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Margo Cilker

Haven't listened to this in a while. I'd forgotten how good it is from start to finish. 

3 hours ago, Marijn said:

 

"As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again", out June 14th.

 

Double LP - not a double album unfortunately: https://shop.season-of-mist.com/the-decemberists-as-it-ever-was-so-it-will-be-again-double-lp-coloured

 

Bummer. I was looking forward to a double dose of new music from them. Still excited about the new album though. 

Swamp Dogg

On 2/7/2024 at 7:44 PM, Beltmann said:

 

Throughout The Zone of Interest a woman sitting near me eagerly chomped through a bucket of popcorn, and I wanted to lean over and ask, "You were making out during Schindler's List?"
 

My 15-year-old son came along, and our subsequent conversation during the 35-minute car ride home was one of our best movie conversations ever. (And he had the moral wherewithal to intentionally finish his nachos during the trailers!)

I watched this yesterday. It's a very powerful film. It tells a familiar story in a new way. 

Yo La Tengo (night two)! 

Yo La Tengo (night one)

At times funny. At other times bittersweet and even sad. A very well done movie. 

A simple yet incredibly emotional and beautifull film. I love a movie that makes me feel. This one certainly does that.

Published today. 

Jeff Tweedy on Rock Criticism, the Pitfalls of Music Snobbery, and His New Book

12 hours ago, Marijn said:

Any source online? Can’t find anything about it (yet), but I’m very hopeful for a return to form after their last (mediocre at best) album.

Here you go:

https://colinmeloy.substack.com/p/studio-diary-part-12?r=5m0no&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post&fbclid=IwAR12WpIaWlw9vukGzfnAV1ZLzOP7KVYYE90Ts3KUHdWeDnz41B7PFr3Pykw

If you can't open it here's a quote from the Substack entry:

Today, I am almost entirely certain that this will be a double album, despite the usual warnings from the people with better commercial/financial sense than I — that double LPs are invariably more expensive and fewer people buy them. 

This was published by Colin in mid October, and in December he posted that the recording process was complete. 

My 1500th post!

Having read many loving tributes on Facebook I wish I'd known him better. It definitely seems that I missed out. Rest easy, Joe.

Your post made me curious, so I looked at my profile and discovered my 16th anniversary at VC is coming up in the spring. Time flies when you're having fun.

The Decemberists are set to release a double album some time next year. That's at the top of my list right now. 

6 hours ago, Madcap said:

Will be my first SSF and while I am honestly fairly underwhelmed by the lineup (was hoping for someone I liked a little more than Isbell for the main non-Wilco act), I am excited to dig into some of these other bands.  Have already listened to some Fenne Lily, Hailu Mergia, Ratboys and Mary Halvorsen and really am enjoying those, so hopefully the rest of my exploring will be as fruitful!  

I'm not a huge fan of Jason Isbell, but his live shows are excellent. Another of the young bands you should check out is Wednesday. They're my favorite musical discovery of 2023. Here's a great 30-minute documentary on the band that was released not long ago.