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 | DungeonBoy Yeah dude, it's a fun album for sure. I like the faster songs the most, and that sitar effect part and sing along on track 2 had me laughing a bit, but it's good. I love Millencolin, and it's definitely up there in quality with True Brew!
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| DungeonBoy Hell yeah dude, currently on my first listen!
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 | theBoneyKing Fare Thee Well, This Time Around, Crossing, and Aeroplane are my faves, its all good tough. Prob gonna bump to a 4 soon.
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 | SowingSeason Thanks man, your well wishes mean a lot and I'll be sure to announce it when it happens :-)
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| SowingSeason Lol no worries I'm not keeping it a secret, just not broadcasting it either since there's still technically time for something to go wrong (I know it's rare, but stillbirth is a thing). April 17, although she's measuring ahead so could be sooner. We're both overjoyed; been wanting this for a long time.
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 | theacademy hoping to as im loving it but so, so, so swamped with work...i think sowing missed the dib so totally yours if you want it
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| theBoneyKing Have you gotten on the new Jessica Pratt yet? Very beautiful, barely-there folk.
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 | Nocte Also new Can Bardd on the 22nd
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| theBoneyKing Perhaps, yeah! It would be interesting to try as Ive never reviewed an instrumental album before and I tend to focus a lot on lyrics in reviews.
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 | Rowan5215 you should give Out of the Vein a try! it's a little song but one of the best and most honest post-breakup records there is. hell even Dopamine and We Are Drugs are pretty damn great pop albums
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| Rowan5215 unrelated but are you into third eye blind at all? cannot stop listening to them recently, what a discography
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| Rowan5215 Lifted is so goddamn amazing, keen to check out Fevers and Happiness for sure. dude reminds me of Bob Dylan if he'd come up in the emo scene, lmao
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 | mynameischan thank you, i appreciate it. some of it is a little dated and pretentious, but the core concepts are solid. what great albums.
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| Rowan5215 for sure man. always known their classics like Lua of course but never gave any full albums a go till now
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 | SlothcoreSam Yo, have you checked out Spanish Love Songs covering Phoebe Bridge's "Funeral"? If not you need to. Link below.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHvVU9CAZMY
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 | ButteryBiscuitBass Ah, nah it?s a finished up Full length dude, it?ll be out April 12th on Northern Silence productions. She?s done well with it I feel.
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| ButteryBiscuitBass Not a worry mate. Yeah, they?re so good. They?re playing in Nottingham with Winterfylleth later this year so I?ll be all over that!Awesome man, I hope you enjoy the LP dude. Let me know what you think :-)
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 | AdolfChrist Sounds familiar, ill give it a jam for sure m/
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| SlothcoreSam Hey, if u liked that Flatliners album i recommended, check out Pears- Green Star. You won't be dissapointed. Very similar style, short, catchy, loud songs.
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| SowingSeason to be fair I probably listened once and discarded it...could be worth revisiting based on your rec. I just remember at the time thinking they sounded like a very average punk band writing checks that their talent level couldn't cash...always preferred Titus Andronicus for my dose of epic punk rock
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| SowingSeason I listened to them back in the day (2010-2012 somewhere) and remember not being impressed with whatever album people were collectively freaking out over at that time...
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| ButteryBiscuitBass I haven't heard that one, I'll check it out! I've been into a lot of the UK Black Metal scene atm, A Forest of Stars, Fen, etc, all good stuff. Other than that there's a Finnish band called Havukruunu which you have got to check, they're incredible.Thanks for email add mate, I've sent it over to you. The act is called Suldusk and she's wonderful.
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| ButteryBiscuitBass Nice one bro, yeah I will do! We're handling this one as professionally as possible, hiring string musicians for the studio, etc and getting it recorded / produced somewhere special :) Just a case of saving money now. I'm really proud of the writing that we're putting together.
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| ButteryBiscuitBass All good this side man, been busy writing the Meus LP which is coming together nicely. Also been on a huge black metal binge with regards to music listening. You come across anything good recently?Would you be able to drop me that email address again please bro? My phone just flipped out andd your message haha
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 | luci oh yeah! alright!
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| ButteryBiscuitBass Glad you're all good man, no worries bro, I know you like your NeoFolk, so thought I'd hit you up. What's your email address and / or are you on facebook? Let me know and I'll send a stream over for you :-)
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| luci you'll be jamming them into spring, they're addictive as hell :p
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 | OwMySnauze Check out tracks ?Scarecrow? and ?Rotten Apple?
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| OwMySnauze All Their earlier stuff jams but my personal favorite is the Element of Sonic Defiance or Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues
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| ButteryBiscuitBass Yo man, I hope you?re good? I?ve got my hands on the debut full length of an upcoming very good Australian Neofolk band. I was wondering if I sent it you, you?d be interested in reviewing it as you?re a fan of the genre?
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| SowingSeason Ooh anything reminiscent of AV has promise. I'll try it.
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| luci DVP is incredible, rest of the album was a disappointment for the most part
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| SowingSeason haha nice...it's gonna be somewhere around a 3.5-4 for me, it's gorgeous but doesn't sustain interest over all 12 tracks. I'm only on my third listen though so I might decide it's better (or worse) before finalizing my review
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| SowingSeason nice AdA rating...I'm working on my review right now, it's such a beautiful album
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 | Dewinged Could this girl be for you Atari: Abigail Washburn - City of Refuge
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| theBoneyKing That Wasnt Me is one of my favorite songs, so good.
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 | budgie https://laurastevenson.bandcamp.com/album/cocksure
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| budgie thought it was down your alley! the daugherty album you praised so highly reminded me a bit of this cathy eliot release
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| budgie https://cathyeliot.bandcamp.com/album/june
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| SowingSeason https://www.sputnikmusic.com/blog/2010/06/07/top-100-albums-of-the-decade-100-76/
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 | neekafat Yeah filmmaking is a very busy profession ): I think I can still do that no problem! And for sure, I've been submitting myself every year haha Sowing has been very nice about it
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| neekafat just curious lol I've always wanted to be contrib/staff but I'm so busy all the time I'm worried I won't be able to make it
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| neekafat when did you make contrib and staff?
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 | manosg Merry Christmas, bro. Best wishes for you and your loved ones!
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| budgie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDogcrvJaSQ merry christmas
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| luci have a rec: yumi zouma's ep III, a short and sweet indie pop ep
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| luci hated the vocals lol
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| manosg Thanks for the rec bro! Checked the t/t, Don't Mean a Thing and The Ballad of Lonesome Cowboy Bill and really digging the variety. She seems to be influenced by BB King, among others, which is always a good thing. Great rec!
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 | Sniff https://ketomusic.bandcamp.com/album/blackened-pool
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 | ProjectFreak funny how that works, and I'm all for it! glad to see someone around here has good taste ;)
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| neekafat I'm excited too! And hey could you add a rec in the SOTD thread??
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| neekafat Marissa Nadler write up is done in my cram list!
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| luci ha, I?m way past the ashamed phase. if I?m gonna spend my hobby time on a barely functioning music website might as well do it in earnest
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| luci also thank god someone else doesn't care for that mitski. i loved puberty 2 but the new one is fleeting and forgettable
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| luci nice, I should revisit. her voice is unreal. i'm doing well, year is winding down nicely. hope you're good x
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 | Lucman Absolutely! Been finding some gems thanks to your list.
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 | DaveyBoy I need to listen to the album in full first. Ive probably heard about only half of it thus far... Which isn't a surprise since Ive heard all of 2 LPs this year! (Alk3
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| neekafat Hi your Harrod and Funck rating makes me happy
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| Dewinged Atari, check a chick called Anna Gordon, album is Fern Canyon, released last week, might be up your alley.
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| budgie https://tooyoungtogosteady.bandcamp.com/releases80s dream pop vibeszszseszsdzsezszszsszzsezezsezsesz
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 | TwigTW Here's something different: Marianne Faithfull - Negative Capability. It's her best album in a while. It's not country, but it's folk influenced and Nick Cave is on it. Worth checking out if you get a chance... Oh yeah, and she's 71 years old.
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| Dewinged Oh dude, Red Dead... I am about first quarter of Ch.3 I think. Mindblowing. Arthur's a boss lol
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| Dewinged I know man, and I have bad news for you. She sold her soul to the corporates and she's doing s***ty flamenco electro pop now. I checked couple of tracks and felt a profound sadness, will check it anyway but I might have to hammer it down );
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 | Gameofmetal Imma be real whichu, I only changed it because I was applying for a job and using my reviews here for my resume and I decided maybe a hitler meme wasnt the best choice at that point in time
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| Gameofmetal The gang just relocated to the area around Rhodes and we?re just starting to mess around with the grays.
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| neekafat That's fair! I just seemed to be up your alley (:
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| neekafat Damn, the sound just clicks with me for some reason!
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| neekafat You haveeeee to check the new Field Division album, Dewi rec'd it to me and I'm all over it. It's like countrygaze or something it's surreal but beautiful
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 | Kaiwaz Yeah it is. Cant wait for multiplayer!
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| Kaiwaz Oh nice dude! What area were you hunting in?
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 | BlushfulHippocrene Thanks Atari, hope things are going swell on that side, too. (: Listening now and the second track is GORGEOUS. It reminds me a little bit of Holter, and perhaps some Newsom (something about her voice).
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| TwigTW Yes! I think she got it just right this time.
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 | TheSpaceMan oh snap glad you liked it man! thanks for checking, its a personal all time fav
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| AdolfChrist **** yeah, glad you liked it man, theyre ****ing disgusting m/
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| TwigTW Music waits for no one ;-) enjoy your vacation!
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| TwigTW I'm liking the Adrianne Lenker more all the time. The new Cat Power is great too. Thinking about moving them both up to a 4.
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| neekafat Finished my write up for Cactus (:
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| neekafat I'll add it to my cram list new Haley Heynderickx I almost forgot!!!
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| TwigTW I haven't heard Big Thief. I'll have to check them out.
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| luci wasn?t into her band?s album so a little tentative on checking that
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| TwigTW Yeah, I agree. I think her voice has aged in a very nice way. Unfortunately, a lot of her best albums aren't in Sput's database. She has around 54 studio albums. (You've set up quite the challenge for yourself!) She really is cheerful and optimistic. Her life wasn't easy, but you'll find out about that if you watch the movie. I think it won the Academy Award
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| TwigTW 1970's Coal Miner's Daughter is a country classic worth checking out. She re-recorded the title track on the new album, so it's interesting to compare/contrast how her sound has changed over time. Van Lear Rose is another good one. I don't know how you feel about Jack White, but he made that album with her. It revived her career.
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| TwigTW I wouldn't know her either, but my dad listened to her albums when I was growing up. She's a country music institution.
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| TwigTW I have to ask... are you planning on checking out the new Loretta Lynn that came out today?
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| TwigTW You're cutting into my Marissa Nadler listening time--just kidding--Stephanie Urbina Jones is fun. That's quite a collection of classic country. I think Ring Of Fire takes the Spanish treatment best (Although the Spanish version of Jolene is very good.) . . . I see you listened to the Shannon Shaw. I thought that album was surprisingly authentic considering her background. It's great.
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| luci my electronic nonsense. i should tell you there's a new sprague album and it's quite lovely
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| luci i have not. will keep a tab on your recs, not feeling country/singer-songwriter these days
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| SowingSeason Thanks! I'll get to it between tomorrow and 2026! Jk, sounds lovely, I'll make a point to get around to it =]
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 | McTime50 it doesn't help that a lot of other anticipated releases for me trumped over them this week.
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| McTime50 I think this new album is pretty good, but I don't really have anything specific to elaborate on or talk about it much. It's good to see Living With Lions is back at it without missing a beat though, Island is a cool and smooth listen.
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| TwigTW It's gonna be great! :)
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| TwigTW New Marissa Nadler on Friday. I'm very excited! Three songs are streaming now on Bandcamp, if you want an early listen ... https://marissanadler.bandcamp.com/album/for-my-crimes
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| budgie https://kateteague.bandcamp.com/track/gillynew kate teague!!
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| TwigTW I'll give it a spin. With a name like Cactus, how can it be bad?
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| McTime50 Yeah man, living with lions always kills it.
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| budgie https://lilletblanc.bandcamp.com/album/lillet-blancthis needs attention
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| TwigTW Swingin Utters, Iron AND Wine, Maribou State and Shannen Moser, I've been following your sound-offs around all weekend. All great albums.
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| Dewinged Checked a couple of tracks of Moser, didn't do much for me, sorry man ):
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| Dewinged I'll get on the action ;) In the meantime you go ahead and check this track and let me hear your thoughts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC7sBJ7Ya2c
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| luci is that code for "do you love haircut song?" i listened to that twice to find out why you're into it lol... will need another album listen to pick favs
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| luci you're onto a winner with this moser record. so lovely, slapped a 4 on it by the 4th track. great discovery
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| neekafat Idk dude but I absolutely adore it!
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| TwigTW I've never heard them before, but that's a great album. I'm not sure why they have so few ratings, only 4-5 votes per album.
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| neekafat oh hell yeah dude! Thanks for sharing (:
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| BlushfulHippocrene Oh wow, beautiful song... Will check the album soon. Thanks. (Review soon, friend!)
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 | Slex Oh boy, will check asap! You should check out the new Mothers album-I described it to my friends as "imagine if Slowdive, Hop Along and King Kyle simultaneously hit rock bottom and decided to make an album together". Weird as **** comparison but quite a few people have said they can see what I mean lol
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| luci maybe a gushing soundoff will do the trick then :p
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 | collynas441 Shannen Moser album is one the best this year.
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| luci the maribou ain't bad, pretty chill afternoon record
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| luci the annoying thing about having musgraves as my aoty is that i can't thumb my nose at country ;) i'll check a few singles and see if I wanna dive into the full-length
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| luci it's in my queue, glad you're digging it! after a dry spell i'm overwhelmed by all the great releases this week lol
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| luci it's both catchy and complex with entry points for both the electronic heads and rock fans... can't get enough. the three single stretch in the middle is unreal
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| DungeonBoy Dude yeah! The new one is so good, haven't jammed much since from Here to Infirmary but Maybe I'll Catch Fire and Goddamnit are classics
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| luci have a curveball rec: the new yves tumor is a big deal. the most gripping and beguiling experimental rock i've heard of late
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| neekafat And yes I love rec lists like that, I think I'm only gonna do one a year with my cram-lists though since it takes so long to get through haha
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| neekafat That's great! And true, straight-up black metal is really hard to get into but combine it with something else and suddenly I'm into it. I'm not sure if folk will ever beat alt-rock for me though, I have such an affinity for that stuff. But folk will always be a close second for me if only because of how close to my roots it is.
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| neekafat I'm surprised by how long it's taken me to talk to you this much given how envious I am of your folk-heavy piechart
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| neekafat Sounds good dude, excited to see what you think! And yeah I'm trying to do a clean sweep of all the 2018 albums I've heard that don't have reviews, meaning mostly folk stuff hahaha (:
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| neekafat Did a review of Courtney Marie Andrews if you're interested, I saw you rated her new album!
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| neekafat Oh lyrics wise I love him! I actually prefer Funck's songs more (just a personal preference, I can point them out to you specifically if you're curious), but I think that's the only album where they're almost completely on par with each other
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| neekafat That's fair man! And yeah, hopefully I dig him, my dad doesn't much (even though he loves H F) so I'm a little negatively predisposed to his singing style. I absolutely adore "Desolation Row" tho
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| neekafat Will be sure to let you know what I think c: Anxiously awaiting what you're gonna rate that album (;
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 | onionbubs dude i?ve listened to it like 20 times since it leaked it?s so good they haven?t been this good since maybe like good mourning
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| neekafat Hmmmmm I guess it is high time that I properly check them!
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| neekafat Ummmmmmm I know their hits but I haven't done the deep dive yet!
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| neekafat "Lion Song" is one of my favorite songs of all time! Where were you on the SOTD thread a few months ago hahaha, apparently a lot of people don't dig it much. So glad to hear you're liking it
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| neekafat Yessir, I've practically grown up on that one and half the music isn't from their studio albums (: Imo it's their best release
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 | ZombieToyDuck also if you dug that, Changes is worth a shot as well, not as sporadic but still really good imo
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| TwigTW Speaking of similar artists, I'm going through the staff list now and just came across Devon Welsh. Have you listened yet? He's not exactly the same as Gabriel Kahane, but he's close... close enough to be the album people listen to over Kahane's--too bad (for Kahane) they came out in the same week.
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| luci pretty nice, reminds of paul marshall if you've heard him. not quite grabbing me but it's in the rotation
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 | dbizzles Glad you dug it. I was always fond of it, but when I did my Cave list/discog run, it just hit me perfectly. One of my all-time favorites.
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 | tyman128 Agreed. Their debut (Renovate) is much better imo. It's much more raw and intense and original than Rahab. So if you dug Rahab, you definitely need to check out Renovate. I, myself, am also not too crazy on metalcore, but there are a few bands that just hit so hard that I can't not listen to them, much like Earth Groans
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| TwigTW On second thought, just Bright Sunny South, not Lily-O.
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| TwigTW Something similar might be Sam Amidon, Bright Sunny South or Lilly O . . . Model Trains is great. The lyrics are simple but moving. Right now I'm liking October 1, 1939 and Port of Hamburg. He's singing about the Jews trying to leave Germany before WWII, but it makes me think of (illegal) immigration now. His lyrics are really simple, but they paint a larger picture. I like that. They're moving and thought provoking without getting too heavy or preachy.
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| TwigTW great, our two votes are already more than the last one got, hopefully that keeps growing.
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| TwigTW Was just rating Gabriel Kahane and I noticed yours, that's a nice one.
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| Rowan5215 it's up there. genuinely harrowing in a way that most pop punk can't even really lay a claim to! it would come third to Holy Water and My Blue Heaven on my list, but I'd take as a list-topper over whatever from Tell All Your Friends that would inevitably be there lol
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| Rowan5215 thinkin you and I should start a coup to make Taking Back Sunday the next staff top 10
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| BlushfulHippocrene Oh hell yes. :3 I think I've grown very much tired of the scene in that I'm a lot more particular (in a bad, non-qualititative sense), so it's good to find things that still strike a chord with me. Thanks again.
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| Dewinged Happy to hear you liked it. Man I'm circling around that Tomberlin album, can't escape.
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| neekafat Oh I'm just now realizing you don't have Bon Iver rated! It's a side project of his and the guitarist of The National, but it's a massive big band thing with a ton of contributors including Phoebe Bridgers and Lisa Hannigan on it, they've released six songs so far but I think the album is due at the end of the month!
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| neekafat I'm glad to hear that man! Apparently I also accidentally introduced ramon so I'm glad my not-so-subtle praise is spreading (; I'm gonna rec the opener on the next SOTD thread and I'm thinking about writing a review too (:
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| neekafat Have you gotten onboard the Big Red Machine hype train yet?
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| neekafat I haven't heard of either! Haha I posted that last shout before I even saw my box, will for sure check them out man, loving all these indie folk recs pouring in (:
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 | klap If I?ve never liked her previous stuff would you still recommend it? Lol
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| BlushfulHippocrene Nadler is loveliness, but haven't checked Warren! Doing so now, thanks. (:
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| Lucman No prob, man! Glad you enjoyed it.
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 | Davil667 Really glad you like it :] It?s my favorite album of theirs but all are pretty fun. Funk metal at its finest. Rob is a beast on bass and his contributions to the project are nothing short of amazing. The whole lineup is ace... Same goes for ST of course.
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| klap Ya it?s a lovely record, probs my favorite singer/songwriter of the year. So understated but the melodies are aces
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| Lucman Their an Indie band that's been around sine the 80s believe it or not! They're big in the Christian indie scene but not much elsewhere. They're usually a lot slower but this latest is easily their most accessible (while still so sad).
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| theacademy theyre... not great... and shouldnt be in the same conversation as the shallows (which i thought was a great surprise)... instead of those two, watch their far superior non-shark analogues: replace shark night 3d with piranha 3d and replace bait with rogue!
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| klap Just listening to that on repeat
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| klap https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pBHBUpkRTgI
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| Rowan5215 for sure. second to Tracks I'd say Bringing it All is my favourite and the best of that trilogy. Highway and Blonde both drag on way too long with all the blues vamping and such and the classic songs get totally buried - BIARB keeps the electric stuff short and sweet then hits you with the acoustic side, which is one of the best four-song runs in just history tbh. I haven't heard Desire in ages but it was one of my introductions to Dylan actually, Hurricane is a classic
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| theacademy sorry that last bit was: out of the bad ones, shark night 3d a little better than bait 3d which is a little better than 47 meters down
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| theacademy ah, my friend. i do not acknowledge the reef. I loved the shallows. of the bad ones, shark night 3d
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| luci She Sends Kisses was my first love on the record. When he belted out the title I was sold instantly lol. It's everything honestly: the delicious hooks, lyrics/themes, guitarwork etc. Pop rock doesn't get better than this for me.
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| Rowan5215 Ye been on a Dylan kick recently, some of his classics still do nothing for me but Blood on the Tracks and the acoustic half of BIABH... ridiculously good
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| Sniff Oh yes both Lioness and Axxess and Ace are very special records for me
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| luci oh man... only my favorite indie rock album. check it pretty please :
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| luci what do you think of the meadowlands (if you've heard it)?
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| SowingSeason Yeah that's still my favorite from them, and was the first full mwY album I purchased...got it when I saw them open for Brand New and Thrice in 2007. Just remembering all them being on the stage at the same time to close out the show still gives me chills.
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| SowingSeason hah, nice. did you see they're releasing an EP tomorrow? check the most recent comments on the news post.
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| luci I wanna see some decimals on that tomberlin 4 rating, can?t get enough!
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| luci "In Normal Ways" by Gia Margaret started playing and I thought I switched to Tomberlin by accident lol
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| TwigTW Be warned, I have a high tolerance for cheesiness, especially in country music ... Yeah, you're right, there is a lot of good country music this year. I don't know what's going on, but I'm not complaining!
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| TwigTW She's definitely moved in a more Nashville-pop direction. I like it, but that sound hasn't really been popular since the 60s, so I'm not surprised to hear it's not for you... Oh well, it was worth a try.
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| TwigTW Hey Atari, noticed you in an old Dawn Landes thread. Did you check her new one? Worth a spin if you haven't. It sounds pretty good, less traditional, more pop, but still country... I like her voice a lot.
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| SowingSeason thanks to your song link I ended up binge listening every Restorations LP. They're great. LP3 is my favorite. another stud philly band too.
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| luci there's always a glimmer is lovely, thanks for the rec. a confident and understated work, she gets the appeal of indie folk
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| luci the tomberlin record is stunning! the kind we'd rush to shoutbox each other about lol. hope you've been well
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| theBoneyKing Its on the list already, found her last kinda meh so wasnt chomping at the bit for the new one. Love her though, always a pleasure to see her play with hubby Isbell.
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| manosg oh man, have no idea! any hints?
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| Lucman It's up there for sure! I went back to Life in General after hearing it and I still think that is their best overall but I can see the new one rivaling it.
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