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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #100 on: November 13, 2012, 12:33:33 AM »
Quote from: MuppetFace on November 12, 2012, 01:35:17 PM

Wasn't it QH who was talking about seeing La Sera live? Lucky bastard.


Don't meant to rub it in, but I got to meet Katy Goodman! She was hanging out at the merch booth mingling with the crowd before her set. Her tour had just swung through Portland before making it to us, and we were debating on SF vs. Portland being the hipster capital of the West Coast. She is mad cool and down to earth. Didn't think to take a picture with her though  :(

Took a couple of pics during their set. One from up close where I was during most of the set, and one taken from the upstairs bar.
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #101 on: November 13, 2012, 07:56:08 AM »
I stopped going to gigs a few years ago, but I have Radiohead to look forward to this weekend! Dirty Projectors and David Byrne and St Vincent are in my neck of the woods in January. Can't wait.
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #102 on: November 13, 2012, 07:59:38 AM »
Quote from: Questhate on November 13, 2012, 12:33:33 AM
Don't meant to rub it in, but I got to meet Katy Goodman! She was hanging out at the merch booth mingling with the crowd before her set. Her tour had just swung through Portland before making it to us, and we were debating on SF vs. Portland being the hipster capital of the West Coast. She is mad cool and down to earth. Didn't think to take a picture with her though  :(

Took a couple of pics during their set. One from up close where I was during most of the set, and one taken from the upstairs bar.

Awesome. That's so cool!
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #103 on: November 13, 2012, 08:08:06 AM »
I wasn't really that taken by Dirty Projector's Swing Lo Magellan. Gave it another spin and it suddenly clicked. It's now up there with my faves for the year. I may actually like it more than Bitte Orca.
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #104 on: November 13, 2012, 08:39:36 AM »



I freakin' love The Postal Service and have only just found out vocalist Ben Gibbard is DCfC's singer. I had a preconceived notion of what type of music Death Cab played without being that familiar with their work and have perhaps subconsciously avoided them as a result. This album doesn't quite reach the heights of Give Up but it is laced with some of that magic. Looking forward to diving into DCfC's catalogue.

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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #105 on: November 13, 2012, 08:58:12 AM »
Quote from: burnspbesq on November 12, 2012, 10:41:57 PM
Quote from: lmswjm on November 11, 2012, 05:16:19 PM
Just shouted this:

Here are 2 of my favorite artists together for the first time: Hélène Grimaud & Sol Gabetta / DUO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MNczOJVBhnQ

Listening to the 96/24 file from HDTracks now. Excellent!

Have you heard the Faure quintets album by Eric LeSage and Quatuor Ebene?

Just previewed the Faure, sounds great!
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #106 on: November 13, 2012, 05:53:41 PM »
Quote from: olor1n on November 13, 2012, 08:39:36 AM

I freakin' love The Postal Service and have only just found out vocalist Ben Gibbard is DCfC's singer. I had a preconceived notion of what type of music Death Cab played without being that familiar with their work and have perhaps subconsciously avoided them as a result. This album doesn't quite reach the heights of Give Up but it is laced with some of that magic. Looking forward to diving into DCfC's catalogue.

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Yep -- I'd start with Transatlanticism, which is the high point in their catalog, IMHO.

Ben Gibbard (now known as Benjamin Gibbard, cause he's all grown up now) just released a solo album last month. I gave it a once-through but wasn't too impressed with any of it other than a couple of tracks.

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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #107 on: November 13, 2012, 05:56:05 PM »
I've been sleeping on Xavier Rudd. Just got his latest album, and gonna dive in tonight.

And +1 on the new Godspeed You! Black Emperor. I'm digging that as well. Been capping my night off with that album for the past few weeks.
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #108 on: November 13, 2012, 06:12:41 PM »
Quote from: Questhate on November 13, 2012, 05:56:05 PM
I've been sleeping on Xavier Rudd. Just got his latest album, and gonna dive in tonight.

And +1 on the new Godspeed You! Black Emperor. I'm digging that as well. Been capping my night off with that album for the past few weeks.

By coincidence, I just got the new GY!BE album as well as Death Cab's Transatlanticism and Plans albums. I've also been listening to the Postal Service for years now, but never knew DCFC's vocalist was the same guy.

I'm liking all of them. The GY!BE album was surprising because I thought it was an ambient/drone album at first, until the guitars kicked in :)
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #109 on: November 13, 2012, 06:23:31 PM »
Quote from: Sforza on November 13, 2012, 06:12:41 PM
The GY!BE album was surprising because I thought it was an ambient/drone album at first, until the guitars kicked in :)

I love the opening to "Mladic" with the twanging guitars that almost sound like seagulls. My favorite opening of theirs however is still "Suite 1: Storm" from Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven. The first 7 minutes or so gives me this mental image of some royal procession approaching from down the road and eventually going by, clad in courtly garb with banners, trumpeters, cartwheeling acrobats, and a gilded royal sedan chair.
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