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exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

I saw Cuddle Magic when they opened for Death Vessel last weekend in RI, and they might be my new favorite band. Just a fantastic warm sound to all their songs and they killed it live. Uncommon to see a non-commercial group that has such a good blend of sound, lots of vocals/instruments going on and all the parts were so clean and distinct.

Edit: Had this song in my head all morning. Even better live though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8Jer8XwAbU

exquisite tea fucked around with this message at 13:56 on Oct 27, 2014

# ¿ Oct 27, 2014 13:49

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# ¿ May 8, 2024 13:18

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

The new Sufjan record is great. I saw him perform last week at Newport Folk, and "Fourth of July" is even more haunting when the outro is five minutes of "we're all gonna die" set over building instrumentation. Also, having stood maybe only 20 feet away from him, I can say that Sufjan Stevens is quite possibly the most beautiful looking man on earth. I cannot believe that dude is 40 years old.

# ¿ Jul 30, 2015 11:26

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

jiffypop45 posted:

I got tickets to see the Decemberists next month in Dallas! Super excited to see them. One of my favorite albums this year. Anyone been to a show of theirs?

They were also at Newport Folk immediately following Sufjan. Just extremely talented and maybe one of the cleanest-sounding bands I've ever seen perform live. All of their instrumentation was so distinct and cool. Also a lot more down-to-earth and fun than you would expect, given the headiness of their music in general.

# ¿ Aug 3, 2015 18:32

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Did anybody go to Newport Folk over the weekend? I saw the Oh Hellos for the first time on Sunday and they put on such a great show, so high energy and happy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz5MGQZfKPo

# ¿ Jul 26, 2016 14:45

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Whorelord posted:

So I saw the Low Anthem tonight.

I remember them as a great Americana band that sounded like a great mix of fleet Foxes and tom Waits

Apparently they're a noise rock band now?

Yeah they suck rear end now.

Jocie Adams' new band Arc Iris rules however.

# ¿ Nov 30, 2016 20:48

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

A human heart posted:

Noise rock is a lot cooler than Americana

If noise is your thing that's cool, but the Low Anthem now sounds like four people who didn't even tune up for sound check and everything is washed out in reverb.

# ¿ Dec 1, 2016 16:40

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Xiu Xiu's cover of Fast Car is maybe the most offensively bad thing I've ever heard, and I wrote about popular music of the Third Reich in college.

# ¿ Dec 6, 2016 21:52

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Sapphic Socialism posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rD5UIVbLcA

I think I'm in love with this track. And Poema in general.

I like this song a lot. So much different from their earlier stuff, too!

# ¿ Jan 19, 2017 16:27

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

HorseRenoir posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdKUTo6xc00

I honestly hate poo poo like this. Yeah it's a Coldplay song, but this "oh ho we're so above the material" ironic posturing from some dweebie indie group is somehow even more aggravating. If you're covering a song, cover it in earnest and showcase your ability to make the song meaningful to you. A good performer can take even the shallowest source material and make something noteworthy of it.

# ¿ Jul 5, 2017 20:36

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Intel&Sebastian posted:

Musical notes are a dwindling resource and wasting them on silly covers instead of putting your heart and soul into an afternoon stopover in the Onion AV office is a crime that shall not go unpunished

# ¿ Jul 5, 2017 21:23

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

pap schmear posted:

Last week's PHC was a re-broadcast from November, so sorry if this has been posted, but did anyone catch The Staves? Blew me away. I thought they were just another Wailing Jennies, but oh no they're not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rseP3svn5fY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMGP7XMOwuA

I've been a fan of the Staves for quite some time. They have the best rendition of Chicago by Sufjan Stevens I've ever heard. I think I even like it more than the original.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS8OZp8bCak

# ¿ Jul 11, 2017 15:20

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Were any of you at Newport Folk over the weekend? Offa Rex (the Decemberists + Olivia Chaney) were amazing, as was Rhiannon Giddens and of course Billy Bragg in everything that he does.

# ¿ Aug 1, 2017 22:25

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Alec Eiffel posted:

I didn't see it, but Colin Meloy is a great show man.

Chris Funk is highly involved with the curation of Newport Folk so the Decemberists are frequent guests there. The real star was Olivia Chaney though, first I've ever heard her sing and she has an amazing voice.

# ¿ Aug 2, 2017 11:27

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

If you wanna feel super old, one of the first things I remember watching on youtube was this Fleet Foxes cover by two Swedish teenage girls, who ended up becoming First Aid Kit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMrqBldlqzA

# ¿ Aug 6, 2017 17:08

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

I got to see Rachael Price of Lake Street Dive perform this live at Newport Folk and it was incredible. The whole closing set was great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVfcjBze86M

# ¿ Aug 13, 2018 15:58

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

I first heard Hannah Telle as the voice of Max from Life is Strange, but she's a musician by trade and I enjoyed her first album back in 2016. She has a new single out on her Bandcamp that I really like, "Later in Life." Very dreampop, highly reminiscent of alvvays.

https://hannahtelle.bandcamp.com/track/later-in-life

# ¿ Dec 14, 2018 18:46

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Reminds me of Tink and the Bangas, who also did a tiny desk concert.

# ¿ Mar 19, 2019 12:45

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Lastgirl posted:

neat

anyone like Sigrid? Just recently came across her and I think she's phenom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uHt2LrCSWg

I love Sigrid! Plot Twist is my #1 feelgood song, it is literally impossible to be down after listening to this track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNuCNZK-r5A

# ¿ Apr 1, 2019 10:11

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

lol how does this man still have a career

# ¿ Apr 28, 2019 03:02

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

The amount of bad Tool cover bands I've seen in rock clubs even to this day would seem to indicate that they're still pretty popular.

# ¿ May 8, 2019 23:14

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Portions for Foxes was one kickass song but I prefer Jenny Lewis' solo stuff.

# ¿ May 24, 2019 11:28

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

The first time I saw Rufus Wainwright was in a club called The Green Room that was so small he had to carry his keyboard in and out of the same entrance everybody else came in from.

# ¿ Jul 23, 2019 00:21

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

MayakovskyMarmite posted:

What would I like if I liked the sound in these three songs? Something psychedelic/laurel canyon?

Lana Del Rey � Venice Bitch
Sufjan Stevens � Impossible Soul
Father John Misty � True Affection

All these songs sound quite different to me, are you looking for airy dream pop or synth-heavy electropop? For the first I'd recommend The Magnetic Fields and for the second, The Magnetic Fields.

# ¿ Sep 23, 2019 13:54

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Polo-Rican posted:

Pitchfork has a "best of the '10s" poll up

https://pitchfork.com/news/vote-for-the-best-of-the-2010s-in-the-pitchfork-readers-poll/

What are your top albums of the '10s? Honestly 2010 feels like so loving long ago that it's gonna take a lot of research for me to be able to answer this question. The past few years I've been using spotify to deep dive into weird international poo poo and obscure acts from the 70s. I'm less concerned with staying current than I used to be, which makes this hard to answer.

Unfortunately (because it's a boring and obvious choice) My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy will probably grab the #1 spot since it came out in 2010.

I can't believe Southeastern by Jason Isbell did not already auto-populate! He's released two good albums since 2013 but every song on that record makes you wanna kill yourself, it's glorious.

# ¿ Sep 23, 2019 17:03

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Lutha Mahtin posted:

I think a more fun thing for Pitchfork to do would be to have people vote on their reviews of the last decade. You could have categories like most funny, most pretentious, most white-guy-reviewing-a-minority. The possibilities are endless.

"Album reviews that haven't aged well" would be a very entertaining topic.

# ¿ Sep 23, 2019 20:00

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

No Southeastern?! I can't believe it. Also what I'm getting here is that Pitchfork really, really likes Solange. Or maybe it's just one dude, I dunno.

# ¿ Oct 8, 2019 20:59

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

I've seen Big Thief and Adrianne Lenker solo a few times. They're good but quiet, just kind of workmanlike with the setlist if that bothers you.

# ¿ Oct 10, 2019 20:20

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

That's... a pretty good list, actually.

# ¿ Oct 16, 2019 16:22

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

theblackw0lf posted:

AV Club has their top 50 albums of the decade up

https://music.avclub.com/the-50-best-albums-of-the-2010s-1839776060

No EMOTION, voted 0.

# ¿ Nov 22, 2019 12:43

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

T Bowl posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoLwyWi7Z4c

Catchy as gently caress

Thanks for putting this here, I've been listening to The Japanese House all weekend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEzYD4ZielY

# ¿ Feb 22, 2020 12:25

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Paperback Writer posted:

and SXSW just got cancelled. Coachella will be next I bet...

Dang now I'm worried about Newport Folk this year.

# ¿ Mar 7, 2020 09:16

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Thank you Fiona, and keep being weird.

# ¿ Apr 17, 2020 19:21

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Pitchfork has their own kind of insular community and as a result they sometimes tend to obsess over specific artists that I don't really understand, but in the case of Fiona Apple their praise is 100% accurate.

# ¿ Apr 18, 2020 11:54

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

20 years ago everybody made fun of Fiona Apple for her "world is bullshit" speech but you know, she was totally right.

# ¿ Apr 26, 2020 10:56

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Unsurprisingly a lot of talented musicians come from affluent backgrounds where they could afford the kind of equipment, networking and training early in life to perform at a high level. Being wealthy offers tremendous advantages including the amplification of natural talent, a phenomenon that should come as a shock to absolutely no one.

# ¿ May 5, 2020 12:34

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Everyone seems to prefer the first album but Every Open Eye is my favorite. I don't think lyricism is exactly Chuvurches' strongpoint and EOE has the most outright bangers for treadmill purposes.

# ¿ May 20, 2020 15:06

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Yes.

# ¿ May 27, 2020 10:48

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Carrie & Lowell would have been the #1 most depressing album of the decade if Jason Isbell didn't write Southeastern in rehab two years earlier. It's a beautiful record though, and Sufjan Stevens is a beautiful man. I saw him at Newport Folk in 2015 when the album was new and it was pretty amazing to hear 20,000 people sing "we're all gonna die" in unison.

# ¿ Jul 1, 2020 00:31

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Have you ever listened to Luluc?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXWaLtxyC5w

# ¿ Jul 1, 2020 17:37

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# ¿ May 8, 2024 13:18

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

I haven't heard listened to any of those albums yet besides Fiona Apple but I'm prepared to come out swinging for my favorite weirdo songstress.

# ¿ Jul 29, 2020 16:01

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