The Indie Thread (2)

[philN]

The Weakerthans are one of my favorite bands to drive to. That genre doesn't usually interest me all that much, but they are certainly a fun band.

 

[white_frog914]

Pitchfork is doing a special on The 200 Greatest songs of the 1960's.

I'm going to be taking notes on this.

 

[blackwasp]

I haven't listened to a lot of new music this year, but a friend recently gave me a copy of Get Lonely by The Mountain Goats. It's great.

"The first time I made coffee for just myself, I made too much of it
But I drank it all just cause you hate it when I let things go to waste"

 

[Arnold_Philips]

The new Joanna Newsom leaked yesterday. Check around OiNK and the usual places... or you can IM me tonight

 

[blackwasp]

The new Joanna Newsom leaked yesterday. Check around OiNK and the usual places... or you can IM me tonight

I'm not a member of OiNK, so it wouldn't let me access anything. I'll IM you later.

Is it as good as The Milk-Eyed Mender?

 

[charmtrap]

new Hold Steady leaked...still trying to decide if I like it as much as Separation Sunday or Almost Killed Me, but I definitely recommend checking it...

 

[philN]

I came here to mention the Hold STeady album -- but it appears I have been beaten to the draw.

I've was a fan of both of the Hold Steady records (and the Lifter Puller material as well), and I think this is some of the strongest songwriting (both lyrically and musically) they have ever done. That's not to downplay the other albums, but I feel like on Boys and Girls In America the hooks are a lot stronger -- the building on "First Night", the dueling vocals on "Chillout Tent", and the background vocals on "Chips Ahoy!", etc.

So yeah, everyone should definitely check it out -- though I realize Craig Finn's delivery can be somewhat polarizing.



Also, the new Starflyer59 album came out and I think it's pretty strong too. Much more stripped-down and upbeat than I'm used to, but good nonetheless. I have them booked to play a show at Gordon College on October 14 -- I don't know if anyone here is from the Boston-ish area -- but if you are, you should come.

 

[antiarte]

I want to get the new Starflyer 59. I did get the new Yo La Tengo, though, but I haven't heard it yet.

And in a not so indie note, the new Norma Jean and mewithoutYou albums kick ass. Lots of it.

 

[AlanGurvey]

I have just listened to Pinback for four straight hours!

 

[theFijian]

I had been thinking about getting the mewithouyou album, thanks for the hint.

 

[The Theory]

The new mewithoutYou is awesome.
I don't know yet if it is the best album of the year... but definitely top five material.

I saw Sufjan Stevens and My Brightest Diamond yesterday in Philly. Good show. Though I don't like the theater enviroment for an indie rock show as much as a bar/club enviroment. So the two Sufjan shows I saw last year in Cleveland and Lancaster were both better. But it was fun none the less.

 

[white_frog914]

I fell in love with My Brightest Diamond when they (she?) played here with Sufjan. As soon as I'm able to make the trek down to Tower Records, I'm going to buy the album.

Pertaining to mewithoutYou, I have the album downloaded, I just need to unzip it. If I like what I hear, I'll buy it.

 

[philN]

The new mewithoutYou is quite good. I'm not sure if I like it more than Catch For Us the Foxes, but I think the new songs are growing on me the more I listen.


Joanna Newsom played a free show last week in Boston at the Museum of Fine Arts. Unfortunately, I was late getting there and the room was full, so I made the trek into the city for nothing. Lame.

 

[The Theory]

yeah, she definitely should have played a larger room.

 

[blackwasp]

I swiped two albums by The Hold Steady from my roommate yesterday. After I go through those, I'm going to check out "Boys and Girls in America". My free time right now is taken up by the new Decemberists album.

Also, I think I'm going to see Bonnie Prince in Louisville the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Yes!

 

[The Theory]

Thief.

 

[white_frog914]

Albums I want really really bad:

The New Decemberists
My Brightest Diamond
Snowden

Also, I wish I had a roommate I could steal albums from...

 

[theFijian]

I'm really not sure about the Decemberists. His voice annoys me for one thing some of the songs seem too...contrived. Some stuff I do like though.

 

[The Theory]

^yeah, that is the reason I never purchased any Decemberists albums. They only way I would, I suspect, would be if I found it used or quite discounted.

 

[philN]

The new Decemberists album is loud. Very loud.

I may have said that before, but it's still true.