Carl Posted June 5, 2013 Report Posted June 5, 2013 The Great Gatsby soundtrack is really interesting for the first 6 or 7 songs. After seeing Lana Del Rey on Saturday Night Live, I've wondered how she gets by with such a weak voice, but she works really well on her Gatsby song "Young And Beautiful" () If you process her just right, she sounds pretty good. Paula Abdul's voice was the same way.
TheLizard Posted June 5, 2013 Report Posted June 5, 2013 Album that's gotten good reviews that I wasn't too much of a fan of: "Shaking The Habitual"- The Knife. It has its moments, but generally speaking, not a terribly interesting album. I agree completely. I don't understand the appeal at all.
TheLizard Posted June 5, 2013 Report Posted June 5, 2013 The new Queens of the Stone Age album is great, if slightly disappointing only because it wasn't what I expected. Josh Homme put the old lineup from Songs For The Deaf back together, so I was expecting more balls-to-the-wall riff rock. Instead, Like Clockwork is a little more subtle, or at least as subtle as QOTSA can be. Still, a new Queens album is something to celebrate, and this one is very, very good.
RockyRaccoon Posted June 7, 2013 Author Report Posted June 7, 2013 "Excavation"- The Haxan Cloak I have heard few pieces of music that so accurately represent death. This album is just straight up scary. Sounds like the soundtrack to a horror film. Really interesting.
RockyRaccoon Posted June 9, 2013 Author Report Posted June 9, 2013 Deerhunter has done it yet again. "Monomania" is fantastic
RockyRaccoon Posted June 13, 2013 Author Report Posted June 13, 2013 New album from Streetlight Manifesto might be as good as "Everything Went Numb", which is to say, it might be their second best, if not best, album.
RockyRaccoon Posted June 16, 2013 Author Report Posted June 16, 2013 New Kanye album is quite good. It's not "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy", but it's good for sure. Pretty experimental for a mainstream rapper.
MindCrime Posted June 18, 2013 Report Posted June 18, 2013 I've been listening to the new Alice in Chains album "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here". I really haven't been that impressed by it, and this was my favorite band during the 90's, I also liked their last album from a few years ago. Perhaps I need to listen to it a few more times. It would also help persuade my opinion if they had a show coming here in Phoenix, but I haven't seen anything on their tour for it, seems they're only going to smaller midwest towns and ignoring the larger major cities, including their hometown Seattle.
RockyRaccoon Posted June 18, 2013 Author Report Posted June 18, 2013 Another well-hyped band that's earned all the acclaim: Savages. Their debut, Silence Yourself, is AMAZING. Finally got around to listening to this. Really really good. I have to say, the most impressive part of it is the sound. The guitar work is just amazing, I love it. Sounds a lot like Sonic Youth I think.
TheLizard Posted June 18, 2013 Report Posted June 18, 2013 Right? They definitely have that 80s post-punk Siouxsie kind of sound, but with better production values. Also, the first four songs on Yeezus might be the best thing Kanye's ever done. The rest of the album is just ok.
RockyRaccoon Posted June 18, 2013 Author Report Posted June 18, 2013 Right? They definitely have that 80s post-punk Siouxsie kind of sound, but with better production values. Also, the first four songs on Yeezus might be the best thing Kanye's ever done. The rest of the album is just ok. Oh man, what about "Blood On The Leaves"? That song is great
TheLizard Posted June 18, 2013 Report Posted June 18, 2013 Even that one could use some trimming. But it's definitely the highlight of the second half.
RockyRaccoon Posted June 21, 2013 Author Report Posted June 21, 2013 Chance The Rapper's "Acid Rap" is excellent. Second best rap album I've heard this year behind Kanye. Sounds a lot like Kendrick Lamar. Plus there's a collaboration with Childish Gambino, which is always great.
TheLizard Posted June 21, 2013 Report Posted June 21, 2013 Dawes new album, Stories Don't End, is like a pleasant stroll down Laurel Canyon. Highly recommend for fans of 70s soft rock like Jackson Browne or CSN.
RockyRaccoon Posted June 23, 2013 Author Report Posted June 23, 2013 Dawes new album, Stories Don't End, is like a pleasant stroll down Laurel Canyon. Highly recommend for fans of 70s soft rock like Jackson Browne or CSN. Definitely. I enjoyed it a lot. Dawes is always so good and no one appreciates them.
TheLizard Posted June 24, 2013 Report Posted June 24, 2013 Island Universe by Feeding People is like Jefferson Airplane filtered through modern stoner rock. Highly recommended.
TheLizard Posted June 25, 2013 Report Posted June 25, 2013 MCII by Mikal Cronin is like Big Star but somehow even catchier. One of my favorites of the year.
RockyRaccoon Posted June 26, 2013 Author Report Posted June 26, 2013 Another well-reviewed album that I didn't quite get: "Drifters/Love Is The Devil" by Dirty Beaches. Just seemed fairly boring to me.
Carl Posted June 26, 2013 Report Posted June 26, 2013 Thundercat proves that R&B/Funk peaked in the '70s, and worthy successors are very rare. He isn't one of them.
RockyRaccoon Posted July 1, 2013 Author Report Posted July 1, 2013 Laura Marling's new album "Once I Was An Eagle" is very good. Sounds like a modern Joni Mitchell album.
RockyRaccoon Posted July 2, 2013 Author Report Posted July 2, 2013 If Karen O could shred on guitar, she'd be Marnie Stern and she would've put out Marnie Stern's new album "The Chronicles Of Marnia", which is a pretty cool album.
TheLizard Posted July 4, 2013 Report Posted July 4, 2013 Any Black Sabbath reunion album would run the risk of sounding like a parody of classic Sabbath. Unfortunately, despite some rockin' moments, that's just what 13 sounds like. Brad Wilk is no Bill Ward, Ozzy doesn't sound engaged at all, and Tony Iommi just keeps on churning out riffs that he could have written in his sleep.
RockyRaccoon Posted July 4, 2013 Author Report Posted July 4, 2013 If you like The Sword, go get Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats' album "Mind Control", because it's really good. Imagine Tame Impala's singing while The Sword is playing.
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