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Post by Horned Gramma on Aug 25, 2011 12:00:00 GMT -8
I like it too. I really, really like Fruit Bats, and on Tripper Eric Johnson is doing what he does so I can't complain.
It's hard to imagine a Fruit Bats record that I wouldn't be just totally dopey over, though. 'Singing Joy to the World' is one of those songs like Paul Simon's 'Peace Like a River' or R.E.M.'s 'Nightswimming' that I often lean on when I need to clear the static in my head.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Aug 25, 2011 12:01:02 GMT -8
Fuck, and Spelled in Bones is just a seriously great record all the way down.
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Post by know ID yuh on Aug 25, 2011 12:04:34 GMT -8
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Aug 25, 2011 12:17:37 GMT -8
There is just a ton of pertinent date to extrapolate from these electronically recorded and reproduced sound waves.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Aug 25, 2011 12:17:43 GMT -8
Ya got me.
Like I said in the... what was it, the Edward Nutsack thread? I come back to the Arachnid Fritos every couple months waiting for them to connect in some way (for the record, it didn't happen today, either). I don't know why I try so damn hard... I think it's just that it pains me to acknowledge that the next Biggest Band in the World sounds so utterly juvenile to me. It suggests that I might be getting 'old' in terms of being a music lover. Then I was reading Will Sheff's 5-10-15-20 today:
and I decided to double check that I wasn't having some kind of sustained knee-jerk reaction to Arcade Fire based on their popularity and their fan base. I wasn't. Still sounds Starbucks music to me.
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Post by know ID yuh on Aug 25, 2011 15:32:12 GMT -8
WU LYF - Go Tell Fire To The Mountains Man Or Astroman? - Destroy All Astromen! Beirut - The Rip Tide Man Man - Life Fantastic
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Post by davers on Aug 25, 2011 16:24:18 GMT -8
Ya got me. Like I said in the... what was it, the Edward Nutsack thread? I come back to the Arachnid Fritos every couple months waiting for them to connect in some way (for the record, it didn't happen today, either). I don't know why I try so damn hard... I think it's just that it pains me to acknowledge that the next Biggest Band in the World sounds so utterly juvenile to me. It suggests that I might be getting 'old' in terms of being a music lover. Then I was reading Will Sheff's 5-10-15-20 today: and I decided to double check that I wasn't having some kind of sustained knee-jerk reaction to Arcade Fire based on their popularity and their fan base. I wasn't. Still sounds Starbucks music to me. Was Arcade Fire really that popular pre 'Suburbs'? I rarely heard them on the radio, and they fit the cancon quota of radio stations in Canada. I always figured they played so much crap Canadian music because they had to, but they still refused to play anything other than Rebelion (Lies) on the radio, and that was few and far between. I just assumed they were too 'weird' to be played on the radio. I know that poochfuck went apeshit over them, but I never considered them to be a popular band until this year. They co-headlined Osheaga in Montreal last year with Weezer and the festival didnt even sell out, and they are from Montreal! So I guess what I'm asking is, did you not really give them much of a shot before last year or did you always consider them to be popular and I just have no idea what popular is anymore?
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Post by Geoff on Aug 25, 2011 23:31:37 GMT -8
So I think I'm starting to become a Reshead. I've listened to a shitload of albums tonight from The Residents.
The Residents - Buster and Glen The Residents - Meet the Residents The Residents - Demons Dance Alone The Residents - Eskimo The Residents - Fingerprince The Residents - Tweedles! The Residents - Wormwood
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Post by stamper on Aug 26, 2011 5:36:05 GMT -8
Bear Hands - Burning Bush Supper Club The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient
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Post by Blacksmile on Aug 26, 2011 6:15:41 GMT -8
Has anyone else listened to that Bon Iver/James Blake collaboration "Fall Creek Boys Choir". I really like Bon Iver and James Blake is fine, but personally I find this song to be one of the most annoying songs of the year. It sounds like two records playing simultaneously when they shouldn't be anywhere near each other.
Kind of a disappointment.
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Post by Pea on Aug 26, 2011 6:54:05 GMT -8
I think the song gets better as it goes along, but yea it is a bit of a disappointment. I love this collaboration though and hope to hear more from them together.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Aug 26, 2011 7:25:04 GMT -8
So I think I'm starting to become a Reshead. I've listened to a shitload of albums tonight from The Residents. The Residents - Buster and Glen The Residents - Meet the Residents The Residents - Demons Dance Alone The Residents - Eskimo The Residents - Fingerprince The Residents - Tweedles! The Residents - Wormwood Fuck yeah dude. Just takes a little time for it to get under yer skin. Tweedles! is somethin else, huh? Anytime you need more you just come see me. I don't know how easy it is to find their albums in the dusty corners of the internet and most of them are out of print, but I've got 'em all on CD.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Aug 26, 2011 7:30:34 GMT -8
Was Arcade Fire really that popular pre 'Suburbs'? I rarely heard them on the radio, and they fit the cancon quota of radio stations in Canada. I always figured they played so much crap Canadian music because they had to, but they still refused to play anything other than Rebelion (Lies) on the radio, and that was few and far between. I just assumed they were too 'weird' to be played on the radio. I know that poochfuck went apeshit over them, but I never considered them to be a popular band until this year. They co-headlined Osheaga in Montreal last year with Weezer and the festival didnt even sell out, and they are from Montreal! So I guess what I'm asking is, did you not really give them much of a shot before last year or did you always consider them to be popular and I just have no idea what popular is anymore? I've been trying to find a place in my heart since Funeral came out. I'll be perfectly honest, I don't know how popularity works anymore but that has much to do with the fact that I live in Portland. This place is a little culture bubble. So I can't speak for the vast expanse of Red states between here and New York and I can't speak for Canada, but Arcade Fire has had every kid in Portland between the ages of 21 and 40 all weepy-eyed since pretty much the very first. I've given my run-down on my feelings for Arcade Fire so many times here I can't bear to do it again, but over in the Hall of Fame is the Edward Nutsack & the Magnetic Nutsacks thread and a pretty good conversation was had on this very subject there. If memory serves that was also the thread where some of you started to take me seriously and stopped trying to drive me out of here.
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Post by Drew on Aug 26, 2011 7:33:24 GMT -8
Anytime someone says Edward Nutsack and the Magnetic Nutsacks, you've got to start taking him or her seriously
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Post by davers on Aug 26, 2011 8:52:47 GMT -8
Was Arcade Fire really that popular pre 'Suburbs'? I rarely heard them on the radio, and they fit the cancon quota of radio stations in Canada. I always figured they played so much crap Canadian music because they had to, but they still refused to play anything other than Rebelion (Lies) on the radio, and that was few and far between. I just assumed they were too 'weird' to be played on the radio. I know that poochfuck went apeshit over them, but I never considered them to be a popular band until this year. They co-headlined Osheaga in Montreal last year with Weezer and the festival didnt even sell out, and they are from Montreal! So I guess what I'm asking is, did you not really give them much of a shot before last year or did you always consider them to be popular and I just have no idea what popular is anymore? I've been trying to find a place in my heart since Funeral came out. I'll be perfectly honest, I don't know how popularity works anymore but that has much to do with the fact that I live in Portland. This place is a little culture bubble. So I can't speak for the vast expanse of Red states between here and New York and I can't speak for Canada, but Arcade Fire has had every kid in Portland between the ages of 21 and 40 all weepy-eyed since pretty much the very first. I've given my run-down on my feelings for Arcade Fire so many times here I can't bear to do it again, but over in the Hall of Fame is the Edward Nutsack & the Magnetic Nutsacks thread and a pretty good conversation was had on this very subject there. If memory serves that was also the thread where some of you started to take me seriously and stopped trying to drive me out of here. I've read the thread where you air your griviances with Arcade Fire so you dont have to say it all again. I was just wondering about your opinion of their popularity because even though "No the band is The Suburbs, the album is Arcade Fire" is a running joke, it holds true for a lot of people I know. If you didnt follow internet hype and all that stuff, it was pretty unlikely that you would know a whole lot about them. They gained a little steam with Funeral, but then Neon Bible was a flop with no radio play that I heard, so anyone not seeking them out wouldnt have had a clue who they were. I saw them on their Neon Bible tour and had 4 tickets since 3 friends wanted to come. A friend bailed because of work or something and I had a real tough time finding someone who knew more than a couple songs, let alone willing to pay money to see them. I do find it pretty funny that since 'The Suburbs' they are inescapable, but prior to that I was hard pressed to find a fan. Throw into the mix that I think 'The Suburbs' isnt really much more catchy, mainstream or really all that better than their previous stuff and I and just pretty baffled at their rise to fame. Maybe those Grammy people still do have some power afterall.
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Post by Pea on Aug 26, 2011 9:03:07 GMT -8
I'll never understand how The Suburbs was the album that propelled them to where they are now. The singles are nowhere as catchy or even as accessable as their previous ones and Funeral is overall a million times better than that album.
I think I'm just over that damn band. Still love spinning Funeral from time to time though.
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Post by wompwomp on Aug 26, 2011 9:18:55 GMT -8
I knew this Arcade Fire backlash was coming. Four months ago it was the whole "who the hell are Arcade Fire" and "they can't headline festivals" and now they are "too big". Funny how things change so fast.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Aug 26, 2011 9:23:05 GMT -8
In my case it isn't backlash; my opinion hasn't changed a lick since the first time I heard that WhoooooooOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAHHHHHHH song. In my opinion, they have always been bigger than they deserve to be.
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Post by Pea on Aug 26, 2011 9:24:17 GMT -8
I actually think their popularity is fucking great for modern music. Their eventual downfall in my life stems entirely from my horrific Coachella experience with them.
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Post by wompwomp on Aug 26, 2011 9:37:12 GMT -8
Man, that coachella set was one of the best shows I've ever seen. It was one of the few concerts that I kind of felt I was a part of something really special. It was like headlning Coachella was the final tipping point for this band to become the "biggest band in the world".
I'd seen them a couple times before, but nothing matched that show. The band was so into it, the crowd was crazy and then the creators project collab to top it all off. Man. That's really too bad things went bad for you.
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