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Post by srk on Sept 25, 2014 15:59:53 GMT
Two of my old people heroes, Neil Young and the who, put songs out today. (scratches head, thinking of a nice thing to say about either of them)...
Hey, it's great that they're still alive in 2014!
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Post by Columbia_rocks_man on Sept 25, 2014 18:04:38 GMT
Same date, same predictions from me: JP: This has been an amazing year, but I've narrowed it down to to a top 90 Rod: I've been really busy, but I enjoyed that Ryan Adams/Gruff Rhys/some guy from the Bluetones record Stocky: I know it's March 15 now, but I've finally gotten round to doing my list |
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2014 albums
Posted On: Sept 25, 2014 20:28:53 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2014 20:28:53 GMT
Haha pretty much spot on.
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Post by barny on Sept 26, 2014 11:04:11 GMT
First listen to Foxygen and although I quite like what I hear and it's obviously hard to digest all of it in just one take, I think there's a lack of BIG tunes and the vibe is softer that I'd like. They're still masters at stealing and songcrafting, the production is pretty much spot on and it seems like you will still discover new details in a year. Probably more similar to their debut than to Ambassadors, which was more songy.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2014 17:42:09 GMT
Too much shit leaking lately. Aphex Twin, 2 Prince records, Foxygen, Thom Yorke, Bass Drum Of Death, King Tuff & I'm gonna check out the new Marianne Faithfull record as Nick Cave & Ed Harcourt are involved.
Titchy, that Tom Hickox record is wonderful, one of my favs of the year for sure.
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Post by Autobahn 66 on Sept 26, 2014 19:31:37 GMT
my favorite album so far has to be Twin Peaks "Wild Onion"
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Post by Autobahn 66 on Sept 26, 2014 19:45:37 GMT
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Post by jp on Sept 28, 2014 13:16:37 GMT
new foxygen is hard work. get some quality control ffs. that last album was perfect 30 mins of great pop tunes.
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Post by Tuckerman on Sept 30, 2014 6:08:04 GMT
New Weezer rocks.
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Post by Mr David on Sept 30, 2014 23:13:25 GMT
new foxygen is hard work. get some quality control ffs. that last album was perfect 30 mins of great pop tunes. really? I was bored by their previous stuff but this is fantastic. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2014 0:55:16 GMT
I'm hearing a lot of good things about the album. My hopes are up!! |
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Post by Tuckerman on Oct 1, 2014 5:46:45 GMT
It's on Exy now.
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Post by Tuckerman on Oct 1, 2014 5:53:30 GMT
One track, "Da Vinci", is particularly  |
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Post by barny on Oct 1, 2014 7:40:15 GMT
On first listen I'm not that excited, it's a good Weezer record but so was Hurley imo. I quite like Return To Ithaka just because it reminds me to Only In Dreams which is one of the best songs ever.
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Post by Tuckerman on Oct 1, 2014 7:58:29 GMT
I like it a lot more than Hurley. Finally, they sound like Weezer again.
Speaking of trilogy which closes the album, the opening to the track Anonymous sounds like the theme tune from the American version of The Office.
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Post by barny on Oct 1, 2014 9:49:53 GMT
btw I have this on my chest and I will say it before it's too late: new Spoon is good, but Kicks by The 1990s was better and nearly played in the same league.
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Post by Columbia_rocks_man on Oct 1, 2014 19:31:54 GMT
Kicks by 1990s (no The, plz) is one of the best albums of the century, imo. A proper underground classic.
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Post by barny on Oct 2, 2014 6:37:17 GMT
It is
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2014 21:19:27 GMT
Foxes in Fiction - Ontario Gothic is goooood
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2014 15:42:15 GMT
Foxygen record is shit. They've tried so hard to make this all over the place White album type record but they forgot to write hardly any decent tunes. It just turns out as a big unfocused mess.
Weezer is OK, I'm surprised all the love over the net that it's getting. Sure its probably the best record since Green, & the first since that where they've made a consistent record that actually sounds like Weezer - The problem is that Weezer nowadays lack any real energy in their tunes. Sure the hooks are still there but I think the problem is that Blue & Pinkerton were records that only young men could really have ,ade. When they try to play it a bit rougher & harder on here it feels really forced. No idea who produces their records now or who did them back in the day but they could really use a more live rougher side. I'm convinced that the demo's they would have recorded for this record would be miles better than how they turned out.
If this is the big return to form that everybody wanted from Weezer then I think I'm done with them TBH. Had Weezer not been so awful for so many years I doubt many would genuinely think this was any good.
Would still LOVE to see them do a Blue/Pinkerton back-to-back show.
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