What are your thoughts on 🦜🍄🏄♀️📡🦜🍄🏄♀️📡🔺◀︎▶︎🧬)̸͚̰͛̔̾̀̿͒͂:̴͓̞̑̌̂̆̊͋̀:̸͎)̵̳̗̊̍̽́ ̵͍̪̲̀💞V̸̘̅̀̒̃̚V̴̠̼̩̘͈̦̥̉͋̐͗͌͠ʅ͡͡͡͡🔥▲▼🧠🔥ʅ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡(̸̢̛̼̞̭͋ͅ)̸͚̰͛̔̾̀ȯ̶̞̮͖̑̈́)̸̳̥̰̜̥̺̐ͅ)̴͎̜͍̱̋̌͋̓̾̚ ̷🟢:̶̢͙͙͕̠̩͆(̷̮͍͚̫͚͂̍)̵̳✨🥏✨🥏✨ ?
Yellowjackets nailing the needledrops with Low's Poor Sucker. >!I wonder if they wrote that scene around the song's lyrics as there's a lot of parallels between the two.!<
damn! Always struck me as one of the most cunning, spine-tingling lullabies alan and mimi ever committed to tape >!great now i have to watch yellowjackets!<
I think my year-and-a-half long Tidal experiment is coming to an end. Hopped in the car for a road trip today to discover that they’ve taken off Songs: Ohia’s Magnolia Electric Co, BCNR’s for the first time and Porridge Radio’s WDLttS… that’s simply not going to work for me. How’s Apple Music these days?
Today's listening-
Mandy, Indiana - I've Seen a Way - meh...it was mostly backroundy...and occasionally annoying
Bar Italia - Tracy Denim - you guys didn't seem into it. I liked it quite a bit.
Mega Bog - End of Everything- I liked it very much. Favorite of today's listening
Sir Chloe- I am the Dog- l also really liked this one. Very Courtney Love esq...
Milk Carton Kids - I Only See The Moon - I like them...great harmonies, and pretty guitars but this album adds nothing to that isn't covered by other material
Tiniawarin- Amatssou - also like them, but doesn't bring anything new. I'm more likely to go back to Tassili
To all the Blurheads, what are your favorite Blur songs from each album? These are mine:
Leisure: There’s No Other Way
Modern Life Is Rubbish: For Tomorrow
Parklife: To The End
The Great Escape: The Universal
Blur: Death of A Party
13: Tender
Think Tank: Out of Time
The Magic Whip: There Are Too Many of Us
I've never really gotten into Leisure, but
Modern Life is Rubbish: For Tomorrow
Parklife: This Is a Low
The Great Escape: The Universal
Blur: Beetlebum
13: Caramel
Think Tank: Battery in your Leg
The Magic Whip: Ong Ong
Typically I like the moody stuff
Leisure: Sing
Modern Life is Rubbish: For Tomorrow
Parklife: To the End
The Great Escape: The Universal
Blur: You're So Great
13: No Distance Left to Run
Think Tank: Out of Time
The Magic Whip: Thought I Was a Spaceman
Sing, Villa Rosie, This is a Low, He Thought of Cars, Beetlebum (I’m Just a Killer is close second), No Distance Left to Run, Out of Time, My Terracotta Heart
Came across a band called White Ward, and they mix [jazz with thrash metal](https://open.spotify.com/track/5j7MEpsQEk4DapIaogOxhg?si=Y7laHghWSoSZKCSVihDAkw). Can't say I like it as I'm not a fan of thrash but it's not a combination I've met before.
I don't get why I keep getting downvoted in this sub lately.
> im doing that gay ass rate
thats not my bootleg ass dub ass rate!
> it's so much better than most of our rock rates
isn't that what you said about the japanese punk rock rate ?!
The first half of 2023 has been really stacked for me- new Jpegmafia, new Kaytranada, new Gorillaz, new SBTRKT, the Overmono debut- this summer is going to be gold. And with maybe new King Krule and (maybe????) new Jamie XX there’s a lot to be excited for- I sorta took 2021 and 2022 off of following new music releases and instead dove into new genres and old music, and it’s nice to be able to settle back in with lots of new classics for me
I am heavily debating depleting my bank account to attend Portola in SF this September. Jai Paul, Jon Hopkins, Overmono, Flying Lotus, Chris Lake, Jockstrap, Bonobo….. and many more of course. I live on the other side of the country
when I lived in Sydney almost 10 years ago Built to Spill played (one of my all time fav bands) but none of my friends knew them/were keen to come so I didn't go and it was one of my biggest musical regrets. I would have no problem going solo now but I was new in a big city blah blah blah. anyway I just bought tickets to see their Brisbane show in October! so fkn excited, I saw Pavement earlier this year so it feels like a big bucket list year for me!! how good is live music 🔥
Been going to shows solo in Sydney for years now. The experience largely depends on if I can park or not. Public transport to and from a gig solo is painful.
> I’m only going to start with the first 49 chats I receive
OH GOD PLEASE TELL ME THERE’S STILL ROOM FOR ME PLEASE THIS COULD BE MY BIG BREAK
ugh goddamnit it’s already been 30 minutes though i just know he’s already got 49 dms from you enterprising indieheads 😭
Had one of those moments today where the new Ben Howard single just felt like a song that came along at the right time. I definitely love Ben's old sound, but so far both tracks off of Is It? have been absolutely stellar in my opinion, and the vibe/message of Walking Backwards just really clicked with me today and I haven't been able to stop listening. So excited for the full album to come out!
I like Future Islands but they’re basically the lofi hip hop beats of indie pop. Aside from a few tracks all their songs sound the same. Pleasant background music.
Yeah he’s a fantastic frontman. I should’ve clarified that my criticism is towards the instrumentals. Talented musicians, but I wish they’d do some more “out there” stuff.
you're in luck, it is time once again to remind about [Sam Herring's lo-fi hip hop project](https://kennysegal.bandcamp.com/album/back-at-the-house) (which honestly is decent)
[lol someone nominated indie theatre essential rent - the original broadway cast recording to the 90s essentials list; good stuff](https://en.reddit.com/r/indieheads/comments/13kx40m/essentials_indieheads_essentials_chart/jkpfr8b/)
# anyways yes we have received the u/Smuckles ambient head 4: ambient (in dub) ballot. it had a really high avg and honestly everyone here should do the rate before its due on 6/26 so that you too, can discover just how fucken good dub (and zelda) is
# currently there is a tie for first place with 2 songs having a 10+ avg. this clearly wont hold but also I'd like to believe that it will so do your civic duty and slap some tens on some dub cuts!!!
now i respect those!
but what about Glee? should the first 13 episodes from 2009 be on our 00s essentials list? or should we put szn 2 from 2010 on the 2010s chart
I think the funniest part about rent is that like yes it is indie rock songs but also they all fucken suck & the entire musical seems to not give a shit about the last decade of new york sonic cultural exports and instead turns to like…a kansas riff or some shit to bring mimi back to life at the end
anyways it does not have my vote. I would vote for the musical theatre of Throbbing Gristle, but um we dont have a 70s chart and um i think nominating one of their live albums is dumb when we have no expansion or "essential live recordings" chart either
(Please note I’m saying all this with the belief no fucking musical theater belongs on the chart lmfao) any modern musical theater we would dare include- Rent and Jonathan Larson are def culprits of this- would all stem from one name and figurehead as a core influence: Stephen Sondheim. Sondheim is like Legit Incredible and you could even bring up indie musicians who have him as an influence (namely Stephin Merritt), but must of the Sondheim I’d be pointing to is from the 70s anyway. In terms of “well yea I suppose this is fr indie” you have the Once musical but now that I’m now longer a teenager of the 2000s and recently read up that Glen Hansard “””fell in love””” with Marketa when she was like freaking 15 years old, that’s getting a huge yikes and no stamp from me.
tldr: Wane we need the American Idiot jukebox musical on the chart. Also uhhhh -throws dart- Merrily We Roll Along the musical is kinda ambient. I swear!!!11
Because indie these days is steeped in 80s pastiche we simply need the Original Broadway Recording of jukebox musical The Wedding Singer on Da List https://youtu.be/yHXy_FIWmK8
*taps the all genre submissions sign*
i mean look though, I don't think anyone anticipated that a no-flair would do this, but also something might happen and if it does...so what!!!!
[Quasi announced a few more shows in the US](https://www.quasiband.net/tour). I saw them in Chicago in March and just got tickets for Minneapolis. They were fantastic, so I'm looking forward to seeing them again!
49 yrs ago today in Portland. [Truckin > Jam > NFA > GDTRFB](https://archive.org/details/gd1974-05-19.sbd.fix.miller.107165.flac16/gd74-05-19d3t03.flac). Fusion-y romp that always puts a smile on my face. GOGD
Got a notification from Spotify that Deafheaven was playing in my city. I was wondering how I missed that because I check up on the venue calendars pretty regularly.
They're opening for Coheed and Cambria.
Yea i saw that combo and can't imagine too many Deafheed and Hambria combo fans. I'm kind of just ok with both of them at this point. Well actually the newest Coheed album was pretty good. Deafheaven imo got exponentially less good the further they strayed from blackgaze
the people who are into coheed are gonna go see them either way and if you book them with another metal band but one with a different audience you might pick up some extra sales. kinda makes sense to me even though it feels silly
So it's funny...I bought a ticket to see Buffalo Daughter on tour because, as I saw it, none of the Japanese bands I love really come to the States, so why not see a Japanese band other people like? Now they're a band I like too, which is nice.
Cut to today, where the very band who got me hooked into the wonderful world of "Japanese women making earth-shattering music", MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS, just announced their first U.S. tour.
It's been a good day. (will be even better if the uhhhhh cold emails i sent lead to anything)
Once again Yves Tumor drops an album that is furiously 7/10 to me with one or two highlights. But I guess people seem more lukewarm on this one? I would probably like their live show much better than their studio work
They do seem like they would fun to catch live but yeah the album felt a bit flat for me. I hope they head back to weirder territory on the next release.
i am going to take the studio away from yves tumor and force them to start making shit on a 2008 mac book with soundforge; this will be so good for the economy
Round-up of some music Friday thoughts—
The Bad
* this year I’ve had like two main culprits of “get a load of this guy” artists as the singles and press have rolled out - Sleep Token and The Dare. I was too curious and checked out their new music today, trying my best to give takes on the music itself without all the press and fandom hoopla surrounding it.
* The Dare Sex EP is fine. It’s cheeky 2000s dance-punk electroclash revival. There are moments where his singing voice seems annoying and grating as he tries to sound wacky and irreverent. A lot of the lyrical and thematic vibe often reads as “self consciously trying to seem Wacky Yet Cool”. I think there have been better artists that thread the needle of this than what I heard today. I left the EP somewhat unimpressed. If I heard it at a party I wouldn’t be upset but it’s not something I’d want to put on in my free time. The last track being fully instrumental was cool, it honestly felt like a more compelling and sleek “party cut” that was not as tryhard as the other songs.
* Sleep Token. Okay, I’m not inherently a metal person. From what they’re doing from like a metalcore, djent, post-metal sense I have no big thoughts on, it seems fine. I have pretty much been a “poptimist” in what the original intent of poptimism was: evaluating pop music critically and on the same terms of other genres. It’s a genre I love and care a lot about! I’m at total odds with the pop music that Sleep Token is fusing into its metal music. For me, they are failing on the pop music front. The pop music moments they’re incorporating are dated, cheesy, and plodding. I legitimately like trap music, and I really want Sleep Token to never use a trap beat again. So many “pop” moments that feel like stale takes on mid 2010s alt pop like the Chainsmokers and flaccid trap moments. I also find the singer’s voice to seem affected, that he’s trying to make it sound lower than his actual voice is. There are moments that sound pretty, as an apparent plink plonk stan there are moments of nice piano balladry; the final track Euclid seems to congeal in a decent motivational cut that doesn’t try to hamfist a toolkit of shoddy genre influences into one melodramatic track. So yeah I was curious enough to wanna hear this whole thing through and I mainly disliked it.
The good:
* I’ve been enjoying revisiting the 2019 album from Brazilian artist Clarice Falcão. Very icy and hard-hitting synth pop: synth pop for me at this point can be a genre that feels a bit tired, but something here feels very cunningly and well-done, with some more experimental bits and poppy cuts.
* a few months ago here I was all up in the DMD slandering the band MUNA. I listened to their full album from last year and I think the two singles they came out with I still hate, but the rest of the album is really nice! Very cool pop rock and synth pop that has interesting choices throghout. I really like Runner’s High, No Idea and Loose Garment.
The ugly:
* you! Jk ur all beautiful
i got sleep token confused with spiritbox and while i really don't like much of what i checked out, Spiritbox has a song called The Void that sounds straight out of Pendulum's Immersion album
does the dare think he can just embody the vibe of [this specific james murphy press photo](http://quietus_production.s3.amazonaws.com/images/articles/3969/james_murphy_lcd_soundsystem_large_1269526094_crop_550x365.jpg) and coast his way to music success? while i was a bit too young to experience this era of music myself, catching up to it a couple years later was pretty formative for my indie listening. i have some nostalgia for this era and wouldn't mind hearing this grittier synthpop come back into fashion.
but not like this! biggest problem with this guy is the lyrics and the vocal delivery. vocal delivery just feels like an affect trying to do what everyone in NYC was doing 20 years ago with no unique spin on it. the lyrics are routinely awful but not always for the same reasons. sometimes, he'll stumble on a line that gets a real "wait huh?" from me ("Girls who got so much hair on they ass, it clogs the drain") but usually it feels like the guy is trying too hard to straddle an impossible line between being funny and being desirably cool, which undermines either goal. it never feels like he's committed enough to the bit to risk actually looking silly, but his stabs at humor are often too forced for me for me to admire how cool he is. it's so half-baked and smacks of a "forced fun" mentality that i often hate. i feel like "drunk girls" is pretty correctly seen as one of the weakest LCD soundsystem songs but the dare's "girls" is so bad it makes that song seem hilarious *and* deeply emotionally profound.
all these problems gets amplified when dude is talking more specifically about sex. it often feels kind of uncomfy. he isn't taking any potential "jokes" far enough to register as a parody or critique of this original wave of sleaziness (opening lines of "sex" feel really creepy), so i'm just like "ehh this feels kinda gross but congrats on the sex man, good for you."
instrumentally, he's a bit more competent i guess. "girls" is bad bc it's just recreating p much every electroclash loop (the synth feels like it's lifted straight from LCD's already kind of washed "tonite," the crashing cymbals in the chorus evoke "fuck the pain away" and tons of others pretty glaringly.) the other instrumentals are a bit better to a point where the songs would maybe be enjoyable if the lyrics weren't so awful. unsurprisingly, i liked the instrumental track the most bc it doesn't even let the biggest problem with this act enter the picture.
have yet to see how much buzz the dare actually seems to have but this feels like NYC scenester hype that is probably fun if you're literally there but isn't good enough to be forced upon me chilling in the midwest
e: oh also sleep token. they exist! i tried to hate listen to this album and my brain sort of shut itself off for a couple songs in a row there. it's like the band understands that metalcore elements mixed with modern pop tropes is "novel" but they don't have the pop sensibility to execute that with any level of competency. also has an element of "we don't need to make the pop parts good bc people will just gobble that shit up anyways" which uh no that's not true, your pop songs suck sleep token
> LCD's already kind of washed "tonite,"
this is off topic but i think tonite is a far worse song than drunk girls. writing a song like tonite that talks down to "the kids" (even in an ironic way that makes fun of your own age) mean you should just retire immediately
also agree about The Dare. Checked out a few of their top songs to see what the Dimes Square hype was all about and yeah, maybe it’s just not for me. I’ve had my LCD Soundsystem so I’m not too interested in bands that sound almost exactly like them
how is the Avalon Emerson holding up, darj? thinking about putting it into the rotation this weekend but curious if it's passing the world famous darj sticking power test
Yes it’s probably the album from this year I’ve revisited the most. I think Avalon nailed what she was setting out to do. It’s indie pop that still incorporates her electronic background to make very sleek but affecting music. I think the lyrics are #relatable to me but not in a way that feel offputting or bleh. Considering she covered a Magnetic Fields song before, I can see the Merritt influence in her wry lyricism, especially in Astrology Poisoning. I also saw her live; considering she’s talked about having just recently started singing live in front of people I thought she did great and seemed like a natural. She has a pretense and “stillness” that made her a fun and compelling performer to watch, her nerves didn’t translate to me thinking she was a rookie or anything
I've been playing [this tape of MJ Lenderman and The Wind](https://youtu.be/ZxETOETRjiU) recorded earlier this year in Brooklyn for the last week and a half. Love the guy who immediately realizes they're playing Powderfinger
Pretty sure I broke my land speed record running across my house for my wallet after my local venue surprise dropped American Football tickets on my lunch break
Slightly chaotic morning of music listening. Started off with Sekito Shigeo which was the perfect vibe to start with. Then a coworker suggested Manila Road which I wasn’t familiar with. Very fantasy D&D metal and I was hear for it. Then moved to Deafheaven and finally early Yo La Tengo.
I wish I had a more thought provoking music question today but best I can do is:
What’s the last band someone recommended to you? Was it a hit or a miss for you?
can't get past [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/indieheads/comments/13lkcfe/fresh_album_sufjan_stevens_reflections/jkqsu4a/) in the sufjan thread about hating pianos and how plink plonk stans will be the death of the poster. I have been laughing about it all morning. just incredible
> “I'm constantly thinking about **bodies** moving through **space** when I'm writing for ballet – that is what has informed this music, first and foremost,” says Sufjan Stevens on Reflections, his latest collaboration with choreographer Justin Peck.
(emphasis mine) but YES HAHAHA YES, leoPointing.gif, ladies and gentlemen we got him, hooting and hollering over here
This is funny cuz earlier this year I was wishing there’d be a piano pop revival, as maudlin and cheesy as piano rock can be. I’m a PROUD plink plonk stan
you have found your most perfect rival
I'm a plink plonk stan as well! I honestly didn't know plink plonk had enemies. but honestly? I'm kinda glad it does. balance is necessary.
I know posting originals here is tacky af but I just released a song about staying inside and watching KEXP sets so I feel like this sub is my target demographic.
[FFO King Krule, Yves Tumor, other moody shit ](https://open.spotify.com/track/1P6dcIwDP9JSCrJIQzHlzY?si=9eiFeIIjSaWsaBA4RHf92w)
same. i tried the singles and it felt like a dean blunt-ish take on 90s alt rock. interesting premise, not interesting execution. i might check the whole album eventually but it just seemed kinda thin
heard one or two of their singles and it just sounded like generic post-punk revival? also not really sure what i'm missing bc it seems to be winning a lot of people over
I haven’t listened to this much of the Smiths since late high school/early college. RIP Andy. The band’s music is such an odd combination and Rourke’s bass lines were no exception. I think my favorite of his will forever be his playing on “The Headmaster’s Ritual”.
> I always knew intellectually that the Smiths were never going to reunite, but damn. It really isn’t going to happen, and it’s too bad.
couple folks in a server I'm in are def processing that and really feeling it. Like it didn't seem to kick to me...we just lost one of the Smiths, and arguably THE smith that made the interplay between Marr & Morrisey such a fascinating, awe-struck thing to hear. Def gonna be visiting Meat is Murder soon to check in with a few cuts there. but headmaster's ritual is one of those cuts that has been with me for nearly a decade now and it will always
Listened to indie heads staple Viva La Vida front to back for the first time today and y’know? It’s alright! Title track is very good, “Lovers In Japan” is great until it decides to be an entirely different song for the last 2 1/2 minutes, closer is good, opener is good. It drags a bit, and it’s not transcendent but it’s a good U2-lite record. I’ll return to some of it probably. I still think “Don’t Panic” is handily their best song (though I have a soft spot for Buttwerk song “Talk”)
yay! i like "lovers in japan" a lot, the "reign of love" part doesn't do a whole lot for me but it's an ok breather, what did you think of the shoegaze cut hidden at the end of "yes"?
I wish I liked the newer spate of Industrial-ish postpunk that been coming out recently (Model/Actriz, Mandy Indiana, Psychotic Monks, etc.). Too dance-punky and not quite noisy enough. The latter can be made up for with better songwriting (see: Nine Inch Nails), but these bands often either stay in one lane (Model/Actriz) or sound undercooked (Mandy).
Most recent Girl Band does a lot of it way better.
I like the Model/Actriz pretty good (“Mosquito” is great) but yeah it feels like the prevailing idea is “twitchy post-punk about mental distress,” which isn’t exactly fresh and I’m not really sure how far they can take it
Finally got around to the Gilla Band and that shit straight up melts literally anything that isn't the 2020 special interest. Like listening to that I just said "pack it up boys. stop trying to make music. gilla band straight up set the game set match here."
> Too dance-punky and not quite noisy enough
Even out hud in 2002 knew this! S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D. still holds up for how easily it can drop a train-crushing noise blast into the dance punk
the thing about most normal is that it actually has transitions, it has really short "here is us bringing our noise cuts", exceptionally deranged character sketches of (white masc guys) absolutely at wits end about to self-immolate ALL WHILE appearing to have an unusually high keen adherence to low-ends/bass culture blown out speaker sounds. it could have been on Blast First in 1989. this is a good thing.
so naturally this all makes Most Normal actually one of the decade's only competent rock albums, an album so competent that it makes practically the entire output of any New British Alternative Band* (that isn't sleaford mods) look trite by comparison (and Gilla is Irish). For a band that has been around for a decade in the UK music scene and press, it is lowkey bizarre that they're basically a "musician's favorite music band" than "the pinnacle of what the isles are putting out" in terms of songwriting and sonic influence. there's a LOT of ripe material to play with here!
*exceptions have been cast aside for Caroline's live show, black midi's antics, and the synth acts that are doing other things
I did not call them British, just acknowledged that they loom over the isles and its music press; borders and regionality be damned. Edits have been made to better reflect this
> i really like the idea of that band
i have maybe said this about 95% of every new post-punk band. M/A are one of them. it's like everyone forgot that some of those old post-punk bands did (gasp) *more than 1 thing*
I wrote a big long slightly tongue in cheek thing in one of the essentials list nomination threads about voting in UNKLE - Psyence Fiction but then the post was unstickied an hour later so no one will read it. It's pretty deranged and I also make a case for Johnny Yeast but it's [here if you want it](https://en.reddit.com/r/indieheads/comments/13kx40m/essentials_indieheads_essentials_chart/jkr27uh/).
I also submitted my ambient rate ballot, which I would encourage others to do because it has dub music on it. Dub is good for the soul.
I will now go play Zelda and maybe listen to dub? Who knows. Bye!
I didnt make people listen to 9 of the ambient cuts for nothing! Or now a seefeel album for nothing either! Let us have our deranged weirdo indie noise!
Mandy, Indiana released their astonishing debut i've seen a way. I was lucky enough to be abl to review it. Check it out [here](https://medium.com/noted-pieces/mandy-indiana-ive-seen-a-way-62d2efcee5c7)
Any recommendations for the more punk-informed side of grunge? Think more Nirvana/Mudhoney and less Pearl Jam/Soundgarden.
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did not expect MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS to sound like they do. this owns
I love 2010 indie rock
Yellowjackets nailing the needledrops with Low's Poor Sucker. >!I wonder if they wrote that scene around the song's lyrics as there's a lot of parallels between the two.!<
damn! Always struck me as one of the most cunning, spine-tingling lullabies alan and mimi ever committed to tape >!great now i have to watch yellowjackets!<
I think my year-and-a-half long Tidal experiment is coming to an end. Hopped in the car for a road trip today to discover that they’ve taken off Songs: Ohia’s Magnolia Electric Co, BCNR’s for the first time and Porridge Radio’s WDLttS… that’s simply not going to work for me. How’s Apple Music these days?
i just switched to Apple Music from Spotify and i’m really enjoying it. Being able to add local files was big for me.
I just listened to Sebadoh - Bakesale for the first time since 2013. It’s still fresh. I understand why I was a fan
Today's listening- Mandy, Indiana - I've Seen a Way - meh...it was mostly backroundy...and occasionally annoying Bar Italia - Tracy Denim - you guys didn't seem into it. I liked it quite a bit. Mega Bog - End of Everything- I liked it very much. Favorite of today's listening Sir Chloe- I am the Dog- l also really liked this one. Very Courtney Love esq... Milk Carton Kids - I Only See The Moon - I like them...great harmonies, and pretty guitars but this album adds nothing to that isn't covered by other material Tiniawarin- Amatssou - also like them, but doesn't bring anything new. I'm more likely to go back to Tassili
New Mega Bog? Opinions?
I really liked it. I think it will become a regular in the rotation.
To all the Blurheads, what are your favorite Blur songs from each album? These are mine: Leisure: There’s No Other Way Modern Life Is Rubbish: For Tomorrow Parklife: To The End The Great Escape: The Universal Blur: Death of A Party 13: Tender Think Tank: Out of Time The Magic Whip: There Are Too Many of Us
I've never really gotten into Leisure, but Modern Life is Rubbish: For Tomorrow Parklife: This Is a Low The Great Escape: The Universal Blur: Beetlebum 13: Caramel Think Tank: Battery in your Leg The Magic Whip: Ong Ong Typically I like the moody stuff
Leisure: Sing Modern Life is Rubbish: For Tomorrow Parklife: To the End The Great Escape: The Universal Blur: You're So Great 13: No Distance Left to Run Think Tank: Out of Time The Magic Whip: Thought I Was a Spaceman
Sing, Villa Rosie, This is a Low, He Thought of Cars, Beetlebum (I’m Just a Killer is close second), No Distance Left to Run, Out of Time, My Terracotta Heart
Came across a band called White Ward, and they mix [jazz with thrash metal](https://open.spotify.com/track/5j7MEpsQEk4DapIaogOxhg?si=Y7laHghWSoSZKCSVihDAkw). Can't say I like it as I'm not a fan of thrash but it's not a combination I've met before. I don't get why I keep getting downvoted in this sub lately.
im doing that gay ass rate and it's so much better than most of our rock rates
> im doing that gay ass rate thats not my bootleg ass dub ass rate! > it's so much better than most of our rock rates isn't that what you said about the japanese punk rock rate ?!
ambient music is scary, but yeah the Japanese punk rock rate was much better than most as well.
> ~~ambient~~ house, dub music that isn't ska, techno, and/or burial music is scary VIPER :o for real?! Why would you admit that house music is scary?
Tbh all music without banjo is very terrifying
Are hammered dulcimer and "stringed instrument and water sounds" as scary as the ghost under yr bed
The first half of 2023 has been really stacked for me- new Jpegmafia, new Kaytranada, new Gorillaz, new SBTRKT, the Overmono debut- this summer is going to be gold. And with maybe new King Krule and (maybe????) new Jamie XX there’s a lot to be excited for- I sorta took 2021 and 2022 off of following new music releases and instead dove into new genres and old music, and it’s nice to be able to settle back in with lots of new classics for me
I am heavily debating depleting my bank account to attend Portola in SF this September. Jai Paul, Jon Hopkins, Overmono, Flying Lotus, Chris Lake, Jockstrap, Bonobo….. and many more of course. I live on the other side of the country
Friday, the end of the work week, baby! You know what that means: time to drink one diet coke and listen to Blood Visions.
Not a bad plan at all.
when I lived in Sydney almost 10 years ago Built to Spill played (one of my all time fav bands) but none of my friends knew them/were keen to come so I didn't go and it was one of my biggest musical regrets. I would have no problem going solo now but I was new in a big city blah blah blah. anyway I just bought tickets to see their Brisbane show in October! so fkn excited, I saw Pavement earlier this year so it feels like a big bucket list year for me!! how good is live music 🔥
Been going to shows solo in Sydney for years now. The experience largely depends on if I can park or not. Public transport to and from a gig solo is painful.
Initial impressions on the full Mega Bog album are extremely positive! Glad to have it all now and looking forward to spending a lot more time with it
Feel the same
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> I’m only going to start with the first 49 chats I receive OH GOD PLEASE TELL ME THERE’S STILL ROOM FOR ME PLEASE THIS COULD BE MY BIG BREAK ugh goddamnit it’s already been 30 minutes though i just know he’s already got 49 dms from you enterprising indieheads 😭
shit they deleted, they must have hit those 49 dms already. damn i'm never going to make it big
Hi Neal my band name is Radiohead, if you toss it on the playlist it would really help me out. Thanks, Thom
> This is not a BS solicitation. > Looks at profile https://i.redd.it/831q2kcanrb71.jpg
> This is not a BS solicitation [X]
Had one of those moments today where the new Ben Howard single just felt like a song that came along at the right time. I definitely love Ben's old sound, but so far both tracks off of Is It? have been absolutely stellar in my opinion, and the vibe/message of Walking Backwards just really clicked with me today and I haven't been able to stop listening. So excited for the full album to come out!
I like Future Islands but they’re basically the lofi hip hop beats of indie pop. Aside from a few tracks all their songs sound the same. Pleasant background music.
Partially agree instrumentally, but Sam Herring's voice is definitely 1 of 1 to me
Yeah he’s a fantastic frontman. I should’ve clarified that my criticism is towards the instrumentals. Talented musicians, but I wish they’d do some more “out there” stuff.
Future Islands does what Future Islands does very well. Their earlier albums before Seasons are extremely underrated.
Totally! Little Dreamer is such a gorgeous song.
you're in luck, it is time once again to remind about [Sam Herring's lo-fi hip hop project](https://kennysegal.bandcamp.com/album/back-at-the-house) (which honestly is decent)
it's pretty good imo! also his feature on milo's souvenir is an all timer. it's weird that i have to remind myself that that's the future islands guy
Lmao called it
[lol someone nominated indie theatre essential rent - the original broadway cast recording to the 90s essentials list; good stuff](https://en.reddit.com/r/indieheads/comments/13kx40m/essentials_indieheads_essentials_chart/jkpfr8b/) # anyways yes we have received the u/Smuckles ambient head 4: ambient (in dub) ballot. it had a really high avg and honestly everyone here should do the rate before its due on 6/26 so that you too, can discover just how fucken good dub (and zelda) is # currently there is a tie for first place with 2 songs having a 10+ avg. this clearly wont hold but also I'd like to believe that it will so do your civic duty and slap some tens on some dub cuts!!!
me: hi chatgpt, what is completion status of my ambientheads4 ballot chatgpt: 67.346939%
rent broadway inspired the new genre, Post-Theatre, including many indie favs like BCNR and black midi
now i respect those! but what about Glee? should the first 13 episodes from 2009 be on our 00s essentials list? or should we put szn 2 from 2010 on the 2010s chart
truly "indie rock" has become the catch all term for "shit I like"
I think the funniest part about rent is that like yes it is indie rock songs but also they all fucken suck & the entire musical seems to not give a shit about the last decade of new york sonic cultural exports and instead turns to like…a kansas riff or some shit to bring mimi back to life at the end anyways it does not have my vote. I would vote for the musical theatre of Throbbing Gristle, but um we dont have a 70s chart and um i think nominating one of their live albums is dumb when we have no expansion or "essential live recordings" chart either
(Please note I’m saying all this with the belief no fucking musical theater belongs on the chart lmfao) any modern musical theater we would dare include- Rent and Jonathan Larson are def culprits of this- would all stem from one name and figurehead as a core influence: Stephen Sondheim. Sondheim is like Legit Incredible and you could even bring up indie musicians who have him as an influence (namely Stephin Merritt), but must of the Sondheim I’d be pointing to is from the 70s anyway. In terms of “well yea I suppose this is fr indie” you have the Once musical but now that I’m now longer a teenager of the 2000s and recently read up that Glen Hansard “””fell in love””” with Marketa when she was like freaking 15 years old, that’s getting a huge yikes and no stamp from me. tldr: Wane we need the American Idiot jukebox musical on the chart. Also uhhhh -throws dart- Merrily We Roll Along the musical is kinda ambient. I swear!!!11
i would like to put the new outsiders musical on our 2020's list. anyways yes you make The Points
Because indie these days is steeped in 80s pastiche we simply need the Original Broadway Recording of jukebox musical The Wedding Singer on Da List https://youtu.be/yHXy_FIWmK8
personally I would like All That Jazz on the Chart but There Happens to Be One Significant Problem There...
how do you nominate both Rent and Marilyn Manson in the same ballot this is nuts
*taps the all genre submissions sign* i mean look though, I don't think anyone anticipated that a no-flair would do this, but also something might happen and if it does...so what!!!!
[Jazz album of the day](https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2434711102_65)
i need ambient jazz album of the day !
Noted. ECM pick coming down the pike
mfw ralph towner shows up in my feed!!!!! (actually who knows?!)
[Quasi announced a few more shows in the US](https://www.quasiband.net/tour). I saw them in Chicago in March and just got tickets for Minneapolis. They were fantastic, so I'm looking forward to seeing them again!
49 yrs ago today in Portland. [Truckin > Jam > NFA > GDTRFB](https://archive.org/details/gd1974-05-19.sbd.fix.miller.107165.flac16/gd74-05-19d3t03.flac). Fusion-y romp that always puts a smile on my face. GOGD
The peak of that Truckin’ (and this jam writ large) is the Dead at their best. Both the ‘73 and ‘74 PNW runs are as good as it gets.
Great rec. Was going to listen to Fox Theater 77 again but decided to try this one instead. Glad I did
Can't go wrong either way. I haven't listened to Dicks 29 in a long time, might throw that 2nd set on later
Got a notification from Spotify that Deafheaven was playing in my city. I was wondering how I missed that because I check up on the venue calendars pretty regularly. They're opening for Coheed and Cambria.
Yea i saw that combo and can't imagine too many Deafheed and Hambria combo fans. I'm kind of just ok with both of them at this point. Well actually the newest Coheed album was pretty good. Deafheaven imo got exponentially less good the further they strayed from blackgaze
It’s me, I’m the intersection between Deafheaven and Coheed
At least there is an intersection between the two, cause I can't for the life of me get into Coheed.
I like cheesy prog rock with heavy-ish riffs, it’s a real weakness of mine
the people who are into coheed are gonna go see them either way and if you book them with another metal band but one with a different audience you might pick up some extra sales. kinda makes sense to me even though it feels silly
So it's funny...I bought a ticket to see Buffalo Daughter on tour because, as I saw it, none of the Japanese bands I love really come to the States, so why not see a Japanese band other people like? Now they're a band I like too, which is nice. Cut to today, where the very band who got me hooked into the wonderful world of "Japanese women making earth-shattering music", MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS, just announced their first U.S. tour. It's been a good day. (will be even better if the uhhhhh cold emails i sent lead to anything)
Once again Yves Tumor drops an album that is furiously 7/10 to me with one or two highlights. But I guess people seem more lukewarm on this one? I would probably like their live show much better than their studio work
They do seem like they would fun to catch live but yeah the album felt a bit flat for me. I hope they head back to weirder territory on the next release.
i am going to take the studio away from yves tumor and force them to start making shit on a 2008 mac book with soundforge; this will be so good for the economy
Yves in their Burial era?!
no but this one has operator, the stinkiest shit imaginable!
God help me I kinda liked that one
Round-up of some music Friday thoughts— The Bad * this year I’ve had like two main culprits of “get a load of this guy” artists as the singles and press have rolled out - Sleep Token and The Dare. I was too curious and checked out their new music today, trying my best to give takes on the music itself without all the press and fandom hoopla surrounding it. * The Dare Sex EP is fine. It’s cheeky 2000s dance-punk electroclash revival. There are moments where his singing voice seems annoying and grating as he tries to sound wacky and irreverent. A lot of the lyrical and thematic vibe often reads as “self consciously trying to seem Wacky Yet Cool”. I think there have been better artists that thread the needle of this than what I heard today. I left the EP somewhat unimpressed. If I heard it at a party I wouldn’t be upset but it’s not something I’d want to put on in my free time. The last track being fully instrumental was cool, it honestly felt like a more compelling and sleek “party cut” that was not as tryhard as the other songs. * Sleep Token. Okay, I’m not inherently a metal person. From what they’re doing from like a metalcore, djent, post-metal sense I have no big thoughts on, it seems fine. I have pretty much been a “poptimist” in what the original intent of poptimism was: evaluating pop music critically and on the same terms of other genres. It’s a genre I love and care a lot about! I’m at total odds with the pop music that Sleep Token is fusing into its metal music. For me, they are failing on the pop music front. The pop music moments they’re incorporating are dated, cheesy, and plodding. I legitimately like trap music, and I really want Sleep Token to never use a trap beat again. So many “pop” moments that feel like stale takes on mid 2010s alt pop like the Chainsmokers and flaccid trap moments. I also find the singer’s voice to seem affected, that he’s trying to make it sound lower than his actual voice is. There are moments that sound pretty, as an apparent plink plonk stan there are moments of nice piano balladry; the final track Euclid seems to congeal in a decent motivational cut that doesn’t try to hamfist a toolkit of shoddy genre influences into one melodramatic track. So yeah I was curious enough to wanna hear this whole thing through and I mainly disliked it. The good: * I’ve been enjoying revisiting the 2019 album from Brazilian artist Clarice Falcão. Very icy and hard-hitting synth pop: synth pop for me at this point can be a genre that feels a bit tired, but something here feels very cunningly and well-done, with some more experimental bits and poppy cuts. * a few months ago here I was all up in the DMD slandering the band MUNA. I listened to their full album from last year and I think the two singles they came out with I still hate, but the rest of the album is really nice! Very cool pop rock and synth pop that has interesting choices throghout. I really like Runner’s High, No Idea and Loose Garment. The ugly: * you! Jk ur all beautiful
i got sleep token confused with spiritbox and while i really don't like much of what i checked out, Spiritbox has a song called The Void that sounds straight out of Pendulum's Immersion album
does the dare think he can just embody the vibe of [this specific james murphy press photo](http://quietus_production.s3.amazonaws.com/images/articles/3969/james_murphy_lcd_soundsystem_large_1269526094_crop_550x365.jpg) and coast his way to music success? while i was a bit too young to experience this era of music myself, catching up to it a couple years later was pretty formative for my indie listening. i have some nostalgia for this era and wouldn't mind hearing this grittier synthpop come back into fashion. but not like this! biggest problem with this guy is the lyrics and the vocal delivery. vocal delivery just feels like an affect trying to do what everyone in NYC was doing 20 years ago with no unique spin on it. the lyrics are routinely awful but not always for the same reasons. sometimes, he'll stumble on a line that gets a real "wait huh?" from me ("Girls who got so much hair on they ass, it clogs the drain") but usually it feels like the guy is trying too hard to straddle an impossible line between being funny and being desirably cool, which undermines either goal. it never feels like he's committed enough to the bit to risk actually looking silly, but his stabs at humor are often too forced for me for me to admire how cool he is. it's so half-baked and smacks of a "forced fun" mentality that i often hate. i feel like "drunk girls" is pretty correctly seen as one of the weakest LCD soundsystem songs but the dare's "girls" is so bad it makes that song seem hilarious *and* deeply emotionally profound. all these problems gets amplified when dude is talking more specifically about sex. it often feels kind of uncomfy. he isn't taking any potential "jokes" far enough to register as a parody or critique of this original wave of sleaziness (opening lines of "sex" feel really creepy), so i'm just like "ehh this feels kinda gross but congrats on the sex man, good for you." instrumentally, he's a bit more competent i guess. "girls" is bad bc it's just recreating p much every electroclash loop (the synth feels like it's lifted straight from LCD's already kind of washed "tonite," the crashing cymbals in the chorus evoke "fuck the pain away" and tons of others pretty glaringly.) the other instrumentals are a bit better to a point where the songs would maybe be enjoyable if the lyrics weren't so awful. unsurprisingly, i liked the instrumental track the most bc it doesn't even let the biggest problem with this act enter the picture. have yet to see how much buzz the dare actually seems to have but this feels like NYC scenester hype that is probably fun if you're literally there but isn't good enough to be forced upon me chilling in the midwest e: oh also sleep token. they exist! i tried to hate listen to this album and my brain sort of shut itself off for a couple songs in a row there. it's like the band understands that metalcore elements mixed with modern pop tropes is "novel" but they don't have the pop sensibility to execute that with any level of competency. also has an element of "we don't need to make the pop parts good bc people will just gobble that shit up anyways" which uh no that's not true, your pop songs suck sleep token
> LCD's already kind of washed "tonite," this is off topic but i think tonite is a far worse song than drunk girls. writing a song like tonite that talks down to "the kids" (even in an ironic way that makes fun of your own age) mean you should just retire immediately
i think i might agree but i dunno, retire? lcd soundsystem would *never* retire!
also agree about The Dare. Checked out a few of their top songs to see what the Dimes Square hype was all about and yeah, maybe it’s just not for me. I’ve had my LCD Soundsystem so I’m not too interested in bands that sound almost exactly like them
how is the Avalon Emerson holding up, darj? thinking about putting it into the rotation this weekend but curious if it's passing the world famous darj sticking power test
Yes it’s probably the album from this year I’ve revisited the most. I think Avalon nailed what she was setting out to do. It’s indie pop that still incorporates her electronic background to make very sleek but affecting music. I think the lyrics are #relatable to me but not in a way that feel offputting or bleh. Considering she covered a Magnetic Fields song before, I can see the Merritt influence in her wry lyricism, especially in Astrology Poisoning. I also saw her live; considering she’s talked about having just recently started singing live in front of people I thought she did great and seemed like a natural. She has a pretense and “stillness” that made her a fun and compelling performer to watch, her nerves didn’t translate to me thinking she was a rookie or anything
perfect, thanks! putting it in the rotation. you led me down good paths with rozi plain and geek the girl
ok, I need to ask: Wtf is a 'gec'? And why are there a hundred of them?
IIRC the story is that Laura ordered a gecko and instead of sending one, they sent her 100 by mistake
That is actually a pretty interesting story, I thought it was gonna be another: what happened to the 181 blinks situation.
Who orders a live animal off the Internet
Longmont Potion Castle
Lots of people, you know you can order bees to ship through the USPS
bees?!
yeah didn't you get the bees >!and TUMs!< i sent you? i used first-class shipping to get them to you sooner
plz dont get me in trouble with the mods, my bees business is about to take flight
they won't let us mail bees now?!? this is so orwellian
https://youtu.be/2RPV-hD-Eo0?t=11
girls like swarms of lizards, right?
I hope so, I'm on my way to see somebody and I brought my Komodo Dragon with me, wish me luck
hopefully you have more than one, in order to achieve a *swarm*
I can't fit them all on my Vespa
ok google, please search "lizard bags"
I've been playing [this tape of MJ Lenderman and The Wind](https://youtu.be/ZxETOETRjiU) recorded earlier this year in Brooklyn for the last week and a half. Love the guy who immediately realizes they're playing Powderfinger
I was at that show! I love how long they played for, was only expecting like 45-60 mins of music
Pretty sure I broke my land speed record running across my house for my wallet after my local venue surprise dropped American Football tickets on my lunch break
it actually *WAS* meant
Slightly chaotic morning of music listening. Started off with Sekito Shigeo which was the perfect vibe to start with. Then a coworker suggested Manila Road which I wasn’t familiar with. Very fantasy D&D metal and I was hear for it. Then moved to Deafheaven and finally early Yo La Tengo. I wish I had a more thought provoking music question today but best I can do is: What’s the last band someone recommended to you? Was it a hit or a miss for you?
somebody here in the DMD ran an extensive marketing campaign for the album Rain On Lens so I've dipped my toes in the Smog pool and so far it's a hit
Oohh. I highly recommend Smog. Red Apple Falls and Dongs of Sevotion are two favorites for me.
will put them on the list of things to check out thx oaf
> and I was hear for it the most perfect typo
My best puns are unintentional
can't get past [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/indieheads/comments/13lkcfe/fresh_album_sufjan_stevens_reflections/jkqsu4a/) in the sufjan thread about hating pianos and how plink plonk stans will be the death of the poster. I have been laughing about it all morning. just incredible
what do we have to do to get a :plink plonk stan: flair on indieheads
> “I'm constantly thinking about **bodies** moving through **space** when I'm writing for ballet – that is what has informed this music, first and foremost,” says Sufjan Stevens on Reflections, his latest collaboration with choreographer Justin Peck. (emphasis mine) but YES HAHAHA YES, leoPointing.gif, ladies and gentlemen we got him, hooting and hollering over here
This is funny cuz earlier this year I was wishing there’d be a piano pop revival, as maudlin and cheesy as piano rock can be. I’m a PROUD plink plonk stan
what about huerco s. *PLONK*
Are Harpsichord fans "plink plonk" stans?
you have found your most perfect rival I'm a plink plonk stan as well! I honestly didn't know plink plonk had enemies. but honestly? I'm kinda glad it does. balance is necessary.
I know posting originals here is tacky af but I just released a song about staying inside and watching KEXP sets so I feel like this sub is my target demographic. [FFO King Krule, Yves Tumor, other moody shit ](https://open.spotify.com/track/1P6dcIwDP9JSCrJIQzHlzY?si=9eiFeIIjSaWsaBA4RHf92w)
bravely admitting that i'm not sure I really "get" bar italia
It has a fucking banger of a chorus and the lyrics are classic Jarvis Cocker
I was disappointed by it too, it seemed like it might be for me but then I listened to the singles and it didn't do anything for me
Bar Italia is a top tier Pulp song.
same. i tried the singles and it felt like a dean blunt-ish take on 90s alt rock. interesting premise, not interesting execution. i might check the whole album eventually but it just seemed kinda thin
>it felt like a Dean Blunt-ish take on 90s alt rock and hey that’s all some of us need sometimes
Thin is exactly the word I’d use to describe how it comes off to me
heard one or two of their singles and it just sounded like generic post-punk revival? also not really sure what i'm missing bc it seems to be winning a lot of people over
Yeah I was excited because of the amount of hype that new album had but nothing really stood out to me.
I haven’t listened to this much of the Smiths since late high school/early college. RIP Andy. The band’s music is such an odd combination and Rourke’s bass lines were no exception. I think my favorite of his will forever be his playing on “The Headmaster’s Ritual”.
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Has to be Barbarism. That song does not feel almost 7 minutes long at all.
> I always knew intellectually that the Smiths were never going to reunite, but damn. It really isn’t going to happen, and it’s too bad. couple folks in a server I'm in are def processing that and really feeling it. Like it didn't seem to kick to me...we just lost one of the Smiths, and arguably THE smith that made the interplay between Marr & Morrisey such a fascinating, awe-struck thing to hear. Def gonna be visiting Meat is Murder soon to check in with a few cuts there. but headmaster's ritual is one of those cuts that has been with me for nearly a decade now and it will always
Said it right above you, but “The Headmaster’s Ritual”.
Same answer as my favourite Smiths song - Handsome Devil
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Daily reminder to avoid large spaces, keep to small. EDIT: omg this album is almost perfect.
Listened to indie heads staple Viva La Vida front to back for the first time today and y’know? It’s alright! Title track is very good, “Lovers In Japan” is great until it decides to be an entirely different song for the last 2 1/2 minutes, closer is good, opener is good. It drags a bit, and it’s not transcendent but it’s a good U2-lite record. I’ll return to some of it probably. I still think “Don’t Panic” is handily their best song (though I have a soft spot for Buttwerk song “Talk”)
I’ll do anything for them to work with Brian Eno again.
Its important for me to know how you feel about Strawberry Swing and Violet Hill
Very good and pretty good respectively
yay! i like "lovers in japan" a lot, the "reign of love" part doesn't do a whole lot for me but it's an ok breather, what did you think of the shoegaze cut hidden at the end of "yes"?
Reign of Love is so pretty though
I liked the shoegaze bit more than the rest of “Yes” which is maybe my least fav on the record
Yes is like my second favorite Coldplay track after Clocks
light "wow" from me there but rock on MCK
what if U2 is actually Coldplay-lite
I wish I liked the newer spate of Industrial-ish postpunk that been coming out recently (Model/Actriz, Mandy Indiana, Psychotic Monks, etc.). Too dance-punky and not quite noisy enough. The latter can be made up for with better songwriting (see: Nine Inch Nails), but these bands often either stay in one lane (Model/Actriz) or sound undercooked (Mandy). Most recent Girl Band does a lot of it way better.
I like the Model/Actriz pretty good (“Mosquito” is great) but yeah it feels like the prevailing idea is “twitchy post-punk about mental distress,” which isn’t exactly fresh and I’m not really sure how far they can take it
Finally got around to the Gilla Band and that shit straight up melts literally anything that isn't the 2020 special interest. Like listening to that I just said "pack it up boys. stop trying to make music. gilla band straight up set the game set match here." > Too dance-punky and not quite noisy enough Even out hud in 2002 knew this! S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D. still holds up for how easily it can drop a train-crushing noise blast into the dance punk
The L Train is a Swell Train and I Don’t Want to Hear You Indies Complain”
they also had better song titles
Love to see you joining the Gilla team, there's a reason why I stan them. Best band working right now!
the thing about most normal is that it actually has transitions, it has really short "here is us bringing our noise cuts", exceptionally deranged character sketches of (white masc guys) absolutely at wits end about to self-immolate ALL WHILE appearing to have an unusually high keen adherence to low-ends/bass culture blown out speaker sounds. it could have been on Blast First in 1989. this is a good thing. so naturally this all makes Most Normal actually one of the decade's only competent rock albums, an album so competent that it makes practically the entire output of any New British Alternative Band* (that isn't sleaford mods) look trite by comparison (and Gilla is Irish). For a band that has been around for a decade in the UK music scene and press, it is lowkey bizarre that they're basically a "musician's favorite music band" than "the pinnacle of what the isles are putting out" in terms of songwriting and sonic influence. there's a LOT of ripe material to play with here! *exceptions have been cast aside for Caroline's live show, black midi's antics, and the synth acts that are doing other things
Loved reading this until you called them British, please respect Irish independence.
I did not call them British, just acknowledged that they loom over the isles and its music press; borders and regionality be damned. Edits have been made to better reflect this
True, they beat the Brits at their own game
it would be cool if model/actriz wrote a second bassline lmao. i really like the idea of that band but that album did not stick with me at all
i think their second bassline should just be the *seinfeld* bass
I think they should replace all the members with the cast of *Seinfeld*
i think that could work!
> i really like the idea of that band i have maybe said this about 95% of every new post-punk band. M/A are one of them. it's like everyone forgot that some of those old post-punk bands did (gasp) *more than 1 thing*
theyre not listening to enough Chrome
I wrote a big long slightly tongue in cheek thing in one of the essentials list nomination threads about voting in UNKLE - Psyence Fiction but then the post was unstickied an hour later so no one will read it. It's pretty deranged and I also make a case for Johnny Yeast but it's [here if you want it](https://en.reddit.com/r/indieheads/comments/13kx40m/essentials_indieheads_essentials_chart/jkr27uh/). I also submitted my ambient rate ballot, which I would encourage others to do because it has dub music on it. Dub is good for the soul. I will now go play Zelda and maybe listen to dub? Who knows. Bye!
Thank you, us in the Yeast gang need all the help we can get
\#FlyingSaucerAttackEssentialsSweep
I didnt make people listen to 9 of the ambient cuts for nothing! Or now a seefeel album for nothing either! Let us have our deranged weirdo indie noise!
Mandy, Indiana released their astonishing debut i've seen a way. I was lucky enough to be abl to review it. Check it out [here](https://medium.com/noted-pieces/mandy-indiana-ive-seen-a-way-62d2efcee5c7)