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Post by Thomas on Mar 22, 2017 8:34:24 GMT -5
It's already been released, but oh dear, Semper Femina is already my AOTY.  Laura's best album, up there with her debut, Alas I Cannot Swim. I can't believe how amazing this record is. Been playing it incessantly. Absolutely 10/10. Marling's probably the musician of the decade, btw. Amazing consistency and creativity. I love this woman so much. |
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Post by eva on Mar 22, 2017 8:46:04 GMT -5
^I really like this album, my only problem is that many tracks sound sooo much better live than on the album, like Wild Fire, DPMB and Always This Way (there's a live version this one with just an acoustic guitar that is fantastic). This is the best version of WIld Fire IMO www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04m7h1tI think A Creature... is my fave album of hers, but Eagle is amazing and she's constantly releasing great music. I love her |
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Post by Thomas on Mar 22, 2017 8:53:15 GMT -5
^I really like this album, my only problem is that many tracks sound sooo much better live than on the album, like Wild Fire, DPMB and Always This Way (there's a live version this one with just an acoustic guitar that is fantastic). This is the best version of WIld Fire IMO www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04m7h1tI think A Creature... is my fave album of hers, but Eagle is amazing and she's constantly releasing great music. I love her I like the album versions better, but I can see why one would prefer the live ones  I just love the sound of it. The production is unbelievable! So clear and raw. My favourites from LM are Alas and Semper Femina, but she doesn't have a "bad" album – she hasn't got even close to having one. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Mar 22, 2017 10:59:05 GMT -5
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Post by carlober on Mar 24, 2017 5:59:15 GMT -5
London Grammar have a new album out in June. Really looking forward to it. This new single is quite a haunting piece, very good stuff: |
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Post by steve020409 on Mar 24, 2017 7:00:43 GMT -5
Neon waltz debut album
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Post by Lennon2217 on Mar 25, 2017 23:25:09 GMT -5
Very much looking forward to listening to this album. Just came out. Solo album from the lead singer of The Soundtrack of Our Lives.   |
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Post by mimmihopps on Mar 30, 2017 12:48:27 GMT -5
"A Kind Revolution" by Weller!
and hopefully a new album by Sigur Ros, The Twilight Sad and The National!
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Post by Lennon2217 on Apr 3, 2017 9:21:21 GMT -5
The Beatles social media accounts as well as their individual accounts have been sending out images of colors bars for the last 2 weeks. Anyone have any clue what they are teasing? New compilation? New anthology? Something is brewing. I hope whatever it is it's cool and exciting.
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Post by matt on Apr 3, 2017 10:41:03 GMT -5
The Beatles social media accounts as well as their individual accounts have been sending out images of colors bars for the last 2 weeks. Anyone have any clue what they are teasing? New compilation? New anthology? Something is brewing. I hope whatever it is it's cool and exciting. The colours coincide with the Sgt Pepper outfits. Hopefully a 50th anniversary celebration with a massive documentary about the album. For all the documentaries that have been made of individual Beatles, or certain points in their career, not much has been done to specifically mark out their most influential album aside from that pointless tribute from various acts including Oasis ten years ago. To be fair, perhaps all that's been written about it is there but still, the BBC did a great radio documentary on The White Album back in November 2008. EDIT: Actually, scratch that Lennon2217 - imagine if they rerelease the album in surround sound!  If any album deserves the modern surround sound treatment, its this one. As an iPod user and somebody who predominately listens to music through headphones, I was disappointed that the 2009 stereo remasters were not surround sound - it was awkward listening to albums where vocals are channelled through one earphone and instruments on the other. I'm not sure who was in charge of the 2009 remasters but they were massively behind the times by neglecting headphone users. I therefore only listen to The Beatles in mono - when '1' was rereleased in surround sound though, The Beatles had never sounded so good thanks to Giles Martins remastering. It's genuinely the best I've ever heard from them. They need to release all albums in surround sound - until then, The Beatles in perfect sound won't exist and mono (which is still excellent) is the best we've got. |
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Post by matt on Apr 3, 2017 10:43:37 GMT -5
London Grammar have a new album out in June. Really looking forward to it. This new single is quite a haunting piece, very good stuff: Really really talented band. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Apr 3, 2017 12:24:41 GMT -5
The Beatles social media accounts as well as their individual accounts have been sending out images of colors bars for the last 2 weeks. Anyone have any clue what they are teasing? New compilation? New anthology? Something is brewing. I hope whatever it is it's cool and exciting. The colours coincide with the Sgt Pepper outfits. Hopefully a 50th anniversary celebration with a massive documentary about the album. For all the documentaries that have been made of individual Beatles, or certain points in their career, not much has been done to specifically mark out their most influential album aside from that pointless tribute from various acts including Oasis ten years ago. To be fair, perhaps all that's been written about it is there but still, the BBC did a great radio documentary on The White Album back in November 2008. EDIT: Actually, scratch that Lennon2217 - imagine if they rerelease the album in surround sound! If any album deserves the modern surround sound treatment, its this one. As an iPod user and somebody who predominately listens to music through headphones, I was disappointed that the 2009 stereo remasters were not surround sound - it was awkward listening to albums where vocals are channelled through one earphone and instruments on the other. I'm not sure who was in charge of the 2009 remasters but they were massively behind the times by neglecting headphone users. I therefore only listen to The Beatles in mono - when '1' was rereleased in surround sound though, The Beatles had never sounded so good thanks to Giles Martins remastering. It's genuinely the best I've ever heard from them. They need to release all albums in surround sound - until then, The Beatles in perfect sound won't exist and mono (which is still excellent) is the best we've got. Great call. Didn't even connect the dots between the colors being from Pepper. I'd love some kind of 50th anniversary edition. Outtakes. Demos. Remixes. Whatever. Let's embrace an album so many people now underrate because it's trendy. |
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Post by Elie De Beaufour 🐴 on Apr 4, 2017 10:20:35 GMT -5
Only heard two songs, but Ghost Mile by Voyager is album of the year for me. Can't wait to get my copy.
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Post by matt on Apr 4, 2017 11:35:54 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2017 20:34:47 GMT -5
yes, the 'fake stereo' bullshit. all the vocals on one side, and the instruments on the other. but remember that 2009 stereo box was merely 'remastered' --- not remixed. there's a difference there. i received the stereo box as a christmas gift back when it came out (and still think it's terrific) and i predicted back then that they would eventually remix these albums for a true, full stereo sound. i truly believe this was by design, to have everyone buy the stereo box first, then later on remix them into true stereo. i am a big beatles fan but sorry it just strikes me as a blatant cash grab and i will NOT be buying this. the stereo box is good enough for me. Cash grab or not, I think it is absolutely essential that The Beatles are remixed in glorious surround sound so I will be buying the super deluxe version personally. I have three copies of the album already - the 1987 CD releases, and the 2009 mono (in the boxset) and stereo release. As a predominant headphone user, the only one that does the album any justice for me personally is the original mono pressing and I think that goes for most Beatles albums. The stereo remastering is what gets my goat personally as opposed to this essential release - I can't understand that after 40 years and with the technology to remix in surround sound, people thought the rushed stereo releases were worthy of rereleases. George Martin himself said they were mere afterthoughts and the fact that neither Martin nor his son Giles were involved in the 2009 remasters maybe suggests as much. Now granted, remixing the album for surround sound is an incredibly complex and time consuming process that may cost a lot of money so that perhaps goes someway to explaining why this never happened. And after all, I think the mono mixes are great, but the only issue is that what with the 1960s technology, mono can sometimes sound compressed on the more elaborate Beatles tracks. When I listen to the '1' remix of Penny Lane, I can pick out the double bass from the oboes, the harmonium from the pianos, and the flute from the cor anglais. On mono, it is a bit more difficult to pick out each individual instrument and the clarity of the '1' remix just gives that song the energy and panache it must have had in the mind of Paul McCartney when he composed it, and a vibrancy to it that I didn't know existed. This hasn't happened yet, but I dream of hearing a remix of Revolution and I can only imagine that the distortion and dirtiness that John Lennon wanted on it would only be amped up to a higher level of aggression in a surround sound mix. I say this as a super fan of The Beatles too - I'm willing to allow them to rob them off my money (okay, various rereleases of the Yellow Submarine soundtrack may be a bit much!) but not because I'm a fan who will kneel before all things Beatles associated and buy any tacky shit possible, but because I like the idea of perfecting the most perfect band that ever existed in my opinion. In a way, it's like reclaiming a sense of lost innocence and rediscovering these songs all over again. The thrill I get from hearing those snippets is mind blowing and euphoric like it's the first time I'm hearing these songs. I felt like that when I bought the '1' album in 2015 despite thinking I knew it all about these songs - the original release of that in 2000 was the first ever Beatles album I heard in its entirety, and in a sense, I'd like to think that my purchase of the remixed '1' album is like starting that all over again. I pray that Sgt Pepper is the first of the remixes of ALL Beatles albums, and until future technology allows us to experience lifelike holograms of The Beatles actually playing in our living rooms along with the additional orchestras, then these surround sound remixes will be the perfect incarnation of the band! i can't say i can disagree with pretty much anything you said there. if memory serves me correctly, i do think a lot of 'time' and 'care' was spent on the 2009 boxes. at the time my wife did ask me if i wanted the mono or the stereo, and i chose the stereo, mainly because abbey road is my favorite beatles album, and as we know it's not in the mono box (because it was recorded in stereo). i still maintain, however, that the plan all along was to sell people on the fact that the 2009 boxes were the definitive and ultimate 'be-all-end-all-set-you-will-ever-need' beatles collections ever, when they knew full well that the day would come when they would say 'well you know what, NOW we're actually gonna present these in TRUE GLORIOUS STEREO'. so folks, you can now toss those obsolete stereo boxes in the trash, because here they come!  |
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Post by mimmihopps on Apr 5, 2017 2:37:14 GMT -5
I wonder if we should start a Sgt. Pepper Anniversary Edition thread, since I expect we'll talk a little bit about this release and we're starting to derail the current thread.
Could the mods move the last few posts to a new thread? Thanks! Sure. We'll merge the last few posts in this thread to the new one as soon as the new thread is created.  |
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Post by draper on Apr 5, 2017 3:33:00 GMT -5
Looking forward to Alt J's new album. Those two new songs are great.
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Post by petergallagher on Apr 6, 2017 17:11:29 GMT -5
Alexandra Savior, singer-songwriter who wrote her songs together with Alex Turner. Album due to come out in April 17. I like this song: Alexandra Savior's album is out today...  |
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Post by supersonic1983 on Apr 10, 2017 8:41:36 GMT -5
British Sea Power's new album is very very good.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2017 9:47:42 GMT -5
New Ghostpoet single Mood's along the lines of Some Say I So I Say Light, with sounds like on Shedding Skin. To summarise, very Ghostpoet-y |
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Post by seanrulesrh on Apr 19, 2017 10:14:33 GMT -5
Noel Gallagher 3rd
Liam Gallagher
Queens Of The Stone Age
The Stone Roses (doubt it)
Alexandra Savior and The XX (excellent albums that are already out)
Kasabian
Vetusta Morla (spanish indie rock band)
Arctic Monkeys (hope it happens)
Yannis Philippakis (foals) and Tony Allen (maccabees) project
Dan Auerbach (black keys frontman second solo album)
Gorillaz...
there is too much stuff going out this year!!!!
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Post by My Big Name on Apr 20, 2017 9:19:00 GMT -5
Noel Gallagher 3rd Liam Gallagher Queens Of The Stone Age The Stone Roses (doubt it) Alexandra Savior and The XX (excellent albums that are already out) Kasabian Vetusta Morla (spanish indie rock band) Arctic Monkeys (hope it happens) Yannis Philippakis (foals) and Tony Allen (maccabees) project Dan Auerbach (black keys frontman second solo album) Gorillaz... there is too much stuff going out this year!!!! If this was actually announced I'd be the most excited I've ever been for an album ever I think. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Apr 20, 2017 10:20:58 GMT -5
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Post by carlober on Apr 21, 2017 9:11:03 GMT -5
New song from The War on Drugs for Record Store Day. Album out soon I hope!
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Post by eva on Apr 21, 2017 16:54:16 GMT -5
loving this song so much more than the first preview
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