I get MVOTC now (six years old!), but I like my VW with more rhythmic tumult. Contra owns my heart because of "Giving Up the Gun" and "Diplomat's Son."
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 22:22 (four years ago) link
contra's the best. i love modern vampires but all the gloom about aging has... aged poorly for me
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 22:36 (four years ago) link
none of you liked the beats on DAYTONA?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 22:40 (four years ago) link
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, October 16, 2019 5:36 PM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
loved mvotc when it came out, but i'm coming around to the idea of contra as the best album.
― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 22:47 (four years ago) link
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, October 16, 2019 5:40 PM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
kanye still has at least 75% of his fastball as a producer tbh, even that poopity scoop song hit pretty hard lol
― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 22:48 (four years ago) link
Contra and Daytona, two albums featuring cover photos against the will of the people (or their estate)/people's things photoed. Part of their impact? Discuss.
― maffew12, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 22:49 (four years ago) link
at least 75% of his fastball
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 22:56 (four years ago) link
could never get into that. Liked Late Registration though.
― maffew12, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 23:05 (four years ago) link
you clearly have a deep understanding of 'comedy'― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Wednesday, October 16, 2019 3:14 PM
nonsense ≠ comedy
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 23:15 (four years ago) link
still think the first VW album is the best, and it is the only one of theirs that I really love
― Dan S, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 23:22 (four years ago) link
this is like that time JAY Z went to the GRIZZLY BEAR concert
― maffew12, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 23:35 (four years ago) link
peak ‘kanye, more like Kanye NOT?’ dad hours
― flopson, Thursday, 17 October 2019 01:41 (four years ago) link
Kanye? KanNAY more like.
― omar little, Thursday, 17 October 2019 02:21 (four years ago) link
LOVE Daytonaone good idea with all those albums is they were all short
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 17 October 2019 02:28 (four years ago) link
didn't much help his own though. no idea why he gives himself the worst production
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 17 October 2019 04:08 (four years ago) link
Kanye is terrible these days
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Thursday, 17 October 2019 12:51 (four years ago) link
And, even at his peak, he was at best a mediocre rapper
he never had much flow so if that's super-important to you then I can understand feeling that way, but in his early days a lot of his raps were funny and really memorable and that more than compensated for the fact that no one's ever going to mistake him for Rakim.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Thursday, 17 October 2019 13:14 (four years ago) link
can't we just have those memories then
― j., Thursday, 17 October 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link
would someone kindly tl;dr this for me:https://pitchfork.com/features/article/2010s-decade-how-indie-rock-went-pop-bon-iver-grimes-james-blake/
― drunk on hot toddies (morrisp), Thursday, 17 October 2019 15:23 (four years ago) link
he's a rapper like Puffy or Dr. Dre, also I'm assuming a big change in the perception is changes in who is ghostwriting for himI mean, Cyhi the Prince doesn't stick around GOOD music because he moves unitsused to be Consequence and Rhymefest
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 17 October 2019 15:28 (four years ago) link
yeah, consequence and rhymefest can actually write, and judging by the bars cyhi gives himself...he can't
― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Thursday, 17 October 2019 15:40 (four years ago) link
would someone kindly tl;dr this for me:
https://pitchfork.com/features/article/2010s-decade-how-indie-rock-went-pop-bon-iver-grimes-james-blake/
― drunk on hot toddies (morrisp), Thursday, October 17, 2019 11:23 AM (forty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
haven't read it yet but Jayson's a very good writer so I recommend you just read it yourself.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Thursday, 17 October 2019 16:13 (four years ago) link
the thing i'm most annoyed by is that the design and illustration work around this decade-end package is just horrible
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 17 October 2019 16:17 (four years ago) link
yeah what's the deal? it's supposed to look like iphone icons?
― flopson, Thursday, 17 October 2019 16:32 (four years ago) link
that's so this decade tho
― j., Thursday, 17 October 2019 16:32 (four years ago) link
go let them knowhttps://www.facebook.com/events/504028790391409/
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 17 October 2019 18:19 (four years ago) link
None of these scenarios would have been thinkable for indie rock bands of previous generations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-ADAr9-Aqs
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Thursday, 17 October 2019 18:20 (four years ago) link
Shhh, don't talk about things that happened before Pitchfork existed. It upsets them.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Thursday, 17 October 2019 18:29 (four years ago) link
I did a whole listicle about this in 2011 with 37 items on it
https://www.spin.com/2011/11/fear-slack-planet-hip-hops-indie-rock-crush/
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 17 October 2019 19:31 (four years ago) link
lol perfect
would have appreciated including Kool G Rap's sampling of Feist but I am like that
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 17 October 2019 19:34 (four years ago) link
nonE oF theSe scenArIoS WOuLD HAvE BEEn tHInKabLE FOr indIE RocK BANDS OF PrEViOUs GENerAtiOns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCBYPwT912Mhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDTSUwIZdMkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XhYEqz2Hu8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnMN4zawNEw
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 17 October 2019 19:36 (four years ago) link
this is what i'm here for.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 17 October 2019 19:37 (four years ago) link
it's easier for me to now whenever a millennial or younger makes some big statement about music or movies online I just add "....since 2005" to the statement
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 17 October 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link
the quality of contemporary music has been on a steady decline since 2005.
....since 2005
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 17 October 2019 20:19 (four years ago) link
i think of 2005 as a nadir of all culture actually
― flopson, Thursday, 17 October 2019 21:57 (four years ago) link
it was pretty rough. indie had yet to get all wohhhhhh'd out. but man it was in the mail.
― maffew12, Thursday, 17 October 2019 23:55 (four years ago) link
2005 was a very good year for me but that's mostly when i stopped listening to indie so
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 17 October 2019 23:58 (four years ago) link
it helped me branching out more. thank you 2005!
― maffew12, Friday, 18 October 2019 00:06 (four years ago) link
Gang Starr’s First New Album in 16 Years Announced, New Song Shared: Listen
?
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 18 October 2019 12:36 (four years ago) link
it's a hologram
― j., Friday, 18 October 2019 14:48 (four years ago) link
but what kind of IPA does Mr. Starr prefer
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 18 October 2019 15:47 (four years ago) link
the hip hoppiest one out there, of course
― Evan, Friday, 18 October 2019 15:55 (four years ago) link
show of hands, who thinks Pitchfork would've reviewed the new Muffs album if it came out 3 weeks ago?
― alpine static, Friday, 18 October 2019 16:06 (four years ago) link
They reviewed the 2014 album and, for a similar example, Veruca Salt's Ghost Notes. Those are both from 4+ years ago, of course.
― ☮ (peace, man), Friday, 18 October 2019 17:03 (four years ago) link
Surprised they reviewed the 2014 album. (I should've checked.) Maybe I'm wrong! Fair enough.
― alpine static, Friday, 18 October 2019 17:16 (four years ago) link
Had the same thought briefly flash through my head, but then I saw they also reviewed the new Third Eye Blind so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 18 October 2019 17:19 (four years ago) link
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, October 18, 2019 11:36 PM (yesterday)
Premier began work on the album in late 2017 while an urn with Guru’s ashes sat atop his production console.
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Friday, 18 October 2019 17:57 (four years ago) link
Hard to Urn
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 18 October 2019 17:58 (four years ago) link
i reviewed that dog too
― maura, Friday, 18 October 2019 18:13 (four years ago) link