I love the new MGMT song. I'm hoping the whole album will be as adventurous as Flash Delirium.

3/10/2010 4:06:07 PM

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"Holy shit...I cannot think of a less accurate or informative description of the album. I mean, I guess I can see where you're coming from in a really lazy, "THE PRODUCTION IS LIKE FROM THE 80S!!!" way, but in no way does it sound the way you described it. And there aren't any bands that sound like that. You are terrible at describing music."

oops. i likened it to gloria estefan. but i like vb's description too. I UNDERSTAND YOU VINYL BANDIT.

(especially "i remember" - lots of duran duran ness and maybe a little roxette?!)


AND can i just say i tried to like it? i heard it drunk at the times and thought it seemed catchy then i have been listening to it for the past 48 hours attempting to find something redeeming in it but the more i listen to it the more annoying it becomes. i think when i was drunk i ALSO told tschudi i'd go to the show with him but now i just don't know. may have to throw a "JK" on the end of that promise.

[Edited on March 10, 2010 at 9:24 PM. Reason : .]

3/10/2010 9:20:06 PM

I should make it clear that I like Duran Duran.

This Yeasayer discussion is made a lot more interesting by the personal attacks, though.

Next up, Grizzly Bear is like Earth, Wind, & Fire for really white people.

3/10/2010 9:42:45 PM

Sorry, I'll try to keep it "interesting" by not actually saying anything but snarky one-liners that don't actually serve any purpose.

That said, you're right, I shouldn't have personally attacked you with the "cool" comment. Arguing with the haphazard way you seem to discuss music, though, is another matter.

3/10/2010 9:52:30 PM

the Yeasayer show is worth going to for Javelin alone

3/10/2010 10:10:15 PM

my friend saw yeasayer at lollapalooza in 2008 and said they kicked ass, but it was also after their first album and he was high on drugs

3/10/2010 10:17:04 PM

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"Next up, Grizzly Bear is like Earth, Wind, & Fire for really white people."

this isn't really about grizzly bear, but i do feel like there's a ton of popular stuff out there that just seems devoid of any soul at all and it completely boggles my feeble mind

like it's all just limp and watery, but hailed as saving music

but then again i've been listening to waaaaaaaaaay too much 60s garage and 70s funk (and things of that ilk) and African jazz/funk the past couple months, so that's probably my problem

[Edited on March 10, 2010 at 10:24 PM. Reason : +]

3/10/2010 10:18:09 PM

New Caribou has leaked upon us.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/vg8t44

3/10/2010 10:58:08 PM

yes, yes it has

and my night has been made

3/10/2010 11:51:13 PM

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"the Yeasayer show is worth going to for Javelin alone"

dammit, that's sold-out.

3/11/2010 12:34:53 AM

anyone else a fan of Zola Jesus? She happens to be from my home state. I'm seeing her for the second time this Saturday. Her new album Stridulum, it's ok... but her earlier stuff like Tsar Bomba is good, to me. You've probably seen her around pitchfork if you read it. I just haven't seen anybody post anything about her on here, I don't think.

hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?2uawjckcdkm - The spoils
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?eg3zz0z130q -Tsar Bomba
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?eg3zz0z130q - stridulum

Btw, you should watch this skywave video I made for youtube. It's nothing special, I justed wanted it on youtube beacuse the song isn't on there. You should watch it, Skywave's the shit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYpODckmkyU

[Edited on March 11, 2010 at 12:46 AM. Reason : ......]

3/11/2010 12:36:04 AM

Javelin is really entertaining, but I'm not sure I'd pay $15 to see them do a half hour before Yeasayer.

3/11/2010 3:09:16 AM

SEARCHING FOR "COVER" ON HYPEM IS FUN AND EXCITING AND OCCASIONALLY PAINFUL.

Quote :

"Franz Ferdinand – All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem Cover) 6 minutes ago of Montreal – Jimmy [M.I.A. Cover] 11 minutes ago Metric – The End Has No End (the Strokes Cover) 14 minutes ago Foo Fighters – Keep The Car Running (Arcade Fire cover) 18 minutes ago Or, The Whale – Toxic (Britney Spears Cover) 22 minutes ago Vampire Weekend – Exit Music (For a Film) [Radiohead Cover] 27 minutes ago Mumford & Sons – Cousins (Vampire Weekend Cover) 31 minutes ago Editors – Feel Good Inc (Gorillaz cover) 34 minutes ago Bat for Lashes – All I Need (Radiohead Cover) 37 minutes ago Paolo Nutini – Wake Up (Arcade Fire Cover) 41 minutes ago The Veils – Clap Hands (Tom Waits cover) 43 minutes ago Arcade Fire – Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover) 47 minutes ago Beirut – Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen Cover) 51 minutes ago Cage the Elephant – Psycho Killer (Talking Heads cover) 56 minutes ago Vitamin String Quartet – Hoppipolla (Sigur Ros Cover) 1 hour ago Peter Gabriel – My Body is a Cage (Arcade Fire cover) 1 hour ago Suckers – Boys Who Rape (Raveonettes Cover)"

3/11/2010 3:50:31 AM

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"Peter Gabriel – My Body is a Cage (Arcade Fire cover) 1 hour ago "

That's actually a really good cover too.

This fan-made music video is fucking great too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyp34v6Lmcc

I honestly think My Body is a Cage is one of the greatest songs I've ever heard. It's not only fantastic listening, but textually it's pretty amazing as well.

3/11/2010 4:16:38 AM

I will say that the Yeasayer guy sings like a goat.

3/11/2010 7:46:32 AM

dangit these new afropop rereleases are hardly ever on lala

3/12/2010 11:15:58 AM

enjoying the new caribou today. it's psychedelic dub step - much more danceable than he's done in the past.

3/13/2010 3:23:29 PM

Well, I think I'm going to the fang island show tonight in Chicago....I waited too long to get my woods/real estate/neatherfriends ticket. Plus, I like small shows anyway. The new Tidus Andronicus is pretty good, and I'm digging the new Pill Wonder. To name a few new listens.

3/15/2010 12:12:00 PM

new She & Him leaked... they should have just stopped at Volume 1

3/15/2010 4:12:34 PM

the new Dillinger Escape Plan leaked this weekend. Album is ridiculously good and definitely my favorite of the year so far. I will certainly be buying the album next Tuesday without a doubt. Album is their most accessible yet somehow their most technical album at the same time.

3/15/2010 4:18:21 PM

^^ I've heard three tracks so far and they're all awful...and I really liked Volume 1.

3/15/2010 4:51:25 PM

Yeah the She & Him video in the school is painful bad.

3/15/2010 5:04:06 PM

so, I'm late to the Broken Bells party, but it's damn good music IMO. Anything listed in here similar?

3/15/2010 5:47:17 PM

I like Yeasayer. Whoops.

Anybody got a link for She & Him?

3/15/2010 6:26:07 PM

hmm i like that school video she and him song

3/15/2010 8:29:38 PM

Full stream for She & Him Volume 2: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124615798&ft=1&f=1039

3/15/2010 8:51:42 PM

^^WHY

3/16/2010 12:02:32 AM

http://www.myspace.com/thesofthands


heard these guys on wknc...heard their song "lot to know"

kinda like it


they seem kinda unknown though. no youtube vids that i could find.

3/16/2010 5:27:01 AM

I can't view this at work but I'll post the link here at least:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQmFIhEGN8s

3/16/2010 2:24:06 PM

it's not really even worth watching once you get home

3/16/2010 3:21:39 PM

haha thanks for the heads up

3/16/2010 3:22:36 PM

heard two songs from the new dr. dog album. these guys never cease to amaze me with how they continue to produce such great, catchy music so effortlessly. definitely looking forward to this album coming out next month.

3/17/2010 1:45:08 PM

this Cults 7" is super catchy

3/17/2010 5:39:16 PM

^^yeah been hearing "shadow people" a lot on sirius. sounds pretty good, a little different from the last few album singles, but i'm definitely looking forward to the album.

3/17/2010 7:35:11 PM

Quote :

"this Cults 7" is super catchy "

this is my new fav

3/17/2010 7:57:35 PM

only because no one cares, and they had one song on their last album i really liked

but the new electric president is a fucking abortion

3/17/2010 9:09:52 PM

I care. I liked their debut a lot. And their second album had a few songs I liked. I'm downloading their latest now. I hope I disagree with your assessment.

3/17/2010 9:21:46 PM

is that the band that sounds like dark postal service

3/17/2010 9:59:12 PM

RIP Alex Chilton

3/18/2010 3:26:52 AM

Tell him what we said 'bout "Paint It, Black".

3/18/2010 10:33:31 AM

Somebody give me something good to listen to. I've been generally underwhelmed by new shit I've heard as of late.

GO!@

3/18/2010 11:27:45 AM

the new caribou

3/18/2010 11:30:27 AM

the Goldheart Assembly and Dum Dum Girls albums are pretty solid

3/18/2010 11:49:26 AM

you guys were right

even though i had to find out for myself

after forcing myself to sit through the entire thing

the new she&him is really, really, really bad.

i, too, really liked vol. 1

3/18/2010 2:13:44 PM

new things i've been listening to a lot recently: caribou, the morning benders, shearwater, dum dum girls

3/18/2010 5:12:46 PM

^^its unfortunate, but im leaning that way too

3/18/2010 5:57:29 PM

extended version of Tin Man on that new Future Islands EP FTW

3/18/2010 6:22:46 PM

the EP is out?

3/18/2010 6:24:31 PM

it is on what.cd

3/18/2010 6:40:30 PM

is it just me or do things not leak as quickly as they used to on what.cd? i feel like i used to get a lot of albums way before they came out.

3/18/2010 7:18:43 PM