The point of these threads is to encourage people to look for new and interesting music. We do this by listening to and ideally discussing albums we've never heard before. Many of us already listen to new music daily, these people are in it to venture "out of their comfort zone" by listening to albums they otherwise wouldn't have, or just to have a good time.
ha ha new lorde is super boring and i don't like it.
Jordan Watson
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Jeremiah Powell
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Gabriel Scott
So I wanna make a tourney out of the albums I haven't listened to from this year that I have already downloaded. Five spots have already been chosen, 3 more open
Hudson Jones
Here's the charts and those who already picked.
Christopher Sanders
drunk
Isaac Hill
Whoa whoa whoa I missed when the Peter Silberman album came out
guess I know what I'm doing today
Robert Gonzalez
Also made this chart of random albums I have downloaded. Want to make a tourney of that too. Any takers?
Jayden Clark
vision creation newsun
Jaxson Gomez
fishmans please
Asher Reyes
fishmans pls lol
Elijah Howard
curious, is anyone here /nathanforyou/?
been really digging the show lately after actually watching full eps and holy shit Smokers Allowed and The Hero are easily some of the greatest comedy episodes I've ever seen on television
while I don't think they're as hilarious as some other Nathan moments, they certainly go beyond just being funny and hit some sort of emotional level through Nathan's awkward humour
maybe I'm overanalyzing but either way Nathan Fielder is a comedic genius
Ryan Campbell
u fuk
Austin Richardson
brainbombs fishmans is for nerd idiots no
Joshua Clark
claiming Null & Void no
Isaac Cooper
i fucking love nathan for you
im pretty sure the emotion is an intended additional layer of self-deprecating comedy i.e. nathan only reaches human fulfillment thru fucking with people and putting himself in situations where he's desired
either way new season when get fucked
Nolan Richardson
fine ill take di go pop then but if im against fishmans im gonna drink my piss from a cup
Henry Flores
Now I gotta go through dereckvon's older videos, knowing that he covers some obscure but great stuff.
svsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/svs008-elephants-lp intrigued me when he mentioned contesting rhythms that squabble over your attention, and this album definitely got some of it going. Real nice post-industrial/house vibe
Grapefruit
Kayden Peterson
>im pretty sure the emotion is an intended additional layer of self-deprecating comedy i.e. nathan only reaches human fulfillment thru fucking with people and putting himself in situations where he's desired yeah, it really makes Nathan's character go from being just the really awkward guy in season 1 to a man that really needs some help
when I first started watching clips of the show on Youtube like a year or two ago I wouldn't have expected it to be as damn amazing is this desu
really one of the most inventive shows of the 10s and dare I say it, of all time >either way new season when hopefully soon
at least we know it's happening
Isaac Lopez
red
Ian Taylor
One spot left guys.
Also my other tourney has three spots left. Welp you're not drinking piss out of a cup then haha
Mason Brown
Back to mono
Joshua Hughes
Tourney #1 filled. Made a second tourney for those who want that second chance.
Noah Cruz
ok salmon run
Connor Diaz
Same folks or different folks?
Ryder Jones
Can be the same folks who entered the first tourney
Andrew Taylor
Can I get a ah um broadcast
Camden Perry
Ah um You sure can
Josiah Cooper
>AL-90 - Code-915913 Decent danceable lo-fi house music that draws from organic sounds as opposed to cold machine loops. The first five tracks are quite nice, but then the album seems to run out of ideas, drawing from the same vocal samples and sonic palette. This is a perfect example of an album that does not justify its length as it essentially serves up the same song over and over again. I had to double check multiple times that I hadn't accidentally turned on the repeat track button. Despite not being all that interesting and kind of forgettable in the end, save for a few tracks, it is comfy, and I think that has some value.
>Oxbow - New Oxbow The backing instrumentation has its bombastic moments, but the vocalist is the key player here. Without his fantastic and strange performances this album wouldn't be nearly as interesting or fun. Worth a listen.
>Luciano Cilio - Dialoghi del presente The first track is just stunning. That moment when the vocals kick in and create a harmonizing, droning effect is something to behold, especially for its time. Unfortunately, I don't think the rest of the album quite reaches that height. It kind of washes over me and blends together. The percussion is moody and subtle, and I appreciate the atmosphere created but nothing wowed me. Will continue to listen a bit more. I assume this is an album you have to be in the mood for, so I'll save it for a late night.
One of my favorite comedy shows of all time for sure. Makes me laugh and cringe like nothing else.
Cameron Carter
bih hit those faust 4 and bugskull joints
Aaron Bennett
oh, is it my turn?
Austin Phillips
watching this now because of this post btw. good shit
Camden Campbell
well, if no one else claims the spot...
James Cooper
again.
Hudson Taylor
Hampshire & Foat - Galaxies like Grains of Sand
Cameron Ward
stop
Bentley White
Has to be from this list
Nathaniel Lopez
Any reason why it can't be from that list? if you don't have access to it, I can give you my FLAC copy
Christopher Garcia
I just want to first go through what I have already downloaded that's from this year. When I download more stuff from this year, I'll be happy to include your suggestion.
John Morgan
ok keep it in mind. I'm not hot enough about the rest of this year's crop to nominate them
Luis Howard
So you don't want to nominate anything, even for the heck of it?
Asher Sanchez
like I said, none of the other albums really interest me, so I'll abstain from this round.
Nathaniel Carter
symphony x - paradise lost
best album ever
Austin Cook
Your /daily/ reminder to listen to this if you haven't yet
Somewhat similar to the other two albums by Letov, it is a bit more psychedelic and dynamic.
3.5
Russian Dude and Friends - Punk Album with pipes on it
Pretty similar to the other one, I enjoyed it about the same amount.
3.5
Public Image ltd - Metal Box
Some songs I enjoyed, others I was lukewarm to and some I did not at all. But they were all interesting at the very least and I wouldn’t say there are 2 same songs on the album.
3.5+
what now
probably medicine bottle
Benjamin Harris
can you post the rym link for the moonrunes cat album it looks cute
This formatting makes me want to fucking kill myself.
Jack Smith
words
Joshua Wood
Coming from someone who doesn't like slowcore, these are goat >RHP - Katy Song >Carissa's Wierd - Silently Leaving the Room >Carissa's Wierd - So You Wanna be a Superhero? >Carissa's Wierd - September Come Take This Heart Away >Carissa's Wierd - They'll Only Miss You When You Leave >Galaxie 500 - Blue Thunder >Giles Corey - Blackest Bile >Matt Elliott - C.F. Bundy
Nathan Ross
>good friend rodriguez vs trip up I was most definitely excited to see how this would turn out. A fight between two Japanese psychedelic rock bands who are held to high esteem? Interesting fight.
First off, the drumming on Boredoms is fantastic and was the number one attribute that I could hold into high regard. The rest of the instrumentation was very lush, livid, energetic. I like the use of flanger-like effects, and the little pierces of texture attempting to seep through the mix are a nice touch. My only fluke is how the drums feel like they carry a lot of the music together, so while the instrumentation is pretty, it doesn't stand out as much as the drumming, and feels like it could fall apart easily if no drumming was in the recording. Definitely was a nice listen experience.
In comparison, Fishman's 1998 live album was on the other end of the energy spectrum. The instrumentals were very lush and pretty, nice in both realms of dub and dream pop, but I think the problem for me lies in the vocal performance. It's ok for vocals, but at some points it can feel cartoonish, flat, which especially doesn't feel like it should fit with the instrumentals. Another point of skepticism for me is why this is so highly praised in the context of dub and dream pop scenes. I like the album but I feel need to relisten to it more to get used to the vocals and sound overall. Stinks too because I thought I would love this one on first listen. But my god, Long Season was so lovely.
This was tough, but overall, our good friend rodriguez wins this round. You may advance forward my dude.
This Or Gold Dust, The Landing, RHP's Medicine Bottle, or Low's Slide
Still some open spots for tourney #2, as well the 2017 tourney
Jose Cooper
>2017 tourney Planning for Burial
Nicholas Rogers
>and holy shit Smokers Allowed and The Hero are easily some of the greatest comedy episodes I've ever seen on television Oh hey you are now going to betray Peep Show is that correct?? (btw I'm rewatching the show and GOD DAMN the cringe is real I sometimes feel very fucking bad for Mark)
Also for a moment I though you were talking about Nathan Barley.
Wyatt Cox
This is actually pretty fun.
>The Flashbulb - Arboreal (2010) It's a shame that Undiscovered Colors is the one song that everyone remembers, because there's so much more that this album has to offer. The mood is cohesive but not restricting, and all the songs are really dynamic. There's a lot less of the glitchy IDM/breakcore sound from his older albums, but in its stead there's more atmospheric downtempo stuff which is great. The only complaint I have is that there's a long stretch of more subdued tracks in the second half; it could've used some more variety. 4+
>The Flashbulb - Girls Suck But You Don't (2003) This is just a random collection of tracks cobbled together for a small Japanese label, and it shows. The songs are all over the place, and most of them are pretty short so they end before anything interesting can happen. There's a bit of a playful vibe going on, but I think that's just a consequence of the songs originally not being intended for release. It's still The Flashbulb though, so it's a decent listen even if he's just messing around. 2.5-
>Benn Jordan - Sleep (1996) I dunno what the deal is with this. Why are some of these tracks so uncharacteristically bubbly? Why does a song called Nightmares sound like cheery new age with a beat? Why is the most boring song the longest one? Rendered Shores always reminds me of the godly slowed down version that gets posted on /f/ though, so I can't dislike this. 2.5+
Okay this format usually sucks so i wanted to come up with a way to spice things up, couldn't think of anything novel so i just copied an idea from another (dead) general: Blindfold listenalong. Whole album merged into one file, no tags. Because maybe by eliminating some factors we get fairer ratings or at least more participants. On the other hand maybe less since we lose the possibility of streaming, and maybe once the first reviews are in it wouldn't have made a difference anyways. We'll see how it plays out i guess. This isn't supposed to be a guessing game by the way, please, even if you can correctly guess the album/artist, just shut up or play along. I'm gonna reveal what it is once updates stop coming in.
Dunno if it would be a good idea to to drop some hints as to what you're in for so I won't.
Jason Lee
This is pretty intriguing, excited to give it a listen
Henry Perez
Interesting concept, i'll give it a go
Brandon Richardson
>favorite swans is filth >favorite bathory is the return this is huh, wow inderesding
Grayson Campbell
Peace and fucking. Believe.
David Rodriguez
Tbh I haven't really gotten into anything after Soundtracks For The Blind or really given that one a chance lol. Everything after SFTB is pretty boring to me
The Return is easily the best, maaaaaybeeee Black Mark though
Carson Smith
This is feeling like a new guilty plebsure
Michael Hernandez
top 10 song prolly
Liam Johnson
is north american scum the unguilty one?
Joshua Hall
how is that a guilty pleasure at all nerd, LCD are great
Grayson Harris
The guilt comes from how close I am to wanting to dance while sober, which is against my personal code
Nicholas Sanchez
(Continues livetweeting album)
These lyrics could be in 2010s TMBG lol
Zachary Butler
5/5 moment /diary/
David Long
where tf is I'M FISH I want to bully him for his bad opinions
Nolan Torres
FUCKING HELL
Luke Phillips
we all do friend, we all do
Samuel Richardson
make.me do you have like a chart or an rym or something
Chase Turner
I'm literally becoming a rareposter because I'm realizing 95% of my posts were bashing FISH
Camden Sanchez
I smell trickery but I'll give it a go later
what's that weeb album in your top 10
Juan Murphy
松岡直也 - 夏の旅 Cheesy as fuck city pop
Luis Turner
step that jazz game up boii
Tyler Moore
nyarlathot∑ⵉΣƩp - 5.66
>Sondre Lerche - Faces Down Quite nice. 7-/11
>King Krule - King Krule There's plenty of good things clashed with plenty of bad things here at the same time I want to like it and not at the same time. 5+/11
>Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala Listening to this album I was quite annoyed by it; with it's bog standard pop songwriting covered in loads of sugar, though I couldn't help but enjoy the rythyms to it idunno. 5/11
Really wasn't expecting to like the Sondre Lerche album. I have no idea who to do next.
Xavier Powell
>I have no idea who to do next. rethink your ruiner rating real hard
