Other Official 2014 Alt Music/The Lounge Thread

[Adam3000]

2014 is heating up we got another winner on our hands

This Frankie Cosmos 'debut' album is piff. 18 quick minutes of folk pop perfection. Here is a representative of what it sounds like so yall can see if you are interested:



Here is a lank in case you want the full thing

Spoiler

http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/61787078/file.html

 

[Adam3000]

^^^It's Frankie COSMOS by the way, I put Frankie Rose as the name of the album folder. My bad, thats a different artist

 

[Roaden Polynice]

That Frankie Cosmos link is dead. I've been looking for a link too. nikkas thinking I'm gonna pay $8 for 18 minutes of music

Yes I'm cheap

If it was $5 I woulda bought it too.

I'm listening to Perfect p*ssy right now, it's not bad. It got me thinking though, is there really any sort of 'hard' indie rock out nowadays?

I was watching Fantano's review of Atlas and he panned it basically saying it was inoffensive and basic ass soft rock music which is ok. That's his opinion. But what I've found that goes unnoticed in discussions about Real Estate is the fundamental point that indie rock and its ilk isn't a hard type of music. At least to me. To me it's indie rock, I like the softness about it, it's what makes it appealing on a level and I think that that is perfectly OK. There's no indie rock album or track over the 6 years or so that really shook me or I'm like, "Damn that is hard as fukk " Not even this Perfect p*ssy, not that Sunbather album that everyone was jizzing over.

I just think that there's a big push that I've seen lately for people saying that bands like Real Estate, Beach Fossils, insert any indie rock pop band really that is bold, or edgy or gonna knock my socks off isn't that characterization. But that's ok.

My basic point is that when people bag on a band for being soft or inoffensive, well that can characterize the vast majority of indie rock bands, so it's a bit of a nonstarter.

On the other hand Fantano's argument was also that there's nothing really distinct about the Real Estate album which is another discussion I suppose.

 

[Deafheaven]

That Frankie Cosmos link is dead. I've been looking for a link too. nikkas thinking I'm gonna pay $8 for 18 minutes of music

Yes I'm cheap

If it was $5 I woulda bought it too.

I'm listening to Perfect p*ssy right now, it's not bad. It got me thinking though, is there really any sort of 'hard' indie rock out nowadays?

I was watching Fantano's review of Atlas and he panned it basically saying it was inoffensive and basic ass soft rock music which is ok. That's his opinion. But what I've found that goes unnoticed in discussions about Real Estate is the fundamental point that indie rock and its ilk isn't a hard type of music. At least to me. To me it's indie rock, I like the softness about it, it's what makes it appealing on a level and I think that that is perfectly OK. There's no indie rock album or track over the 6 years or so that really shook me or I'm like, "Damn that is hard as fukk " Not even this Perfect p*ssy, not that Sunbather album that everyone was jizzing over.

I just think that there's a big push that I've seen lately for people saying that bands like Real Estate, Beach Fossils, insert any indie rock pop band really that is bold, or edgy or gonna knock my socks off isn't that characterization. But that's ok.

My basic point is that when people bag on a band for being soft or inoffensive, well that can characterize the vast majority of indie rock bands, so it's a bit of a nonstarter.

On the other hand Fantano's argument was also that there's nothing really distinct about the Real Estate album which is another discussion I suppose.

anyone who gives that pile of filth "aeroplane over the sea" like a near perfect score opinion on music is pretty much null and void to me.

 

[Roaden Polynice]

anyone who gives that pile of filth "aeroplane over the sea" like a near perfect score opinion on music is pretty much null and void to me.

No lie I've tried to listen to that album about 10 times. I don't think I'll ever get the praise for that album

 

[Deafheaven]

No lie I've tried to listen to that album about 10 times. I don't think I'll ever get the praise for that album

I tried about three times and said fukk it. Like usually when I don't get something critically lauded I will be able to see where the praise comes from and maybe come around to it in time. happened with turn on the bright lights. but this shyt here...the musicianship, the lyrics, the vocals, the mastering, just...all so unbearably shyt. They came here a few weeks ago and their show was sold out. all the lil hipsters prolly creamed themselves in their presence I really hate going to shows here sometimes. I went to a dir en grey concert and half of the place was sitting down sipping pbr...at a fukking metal concert! And people wonder why I try to brush that label off no matter how much of one I probably am

You know these nikkas (neutral milk) tickets was like 37$? arcade fire was only 20 something lol
I can't even knock the hustle

 

[Adam3000]

Two Headed Boy was a dope song, but most of the album is just not that good no matter how much I try to give it a chance or what angle I approach it from. NMH is not even in the same realm as their contemporaries Olivia Tremor Control. Now that was a nice band with some classic albums.

@penfield Here is the Frankie Cosmos again. My zippyshare links on this site always get fukked for some reason. Hope this works:

Spoiler

http://uploaded.net/file/p0qod7ef

As far as the Real Estate criticism for being soft or inoffensive, I just think those are the wrong words to explain the actual problem. Soft and inoffensive can be OK depending on the style of music. The real problem for me is that they take zero chances, its apparent that they are purposefully sticking in a comfort zone and won't expand their sound, and after a while it just becomes tired.

Worst offenders of this issue: The XX. Now, Real Estate is a much better band than the XX nowadays so the comparison only works to an extent, but my god that second XX album was like listening to the same song on repeat for an hour straight, and it was a song we had already heard on their first album.

Now, some people may want Real Estate to stay in their comfort zone and thats fine there is no correct opinion, but for me if I want to hear "Days" I can just put on Days. Don't want to put on Atlas and get the exact same experience. I do think their guitar work improved on this new album which is why I still dig it, but the vocals come of flat and boring and can't hold my attention.

 

[sun raw]

I tried about three times and said fukk it. Like usually when I don't get something critically lauded I will be able to see where the praise comes from and maybe come around to it in time. happened with turn on the bright lights. but this shyt here...the musicianship, the lyrics, the vocals, the mastering, just...all so unbearably shyt. They came here a few weeks ago and their show was sold out. all the lil hipsters prolly creamed themselves in their presence I really hate going to shows here sometimes. I went to a dir en grey concert and half of the place was sitting down sipping pbr...at a fukking metal concert! And people wonder why I try to brush that label off no matter how much of one I probably am

You know these nikkas (neutral milk) tickets was like 37$? arcade fire was only 20 something lol
I can't even knock the hustle

It's all hype, really. Somebody tells you there's an album based around Anne Frank written by a band whose lead singer had a nervous breakdown and then disappeared for over a decade and you're gonna be like damn I gotta check that out. So much of the critical response seems to be based around the mystique of the album. And then the music itself is just terrible.

 

[AMcV'88]

new Tycho album leaked yet ?
i've been lacking lately in the midst of moving so i haven't been paying much attention..all i saw was some stream rip made to look like 320.

 

[Adam3000]

My main gripe with this Perfect p*ssy album was that I thought it grew thin towards the end and there was a noticeable sound quality dropoff which I figured were old recordings they haphazardly threw on the album to fill it out.

Well, I just realized today that those tracks aren't even supposed to be on the album (on my download they are Bells live recording, III, I, and a live recording of Advance Upon The Real).

The album actually ends with VII, which makes sense because I thought it should have been the end of the album before I even knew it was. Great experimental track to finish things off.

This has solidified my love for the album and will make my listens more enjoyable now.

 

[Adam3000]

I liked Foster the People's first album. Was glad that they blew up, but god damn. They have sold their souls. Just tried listening to their new album, made it 3 tracks in and felt like vomiting. Straight to the bushes.

 

[Deafheaven]

I liked Foster the People's first album. Was glad that they blew up, but god damn. They have sold their souls. Just tried listening to their new album, made it 3 tracks in and felt like vomiting. Straight to the bushes.

This sounds what happens to a lot of bands

On different note I've come to the conclusion that Trust's new shyt is easily a step above their debut. 4.5/5 to me

 

[Yoda]

this new LIARS brehs

 

[porque]

Calle 13 new album is actually pretty good

alas its in Spanish







they started out as a reggaeton duo and turned into some anti-establishment pseudo rock band

 

[Adam3000]

I really want to like these War On Drugs and Future Islands albums a lot, but ultimately something seems missing to put them over the top. Both are still good albums though.

Not digging the Liars album very much, it stales quickly with those four dance tracks at the beginning and then the second half doesn't really hold my attention.