Official 2015 Alt Music/The Lounge Thread

[Adam3000]

OK, after taking a lot of time to digest Currents, I gotta say that Kevin Parker has dropped another classic album. AOTY contender right now. The best musician alive at the moment, but I hesitate to call Tame Impala the best band since it really aint a band.

All his best traits as a musician are present on this album. His knack for making verses themselves as catchy as hooks. Consistently the best sounding drums in indie rock. Lots of depth and very busy production but never thrown together haphazardly or overproduced. The ability to turn phaser effects into a euphoric sonic experience.

What is blowing me away and making me sad at the same time is the mixing on this album. I say blowing me away because his music has never been mixed this good. I say making me sad because it makes me wonder if Lonerism could have been the greatest album of all time had it been mixed this well.

Gotta be honest, I'm not feeling Yes I'm Changing all that much but based on The Coli response to the song it maybe still have room to click for me. Same thing with Love Paranoia. I was not big on ANY of these songs when he released them as singles, I needed the full album to "get" them. I never thought that I'd be singing "Cause I'm a maaaaaaaannnn, wooomaaaaaaannn"......I didn't like the single at all but now I love it. Crazy.

 

[Adam3000]

New Julia Holter album coming this year. Follow up to the brilliant Loud City Song


I think this album is now up to the top of my most anticipated list after hearing the first single

She's about to give us something brehs

 

[Air Nikes N Hats]

OK, after taking a lot of time to digest Currents, I gotta say that Kevin Parker has dropped another classic album. AOTY contender right now. The best musician alive at the moment, but I hesitate to call Tame Impala the best band since it really aint a band.

All his best traits as a musician are present on this album. His knack for making verses themselves as catchy as hooks. Consistently the best sounding drums in indie rock. Lots of depth and very busy production but never thrown together haphazardly or overproduced. The ability to turn phaser effects into a euphoric sonic experience.

What is blowing me away and making me sad at the same time is the mixing on this album. I say blowing me away because his music has never been mixed this good. I say making me sad because it makes me wonder if Lonerism could have been the greatest album of all time had it been mixed this well.

Gotta be honest, I'm not feeling Yes I'm Changing all that much but based on The Coli response to the song it maybe still have room to click for me. Same thing with Love Paranoia. I was not big on ANY of these songs when he released them as singles, I needed the full album to "get" them. I never thought that I'd be singing "Cause I'm a maaaaaaaannnn, wooomaaaaaaannn"......I didn't like the single at all but now I love it. Crazy.

He will be in heavy demand if he isnt already.....my hopes are that he doesn't wear himself to thin! I also agree about the mixing of Lonerism....but who knows if he was aiming for that intentionally.

 

[Roaden Polynice]

This new beach house album

might be my favorite of the year so far

It leaked?

 

[bsmooth]

Headed to this festival on the weekend, who should I be checking out?

 

[Captain Crunch]

What are some great Alternative Rock bands to see live? Also do they have any songs you can sing along to?

 

[Deafheaven]

OK, after taking a lot of time to digest Currents, I gotta say that Kevin Parker has dropped another classic album. AOTY contender right now. The best musician alive at the moment, but I hesitate to call Tame Impala the best band since it really aint a band.

All his best traits as a musician are present on this album. His knack for making verses themselves as catchy as hooks. Consistently the best sounding drums in indie rock. Lots of depth and very busy production but never thrown together haphazardly or overproduced. The ability to turn phaser effects into a euphoric sonic experience.

What is blowing me away and making me sad at the same time is the mixing on this album. I say blowing me away because his music has never been mixed this good. I say making me sad because it makes me wonder if Lonerism could have been the greatest album of all time had it been mixed this well.

Gotta be honest, I'm not feeling Yes I'm Changing all that much but based on The Coli response to the song it maybe still have room to click for me. Same thing with Love Paranoia. I was not big on ANY of these songs when he released them as singles, I needed the full album to "get" them. I never thought that I'd be singing "Cause I'm a maaaaaaaannnn, wooomaaaaaaannn"......I didn't like the single at all but now I love it. Crazy.

breh!

anyway...

This Chelsea Wolfe shyt is amazing.

 

[Roaden Polynice]

What are some great Alternative Rock bands to see live? Also do they have any songs you can sing along to?

That's kind of a broad question brah. Who were you thinking of seeing?

 

[TrapHouse Rock]

Headed to this festival on the weekend, who should I be checking out?

If you're asking who I would personally be really excited to see (with personal favs esp in bold),

J. Cole
War On Drugs
Flatbush Zombies
Ryan Hemsworth
Father John Misty
De La Soul
The Black Keys
Run The Jewels
Charles Bradley
Tune-Yards
Kendrick Lamar
Earl Sweatshirt
Chvrches
Real Estate

and then there's a ton of other acts depending on time. This is really good festival lineup imo. Comedy go with who you like but I love Eric Andre

 

[FrostBite]

Finally got around to listening to the Tame Impala record. Had to give it a few spins before commenting on it. As of now, I have to give it Album of the Year. I cannot stop listening to this. I love the direction Kevin Parker took with this album. You could definitely see it coming with the work he did with Mark Ronson earlier this year (I would personally love to hear those two make an entire record together). I'm bummed I missed out on their show when they were here about a month ago. I'm interested in hearing how some of these tracks sound live.

 

[Tenchi Ryu]

Really feeling this one

 

[TrapHouse Rock]

I really like Christopher Owens from that band Girls..... he dropped a new cd and im currently listening to it on spotify. im really digging it so far.
Still waiting on the mac demarco and tame impala tho, and when the fukk is chromatics gonna drop a release date?

Listening to that Christopher Owens and I'm liking quite a few tracks on here

 

[Yoda]

Listening to that Christopher Owens and I'm liking quite a few tracks on here

the first half is dope. the second , tho, is shyt.

 

[TrapHouse Rock]

the first half is dope. the second , tho, is shyt.

In general some of his tracks are gonna be way too sugary for me anyways, but the ones I do like

 

[We Major]

Currents is fukking incredible. Growing even more by the listen