yea, this sounds like someone who has heard blackest eyes, trains, shallow, and halo, and likes trains. this is extremely far off base dude, trust me. barely any of their stuff is fast and technical....their only great instrumentalist is their drummer anyway. it's all in the production, really, thats what makes their music set apart. maybe someone can back me up on this.

I second this; I'm all about this album. "Us v. Them" and "Sound of Silver" (the song) are really good too, in a style more similar to earlier LCD Soundsystem stuff. Speaking of DFA, I've also been listening to Hot Chip a lot lately, since I was able to get my hands on their DJ Kicks mix that doesn't come out until next month.

just bought that Gym Class Heroes CD... pretty legit...

red hot chili peppers- stadium arcadium

i actually dont like trains at all. its one of their others which i like, i dont know the name of it though, but it is really good. it was the first song of theirs that i heard so i was disappointed that i couldnt get into any of their other stuff.

Loved the Chili Peppers latest

illScarlett, Toronto band.

I saw them live in St. Catharine's tonight, along with 3 other bands (one being Crush Luther). Great performances.

I'm on Dylan all night. It's easing the loss of Vonnegut.

Actually, Dylan is probably next on my Heros List to kick. Heller can be long-for, either. Nor Barth....

they announced the lollapalooza lineup this morning. i was pleasantly surprised by a few selections and floored by a few others.

notable highlights include:

LCD Soundsystem
M.I.A.
(these two alone mean i probably have to go.)

daft punk (headlining one night)
spoon
tv on the radio
fields
patti smith
polyphonic spree (is the stage big enough?)
regina spektor (if you haven't seen her live she will blow your mind)
stooges/iggy (even though the record sucks)

other people i like but am less surprised by:

interpol
yeah yeah yeahs
the roots
pete yorn
yo la tengo
!!!
ted leo
rhymefest
the wailers
tapes 'n tapes
sparklehorse

and pearl jam as the 'big name' headliner rock band is about 6543843x better than chili peppers imo.

chicago ftw

lalapalooza is only in chicago right??

pearl jam is still a really good live band.

ipod (12980 songs) is on shuffle

last 5 songs:
allman brothers- whippin post
dropkick murphys- good rats (live)
chain of strength- true til death
johnny cash- tear stained letter
insted- be someone (live)

She's playing here (seattle) on the 25th, but it's sold out and I can't find a ticket for less than a hundred bucks.

Edit: I'm listening currently to Lupe Fiasco's "Food & Liquor"

Calexico- Untitled III off of the Hot Rail record

Godsmack. Lots and lots of Godsmack.

Everyone who's familiar with my music tastes knows I'm pretty much just a hipster/indie critic-worshipping drone, so I'm listening to:

The Twilight Sad- Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters

I like it so far, but mostly because somebody told me to, and the leadsinger is so unabashedly fucking Scottish.

Wang

Yet again, Chicago is the place to be for summer music festivals.

The lineup for the Pitchfork Music Festival, so far:

Friday, July 13:

Sonic Youth perform Daydream Nation
GZA/Genius performs Liquid Swords
Slint perform Spiderland

Saturday, July 14:

Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues (w/members of Dirty Three, the Delta 72 & JSBX)
Clipse
Iron and Wine
Girl Talk
Grizzly Bear
Battles
Fujiya & Miyagi
Oxford Collapse
Dan Deacon
Beach House
Professor Murder
Ken Vandermark's Powerhouse Sound

Sunday, July 15:

New Pornographers
Stephen Malkmus
De La Soul
Of Montreal
Jamie Lidell
Menomena
Klaxons
The Ponys
Deerhunter
Craig Taborn's Junk Magic

Friday is going to be sick, and it's only $50 for all three days.

At The Drive In - Vaya

Anyone seen The Arcade Fire live? Wang, and everyone else, tells me they've heard they're great, but no one seems to know first-hand. Anyway, I'm seeing them Tuesday, and I'm pretty excited. I think The National are opening.

I saw them two summers ago at the Sasquatch Festival. They were fantastic.

I saw this topic again while I was listening to Meredith Brooks so I thought it was funny cause its not something I was proud of

im a *****
im a lover
im a child
im a mother


wheres the im high thread????deeg

So, is no one else listening to MOTHERFU**IN VOLTA!!!!!!!!!!


(is it just me?)


Anyway, it's amazing. Get it when it comes out. You'll be happy.

(We're talking about the new Bjork album, for the record. The motherfu**in was added by me and is not in the actual title. All rights reserved.)

Kansas - Carry on my Wayward Son

What i've done -linkin park.

New album out next month

I can't listen to Bjork. It's just so much noise to me, at least at this point. Without sarcasm intended in the question, can someone try to explain to me why I'm wrong, and, because I'm a poser who can normally make himself like weird stuff with enough effort (it worked with Kid A), maybe recommend an album path to get me up to Bjork-speed?

nine inch nails - year zero

start with Post. and remind yourself throughout that it was made in 1994.

Thanks. I'll give it a few listens.

I finally got around to putting it some time on Animal Collective. In fact, I've been listening to them pretty non-stop. Also keeping with the theme of "Albums That are Old-News to You, and Have Been for Years," I'm listening to Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah, which I find to be completely awesome. That said, I'm out of new stuff, more or less, and as you guys are my sole link to the music "scene," I'm ready for another volley.

Radio Paradise.

How about giving The Dismemberment Plan a try? They started off as a DC style punk band with "!" and "...Is Terrified," and then released "Emergency & I," which most people agree is their masterpiece. When I first heard it, I listened to it nonstop. Their next and final album "Change" is even more different and grownup, but still really good.

I'd start with "Emergency & I" and go from there.

Wang

Well, I think Bjork's amazing, and a lot of people do, but I can understand why people, even after putting the effort in, wouldn't like her (as compared to something like Radiohead where I believe anyone can love them given enough time and listens). Her best two albums are Post and Homogenic, and I'm not sure which one would be best for someone attempting to get into Bjork.

Her music is very layered and subtle at times, and when listening to it you sort of have to let go and let her take you wherever she's going. You have to "suspend disbelief" and get past her overall craziness, the uniqueness of her voice, and the strangeness of her music.

They actually played a reunion show the last 2 nights at the Black Cat in DC. Sold out in like 2 minutes.

"The City" from emergency & I is a freaking awesome track.

It's been on like 90% of the mixes I've made for bitches. When Kelly Clarkson released "Since You've Been Gone," I started putting "The City" and "Since You've Been Gone" back to back, just because I love the parallel "since you've been gone" refrains. Am I the biggest nerd ever? Well, yes.

Wang

Been there, and liked it. Didn't love it, but I really liked a couple songs.

It's probably a fucked-up way of thinking, but I really want to like Bjork. I've always had a heard time with female vocalists as a whole, so it won't be overnight, but I'll put it in the lineup, and here's hoping.

Have you listened to Interpol? There one of those bands that are pretty obvious and well-liked by a wide range of folks, so too often they fail to get reccomended enough by us Indie-Hipsters. Both "Turn on the Bright Lights" and "Antics" are megasweet. I have a feeling you have listened to them, though.

No, I'll check them out.

I've been listening to a lot of Massive Attack lately for whatever reason.

When I read this post a while ago I downloaded all of those albums. I enjoyed a few things here and there but I want to thank you for turning me on to LCD Soundsystem. I know it was mentioned by a few other people as well. Anyway, not trying to sound like a fanboy or whatever, just wanted to say thanks.

the only albums i'm listening to in 2007 with any regularity are:

peter bjorn and john: writer's block (which i'm not even sure is 2007)
of montreal: hissing fauna, etc, etc

someone help me fix this. the arcade fire's new album just makes me want to listen to funeral again which is better and sounds similar.



also, wang, "the city" has gotten multiple exes to sleep with me again. so i agree with your sentiment.

Kruder and Dorfmeister - Cafe del Mar - Ibiza

grand.

Miguel Migs - Chunky House Adventures

makes me want to snort 3 ecstasy pills and go out with friends.

Her voice definitely takes some getting used to because it's so nuanced and dynamic, but given time I'm certain you'll warm up to it. She's an incredible performer. And the albums are all groundbreaking, production-wise. Debut, Post, and Homogenic are probably the most accessible, but Vespertine is my favorite. The Matmos and Matthew Herbert productions with Bjork's vocals just blow me away.

I think I had that problem at first, but mostly because I was just listening to random songs from Neon Bible. It helped me to listen to the album from the beginning, since the first song sets the tone, and the tone is different from Funeral, and pretty important to the disc. I like the album alot, but it took me a good couple of listens. I still like Funeral a lot more, but I think Neon Bible is a pretty worthy follow-up.

None of my exgirlfriends have ever appreciated anything that remotely resembles solidly good music, but I've still had good boink-results with "The City." Score.

I've been listening to: Menomena- I Am the Fun Blame Monster for the last few days. Somehow I missed this band a few times, and I finally decided I'd heard enough good things that I'd give them a shot. Glad I did. I enjoy it. I'll have more for you guys in a little bit when I finish catching up.

Wang

I don't belelieve that this is even a problem. I was lucky enough to ignore Wang's Funeral suggestions for months, 'til I heard Neon Bible, thus going from a 9 1/2 album to a 10 (I really, really like them, in case I haven't been clear). But if you still want to listen to Funeral, listen until you're tired of it. Then, move on. Assuming it's possible to tire of that album.

I don't know if it is possible to get tired of that album. I got burned out on it once, and put it on a shelf for like 6 weeks, then had the lovely experience of falling in love all over again. I still think Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) is one of the top 3 songs of the past decade, and I'm not exaggerating. By itself, it makes the album at least an 8.0/10. Toss in Neighborhood #2 and #3 (Laika, and Power Out), and the album jumps to a 9.9. And the rest of the album is good, so it makes the pretty easy jump to: 9.999999/10.

I said I'd expound on Menomena a little, so I think I will. I'm not totally familiar with "I Am the Fun Blame Monster" yet, but I'm hooked regardless. I've listened to the song "Rose" so much that I can't really get a great handle on the rest of the album, but I think it's fucking awesome. I'm a little behind the times, but I'm looking forward to listening to their more-recent effort "Friend or Foe."

The album is original sounding darkish pop music. A lot of the songs start out- I don't know what word to use here- restrained, and avoid alot of the obvious transition crescendoes, so when they do come, they're fucking empowering and cathartic. There are all sorts of different songs on the disc, but most have some cool sounding, looped sounding drums and basslines, and they utilize the space between notes really well, if that makes sense. Plus there are some pretty awesome piano pieces that fill out the sound well. I don't know much about music, really, but some of the time signatures sound kinda weird, too, which is sweet.

Anyway, I'd reccomend them to anybody who likes cool, DiffPop. That means you, DirtyDutch. Give "I Am the Fun Blame Monster" a listen, and let everyone know what you think. There's the added bonus of discovering them at, like, the exact same time as me, so you won't feel like you're playing catchup alone.


Wang

I can't really participate in that, as I haven't listened to 75 (I could be WAY off, this is as cold-guess as it gets) albums recorded since 1980, but this is easily my favorite song of my indy phase.

Mine, too. I think. I usually either like music, or dislike it. I either appreciate it, or don't appreciate it. Rarely do I use words like "beauty" to describe music, but the construction of Tunnels is... celestial. Heart-swelling. Impressive, considering I'm The Grinch.

Wang

Oh: More for Dutch.


In the same vein as Interpol and The Strokes- bands that kinda crossed over, and became "too big" for most hipsters- I'd also reccomend listening to The White Stripes, if you haven't already. I feel silly even mentioning it, because EVERYONE has heard the White Stripes, but- maybe more than any other band- they'd be right up your alley. Sickly good, unapologetic bluesy guitar rock. Led Zeppelin as a two-piece.

It'd be easiest to start with "White Blood Cells," but "De Stijl" and "White Stripes" (these are in reverse chronological order here), are all good. If you haven't listened to them, I can pretty much guarantee you'll like them, especially coming from a guitar-playing background.

Wang

Their newest album (Friend or Foe) is the only album of theirs that I've heard, but I really like it. I suspect you will too. Go do the work for me and figure out which of their earlier albums I should get. k thanks.

From what I understand, there's only the two albums proper, "Friend and Foe" (2007) and "I Am the Fun Blame Monster" (2003, which I recently discovered is an anagram of "The First Menamena Album"). I think they also released some kind of instrumental disc, which I'll probably buy after I listen to "Friend and Foe." Download "I Am the Fun Blame Monster" ASAP; you won't regret it.

Wang

I have an interesting relationship with the band (Yeah, I've heard of them. My band in HS was close to being a WS cover band). On one hand, Jack's chops are agonizingly overrated. On the other hand, I love listening to him play. I Loved De Stijl, but not so much WBC. The self-titled is almost as good, I HATED Elephant, and liked Get Behind Me Satan (though I wish there was a comma in that name). There was an arc; I was way into the blues, and what they were doing was cool, then they got a little cleaner, turning me off, but I do believe that Jack is up to something genius, and is going to make a perfect album in the next 10 years.