The Indie Music Appreciation Thread - Page 15

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Originally Posted by ssrock64 

What didn't you like about Cease to Begin?

Besides its mesmerizing sticky, big, haunting sound, Everything All The Time strongly emphasizes on variation.

They put modification in almost every stanza, shorten some, lengthen some, sing it a little differently each time it repeats. Basically an entire album stands as an effort to outwit a pattern.

Cease to Begin simply took a 180 degree turn. It's an attempt to build a pattern and make you learn to enjoy it. It was just too much to bear.

However, when it finally grew on me, I found myself listening to CTB even more than EATT. Window Blues is my favorite BOH song.

I have been following Kurt Vile for some time now...his new album "Walkin On A Pretty Daze" is definitely his breakthrough album...a very nice album to listen to all the way through.

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Originally Posted by DLeeWebb 

I have been following Kurt Vile for some time now...his new album "Walkin On A Pretty Daze" is definitely his breakthrough album...a very nice album to listen to all the way through.

Agree. I have been listening to this album around 3-4 times. Beforehand I had only heard his second album, "God is.." But it never made some kind of impact on me, almost forgot about it before I heard this album. To me at least "Walking On.." very much connects the simplicity of Velvet Underground with something more complex in song structure like The Pavements and at the same time adding some hints of an old school electronica sound.

It gives me a strong sense that I already know it, heard it all before, but the originality lies in how extremely well it all blends together.

Not forgetting that the basic songwriting/lyrics is very impressive.

Anybody got the new Dawes album yet? I want it, but I'm starved for good record stores here.

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Originally Posted by Jupiterknight 
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Originally Posted by DLeeWebb 

I have been following Kurt Vile for some time now...his new album "Walkin On A Pretty Daze" is definitely his breakthrough album...a very nice album to listen to all the way through.

Agree. I have been listening to this album around 3-4 times. Beforehand I had only heard his second album, "God is.." But it never made some kind of impact on me, almost forgot about it before I heard this album. To me at least "Walking On.." very much connects the simplicity of Velvet Underground with something more complex in song structure like The Pavements and at the same time adding some hints of an old school electronica sound.

It gives me a strong sense that I already know it, heard it all before, but the originality lies in how extremely well it all blends together.

Not forgetting that the basic songwriting/lyrics is very impressive.

listened to it again today, very good album. I hear Lou Reed/Velvet Underground in there for sure, and maybe a little Dylan as well...""Ghost On Ghost" by Iron & Wine is next...

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Originally Posted by DLeeWebb 

 

listened to it again today, very good album. I hear Lou Reed/Velvet Underground in there for sure, and maybe a little Dylan as well...""Ghost On Ghost" by Iron & Wine is next...

I'll get a chance to listen to the Iron & Wine in a couple of days..

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Originally Posted by ssrock64 

Anybody got the new Dawes album yet? I want it, but I'm starved for good record stores here.

I have listened  to "Stories Don't End" a couple of times and so far I really like it. So if you really like their first two albums, which I strongly assume that you do :-) Then I believe that you will not be disappointed with their latest. Straight out of the pocket it sounds more refined and original than previous releases. 

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Originally Posted by gtcharlie 

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Originally Posted by DLeeWebb 

listened to it again today, very good album. I hear Lou Reed/Velvet Underground in there for sure, and maybe a little Dylan as well...""Ghost On Ghost" by Iron & Wine is next...

Heard an excellent interview of Kurt Vile on the Sound Ideas program on NPR today. Really like the dude and the vibe he gives off. A lot like his music of course. Pretty sure you can find it on the NPR.org site if you are interested.

Thanks, I visit NPR several times a day, I'll check it out...

 Inwhite Нэверлэнд ( 2012) is available on Amazon

Inwhite is a Russian indie group which debuted last year with its first Russian language album. They've started to sing in English but gave up. I would advise you to give this a listen if you want to broaden your horizon.

You can listen the album for free here.

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Originally Posted by Jupiterknight 

I have listened  to "Stories Don't End" a couple of times and so far I really like it. So if you really like their first two albums, which I strongly assume that you do :-) Then I believe that you will not be disappointed with their latest. Straight out of the pocket it sounds more refined and original than previous releases. 

I've only heard the single (From a Window Seat) so far and liked it (though I believe they had a few contributors to that particular song that may give it a slightly different character from the rest of the album). I'm a huge Dawes fan, but none of my local stores have it in until late this week.

I'm almost tempted to listen to it on Grooveshark like I was when Sigur Ros's Valtari was leaked in MP3 format before its release last year, but I try to give my first listen to anything I like in full FLAC or analog format.