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It's that time of year again, so what's everyone's favorite non-traditional Christmas albums/songs? Sufjan Stevens' Silver and Gold is pretty amazing, ranging from straight covers of carols to weird original songs. "Christmas Unicorn" is a blast, my girlfriend and I spent all last holiday singing it at each other. Christmas Tree Island by the Rosebuds is also very good, made up entirely of original songs. This was my favorite find last year and I think this thread recommended it to me.
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Epi Lepi posted:It's that time of year again, so what's everyone's favorite non-traditional Christmas albums/songs? Sufjan Stevens' Silver and Gold is pretty amazing, ranging from straight covers of carols to weird original songs. "Christmas Unicorn" is a blast, my girlfriend and I spent all last holiday singing it at each other. "That Was the Worst Christmas Ever" is beautiful. That album also has a cover of "Alphabet St." by Prince for some reason. edit: "That Was the Worst Christmas Ever" is on his other Christmas album, my mistake. silencekit fucked around with this message at 19:20 on Dec 3, 2014 |
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Dec 3, 2014 19:18
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Low - Christmas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IippcraBPKA
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Dec 3, 2014 20:13
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SgtScruffy posted:I saw Death from Above 1979 last night and, while they didn't play Black History Month like I'd hoped, it was amazing and I think I'm permanently deaf. I've yet to hear they've played it on tour.
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Dec 4, 2014 07:33
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Purity Ring are back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiV0RN0mPSk Some are decrying this as "too pop" for their liking, but it sounds like another good PR song with Megan's vocals sounding clearer. It's good. I'm excited.
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Dec 4, 2014 18:14
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Love them, and I've yet to hear anyone else I know in person talk about them. Would love a new album/tour. Except my "bands I want to see list" keeps growing and growing for next year, I'm going to be so poor.
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Dec 5, 2014 00:35
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ThatsMyBoye posted:Purity Ring are back
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Dec 5, 2014 02:35
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so liars are real good turns out
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Dec 9, 2014 19:45
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Super late in posting thing but I saw Spoon last Friday in Austin. I'm not really a big Spoon fan but they put on an absolutely amazing show. Every member of the band has a great deal of musicality to their playing. They did more with their lighting in a few songs than I've seen bands do in their entire sets. Got a video of "Do You" below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxHkr6ZJK0I Though an interesting stand out was one of the opening bands "St. Paul and the Broken Bones", a blues band that played a really good opening act. If Spoon hadn't been as great as they were, they may have eclipsed them for me. I've included one of their songs below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB3TK_EvkjE
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Dec 11, 2014 03:56
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Greta Morgan just released an album under the name Springtime Carnivore and it's pretty interesting. It reminds me of The Drums, Tennis, and St. Vincent. I really like this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICTqhHGnu5o, but the rest of her album is fun to listen to (Sun Went Black, Talk To Me Slow). SKATERS reminds me a bit of old Interpol and that early 2000's rock we all used to love as melodramatic kids. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSaPHFsZTZo I think this song is an example of a track where I like the instrumentals, but feel like the lyrics detract significantly. It's mellow rock but the lyrics are whiny and cheesy. It's grating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtBY7_3gj6o by Red Riders An older track by the Cloud Nothings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wivabEYrx08
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Dec 15, 2014 19:14
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Modest Mouse are also back http://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2014/12/14/modest-mouse-lampshades-on-fire-song-premiere
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Dec 15, 2014 19:42
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ThatsMyBoye posted:Modest Mouse are also back This is good and I enjoy it.
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Dec 15, 2014 19:57
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ThatsMyBoye posted:Modest Mouse are also back
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Dec 16, 2014 04:12
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Yeah it's not poo poo... it just, you know, sounds like a Modest Mouse song.
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Dec 16, 2014 04:18
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BonoMan posted:Yeah it's not poo poo... it just, you know, sounds like a Modest Mouse song.
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:It sounds exactly like everything else Modest Mouse have been doing over the past few years, which, cool I guess, but it doesn't sound like they've either gone back to their roots or evolved in any way. Not much to get excited over. Yeah I agree with you (I can't tell if you thought my post was sarcasm or not).
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Dec 16, 2014 04:41
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guppiehaus posted:I think this song is an example of a track where I like the instrumentals, but feel like the lyrics detract significantly. It's mellow rock but the lyrics are whiny and cheesy. It's grating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtBY7_3gj6o by Red Riders I enjoyed Red Riders back in the day. Their first ep's and album scratched a good 00's guitar pop itch. Nothing groundbreaking but solid tunes. Two of them are still doing their thing with a little less polish with 'Palms'. I saw them supporting Living End no their club tour and it was a fun show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjI2PYTEYfk
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Dec 16, 2014 08:39
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:It sounds exactly like everything else Modest Mouse have been doing over the past few years, which, cool I guess, but it doesn't sound like they've either gone back to their roots or evolved in any way. Not much to get excited over. On one hand, this is true. On the other hand, of course I'm going to get it day one because holy poo poo it's been eight loving years since the last album
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Dec 16, 2014 15:59
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:It sounds exactly like everything else Modest Mouse have been doing over the past few years, which, cool I guess, but it doesn't sound like they've either gone back to their roots or evolved in any way. Not much to get excited over. No One's First and You're Next is the dopest poo poo they ever put out so give me more of that. The new song is pretty good, but not stellar. I'm not afraid of the new album sucking at least.
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Dec 16, 2014 18:55
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nasboat posted:the new TVOTR is great and I would recommend everyone seek it out in the corners of the internet where you'd find that sort of thing Just bought tickets to see them. Never seen them before but they feel like they should be great live.
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Dec 19, 2014 16:59
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Hand Row posted:Just bought tickets to see them. Never seen them before but they feel like they should be great live. I'm seeing them in March in KC, almost eight years to the weekend since I last saw them there. They're a blast live, despite how some of their TV performances seem to turn out. *** Indulge me, goons: Since the year's almost up, can I give Douglas Dare another mention? I don't think he's gotten any coverage outside of the UK; I only came across his debut album, Whelm, when browsing through Drowned in Sound one day (something I don't typically do; nothing against DiS). Reminiscent of Thom Yorke's older stuff and James Blake, but a bit more straightforward. "Swim" "Nile" "Lungful" Dude's all of, like, 23. Probably my favorite album of the year.
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Dec 19, 2014 21:15
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Hand Row posted:Just bought tickets to see them. Never seen them before but they feel like they should be great live. Bought two in march without getting a date ahead of time because the venue was running out. Really excited!
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Dec 19, 2014 21:51
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So the Smith Westerns broke up.
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Dec 20, 2014 03:08
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People into Japandroids/Cloud Nothings etc. should check out California X. So good.
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Dec 20, 2014 07:27
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I remember hearing about this a week or two ago on siriusxmu. Not specifically this band but, when a band "ends" in a way I almost feel a degree of relief in that I can now build an encyclopedic collection of their discography without having to worry about keeping up with the tail end of it.
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Dec 21, 2014 00:23
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I found this CD when I went home for Christmas and it's the best. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNG7Z5uVEVE
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Dec 21, 2014 04:30
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gently caress, lol, I thought this was the pop/punk thread.
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Dec 21, 2014 04:33
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Red_Fred posted:People into Japandroids/Cloud Nothings etc. should check out California X. So good. This rules, seconding it very much.
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Dec 21, 2014 05:12
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goldblums eyes posted:gently caress, lol, I thought this was the pop/punk thread. you've lost so much face
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Hi friends! As you may have inferred from my previous posts in this thread, I am a huge fan of The Olivia Tremor Control and Circulatory System. Well, some audio tracks by these guys have been made available on the Olivia Tremor Control forum over on e6townhall dot com. One of those tracks is titled "Same Place," so I think it could perhaps be a song or an early version of a song for an Olivia Tremor Control album that may be released in the future. Members of the band have previously stated that a new Olivia Tremor Control album titled The Same Place will be released in the future. The song is super beautiful, so I went ahead and uploaded it to youtube. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joFeElgjOuY I'm aware that it may perhaps have been kinda sorta inappropriate for me to put the song on youtube, so I'll take it down if anyone contacts me suggesting that I do so. Yay for E6 and the Olivia Tremor Control! Rest In Peace, Bill Doss! Edit: And yeah, like I stated in the youtube description, many thanks to all of the members of The Olivia Tremor Control and to e6townhall Forums Poster applesacks! And to the author of the fishing blog called Fontinalis Rising, from where I took the image featured in the "video"! Math Debater fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Dec 26, 2014 |
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Dec 26, 2014 21:37
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As a huge Olivia Tremor Control fan, thanks for the track and fingers crossed for a new album.
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Dec 27, 2014 01:27
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I was told to direct this here: The Go! Team is putting out a new album in 2015! I'm super excited. There is a teaser on their website here: http://thegoteam.co.uk/
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Dec 28, 2014 21:37
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Every single Go! Team album sounds exactly the same and I don't care. Edit to clarify: I don't care that they sound the same, because they are all good.
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Dec 28, 2014 23:16
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FactsAreUseless posted:Every single Go! Team album sounds exactly the same and I don't care. This is correct because I remembered that they had a song in LittleBigPlanet because I listened to the teaser.
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Dec 30, 2014 06:08
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I'm not a massive fan of indie rock generally but I do greatly enjoy the band Pavement. Please recommend me an indie rock band/s with comparable songwriting skills.
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Dec 31, 2014 21:54
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Mac Demarco is a bit different musically but has writes similar jaunty lyrics. His latest album is very good. Mac DeMarco - Let Her Go: http://youtu.be/Neu3_4MeGls If you haven't already you might want to check out Steve Malkmus and the Jicks. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Lariat: http://youtu.be/CLJcE_dsT6E The new Parquet Courts album is reminiscent of the scruffier side of Pavements music. Parquet Courts "Black and White": http://youtu.be/hbFp1Q_Z8mM E. Also Beck is a good songwriter has a huge back catalogue since the 90s but release a pretty good album this year.. Beck - Say Goodbye: http://youtu.be/PugIf_WlosA Similar era bands that you might know of Blur, Sebadoh, The Apples in Stereo, Superchunk, Yo La Tango. All have similarities for different reasons. deletebeepbeepbeep fucked around with this message at 00:30 on Jan 1, 2015 |
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deletebeepbeepbeep posted:Mac Demarco is a bit different musically but has writes similar jaunty lyrics. His latest album is very good. Thank you kind sir, I will give these a try.
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You should also check out Silver Jews who were another Stephen Malkmus band. Silver Jews - Random Rules: http://youtu.be/jKl4Wpu75W0
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Ex-Priest Tobin posted:I'm not a massive fan of indie rock generally but I do greatly enjoy the band Pavement. Please recommend me an indie rock band/s with comparable songwriting skills.
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Ex-Priest Tobin posted:I'm not a massive fan of indie rock generally but I do greatly enjoy the band Pavement. Please recommend me an indie rock band/s with comparable songwriting skills. The Weakerthans always kinda reminded me of Pavement. The lead singer, John K. Samson is one of the best songwriters out there IMHO. Some of their songs might be a little too... Canadian through. These are worth a listen: Civil Twilight A Plea From a Cat Named Virtute One Great City Tournament of Hearts
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