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Woah, that's interesting.

I listened on a plane Friday, and just now via a bluetooth speaker at home. I liked what I heard on the first spin, I appreciate that it's not more of the same and isn't as bombastic as the last. Gonna need more spins to familiarize myself though as both plays were kind of passive listens, but I'm not disappointed. Might even pick it up on vinyl.

11 hours ago, easteracrobat said:

In for 90s trance Tool.

THIS. Pretty terrible cover art IMHO, but looking forward to the music.

And I'm with those just wanting a simple, well-executed vinyl release (if I choose to even buy it). The 10,000 Days CD packaging was obnoxious as fuck. 

3 hours ago, OldKentuckyShark said:

I can't imagine not picking this up.  But I'm also not sure how I feel about the Tom Petty homage on this song.  

I was about to say, just a few seconds into the song, that it sounds like Tom Petty.

3 hours ago, timsimmons said:

I also get a Neil Young vibe from the single.

Yup, that too.

None of his solo stuff has appealed to me, but I've only tried his first one, Reverse Shark Attack with Ty is ok. 

Announced last week but I'm just learning the news.

https://shop.mexicansummer.com/product/allah-las-lahs/

Orange vinyl orders come with a signed cowpoke print while supplies last

1. Holding Patttern 

2. Keeping Dry 

3. In The Air 

4. Prazer Em Te Conhecer 

5. Roco Ono 

6. Star 

7. Royal Blues 

8. Electricity 

9. Light Yearly 

10. Polar Onion 

11. On Our Way 

12. Houston 

13. Pleasure

9 minutes ago, timsimmons said:

LP and cassette just arrived. Really cool sleeve.

It's like you've traveled back in time to the days of new release Tuesdays. Jealous! I'll be steaming it Friday I guess, while traveling to San Fran.

Reviving this thread to express my love for the Thingy album that was released as part of this series. Noticed it appeared on Spotify a couple weeks ago and have been obsessed. Apparently it's a lost album of sorts, with many of the songs previously circulated as live bootlegs or whatever. What a fucking banger! Love this as much as Other Men's Wake Up Swimming, and tbh better than the two previous Thingy LPs.

I said above that I hope the Other album is the 2nd LP from this series that will get a wider release, but now I hope it's this one! 

1 hour ago, ethereal said:

anyone know if their current tour is mainly this album or if that tour will be announced?

They did a 10-year Summer in Abaddon tour 5 years ago, so hopefully the current tour will not be album-specific. The last 2 times I've seen them have been album-specific tours and I'd love to just see them play an assortment this time around.

ETA: The olive green looks good and the 7" would be great, but I already have standard black and the maroon. 

On 7/23/2019 at 1:26 PM, nicbong said:

New Snuff record ! https://fatwreck.com/collections/new-releases/products/there-s-a-lot-of-it-about

Apparently I haven't listened to anything from Snuff since Numb Nuts in 2000. Anything worth checking out? I'll certainly check out the samples for this when they're available. 

On 7/29/2019 at 7:21 AM, xen0m0rph said:

New lagwagon will be out in october

I never heard Hang, but Blaze and Resolve were pretty good. The single sounds pretty good. 

What I still really want from Fat Wreck (or anyone else) is a new Dillinger Four record though. Come on! But I'll settle for a live show somewhere in the PNW.

Catalog will be on all streaming platforms August 2.

I also just learned elsewhere that King Crimson's catalog is also streamable as of last month. 

I'm 43 y/o and I don't think I've ever listened to anything beyond the first 4 albums.

I've heard some songs here and there, of course, but can't confirm I've ever listened to any full albums.

On 7/23/2019 at 5:21 PM, highfives said:

I don’t even want to talk about that logo.  Some gold textures, bevel and emboss, high quality design work from 1995...  but their artwork from 95 was light years better than that thing - yes, even the dick wrench.

Their aesthetic worked in the 90s. Not so much today. In fact based on the quality of that gold crap, they're going backward.

I used to have an olive green dick wrench hat.

I only listened to Freedom once, as I recall.  Guess I should try again. It's definitely not their second best though, since their first 3 are all really good.

Well this is exciting news. If it's really good I'll pick up a local copy after release.

I enjoyed the electronics/maths of the first 3 albums quite a bit (at the time...not sure about now). Stopped paying attention after that as my ears were too saturated with the post-rock sound and you can really only do so much with it.

On 7/21/2019 at 5:49 PM, highfives said:

 

I like that they animated the release date to transform into the release date. 

As for the suspected album artwork, it's no surprise they would use something so dated, though I can't help being disappointed if that's the case. 

Umm thanks, didn't know he had a new one and it's been out a week already.

Hmm, different sound. Pretty soft song. 

I think I'll skip listening to the entire "single" till the album drops. Can't quite tell if I'm excited about the new album or not from the sound of this - reminds me of "Anthemic Aggressor" which was my least favorite on Smote Reverser, and brought down the overall experience for me. At least this jam's at the end of the album.

Ok yes I am excited for the new album, I'm sure I'll really enjoy it for the most part. 

I was really into them up through the 5 releases in 2017, but haven't been motivated to listen to Fishing for Fishies - it just sounds annoying. Every time I'm shuffling my 2019 albums queue and a King Gizz song comes up, I get annoyed and skip it. Not really interested in thrash from them, either.

Of the 5-album streak I really liked the songwriting and variety on Microtonal, Sketches, and Polygondwanaland. 

Sounds more interesting than Patton's recent movie scores. 

On 5/16/2019 at 8:42 AM, julienktl said:

I scrobble every songs I listened (spotify, iPhone, vinyles, tapes).

 

the website vinylscrobbler is great for that.

Very cool, glad to learn of another way to scrobble offline plays (vinyl, etc.) I use a a script via RateYourMusic.com, but it hasn't worked on my office computer in years, so it's good to have another option. Adding items via Discogs seems easy, assuming it's already on Discogs. 

On 5/17/2019 at 10:52 AM, highfives said:

I just set up my company's Sonos player on Last.  It's kinda fun to see, collectively, what the whole place listens to.  

I set this up at my previous job for the Spotify account. It was a good way to see what we listened to collectively, but also be able to see what's playing without getting up. And of course go back to something you might have heard earlier but didn't have a chance to check. 

On 5/11/2019 at 8:01 AM, youspinmeround said:

Itunes had it listed as 2/8/19...it was most likely an inverted error and the release date is 8/2/19(which is a Friday)

 

Upon first listen, this reminds me of Twins meets Mugger. Certainly does not have the glam of Maniuplator or the Crazy Horse of Goblin

Love Twins but didn't love Mugger. Still, I think the combination sounds nice.

Anyone know how to access Thee Houds of Foggy Notion movie on Vimeo? The email provides a link to it, but it requires a password.

"The result is a lovely and ramshackle document of the time, with the band playing by the side of the road through Golden Gate Park, in the back room at John's place on Haight Street, and in other improvised and unexpected places throughout The City. We've cleaned up the film which can be seen in HD here, and we've given the soundtrack the reissue treatment too."

On 3/8/2019 at 9:23 AM, ethereal said:

everything since SD has been very dull, the dude just has an obsessive fan base that thinks everything he does is 10/10 and groundbreaking.

nothing against him, I think he’s alright but he’s not as special as fans and media hype him to be.

1 hour ago, zdkaiser said:

Mac's novelty has worn off for me. 

 

All these slow songs are just so boring. He isn't an amazing songwriter, singer, or even a very talented instrumentalist.  It'd be one thing if he could write some intricate layered guitar parts, or at least a technical piano/keyboard section, but it's all so remedial and he just makes it weird by pitch shifting the tape he records on.  

 

I dont know. I own all of his other material and am not eager to buy this latest release. 

It's worn off for me too. I really liked 2 and Salad Days, and was weary of This Old Dog as the single sounded like more of the same, but wound up really like it – at first. It went out of rotation pretty fast.

I know he's got a rabid fanbase but I'm still shocked he's sold out 3 nights in a row at one of the biggest non-stadiums in town this weekend. A few years ago he was playing maybe 2 nights at much smaller, intimate venues, which fit him far better.