Random Music Talk CXXII: 2018 It Is

[cobl04]

Man fuck the war on drugs. Two hours and it might as well have been one continuous song. Shoulda gone to Waters again

 

[Kieran McConville]

Pretty much how I feel about them in general. To quote Livia Soprano, it's all a big nothing.

 

[nbelcik]

That album fucking sucks. More than any other album I've ever listened to, it is completely mystifying how it has so much love. I got 30 seconds into that song where he screams about Jesus non-stop and threw it out the window.

Wrong.

 

[iron yuppie]

Disgusting: ISIS Just Released A 2-Star Review Of... | ClickHole

 

[lazarus]

FWIW, that list is garbage. More pandering to hip hop fans by including the worst Tribe album, a RZA solo album and one of Jay Z's least inspired records.

Worthy albums completely skipped over to include unremarkable albums by popular hip hop artists:

Eels - Electro-Shock Blues (are they fucking serious putting The Love Movement on there instead of this??)
The Seatbelts - Cowboy Bebop OST
Duster - Stratosphere
Anathema - Alternative 4
Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel
Mansun - Six
Los Planetas - Una Semana en el motor de un Autobus
Amon Tobin - Permutation
The Coup - Steal This Album (way ahead of some of the mediocre hip hop they included)
Lambchop - What Another Man Spills
12 Rods - Split Personalities
At the Drive In - In/Casino/Out

I could keep going. The year wasn't as bad as they made it look.

Is Rancid's Life Won't Wait on there?

Because if it isn't I'm not going to bother reading that list.

 

[Wide Awake n AZ]

I'm in love with Filthy Friends Invitation because I am old, like Peter Buck, and love Sleater-Kinney, and hearing Corin Tucker go from Chrissie Hynde smolder to Corin-voice (you know it when you hear it) is goosebump inducing, like those moments when Kate Pierson goes for it.

 

[Hewson]

Is Rancid's Life Won't Wait on there?

Because if it isn't I'm not going to bother reading that list.

It's not, but I can make you read the list by telling you that NSW's favorite album of 1998 is at #12.

 

[cobl04]

 

[LemonMelon]

You can always count on Cobbler to let you know what day is coming up.

 

[cobl04]

Will Toldeo is a weird dude. We're getting a new Car Seat Headrest album next month... but it's not new at all, it's a complete re-record of an album he put out in 2010.

 

[Joey788]

Yeah, it’s a bit odd.

Then there’s this Smash Mouth collaboration.

https://www.stereogum.com/1982933/t...adrest-collaboration-is-coming-tomorrow/news/

 

[cobl04]

That Nils Frahm record is good. I won't remember any of it, but nice background music.

 

[Mack_Again]

Will Toldeo is a weird dude. We're getting a new Car Seat Headrest album next month... but it's not new at all, it's a complete re-record of an album he put out in 2010.

well ive heard that all of his early Bandcamp releases are very lo-fi so I kinda understand why he wants to re-record and re-interpret older songs that might not be well made because of other reasons than song writing itself

 

[U2inUtah]

Anyone heard the new Black Rebel Motorcycle Club album? Does anyone still listen to Black Rebel Motorcycle Club? I'm listening to Baby 81 right now. By far my favorite album of theirs.

 

[LemonMelon]

Will Toldeo is a weird dude. We're getting a new Car Seat Headrest album next month... but it's not new at all, it's a complete re-record of an album he put out in 2010.

It's absolutely fantastic and a big improvement on the original, which was recorded with a laptop mic. Definitely worth the second release.

 

[intedomine]

War On Drugs tonight - hopefully have better impressions than The Cobbling One.
Bit concerned that the set will be lacking some Slave Ambient representation though [emoji47]

 

[Axver]

I was pretty pleased the Sydney setlist drew almost entirely from The War on Drugs' two good albums, i.e. the most recent.

 

[IWasBored]

Anyone heard the new Black Rebel Motorcycle Club album? Does anyone still listen to Black Rebel Motorcycle Club? I'm listening to Baby 81 right now. By far my favorite album of theirs.

I haven’t heard anything since Howl, which was the year I went to see them, lost my keys during the Rapture’s set, and spent all of BRMC’s set looking for them. I’d consider going to see them tomorrow night when they play here, but I don’t want to lose my keys again.

 

[HeartlandGirl]

That Nils Frahm record is good. I won't remember any of it, but nice background music.

I find that I have to listen to ambient music many, many times to begin distinguishing between tracks.

 

[cobl04]

Haha yeah, me too.

Looks like Beach House have a new album out later this year, they just dropped a new single.

 

[iron yuppie]

Looks like Beach House have a new album out later this year, they just dropped a new single.

Holy shit this just made my month.

 

[LemonMelon]

Not half as into this track as I was into Sparks, but it's cool. I'm sure it'll grow on me like all of their work does.

 

[cobl04]

Sparks is comfortably their best song.

 

[kabigon]

I forgot how good the soundtrack is for The Neon Demon

 

[Joey788]

Looks like The Smashing Pumpkins reunion is a-go. Sort of.

https://pitchfork.com/news/smashing-pumpkins-announce-reunion-tour/

 

[Hewson]

Looks like The Smashing Pumpkins reunion is a-go. Sort of.

https://pitchfork.com/news/smashing-pumpkins-announce-reunion-tour/

Was just coming to post this.
No D'arcy, but no biggie. As long as Jimmy's behind the kit it'll be good.

 

[nielsgov]

Just bought a 'Golden Circle' ticket for Kendrick's gig in Antwerp in 2 weeks time.

 

[bono_212]

I forgot how good the soundtrack is for The Neon Demon

Loved. That. Movie.

 

[lazarus]

Just bought a 'Golden Shower' ticket for R. Kelly’s gig in Antwerp in 2 weeks time.

We all have our fetishes, I guess.

 

[Hewson]