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Post by jemi on Aug 22, 2009 10:44:54 GMT
Aural Vampire - Hot Blood Workout
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Post by blondeambassador on Sept 16, 2009 13:06:05 GMT
I'm still hammering the newest Mew offering, which is brilliant. Same goes for Imogen Heap's Ellipse (doesn't quite fit into the vocal harmonies thing that we've been talking about in the other thread but if you like beautiful music, then check it out.)
Also have decided I really quite like Arctic Monkey's 'Humbug.' I was undecided at first and found it a little underwhelming but actually it's grown on me.
And this week, what I am not listening to...The Resistance. Surprise surprise!
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Post by ryan on Sept 16, 2009 13:19:29 GMT
Ditto to Humbug. Another album I was underwhelmed by on initial listens but which subsequently grew on me.
RIGHT NOW, I'm listening to Cult of Luna. Generally this week I've been listening to a lot of REVERE, Converge, Slipknot & Radiohead
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Post by musecubed on Sept 16, 2009 23:06:19 GMT
J.K Broadrick's remix of Hym by Isis. There are a couple of good numbers (and a fair few not-so-good) on the remix album of Oceanic, but this one is by far and a way the best. The original version of Hym is brilliant (as are all of Isis' album closers), but the remix is really touching.
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Post by Lawrie on Oct 18, 2009 20:36:43 GMT
Funeral by Arcade Fire. Really great record, better than I remember - I guess the joyless grey drudgery of Neon Bible must've unfairly coloured my opinion of Arcade Fire and kept me away from this little diamond for some time...
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Post by ryan on Oct 19, 2009 1:06:48 GMT
Wait, Neon Bible is brilliant!
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Post by Lawrie on Oct 19, 2009 8:36:43 GMT
I hate it. Just sounds boring and grey and samey to me: none of the songs distinguish themselves from any of the others to my ears, and it doesn't have the same joie de vivre that is bursting out of every corner of Funeral. All IMO, obviously, and I don't like Fight Club as a film, so it's quite possible that I'm also alone against the rest of the world about Neon Bible as well. Which is fine: wouldn't knock anyone who does like the record. But for me that album is almost the very definition of "indie schmindie", and along with Kasabian's Empire it's probably the biggest disappointment of a 2nd album (after an excellent debut) that I own.
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Post by AlExMachina on Oct 19, 2009 20:09:02 GMT
Hearhear about Empire (though I think Neon Bible is awesome) - screw the second album thing, I think that it's the biggest example of an album coming nowhere close to the lead-up single. Empire title track was brilliant and then the album itself was so weak. Can't believe their new one got nominated for the Mercury Prize... Also, to actually respond to what I'm listening to, it's all about the twilight soundtrack. Never read/seen the books, and probably never will, but Thom Yorke, Death Cab, Editors, Killers, Band Of Skulls, BRMC all on one soundtrack is pretty cool. Though Yorke, followed close by the editors, is defs the best.
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Post by musecubed on Oct 22, 2009 0:35:53 GMT
Went to see Isis at Koko tonight, really intense gig, definitely up there with one of my favourite performances.
Setlist (for those of you who are interested)
Hall of the Dead Stone to Wake a Serpent Dulcinea 20 Minutes/40 Years Ghost Key Backlit Threshold of Transformation -------------- Carry Altered Course (with altered ending)
The beginning of Carry nearly made me cry.
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Post by ryan on Oct 22, 2009 13:01:59 GMT
Oh man, so jealous I couldn't afford to go. Gutted.
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Post by musecubed on Oct 23, 2009 23:33:17 GMT
That sucks have you seen them before? I was hoping for So Did We or Grinning Mouths, but I couldn't stop smiling when they played Backlit and Altered Course.
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Post by ryan on Oct 23, 2009 23:57:35 GMT
Yeah I have, a few times. There was a they did in Brighton that was AMAZING. I felt like I could have listened to them all day. It was so loud and the sound was great. All the slow buts were so hypnotic, it just felt like the sound was washing all over me, and then the riffs were just insanely crushing.
And no drugs involved!
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Post by musecubed on Dec 23, 2009 23:39:28 GMT
Justice - Genesis Thanks to blondeambassador's list of albums of the decade...I've always had a soft spot for electro/electronic stuff (despite my current prog/post/sludge rock-metal leanings) and this is going a way to fill a void in my life I'm currently trying to expand my music collection, delving into more prog metal bands (Riverside, Rosetta etc.) whilst also getting some new, less-obscure stuff. Suggestions on a postcard...
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Post by ryan on Dec 25, 2009 14:01:44 GMT
Fleetwood Mac. Both what I am listening to now and what you should listen to.
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Post by flyingswordfish on Dec 25, 2009 16:24:46 GMT
Rocking out to Twyncyn/Trembling Willows from the 2-Disc version of The Dark Third that I got for Christmas.! Been wanting these bonus tracks for a long time. Never heard the full-on Golden Clothes before.
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