uncooper 1 Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 This is my buddy's project: http://www.myspace.com/murdertronicsSaw them spin on Saturday in some warehouse, definitely fun. Some people in this thread will enjoy it. Link to post Share on other sites
uncooper 1 Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I am listening to Joy Orbison. No, that is not a typo. I feel like maybe mk would be obligated to like these guys, but I don't think I've ever been able to get a feel for what, exactly, "dubstep" really is, so I dunno.They should probably tour with Duran Duran Duran. Link to post Share on other sites
Tactical Bear 3 Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 They should probably tour with Duran Duran Duran.I almost got my ass kicked by some Pakistani kids when I made a "Qu'ran Qu'ran" joke a few years ago. It wasn't even that good of a joke, but I guess you don't fuck with that shit. Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,352 Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I almost got my ass kicked by some Pakistani kids when I made a "Qu'ran Qu'ran" joke a few years ago. It wasn't even that good of a joke, but I guess you don't fuck with that shit.LOL I think an all girl Duran Duran cover band dressed in hajibs should take that name. Link to post Share on other sites
timwakefield 68 Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 guy is retardedAlmost literally."More importantly, I believe there will always be a disconnect between older music and my brain. I can't fully understand what was happening in the world in 1964, so I'll never completely comprehend why "A Hard Day's Night" is important. It's as if those songs and albums are being translated; it's similar to reading Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" and his "Brothers Karamazov," something I undertook -- in back-to-back fashion -- a few years ago. Because the action was coming to me through the lens of a translator, I was never fully able to connect to the words, brilliant as they might be."I like how he throws down a little Dostoevsky brag (that he made it through both books), but then "keeps it real" by implying that he didn't really understand or enjoy either book.EDIT: Oh God no, now he's talking about now awesome Oasis is. Oh lordie lord. GODDAM OASIS? They are the worrrrrrrst. Link to post Share on other sites
Tactical Bear 3 Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 I can guarantee y'all one thing: I have the most boring list of anybody in the thread. This is so standard that it would be depressing if I gave a fuck. 20) Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion 19) Sufjan Stevens: Greetings from Michigan, The Great Lakes State 18) Interpol: Turn on the Bright Lights 17) Portishead: Third 16) Of Montreal: Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? 15) The Strokes: Is This It? 14) The Arcade Fire: Funeral 13) Broken Social Scene: You Forgot it in People 12) Radiohead: Amnesiac 11) Modest Mouse: The Moon and Antarctica 10) Spoon: Kill the Moonlight 9) Ghostface: Fishscale 8) Radiohead: In Rainbows 7) M83: Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts 6) Four Tet: Rounds 5) The Wrens: Meadowlands 4) Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 3) Madvillain: Madvillainy 2) Panda Bear: Person Pitch 1) Radiohead: Kid A I am probably the only person who thinks Person Pitch and Meadowlands are Top 5 material, but apart from that, I imagine many of these albums will be showing up on everyone else's list. Promoting Fishscale past Supreme Clientele and Pretty Toney will be unpopular, I'm sure, and I'm probably in the wrong. Same with Michigan vs. Illinois. I reserve the right to change my mind within 48 hours if I so choose. And I almost certainly will so choose.I want to change this a lot. I want to take about 7 albums off and replace them with other albums, but I was doing something really, really turbo-manly today (read: tanning), and "Poor Places" popped up on shuffle. I've had a strange week, and I don't know if that had anything to do with it, but all of a sudden I remembered my dormmate Tommy -- my musical mentor at the time -- telling me a brief story about the band (something to do with some kind of dispute with their label? that ring a bell?), then sending me their newest, unreleased album via AIM. It was the first time I can really remember feeling an album grow on me like that. The first listen didn't impress me at all. By the second listen, I heard a few bits that caught my ear. The third time through, I think I was limit-grinding the micro-stakes at Paradise Poker, I caught myself humming along, and then I fell in love with "Radio Cure" and "Poor Places" and it was over.I came to identify that album with college so completely, the good and the bad, and the only album I can remember loving as much is OK Computer. List updated to reflect the change:20) Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion 19) Sufjan Stevens: Greetings from Michigan, The Great Lakes State 18) Interpol: Turn on the Bright Lights 17) Portishead: Third 16) Of Montreal: Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? 15) The Strokes: Is This It? 14) The Arcade Fire: Funeral 13) Broken Social Scene: You Forgot it in People 12) Radiohead: Amnesiac 11) Modest Mouse: The Moon and Antarctica 10) Spoon: Kill the Moonlight 9) Ghostface: Fishscale 8) Radiohead: In Rainbows 7) M83: Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts 6) Four Tet: Rounds 5) The Wrens: Meadowlands 4) Madvillain: Madvillainy 3) Panda Bear: Person Pitch2) Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 1) Radiohead: Kid A Link to post Share on other sites
uncooper 1 Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 The ten albums I've enjoyed the most this decade that I can think of at this point ignoring metal are something like:10) Black Eyes - s/t9) The Thermals - Fuckin A8) The Paper Chase - God Bless Your Black Heart7) Deerhoof - Apple O'6) At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command5) Minus the Bear - Highly Refined Pirates4) Spoon - Kill the Moonlight3) Ted Leo - Shake the Sheets2) Brightblack - Ala.Cali.Tucky1) Ghostface - FishscaleAs you can tell my brain mostly stopped accepting new music as good right around 2005. Link to post Share on other sites
mk 11 Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 ESPN's Paul Shirley on The Beatles and the Evolution of MusicSomething like that anyway."My distrust for the world's affection for The Beatles, the band considered by many to be the most important in the world, can be traced to my belief that the mythology that surrounds the Beatles has overwhelmed rational humans' ability to judge the band by its music, music that doesn't stand the test of time nearly as well as music critics would have us think."stopped reading right...here.i've been in the presence of one or two people who've tried to make this argument and without fail i've changed their mind. Link to post Share on other sites
colic101 0 Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Love story by Taylor Swift so nice and romantic......Regards,colic101Placement financier Link to post Share on other sites
mk 11 Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 ok, i read a little bit more, and this might be the funniest piece of satire i've ever read."Just as Dean Koontz came after Bram Stoker, Oasis came after The Beatles."i mean, he has to be kidding, right? DEAN KOONTZ?! Link to post Share on other sites
Speed Limit 0 Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Listened to the new Flaming Lips. It's not bad upon first listen, and I'm kinda surprised. Link to post Share on other sites
strategy's_touch 0 Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Love story by Taylor Swift so nice and romantic......Regards,colic101Placement financier well hey at least he's contributingcreepilyWhile My Guitar Gently Weeps is probably my favorite of the 2009 remasters. Link to post Share on other sites
Tactical Bear 3 Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 I saw that Spiritualized is planning on a deluxe reissue of Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space. So I am listening to the unreissued version. Link to post Share on other sites
Jadaki 0 Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Blueprint 3 is okay, so far 3 songs I really like, a couple of average ones and some filler. On my second listen of OB4CL2 and I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. Link to post Share on other sites
bigkg 0 Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Blueprint 3 is okay, so far 3 songs I really like, a couple of average ones and some filler. On my second listen of OB4CL2 and I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. It's pretty fantastic. I'm sure you'll get there. Link to post Share on other sites
bigkg 0 Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 I went ahead and made my top 50 for kicks. There are some modifications to the top 20 as well, Yorke.1. Radiohead- Kid A2. Sigur Ros- Agætis Byrjun3. Arcade Fire- Funeral4. Madvillain- Madvillainy5. Radiohead- In Rainbows6. Sufjan Stevens- Illinois7. Panda Bear- Person Pitch8. Spoon- Kill the Moonlight9. Radiohead- Hail to the Thief10. Four Tet- Rounds11. Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot12. The Avalanches- Since I Left You13. Ghostface Killah- Supreme Clientele14. Burial- Untrue15. Modest Mouse- The Moon and Antarctica16. M.I.A.- Kala17. Clipse- Hell Hath No Fury18. Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavillion19. The Knife- Silent Shout20. LCD Soundsytem- Sound of Silver21. Broken Social Scene- You Forgot it in People22. Cut Copy- In Ghost Colours23. Deltron- Deltron 303024. Outkast- Stankonia25. Interpol- Turn on the Bright Lights26. The Strokes- Is This It?27. Radiohead- Amnesiac28. Spoon- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga29. Jay Z- The Blueprint30. Godspeed You! Black Emperor- Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven31. Animal Collective- Strawberry Jam32. Dizzee Rascal- Boy In Da Corner33. Cannibal Ox- The Cold Vein34. TV on the Radio- Return to Cookie Mountain35. Grizzly Bear- Yellow House36. The Hold Steady- Boys and Girls in America37. MF Doom (as Viktor Vaughn)- Vaudeville Villain38. M83- Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts39. Of Montreal- Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?40. Thom Yorke- The Eraser41. Flying Lotus- Los Angeles42. Prefuse 73- One Word Extinguisher43. RJD2- Deadringer44. The Streets- Original Pirate Material45. Wolf Parade- Apologies to the Queen Mary46. Animal Collective- Sung Tongs47. The Shins- Chutes Too Narrow48. Portishead- Third49. Phoenix- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix50. The New Pornographers- Twin Cinema Link to post Share on other sites
uncooper 1 Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca. This is goood. Link to post Share on other sites
LongLiveYorke 38 Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca. This is goood.Really, really good. I've been obsessed with it all summer. Link to post Share on other sites
Speed Limit 0 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 8.8 Link to post Share on other sites
mk 11 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 1. Radiohead- Kid A2. Sigur Ros- Agætis Byrjun i think we can all agree that this is correct Link to post Share on other sites
LongLiveYorke 38 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 i think we can all agree that this is correctDuh Link to post Share on other sites
LongLiveYorke 38 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Also, this whole list thing is pretty difficult. I am still working out a few kinks in my list.It'll probably end up looking a lot like Wang's list. Probably because we're both a bunch of ag-fays.It's difficult because there are a bunch of bands that I love that made a ton of music over the last 10 years, but they're not going to make the list because they didn't put together a singular album that was profound, tight, and consistent enough to be considered great. And since I only really got into music in the last ten years, or even less, there's a lot of personal nostalgia involved. And the whole Radiohead factor is difficult for me. It's hard to consider something like Amnesiac compared to other albums since it has such a strong identity in my mind. Amnesiac isn't an album, it's a part of the Radiohead story, it has meaning and tradition. How can I say whether it's "better" than Sound of Silver or not? What does that even mean? Link to post Share on other sites
JoeyJoJo 18 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 You guys and your silly lists...Edit: Wow, that's just about unreadable. I don't know why it isn't showing full size. To the batcave!2nd Edit: I can't tell if that's better or worse. Link to post Share on other sites
LadyGrey 6 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 You guys and your silly lists...Edit: Wow, that's just about unreadable. I don't know why it isn't showing full size. To the batcave!Beck - Sea Change got a bad break with that seed. And Arcade Fire > Sufjan? Nigga please. Link to post Share on other sites
LongLiveYorke 38 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 You guys and your silly lists...In Rainbows goes down to Illinois early. What an upset! Link to post Share on other sites
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