I don't like BTBAM or Sigur Ros. Never heard Arcturus.

Gary Numan - Hybrid
Faun Fables - Family Album

I didn't know Arcturus had a new album coming out. Is it with Vortex (Simen Hestnaes, or whatever his actual name is) on vocals?

[QUOTE=Zappa]I don't like BTBAM or Sigur Ros. Never heard Arcturus.[/QUOTE]

You might like Arcturus. Tangy hates them, but pretty much everyone else I've shown them to thinks they are cool.

Here's an mp3
[url]http://media.theendrecords.com/arcturus_crossedstar.mp3[/url]

All of their albums are different, the first is symphonic black metal, the second is just wierd and the third (the one the mp3 is from) is cool, I wouldn't know how to describe it.

[QUOTE=Bartender]I didn't know Arcturus had a new album coming out. Is it with Vortex (Simen Hestnaes, or whatever his actual name is) on vocals?[/QUOTE]

Yeah, Vortex is on vocals. I'm kind of skeptical of what it will be like without Garm, but we'll see. There are bad quality copies all over file sharing. I'm jsut going to buy it when it comes out.

Here's something I've noticed for a long time about albums, and try to stay with me on this one:

Whenever a band releases two consecutive albums that are by and large considered to be masterpieces, the first album is almost invariably a bit more raw and maybe less defined, but it has a greater quantity of terrific songs. The second of these albums is usually a bit more polished and maybe even more popular (it sells more from riding on the wave of attention of that first album), but there aren't as many great tracks on it. Instead, that second album tends to flow better as a whole, and maybe one or two songs on it are better than anything on the first of the albums.

Does anyone else notice what I'm talking about? The first time I really noticed it was with Aenima and Lateralus, just to use an example of a more popular band, but I'm sure it could apply to bands that I'm not familiar with as well.

Pavement

Pinkerton was much more raw and harsh than the Blue Album. :p

But yeah, I definitely agree with that theory. While there's exceptions to every rule, I think in general that holds true for a quite a bit of bands.

Good, because I was wondering if I should just make a new thread about it, but my thread in Alt/Indie always do so poorly :( :( :(

[QUOTE=NachoChez]edit: Oh and speaking of br3ad's last post, the first two Pavement albums too.[/QUOTE]

Yeah that's what I was referring to.

In other news, "Blue Turning Gray" is my favourite Clap Your Hands Say Yeah song.

I dug:

Nick Cave
DFA 1979
Fly My Pretties
Whirlwnd Heat

I also dug the Super Furry Animals. Those crazy welsh bastards.

Today was basically:

QOTSA
Fantomas

Nice.

Early Fantomas I hope?

[QUOTE=Tangy zizzle]Early Fantomas I hope?[/QUOTE]

:/

[i]Suspended Animation[/i].

lately ive been totally digging "touch my bum" by the cheeky girls of romania, and the absolutely awe inspiring obscureness of malchic gai by tatu, who are also lesbians. :chug:

I also like loose vancouver

Well, I'm really enjoying my birthday haul of albums. [i]Sailing the Seas of Cheese[/i] by Primus is a lot of fun, as is [i]Killers[/i] by Iron Maiden. However, I'm still trying to get into [i]Let It Be[/i] by The Replacements. It's not immediately rewarding, but I'm pretty sure it will pay off eventually.

I wish they had [i]Tim[/i] in stock :(

I'm digging Sufjan Stevens' electronic album, Enjoy Your Rabbit.

Faith No More's rare and B-Side tracks are really good.

"Hippie Jam Song" is my favorite FNM song period. It combines loungy funk and hardrock in a perfect balancing mold only Patton and cohorts could pull off!

The Creek Drank The Cradle by Iron & Wine. Yay for ye olde four track recorders.

I just noticed a small insignificant thing...Roger Waters' re-used the chirping birds from "Goodbye Blue Sky" in "Late Home Tonight, part I".

"An Angry Blade" from The Creek Drank The Cradle made me all tingly and for a second it gave my stomach that kinda in love/sick flippy feeling. I've never got that flippy feeling from a song before. :p

I forgot how great the Flaming Lips are...

Silly Silly, Jared.

[QUOTE=YDload]/post[/QUOTE]
It's also true for the first two Oasis albums. I guess you could say it for the first two Smiths albums too. APC, maybe? I guess it works.

Pixies - Wave Of Mutilation
Otis Redding - The Dock Of The Bay
And now Patti Smith - Horses

The Dock Of The Bay is such a hard album to rate. The title track just dominates everything after it. Crumb hit the nail on the head in his review.

Hmm..

Neko Case
Blur
MF Doom

Been listening to Sign O the Times. I think I've been disappreciating this album. Still not as good as Purple Rain though.

Kid Carpet are awesome. The album was made using only really cheap keyboards. It's brilliant.

The Cribs New Album Is ****ing Amazing It's Just Normal Indie Rock But There's so Much Energy And Passion In There It's Breathtaking!Album Of The Year Without A Doubt Buy It You Soft Eared Morons!!!!

[QUOTE=Senor_Whippy]The Cribs New Album Is ****ing Amazing It's Just Normal Indie Rock But There's so Much Energy And Passion In There It's Breathtaking!Album Of The Year Without A Doubt Buy It You Soft Eared Morons!!!![/QUOTE]

try - "They're out of cheese!!!!!!" unless it's supposed to be spelled like that, I don't know

**** I made a error....([I]grumbles[/I])....Snidget if your avatar wasn't so cute i'd scream.....([I]Crying[/I])....It's been a bad day

Sorry if you took that as an insult or something, just trying to help.

Oh yeah, I've been digging MF Doom (and all of his names), Aesop Rock, Blackalicious, and some more rap.

Rap steady on! Kanye West and that's about it for me

Wham! - Make It Big (2.5/5)
Van Morrison - Moondance (4.5/5)
Yo La Tengo - I Can Feel The Heart (4/5)

ATD-I- in/casino/out
Placebo- This Picture; Every You Every Me; The Crawl, Burger Queen
Desert Sessions Vol. 9&10

Today has been a Phish day.

I'm finally getting around to listening to The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute

Opinions?

Sunday Aug 28 - Sunday Sep 4:
1 Jeff Buckley 22
2 Boards of Canada 18
3 Gang of Four 15
4 Elvis Costello 14
4 Nine Inch Nails 14
6 Manic Street Preachers 13
6 Cursive 13
8 Björk 12
8 The Magic Numbers 12
8 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 12

Plus:
The Veils - [I]The Runaway Found[/I]
Kashmir - [I]Zitilites[/I]
Rufus Wainwright - [I]Want One[/I]
Joy Division - [I]Closer[/I]

recently finished downloading

Boris - [I]Akuma No Uta[/I]
Calla - [I]Scavengers[/I]
Maudlin of the Well - [I]Leaving Your Body Map[/I]

My scrobbler still hasn't charted for the week.

Sunday Aug. 28 - Sunday Sep 4

1 Half Japanese 21
2 Tom Waits 19
3 Jeff Buckley 17
4 Blackalicious 14
5 Brainiac 13
6 Kaizers Orchestra 12
6 Boredoms 12
6 The Dresden Dolls 12
9 Pere Ubu 11
9 William Shatner 11

[QUOTE=Happymeal]Boris - [I]Akuma No Uta[/I][/QUOTE]
Nice, is that their newer one?