it's good. it's different. it doesn't have the same ethereal sound his past work has, but you know what? if it had been a carbon copy of within and without i might have dug it but i doubt it would have been as good. at least he's branching out.
alright, here we go. there's some stuff i can't believe aren't on that list.
1: phosphorescent - muchacho
2: kurt vile - wakin on a pretty daze
3: my bloody valentine - mbv (i can't believe i just typed that)
4: unknown mortal orchestra - II
5: black books - aquarena (austin band, great fucking EP)
6: mikal cronin - MCII
7: daft punk - random access memories
8: toro y moi - anything in return
9: junip - junip
10: local natives - hummingbird
11: bibio - silver wilkinson
12: the knife - shaking the habitual
13: bankrupt! - phoenix
14: water on mars - purling hiss
15: one track mind - psychic ills
16: cyclops reap - white fence
17: obsidian - baths
18: monomania - deerhunter
19: waxahatchee - cerulean salt
20: impersonator - majical clouds
this may be beside the point, but i'm so happy he's back in dinosaur jr. lou barlow is hilarious. j mascis does not say. a. word when dinosaur is playing a show, and if lou wasn't there with his off the wall jokes no one would say anything to the crowd. i know that that's not what's really important, but still, it was awesome. i saw them at sxsw in 2012 and lou yelled at everyone for not going to see jack white who was playing at the same time. "what? you people don't like the blues?!"
thanks lou. also, harmacy should be number one, but what the hell do i know?
i think it's pretty ballsy to have 45:33 as a single song kind of and to have it on here. but hell, it's fucking incredible, so no argument. but come on: someone great is their best song. the second the BOW BOW i get goosebumps and i have to crank it. it's just reflex at this point.
also, us v them should be on there.
so are bands that were around longer than five years ago supposed to just not do anything anymore? I need to know because that way I can ditch anything I own since before 2008
oh boy. i think the only thing i agree about this is evil urges being their worst. but at dawn is the quintessential mmj album. everything you need to know about them is all right there. i have worn that album out in my time with them. z is amazing, and the perfect entry point, but at dawn is one of the best albums of the last 20 years.
good luck with whatever comments come next. should be interesting.
why remain in light? i mean, i love it, but its second half is a little rough. fear of music has always been the one that got me over remain in light. i'd switch them. other than that, yeah, dead on.
well, i guess the bottom line: she was a divisive figure. but to me her administration was typical of the 80's western "greed is good" mindset. and i by no means exclude america, we were leading the way.
and no problem about the texas thing, it's not like this state doesn't deserve the flak it gets. i'm about to move anyway, lol.
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