Random Music Talk CXXIX: Gump attends a concert

[cobl04]

Apparently, there's a new companion disc to The Soft Bulletin out.

 

[lazarus]

Go write in U2 Pop https://pitchfork.com/news/announci...ow-your-favorite-albums-of-the-last-25-years/

I support this action.

Should share it in The Other Place so the real fanatics can help rig the results.

 

[lazarus]

Coldplay Announce New Album Music of the Spheres

The British band’s ninth LP was produced by Max Martin, and multiple track titles are just emoji



In a handwritten note, the band wrote that the album is “(vol.i)” and added that a new song from the album called “Coloratura” is coming out on Friday.

What kind of Smashing Pumpkins-type nonsense??

Must be hard having no shame and being a fan of this band, they somehow manage to be even more cringe than U2.

 

[phanan]

Go write in U2 Pop https://pitchfork.com/news/announci...ow-your-favorite-albums-of-the-last-25-years/

Enough music fans should do this with certain albums that Pitchfork did not rate well (or at all), just to piss them off.

 

[LemonMelon]

Coldplay Announce New Album Music of the Spheres

The British band’s ninth LP was produced by Max Martin, and multiple track titles are just emoji



In a handwritten note, the band wrote that the album is “(vol.i)” and added that a new song from the album called “Coloratura” is coming out on Friday.

What kind of Smashing Pumpkins-type nonsense??

Must be hard having no shame and being a fan of this band, they somehow manage to be even more cringe than U2.

[emoji51][emoji1785][emoji107]

 

[cobl04]

Coldplay Announce New Album Music of the Spheres

The British band’s ninth LP was produced by Max Martin, and multiple track titles are just emoji



In a handwritten note, the band wrote that the album is “(vol.i)” and added that a new song from the album called “Coloratura” is coming out on Friday.

What kind of Smashing Pumpkins-type nonsense??

Must be hard having no shame and being a fan of this band, they somehow manage to be even more cringe than U2.

Jesus christ [emoji21][emoji21]

I suppose it was a matter of time before someone released an album with emojis as song titles (if it’s not been done already) but this is borderline indefensible and does not bode well.

 

[lazarus]

Enough music fans should do this with certain albums that Pitchfork did not rate well (or at all), just to piss them off.

I know a few we can count on:

 

[Mack_Again]

Coldplay Announce New Album Music of the Spheres

The British band’s ninth LP was produced by Max Martin, and multiple track titles are just emoji



In a handwritten note, the band wrote that the album is “(vol.i)” and added that a new song from the album called “Coloratura” is coming out on Friday.

What kind of Smashing Pumpkins-type nonsense??

Must be hard having no shame and being a fan of this band, they somehow manage to be even more cringe than U2.

im offended that only 3-4 songs have emoji titles, why didn't they go all in? that's more avant, its def in line with Anthony Braxton or some shit if you call all your songs with emoji or some kooky ass diagrams

 

[lazarus]

I don’t know how they managed to put this together for 2021 but all I can say is FUCK YES.

More info and tix:

DESERT DAZE PRESALE – THURSDAY 10AM – 10PM PST
PUBLIC ON SALE – FRIDAY 10AM PST

 

[lazarus]

The future is looking good:

Are You Relivin’ the Years?: How Steely Dan Became a Cult Favorite for Millennials

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

The new McCartney series on Hulu is fucking excellent. It's called 3,2,1. I'm only two episodes in but I highly recommend it.

 

[david]

I wonder if Tom Waits will ever release new music again.

 

[cobl04]

I'd fucking love that so much.

 

[lazarus]

I started taking that Pitchfork survey, and when you begin typing in an entry, it automatically starts searching and will display titles that have already been listed by other people so you can just click on them.

When I typed U2, nothing came up. None of their albums.

Same with Pavement (only their last two are eligible but I thought Brighten the Corners had more fans).

Los Campesinos! and Super Furry Animals had like 6 options already.

Go vote.

 

[bono_212]

I don’t know how they managed to put this together for 2021 but all I can say is FUCK YES.

More info and tix:

DESERT DAZE PRESALE – THURSDAY 10AM – 10PM PST
PUBLIC ON SALE – FRIDAY 10AM PST

I may have to go to Friday. Sunday's tempting but I'm not familiar with anyone on Saturday besides Kamasi.

 

[cobl04]

The future is looking good:

Are You Relivin’ the Years?: How Steely Dan Became a Cult Favorite for Millennials

Fucking sick article. Proud to say I was on the bandwagon a decade and a half ago.

Relevant:

[TWEET]1418087704428879873[/TWEET]

 

[lazarus]

And what makes you think this is happening? The Euro Cup song? Sing 2? Bono's autobiography which is going to be the butt of a million jokes ("He's going to have it uploaded to everyone's Kindle OMG!!")?

 

[cobl04]

I was completely joking, it's not happening any time soon. But I do think there's scope for it. I can feel it coming.

 

[DeVaul]

I wonder if Tom Waits will ever release new music again.

What’s he building in there, indeed

 

[lazarus]

Can't imaging him topping the last one, tbh.

 

[david]

There was a 2002 Christian Bale movie called Laurel Canyon that had a pretty good soundtrack which featured a Steely Dan song “Do It Again”. I hate to say it, but that’s when I really began to even listen to anything by them.

But anyway, that soundtrack is pretty good:

1. In a Funny Way (Mercury Rev)
2. Do It Again (Steely Dan)
3. Shade and Honey (Alessandro Nivola / Lou Barlow / Ahmad Wasif / Russ Pollard)
4. Do You Know What I Mean (Lee Michaels)
5. Someday I Will Treat You Good (Alessandro Nivola / Lou Barlow / Ahmad Wasif / Russ Pollard)
6. Planet Queen (T-Rex)
7. The Shame of Life (Butthole Surfers)
8. Good Time (Butthole Surfers)
9. Harmony (Clinic)
10. Crawling (Scapegoat Wax)
11. Oscar Brown (Baxter)
12. Ma Rencontre (Bertrand Burgalat)
13. C'est Si Bon (Eartha Kitt)
14. It's a Wonderful Life (Sparklehorse)

 

[DaveC]

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jul/29/dusty-hill-lifted-zz-top-into-greatness

i went to a lynyrd skynyrd concert a couple years ago, and zz top was opening for them - zz top blew lynyrd skynyrd right off the stage. so glad i got to see them live together.

 

[Hewson]

Yeah I was going to mention Hill's passing.
Sadly I never saw them live.
Heard on the radio yesterday that Hill hand picked a bass player to replace him, so maybe ZZTop will continue on, who knows.

 

[cobl04]

 

[phanan]

Interesting cover.

 

[david]

Aaaand the Strokes debut album is now 20 years old.

 

[Hewson]

Happy 40th birthday MTV.
Your life peaked when you were a toddler, its been all (way) downhill since.

 

[cobl04]

[tweet]1421747848551354372[/tweet]

Nerdy story time from me.

So I bought Overview on a Phenomenal Nature from a local record shop. All the prints had sold out online, but I found a local store that was stocking it. I bought it (for fucking $60), turned out to be one of the coloured limited editions. When I opened it however, it didn't come with a download code or the lyric insert, which all the editions on her website/Bandcamp/the label's website said it came with.

So I emailed the label, telling them what I'd purchased (+ proof) and asking for a code and the insert to be mailed out to me. I figured either a) they wouldn't reply or b) they'd so no we can't do it lol nice try buy the digital edition again. But they got back to me within 24 hours with a code & a PDF to the insert. Then I went down to my local Officeworks (our version of Staples, maybe?) and went up to the printing counter and asked them, can you print this, but on heavier, more solid paper, in full colour, in 11.5 in by 11.5 in? And it cost me all of $2.80 and 20 minutes of my time, and they printed it, and then cut it down to size, and so now I've got An Overview on Phenomenal Nature on vinyl, the digital version in my itunes, and the official lyric insert printed of my own accord.

So cool, because the label would have been well within its rights to either not reply or say no. Very kind of them.

 

[cobl04]

There's no artist on the planet that does covers as good as Paul Dempsey (SFK lead singer) does them. His record is absolutely unparalleled.

 

[lazarus]

[tweet]1421747848551354372[/tweet]

Nerdy story time from me.

So I bought Overview on a Phenomenal Nature from a local record shop. All the prints had sold out online, but I found a local store that was stocking it. I bought it (for fucking $60), turned out to be one of the coloured limited editions. When I opened it however, it didn't come with a download code or the lyric insert, which all the editions on her website/Bandcamp/the label's website said it came with.

So I emailed the label, telling them what I'd purchased (+ proof) and asking for a code and the insert to be mailed out to me. I figured either a) they wouldn't reply or b) they'd so no we can't do it lol nice try buy the digital edition again. But they got back to me within 24 hours with a code & a PDF to the insert. Then I went down to my local Officeworks (our version of Staples, maybe?) and went up to the printing counter and asked them, can you print this, but on heavier, more solid paper, in full colour, in 11.5 in by 11.5 in? And it cost me all of $2.80 and 20 minutes of my time, and they printed it, and then cut it down to size, and so now I've got An Overview on Phenomenal Nature on vinyl, the digital version in my itunes, and the official lyric insert printed of my own accord.

So cool, because the label would have been well within its rights to either not reply or say no. Very kind of them.

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