new pixies track bad

7/17/2013 7:21:53 PM

the one they released a few weeks ago?

yeah, it's quite awful

7/17/2013 7:28:01 PM

John Dwyer just released a record by this old New England noise band called La Machine.

It's halfway between Suicide and Neu, just bass/drums with half spooky, half silly dub vocals.

I like it a lot.

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New Gauntlet Hair is meh.

7/17/2013 10:25:48 PM

the new love language is streaming on pandora. have given it a few spins now and it is growing on me after initially being put off by the first single. also, looks like this will be the first hopscotch we won't see them around.

http://t.co/q89wmPkSlN

7/17/2013 10:33:45 PM

Special appearance by Tony Woodard, world junior whistling champion.

7/17/2013 11:33:33 PM

really like the new Hot Chip and Sylvan Esso EPs

new Camera Obscura album really grew on me after listening to it a lot. "I Missed Your Party" might be the worst song ever though.

The Red Wing is an incredible song, but I'm a little disappointed with Fuck Buttons... that's probably just because Tarot Sport was so good.

7/18/2013 12:05:46 AM

^^^^^Yeah that

i heard it on the radio for the first time a few days ago i think

so unendearingly goofy

7/18/2013 12:14:00 AM

bam thwok wasn't great, but the chorus was passable

new jam is just blaaaahhhhh

7/18/2013 12:24:31 AM

that had real Kim

the new one has "Kim"

7/18/2013 12:40:55 AM

Quote :

"Special appearance by Tony Woodard, world junior whistling champion."

does he have Axl Rose 'Patience' type skills?

7/18/2013 12:47:01 AM

He's got great vibrato. He legitimately was the world junior whistling champion when he was a teenager. Was on Letterman and shit.

7/18/2013 12:05:36 PM

from 2012, but i've been really enjoying the Bon Iver, Bon Iver: Stems Project remix album. some good electronic twists to his work.

7/25/2013 8:10:58 AM

From page 7,

Quote :

"I'm not even big on VW and I think it's pretty damn good."

What do you like about the new Vampire Weekend that you didn't like about the others?

[Edited on July 26, 2013 at 12:47 PM. Reason : ]

7/26/2013 12:46:53 PM

The songs are better. The production choices are more interesting. The album as complete thought is much more cohesive. Most importantly, unlike Contra, it's not boring as shit.

7/26/2013 1:06:05 PM

Yeah, I'm in that boat too. I enjoyed the first album okay enough and thought Contra was fairly forgettable, but I LOVE the new one.

7/26/2013 1:29:29 PM

Quote :

"Yeah, I'm in that boat too. I enjoyed the first album okay enough and thought Contra was fairly forgettable, but I LOVE the new one"

same.

7/27/2013 8:12:53 PM

i strongly recommend some of you revisit Contra

other than Diane Young, i put pretty every song on Contra above anything on Modern Vampires of the City

regardless, the only post-millennium band with a stronger first three albums is Arcade Fire, i think

(which reminds me, i never listened to the last Titus Andronicus album, what the fuck)

7/27/2013 8:53:28 PM

So we are halfway through the year what are everyone's top 3-5 albums so far?

7/27/2013 9:28:16 PM

Contra sucks. "Diplomat's Son" is the only track worth paying attention to.

7/27/2013 10:13:31 PM

Horchata, White Sky, California English, Cousins, Giving Up The Gun, and I Think Ur A Contra say otherwise

7/27/2013 10:33:01 PM

Quote :

"other than Diane Young, i put pretty every song on Contra above anything on Modern Vampires of the City"

wat

I like Step and Ya Hey a lot. Unbelievers too.

but yeah Giving Up The Gun and Horchata are pretty rad.

I always thought California English sounded kind of bumbling and awkward. I like the chorus though.

7/28/2013 2:32:39 AM

i've only given MVofC some cursory listens so i was kind of talking out my ass

my real point was that Contra is legit, wasn't trying to cast aspersions of anything else

7/28/2013 7:37:38 AM

total love language homer here, but i like the new album a lot.

7/28/2013 9:32:08 PM

I also think VW is the best band of the lately but their new album is better than Contra. Suburbs > Neon Bible too

California English was so forgettable on the album but sounded amazing live.

[Edited on July 28, 2013 at 10:08 PM. Reason : .]

7/28/2013 10:03:35 PM

Quote :

"so we are halfway through the year what are everyone's top 3-5 albums so far?"

off the top of my head? Probably:

Deafheaven - Sunbather


Sigur Ros - Kveikur


The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die - Whenever, If Ever


A Great Big Pile of Leaves - You're Always On My Mind


The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us is the Killer


HMs to: Scale The Summit, Vampire Weekend, The National

[Edited on July 28, 2013 at 10:11 PM. Reason : ]

7/28/2013 10:09:02 PM

knife
deerhunter
rhye
vampire weekend
mbv

7/29/2013 8:52:34 AM

ah yes, forgot MBV too.

7/29/2013 10:18:48 AM

really looking forward to the Whatever Brains feature on Grantland

7/29/2013 12:24:30 PM

fuck buttons
kanye
vampire weekend
suuns
daft punk

7/29/2013 3:21:20 PM

kylesa

7/30/2013 1:59:00 PM

New Arcade Fire album is allegedly called "Reflektor". This graffiti has been showing up in various places around the world: http://instagram.com/reflektor

8/2/2013 3:05:09 PM

one of my best friends works at Merge and they know next to nothing about it

but all are unanimously stoked

8/2/2013 5:10:28 PM

i forgot to mention sonny & the sunsets' "antenna to the afterworld"

easily their best work, and i really liked "hit after hit"

8/2/2013 6:35:01 PM

new Dads EP is a underwhelming :/ 3/5

Geology (mewithoutYou bassist) EP is a decent listen and pay what you want on bandcamp. 3.5/5

new dismemberment plan and mansions albums are probably my most anticipated that are left in 2013. I'm sure I'm forgetting something though.

[Edited on August 2, 2013 at 7:20 PM. Reason : ]

8/2/2013 7:19:29 PM

i'm glad to see an ongoing discussion about how awesome of a band vampire weekend is.

8/3/2013 5:10:34 PM

Live stream of Vampire Weekend at Lollapalooza @ 8 tonight. followed by THE CURE!

http://www.lollapalooza.com/

8/4/2013 5:49:25 PM

hey, they have a few legitimately great albums

8/4/2013 10:31:44 PM

Volcano Choir album is pretty great

8/6/2013 3:09:26 PM

I can't stand James Brooks's vocals

8/7/2013 4:28:50 PM

haha ok http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/35-death-grips-the-artist-isnt-present/

8/7/2013 5:12:36 PM

outside lands this weekend... i am so damn excited to see hall & oates.

8/7/2013 5:18:10 PM

^^ "just when you've realized that they're next-level, they up and go next-next-level


I'm just glad I never bought into them from the beginning

8/7/2013 5:28:33 PM

top 5 records for me so far this year (not in order):

vampire weekend - mvotc
kanye - yeezus
daft punk - random access memories
the national - trouble will find me
disclosure - settle

also, i kind of agree with grayson on his point about Death Grips. i just find that situation really, really funny and kind of awesome.

[Edited on August 7, 2013 at 5:52 PM. Reason : /]

8/7/2013 5:51:14 PM

the knife and the haxan cloak are way in the lead.

nate young, kanye and doldrums round it out.

8/7/2013 10:37:08 PM

Anyone listen to Candy Claws?

Checking out the latest one now: http://candyclaws.bandcamp.com/album/ceres-calypso-in-the-deep-time

Their 2nd didn't do a lot for me but their first one from 2009 is fun too: http://candyclaws.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-dream-of-the-sea-life

Dream Pop/Shoegaze mixed with Animal Collective with beachy, psychedelic overtones if I had to describe it.

8/8/2013 10:45:15 AM

And actually to add to that, throw The Olivia Tremor Control's Black Foliage into the mix of sounds that I hear on this latest album (although, it's probably the more beatles-influenced portions of OTC that I am hearing here)

Just finished my first listen-through and I really enjoyed it. Definitely recommended for anyone who enjoys any version of dream pop, shoegaze, or lo-fi psychedelic indie.

[Edited on August 8, 2013 at 11:21 AM. Reason : ]

8/8/2013 11:17:26 AM

Quote :

"also, i kind of agree with grayson on his point about Death Grips."

eh

seems like he's really reaching and rationalizing.

8/9/2013 2:26:42 AM

http://www.npr.org/2013/08/11/209603080/first-listen-superchunk-i-hate-music

and

http://thequietus.com/articles/13070-sarah-neufeld-hero-brother-album-stream

8/12/2013 11:39:53 AM

I saw Foals yesterday at Outside Lands. Why are they popular again?

8/12/2013 2:16:14 PM

set em up

8/12/2013 4:30:45 PM