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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #50 on: September 26, 2012, 10:00:53 PM »
Nice I'll have to check that out! 

Mono's new album For My Parents is pretty good based on a couple listens so far.  For those who don't know this band, you might want to start with their previous album "Hymn to the Immortal Wind".  They're a Japanese metal band, my favorite metal band for sure and one of the few I really love and listen to.  They are the inspiration for the band Explosions in the Sky.  Gorgeous, super epic, slow building.  This album is a bit happier and sounds more Japanese than the others somehow to me.  But still has that sound that is somehow like a beautiful apocalypse.   headbang


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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #51 on: September 29, 2012, 10:07:08 PM »
Honestly, I don't know why I haven't posted more in these music threads here (and on head-fi). Music is a large part of my life, and I've been in major explore-mode for years. I guess I just feel a little awkward jumping in, spouting off recs and stuff.

I've been enjoying Swan's "The Seer" quite a bit, as well as the reissue of "Burning World." Those are bigguns. Also really digging the Cut Hands project by the guy from Whitehouse. Some other albums of note recently IMO:

Loscil "Coast/Range/Arc"
La Sera "Sees the Light"
Monarch "Omens"
Keiji Haino "Imikuzushi"
Demdike Stare "Elemental"
Voices from the Lake "S/T"
Alva Noto & Blixa Bargeld "Mimikry"
Monolake "Ghosts"
Mouse on Mars "Parastrophics"
Secrets of the Moon "Seven Bells"
Worm Ouroboros "Come the Thaw"
Alcest "Les Voyages de L'ame"
Sigh "In Somniphobia"
Mount Eerie "Ocean Roar"
Mount Eerie "Clear Moon"
Ufomammut "Oro-Opus Primum"
Tennis "Young and Old"
Memoryhouse "The Slideshow Effect"
Porcelain Raft "Strange Weekend"
Frankie Rose "Intersteller"
Julie Holter "Ekstasis"
Beach House "Bloom"
Still Corners "Creatures of an Hour"
Mournful Congregation "Book of Kings"
Baroness "Yellow & Green"
Ahab "The Giant"
Ty Segall Band "Slaughterhouse"
Actress "RIP"
Frank Ocean "Channel Orange"
Laurel Halo "Quarantine"
DIIV "Oshin"
Twin Shadow "Confess"
A Place to Bury Strangers "Worship"
Mono "For My Parents"
Ariel Pink "Mature Themes"
Chrome Waves "S/T"
Evoken "Atra Mors"
Nachmystium "Silencing Machine"
Deathspell Omega "Drought"
Stars "North"
Wild Nothing "Nocturne"
Purity Ring "Shrines"
Fresh & Onlys "Long Slow Dance"
Best Coast "The Only Place"
Blouse "S/T"
Nadja "Excision"
2:54 "S/T"
Peaking Lights "Lucifer"
Dirty Projectors "Swing Lo Magellan"
Ruins Alone "S/T"

I did not enjoy the new Animal Collective very much at all. I'm *really* looking forward to the new Flying Lotus however, which will be released next week.

Also for those who like underground metal, the new Worship album will be out soon. Probably the most important doom release since the last Corrupted.
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #52 on: September 29, 2012, 11:20:49 PM »
Now that is a list! Lots of good stuff on there, and lots to check out that I haven't heard yet.

RE: Animal Collective -- I was very disappointed in it when I first heard it. I did force myself to keep listening because I was seeing them live and I must admit it grew on me a bit. I especially like the Rosie Oh --> Applesauce --> Wide Eyed --> Father Time. But yeah, it doesn't hold a candle to their older stuff, imo.

And the new FlyLo is SO good. Been listening to it non stop this week.

I'm really looking forward to the Tame Impala and Titus Andronicus albums.
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #53 on: September 30, 2012, 12:31:25 AM »
I find the discussion/debates about gear stale and futile at the moment. Discovering and enjoying music is centre-stage once again and I gravitate to this thread when it is updated.

Will have to work through some of the suggestions here when I can tear myself away from Mumford & Sons. Don't often get to see bands I'm into tour my neck of the woods and I've just learnt they're playing here in a month and my cousin scored some free tickets. Psyched!
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #54 on: September 30, 2012, 01:16:33 AM »
Quote from: Questhate on September 29, 2012, 11:20:49 PM
Now that is a list! Lots of good stuff on there, and lots to check out that I haven't heard yet.

RE: Animal Collective -- I was very disappointed in it when I first heard it. I did force myself to keep listening because I was seeing them live and I must admit it grew on me a bit. I especially like the Rosie Oh --> Applesauce --> Wide Eyed --> Father Time. But yeah, it doesn't hold a candle to their older stuff, imo.

And the new FlyLo is SO good. Been listening to it non stop this week.

I'm really looking forward to the Tame Impala and Titus Andronicus albums.

Agree 100% on Centipede Hz.  First listen I really didn't enjoy it, but I'm finding some really good nuances in each song that I'm latching onto.  Wide Eyed is far and away my favorite song - pretty sure it's the first one Deakin sings?  I think this is the most Avey Tare-heavy album in terms of writing, too.  I've always preferred Panda Bear's stuff.

Come on let let let let let let let let let goooooooo.
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #55 on: September 30, 2012, 02:56:42 AM »
Going through The Seer. It's a violent and cacophonous maelstrom to endure for glimpses of brilliance. A challenge on first listen.
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #56 on: September 30, 2012, 03:51:50 AM »
I know EitS through the Friday Night Lights soundtrack. Must check out MONO.

Found this stunning clip -
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #57 on: September 30, 2012, 04:08:05 AM »
Quote from: MuppetFace on September 29, 2012, 10:07:08 PM
I'm *really* looking forward to the new Flying Lotus however, which will be released next week.

Quote from: Questhate on September 29, 2012, 11:20:49 PM
And the new FlyLo is SO good. Been listening to it non stop this week.

Digging it, thanks for the recommendations!
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #58 on: September 30, 2012, 06:00:40 AM »
Quote from: Questhate on September 10, 2012, 05:52:34 PM
I've been gravitating toward the new Grizzly Bear album lately. I love all the layers and textures throughout this album. My only gripe is the sound quality is very compressed, but not sure if it's just the pre-release rips that are out. I guess I'll find out once the retail comes out.



Here's the first couple of singles:
Sleeping Ute: http://youtu.be/Hk3tURx8a2Q
Yet Again: http://youtu.be/bteY_fs3Y18

Getting so sick and tired of this shit....

You would think that with a voice so beautiful and such an individual sound, the record company would have kept the dynamic range intact.... facepalm facepalm facepalm facepalm facepalm
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #59 on: September 30, 2012, 07:14:38 AM »
Quote from: LFF on September 30, 2012, 06:00:40 AM
Getting so sick and tired of this shit....

You would think that with a voice so beautiful and such an individual sound, the record company would have kept the dynamic range intact.... facepalm facepalm facepalm facepalm facepalm

You would think. Not a new release, but I was finally able to track down a SS copy of one of my all time favorite albums in the LE hard cover. The CD is very good and very well produced, but the vinyl was cut straight from the analog master, no digital conversion. Very excited to get this one in.

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