I'm the same, Scott, still rate those first two Doves albums highly and pretty much fell off with the third which I found quite bland. Recently, I listened to the fourth album to see if I'd missed anything and hadn't really. I like the production on those first two LP's a lot.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:49 (six years ago) link
Revolution by Chumbawamba is an absolute classic anarcho-punk single but I'm not a big fan of their later stuff. I still have a soft spot for the Anarchy album but that's probably because I was 17 when it came out.
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:52 (six years ago) link
The Tea PartyFlorence And The Machine..James? I love James but don’t remember ever speaking of them here
― nevertheless, he stopped (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:56 (six years ago) link
idk there's like one florence thread but it's not empty
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:57 (six years ago) link
Also I adore Solex and I’m sure at least there are five of us
But I’m the same vein: Kevin Blechdom?
― nevertheless, he stopped (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:57 (six years ago) link
psyched to discover there are at least three threads on the rheostatics
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:58 (six years ago) link
are there any other Hue and Cry fans on ilm?
Hit us up on the Deep Cuts thread my dude.
― nashwan, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 21:01 (six years ago) link
Carnival Art
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 21:01 (six years ago) link
Mew are a competitor for my favourite extant rock band but I don't think more than three or four people care about them here.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 21:03 (six years ago) link
― soref, Wednesday, April 4, 2018 1:32 PM (thirty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i enjoy the fine musical stylings of coatbridge's finest post-structuralist, scottish nationalist pop duo
― Louis Jägermeister (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 21:05 (six years ago) link
The Fall of Troy
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 21:24 (six years ago) link
the high llamas
lots of duds in the c/d thread
lots of hate in various stereo lab threads
mostly indifference
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 21:30 (six years ago) link
for the record I fucking love Chumbawamba all the way up to the Un album and sporadically after that
― sleeve, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 21:33 (six years ago) link
Kenrick Lamar, Fleetwood Mac's Tusk, New Order. all great music that ILM hates for some reason.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 21:48 (six years ago) link
meanwhile some of you have a real hard-on for ELP's Love Beach
― frogbs, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 21:56 (six years ago) link
High Llamas are great.
― Orbital Ribbonbopper, Inventor of Flying and Popcorn (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 22:08 (six years ago) link
I like(d) that one Thievery Corp album, but ILM shamed me out of listening to them any further.
― Meme Imfurst (Leee), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 22:46 (six years ago) link
underoath
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 23:03 (six years ago) link
i say that bc i'm about to mention them in another thread
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 23:04 (six years ago) link
I listen to a lot of High Llamas
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 23:28 (six years ago) link
I can't stand High Llama or any Stereolab from Dots and Loops onward, mostly I guess because I love the Neu! rip-off stuff so much
― nevertheless, he stopped (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 23:32 (six years ago) link
a lot of the 50's era seems, I don't know, taken for granted?There are 4-5 threads on the Everly Brothers, but rarely are these top page.maybe there isn't much new to say, but I'm still blown away every time I listen to them or Little Richard or Buddy Holly etc
― campreverb, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 23:41 (six years ago) link
High Llamas seemed pretentious to me. There's a word ILM hates
― thots and players (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 23:44 (six years ago) link
Give me American Analog Set for 'lab ripoffs. Or were they ripping off Galaxy 500
― thots and players (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 23:46 (six years ago) link
Co-sign on doves and early cardigans
― Eris (Ross), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 23:50 (six years ago) link
Omg I love American Analog Set. I was tempted to say Vetiver...I have a thing for good but not necessarily important bands (see also: Guadalcanal Diary, Mobius Band, Mendoza Line)
― campreverb, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 23:51 (six years ago) link
i love early cardigans (and tbh all phases of cardigans)
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 23:53 (six years ago) link
life is such a great record
Steve Wariner
― had (crüt), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 23:54 (six years ago) link
I'm not sure if most ppl (including/especially myself) really have an adequate vocabulary for talking about '50s music, without it turning into just a recitation of facts, historical notes, etc. There's something sui generis about that era which makes it distinct from most of the rest of rock/pop/etc. I could be totally wrong.
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Thursday, 5 April 2018 00:10 (six years ago) link
Like - I love Bo Diddley, but I'm not I've ever tried to talk/write about his music, or would know what to say. I'm sure there are others who are much better at it than me.
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Thursday, 5 April 2018 00:12 (six years ago) link
(As in – ppl who are actually good at talking about music. LOL.)
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Thursday, 5 April 2018 00:17 (six years ago) link
i always feel like ppl should be talking about little richard way more than they do. his classic original stuff feels so revolutionary and subversive and incredible every time i hear it, like it never feels even remotely dated to me. but i think the only time i see him talked about is, like, when ppl do those "100 moments that changed rock" lists. maybe it is just hard to talk about what makes those records so great.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 00:32 (six years ago) link
Haven't seen much praise for BT on here, especially for his more recent stuff, but he's still making great music. You just have to be selective about what you listen to
― Vinnie, Thursday, 5 April 2018 00:53 (six years ago) link
Considering his name is two letters and his latest album is called _ maybe he’s just hard to search for
You’re right though. He’s a goober but he’s got crazy talent. I thought that Opus album he did a couple years ago was hilariously overblown. I loved it.
― frogbs, Thursday, 5 April 2018 01:00 (six years ago) link
Oh I love Bighead Todd. IT'S BITTERSWEET! MORE SWEET THAN BITTER, BITTER THAN SWEET!
xp
― thots and players (rip van wanko), Thursday, 5 April 2018 01:02 (six years ago) link
I still rate the first Gay Dad album pretty highly. I doubt they have many other fans on here.
How about Kim Wilde? I'm sure that people rate some of her singles (especially Kids In America), but her first three albums are new wave/pop masterpieces that don't get mentioned a lot. Her first album in particular is incredible. I like it more than Parallel Lines and Eat To The Beat.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 5 April 2018 01:12 (six years ago) link
I will check out those Kim Wilde records. Kids in America is obv a pop masterpiece of the highest order, was just listening to it yesterday.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 5 April 2018 01:44 (six years ago) link
fyi she has a new song about an iPhone game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV0mfKdk6iU
― the yolk sustains us, we eat whites for days (unregistered), Thursday, 5 April 2018 03:47 (six years ago) link
I keep meaning to check out Kim's new album. Kandy Krush is ok I guess, the chorus is significantly more enjoyable than the verse. There's much better on the first few albums. Whenever I made CDs or playlists for friends, I would always put on a song or two. You'll Never Be Song Wrong from her debut is my favourite. Sparks, Young Heroes, Falling Out, Chaos At The Airport, Just A Feeling, Wendy Sadd, Shoot To Disable and Tuning In Tuning On (which is basically a Magazine song) are all highlights. I'm really not sure why she's so underrated.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 5 April 2018 04:09 (six years ago) link
I discovered Solex through the 5 favorite albums thread here a couple of years ago (Low Kick and Hard Bop). Glad I did!
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Thursday, 5 April 2018 04:22 (six years ago) link
anybody here besides Stormy Davis ride for mid-late 70s Jeff Beck?
― brimstead, Thursday, 5 April 2018 04:52 (six years ago) link
I thought I’d be throwing down the gauntlet by saying I’m a diehard Was (Not Was) fan but a cursory google search reveals a surprising amount of goodwill for them on here.Maybe if I add on that there was one Frank Turner song I listened to religiously when I was younger (though even then it wasn’t like I was running out to find more from the guy)
― You're all losing so many points on your progress bars (Champiness), Thursday, 5 April 2018 05:25 (six years ago) link
I didn't know ILM was anti-Erasure! They seem like the most ILM-friendly thing imaginable, tbh
― Dan I., Thursday, 5 April 2018 06:11 (six years ago) link
A quick search suggests that y'all are full of it w/r/t erasure and ilm
― Dan I., Thursday, 5 April 2018 06:12 (six years ago) link
Glen Hansard.
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Thursday, 5 April 2018 07:47 (six years ago) link
Think ILM allegedly hating Kendrick Lamar or The Cardigans is a bit of a stretch to say the least.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 5 April 2018 09:22 (six years ago) link
Too many of these answers are unloved through obscurity rather than reputation
― imago, Thursday, 5 April 2018 09:27 (six years ago) link
The Bluetones
I love Was (Not Was). Who doesn't like that??
― loud horn beeping jazzsplaining arse (dog latin), Thursday, 5 April 2018 09:38 (six years ago) link
The only genuinely vile thing mentioned in this thread is Frank Turner.
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 5 April 2018 09:58 (six years ago) link