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Waxahatchee and Snail Mail tonight in Charlottesville

 

If you can go to the Waxahatchee tour, absolutely do it. Played all of Tiger’s Blood and a bunch of older stuff plus a few Plains covers over ~2 hours. She sounded incredible. Awesome set.

Played an unreleased song during the encore “Much Ado About Nothing” that is a capital B Banger.

Snail Mail was really fun. Felt a little sparse with just her, a guitarist and a drummer but she’s great.

 

Happy lenderman day everyone!!

 

that first deck beer tonight

 

I’m gonna listen to the new toro this morning on computer speakers then do Lenderman at lunch on headphones

 

Manning Fireworks is just so good. Immaculate vibes.

 

Want to save my thoughts for when I finish it, but I’m at Rip Torn and I feel good saying this is up there with English Teacher and Yard Act for my AOTY

 

awoooooooo

 

Finished it

so fucking good

favorites: Rip Torn, Joker Lips, She’s Leaving You

 

you people are going to bully me into giving mj lenderman another shot arent you

 

This Toro album sounds like the soundtrack to a shitty movie about high school kids having a “rager” while the parents are on vacation

 

I gave it a go, still doesnt do anything for me. I don't think it's bad, just not my jam.

Also a bit different than this thread but Fred Again and Nala Sinephro also out today. Generally work type music for me on in the background .

 

Damn, I want to have a warm beer on a porch right now listening to this

Such a leap over Boat Songs

 

buy a case, shoot some hoops, light up the grill and lock in brother

 

the progression is apparent. and i love boat songs.

 

i’ve got a houseboat docked at the himbo dome

 

I want to like it, on paper his stuff checks all my boxes. will give it a spin this weekend

 

yeah they've sold me, especially seeing it put on the same level as that English Teacher album, gonna gummy this evening and give it a digital spin

 

Kahlua shooter, DUI scooter is a fuckin bar

 

Bonus points for you, NC pride.

I really dig the music but the regional connection is also a plus.

 

shoulda had an indie thread meet up at hopscotch smdh

 

Oh my god this album

 

With the almost assured continued decline of P4k quality, I think I might pivot my indie fest to hopscotch

 

envious of all the folks about to hear this album live tonight

 

Saw him this summer at our local neighborhood street fest, which was great and essentially free, but he didn’t play much of the album at all. I’ll definitely be going next time he comes through chicago though

 

"Is it the quiet hiss of a midnight piss, Or a river turned to creek?”

The lyricism.

 

Lots of good non-MJ releases today too:

Hinds
Knitting
Scout Gillett
Toro y Moi
Sarah Kinsley

 

I haven't listened to Toro in forever but now I'm a little curious.

MJ Lenderman album is so damn good. Going to listen again before I dig into anything else.

 

Apropos of nothing but I saw two different people make the same car seat headrest joke on Twitter and I’d like to believe that’s my algorithm moving forward. Feed me every iteration of this joke:

 

this is unsurprisingly amazing as well this week

 

Should we assume this is a good thing?

 

It was pretty bad IMO. Like not just not my thing, just bad. I didn’t even finish it and moved on to Hinds.

 

I thought it was ass

 

Lots of people are very pissed about this album but this is funny

 

I didn’t save the Toro album but “Tuesday” is a banger

 

Windows open on a beautiful morning in Chicago as coffee brews and I deal with a hangover, Manning Fireworks playing on my speakers feels perfect

 

The amount of times this weekend there’s nothing in my head but “I’ve got a houseboat docked at the Himbo Dome.”

 

The New Yorker has an article on Lenderman this week. Him and the Wednesday singer are no longer an item but he's still in the band.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/09/09/mj-lenderman-manning-fireworks-music-review