Oh no!! Not that I was huge Arcade Fire fan but I did like them. Well, that sucks.
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The anniversary edition of American Idiot that Green Day is coming out with this month has a bunch of demo versions of all of the tracks on the album and I’m very excited for it. Looking back, American Idiot is super surface level and basic in its political commentary, but something about this demo version of “Holiday” and “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” just makes my 15 year old self giddy. I’m enjoying these songs a lot in this slightly less over-produced state.
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Nice little playlist
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New Chat Pile album out
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I was hyped for their new album, actually arrived 10 days b4 my birthday, holding out on listening it for that long was hard. I like the industrial spin on their music. ‘Coh’ slaps absolute shit too, easily in their top 3 IMO.
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It’s just fun to hear someone croon “Nintendo 64”
Got around to checking out the new Godspeed album NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD. This has to be my favorite post-hiatus record from the band, and maybe my favorite of the year so far. Parts of it have a grim atmosphere, but the biggest songs of it stand out for their cathartic and uplifting crescendos, which I wasn’t expecting based on the album title.
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This is quickly becoming my second favourite game soundtrack this year:
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F*ck depression.This song is capturing it so well, sad and strong.
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Since I’m a post-rock mood already, I checked out another album that’s been on my radar, A Lonely Sinner by samlrc/Samantha Rodrigues. It’s a blend of acoustic indie folk with ambient passages and heavy metal guitars sometimes punctuating its crescendos. It’s a blend that reminds me very much of Phil Elverum/Mount Eerie/The Microphones, but to me the real highlight of the album is “For M,” which takes a variety of crazy turns in its concise track length. It starts off as a cute acoustic number with chimes that remind me of something off the Minecraft soundtrack, building up into an indie rock drive that gives Arcade Fire a run for its money, then breaking down again and building to a great crescendo that interpolates a Vitamin String Quartet cover of Bjork’s “Hyperballad.”
The record is a bit meandering at times, and progressions can sometimes lead to dead ends. But this is an artist that clearly has a lot of talent, and is one to watch for me.
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St. Vincent is releasing a spanish version of her album All Born Screaming and I’m so confused. I’m an Annie Clark fan through and through, and I appreciate the effort that must have gone into putting this together, but her Spanish is so… awkward…
Like, if she’s trying to make an effort to branch out to the Spanish-speaking community, no one is going to want to listen to this. First, these lyrics are a very literal translation of the original English lyrics. Sure, that works, but when you do this the natural flow of the words might not work, or just sound straight up unnatural, both of which are the case here. Second, full respect to Annie, but her pronunciation is just not great.
One of the reasons something like “Wherever, Whenever” worked and hit it big in both English and Spanish despite its awkward moments is because Shakira took the effort to rewrite the lyrics and at least make the chorus flow equally well in both languages. This version of “Flea” is just a mess when compared to the original. Just a big a head scratcher.
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The new Bon Iver takes a sparse and personal look at the ugly work of examining yourself. Justin Vernon’s signature vocalizing has maybe never been as pained and alone, but this is just an opportunity to observe the beauty in his voice. The space draws you into his songwriting which is quite clever this time around. Not that Bon Iver has ever been a project lacking in lyricism. Great EP! I only wish there was more of it. Regardless I’ll happily wait another 5 years for 3 more songs of this quality
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Doesn’t sound anywhere near close to native.
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If I had a theme song…
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“My world’s on fire, how about yours?” 
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I am absolutely vibing to this right now, especially the last five minutes of The Tablet Message III.
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I love these etudes and Yuja is EVERYTHING.
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I never really took the time to listen to The Strokes before but this track showed up in one of those auto generated mixes on Tidal and I really liked it. The entire album is super good as well, I can’t believe I didn’t stumble into it sooner.
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