solace

$45 to see Modest Mouse at a big sit down theater? no thanks

yeah, too bad the latest Shins record is fairly mediocre by their standards, and doesn't even REMOTELY touch Neon Bible popular != any good

there are no subscriptions... haven't been for a while now

so this week they dropped to #19, which is better than i'd expected (figured 20-25), AND they beat Notoious BIG by one spot this week, instead of losing by one last week

Liz, wait until you hear The Well & The Lighthouse live in person... it might be one of the best songs live off the new record the crowd really gets into that one it's not a total fave of mine on the record (prolly only 2-3 that i like less), but it's totally worthwhile in concert

thing is, Voxtrot sound more like a UK britpop band than they do American (Belle & Sebastian + The Smiths), etc.

it's just shy of my top faves (Andrew Bird, Wilco, Arcade Fire, Dinosaur Jr.) that said, there's still yet to be a record that has blown my mind this year, as good as those are

surprised how much love the new LCD got from Pfork today. i love it, but 9.2 is a bit high. but at least they agree it blows the doors off the first actual full length (ie: the first disc)

definitely hasn't leaked yet (other than those first 3 tracks, which were a pretty sub-par rip)

no, the difference is, most people on here LOOOVED Midlake's last one... i think it's a pretty big consensus so far that the new Voxtrot is a letdown, even if enjoyable

that and i think the strings sound even more fake and processed on this new one than they did on Mothers

gotta disagree there Rise Up In The Dirty, Soft & Warm, and the title cut are my 3 favorite Voxtrot songs still to this date it's close though. like i'd give MSDW a 9, Wolves an 8.5, and this new one a 7-7.5 i also think that the production & sound on Mothers is better than anything else they've done too (especially the full length). the sound on Wolves leaves a bit to be desired at times.

pfft, don't compare the album to the EP's... the MSDW EP is just chock full of indie pop goodness

i liked 3 songs on Howl... so yeah, definitely like this one waaaaaaaaaaaay better it's their 2nd best already too

haven't restored them yet, sometime in the next week

had they released that, it'd have been one helluva record

most definitely old and not legit: http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/whites...stripes_tour_us confirmed to be false: http://pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/WHOOPS...h_America#41777

i have no doubts that they have announced a tour, or will be, but i have a feeling NME jumped the gun here and posted the wrong (old) dates, and the other places are just reporting it as news now too. yes there's a FEW dates that don't match up, but like 95% of it does (including the Street Scene festival), it's just too much of a coincedence

it's not legit, the page on NME is now blank: http://www.nme.com/news/the-white-stripes/27156

http://top40.about.com/od/concerts/a/whitestour.htm

alright, the NME is apparently retarded, as these are exactly the same as the tour they did for Get Behind Me Satan 2 years ago. stupid fucking NME

there's 2 really good songs on the bonus EP like i said, i do like it, but it's not even close to one of the better records this year. like a solid 7-7.5 i'd say.

i might have to end my drought of not seeing them since 2000... sad thing is, i know the tickets are going to be $40+, and they're just not remotely worth that to me... ugh. maybe i can get on the guest list

yeah, i like a handful of tracks, but it may be his weakest to date (other than the first actual solo record). at least Sheets had a ton of energy.

i dislike Jeff's lazy vocals on the first part of it, but once the band comes in, the song kicks ass