Antistar Advanced Member Posts:544  
| 6/14/2006 3:47 PM |
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Originally posted by off the post
Band Of Horses, Everything all the Time is getting alot of airplay between my temples these days. Best piece of Americana since Mercury Rev's Deserters songs.
Bloody hell, that's some claim! Shall check 'em out... |
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off the post Basic Member Posts:284
| 6/14/2006 4:18 PM |
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Oh oh....I could be in for a roasting here..
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ctrlaltdeleteBasic Member Posts:268
| 6/14/2006 4:33 PM |
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my top ones off hand are:
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
Band of Horses - everything all the time
Two Gallants - what the toll tells
hot chip - the warning
the fiery furnaces - bitter tea
the research - breaking up
casiotone for the painfully alone - etiquette
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amawasterBasic Member Posts:127
| 6/14/2006 10:35 PM |
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Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
Calexico - Garden Ruin
Loose Fur - Born Again in The USA
Minus 5 - Gun Album
Crayonsmith - Stay Loose
Phoenix - It's Never Been Like That
Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coast
havent got round to buying Two Gallants and Band of Horses but like what I hear, also looking forward to the Format's album and new Divine Comedy
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Binokular Veteran Member Posts:1665
| 6/14/2006 10:45 PM |
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Hot Chips' "The Warning" gets my vote too. "Boy from School" is easily single and video of the year so far too. I'm also quite liking:
"Orchestra of Bubbles" - Ellen Allien and Aparat
"Skoda Mluvit" - Schneider TM
Quite a short list I know, not bought many new release albums this year, been buying a lot of retro stuff. Maybe it's just me, but the first half of this year has felt a little slow musically. Not bad, just not a lot happening.
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strollerAdvanced Member Posts:576
| 6/15/2006 3:23 AM |
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Originally posted by Binokular
Hot Chips' "The Warning" gets my vote too. "Boy from School" is easily single and video of the year so far too.
Have you heard the Erol Alkan mix of that tune? It's easily the best thing he's ever done. |
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AntistarAdvanced Member Posts:544
| 6/15/2006 9:59 AM |
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Hot Chip are dire. Godawful, insipid, self-consciously 'quirky' tripe.
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Dr Gonzo New Member Posts:15
| 6/15/2006 10:19 AM |
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TOP FIVE GOT TO BE
1 BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE(EVEN IF THE SECOND ALBUM IS BETTER)
2 SPINTO BAND
3 CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH
4 TAPES N TAPES
5 BAND OF HORSES
BIGGEST DISAPOINTMENT THE CHARLETANS ALBUM APRT FROM THE FIRST TWO SONGS ITS BAD WHITE REGGAE
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alamedaBasic Member Posts:121
| 6/15/2006 11:06 AM |
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Originally posted by Antistar
Hot Chip are dire. Godawful, insipid, self-consciously 'quirky' tripe.
not sure i'd fully agree with you there, antistar but the current hype surrounding them does seems a tad unwarranted
some tracks do come across a bit ordinary, a bit 'been done before and been done better by others'
i do like some of their remixes though
can anyone recommend some of their better tracks?
is the album really as good as all the reviews suggest? |
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strollerAdvanced Member Posts:576
| 6/15/2006 2:35 PM |
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Originally posted by Antistar
Hot Chip are dire. Godawful, insipid, self-consciously 'quirky' tripe.
not sure i'd fully agree with you there, antistar but the current hype surrounding them does seems a tad unwarranted
some tracks do come across a bit ordinary, a bit 'been done before and been done better by others'
i do like some of their remixes though
can anyone recommend some of their better tracks?
is the album really as good as all the reviews suggest?
I'd reccomend Playboy off the first album and Over & Over off the current one. It's funny that Antistar described Hot Chip as dire, Godawful, insipid, self-consciously 'quirky' tripe. I would have thought that such a description would be better suited to the new album by The Knife  |
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BinokularVeteran Member Posts:1665
| 6/15/2006 11:19 PM |
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Originally posted by Binokular
Hot Chips' "The Warning" gets my vote too. "Boy from School" is easily single and video of the year so far too.
Have you heard the Erol Alkan mix of that tune? It's easily the best thing he's ever done.
Yep, on the CD single, great stuff.
As for Hot Chip being deliberately quirky? perrhaps, but they just strike me as fairly ordinary blokes with a well developed sense of humour who filter and twist their influences really well. It sounds pretty natural and incredibly joyous. It doesn't feel like "teenage" music either, which is refreshing in this day and age.
The songs are really well constructed but not formulaic and I really like the strong use of vocal harmony which is pretty rare in dance music. My current favourite track off the album is "No Fit State". |
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cometBasic Member Posts:485
| 8/3/2006 4:32 PM |
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Howe Gelb - Sno Angel Like You
According to the giantsand site he's playing Dublin Sep 13th with Cork and Galway dates too I think. |
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deraBasic Member Posts:163
| 8/4/2006 12:12 AM |
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the research - breaking up
YAY! that's such a pretty record, it's one of the loveliest collections of songs I've heard in ages. Have you heard Bearsuit's Team Ping Pong? I'm not sure if that was late last year or early this year, but it's really lovely shouty tweepop, a bit different to The Research but really rather ace too :D |
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Man in a canBasic Member Posts:106
| 8/4/2006 9:37 AM |
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Howe Gelb - Sno Angel Like You
According to the giantsand site he's playing Dublin Sep 13th with Cork and Galway dates too I think.
Its also on the Whelans site. |
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JairzinhoNew Member Posts:81
| 8/4/2006 11:39 AM |
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Is he bringing the choir with him does anybody know? They are amazing...
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JairzinhoNew Member Posts:81
| 8/4/2006 11:42 AM |
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Looks like a Giand sand show so prob not then-shame....But of course Giant Sand are great too....So I will be there
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off the postBasic Member Posts:284
| 8/4/2006 5:05 PM |
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Has anyone bought the Guillemots new one? Just downloaded it today, so will give it a few listens over the w/end.
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cometBasic Member Posts:485
| 8/4/2006 5:14 PM |
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Has anyone bought the Guillemots new one? Just downloaded it today, so will give it a few listens over the w/end.
Oh yeah, its really good, atmospheric brilliance. |
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cometBasic Member Posts:485
| 8/4/2006 5:41 PM |
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Originally posted by off the post
Band Of Horses, Everything all the Time
Just got listening to this this afternoon, I'm loving it |
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UnaVeteran Member Posts:1721
| 8/4/2006 5:58 PM |
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Has anyone bought the Guillemots new one? Just downloaded it today, so will give it a few listens over the w/end.
it's brilliant.
A bit of a strange one though, because individualy, the tracks sound a bit messy (apart from Made Up Love Song 43 maybe), but as a whole, if you listen to the record in one go, they all sound great. |
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