In the past 15 years, who has released a better pair of consecutive, full-length studio albums than Modest Mouse's The Lonesome Crowded West -> The Moon & Antarctica?

kate bush - aerial --> 50 words for snow

good one!

t.i.: trap muzik --> urban legend

Catacombs > Wit's End

Cinemascope > Momentum

my real answer:

in an expression of the inexpressible --> melody of certain damaged lemons --> melody citronique EP --> misery is a butterfly --> the secret society of butterflies EP --> 23

Michael Hurley: Bellemeade Sessions -> Weatherhole

Electric six - fire & señor smoke

Eagles of death metal - peace love death metal & death by sexy

Tizzy, Scary In Adulthood -> Down With The Furies

Mountain goats - we shall all be healed & the sunset tree

Rocket from the crypt - group sounds & live from camp x-ray

i was gonna put in flagranti in here and realized they have two albums i haven't heard yet. but i bet they give isaac brock a good run for his money so fuck it!

wronger than anyone else --> sounds superb --> brash & vulgar --> worse for wear

Devin the dude - just tryin ta live & to tha extreme

brash & vulgar is seriously a great album and i don't think i've seen anyone on ilm talk about it.

xp

Les savy fav - go forth & let's stay friends

warning - strength to dream & watching from a distance

Straight Outta Lynwood - Alpocalypse

wait people like the moon and antartica

what a country

i liked it when i heard it. kinda like indie prog. though i preferred that one sunny day real estate album as far as indie art rock goes. it doesn't usually go very far.

that's kinda why i liked blueberry boat too. i mean at least they gave it a go. that's all i ask. give it a go.

well give it a go but don't sound like the eels or flaming lips and throw away all your beach boys albums. THEN give it a go.

why not...

Opeth - Ghost Reveries -> Watershed
Nellie McKay - Obligatory Villagers -> Normal as Blueberry Pie
Bob Dylan - Love and Theft -> Modern Times
Ulver - Shadows of the Sun -> Wars of the Roses
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend -> Contra

weird choice of consecutive ulver records but they work for me too bc of blood inside -> shadows of the sun

Stankonia -> Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

lol

Bennett's 'Street Vs. Science' and the one they did before that

Electric Version -> Twin Cinema

Aquemini -> Stankonia does count though.

Miranda Lambert: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Revolution.

Perfect From Now On -> Keep It Like a Secret

What Burns Never Returns -> American Don

Talker -> Acre Thrills

Reveille -> Apple O'

Journey to the End of the Night -> OOOH! (Out of Our Heads)
Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle -> Apocalypse
Things We Lost in the Fire -> Trust
My Father Will Guide Me Up The Rope To The Sky -> The Seer
The Coroner's Gambit -> All Hail West Texas

("A" for "The" in the Swans title)

Super æ -> Vision Creation Newsun

Mclusky

Mclusky do Dallas -> the difference between you and me is that I'm not on fire

This is not an arguable point fyi

i actually really like The Moon & Antarctica, but I'm not that into The Lonesome Crowded West. Granted, I didn't hear the latter until years later.

For me:

Dots & Loops -> Cobra & Phases Group
Sonic Nurse -> Rather Ripped
Last Exit -> So This Is Goodbye
He Poos Clouds -> Heartland
Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives -> One-Word Extinguisher

Kim Zolciak's "Don't Be Tardy For The Party" -> "Google Me" is a worthy contender for the OP.

In my case

Bjork: Vespertine ==> Medulla
Joe Henry: Tiny Voices ==> Civillians
Deerhoof: Deerhoof Vs Evil ==> Breakup Song
Ben Allison: Riding the Nuclear Tiger ==> Peace Pipe
Amir ElSaffar: Two Rivers ==> Inana
Cunninlynguists: A Piece of Strange ==> Dirty Acres
UA: Golden Green ==> ATTA

Also this:

Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives -> One-Word Extinguisher

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - A Ghost Is Born

Brad Nelson otm

My unpopular opinion would be Is This It -> Room On Fire

jjj otm

Each One Teach One > Secret Wars

The Art of Self Defense > Surrounded by Thieves

Polar Bear
Held On The Tips Of Fingers - Polar Bear

Any two in a row of LCD Soundsystem's albums

Caribou
Andorra - Swim

Electrelane
The Power Out - Axes

Grizzly Bear
Veckatimest - Shields

Lamchop
Nixon - Is A Woman

Wild Beasts
Two Dancers - Smother

Four Tet
Ringer - There Is Love In You
Pause - Rounds

The Beta Band
Hot Shots II - Heroes to Zeroes

Plus cosign on many of the other pairs suggested.

The Necks
Drive By - Chemist

Cotton Jones
Paranoid Cocoon - Tall Hours in the Glowstream

Beach House
Teen Dream - Bloom

Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter
Like Love Lust and the Open Halls of the Soul - Marble Son

Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Neko Case
Fox Confessor Brings The Flood - Middle Cyclone

The first time I became aware of the existence of a band called 'Modest Mouse' was probably the first time the inherent gentrified pointlessness of a lot of American indie really hit me. And STILL I'm not sure that most of the suggestions on this thread are actually right.

Here's the man with teeth like god's shoeshine
He sparkles shimmers shines
Let's all have another Orange Julius
Thick syrup standing in lines
The malls are the soon to be ghost towns
Well so long, farewell, goodbye