just talked to andy. it is indeed a full band show, and that definitely makes it worth seeing just for them. check em out.

5/19/2008 6:03:21 PM

whenever Narrow Stairs ends and "Marching Bands of Manhattan" begins, it depresses me how bad Narrow Stairs is.

I am close to giving up on it.

[Edited on May 20, 2008 at 4:59 AM. Reason : hfds]

5/20/2008 4:59:07 AM

it got a little better after a few listens, i thought.

i think i'm the only one though.

5/20/2008 6:27:26 AM

yea i think i said on the page before, i enjoy it a lot more now, there are definitely songs I skip pretty much every time I listen to the album though. Then again Plans and Trans. have those too.

Its certainly nothing to write home about but better than my first few listens through.

[Edited on May 20, 2008 at 6:57 AM. Reason : ]

5/20/2008 6:53:36 AM

the only song i skip is i will possess your heart. i can't figure out why that's the single, it's the worst song on the album.

5/20/2008 7:55:33 AM

I really like it.

I can't defend this position.

5/20/2008 8:00:43 AM

the main song I skip is "talking bird." I sometimes skip "i will possess your heart" only because I listened to it a good bit before the album came out and I kind of wore it out even though I like it.

5/20/2008 8:03:27 AM

cool, perhaps i will not give up on it yet

5/20/2008 3:04:55 PM

Thanks to Kainen for that Jim Noir recommendation... that's exactly the type of stuff I love and it's fantastic.

I've been listening to that, My Morning Jacket and Fleet Foxes non-stop. Fleet Foxes at the 506 in July!

[Edited on May 21, 2008 at 9:38 PM. Reason : .]

5/21/2008 9:38:40 PM

really enjoying that mates of state lately.

5/21/2008 9:51:54 PM

Some good news!

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/50828-new-okkervil-river-album-due-in-september

Quote :

"We don't know much just yet, but we do know this: On September 9, Jagjaguwar will issue The Stand Ins, the fifth full-length album from Austin, Texas' Okkervil River. The set is described as a sequel to last year's exquisite The Stage Names LP, which its equally Tinseltown-ready title would allude to. You'll recall that The Stage Names was originally conceived as a double album, as Will Sheff touched on in our interview with him from last summer. Guess this is that, then? As for Okkervil, they are now officially down one Meiburg, but that's not gonna stop them from touring the heck outta the rest of the year. "

5/22/2008 1:13:41 PM

kewlz.

their last show at cat's cradle was one of the best in recent memory.

5/22/2008 1:16:19 PM

^ I agree --- as I said many times last year, The Okkervil River show @ the Cradle, The Midlake show @ the 506 and The National show @ the Cradle were the tops of last year for me.

I feel like I'm leaving some out, but those 3 just blew me away. (oh, and of course, The Shins @ Meymandi was very nice).

I'm really excited about hearing this disc --- hopefully, since most of the material seems to have been recorded some time ago, we'll get a leak earlier than usual.

5/22/2008 1:20:54 PM

The new Hold Steady just leaked. I'm upping it right now so if ya'll can just wait a few minutes.

5/22/2008 3:18:34 PM

yay

will dl when i get home

5/22/2008 3:24:11 PM

hooray for what.cd

listening now

5/22/2008 3:30:24 PM

Hold Steady - Stay Positive

1. Constructive Summer
2. Sequestered in Memphis
3. One for the Cutters
4. Navy Sheets
5. Lord, I'm Discouraged
6. Yeah Sapphire
7. Both Crosses
8. Stay Positive
9. Magazines
10. Joke About Jamaica
11. Slapped Actress

Release Date: July 15th, 2008

http://r@pidsh@re.com/files/116853662/wordfilez.zip.html

[Edited on May 22, 2008 at 3:54 PM. Reason : therer]

5/22/2008 3:53:54 PM

I'm not too crazy about it. Maybe it'll grow on me eventually.

5/22/2008 3:59:25 PM

Holy hell... I was just listening to "Sequestered in Memphis" yesterday and wondering when the full thing would leak. When "boys and girls in america" leaked, it was just a few days prior to the release date... I figured this would be the case as well.

Thanks, Cif82

[Edited on May 22, 2008 at 5:23 PM. Reason : .]

5/22/2008 5:23:04 PM

i hate how it takes forever to download shit off rapidshare now. i always fuck up the cats on the first few tries and have to wait 2 minutes again every time. it's goddamn annoying.

5/22/2008 5:27:54 PM

and it's gotten even worse since i made that pic a little while ago

5/22/2008 5:31:57 PM

that cat shit is ridiculous

took me forever to grab the national ep

thanks for that though

[Edited on May 22, 2008 at 5:40 PM. Reason : .]

5/22/2008 5:39:11 PM

the cat stuff is pretty simple.

it's annoying as fuck and completely unecessary, but just find the animals that are sitting rather than standing.

I think i've failed it once out of like 10 times.

[Edited on May 22, 2008 at 5:43 PM. Reason : fhds]

5/22/2008 5:43:12 PM

lol i hate the cats too, but we have to keep in mind it's still for STEALING music

[Edited on May 22, 2008 at 6:52 PM. Reason : ]

5/22/2008 6:34:09 PM

^ i know right,

sorry to inconvenience you while i offer you a service that is awesome for free

5/22/2008 7:37:28 PM

new hold steady is fucking awesome so far

5/22/2008 8:24:17 PM

josh moore added a new song to his myspace, "between the lines"

http://www.myspace.com/joshuamoore

i like it

5/23/2008 2:25:08 AM

Ratatat - LP3

01 Shiller
02 Falcon Jab
03 Mi Viejo
04 Mirando
05 Flynn
06 Bird Priest
07 Shempi
08 Imperials
09 Dura
10 Bruleé
11 Mumtaz Khan
12 Gipsy Threat
13 Black Heroes

hxxp://rapidshare.com/files/116922602/RtL3.rar pass:nodata.tv

5/23/2008 11:35:54 AM

Quote :

"josh moore added a new song to his myspace, "between the lines" http://www.myspace.com/joshuamoore i like it"

i've really loved all of his solo stuff so far. i still miss beloved like woah but i cant deny that his solo stuff has been killer.

i just watched beloved's final show again last night

5/23/2008 11:40:40 AM

marko and i were on the phone a little while ago, wondering which of the new ratatat songs is "Wildcat pt. 2"

THE CAROLINA PANFAS ARE GONNA NEED A NEW THEME

SUPER BOWL CHAMPZ '09

5/23/2008 1:24:02 PM

nm

[Edited on May 23, 2008 at 8:22 PM. Reason : e]

5/23/2008 8:21:52 PM

i feel like i should reiterate how good that Fleet Foxes album is. like a million times better than the new MMJ (only mention them bc they do sound similar). "He Doesn't Know Why" is one of the best tracks i've heard this year

5/24/2008 11:00:39 AM

I like the Wolf Parade so much now that I'm more than likely going to that Disco Rodeo show now. Why can't they just play at the cradle again?

And Sigur Ros has an statement on their website :
"next tuesday, the 27th of may, the band will make an announcement on sigurros.com. for (a little) more information have a look at this image on our flickr account."
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sigurros/2516005333/

5/24/2008 12:45:28 PM

Those naked people in the tree are much more interesting than a Sigur Ros album.

5/24/2008 12:52:03 PM

granted, but wouldn't naked people in trees be more intresting than a lot of bands?

5/24/2008 12:56:05 PM

Albert Hammond Jr. - GfC
hxxp://rapidshare.com/files/117215035/Albert_Hammond_Jr-GfC.rar

5/24/2008 12:57:31 PM

^^ Very true.

^ Is this one gonna be like the last one...the good songs he started holding back from the Strokes? WE SHALL SEE.

5/24/2008 1:01:18 PM

^ LOL -- I don't know... I just found that link and I'm about to download it myself. Oh, I also found this and it might be pretty cool to check out:

El Madmo - El Madmo (Norah Jones' new indie band)
hxxp://filesurf.ru/41337
or
hxxp://rapidshare.com/files/117087791/EM-EM.rar

http://www.myspace.com/elmadmo The "carlo" song featured on their page is kind of odd, but the other 2 aren't

That's Norah Jones disguised in the blonde wig on the myspace link.

From Wiki.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norah_Jones

Quote :

"El Madmo On May 12, 2006; Jones (disguised in a blonde wig, heavy make-up, fishnets and short shorts) played guitar and sang vocals in the tongue-in-cheek punk band El Madmo.[16] They opened for the band Pela. The band consists of "El" (Handsome Band's Daru Oda), "Maddie" (Norah Jones) and "Mo"(Handsome Band's Andrew Borger). Their debut record will be released on Conor Oberst's Team Love Records on May 20, 2008. "

5/24/2008 1:22:05 PM

^^yeah the first Albert Hammond Jr. album was quality (if a bit uneven)

5/24/2008 1:56:07 PM

god damn i love rapidshare happy hours where i don't have to look at those cats.

5/24/2008 10:53:58 PM

anyone else check out mansions tonight? they were pretty damn good.

5/25/2008 12:03:31 AM

Weezer -- The Red Album
hxxp://www.megaupload.com/?d=88ULMBR1

(only at 128 kbps, I'll get a better copy up asap)

Track listing
"Troublemaker" - 2:44
"The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)"- 5:52
"Pork and Beans" - 3:09
"Heart Songs" - 4:06
"Everybody Get Dangerous" - 4:03
"Dreamin’" - 5:12
"Thought I Knew" - 3:01
"Cold Dark World" - 3:51
"Automatic" - 3:07
"The Angel and the One" - 6:46

BONUS TRACKLISTING

US Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks

"Ms. Sweeney" - 4:02
"Pig" 4:02
"The Spider" - 4:43
"King" - 5:11[33]

iTunes Bonus Tracks"It's Easy"
"I Can Love"

UK Bonus Tracks
"The Weight" (The Band Cover)
"Life's What You Make It" (Talk Talk Cover)

***** I'm not sure how many of these bonus tracks are on that link, other than their cover of The Band's "the weight" --- I have yet to unzip the file and won't for a couple of hours.

5/26/2008 1:35:20 PM

Quote :

""The Weight" (The Band Cover) "

uhhhhhhhhhh

5/26/2008 1:43:46 PM

Ha, after actually listening to the cover, it sounds like a Kid Rock song.

5/26/2008 1:58:10 PM

Pat´s track (Automatic) is pretty good. Where Brian and Scott failed, I think he succeeded. The Angel and the One sounds damn good. That may be the one song on the album where I don´t see how the old fans can be too disappointed. Only listened to both of those songs once, though, so we´ll see how I feel later.

5/26/2008 2:06:24 PM

Quote :

"Pat´s track (Automatic) is pretty good."

Definitely the best track on the album. I always liked his stuff with Special Goodness.

Quote :

"The Angel and the One sounds damn good. That may be the one song on the album where I don´t see how the old fans can be too disappointed."

I'd think that would be Dreamin'.

[Edited on May 26, 2008 at 2:13 PM. Reason : ]

5/26/2008 2:10:28 PM

Keep in mind, I'm also not 100% certain that those 8 files (the original 8 leaked tracks that are contained in the rar file) in there are the final mixes. I think they are, but not 100%.

I just figured it was worth putting up and when/if a better copy comes around, I'll listen to that one.

[Edited on May 26, 2008 at 3:08 PM. Reason : .]

5/26/2008 3:07:55 PM

Quote :

"I like the Wolf Parade so much now that I'm more than likely going to that Disco Rodeo show now. Why can't they just play at the cradle again? "

i agree on both counts

5/26/2008 4:51:31 PM

Rivers' voice sounds horrible in "the angel and the one"

i maintain that this album is way wore than Make Believe, which i never thought was possible

5/26/2008 5:20:16 PM

whoops, pretend the last post was from me

edit to add that i can't even sit all the way through their cover of "the weight." who the fuck thought that was a good idea?

[Edited on May 26, 2008 at 5:24 PM. Reason : .]

5/26/2008 5:21:13 PM