Does anyone read Said the Gramophone?

http://www.saidthegramophone.com

I stumbled across it a while back, it's pretty incredible.

11/14/2008 12:48:02 AM

http://weezer.com/player/default.aspx?mid=4720&bhcp=1

best video ever?????????????

11/14/2008 10:11:50 PM

aha

Good ol' SS2K

That song sucks, though

11/14/2008 10:31:38 PM

two clips of two Animal Collective songs on the new album
http://sketchytown.com/blog/2008/11/merriweather-post-pavilion-just-leak-already/

11/17/2008 9:27:47 PM

my god that is a cocktease

i must resist though

11/17/2008 10:55:59 PM

yeah, i couldn't resist

full version of "brothersport" is out there too
http://www.lesinrocks.com/index.php?id=79

11/17/2008 11:01:30 PM

Sitting here listening to a radio stream of the entire Alone 2 album on my one piece headset at work haha. Such terrible quality but it is AWESOME. A lot better than the first one I think. "Don't Worry Baby" cover =

11/18/2008 2:35:28 PM

Quote :

"Colin Meloy recently spoke to Rolling Stone's Rock & Roll Daily about the sound and concept of the new Decemberists album, Hazards of Love, and guess what? "It's a twisty, fantastical story about a woman named Margaret who is ravaged by a shape-shifting animal; her lover, William, who is desperate for the two of them to be reunited; a forest queen; and a villainous rake," says the report. So it's a Decemberists album, then? "Everyone's going to call it a rock opera," Meloy said, and that's probably because it pretty much is: Tucker Martine, the album's producer, is sewing together a continuous narrative out of "16 or so" song segments, in the words of Rock & Roll Daily. It sounds like the sewing is necessary too, since Meloy also said, "There's a story there, but it's really painted with broad strokes." Rock & Roll Daily calls Hazards of Love "the Decemberists' full-on classic-rock move, with Meloy and guitarist Chris Funk's pretty Zep-style fingerpicking punctuated by crushing stoner-metal lurches," though they've been doing stuff like that (minus maybe the "stoner-metal" part) for at least a couple records now. Fulfilling Meloy's proclaimed desire "to have different voices singing different songs, so it would be like a fake musical," Lavender Diamond's Becky Stark and My Brightest Diamond's Shara Worden guest on the record. What, couldn't get Neil Diamond while you were at it, Meloy?"

I always figured it was inevitable that The Decemberists make a rock opera, and I'm surprised it didn't happen earlier. Consider me excited.

[Edited on November 19, 2008 at 11:15 AM. Reason : .]

11/19/2008 11:06:55 AM

http://stereogum.com/gummys/

vote time

11/19/2008 12:45:15 PM

just downloaded that second Rivers Cuomo thing, nice to have a good version of "purification of water." "walt disney" is a good song too

11/19/2008 5:58:22 PM

Link to it: http://www.zshare.net/download/5155374140c6272b/

Highlights for me (in addition to the high quality versions of ^ and Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World):

Oh Jonas -> Please Remember -> Come to My Pod. Fantastic transition pieces. Someone mixed the first 7 Black Hole tracks together (Blast Off!, Who You Callin' Bitch?, Oh Jonas, Please Remember, Come to My Pod, Oh No This is Not For Me, and Tired of Sex) and it rocks: http://www.sendspace.com/file/oc29qk

Don't Worry Baby cover is SO good.

Can't Stop Partying
My Day is Coming (lol at USA soccer song)
Cold and Damp
I'll Think About You

11/19/2008 6:29:12 PM

i know i'm a bit of a beach house fanboy, but i can't get enough of their new single, "Used To Be"

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/147565-pitchforktv-beach-house-used-to-be-video-premiere

11/20/2008 1:42:14 PM

one full track (i think) off the new animal collective album:

http://www.grizzly-bear.net/media/brothersport.mp3

11/20/2008 1:43:19 PM

omgthxbjiyf(oh my god thanks blow jays in your future)

11/20/2008 2:17:48 PM

no sir

not until the full leak

11/20/2008 2:19:25 PM

Pitchfork headline of the week:

Smashing Pumpkins' Anniversary Tour is a Shitshow

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/147620-smashing-pumpkins-anniversary-tour-is-a-shitshow

11/20/2008 6:03:49 PM

we get it, pitchfork. we know you don't like them.

11/20/2008 6:07:08 PM

Did you even read it? People are walking out because of the kind of lameass jam bullshit that they pulled a number of nights in Asheville and he's calling them names for it.

A guy in a silver dress.

Calling people names.

For not liking sprawling, pointless, noisy prog at a pop band's show.

There's a gigantic disconnect between Billy Corgan '08 and Billy Corgan '00, let alone Billy Corgan '93.

11/20/2008 6:24:06 PM

yeah, i read it. and it's not like i don't agree; i didn't enjoy the asheville show last summer. but they have been repeatedly slamming corgan and it's getting a little bit annoying.

11/20/2008 7:04:01 PM

As a Chicago-based publication that wasn't around during the days of the great Chicago/Corgan war, they probably feel they have some catching up to do.

11/20/2008 7:17:28 PM

There's a gigantic disconnect between Billy Corgan '08 and Billy Corgan '00, let alone Billy Corgan '93 and reality.

And the setlists for these shows are just awful.

But Pitchfork still goes way out of their way to slam people they don't like and slob off people they do like. I'm planning to stop reading for awhile once the Merriweather Post Pavilion circle-jerk reaches a fever pitch.

11/20/2008 7:41:52 PM

Quote :

"I have to say that I am very surprised with the Thursday/Envy split EP. I havent checked out Envy's side yet but I am honestly very impressed with Thursday's 4 songs. For too many reasons to list, I dont think they will ever even come close to topping "Full Collapse" in my eyes but Ive still picked up all their albums. Havent really gotten into the last 2 that much at all, they just lacked some sense of true emotion like their first 2 have. Nothing groundbreaking, but I certainly see myself giving this several more listens, and it is a step in the right direction for a band that had a lot of potential and fell flat imo."

I'm late on this, but A City By The Light Divided was excellent.

11/23/2008 12:06:23 AM

^ no, it isn't

and thats coming from a fan of theirs since '03 (if not before, my memory is a bit drunk tonight)

they peaked at full collapse

[Edited on November 23, 2008 at 12:15 AM. Reason : thats right, i admitted it]

11/23/2008 12:13:57 AM

what kinda music genre is kevin rudolf? he made a song with lil wayne and i like it

11/23/2008 12:17:10 AM

my god is Merriweather Post Pavilion ever going to come out or what

it seems like there's been a dearth of good music lately

11/23/2008 12:22:56 AM

^agreed

this year has been less than stellar music wise

11/23/2008 12:34:30 AM

i think a lot of good stuff has come out this year, but at least in the past month or so the only "new" thing i've listened to is Microcastle..

although i have wanted to listen to that marnie stern album, but i never got my hands on it

11/23/2008 12:42:37 AM

Quote :

"^ no, it isn't and thats coming from a fan of theirs since '03 (if not before, my memory is a bit drunk tonight) they peaked at full collapse "

I could really take or leave War All The Time and loved Full Collapse, but A City By The Light Divided is still my favorite. It took me a while before I was completely sold on it, but after about the third listen I was hooked.

[Edited on November 23, 2008 at 1:44 AM. Reason : Kill The House Lights has a few good songs as well.]

11/23/2008 1:36:18 AM

2008 has definitely been a mediocre year for music imo.. i have a few albums that i really liked but nothing has stood out.. it would be really hard for me to name my favorite album of the year

11/23/2008 4:35:41 AM

i think the only new things i've gotten this year are lil wayne, frayser boy, chrome, three 6, and young jeezy

frayser boy/chrome are both like 2/10, lil wayne i'd give 6.5/10, young jeezy i'd give 7/10, three 6 i'd give 5.5/10

11/23/2008 4:39:37 AM

it's pretty much cloud cult, she & him, and microcastle for me

and none of those are really knockouts

11/23/2008 8:38:42 AM

Department of Eagles and Marnie Stern are better than all of those.

SO THERE.

11/23/2008 10:13:29 AM

True.

11/23/2008 10:37:27 AM

has anyone on here mentioned Passion Pit yet? their EP is kind of annoying, but i dig it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGbbgT9E50k

[Edited on November 23, 2008 at 12:18 PM. Reason : better quality link]

11/23/2008 12:14:50 PM

Fleet Foxes, EP and LP

Cloud Cult

She & Him

MGMT (digital release in 07, physical release in 08)

Bon Iver (similar MGMT... think it came out in late 07, re-released for wider distribution)

those were all highlights for me this year.... and, damnit, I know I'm leaving off some more.

11/23/2008 12:15:44 PM

department of eagles told me to buy it last week and i didn't

hmmm

11/23/2008 12:33:38 PM

Things I have enjoyed the most this year:

Brian Wilson - That Lucky Old Sun
Calexico - Carried to Dust
Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts
Islands - Arm's Way
Okkervil River - The Stand-Ins
Rivers Cuomo - Alone II (this doesn't really count though)
She & Him - Volume One
Tilly & the Wall - O
TV on the Radio - Dear Science,
Vampire Weekend


None of those are really "album of the year" kind of quality, though. There hasn't been anything this year that has really jumped out to me.

11/23/2008 12:36:39 PM

i tried to get into Department of Eagles, but it didn't grab me at all.

11/23/2008 12:55:34 PM

how the fuck did I forget Okkervil River?

Christ.

11/23/2008 12:56:01 PM

i've probably listened to at mount zoomer more than anything this year.

11/23/2008 1:02:00 PM

same with me.

1.Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
2.Okkervil River - The Stand-Ins
3.Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)
4.Deerhunter - Microcastle
5.Beck - Modern Guilt
6.Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
7.M83 - Saturdays = Youth


im listening to this coldplay ep and I just got to jay-z rapping over lost+.

11/26/2008 3:15:01 AM

http://animalcollective.org/gets/index.php?act=category&id=1&start=1

you can download live animal collective shows...

i didn't realize, but they've been playing songs on the upcoming album for over a year and a half. im looking at a show set list from may 2007, and they have brothersport on it.

so when i saw them at the cats cradle a year and a half ago, i might have already heard it

11/26/2008 4:20:49 AM

2008 hasn't been THAT bad ... I can think of a dozen or so albums that I've absolutely listened to the shit out of this year:

Fleet Foxes - LP and Sun King ^
SM + Jicks - Real Emotional Trash ^
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges*^
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Dr. Dog - Fate ^
Man Man - Rabbit Habits
Islands - Arm's Way
Metallica - Death Magnetic*
Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
Nick Cave + Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!^
TV on the Radio - Dear Science,



* Flame away
^ Could have been Top 10 last year

11/26/2008 10:33:00 AM

^^ yep http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uchh10dQJfI they played pretty much every song that's gonna be on the album at that cradle show

11/26/2008 10:52:53 AM

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/147773-photos-rivers-cuomo-jam-session-long-beach-ca-11-25-08

A bunch of people from the albumsix.com forums were able to get in and influence the tracklist enough to get Blast Off!, Across the Sea, Devotion, Getting Up and Leaving, Susanne, and Waiting on You played.

Getting Up and Leaving has never been heard before in any fashion (Rivers solo or by Weezer) and is probably the most sought after unreleased track (from The Blue Album era). He did however post some sheet music to his MySpace a couple of years ago, so they brought that to the show to try and get him to play it. The result was elation followed by disappointment as he crushed everyone's hopes when he got to the chorus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TC9x47o_7E

11/26/2008 2:42:30 PM

yeah, after i saw that story on pitchfork i had to do a youtube search for "getting up and leaving"... pretty cool either way.. plz to post any "waiting on you" (favorite weezer song ever) or "blast off" clips if they appear

11/26/2008 4:36:21 PM

MP3s of the entire show: https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=629023891&email=b75979faa3c60ad29a28ca7c95b916db

Haven't listened yet but I read that it is horrible quality.

Here are a ton of Youtube clips http://albumsix.com/forum/index.php?topic=1194.0

11/26/2008 4:57:51 PM

digging the new anathallo record today. if you like a mix of male and female vocals and a lot of different instruments, check them out. They have been around forever but its good stuff.

http://www.myspace.com/anathallo

11/26/2008 5:26:53 PM

they're playing the new killers record on npr

and it sounds like fucking logical sound discovery

wow.

http://www.roblogic.us/logicalsound/

11/29/2008 4:42:26 PM

i like how they described his songwriting as "sub-Springsteen"

11/29/2008 9:50:20 PM