I have tried listening to the latest Appleseed Cast at least 4 or 5 times.... and it bores the ever living shit out of me.

4/14/2009 5:16:58 PM

haha. That doesnt entirely surprise me though. I love it, love them, but I can definitely see how someone would find them boring.

[Edited on April 14, 2009 at 5:18 PM. Reason : ]

4/14/2009 5:18:22 PM

hey, to each their own.

Of course, I also said that Grizzly Bear bored me the first couple of times through, and now it's probably my album of the year thus far. Same for Andrew Bird's latest the first 2 times through, so, I'm not giving up hope on getting into them yet. I liked "raising the sails", I think it was (#6), but overall, I found myself skipping it to go on to another album.

4/14/2009 5:23:32 PM

Have you liked any of their past albums? I really enjoy this one but it certainly has a lot of downtime that could turn people off. Some of their earlier stuff can be a little more captivating.

4/14/2009 5:27:36 PM

Album of the year so far, for me, is the new Isis.

I really really love it.


Although there are some other albums that certainly warrant a few more listens.

4/14/2009 10:38:59 PM

Yep, new Isis is still my #1 right now too. As stated earlier I really love Sagarmatha as well. I've heard some solid EPs this year too but I can't count them the same (ie Look Mexico's EP is really fun but only 4 songs so I can't really compare it to full albums).

Kinda in the next tier down from Isis and Appleseed Cast I have really enjoyed Silversun Pickup's "Swoon" and omar+cedric+hella's "cryptomnesia" (though I think it would have been a completely badass record if it was more focused).

Super excited about: mewithoutYou, BTBAM, The Mars Volta, Telescreen, Sundrone, and sorta the new deftones and He is Legend

PS Ronny, if you havent heard of Sundrone its a new band with the vocalist from Codeseven. I've liked the little bit i've heard so far.

[Edited on April 14, 2009 at 10:57 PM. Reason : ]

4/14/2009 10:52:19 PM

When's the new BTBAM coming out?

4/14/2009 11:53:20 PM

my top so far:

handsome furs, pains of being pure at heart, and fanfarlo

4/15/2009 12:03:54 AM

Pogo's new album came out a few weeks ago. *free*

http://www.last.fm/music/Pogo/Weave+And+Wish

4/15/2009 5:25:49 AM

Quote :

"When's the new BTBAM coming out?"

My guess right now is Oct/Nov. They finish mixing and mastering in early July.

4/15/2009 6:56:14 AM

Quote :

"so does no one else like that dirty projectors album?"

yeah it didn't really do anything for me, but i appreciate the offer

4/15/2009 8:05:20 AM

listening to some newly-leaked mewithoutYou tracks, and oh my gosh it is good. i can't wait to get my hands on the full release.

4/15/2009 3:38:04 PM

the full album leaked today as far as I know (but in 128 - bleh). I havent listened yet.

4/15/2009 3:40:10 PM

hmmm. the copy i downloaded must have been messed up.

4/15/2009 3:45:30 PM

well I could be wrong, thats what I was told but I havent been able to check at work

4/15/2009 5:29:42 PM

Quote :

"Last night Ear Candy caught wind of a strong rumor that Sunny Day Real Estate, one of the most influential and underappreciated post-grunge groups to come out of Seattle, has reunited with its original members and plan on touring this year..."

http://www.earcandybeat.com/?q=node/61

[Edited on April 15, 2009 at 5:32 PM. Reason : link]

4/15/2009 5:32:42 PM

4/16/2009 7:24:32 AM

yea, seeing them live would be great.

in other news, im not sure what to think of the new mwY album. It's definitely a good album, but coming from one of my top 3 current/active bands I can't help but be a little disappointed. I have been nothing but enthralled in the past upon first listen of a new mwY album but I am only moderately impressed after my first few listens. I have a feeling itll be a grower but I don't think it comes close to something like "Brother, Sister."

This album is basically entirely stripped of the elements I liked most about them:

- his normally powerful vocals were muzzled on this album with everything being so folksy
- Normally my favorite lyricist ever, his lyrics are disappointingly gimmicky on this album
- Chris Kleinberg's absence on guitar is glaring (I'm sure his departure is part of why they changed their sound up though)

With that being said, I'll restate that the album is still good and I'm sure it will grow on me more and be one of my favorites this year, but it feels more like it should have been an EP and its left me yearning for the more aggressive, passionate mewithoutYou album I have come to expect from them.

4/16/2009 8:05:24 AM

I will pay mucho dinero to see either My Bloody Valentine or Sunny Day Real Estate on tour.

4/16/2009 8:33:48 AM

Oh yeah I'm really digging "Swoon".

I just love fuzz. I'm glad I proudly own a Big Muff now.

4/16/2009 11:21:53 AM

The Mountain Goats & John Vanderslice: Moon Colony Bloodbath EP [2009]
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?rou4mnhwwom

I had been keeping an eye out for these two by request, so I'll post these as well.
Eels - hombre lobo
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?otmgdninmmi

NOFX -- Coaster
hxxp://www.megaupload.com/?d=KJQY96JL
or
hxxp://www.zshare.net/download/58822770516a236e/

and someone asked for the first John Vanderslice release for the year a few pages back, so here's that, too:
John Vanderslice -- romanian names (2009)
hxxp://rapidshare.com/files/221040131/john_vanderslice_romanian_names.rar

[Edited on April 18, 2009 at 12:39 PM. Reason : .]

4/18/2009 12:31:57 PM

don't forget, today is record store day

i spent too much money.

4/18/2009 2:34:31 PM

guess I didn't get to Schoolkids early enough for any of the stuff I wanted

4/18/2009 3:21:03 PM

yeah, no sonic youth or flaming lips for me

and no record store in town seems to know how to get ahold of the breeders ep

4/18/2009 3:53:09 PM

Haha, yeah I just went in hoping for a Sonic Youth 7" and overheard the cashier laugh because someone else was asking about them too. I did pick up the last Citay LP, Little Kingdom in ltd pressing of 180 gram vinyl.

4/18/2009 4:05:33 PM

at least Kodiak got me that Camera Obscura 7"

4/18/2009 5:35:13 PM

so I had to give the new mwY as much of an unbiased re-listen as I could, accepting the fact that this album just isn't made to sound like anything they have done before. And I have to say that I really like the album for what it is. Listened to it several times through (5 or so) on the trip up to Raleigh this weekend and a few other times this weekend. There are still a couple tracks on the album that feel kinda like B-sides but the majority of the tracks I really like and a few I absolutely love. It is definitely growing on me by the listen.

The strings on "The Beetle King on the Coconut Estate" are absolutely phenomenal.

4/18/2009 5:40:33 PM

what goes on at record store day...is all vinyl on sale or something?

4/18/2009 7:10:11 PM

http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home

lots of in-stores shows and events, exclusive items for sale only in indie shops (mostly 7" and 12"), sales on other stuff, a bunch of free CD samplers, posters, and 7" singles

4/18/2009 7:14:26 PM

the only free thing i got was a merge sampler, which is pretty so-so. last year at the green eggs and jam store in boone, they were giving away cans of PBR.

4/18/2009 7:17:59 PM

we sold out of Pavement and Sonic Youth records before 11 i wasn't here that early, but apparently there was a line of people waiting outside the store

4/18/2009 7:26:59 PM

i got the merge sampler, a redeye sampler, a chairlift 7", a matt & kim 7", and a UMG sampler LP for free, and there was a lot more stuff i passed on

i bought the camera obscura RSD 7", j.lew carpetbaggers 7", and it's blitz! on LP

4/18/2009 7:27:34 PM

headed to sweat records in about half an hour. holla.

4/18/2009 7:30:22 PM

my wife signed us up to volunteer at some clean up event thru her work this morning, so i didnt get to the record store til like 12. all i picked up was the sonic youth/ beck split 7". i wanted the thermals/thao split and the dr dog 7".

4/18/2009 8:47:06 PM

So yeah, was at sweat records in miami from like 9 to 1 last night. I don't know how big Rachel Goodrich is(i think pretty local), but she played in-store last night, she's great.

purchases:


from the rsd 'exclusive' section were Black Kids, Lykke Li 7", Camera Obscura 7", Radiohead Drill EP, and the RSD thing for spending $50+. Oh, and the Spektor I think

[Edited on April 19, 2009 at 7:55 PM. Reason : .]

4/19/2009 7:55:19 PM

the hot new shit--
micachu & the shapes - jewellery
hxxp://rapidshare.com/files/223350422/McchThShps-JwllryV0.rar

4/20/2009 8:33:05 AM

on record store day i went to schoolkids and bought



[Edited on April 20, 2009 at 8:58 AM. Reason : +]

4/20/2009 8:57:14 AM

2009 has been pretty good for music so far.. new Camera Obscura, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, AC, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Dirty Projectors, Doom, Dark was the Night, Phoenix and YYYs have all been great.. i've started coming around on the new Grizzly Bear too

Hazards of Love might be the gayest thing i've ever heard though

4/20/2009 11:23:30 AM

that's a bold statement in today's music climate!

4/20/2009 11:44:42 AM

i'm going to take this opportunity to say that i hate the decemberists, i've always hated the decemberists, and i'm pretty sure i'll always hate the decemberists

4/20/2009 12:38:35 PM

Quote :

"2009 has been pretty good for music so far.. new Camera Obscura, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, AC, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Dirty Projectors, Doom, Dark was the Night, Phoenix and YYYs have all been great.. i've started coming around on the new Grizzly Bear too "

i said earlier last week that I wasn't feeling the new Dirty Projectors...well i take that back. XMU has started playing some later tracks off that album and i'm really starting to get into after getting a copy this weekend. I am such a sucker for girl pop vocal stylings ala Teagan and Sara.

Camera Obscura, PoBPaH, and Phoenix are wonderful as well. Actually almost all of those you listed have been great

4/20/2009 12:56:41 PM

Quote :

"i'm going to take this opportunity to say that i hate the decemberists, i've always hated the decemberists, and i'm pretty sure i'll always hate the decemberists"

also, i'll say again that i really like the neko case album

4/20/2009 1:07:36 PM

Quote :

"i'm going to take this opportunity to say that i hate the decemberists, i've always hated the decemberists, and i'm pretty sure i'll always hate the decemberists"

same. I've tried to 'get into them' in the past, as everyone around me loves them. but NO.

4/20/2009 1:09:26 PM

what's the hardest, fattest, fullest groove out these days?

something akin to the improvisations of "band of gypsies"

4/20/2009 1:24:07 PM

GYPSYS, SIR

4/20/2009 6:11:55 PM

geeze louise

can't believe i did that

but yeah

something akin to these guy

http://www.metalsucks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/jimi_hendrix_buddy_miles.jpg

4/20/2009 7:55:24 PM

anyone into Justin Townes Earle? His cover of the Pretenders - Can't Hardly Wait has been in constant rotation on playlist lately. His new album is great.

4/21/2009 3:51:56 PM

^ that baby charles record is damn good, though it might not be exactly the kind of groove you're looking for...it's funk, but a little quicker than BoG stuff

4/21/2009 3:58:38 PM

Has CKY- Carver City hit the interwebs yet?

4/21/2009 5:04:44 PM

I've REALLY been anticipating this release. Jason Lytle from Grandaddy's solo record.

Jason Lytle - Yours Truly, The Commuter [2009]
- http://rs119.rapidshare.com/files/223685754/commuter.rar

any chance that someone could get this on mediafire for me? rapidshit sucks at my house.

edit -- shit, appears that link has been taken down -- i can't verify them at work, sorry.

i'll keep an eye out for a re-up if anyone else is interested.

[Edited on April 21, 2009 at 6:09 PM. Reason : .]

4/21/2009 6:06:43 PM