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it was definitely around that era, no question. '94-'96 for me was my favorite era in terms of their studio output

someone asked me to describe it and i said Devendra Banhart fronting the Polyphonic Spree, lol

hah! just posted in Now Playing before i saw this. digging this record too... bummed I can't go see them on Sunday night here now :/

this is pretty great stuff... really bummed i can't make their show on Sunday here now

ah, my bad. his myspace made it seem like he was opening. either way, still cool

has it been mentioned that M. Ward is opening the Central Park show on August 1st?

LOVE Sandman, Say Please is pleasant, not too big on Dear God really... sounds like a poor take on a Gil Scott Heron song

totes agree. i didn't care for a lot of the huge arrangments/things on the last one, but it's totally working for me on this one so far! the horns on Smoke = AMAZING. now the problem is, how the hell do they pull this shit off live on tour? :/

before i saw the Dexateens and their bassist play live, i'd agree with this

totally accurate. a lot of the guitar tones they use are straight off of some Wings records

i wanna say i did... i'm really bad about ordering vinyl and letting it sit in a stack for a month or two until i get through to listening to it, but i'm pretty sure I picked this one up earlier this spring.

as shitty as my original CD's sound, esp. compared to the Ebett's ones, i won't feel rooked. i only paid $140 for all of the original CD's back in the 90's, i'd hope i could get like $50-60 for them all used.

right. i realize LOVE was remixed, but i just mean in the overall fullness/improvement i think it'll be pretty obvious to anyone with a half-way decent stereo setup, and VERY obvious to people with really nice setups. that's annoying that the Mono one is limited to 10k... hopefully there's decent first week sales, as i don't want to wait too long.

nice! i'm catching some Lolla acts in Minneapolis that weekend (Passion Pit, Bat For Lashes, Fleet Foxes/Dungen, etc.)

Andrew Bird is playing Schubas on 8/6 now too... damn that's a great weekend to be in Chicago DESPITE Lolla would have loved to see the Constantines/Gaslight Anthem show too

yeah. Conor was fucking awful then. couldn't stand him or his goatboy voice at that point. but Matt & Jim killed it

i'll definitely listen to them before i buy, but if the sound quality is on par with the LOVE disc, it'll be a huge upgrade.

yes Balcony at Roy Wilkins is pretty much awful

yep. i'm not even bothering with St. Paul at that price. $50+ for a $36 ticket is no better than Ticketmaster. i'll pick up a ticket at the box office for $36

just looked up how much i paid to see these same 4 guys play together in Minneapolis in 2004... $18. apparently that price has almost doubled every year since?

uhm. $65 after fees for the Minneapolis show?? fucking hell no. guess i'm glad i'm out of town. even if Jim & Matt are 2 of my favorites, that price is pretty absurd.

def FF's best since Blueberry

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picked up Archives Vol. 1 on Blu-Ray this weekend for $178. can't wait

i am. or if i actually truly want both.