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Post by Lennon2217 on Feb 17, 2014 21:08:51 GMT -5
Really looking forward to Elbow's new album after I heard the first guitar riff in Fly Boy Blue. My god what a riff That song reminds me of the music Noel should be cooking up in his solo career.  |
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Post by mimmihopps on Feb 18, 2014 2:46:01 GMT -5
Embrace. Listened to one of the songs from their new EP which won't be included in their upcoming new album.
To me they don't need to change cos they're brilliant what they are.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Feb 18, 2014 12:24:21 GMT -5
Damon Albarn said yesterday that after he is done doing his solo album promotion/tour, he will begin work on a new The Good The Bad The Queen project. Exciting!
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Post by Cast on Feb 19, 2014 0:11:40 GMT -5
Beck's new album is great. Its like another Sea Change. It doesn't quite reach the highs (or lows, in that albums context haha) that Sea Change does. But it's a good effort from him. I enjoyed Modern Guilt a lot, as well. His career has it's fair share of hit and miss, but along with Noel, Stephen Malkmus, Damon, as well as a few others others. I think he is settling into his age nicely. Normally a lot of stuff on this album would be MOR sounding, but Beck is Beck so it's good to count on that. He has steady songwriting chomps and his production/arrangements are always organic.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Feb 20, 2014 15:50:54 GMT -5
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Post by Lennon2217 on Feb 20, 2014 18:02:43 GMT -5
I have no idea if this is real or fake but it is making the rounds on Coldplay fan sites.
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Post by matt on Feb 21, 2014 18:59:37 GMT -5
Embrace. Listened to one of the songs from their new EP which won't be included in their upcoming new album. To me they don't need to change cos they're brilliant what they are. I love Bullets. And some of Richard McNamara's guitar work is sounding great. I really don't get the criticism towards Danny's voice. By no means is he a great singer technically and his voice just isn't that strong (helped in no way by a heart condition he has) but there's a vulnerability and emotion to his voice, and that honesty is what makes me have no qualms about his voice. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Feb 21, 2014 22:58:57 GMT -5
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Post by Cast on Feb 22, 2014 14:50:15 GMT -5
Real Estate's new album leaked. I'm expecting at least a good album. Much like Beach House, they have a sound that they stick with, but you can expect consistently great tunes from them.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Feb 22, 2014 14:59:43 GMT -5
Real Estate's new album leaked. I'm expecting at least a good album. Much like Beach House, they have a sound that they stick with, but you can expect consistently great tunes from them. I just finished listening to it. Very solid, in the same vein as their two previous albums. April's Song is a great instrumental. My only knock on the band is they sound a tad "samey" all the time. The National have a similar problem but on a much smaller scale. |
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Post by Cast on Feb 22, 2014 18:33:51 GMT -5
Real Estate's new album leaked. I'm expecting at least a good album. Much like Beach House, they have a sound that they stick with, but you can expect consistently great tunes from them. I just finished listening to it. Very solid, in the same vein as their two previous albums. April's Song is a great instrumental. My only knock on the band is they sound a tad "samey" all the time. The National have a similar problem but on a much smaller scale. Gonna give it a listen later tonight. Yeah that is a definitely a fair assessment of them. It comes across more so when you see them live than it does on their records. I used to love The National about 4 years ago. Still enjoy them, but I thought Trouble Will Find me was a little sterile and stale. Real Estate have the habit of being samey, but the National can get a bit dull after a while. I mean Mistaken For Strangers, Abel and Mr. November have some real bite to them. They've always been an everyday middle class man's band, but now they are kind of just settling for writing great tunes, tunes that may not always have the extra "it" factor that push them into being great. That said their run from Alligator, Boxer, to High Violet is a run that not many bands can match. Maybe Spoon, Beach House, Broken Social Scene, MMJ, and some others, but its a damn good streak of great to brilliant albums. It is an impressive trilogy. They're still a great band and I'm glad they've found success, but I think their best album(s) already came. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Feb 24, 2014 15:40:20 GMT -5
New single from The Horrors. This band always sounds like it just got transported out of a John Hughes movie. Very Echo & The Bunnymen vibe going on throughout this track. |
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Post by raffo on Feb 24, 2014 16:06:26 GMT -5
Reverend & The Makers released their fourth album 'Thirty Two' today.
Only listened to it once so far and I'd say I'm reasonably happy with it. Nothing new or groundbreaking from them though, just a typical Rev album. Jon McClure's voice standing out as always, I think the first and last few tracks on the album are really good but I think it dips/gets a bit tedious midway through the album. Already heard 'The Only One' and 'Your Girl' as they were on YouTube well before today. I'd say 'I Spy' is my favourite but it's early days.
Getting a ticket to see them next Tuesday in Glasgow, already seen them in 2012 and I thought they were excellent. Also you may know they never do an encore in the venue, Jon goes outside after the gig and plays acoustically in the street for a wee while. You've got to appreciate how passionate he is and the relationship he has with the fans.
Album is on Spotify to listen to.
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Post by kingcrawler on Feb 24, 2014 18:51:22 GMT -5
New single from The Horrors. This band always sounds like it just got transported out of a John Hughes movie. Very Echo & The Bunnymen vibe going on throughout this track. Only listened to this once but I like it, similar sort of sound to Skying but it seemed a bit more expansive and a bit poppier. Looking forward to the new album, they've got better with each album so far. |
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Post by matt on Feb 24, 2014 19:10:22 GMT -5
Coldplay gif from their new video which they recorded last week apparently. This is legitimate by the way, appeared on their facebook page. Single and album will be coming sooner than expected - in all honesty, didn't think they would release one this year because nothing has been heard.  |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Feb 24, 2014 19:17:38 GMT -5
Coldplay gif from their new video which they recorded last week apparently. This is legitimate by the way, appeared on their facebook page. Single and album will be coming sooner than expected - in all honesty, didn't think they would release one this year because nothing has been heard. 2014 is shaping up to be a monster year of releases for me: - Noel Gallagher - Coldplay - Kasabian - Damon Albarn - Neil Young - Black Keys Coldplay get a lot of shit on this forum but they do know how to deliver a great tune. Sure their last album was spotty but it did contain some amazing songs like: - Hurts Like Heaven - Paradise - Charlie Brown - Us Against The World - Everyday Teardrop Is A Waterfall - Major Minus They just gotta stick with one idea or theme instead of throwing everything into their albums. That is what holds them down sometimes IMO. |
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Post by matt on Feb 24, 2014 19:49:08 GMT -5
Coldplay gif from their new video which they recorded last week apparently. This is legitimate by the way, appeared on their facebook page. Single and album will be coming sooner than expected - in all honesty, didn't think they would release one this year because nothing has been heard. 2014 is shaping up to be a monster year of releases for me: - Noel Gallagher - Coldplay - Kasabian - Damon Albarn - Neil Young - Black Keys Coldplay get a lot of shit on this forum but they do know how to deliver a great tune. Sure their last album was spotty but it did contain some amazing songs like: - Hurts Like Heaven - Paradise - Charlie Brown - Us Against The World - Everyday Teardrop Is A Waterfall - Major Minus They just gotta stick with one idea or theme instead of throwing everything into their albums. That is what holds them down sometimes IMO. I thought the last album was a mess, song wise and production - it's the only Coldplay album I never listen to. Way overproduced to the point it didn't sound like a four man band, and the acoustic tunes didn't do it for me - mainly because I hold them up against the ones on Parachutes. But there was some great pure pop moments - Hurts Like Heaven, Charlie Brown, and darker tunes like Major Minus were great too. I still love them though. I think if Coldplay appeared more 'trendy' people wouldn't give them so much stick. Which is kind of sad and really shallow, because you get guys like Jake Bugg who I think is really poor and who I honestly think is only getting attention from his carefully managed image. Bottom line is - if the songs are brilliant, the band is brilliant. Coldplay do this well enough and that's all they need to do. |
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Post by Let It🩸 on Feb 24, 2014 20:36:57 GMT -5
I really don't mind Coldplay...
I made love to many, many women in the 90's and there's a chance I heard a Coldplay song or two in the process.
Thanks.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Feb 24, 2014 21:11:39 GMT -5
I really don't mind Coldplay... I made love to many, many women in the 90's and there's a chance I heard a Coldplay song or two in the process. Thanks. Was Coldplay even around yet in the 90s? I remember Yellow coming out in June-ish 2000. Now if you played "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls, that was an immediate panty peeler my friend. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Feb 24, 2014 21:17:40 GMT -5
2014 is shaping up to be a monster year of releases for me: - Noel Gallagher - Coldplay - Kasabian - Damon Albarn - Neil Young - Black Keys Coldplay get a lot of shit on this forum but they do know how to deliver a great tune. Sure their last album was spotty but it did contain some amazing songs like: - Hurts Like Heaven - Paradise - Charlie Brown - Us Against The World - Everyday Teardrop Is A Waterfall - Major Minus They just gotta stick with one idea or theme instead of throwing everything into their albums. That is what holds them down sometimes IMO. I thought the last album was a mess, song wise and production - it's the only Coldplay album I never listen to. Way overproduced to the point it didn't sound like a four man band, and the acoustic tunes didn't do it for me - mainly because I hold them up against the ones on Parachutes. But there was some great pure pop moments - Hurts Like Heaven, Charlie Brown, and darker tunes like Major Minus were great too. I still love them though. I think if Coldplay appeared more 'trendy' people wouldn't give them so much stick. Which is kind of sad and really shallow, because you get guys like Jake Bugg who I think is really poor and who I honestly think is only getting attention from his carefully managed image. Bottom line is - if the songs are brilliant, the band is brilliant. Coldplay do this well enough and that's all they need to do. People always said in 2000/2001 that Coldplay could be the next Radiohead. I never bought into that nonsense. I did however always feel that Coldplay could easily go the U2 route.........and they did. With each passing release, they kept trying to be bigger and bigger and bigger. Nothing was ever simple or small. You do that too many times and you will tip over and fall. Coldplay should strive to be a tad smaller. |
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Post by matt on Feb 24, 2014 21:32:02 GMT -5
I thought the last album was a mess, song wise and production - it's the only Coldplay album I never listen to. Way overproduced to the point it didn't sound like a four man band, and the acoustic tunes didn't do it for me - mainly because I hold them up against the ones on Parachutes. But there was some great pure pop moments - Hurts Like Heaven, Charlie Brown, and darker tunes like Major Minus were great too. I still love them though. I think if Coldplay appeared more 'trendy' people wouldn't give them so much stick. Which is kind of sad and really shallow, because you get guys like Jake Bugg who I think is really poor and who I honestly think is only getting attention from his carefully managed image. Bottom line is - if the songs are brilliant, the band is brilliant. Coldplay do this well enough and that's all they need to do. People always said in 2000/2001 that Coldplay could be the next Radiohead. I never bought into that nonsense. I did however always feel that Coldplay could easily go the U2 route.........and they did. With each passing release, they kept trying to be bigger and bigger and bigger. Nothing was ever simple or small. You do that too many times and you will tip over and fall. Coldplay should strive to be a tad smaller. Definitely agree with that - being too self conscious of your music is a barrier to creativity, and it shows. U2 are too self conscious to stay big and that has resulted in a big decline in their quality, thought the last Coldplay album was too self conscious desperate to run on the success of Viva La Vida (which I thought was a brilliant and very eclectic album). And Kings of Leon with Only By The Night is the most self conscious effort by a band that it is incredibly shit. I wish all bands would sometimes think 'fuck commercial sales, lets just run away with our creativity' ala Kid A. Sometimes, pure creativity is natural world class pop songs (Noel Gallagher) or experimental (Radiohead). I think Coldplay could somewhat be guilty of forcing that pure pop tune in the last few years. I think they're more naturally alternative than pop, and I much prefer their alternative music (first three albums I would say as that). Though I don't think the Coldplay lads are too obsessed with it like U2, and some things they've said have been encouraging. There's been talks of scaling it down, even acoustically like Parachutes and they said last year they don't feel the need to sell bucket loads of albums these days as they've done that well enough already. I'm not expecting them to go Kid A, but a little bit of pushing the boundaries wouldn't go amiss. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Feb 24, 2014 21:40:20 GMT -5
People always said in 2000/2001 that Coldplay could be the next Radiohead. I never bought into that nonsense. I did however always feel that Coldplay could easily go the U2 route.........and they did. With each passing release, they kept trying to be bigger and bigger and bigger. Nothing was ever simple or small. You do that too many times and you will tip over and fall. Coldplay should strive to be a tad smaller. Definitely agree with that - being too self conscious of your music is a barrier to creativity, and it shows. U2 are too self conscious to stay big and that has resulted in a big decline in their quality, thought the last Coldplay album was too self conscious desperate to run on the success of Viva La Vida (which I thought was a brilliant and very eclectic album). And Kings of Leon with Only By The Night is the most self conscious effort by a band that it is incredibly shit. I wish all bands would sometimes think 'fuck commercial sales, lets just run away with our creativity' ala Kid A. Sometimes, pure creativity is natural world class pop songs (Noel Gallagher) or experimental (Radiohead). I think Coldplay could somewhat be guilty of forcing that pure pop tune in the last few years. I think they're more naturally alternative than pop, and I much prefer their alternative music (first three albums I would say as that). Though I don't think the Coldplay lads are too obsessed with it like U2, and some things they've said have been encouraging. There's been talks of scaling it down, even acoustically like Parachutes and they said last year they don't feel the need to sell bucket loads of albums these days as they've done that well enough already. I'm not expecting them to go Kid A, but a little bit of pushing the boundaries wouldn't go amiss. I always thought the album after Only By The Night fit that description. They became world famous on that album and thus needed to keep that gravy train rolling. It culminated in that flaming piece of a shit album called Come Around Sundown. You could feel this was a band only interested in staying big to the soccer moms and 13 year old girls who fell for them. I'm not surprised Caleb cracked under the pressure on that supporting tour. They were a far cry from their debut of a real life Stillwater. Anyways.........back to Coldplay. I agree with you, they are more alternative than a pop band. That disaster of a Rihanna duet was a complete joke. A cringe worthy moment for a guy who has followed this band since June of 2000. |
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Post by Cast on Feb 25, 2014 2:10:42 GMT -5
Real Estates new album is great. Their last album Days was probably in my top 5 back in 2011. This one is just as enjoyable. It isn't blowing me away (only St. Vincent's as done that this year), but its a subtly greatly album. Always appreciate the emphasis of guitar melodies in their songs. Schoolboy Q's new album came out and its also pretty enjoyable. Know this place isn't usually a fan of rap, but the dude just has fantastic charisma. Grantland posted a great article on him that is equally interesting and it is hilarious. grantland.com/features/schoolboy-qs-hunger-pains/ |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Feb 25, 2014 10:37:02 GMT -5
Solo album from The Walkmen's lead singer.
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Post by defmaybe00 on Feb 25, 2014 11:09:56 GMT -5
Don't really like it,maybe it's a grower,who knows
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