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simplicio · . Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 1091

Ghosts I sounded like a bunch of NIN backing tracks (as in, lacking). I listened once and deleted it with no intention of touching the others. Reznor seems to do great texture but terrible songs.
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helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Are we even listening to the same album?
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helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

The Eagles - Greatest Hits, right?

Seriously, it would be pretty neat sometime to do a live commentary with the two of us while simultaneously listening to the album. A little good cop/bad cop. Granted, it would mean that you'd have to sit through the album a whole way through. I'll buy the beer to balance out that minor issue.
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helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

And we can do it at your place instead of mine so you don't have to get bogged down in the traveling.
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

I'm down for booze.
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Scratchmonkey · . Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1439

I'm pretty sure I post this about every other month; what the fuck, though:

Live at Leeds is pretty much the best Rock album ever.

boojiboy7 · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:36 am Post subject:

Do you have the Deluxe edition with the whole Tommy thing? It sounds a bit rushed at points, but that they could bust that out in the middle of the regular set just makes the Who that much more amazing. That whole concert is, yeah, just well...fuck.

Scratchmonkey · . Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1439

Yeah, the deluxe edition, I like the rushed Tommy actually, "Amazing Journey - Sparks" is spectacular.

Today was a "crank Kid 606 while driving to work" day.

boojiboy7 · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject:

oh yeah, the rushed tommy is really damn good. cuts out some of the extra crap, rocks right through it.

helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

Don't bet on a better verse coming out of hip-hop this year than Andre 3000's on the track "Royal Flush"--unless you count his previous contribution on "Da Art of Storytellin' pt. 4"

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/audio/id.4491/title.big-boi-f-andre-3000-raekwon-royal-flush

The hokey-pokey regains its clout.

(Big Boi and Raekwon aren't lackidaisical either.)
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dhex · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:56 am Post subject:

saw autechre last night

http://dhex.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/autechre-live-music-hall-of-williamsburg-april-15/

yes yesssss y'aaaaaaallllllllllllllzzmc./v.,/alkjeioqwur';ajgzcng,./znb/.,xbz

new album? VERY GOOD. accessible. actually focusing on songs and stuff. NEAT.
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Did they play Gantz Graf?

Man, I remember seeing Squarepusher with Pierre Bastien a couple of years back. It was grand stuff: Jam session followed by a remix of it.

I'm hoping to catch Saul Williams when he comes round to London by the end of May.

Rediscovering The Young Gods these days. I'm not as sold on industrial rock as I used to be as a teenager, but theirs is something else.
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dhex · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:20 am Post subject:

naw it was mostly mashes of their new album type stuff with a lot of one one two dancehall beats that would skewer off center like some kind of giant insect made out of bass.

bassectoid!
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helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

The Thermals are pretty fucking fantastic. They play upbeat apocalypse music. Heavy on guitar riffs and melody lines with low note counts. I think I would love to see them live

Here's a link of them playing some music. But it's from pitchfork, so I understand if that makes you not want to click it because it's pitchfork and nothing they do should ever be considered a resource.

Anyhow, the first song is my favorite.

http://www.pitchfork.tv/dont-look-down/the-thermals/returning-to-the-fold
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helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

oh, and doesn't someone here live in portland? is it friedchicken or scratchmonkey? one of you i hope has seen them at some point and can tell me if i'm an idiot or not for wanting to see them.
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simplicio · . Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 1091

I like to pretend in my head that I live in Portland. But in that dreamworld I go to shows like Eternal Tapestry or Valet, so that might not help you much.
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daphaknee · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:10 am Post subject:

im not a huge fan of the thermals at all normally but the body, the blood and the machine is a fucking beautiful album

that guy just has SO MUCH FEELING in his voice, its great

helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

i guess that's the only album i have of theirs. his voice is what hooked me!
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Holy shit, Trent is a busy motherfucker.

A new NIN song is out and something is planned for the fortnight, according to the official website.
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

P.S, thanks to Cycle for pointing these out to me! Your'e a great guy, Cycle!
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Cycle hates Marathon, I heard. I can't abide that.
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

http://discipline.nin.com/

Note the comment under the file info: Go to www.nin.com May 5

Nice cover art too:

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dhex · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:32 am Post subject:

did i mention the new portishead is fucking phenomenal?
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helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

no, but i've been waiting for someone to mention it. i should try to sneak a listen.
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Yeah I wanna hear it. I almost don't believe they've got another good album in them. I still don't. I won't believe it until I hear it.

daphaknee · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 4:17 am Post subject:

everyone is oozing about the fourth track

helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

Hey all you Portisheadheads! Tell me about Portishead in a thorough but succinct way so that you can sell a cd to me. I've never heard anything beyond some of their 30-second itunes samples.
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helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

the prisoner?
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daphaknee · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 6:11 pm Post subject:

ARE YOU KIDDING HELICOPTER PERP

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

someone please hook me up with the new portishead plz.
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helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

now THAT sounds neat-o.

i'm sorry for being prisoner-ignorant everybody. daphny, i wasn't kidding.
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dhex · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 7:17 am Post subject:

it's not what i would think of, no.

it's like film soundtracks to sad things, possibly involving the french, but with nice production touches. (i.e. bass on wandering star off the first album)
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

New NIN single released via a Facebook application?

Reminds me of Queens of the Stone Age for some reason. Has that mellow stoner undercurrent.
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helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

Dracko do you only like 3 bands?
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Heavens no!

But getting news on NIN is so easy and they played such a huge part in getting me into music and all kinds of genres that I'm always curious to know what they're up to. Especially these days.
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helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

oh, harvey, you're so impressionable.

After being hooked on Night Falls over Kortedala for months, now, I picked up Jens Lekman's earlier album, When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog. It isn't as bouncy, but it has that same Lekman charm. If you only read the lyrics, you'd think he was clever, foreign, and disgustingly glib. But when you hear the music, and you hear how much effort he puts into his (sometimes enormous, sometimes minimal) arrangements, and you hear how much he's studied past pop music subgenres, and you hear what an ear he has for pop melody, you lose the impression that he is being haughty with his inanity.

Most romantic line? "So yeah I got busted, and I used my one call to dedicate a song to you on the radio."
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Crystal Castles are cunts, just so you know.
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simplicio · . Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 1091

Ooh, that hurts. I've been ripping a FLAC backup of all my CDs, but I've yet to back up the disc it's all going to. Every day I look at that external HDD and say a little prayer.

I was listening to Pram today. I wish Beth Gibbons would fire her dudes and record with them instead, if she needs to keep recording.
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dhex · Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 12:11 am Post subject:

shapes, that sucks.

i don't know if i would call it aimless, but they did pick the harshest track on the album as a single. which is a neat way to do things if you're known for not being that harsh.
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

http://theslip.nin.com/
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Shit, I'm tempted to see what I'd have to do to get that high definition wav to play on my receiver...

Anyways, about this new Portishead album: i'm getting a huge Sonic Youth vibe from this album. I really like it.
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