Al.Ducts
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Anyone here dig Protomartyr? Gritty, post-punky, goodness out of Detroit. They're releasing their third record this fall and I'm really looking forward to it.
You can check out the first single (and totally rad album art) here:
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"The musicianship boasted by this long-running Wilco lineup has always been something to marvel at, but they’ve never opened up their musical engine and let it roar like they do here. There’s true beauty in listening to the band let its wild side off the leash, and with all apologies to the wonderful warmth of the band’s ’70s pop rock era, it makes you wonder why they ever left their artier tendencies behind in the first place."
Yeah this resonates with me as well. Before this new record popped up, I expressed a hope for less Tom Petty and more Tom Verlaine, and I think that's what they delivered for the most part. I sincerely hope they keep this trajectory. I'm a 25 year old Wilco fan, and the truth is most of my peers seemed to be of the mind that Wilco is easy-going, predictable, soft, whimsical etc. and I was beginning to agree. WTA and TWL were mostly just like...folk/country-rock with a thin layer of Beatle-y psychedelia spread across the top. That's fine for a lot of folks, but I got into Wilco because they didn't seem to take the easiest path to get from A to B. I didn't like their music because it was reassuring or warm or obviously pretty (clearly, I'm not a fan of Open Mind). It became those things to me over time, but it took time to feel that way. There were small flourishes here and there on the last couple records that echoed the qualities I fell in love with, but Star Wars is the first time in a long time that I haven't had to convince myself that the new Wilco record has legitimate teeth. Weirder, weirder, weirder, please.
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I thought it looked familiar...that Deep Dream Kitty print on the pre-order store is one of these:
Everything surrounding this record is super internet-y
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The sequencing is killer on this record. All the odd numbered tracks seems to be the noisy, damaged songs and the even tracks are a little bit more pleasant and positive kind of tunes. I think that's part of why it plays through so seamlessly for me
EDIT: or maybe I just dig all the odd number tracks the most
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Just gave it another listen, this time with headphones. Woooofta. Some crazy sonic blippeez and gurgles and channel slides and a lot more going on than through computron speakers. It’s good either way, but a lot more fun with headphones on.
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The link takes a bit of time to send. If you're REALLY jonesin' though, the band is streaming the record on Youtube and other spots as well it looks like:
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I feel like maybe Jim O'Rourke might've actually had a hand in this thing after all? Maybe not. I don't care right now. This is a very good record.
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Pickled Ginger is THE jam.
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I want the new Wilco record to feature less Tom Petty and more Tom Verlaine.
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I hope the new record is just Jeff playing 13 guitar solos
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This seems like a good spot to make some local recommendations out of Minneapolis.
- Pretty much the whole lineup on NO PROBLEM RECORDS (started this year) is really rad:
http://noproblemrecords.bandcamp.com/
- This compilation from FORGED ARTIFACTS contains a few of the same acts, plus a ton more great Twin Cities bands (AND INCREDIBLE COVER ART):
http://forgedartifacts.bandcamp.com/album/the-greatest-of-all-time-1
- Waveless, Hollow Boys, and The Velveteens also put out really great records for fans of sometimes blurry, dreamy, crunchy, cool rock:
WAVELESS - s/t : http://wvlss.bandcamp.com/
HOLLOW BOYS - Believe In Nothing : http://hollowboys.bandcamp.com/album/believe-in-nothing
THE VELVETEENS - Sun's Up : http://the-velveteens.bandcamp.com/
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Here's a post I made highlighting 25 of my favorite releases this year. First year since I've started doing these that I didn't bother ranking them in any way.
http://alxhanson.tumblr.com/post/105376609152/best-records-of-all-time-forever-this-year-the -
Looks like we're getting a second record from these guys in 2014...
they’ve already announced another one, and this time they’re using a different name. Last year, the band released their Tally All The Things That You Broke EP under the name Parkay Quarts, and they’re bringing that altered moniker back for Content Nausea, their new LP. Band members Andrew Savage and Austin Brown did most of this one by themselves, putting it together in two weeks on a four-track machine. Jackie-O Motherfucker’s Jef Brown adds saxophone, and Eaters’ Bob Jones plays fiddle. The album is more of an exercise in bent Americana than in the band’s usual tourettic postpunk, and it’s got covers of Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Were Made For Walking” and the 13th Floor Elevators’ “Slide Machine.”
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That's cool he mentioned Parquet Courts/Ty Segall. While I'll always love Wilco, Parquet Courts have dethroned them (at least temporarily) as my favorite band in the past few years.
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I think it's a refreshing track. I've come to the realization that the last few Wilco records have just felt overly stacked/bloated for me in some ways. Jeff's voice is so badass, and I think it really hits hardest when it's laid over sparser arrangements. I don't mean quieter, or folky-er. Just... less.
Structurally speaking, there haven't been many radical shifts in the Jeff/Wilco songbook over the last decade or so, and that's okay, but I think the sonics could use a different approach, and this track hints at something like that.
Dig it.
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The more i listen to this one, the more I like it. A straight up rock and roll record. Refreshing after a trend (that does not appeal to me) of 80s influenced synth-pop stuff that indie rock seems to be coughing up a lot nowadays. This record has shot up my Best Of 2014 list.
Yes. Tops my list (as did their last record for that matter). These guys have the potential to be seriously great.
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1. Parquet Courts / Sunbathing Animal
2. White Fence / To The Recently Found Innocent
3. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks / Wig Out at Jagbags
4. Mac Demarco / Salad Days
5. Eagulls / Eagulls
6. St. Vincent / St. Vincent
7. Damien Jurado / Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Sun
8. Angel Olsen / Burn Your Fire for No Witness
9. Thee Oh Sees / Drop
10. Sharon Van Etten / Are We There
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I hadn't heard anything beyond the single until this morning, but I found a compilation of (really excellent quality) live recordings from the band. Pleased with what I'm hearing so far.
While I enjoyed the most recent Wilco releases for the most part, I'm happy to hear the noise and weirdness and oddly structured songs employed more broadly. I think we've had enough time to cry on the sonic shoulder. More jagged guitar and drone-y goodness, please.
Some of it feels like it could fit on an imaginary, stretched-out version of the More Like the Moon/Australian EP. Which for me, is a very very good thing.
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Also, the most recent single is killer. Only 2 more weeks of waiting...
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An excellent write-up here:
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Pretty rapid graduation into my favorite band working right now. Pulling off real New York punk. The Strokes sound like Celine Dion next to these dudes.
Incredibly sharp lyricism, and I'm a total sucker for noisy, angular guitar work.
Very hyped for the new record.
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At the veeeeery end of this article it mentions,
"Kotche is also a member of the trio Loose Fur, along with Jim O'Rourke and Jeff Tweedy, who have just recorded their third studio record."I WANT IT NOW.
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Minneapolis:
Sic Alps tonight (Turf Club).
Dinosaur Jr. tomorrow (Cabooze).
Parquet Courts
in Someone Else's Song
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Looks like the boys signed to Rough Trade, and have a new EP out later this year. Big things!
http://www.stereogum.com/1821328/parquet-courts-sign-to-rough-trade-announce-new-ep/tour-dates/