I've been looking forward to this album. The only thing I've heard from this week so far is The Soft Moon, and its nothing new from him which isn't surprising, but not too terribly interesting.
I agree. Deerhunter is one of my favorite bands, and I adore each of their albums (tho Microcastle is still my favorite). I want a new album, but also would be okay with them taking a bit of a hiatus and explore their solo projects more (been almost 7 years since an Atlas Sound album).
Nice. I must have been one of the few eagerly anticipating it, as I think that No Age is still one of the few indie rock bands from the 2000s (along with Deerhunter) who still got it and can still write engaging music. Wasn't trying to be a jerk, was just confused. thanks for the response Chris.
AOTW for me. I'm surprised it's not in "heavy rotation" for you guys, and not even a PE. Has the duo slipped that much b/c of An Object? That album is actually pretty good to me, and this is a return to form for those who longed for a continuation/progression from Everything in Between.
Don't sleep on this record please.
Kinda surprised (and disappointed) that you didn't give this to No Age's Snares Like a Haircut after doing a feature on them. The albums great, a return to form, and my favorite release of the year so far.
Lousy's the only album I re-visit. Don't consider myself a fan of the band by any means but Lousy was one of their tightest recordings to me. I say that "one of" b/c I haven't listened to every album of theirs.
Agreed. Have had it on blast for the last 48 hours almost non-stop. I'm a big fan of this band, and even tho some didn't care for An Object, I thought it was still good. This is great though.
Good call. This album is great. I also like the Shopping album, TMBG's new one is also solid (surprisingly), and I'm half way through the new Porches and digging that one too. Great week for releases.
Anything that comes out of the Women camp I'm game for. I've enjoyed all of the Viet Cong, Preoccupations, and Cindy Lee albums thus far, and this just continues. Great first single, stoked for this album and getting to see them again live.
A few things:
1. Closer's album leaked, and I listened to it, and it's friggin baller. Loved it.
2. Shame's new album deserves some attention, as well as the new album by The Prids (shoegaze/dream pop) It's their first in 8 years.
3. New songs galore, I enjoyed the new CSH, Superchunk, Bat Fangs, Ride, the Men, The Radio Dept., Ought, Jay Som, The Breeders, US Girls, and Tune Yards.
4. The Shopping LP up on NPR is pretty good, but I was actually very impressed with the new They Might Be Giants album - the track "An Insult to the Fact Checkers" has JAMC written all of it and it's awesome.
5. The Royal They is my AOTW. It's a ripper.
I'm kind of hoping that the Pitchfork Festival manages something unique this year, as they've been promoting the idea that festival line ups are getting boring for awhile. Last year's was pretty solid to me, and I think this year they might pull off My Bloody Valentine.
I caught his solo tour in 2014, and when he played early White Stripes material, a majority of it sounded terrible in the full band approach. Icky Thump material sounded great, but Dead Leaves? Pass. I'd shell out an unGodly amount of money to see a proper White Stripes set without all of the gizmos, but that will never happen.
To me, this band has had a confusing trajectory. I know a lot of people enjoyed Tomorrow's Hits, as I recall this site gave it AOTW. It's just a matter of preference. I started listening to them with Leave Home, which is still my favorite of theirs, and Open Your Heart moved away from that but their influences on that were still steeped in that noise rock sound.
Then came New Moon, which was 50% punk, 50% I don't know. It worked in most places, but I could see where they were going next and that was Tomorrow's Hits, which was so far from what got them noticed in the first place, they just did it faster. Perhaps over time the transition wouldn't have bothered me, but it was so rapid. They went from excellent noise rock, to subpar radio rock in the span of 4 albums in 3 years.
I like Devil Music enough to compare it favorably to Tomorrow's Hits, but I'm not exactly an advocate for it. I feel like there's plenty of bands doing the Tomorrow's Hits style, and it gets boring fast. But then again, I haven't listened to it since 2014, so maybe I'll feel different about it now.
This band derailed for me around Tomorrow's Hits, which is still their weakest imo. But Devil Music was a step in the right direction, and this goes the route of label mate The Soft Moon, so a more post-punk feel than rockabilly. I dig it.
Crazy morning for solid new music - Superchunk, The Breeders, Car Seat Headrest, and The Men. And it's not even noon!
Every month I try to explore older music. In 2017 I came to appreciate (and became a fan of) these:
- CAN (Monster Movie is now my go-to for them)
- R.E.M. (casual fan, but really dove into their 80s material this year)
- Talib Kweli
- Chris Knox (if you're not familiar, listen to "Not Given Lightly")
- Bauhaus
- Dennis Wilson
- The Zombies (pre-HOF nomination)
- Teenage Fanclub
- Elliot Smith (until 2017, I only listen to the one Heatmiser album)
- The Sound (brief post-punk band from late 70s)
- Eric's Trip
- Grouper (had only listened to Ruins before)
- Burial (but only Untrue, which was incredible. Nothing else really struck with me)
- Luna (big Galaxie 500 fan, but never tried this out)
Lots of stuff to look forward to in 2018, my most anticipated though is My Bloody Valentine. Also looking forward to the new No Age album as both singles so far have been better than anything on An Object. Interested to see where Titus Andronicus, Iceage, Car Seat Headrest, Yo La Tengo, Arctic Monkeys and Hop Along go next, and the snippet that Jack White gave sounded very promising. Excited but worried about a new Hot Snakes album.
Also looking forward to the new Soft Moon album, even though the newest singles don't show any type of real progression in his sound, I still dig it. Also really looking forward to the next step in evolution from These New Puritans. They are so horribly underrated by blogs, but if you dug King Krule's The Ooz, you should definitely take a peak into their discography. All three of their albums are excellent.
Lastly, I hope we get something from the Deerhunter crew, and by that I mean an Atlas Sound record (when he opened for Deerhunter in 2015 he busted out a lot of new material that needs put on record ASAP), and a new Lotus Plaza album as his last one was great. I love all Deerhunter records but want to hear more from Lockett lately.
I hope you're not considering the formation of Lexie as proof that Warehouse broke up, b/c that's not the case. Though I could be wildly misinformed, but it appears to me that they are still active.
I think metal is used too broadly to encompass all of the shitty parts. Whereas if someone says they like "rock" they can elaborate to "indie rock" or "sub atomic lepre-folk." Just like with most genres it's unfair, but also who cares what others think? My two favorite genres are post-punk and shoegaze, and I'd say there are fewer people who like those in my area than metal lovers.
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