Dig her music in the background. Off today and sitting by the pool with a drink in hand. Maybe this belongs in what I'm listening to thread.
gives me strong vibes of Pavement's Jackals, False Grails, which maaaaaaaay be my favorite song by them, definitely up there at least
some best of 2019 (so far) lists below. Gorilla vs Bear put out theirs about a year ago so I'd expect that soon my top 10 so far: Ex Hex - It's Real Chris Cohen - Chris Cohen William Tyler - Goes West Nots - 3 Shana Cleveland - Night of the Worm Moon Hand Habits - placeholder Faye Webster - Atlanta Millionaires Club Nilufer Yanya - Miss Universe Kevin Morby - OMG Pile - Green and Gray https://uproxx.com/music/best-albums-of-2019-so-far-ranked/ https://www.stereogum.com/featured/best-2019-albums-so-far/ https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/06/best-albums-2019.html
***UPDATE*** Just finished Pile's 2012 offering "Dripping" and they are now 3 for 3, this is fun Early Power Rankings -Magic Isn't Real -Green and Gray -Dripping
As far as my current '19 list goes, there are a few albums I like outside of this list that could make my end of the year best of, but these are pretty much locks: Brutus - Nest The Comet is Coming - Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery <--first time I've actually noticed the album title here, quite the mouthful My Diligence - Sun Rose Pile - Green and Gray Soen - Lotus
Haven't been listening to a ton of new music this year, but of what I did hear, this is what I enjoyed this most. 2019: Vintage Crop - Company Man Nots - 3 Amyl and the Sniffers Prude Boys - The Reunion / Daddy Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel Ex Hex - It's Real Martha - Love Keeps Kicking Paint Thinner - Sea of Pulp Mike Krol - Power Chords Bars of Gold - Shelters Golden Pelicans - Grinding for Gruel Low Life - Downer EDN Steve Adamyk Band - Paradise Notably absent is Priests - Seduction of Kansas. Love the band, just didn't love the record. Still, some of you guys might dig it so thought I'd mention.
Thought it was really disappointing, was hoping it'd grow on me like their last album but that doesn't seem to be the case
Since I probably didnt do anything for 2018: Album of the year: Viagra Boys - Street Worms Marked Men - The Other Side (comp) Your Pest Band - Automatic Aspiration Shark Toys- Labyrinths Bichcraft - 800 Rik and the Pigs - A Child's Gator Hot Snakes - Jericho Sirens Sauna Youth - Deaths Proud Parents Lavender Flu - Mow the Glass Vintage Crop - New Age The Hunches - Same New Thing (comp) Neighborhood Brats - Claw Marks The Cowboys - Vol 4 Art Brut - wham bang pow let's rock out Aquarium Lithics - Mating Surfaces Bad Sports - Constant Simulation Bat Fangs Timmys Organism - Survival of the Fiendish Parquet Courts - Wide Awake Gloom Sleeper - Luminous Galaxies Mexican Knives - II Cloud Nothings - Last Building Burning Corner Boys - Love Tourist Hank Wood and the Hammerheads Fucked Up - Dose Your Dreams Protomartyr - Consolation Protomartyr - Spray paint split 7" Protomartyr - Preoccupations split 7" No Age - Snares Like a Haircut Mind Spiders - Furies The Men - Drift Titus Andronicus - A productive Cough
Glad I'm not the only one. Was hoping it wasn't just a function of my rockist tendencies with them adding more funk and dance type stuff. But man, let Gideon turn his damn guitar up.
These two will definitely be on mine. Other favs from the first half of the year: Foals -- Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Better Oblivion Community Center Vampire Weekend -- Father of the Bride Girlpool -- What Chaos is Imaginary
Listening to Nirvana this am because I'm going to this tonight: ashy larry SC y'all going to this? Sounds like it's gonna be really cool 13 Years Into Their Career, Megan Jean and KFB Reimagine Nirvana as Jazz Spoiler Megan Jean is the enigmatic frontwoman backed by the Klay Family Band — aka the KFB, aka her husband, Byrne Klay. She has a commanding presence and sings with a voice that will raise hairs on your arm. She is every bit the valkyrie she describes herself as with pride. Anyone who has seen the Charleston-affiliated nomads live is familiar with her firebrand wit, equal parts entertaining and enlightening. For the past 13 years, it’s helped them make a name for as a roots-leaning alternative rock band, as on last year’s Tarantistas, which features lush arrangements and the kind of soul-folk made famous by contemporary crooners such as Lake Street Dive. Speaking to Free Times, there’s a fluid and earnest immediacy in how she extrapolates on topics of feminism and jazz — and Nirvana, all three of which will be incorporated when she and Klay bring their Lounge Act: The Songs of Nirvana as Jazz back to Columbia this week. “I grew up in the Pacific Northwest.” Jean offers. “I was 11 years old when Kurt Cobain died, but I was really into Nirvana.” Jean grew up 26 miles from Seattle. Although when she was a child, Seattle was far from the forward-thinking utopia it is nowadays. “It was a mix of logging and working class peoples,” she adds. As a kid, Jean found comfort in the regional celebrity of Cobain and his mates. Even as a child, the landscapes of Cobain’s songs were present in her everyday. “They weren’t rich kids,” she notes, “and that was a big thing for me.” “We would go to vacations on the Washington coast,” she continues, “and I would hang out under the bridge in Aberdeen that he wrote ‘Underneath the Bridge’ about. Her love of Nirvana — and music at large — drew her to study at New York University’s renowned Tisch School of the Arts, where she met Klay and began to study jazz while working on her degree. Last year, as the album cycle for Tarantistas slowed, Byrne and Jean began to feel artistically constrained by the regimented expectations of Americana. With their next album already written, they had some time between releases. Feeling at a crossroads, they sought another avenue. “Here we are 13 years into our own band, we have another album written and I just thought, you know I’m going to revisit jazz,” she explains. Still, while Jean was excited by the prospect of playing jazz again she felt apprehensive about approaching its traditional modes. “I’m a white woman, I’m not going to sing ‘Strange Fruit,’ I’m not going to sing Nina Simone,” she offers. “I didn’t want to appropriate the work of black artists that I admire so much.” At the same time, she mulled the idea of doing something Nirvana-related. Eventually, she and Klay had their epiphany. “We were just kind of toying with these two separate projects,” Jean says. “And [Nirvana has] this song called ‘Lounge Act’ and it all kind of snapped one day.” And though it might seem counterintuitive, she reports that it wasn’t much of a challenge to take Nirvana’s music and bring out it’s implied jazz. “You just add more notes, you complicate the voicings but the actual changes, the melodies — those are jazz,” Jean explains. “We haven’t changed the lyrics, we haven’t changed the melody, the chord progressions remain the same but the voicings are different.” “And lo and behold it is one of the headiest jazz sets I have ever performed in my life.” The result is an exciting opportunity for the band to flex their chops, taking the show to more listener-oriented rooms allow them to demonstrate dynamic range that traditional rock clubs don’t allow. The band plans to soon record at Columbia’s Jam Room, knocking out its next album of original material along with two Nirvana jazz records. And it’s unlikely that they will slow down after that. Jean is insistent on continuing to push her musical ambitions. “I have no designs on eternity or fame,” she says. “I’m just trying to the best that I can with my artistic life and my personal life while I’m here on this planet.” What: Megan Jean and the KFB’s Lounge Act: The Songs of Nirvana as Jazz Where: Curiosity Coffee Bar, 2327 Main Street When: Friday June 14, 7 p.m. Price: $5 More: curiositycoffeebar.com
Sounds like a super cool concept, but I'm just not much of a Nirvana person at all. I'll tend toward Mother Love Bone/Soundgarden/Melvins if I'm in a grunge mood.
my top 10 thus far steve mason - about the light default genders - main pop girl 2019 stephen malkmus - groove denied clinic - wheeltappers and shunters barrie - happy to be here sharon van etten - remind me tomorrow deerhunter - why hasnt everything already disappeared? aldous harding - designer toro y moi - outer peace avey tare - cows on hourglass pond
Haven't been reading this thread as closely, but remember you probably have the closest taste to me in this thread. Do you listen to Prince Daddy & The Hyena at all? Their new album is out June 28th and will probably takeover my album of the year; the four singles they've released from it have all been absolute heaters and the punk folks I follow on twitter who've had it for a while have been nuts about it. As it stands now, PUP's Morbid Stuff or Mike Krol's Power Chords are probably my co-album of the year so far. Excited for the Titus Andronicus record produced by Bob Mould, new singles seem much better than last year's record. I'm also confident enough to say I love the Billie Eilish record. Fontaines DC, Weyes Blood, all the other standard ones too. Priests record also didn't do it for me. But I'm a little surprised by the craziness over the Charly Bliss record - sounds like kind of straight down the fairway pop-punk that bores me a bit, and it's on all the mid-year lists I've seen so far.
I’m wine drunk and saw a very small show tonight. The lead singer made me realize how much the lead for Hop Along is is my type and I also love her singing/style
Haven't heard that but will definitely keep it on my radar. Also pumped for Titus Andronicus' return to form.
got excited, and a little confused, when I saw Khruangbin was releasing another album next month, but then I noticed it's just a dub remake of Con Todo El Mundo and realized why it was apparently flying under the radar ahh well
Gorilla vs Bear's best songs/albums of 2019 (so far) http://www.gorillavsbear.net/2019-5-our-favorite-albums-songs-from-the-first-half-of-the-year/
Probably better for the punk thread, but this one in particular reminds me of early Titus with Monitor type subject matter.
I’ve enjoyed her solo stuff. Houndmouth fucking sucks without her though. Damn shame, they used to be one of my favorites.
Album of live songs released by Car Seat Headrest today (at least on apple music). Nothing new, although a Frank Ocean cover in there.
Any recs on good free YouTube > mp3 converters? I've been using videosoft's for awhile but they seem to be wanting folks to buy the premium version now. The old version won't work and the new one won't allow playlist downloads and is slower than the old one for single files. I could download whole albums 10× faster than I can download a single song now.
New Sheer Mag album out August 23rd. It'll be called A Distant Call First single is Blood From a Stone and in the spoiler below. Wooo! Spoiler
I took my wife, my daughter and her friend to the Forest Hills Stadium Alt 92.3 Summer Open yesterday featuring Matt Maeson, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Sharon Van Etten, Revivalists, and The Lumineers. I really went for my wife and daughter because it’s not in my wheelhouse. That said, I have to say that it was pretty damn good. Maybe because of the short sets, they all came out with a ton of energy and played higher profile songs. The crowd was really good too. Revivalists were amazing, Lumineers and Catfish right behind. There were 15,000 people and I had no idea that place could hold that many people. I always figured it as 6-8k person venue. It was super crowded but we had a great standing spot up close. Here is some highlights...
So after how good last night was I am trying to convince my family to go back and see the lead singer from dashboard Confessional, Young the Giant, Head and the Heart, and Fitz and the Tantrums for day two. Anyone have any experience? Am I setting myself up for disappointment?
Probably yeah those bands are all shit so you know the crowd will be full of the worst kinds of white people
I hear you, but the crowd last night, while it had some very, very white people, also was pretty cool and fun. Do you think differently about the Revivalists and Lumineers, and Catfish, or basically same category? Like I said, I don't listen to those bands, but Revivalists really turned my head last night. They put on a great show. Catfish was also a big surprise.
Pretty cool aerial footage of Forest Hills Stadium for anyone who has an interest. The music is not synced to thee performance as the video looks like the beginning of their set when not everyone was in the stadium yet, and the music was the last song when the sun had already gone down.