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I live in a city. I dislike living in cities. So in an effort to feel like less of a city-boy, I'm going to try to like country music. So far, so good.

Any La Dispute fans here?? Went on a bike ride today and listened to 2 of their albums, truly a phenomenal band if you can get down on some screamo-ish type music. Even their first album where it was like straight poetry was highly enjoyable.

 

I recommend them to everyone here, they're not like all the other post hardcore/screamo bands out there. Lyrically theyre just unbelievable, it's truly poetry spiced up to the max.

 

Check out the whole "Somewhere at the bottom of the river between vega and altair" album...hands down my favorite album of all time.

Just out of curiosity how many new albums do you guys buy during the year? (And you know what I mean by "buy")

 

I'm at 19 right now. But I have some more nerdy music friends who get 50+ sometimes...

 

Between new CDs and new vinyl, I'm probably around 75 for the last year. That's probably about my average over the last 3-4 years since I finally got a job where I have a little disposable income.

Garbage put on a hell of a show last night

Just out of curiosity how many new albums do you guys buy during the year? (And you know what I mean by "buy")

 

I'm at 19 right now. But I have some more nerdy music friends who get 50+ sometimes...

 

Just purchased Sonny Rollins' Saxophone Colossus. Magic stuff.

The only other CDs I've purchased in the last year are Foo Fighters' Wasting Light, and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals' self titled album.

Both are very very good CDs, especially GP&TN. Grace's voice - WOW. Janis Joplin-esque.

 

Enjoying the album "Touch Screens" by Erik Blood

 

Seattle space-rocker Erik Blood says his new album, "Touch Screens," is inspired by pornography, but you wouldn't know that by his soft, borderline-indecipherable vocals. Perhaps there is some S&M in the hot slap of the first half of "Amputee"? Or maybe the song's beautiful outro could be a long embrace.

 

Mostly what you get from "Touch Screens" is modern pop rock on hyperdrive: succinct, clanging numbers like "Share Your Love" thundering next to atmospheric, enormous-sounding synthesizer and violin music named after stars of the industry — "(LaBruce)," "(Wakefield)" — and a real sense of Blood as a master producer.

 

He recently engineered/recorded several exciting albums in our city — by Shabazz Palaces, THEESatisfaction and Stephanie. But where he expertly captured those hip-hop and post-punk groups as they sound on stage, but better, here he exploits the studio for the glorious instrument it can be, overloading "Touch Screens" with stacked vocals and acoustic/electric guitars like stories of skyscrapers. Lush is an understatement. It's bigger than that. A beast of an album.

 

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Edited August 9, 201213 yr by BigSqwert

Anyone listen to Frank Turner? "I Still Believe" has been in my head for days.

 

Edited August 10, 201213 yr by farmteam

September is loaded with albums I want to hear.

 

G.O.O.D. Music, Lupe, Ludacris, Wiz, probably a few others I can't think of right now. Pumped.

Just out of curiosity how many new albums do you guys buy during the year? (And you know what I mean by "buy")

 

I'm at 19 right now. But I have some more nerdy music friends who get 50+ sometimes...

 

The last CD I bought was Lupe Fiasco's "The Cool", and that was early 2009 I think. Before that, it was Nelly's Sweat/Suit, which was.....2004 or something?

Just out of curiosity how many new albums do you guys buy during the year? (And you know what I mean by "buy")

 

I'm at 19 right now. But I have some more nerdy music friends who get 50+ sometimes...

 

The last CD I bought was Lupe Fiasco's "The Cool", and that was early 2009 I think. Before that, it was Nelly's Sweat/Suit, which was.....2004 or something?

I don't buy CDs anymore. I usually buy digital albums from Amazon or 7digital.

Nas.. thank god your back.

 

I agree with this.

 

Also, Rush's Clockwork Angels is fantastic.

So many bands have reformed, I'm pleased that some can't due to members now being on the great gig in the sky. The Beatles spring to mind. I bet if Lennon hadn't been shot and Harrison was still with us, The Beatles would've reformed, which I'm sure would of been a disaster!

So many bands have reformed, I'm pleased that some can't due to members now being on the great gig in the sky. The Beatles spring to mind. I bet if Lennon hadn't been shot and Harrison was still with us, The Beatles would've reformed, which I'm sure would of been a disaster!

 

I don't know. Lennon was an angry dude. I really wonder if he would have ever done it.

I don't know. Lennon was an angry dude. I really wonder if he would have ever done it.

I bet he would have at one point.

 

There was actually a really funny story involving SNL and Lennon/McCartney. Right around the time when everyone and their mother was offering the Beatles millions to reunite, SNL did a skit where Lorne Michaels was like "We'll offer the Beatles THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS to perform on SNL!" or something like that. Well, McCartney happened to be visiting Lennon at the time, and they were hanging out at Lennon's place, which wasn't too far from the SNL studio. They were actually watching the show as it aired and were like "Haha, we should just walk down there right now and show up!" But, they decided against it because they were too stoned.

I read about that as well, great story. I think as time went on they would've played a one off or maybe toured. Maybe they would've played at Live Aid?

I bet he would have at one point.

 

There was actually a really funny story involving SNL and Lennon/McCartney. Right around the time when everyone and their mother was offering the Beatles millions to reunite, SNL did a skit where Lorne Michaels was like "We'll offer the Beatles THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS to perform on SNL!" or something like that. Well, McCartney happened to be visiting Lennon at the time, and they were hanging out at Lennon's place, which wasn't too far from the SNL studio. They were actually watching the show as it aired and were like "Haha, we should just walk down there right now and show up!" But, they decided against it because they were too stoned.

 

Both camps denied that it happened like that after that made for TV movie siting that incident happened.

Both camps denied that it happened like that after that made for TV movie siting that incident happened.

Well "happened like that" =/= "didn't happen at all."

 

I figured it was one of those exaggerated stories with some basis in truth...but it's pretty awesome, so I like it.

I wonder how things would have turned out between the two of them (and Harrison/Ringo) if Lennon was still around. Obviously now, McCartney is all about reminiscing about the good times and making it appear as if things would have worked out in the end, but that's easy to do if the other half of the equation is incapable of saying otherwise. Still, the SNL thing is an awesome story.

 

I'm going to see Band of Horses and My Morning Jacket tomorrow at Pritzker Pavillion in Millennium Park. My level of familiarity with either band is pretty low, so I've thrown all of their music into a playlist so I'm not completely blindsided by it. It feels like the time I wrote a 15 page final essay the night and morning before it was due freshman year of college. That time I got a B, not sure I'll be anywhere near as successful this time.

 

I wonder how things would have turned out between the two of them (and Harrison/Ringo) if Lennon was still around. Obviously now, McCartney is all about reminiscing about the good times and making it appear as if things would have worked out in the end, but that's easy to do if the other half of the equation is incapable of saying otherwise. Still, the SNL thing is an awesome story.

 

I'm going to see Band of Horses and My Morning Jacket tomorrow at Pritzker Pavillion in Millennium Park. My level of familiarity with either band is pretty low, so I've thrown all of their music into a playlist so I'm not completely blindsided by it. It feels like the time I wrote a 15 page final essay the night and morning before it was due freshman year of college. That time I got a B, not sure I'll be anywhere near as successful this time.

 

I haven't seen the popular supergroup that has been able to turn down the millions of a reunion tour for over 30 years. They wouldve gotten together eventually.

I haven't seen the popular supergroup that has been able to turn down the millions of a reunion tour for over 30 years. They wouldve gotten together eventually.

 

Except for Pink Floyd, which would be the best comparison to The Beatles.

 

David Glimour and Roger Waters have not toured together, they have done maybe 3 shows in the last X years, all of them were for charity except for Gilmour appearing at 1 Wall Show to play his song, Comfortably Numb.

 

Its rumored Pink Floyd turned down $250mil profit from Live Nation (the tour was going to be all expenses paid.)

 

 

I'm going to see Band of Horses and My Morning Jacket tomorrow at Pritzker Pavillion in Millennium Park. My level of familiarity with either band is pretty low, so I've thrown all of their music into a playlist so I'm not completely blindsided by it. It feels like the time I wrote a 15 page final essay the night and morning before it was due freshman year of college. That time I got a B, not sure I'll be anywhere near as successful this time.

I've been told I would like Band of Horses; I've listened to My Morning Jacket a bit, but by no means extensively. Let me know what you think (both performance wise and music wise).

Band of Horse's last album was awful but I liked their first two.

I haven't seen the popular supergroup that has been able to turn down the millions of a reunion tour for over 30 years. They wouldve gotten together eventually.

 

 

 

And it's such a shame.

 

Band of Horse's last album was awful but I liked their first two.

 

I'm definitely finding Band of Horses a little harder to enjoy than My Morning Jacket, save for their first one, which I enjoyed right away. My Morning Jacket's music seems very conducive to getting stuck in your head. That can be a good thing or a bad thing, but it takes a while to find out exactly which it will be.

Edited August 21, 201213 yr by Swingandalongonetoleft