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2 minutes ago, Kyte30351 said:

There were already two people with camp chairs posted up outside of my local shop at 3pm today.

Same. 3 people around dinner time.

Maybe a bit late to ask but does anyone know how to gauge whether a record will be quickly sold out or not? I'm looking for the Green Day one and the 2 Madonna ones and I've no idea whether they'll be gone in the first 15 minutes or not. I've no clue when it comes to this kinda thing. Any insight would be great.

Biffy Clyro - MTV Unplugged (Live At Roundhouse, London)

£7.50

2 for £15

https://thesoundofvinyl.com/Outlet/Flash-Sale/

11 hours ago, DocOcSpidey said:

Idk man. I like punk stuff it’s always fun. 

But most of my go to bands and have been for years is...

 

The Promise Ring

Jets To Brazil 

Hum

The Jazz June

Mineral

Brandtson

Pedro The Lion 

Kind of Like Spitting

Lifetime

Christie Front Drive

 

maybe see if any of those tickle your fancy 

Ha, you sound about as old as me ;-) I like The Jazz June and Kind of Like Spitting but it's been a long time since I listened to them. I've heard of the rest but never gave any of them a proper listen so I'll get on that now. Thank you.

11 minutes ago, firefoxUSSR said:

I should say "People are saying..." 

 

I know several people personally who just hate the band.  

All bands are hated by someone. Doesn't make them "uncool".  Weird statement that.

2 minutes ago, Stress On The Sky said:

You're more than welcome. I got a few kneejerk cds from back in the day too. When I saw the London leg of the Mongol Horde tour they did play a couple of new tunes so as soon as Frank has a break from his Billy Bragg routine we may get something new.

 

You're spot on as far as Biffy Clyro goes these days, since 2007 theyve been getting more commercial for sure. I can still stomach it but I've been a rabid fan for 16 odd years so I'm a little biased. Those first three albums though strike a great balance between melodic  and chaotic and are all probably in my top all time albums. I do miss Simon's screams.

 

If you wind up enjoying Palehorse but want more after you've gotten through their discography most of the band are now in an outfit called Remote Viewing who just dropped their album this year.

 

Also it goes without saying but I hope you feel better soon. I struggle off and on with depression myself n its a cruel mistress especially when it turns a passion into ashes.

 

 

Thanks man. I've been trying pretty hard recently listening to music and watching a few films to try and get my interest back but it's not been terribly successful. I just can't enjoy anything I used to love doing and it's hard. I hope you're doing ok.

New Mongol Horde songs sounds hopeful! I was worried this was going to just be a one-off album. It's been a while since they released it but I guess Frank has other priorities which is fair enough.

I'm actually quite keen to check out Biffy Clyro now. Had no idea they used to be heavier.

I've not heard of Remote Viewing, thanks!

You've given me a lot to check out. Thanks for that, it's a big help.

15 hours ago, Stress On The Sky said:

Great guy. Check out his old band Reuben if you haven't already, they only put out three albums but they are all stellar. Lenman n a lot of his chums were the bands I grew up on so I have a few other recommendations for hard hitting rock from the same UK scene. Also Mr Lenman has just announced a new live LP featuring an acoustic set performed at St Pancras Old Church.

As I see you've spotted Frank Turner's hardcore project Mongol Horde you may also be interested in his band from way back when featuring the same drummer called Million Dead. They're post-hardcore bliss, two albums, both great. The bassist went on to be part of Future Of The Left a rather more oddball heavy act made up of ex-noise rockers Mclusky. The drummer also had a sludge/noise/metal band called palehorse but those guys are insanely heavy in comparison and not walking the line of melodic and hardcore. Saw Mongol Horde earlier this year you may get a second album before too long.

There's a whole collection of related bands you may dig like Sucioperro (have Lenman featured on a few tracks but sadly mostly defunct now and no vinyl still 4 albums and a tonne of great EPs). You might also be interested in old school Biffy Clyro the new stuff is polished to pop rock standards that may make you turn your nose up initially but the first three albums Blackened Sky, Vertigo Of Bliss and Infinity Land are twisted and choc full of heavy moments. Sucioperro & Biffy Clyro front men have a bizarre side project called Marmaduke Duke as well although the third album seems like its never coming out. 


 

I know of Reuben from years back but I've never listened to them. I'll check them out.

I also know  Million Dead but never got into them. I'm actually old enough to have known his emo type band Kneejerk wayyyyyyy back in the day. They're a bit of an acquired taste but I love their song "Wire Wool". I think I've listened to Palehorse before too but I'll check them out again. I don't mind heavy stuff. I was reading about Mongol Horde and apparently their tour earlier this year was the first one they've done since the album? I'm not holding my breath for them to tour again but I would absolutely love to see them live. If they tour, I'll be there. They played King Tuts in Glasgow which has a capacity of about 450 I think. That would've been amazing. So gutted I was late in discovering them. Fingers crossed for a new album and a tour. Oh and Future of the Left I've again heard of but never listened to.

I know of Sucioperro and and Biffy Clyro but always assumed they were poppy rock bands so never checked them out as it's not really my thing. I'll do that now. I think I listened to Marmaduke Duke years ago but can't remember much about them. I'll also give them a spin.

Thanks a lot for your suggestions, means a lot.

Mine shipped today too. Due tomorrow. Mine was £20.77 which I'm pleased with as it's £27.99 now.

11 hours ago, Skacel said:

Saw the film earlier and the soundtrack is pretty decent from what I could hear.

 

And just back from seeing Carpenter. They had the cassette box set at the merch. Couldn’t see the art/tour edition of the new Halloween soundtrack but I was there a bit later. They did have a cool signed tour poster of the Michael Myers shooting target  - similar to the poster that comes with the art edition.

You in Glasgow? I missed it last night.

In other news, I got my art edition about 10 minutes ago!

21 hours ago, Saxonjulin said:

Just give me the sacred bones edition of Reznor/Ross already!!!

Is this actually going to happen? I hope so but it's cutting it fine.

2 minutes ago, Tommy said:

It is, PM8004!

Ah nice one, mine is PM5004.

On 7/9/2018 at 10:59 PM, Tommy said:

Moved to a new space

 

Is that a Marantz amp? I think I have the same one.

51 minutes ago, patty_d_27 said:

Just picked up the self-titled and Mezmerize, sucks the artwork is super pixelated...

My old copy of Toxicity is like that too.

Slept on this, now everywhere in the uk is sold out of the orange 

Just got a shipping confirmation for my art edition! 

So, I was listening to Frank Turner and then I must have googled him or something because I came across Mongol Horde. I know I'm 4 years late but I think they're awesome! I love how the tempo changes, I love how it goes from soft-ish to loud and frantic. I love how the vocal style changes. I just love the songs. Are there any other bands like this? Typical I've found a band with just one album, and who knows if they'll make another.

On 10/5/2018 at 3:10 PM, Ishtar said:

It 100% makes sense. I go through the same thing every once in a while and it just means I need to take a break and look at doing/listening to something else. Take a break, step back and go play videogames for a while, or take up hiking. Eventually either you'll start liking music again or you won't and either way it's fine. Sometimes you grow out of things, and sometimes that thing is your love of music. Sometimes you also just have peaks and valleys within your love of things.

Thank you for understanding. It's hard to put into words. The problem with doing other things is that I've lost my interest in everything. It's just going through the motions. I thought I'd tackle music because while I don't get enjoyment from it anymore I still have this desire to find something I like, and I think I've finally done that with Mongol Horde. Now I wanna find more!

On 10/5/2018 at 4:04 PM, swb said:

Have you pillaged the Italians Do It Better catalogue? Johnny Jewel worked on the Drive score before Cliff Martinez was brought in and he has some really cool instrumental records (Windswept and Songs For Television have stuff that he wrote for the new season of Twin Peaks that was not used by David Lynch and Digital Rain is pretty dope too) and his band Chromatics should scratch a similar itch as Chvrches. Glass Candy, Symmetry, and Desire also have a lot of good expanded singles/EPs. They're not on Italians Do It Better but I bought Electric Youth's soundtrack for a shelved movie called Breathing from their shop a while back, so I always lump them in there, and I highly recommend it.

I'm gonna do that, thank you. I quite like the Drive soundtrack but it's not my favourite Martinez. Cheers.

On 10/5/2018 at 10:42 PM, SeanPuffy said:

Maybe try exploring labels as well, I've found some real hidden gems this way. There's lots of great lesser known releases that you may have missed from labels like 4AD, Subpop, and even the 90s pop punk labels. Some of those catalogs are yuge.

Thank you, I'll do that. I was actually looking through the Lockjaw Records store yesterday and found a couple that weren't bad. Thanks for the suggestion

4 minutes ago, Derek™ said:

Wait, is the goal to jump up and down?  Asking because there's an age-old joke / stereotype about post-rock fans and how we refuse to budge at shows, and only hang around with our arms crossed, making sure to stay completely stoic.  I have a good bit of energetic, "fun" instrumental music – math rock especially - that I use for my morning commute or to jam when I arrive at work and need to wake up.  None of it quite moves me to dance though.

 

Ambient is quite a broad spectrum, in my opinion – partly daunting to tackle, but also ripe with great stuff.  I love a good drone or ambient record that I can really zone out to.  I can throw some suggestions your way in a PM since I'm prone to rambling petty windingly about music and suggestions.

Heh, I don't need to jump up and down  I think I'm just missing feeling something. I say I "like" things but they're not really bringing much enjoyment, if that makes any sense. Recommendations would be great.  

34 minutes ago, Derek™ said:

It's interesting – in a lot of these "there's no new music that interests me" threads, the OP tends to rattle off a handful of wildly popular bands from 1 or 2 genres.  I usually don't contribute to those topics, because rolling my eyes and writing something akin to "maybe broaden your horizons and stop listening to junk?" doesn't seem like a productive contribution.  However.

 

 

There are some great picks in here.  While it may be possible that you are in fact "outgrowing" certain genres [overly cheery pop-punk does nothing for me at my age], I think you could just as easily discover some more music and get into additional bands with the right exploration.  Of those groups listed above, are any clicking with you more than others.  (I definitely go kicks with certain artists and genres.)  I know you mentioned that OSTs have been treating you right – do you think you've got an itch for instrumental records these days?  Just trying to gauge a direction for suggestions since it's all pretty broad right now.

Tbh nothing is really clicking. If I had to listen to something I'd maybe pick NIN or Chvrches. Maybe Frank Turner and like I said I've just discovered Jamie Lenman. Maybe Bane when I fancy something heavier. I'm liking the instrumental stuff as background music. It doesn't make me jump up and down but maybe that's asking too much. However it is pretty much all I've been listening to lately. I like ambient kinda synthy/electro stuff. Nothing too heavy and not orchestral.  I like Cliff Martinez for example.

Thank you for posting.

Sorry for the lack of replies. I'm going through everything suggested. Haven't really found anything I love yet, though Microphones are not bad. I've also been going through a massive game soundtrack playlist on youtube - 74 full soundtracks. I've found a couple that I like. I've also discovered Jamie Lenman.

I used to listen to the Beatles a *lot* when I was a teenager. Worth revisiting. Thanks again everyone.

I still like tacos.

31 minutes ago, Green Tea Papi said:

stop listening to rock music

yeah ok

30 minutes ago, fish said:

For UK folks:

 

http://www.crashrecords.co.uk/product/trent-reznor-and-atticus-ross-halloween-theme-remix-black-12-vinyl-or-indies-exclusive-orange-12-vinyl-pre-order/

 

Still really surprised that SB haven't announced this yet as it's only a few weeks away. Was kind of figuring they would as soon as they closed their subscription plan yesterday.

Wow, thank you.

Thanks so much everyone for trying to help me. I'm going to go through this this thread and listen to everything and see what happens. Maybe I am just growing out of punk and stuff. That makes me kinda sad cos it used to be such a big part of my life. Oh well. Thanks again.

5 minutes ago, Tommy said:

You probably need to explore new genres. Everything up there is pretty much, punk, pop-punk, & rock. Be open to trying some Rap, Hip-Hop,Folk, Post-Rock, Shoegaze, Electronic, EDM, or instrumental music

 

My guess is you've gotten older (like all of us here) and your tastes are just maturing past NOFX

It's funny you should say that. I've just recently got into OSTs, but I've found I'm pretty fussy. I searched for ages looking for some ambient/electronic/synthy instrumental music but didn't really find anything that scratched that itch. I can only find stuff like that in soundtracks (The Knick, Mr Robot, Solaris, that kinda thing). Thanks for your reply.

4 minutes ago, swb said:

During the worst depression period of my life, I was watching Joey Votto in his prime batting in a game during a playoff hunt for my Cincinnati Reds and I remember watching thinking "This means zero to me. A few months ago, this would be fun and exciting and I'd enjoy this but I am not getting anything from this at all." I think people's tastes do cement and also change, which can make finding new music or enjoying old music tough, but I do think it's worth acknowledging how much our enjoyment of dumb/important stuff like music, art, sports, friends, etc. can be affected by our brain chemistry. 

But to answer your question, I might recommend maybe going back in time and looking up bands you've always heard of but never dove into. There might be something more grounding about that then auditioning new bands that have no history or cultural context. Totally my own tastes being projected here but try finding the non-awful 80s rock bands that you might have missed. We think we know them based off the singles but Talking Heads and R.E.M. have a ton of delightful songs that go beyond the big hits. There were a ton of less popular power pop bands in the 80s that are worth discovering (try looking up Numero's 80s pop rock comps). There was also a ton of cool pre-new wave electronic stuff all over the world in the 80s that never got well known (Medical Records has reissued a bunch of cool stuff from that era). Get lost in the catalogue of a prolific artist like MF Doom/DOOM/King Geedorah/etc. or Phil Elvrum/Mount Eerie/Microphones and read up on Wikipedia about all their different projects and pseudonyms.

I hope some of this helps a tiny bit.

Yeah I can really relate to things not meaning anything. I hadn't thought of trying 80s stuff. I'll give that a try. I'm sure there's loads of stuff I'm missing out on there tbh and I'm interested in electronic music too. Thanks for the pointers on where to start. I'll get listening. Thank you.

Everything I used to like is meh to me now. I need new music but any new music I listen to is crap. It's depressing. I am clinically depressed and I put it down to that but I'd really like to like music again. Get some feeling when listening to it. I'm not sure what I'm expecting anyone to do or suggest. Maybe I need a list of new music to check out. My favourite bands used to be/are Motion City Soundtrack, Bayside, Propagandhi, NOFX, Rise Against, Bane, Sinking Ships, The Saddest Landscape, La Dispute, Converge, Anti-Flag, Antillectual, Every Time I Die, Fugazi, Slint, Cap N Jazz, Boysetsfire, Bad Religion,  Authority Zero, Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, System of a Down, Strapping Young Lad, Off With Their Heads, Raised Fist, Mogwai and a wee bit of Chvrches and Lady Gaga.

Does anyone want to recommend a pile of bands for me? There has to be something out there that I like but I'm pretty out of the loop these days. I've heard very little music from the last 3 years. Maybe even 5 years. I'd like to buy some new vinyl and enjoy it. I know some of you might think what's the point of suggestions if I don't like anything. Well I just thought it was worth a try. I have a craving for something new (to me) and fresh. I don't care what genre. Sorry if this is a stupid post but it might help. Thanks.