solace

i'm the same way... Bleeding Heart Show is AMAZING, but overall it doesn't do it for me like Electric Version or Mass Romantic did.

i LOVE 3-4 songs on the record, but a lot of it is very same-y and a bit more drone-y than I usually like. gonna check him out live next week anyway tho

Devendra Banhart

kind of amazed he's playing a 2500 seat theater here for nearly $50 after fees... i'll have to live w/ the show i saw last year at the 400 Bar (it was just good not great tho, and i've seen him put on a very campy/lame show just after Illinois came out)

OH MY GOD. Calexico are opening all of those dates above minus LA & Big Sur (not sure on Big Sur yet tho)

his band Maktub are pretty great as well, saw them years ago. he's a Montana boy too!

Win is 6'4", Stewart is like 5'5"

i did. it was the best of the 15x i've seen them now too. it truly felt like a turning point in their career type of show, playing to 50-60k opposite Soundgarden who probably only drew 30-40k

i believe the numbers were 97k of that 156k were digital and of those 97k, 62k were from Amazon's $3.99 sale. but it's worth noting the sale was Amazon's decision, not the band or label.

different strokes i guess. The National have made a pretty big evolution from their first album in 2001 imo.

not a fan of Tindersticks or Leonard Cohen either? Matt's vocals certainly aren't for everyone, but i love 'em and don't find the National or his vocals depressing whatsoever, esp. if you actually listen to what he's saying. even a song like 'Sorrow' on the new album is super upbeat to me, as dark as it sounds. as for Arcade Fire vs. The National, ehhhh Apples to Oranges. both are 2 of the best bands of the 00's and currently going today for me, and they're both friends/peers. Boxer blew away Neon Bible in 2007 for me, but this year it's gonna be darn close between High Violet & Subu

the LP is just the original one (ie: bottom row 2nd from the right) this is also $3.99 from Amazon MP3 today

sweet! thanks. i wonder if Target will have any of the 8 different CD covers or just the LP

my fave 2 songs for sure. after that, Sprawl II, We Used To Wait, Ready To Start, and Rococo probably

just curious, but why would that have any factor on how much you like or don't like an album? i'll admit i still do like High Violet more than The Suburbs for NOW, but i could see that changing.... which at the start of this year i thought there was no WAY that Arcade Fire's album would even come close to a new National record, considering in 2007 how much better Boxer was than Neon Bible.

to be honest i always felt they gave Funeral a bit TOO high of a score, as great as that record is

she has a similiar tone to her voice as Neko, but she's nowhere near as great of a singer (yet) obviously. but listen to OLD Neko records and then listen to Best Coast... it's a bit of Neko mixed w/ Liz Phair & Courtney Love

1) the new Blitzten Trapper just flat out SUCKS. doesn't put me to sleep, just annoys me, and Furr was my #1 of 2008 and Wild Mountain Nation was pretty high in 2006 . but if you think it's the 2nd most boring album of 2007, I can recommend you plenty of albums to take that title. 2) I agree that there's no song on here as great as Tunnels, Rebellion, or Wake Up, but there's PLENTY songs better than 7 Kettles, Une St Lumiere, and Crown of Love for me. 3) just as much if not more energy as Neon Bible, but musically it's certainly more refined/tuned. way better album than Neon Bible imo... whic

here's my review for a local Mpls blog: this thing is getting just INSANELY great reviews across the board: http://www.metacriti...fire/thesuburbs and i've heard that it may get a higher score from Pfork than Funeral as well

i guess... honestly i only really love 5-6 Gorillaz songs and don't like the new album much at all i'm sure it'll be a fun show, just not one i'm down for spending more than $30 on

sucks that tickets are $50-100 before TM fees

it is indeed an awesome track. i think my fave is either Empty Room or City With No Children, but Sprawl II is up there

it's actually seafoam green

i don't necessarily find it too LONG in terms of album length, but there's 2 songs i'd def cut from the record (Month of May & Deep Blue). MoM is a fun rocker, but it doesn't fit the albums sound & theme that well and should have been a b-side. i mean you could easily argue the White Album & London Calling are "too long" too, but doesn't diminish how great those records (not saying Suburbs is that good, just an example)

wow... that's too bad i actually have tickets to Neil here in MPLS on Thur