New Menomena this week. I have a friend who is reporting that he believes it is one of the most important albums in the past 30 years (huge claim). Pitchfork loved it though...

Posted by larry_jew on 7/9/2010 7:33:00 PM (view original):
I'm going to sleigh bells next week just to clown.

I was there.  A beatbox, some retard in a jean jacket, and a ***** in pajamas having seizures.  Everyone who took e beforehand really enjoyed it.

Posted by patrickm885 on 7/26/2010 2:42:00 PM (view original):
New Menomena this week. I have a friend who is reporting that he believes it is one of the most important albums in the past 30 years (huge claim). Pitchfork loved it though...

I think menomena was the type of cancer breum had.  RIP.

Posted by larry_jew on 7/26/2010 9:31:00 PM (view original):

Posted by larry_jew on 7/9/2010 7:33:00 PM (view original):
I'm going to sleigh bells next week just to clown.

I was there.  A beatbox, some retard in a jean jacket, and a ***** in pajamas having seizures.  Everyone who took e beforehand really enjoyed it.

Do people still take E?

Posted by rlahann on 7/10/2010 5:30:00 PM (view original):
Broken Bells did a NMH cover...and a cover of Crimson and Clover.  Both were on youtube but got deleted.  Someone with a good internet connection needs to find them...

Which NMH song?

Posted by rlahann on 7/21/2010 11:50:00 AM (view original):
Wow...nice work, Robusk.

Band of Horses:  Not surprised.  Those dudes seem to have just stumbled on to two album's worth of awesome melodies and a decent sound...but you don't get the impression that they're all that into pushing their sound to new (interesting places).

BB:  Again, not surprised...only because despite loving a lot of Shins music, I've always gotten the impression that Mercer is a bit of a douche.  The two times I've seen them, he's seemed seriously disinterested.

That's a real surprise about Beach House--I like them, but don't love them...wouldn't have expected them to be awesome.

I can't believe your dumbass missed Heartless Bastards--that would have been the top one of all the ones you've listed for me to catch.  I've only seen video (including an awesome Austin City Limits performance), but they seem to really kick *** live.

Beach House has so much polish to their albums I just doubt they'd be able to replicate it live.

And I agree that the bottom will fall out on Band of Horses and their sound will just wear thin.

The new Menomena is up on emusic. Listening to it right now and it's pretty incredible.

Best Coast came out today, haven't listened to the whole album yet but I enjoyed their single.

And finally, if you guys are into Deerhunter, their 7" is on their site for free. www.halcyondigest.com/revival, type "tapereel" in the password box and then click on the tape reel in the graphic to download the mp3s.

Posted by robusk on 7/21/2010 12:03:00 PM (view original):

Posted by rlahann on 7/21/2010 11:51:00 AM (view original):

Posted by robusk on 7/20/2010 12:31:00 PM (view original):
BLE:  What are your thoughts on The Ettes?

I like them...a lot.

I thought you might.  They seem like your style.

The vocalist, Coco (not her real name), was actually one of my good friends growing up and we still try and hang out whenever we are in the same town.  Just spent New Year's with her in Nashville actually.  She is a real firecracker and a lot of fun.  She hasn't changed a bit since they started to take off.  Her boyfriend is the bassist and is working on a side project with my best friend.

I really like the direction their sound is taking.

Firecracker? You just aged yourself into cbriese territory.

Posted by robusk on 7/24/2010 12:41:00 PM (view original):

Posted by rlahann on 7/23/2010 5:21:00 PM (view original):
That's great.  Hope it's solid.

Man, it was awesome.  Erika Wennerstrom is one of the most talented people making music right now.  The rest of the band was meh, and the sound system was a little crappy...  but it didn't matter.  Her voice sounds as unbelievable in person as it does in the studio and she actually did some shredding on the guitar.  She was such a powerful figure it was almost staggering.  I would absolutely see them again.

I did feel almost embarrassed that there were only like 200 people at the show.  Detroit sucks.  They would have had a lot more people if they played in Ann Arbor even though it is such a smaller town just based on the population makeup.

The second opening band was a group from Portland called The Builders and the Butchers.  They were actually pretty awesome.  Not sure if it is any of your guys' style, but I enjoyed it.

I wonder if silverpaw ever saw Builders and Butchers... I'm sure they'd have played the college demographic out there and he might have seen their formation.

Posted by patrickm885 on 7/26/2010 2:42:00 PM (view original):
New Menomena this week. I have a friend who is reporting that he believes it is one of the most important albums in the past 30 years (huge claim). Pitchfork loved it though...

I'll give it a listen.

Posted by larry_jew on 7/26/2010 9:31:00 PM (view original):

Posted by larry_jew on 7/9/2010 7:33:00 PM (view original):
I'm going to sleigh bells next week just to clown.

I was there.  A beatbox, some retard in a jean jacket, and a ***** in pajamas having seizures.  Everyone who took e beforehand really enjoyed it.

A beatbox, some retard in a jean jacket, and a ***** in pajamas having seizures is actually their next album title.

Posted by r0b0t on 7/27/2010 9:55:00 AM (view original):

Posted by rlahann on 7/10/2010 5:30:00 PM (view original):
Broken Bells did a NMH cover...and a cover of Crimson and Clover.  Both were on youtube but got deleted.  Someone with a good internet connection needs to find them...

Which NMH song?

ITAOTS

Posted by r0b0t on 7/27/2010 9:59:00 AM (view original):

Posted by robusk on 7/21/2010 12:03:00 PM (view original):

Posted by rlahann on 7/21/2010 11:51:00 AM (view original):

Posted by robusk on 7/20/2010 12:31:00 PM (view original):
BLE:  What are your thoughts on The Ettes?

I like them...a lot.

I thought you might.  They seem like your style.

The vocalist, Coco (not her real name), was actually one of my good friends growing up and we still try and hang out whenever we are in the same town.  Just spent New Year's with her in Nashville actually.  She is a real firecracker and a lot of fun.  She hasn't changed a bit since they started to take off.  Her boyfriend is the bassist and is working on a side project with my best friend.

I really like the direction their sound is taking.

Firecracker? You just aged yourself into cbriese territory.

That's true...can't believe I let that one go.

Posted by rlahann on 7/27/2010 11:35:00 AM (view original):

Posted by r0b0t on 7/27/2010 9:55:00 AM (view original):

Posted by rlahann on 7/10/2010 5:30:00 PM (view original):
Broken Bells did a NMH cover...and a cover of Crimson and Clover.  Both were on youtube but got deleted.  Someone with a good internet connection needs to find them...

Which NMH song?

ITAOTS

I'd prefer THBP2, but that's a good song too. I must find it.

The whole thing is just amazing...I'll go six months or so without listening to it, think that I've overrated it in my mind, and then put it on and be absoultely transfixed by it.