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[wombat]

Can I drag this thread back to New Pornographers for a minute?  Damn, this music is like drugs.  Thank you all.

Oh and - I got my order from Amazon and it was two CDs from New Pornographers and two from Bare Naked Ladies.  I didn't realize how bizarre that was when I made the order.

Now, a bunch of Talking Heads on CD also seems like a good idea.  I would not have bought this before, because I have a rule against being the kind of old fogey who only buys music from when they were younger.  But now that I have bought like eight CDs in a row by people I never heard before last month, I think it's OK.

[miles]

Forgive me, indie folks, but: this makes me nervous. Hoo boy.

Pitchfork ain't that bad.  And the new album is good, by the way.

[pmcd9]

Now, a bunch of Talking Heads on CD also seems like a good idea.  I would not have bought this before, because I have a rule against being the kind of old fogey who only buys music from when they were younger.  But now that I have bought like eight CDs in a row by people I never heard before last month, I think it's OK.

I'm so proud of you right now Wombat.  I've got a little tear in my eye.  Now, we all expect a mix disc.  A little bit of the old, a little bit of the new.

~Paul

[pmcd9]

Forgive me, indie folks, but: this makes me nervous. Hoo boy.

Pitchfork is a bit of a whipping boy around here, but there is no doubt that they are rabid fans of a lot of the same bands that we are.  I mean, they gave New Pornographers a 9 rating.  So, what Miles said, they "ain't that bad."

~Paul

[V-Adore]

I guess what gets to me about Pitchfork is that they're frequently pretentious, even when they share my opinions, and more damningly, I never have any actual feel for the music they've reviewed. There's nothing that irritates me more than a review that doesn't give me any idea whether or not I'll like the reviewee, and reviews that don't even give me any objective information about the reviewee confuse me and frustrate me even more. I understand that writing about music is like dancing about architecture, but honestly, guys.

Mind you, I don't go around all Pitchfork-hating. I just am never sure whether to trust their endorsements, is all. If the B&S is good, I'll see about acquiring.

[pmcd9]

I guess what gets to me about Pitchfork is that they're frequently pretentious, even when they share my opinions, and more damningly, I never have any actual feel for the music they've reviewed. There's nothing that irritates me more than a review that doesn't give me any idea whether or not I'll like the reviewee, and reviews that don't even give me any objective information about the reviewee confuse me and frustrate me even more. I understand that writing about music is like dancing about architecture, but honestly, guys.

Mind you, I don't go around all Pitchfork-hating. I just am never sure whether to trust their endorsements, is all. If the B&S is good, I'll see about acquiring.

Well I did ask because I value your opinion more than Pitchforks.

~Paul

[arkabee]

i am incredilbly serious when i say that Clutch's ***** Hive/Exodus album is the best of this decade.

if i hadn't already chosen my epitaph, that would be it.

[pmcd9]

i am incredilbly serious when i say that Clutch's ##### Hive/Exodus album is the best of this decade.

That endorsement is enough for me.  I will make my purchase this very day.

~Paul

[jough]

The new Belle & Sebastian is okay - in my opinion it's their second worst album (behind Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like a Peasant) but it's not as good as their previous album, and not nearly as good as the one-two punch of "If You're Feeling Sinister" (their best) and "The Boy with the Arab Strap" (released a year later, many of the songs from the previous session, and also very good with the exception of two tracks that I actually had to REMOVE from the album and re-burn).

Anyway, if you've ever wondered what it would sound like if The Smiths, The Sundays, and The Proclaimers had a baby, check out Belle & Sebastian.  "If You're Feeling Sinister" is undoubtedly their best album.  And some of the EPs released between those two glorious albums are also among their best songs.

FWIW, I've hated the side-projects that the members of B&S have put out over the years.  Looper and The Gentle Waves in particular were utterly hateful and not worth my $12.

[rumpy doppelganger]

looper's the one that was on all those ibm commercials right ? the "c'mon .. c'mon" song ? that was kind of an adorable song

yeah i dig on the life pursuit. i'm not huge on b and s but i like these songs

[wombat]

Bringing this thread together with the other one, the spouse walked in on the New Pornographers for the first time tonight and said "They sound like the Beatles!"  I objected to this and we agreed to compromise on 'sort of retro.'

[V-Adore]

Bringing this thread together with the other one, the spouse walked in on the New Pornographers for the first time tonight and said "They sound like the Beatles!"  I objected to this and we agreed to compromise on 'sort of retro.'

I dunno, I can sort of understand this. If I had to describe it (slightly pretentiously), I'd say they played rock that had a new sound without affecting that "we're ashamed of pop history" thing a lot of experimental indie bands take up, so you get music that sounds new and fresh but also reminiscent of good old stuff. It's not so much retro as it is unashamed of the past and not reinventing-the-wheel-y.

[pmcd9]

i am incredilbly serious when i say that Clutch's ##### Hive/Exodus album is the best of this decade.

if i hadn't already chosen my epitaph, that would be it.

That endorsement is enough for me.  I will make my purchase this very day.

~Paul

Clutching my Clutch

~Paul

[arkabee]

Clutching my Clutch

~Paul

BooYah.

did i tell you it rocked,
or did i tell you it rocked.

[pmcd9]

did i tell you it rocked

You told me it rocked.  However I couldn't understand why it was so staticy.  I thought I had a defective copy.  Then I played some other music and it was also staticy.  I thought my i-pod had gone bad.  Then I realized my phone jack wasn't plugged in all the way.  Problem solved.  I'll give it a non staticy listen in about 18 minutes.  Thanks for the recommendation.

Reminds me of Monster Magnet.

"First we get some surgery
Lost the kids then our identities.
But one thing I know for a fact,
Moustache stays right where it's at."

~Paul