lol i also first heard of this record through emo/pop-punk channels
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 17:13 (eight years ago) link
Can't stop listening to this record, her voice is so amazing, cuts straight to the bone
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Sunday, 9 August 2015 22:24 (eight years ago) link
Saddle Creek quietly had a pretty good year
― Evan R, Friday, 20 November 2015 19:47 (eight years ago) link
i revisited this record last week and it is still stunning
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 20 November 2015 20:15 (eight years ago) link
ditto. Played it for a (indie rocker) friend who hadn't heard it, he loved it too.
not sure why this band didn't blow up (or do the 2015 equivalent of blowing up)
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Friday, 20 November 2015 20:37 (eight years ago) link
A FORTY FIVE
― j., Friday, 20 November 2015 20:39 (eight years ago) link
8:45 a.m.*
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 20 November 2015 21:32 (eight years ago) link
good alb
― flopson, Friday, 20 November 2015 21:34 (eight years ago) link
haha oh is that what she sez
i am just gonna keep imagining that part is about records somehow
― j., Friday, 20 November 2015 22:16 (eight years ago) link
this album
― ciderpress, Thursday, 3 December 2015 16:00 (eight years ago) link
i've had a very BradNelson year
― ciderpress, Thursday, 3 December 2015 16:01 (eight years ago) link
we ALL WILL remember things
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Thursday, 3 December 2015 17:06 (eight years ago) link
brad = 2013-2015 ilm mvp imo and we should like to take the opportunity to thank him for being so
― Tim F, Thursday, 3 December 2015 19:20 (eight years ago) link
agreed
― the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 4 December 2015 05:10 (eight years ago) link
so, uh, thank you, Brad
― the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 4 December 2015 05:11 (eight years ago) link
Saw them at Bowery Ballroom last night and they brought the house down.
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Sunday, 13 December 2015 22:47 (eight years ago) link
― Tim F, Thursday, December 3, 2015 2:20 PM (nine months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
This is the best album ever thx brad
― flopson, Friday, 16 September 2016 17:51 (seven years ago) link
BradNelson mvp voters plz go listen to Pinegrove's Cardinal
― alpine static, Friday, 16 September 2016 17:53 (seven years ago) link
check out pinegrove and also the big thief record. neither are as good as this one but they come close
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 16 September 2016 17:59 (seven years ago) link
can we poll album threads started by BradNelson 2013-2016
― flopson, Friday, 16 September 2016 18:17 (seven years ago) link
Cardinal > Painted Shut, but I know I'm in the minority on that
― alpine static, Friday, 16 September 2016 18:23 (seven years ago) link
both albums are incredible. haven't heard big thief, but if it's at all similar to the other two i'll be ecstatic
― I know hoes that know Ali Farka Toure (voodoo chili), Friday, 16 September 2016 18:48 (seven years ago) link
What i like about this album is it isn't really Math Rock/Emo (which i'm generally aesthetically averse to) but it has the sick chops of one of those album and some of the tricks, deployed to play, like, an Alanis album or something
― flopson, Friday, 16 September 2016 18:54 (seven years ago) link
to me, the Big Thief album is like the midway point between Cardinal and Painted Shut, tbh.
i never super-connected with Painted Shut and i don't really know why. i listened to it several times and saw them live once. they're good and she's awesome. just didn't totally take over my brain like i guess i expected it to.
― alpine static, Friday, 16 September 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link
yeah this never clicked for me either, dunno why because on paper it should be my favorite record of 15
Cardinal though. man.
― Evan R, Friday, 16 September 2016 19:22 (seven years ago) link
you guys got me listening to Cardinal again for the 8 billionth time since February
― alpine static, Friday, 16 September 2016 19:38 (seven years ago) link
and i'm in tears, partially because THOU didn't place a single record in the metal thread poll but also because OMG THIS ALBUM
― alpine static, Friday, 16 September 2016 19:40 (seven years ago) link
The Big Thief album didn't do anything for me and Pinegrove are just OK imo, this is still godhead tho
I hated seeing them live though cause the weirdly thrashy bro crowd drowned out every word by screaming along. i really just wanted to hear Frances, dudes
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 16 September 2016 21:51 (seven years ago) link
I'm not sure if there's been discussion of Mannequin Pussy (I know, I know...), but their vibe is the closest thing I've found this year to Hop Along--a bit poppier, and the vocals aren't as impressive, but still bad ass. They're from Philly, too.
https://mannequinpussy.bandcamp.com/track/denial -- this one has a mini-"Sister Cities" vibe
― I know hoes that know Ali Farka Toure (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 22:24 (seven years ago) link
Did I say poppier? Scratch that, much of the album is brutal, but the melodic moments SOAR
― I know hoes that know Ali Farka Toure (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 22:27 (seven years ago) link
big thief is filling the hop along shaped hole in my heart quite nicely post od-ing on painted shut. but it's not AS good imo. PS is my favourite rock album of decade so far for sure
― flopson, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 23:59 (seven years ago) link
i listened to this album for the first time in at least a year today. it is a remarkable achievement
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 21:50 (six years ago) link
god, it's so good
― flopson, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 22:59 (six years ago) link
^^
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 23:14 (six years ago) link
So hard to pick a favorite track, Powerful Man is probably the catchiest (or Well-Dressed?), Happy to See Me is the most poignant, but Sister Cities is just a fuckin jam
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 23:55 (six years ago) link
this is one of those albums that, when i put it on i start to feel a tingling on the back of my neck
― flopson, Thursday, 19 October 2017 00:42 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf3H30pQ9ms
new album bark your head off, dog out april 6
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 19:43 (six years ago) link
OMG
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 20:08 (six years ago) link
AAAAAAAAAAH
― Simon H., Tuesday, 23 January 2018 20:09 (six years ago) link
good song!
― Simon H., Tuesday, 23 January 2018 20:12 (six years ago) link
I am up for this
― faust apes (NickB), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 20:27 (six years ago) link
Let's fucking go!
― hoooyaaargh it's me satan (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 20:33 (six years ago) link
hell yeah
― Dat Login was the dname u doofus (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 04:56 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drOJXFTUhP4
― lowercase (eric), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 16:03 (six years ago) link
was just about to post this...they really stick the landing on this one
― T'Chadwick (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 16:12 (six years ago) link
there's basically no way this album isn't going to absolutely rule
― Simon H., Wednesday, 21 February 2018 14:13 (six years ago) link
Ha, was also just coming here to post this. I never quite got into the previous album somehow, but the two preview singles for this (especially Not Abel) have been amazing
― Launch of new ILM school business management programmes! (tangenttangent), Sunday, 25 February 2018 11:08 (six years ago) link
I'm mad that Alfred dissed her vocals over at TSJ (though "How Simple" doesn't really showcase her range)
― Simon H., Sunday, 25 February 2018 18:00 (six years ago) link
holy crap, this comes out in two weeks
― MooVaughn.org (voodoo chili), Thursday, 22 March 2018 18:01 (six years ago) link
hoping for an NPR stream next week
― Simon H., Thursday, 22 March 2018 18:07 (six years ago) link
Nina? Ok gotta check this out than silently judge everyone who stans for this but doesn't support the Divine Ms. N
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 8 April 2018 01:40 (six years ago) link
not striking me as as good as painted shut SO FAR but i will persevere
― flopson, Sunday, 8 April 2018 02:34 (six years ago) link
Ums it's not overt but I was definitely hearing it at some point midway through the album.
― Evan, Sunday, 8 April 2018 13:46 (six years ago) link
still digesting this. the singles really pop in the context of the album. i was a little underwhelmed with How Simple when it first came out, but now I really appreciate the melody and i've been singing it to myself since listening to the album this morning. Prior Things is a badass closing song that's gonna kill live, and it's the only song on the record that has a "holy shit" vocal moment like the "common kind" refrain in Waitress" or the chorus of The Knock.
― stormzy daniels (voodoo chili), Monday, 9 April 2018 18:10 (six years ago) link
how can I explain it?having been seen,what would that mean?
i can’t explain it,having been seen!what would that mean?
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 17:43 (six years ago) link
at first i was like "this isn't as good as painted shut" but as with that album i cry literally every time i hear it so who can say
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 17:44 (six years ago) link
new thread imminent
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 17:50 (six years ago) link
it would be fun if it included a poll imo
― Simon H., Tuesday, 17 April 2018 17:52 (six years ago) link
i thought it might be too early, but i'll set the date for a few months from now!
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 17:53 (six years ago) link
+1
― Simon H., Tuesday, 17 April 2018 17:54 (six years ago) link
we need a painted shut poll tho
― bhad bhabie...you gon' hurt your bhack (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 18:01 (six years ago) link
hop along: bark your head off, dog
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 18:03 (six years ago) link
also lol i thought about that right before i made the new thread vc
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 18:05 (six years ago) link
we have a great wanting in commoncommon commonbut none of this is gonna happen to menone of this is gonna happen to mewithin my lifetime!!!!
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 14:40 (four years ago) link
great tune!
― cajunsunday, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 18:44 (four years ago) link
this new Frances Quinlan album is beautiful
feels like the opposite of Joanna Newsom's work post-Mender, where by singing more "nicely" she lost (imho) a lot of her transcendental forceQuinlan's never sounded "better," in scare-quotes, but the prettiness of the way she's singing gives these songs a tenderness and openness i appreciate a lot
― sean gramophone, Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:41 (four years ago) link
In my 15-odd years of semi-lurking and occasional content-free posting, one of the most consistently rewarding parts of visiting this site is getting to see Brad's enthusiasm and passion for music. So many bands/songs that I probably wouldn't have given a second thought to that have become mandatory listens based on the Brad stamp of approval. :)
Anyway, this record is the latest. "Texas Funeral" in particular. Holy shit. But yeah, also in general, just wanted to say thanks to Brad for being the best stranger on the internet.
― cwkiii, Sunday, 1 March 2020 17:14 (four years ago) link
otm.
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Sunday, 1 March 2020 17:52 (four years ago) link
agreed.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Monday, 9 March 2020 15:02 (four years ago) link
brad = 2013-2015 ilm mvp imo and we should like to take the opportunity to thank him for being sootm
still listening and loving this band
― Half Japanese Breakfast (outdoor_miner), Saturday, 7 May 2022 19:13 (two years ago) link