loose and raw, but that's then underdone by some syrupy overdubbing. There's a way you can compliment the songs, but a lot of what Spector does is just him reminding you he's there. I mean at the end of the day it's essentially a bunch of demos that they didn't want to release and so they went and made a better album instead. But obviously if you're a record exec sitting on a lost Beatles album and you know they'll never make another one, well, of course you're going to find a way to get it out there. But it does seem pretty clear in hindsight that the collaborative writing process had broken down and they were all moving in different directions. So yeah, another album probably would've been doomed no matter what. Probably would've been indistinguishable from what you could come up with by mashing their solo albums together in a playlist, as some have.
|
|
#
?
Sep 3, 2021 15:51
|
|
|
I feel like Phil Spector's contributions get overblown by a lot of people. Most of the songs don't really have any of his flourishes. He seem to know enough when to leave stuff alone. And I'm going to say it - he saved The Long and Winding Road. When I listen to the Anthology and Naked versions, I hear an incomplete demo. Spector fleshed the thing out and gave it life.
|
|
#
?
Sep 3, 2021 20:06
|
|
|
Cemetry Gator posted:I feel like Phil Spector's contributions get overblown by a lot of people. Most of the songs don't really have any of his flourishes. He seem to know enough when to leave stuff alone. The orchestra stabs are good, but the choir sucks. I really like the organ solo on "Naked" too.
|
|
#
?
Sep 3, 2021 20:28
|
|
|
The Manic Street Preachers released their 14th (!) studio album today. I'm taking my time with it but so far I really dig some of the tracks. It's probably going to grow on me a lot more like their other albums do and it has over 6 listens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=771owhDl_Tk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akjgg-WeRak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqqZ-X0vJC4
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2021 17:37
|
|
|
Journey is a good band, within reason. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtywNeF8dCM
|
|
#
?
Sep 17, 2021 21:33
|
|
|
The Manic Street Preachers just got their first UK #1 album in 23 years with The Ultra Vivid Lament. The previous one was 1998's This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours which was against the pop band Steps. The Ultra Vivid Lament beat Steps again for the #1 spot. 
|
|
#
?
Sep 17, 2021 21:49
|
|
|
IT'S HAPPENING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdTzOUUZ8Vg Should this remix appear too slight, Check the existing stereo mix for quite a fright EDIT: More details dropped shortly after I posted. Here's the tracklist, releases 10/28/2022: quote:CD1: 2022 Mix And as usual, Rolling Stone got an exclusive. Some of this stuff sounds truly wild: quote:Brace yourself: Everything we thought we knew about “Yellow Submarine” is wrong. The whole world agrees on the standard origin story — a Paul ditty whipped up fast as an Uncle Ringo kiddie chant, something John grimly tolerated. But don’t be shocked if you catch yourself shedding a tear hearing John sing it. The chorus was Paul, but the verses started out as John in his sad confessional mode, with folkie guitar picking. He sings, “In the place where I was born/No one cared, no one cared/And the name that I was born/No one cared, no one cared.” The demo, on his home tape recorder, is a heart-wrenching childhood memory ballad, halfway between “Julia” and “Strawberry Fields Forever.” https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-beatles-revolver-unheard-archives-sheffield-1234587264/ Sir Lemming fucked around with this message at 01:53 on Sep 8, 2022 |
|
#
?
Sep 7, 2022 15:18
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/blink182/status/1579805755217059840?s=46&t=gywXoKq0_hhm8mtglnyAyg whoa Tom’s back
|
|
#
?
Oct 11, 2022 15:55
|
|
|
The Beach Boys have another box set out soon, Sail on Sailor, which covers the end of their truly original era. A year after Holland, Endless Summer was released and it's been nostalgia since then. Unless they go back to the pre-Pet Sounds era, there isn't anywhere else to go with them that hasn't been beat do death or would be commercially viable. And I'm not sure how much pre-Pet Sounds outtakes are available that haven't already been released. One of the songs in this set, Rooftop Harry, was only rediscovered in the past few years. The listing for the super deluxe CD box quote:CD 1 There's just not much here I want. I have all their albums through 1980. Holland is my second favorite Beach Boys album, but I have no need for another copy of it. The concert does nothing for me and there isn't enough bonus material.
|
|
#
?
Oct 11, 2022 20:12
|
|
|
Not sure where else to post this but I just wanted to say, this has been a weird year for Weezer. The first 3 "seasons" EPs were pretty much as lame as expected. But I feel like the Winter one might actually be really good? It's the only one that actually sounds like a real band playing and there are songs on it that I actually remember and want to hear again. "Basketball" and "The Deep and Dreamless Sleep" seem like particular highlights.
|
|
#
?
Dec 28, 2022 19:43
|
|
|
Sir Lemming posted:Not sure where else to post this but I just wanted to say, this has been a weird year for Weezer. The first 3 "seasons" EPs were pretty much as lame as expected. But I feel like the Winter one might actually be really good? It's the only one that actually sounds like a real band playing and there are songs on it that I actually remember and want to hear again. "Basketball" and "The Deep and Dreamless Sleep" seem like particular highlights. Weezer's gimmick their entire career has been to occasionally threaten to be a good band. I fell for it on Pinkerton and that's where it stops for me. Everything they do somehow manages to make me roll my eyes harder than the thing before. That OK Computer album was just, get hosed
|
|
#
?
Jan 3, 2023 19:36
|
|
|
Not sure what thread to post this in, but I've been really getting into Pearl Jam after being aware of them but basically ignoring them my whole life It's harsh, but I always saw them as "the other Grunge band that isn't Nirvana" (I'm slightly, although not radically younger than a lot of Goons I think - my musical awakening was really in the post punk revival indie sleaze era e.g. bloc Party, yeah yeah yeah etc - this stuff was all before my time) As unpopular an opinion it may be, but I think Ten is just fine - I'm sure it was groundbreaking at the time but I'm just like, yeah, sure. Whereas I'm really enjoying a lot of their music on albums that fans seem to hate? Like All or None from Riot Act (I should probably say, hearing this song on the Last of Us TV show is what started this whole kick, yes I know Future Days in the game but didn't leave as much of an impression on me), and I really like a LOT of No Code, which everyone seems to loving hate. Just Breathe is great too, and Dance of the Clairvoyants on their latest album The TLDR is just that I discovered Pearl Jam have a lot more of a varied discography than I gave them credit for, as much as the stuff that stays within their lane seems to have always been most popular
|
|
#
?
Sep 14, 2023 02:18
|
|
|
I really like Pearl Jam. I grew up when they were at the their heyday so no surprise I guess. Still, I'm happy to hear that somebody younger than me is enjoying them. I keep going back to Ten; I've listened to it enough that I automatically try to sing along (my singing is pretty poor so I mostly do this when I'm alone) and from time to time certain lyrics will just pop into my head. Evenflow.... thoughts arrive like butterflies... Fake Edit: oh look the whole album is up on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-cRKgcTFfI
|
|
#
?
Sep 14, 2023 02:39
|
|
|
I've always been at odds with the "Eddie Vedder voice" (though it goes back at least as far as Iron Butterfly) so I always passed on them, but objectively they obviously have a lot of talent. I should really go through their catalog some day.
|
|
#
?
Sep 14, 2023 14:14
|
|
|
As someone who has been enjoying it I do feel it grates after a while too.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2023 10:08
|
|
|
#itshappening The teased "final Beatles song" has finally been officially announced. As many predicted, it's "Now and Then" a Lennon demo which they had worked on in 1995 along with the other 2 Anthology tracks, but abandoned. Releases November 2 (less than a week!) with some kind of premiere event the night before. Here's the most interesting bit from the announcement: https://www.thebeatles.com/announcement quote:The story of “Now And Then” begins in the late 1970s, when John recorded a demo with vocals and piano at his home in New York’s Dakota Building. In 1994, his wife, Yoko Ono Lennon, gave the recording to Paul, George and Ringo, along with John’s demos for “Free As A Bird” and “Real Love,” which were both completed as new Beatles songs and respectively released as singles in 1995 and 1996, as part of The Beatles Anthology project. At the same time, Paul, George and Ringo also recorded new parts and completed a rough mix for “Now And Then” with producer Jeff Lynne. At that point, technological limitations prevented John’s vocals and piano from being separated to achieve the clear, unclouded mix needed to finish the song. “Now And Then” was shelved, with a hope that one day it would be revisited. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgFTpwB_uII (Oh, and also they're remixing the "Red & Blue" greatest hits albums. Which could definitely have some neat stuff too!)
|
|
#
?
Oct 26, 2023 22:05
|
|
|
https://youtu.be/AW55J2zE3N4?si=_fI6VMgorKlUDS9o https://youtu.be/Opxhh9Oh3rg?si=30Oy29q5UGt4zgxX https://youtu.be/APJAQoSCwuA?si=4OfPAweHTiOiBGk1 Lifelong Beatles fan. My favorite music, without qualification. I’ll be honest, the first time hearing it, I was of course moved by John’s vocals. But I mostly didn’t like it. A few more listens and it grew on me a bit. But watching the music video killed me. Didn’t like the parts dropping archival John and George footage photoshopped into the present at first. But just like the song, it got me in the end. 
|
|
#
?
Nov 3, 2023 14:58
|
|
|
New Gaslight Anthem album is bad although better than Get Hurt at least. They were always old-fashioned but now they just feel old
|
|
#
?
Nov 3, 2023 16:24
|
|
|
Now and Then isn't bad, but it's not as good as Free as a Bird and Real Love (let alone their best work in the 60s, of course). There's a case to be made that it's still an impressive achievement, given what they were working with; the original Lennon demo was kind of a pile of half-formed ideas (not to mention the electrical buzzing).
|
|
#
?
Nov 4, 2023 21:14
|
|
|
the best rock album of the last 10 years came out 10 years ago, and it's AM by the arctic monkeys
|
|
#
?
Nov 9, 2023 16:05
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 5, 2024 17:22 |
|
|
It's a few months old, but basically there's a new U2 track (ft Brittany Howard) that plays at the end of each U2 show in Vegas at the moment. Apparently will be released in the next RSD wave. I know they're working with Brian Eno a little for some of the UV show stuff and I kinda get that vibe here. Hopefully he's on the next album too. Anyway it's very chill (and almost no Bono) so I like it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYlqs6GVXO0 (edit this is a live recording so the first 30 seconds has the band waving off and leaving the stage with some crowd noise)
|
|
#
?
Feb 5, 2024 22:26
|
|
