Sofa King good.
Kind of all over the place stylistically. They either take chances or are paying homage to a lot of different musical styles, depending on your perspective. I tend towards the latter, and it’s not a knock. It’s just a really solid pop/rock listen. And yes, the guitars are just heavy enough on just enough tracks to not bore the rock fans.
If you like rap, check it out… some of the lyrics make me say “damn.”
“Got a girl on my arm dude, show respect
Something crazy, an Asian, Virginia Tech.”
-Backpacker
“The shit that I’m doing this year? Insanity.
Made the beat then murdered it, Casey Anthony.”
-Bonfire
:eek:
Pitchfork’s top 100 songs of 2011 is out. I’m not linking it. If you care, you know where to go.
This song was #1:
M83 ‘Midnight City’ Official video
I absolutely loved Kim & Jessie, but that song is kinda meh to me.
IMO, this song, which is on their list, still got shortchanged:
There is some #fuckingcanoeingmusic on there, namely two Bon Iver songs and one Fleet Foxes, but honestly, Holocene is not as good as anything on For Emma Forever Ago. Likewise, nothing on the new Fleet Foxes album (including Grown Ocean) is as good as:
Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains - A Take Away Show
There is a noticeable absence of #dadrock on there as well, which is a shame, because these two gems from Wilco deserve full consideration:
Black Moon - Wilco (Dark Anime) (fan created video, why not? better than staring at album art)
Wilco, ‘One Sunday Morning’ (Song for Jane Smiley’s Boyfriend) (ditto)
That last one is an all time classic. It has quickly become my favorite moody driving song, possibly of all time.
Also kinda dig Sunloathe off that album. I also kinda dog: St Vincent - Cruel & Feist - How Come you Never Go There. I am trying to like Real Estate, The Horrors - Still Life, and James Blake - The Wilhelm Scream. Interesting comment on the WFUV live perfomance (google it) - devout hip hop lover blown away by this song. Guess I wouldn’t have thought of that, but it does kinda sound like a white guy trying to do, I dunno, D’angelo? Anybody got a better comparison?
My Morning Jacket’s show from last night. http://tinyurl.com/MMJ2011-12-12
Got a nice little playlist of brand new stuff going:
[font=comic sans ms]Guided By Voices - The Unsinkable Fats Domino[/font]
[font=comic sans ms]Guards - Do it Again[/font]
[font=comic sans ms]White Rabbits - Heavy Metal [/font]
[font=comic sans ms]Shins - Simple Song[/font]
[font=comic sans ms]Cat Power - King Rides By[/font]
[font=comic sans ms]Sister Crayon - Aint No Sunshine (cover)[/font]
[font=comic sans ms]Sleigh Bells - Born To Lose[/font]
And I am trying to find something I just head a little bit of today on My Old Kentucky Blog - I think the band was called Victor Virrellea or something like that.
GBV song is classic GBV. Love it. Drunk off their ass midwestern all american rock band just ripping off great licks with a legendary frontman who was/is euqally as likely to pass out on the stage as he is to spit/pour beer all over the crowd. Oh yeah, their songs rule too. These guys should be HOFs.
Guards is the band of Cults female lead singer’s brother. Damn this song is good. It’s just so much power chord fun. The vocals are just okay, but I got past that quickly.
White Rabbits - reserving comment _ I want to like this so badly, but this sounds nothing like them.
Shins - I have changed my mind - this song is great.
Sleigh Bells - Music that celebrates ADD.
Cat Power - I love Chan. She can do little wrong in my book. She has one of the sexiest voices around.
That Aint No Sunshine cover is just good enough to mention. Everyone knows that song, but it’s a fresh enough take to warrant attention.
[quote=“NinerAdvocate, post:285, topic:24025”]Drunk off their ass…rock band just ripping off…licks with a…frontman who was/is euqally as likely to pass out on the stage as he is to spit/pour beer all over the crowd.[/quote]Didn’t they run into a pet racoon that eats human flesh? ;D
I almost didn’t want to listen to this because I knew from past experience how this would absolutely overpower me…
It’s not intended for everyone. That’s for certain. But for what it is, it’s absolute genius. The raw emotional power of the sparse arrangement, the subtle, almost underplayed brass as the emotion swells… Daniel Rossen gets it. He is one of the most talented song writers alive right now. It’s staggeringly beautiful.
Daniel Rossen - Saint Nothing (taken from forthcoming EP ‘Silent Hour / Golden Mile’)
I drove around the city late the other night with this up just loud enough to hear, but no louder. Warm winter night, with the windows down. Sublime.
This was a link off that video… nice beat w/ sample of Rossen’s band Grizzly Bear, doing “Two Weeks”…
Destroying Grizzly Bear’s “Two Weeks” sample on the Maschine (Hip Hop Beat)
You know, Jay Z loves these guys too. Wonder how he’d sound over that.
[quote=“NinerAdvocate, post:38, topic:24025”]And BTW, kinda off topic - but the indie rock in commercials thread is gone - I had notcied this and its annoying as hell too:
http://pitchfork.com/news/40329-fleet-foxes-grizzly-bear-hijacked-by-tv-ads/[/quote]
Just saw Audi being sold by Echo and the Bunnymen.
Gotye- Making Mirrors…buy it.
more 90’s nostalgia:
Trailer Trash Tracys-Candy Girl
No, It isnt Die Antewoord. I know you are disappointed.
Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Jack Bruce.
Curve (circa '91-'93).
All you former or current Garbage/Shirley Manson/Butch Vig fanboys - here is the band they ripped off. Toni Halliday FTW.
It’s hard to pick just one song. They were all great. Kinda surprised that it doesn’t sound dated.
One of my favorite trios of all time. I have the DVD of their reunion show a few years back (@ the Hall of Fame), and it’s phenomenal.
This is some good underground stuff:
Delta Spirit is streaming their entire new album. Getting good reviews. I havent formed an opinion yet:
Also listening to old Lush (so underrated), and Sharon Van Etten - Serpents
The New Yardbirds, with Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham. They’re thinking about changing their name to Led Zeppelin, or something like that.
Not the Beatles.
Oldskoooooollllllll with a classic. Ready or Not by the Fugeees
For you, NA:
