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What's the deal with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis? I had never even heard of them until the Sasquatch line-up was announced. I listened to that Thrift Shop track and didnt much are for it. What are they billed so high? Anyone a fan and can explain? I am curious as to what I am missing.
I am definitely a fan of about 1 month and actually never heard Thrift Shop because I heard one of his songs "Gold" on a kayaking video. Get the MTV hit out of your head and go listen to Neon Cathedral, 10,000 Hours, and Gold. 10,000 hours is a shout out to Malcolm Gladwell and his theory from the book "Outliers" that says to get to the "top" you need 10,000 hours of practice in that realm. Think Beatles in Hamburg and Bill Gates sneaking out of his house as an adolescent to go to the university to "play" with computers.
Post by littlewing on Feb 28, 2013 20:04:51 GMT -5
I'm surprised there's not more support behind The National's Alligator. I spent a summer exploring their albums, right after High Violet was released, and as much of a masterwork that Boxer and High Violet are, I keep coming back to Alligator.
And although Veckatamist is incredible, and possibly my favorite Grizzly Bear, I think you can't really milk its worth without Yellow House. The songs have had 7 years to age, but the band still consistently pours out songs like "Knife", "Lullabye", "On a neck, On a spit" at their live shows. Worth the time.
Also, I may have missed it, but I didn't think I saw mention of DIIV's "Oshin".... Mmmmmmmmm.
Back in the U.S. --Paul McCartney--This is a live album from his tour back in 2002. Good way to find out what his current live shows are like. There is also a DVD with the same name that is even better.
Back in the U.S. --Paul McCartney--This is a live album from his tour back in 2002. Good way to find out what his current live shows are like. There is also a DVD with the same name that is even better.
Oh, good call. I'm a recent convert to his solo stuff, but a friend let me borrow a vinyl copy of RAM, and good golly. That's a great album.
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue - Backatown The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? Reptar (changed to) - Oblangle Fizz Y'all DIIV - Oshin Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers - Driftwood
Wolfgang Gartner Sam Bush/Del McCoury Dwight Yoakam Porter Robinson Noam Pikelny & Friends Preservation Hall Jazz Band Allen Stone Fatoumata Diawara John Fullbright Clockwork twenty | one | pilots Milo Greene Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors Patrick Watson Aoife O'Donovan
Sam Bush/Del McCoury Preservation Hall Jazz Band Aoife O'Donovan
Aoife doesn't have a solo album out. You have to listen to Crooked Still to get her so I'd vote Shaken by a Low Sound there.
Sam and Del don't have a collaborative album so you have to go with solo work from both of them. For Sam, I'd vote for Ice Caps: Peaks of Telluride. It's a live compilation that gives you a feel for his show. For Del, either A Deeper Shade of Blue or American Legacies, which also gets you PHJB.
Alternately, you can go with PHJB's Preservation, which is a two disc album that has them collaborating with a number of artists, including a couple of Bonnaroo 2013 performers (Del McCoury and Jim James)
I'm surprised there's not more support behind The National's Alligator. I spent a summer exploring their albums, right after High Violet was released, and as much of a masterwork that Boxer and High Violet are, I keep coming back to Alligator.
And although Veckatamist is incredible, and possibly my favorite Grizzly Bear, I think you can't really milk its worth without Yellow House. The songs have had 7 years to age, but the band still consistently pours out songs like "Knife", "Lullabye", "On a neck, On a spit" at their live shows. Worth the time.
Also, I may have missed it, but I didn't think I saw mention of DIIV's "Oshin".... Mmmmmmmmm.
My favorite National album switches nearly every day between Boxer and Alligator, and I agree Alligator is pretty underrated, I guess mostly because they didn't really break through in a big way until High Violet. Alligator feels more loose than their later albums. And actually funny, too (in its own way).
The National - Alligator / High Violet Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot / A Ghost is Born Wu Tang Clan - 36 Chambers Kendrick Lamar - Section .80 Tame Impala - Innerspeaker Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist / Evil Friends Pretty Lights - Glowing in the Darkest Night / Filling up the City Skies Nas - Illmatic / God's Son Foals - Holy Fire Futurebirds - Baba Yaga Sea Wolf - Old World Romance Mac DeMarco - 2 Matt & Kim - Sidewalks Jeff the Brotherhood - We Are Champions Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Up From Below A$AP Rocky - Live Love A$AP Wild Nothing - Nocturne
Post by patrickewing on Jun 4, 2013 10:48:21 GMT -5
First album is the one you get first, the other is the one you get second because while it may be amazing, it might not be the best starting point.
Bjork – Post / Homogenic and Vespertine once you fall in love with her
Wilco – Summerteeth or Being There for earlier stuff, The Whole Love for later / Yankee Hotel Foxtrot once you can really get into it
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Pick your poison really with any… Damn the Torpedoes, Long After Dark, Hard Promises or Wildflowers & Full Moon Fever (TP solo)
The National – Boxer and Alligator are my favorites. High Violet or Trouble Will Find Me because you will probably hear a decent amount of those songs and they are great.
Cat Power – The Greatest or You Are Free
Nas – Illmatic of course. Then Hip Hop is Dead, God’s Son, the new one Life is Good.
Beach House – Bloom or Teen Dream then Devotion
Japandroids - Celebration Rock, definitely. Post Nothing isn't as fleshed out. A bit more raw.
