palace Basic Member Posts:392  
| 10/16/2006 12:11 PM |
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some all time (genuinely) alternative classic that i have never picked up or may never have heard of, new or old...
...i don't want post modest mouse / arcade fire american indie quirkyness...
...i don't want anything too difficult
...i don't want really loud guitars
...i do want something that i don't have to give 100% attention to via headphones and that the melodies and beauty will slowly and surely make their way into my head and i'll want to sing... it can't offend my family either... i want to be able to play it a lot
thank you
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Rev Jules Veteran Member Posts:1041
| 10/16/2006 12:30 PM |
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Originally posted by palace
some all time (genuinely) alternative classic that i have never picked up or may never have heard of, new or old...
...i don't want post modest mouse / arcade fire american indie quirkyness...
...i don't want anything too difficult
...i don't want really loud guitars
...i do want something that i don't have to give 100% attention to via headphones and that the melodies and beauty will slowly and surely make their way into my head and i'll want to sing... it can't offend my family either... i want to be able to play it a lot
thank you
Gavin Bryers - 'Jesus Blood Never Failed Me' (Tom Waits is on it) |
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GarVeteran Member Posts:1676
| 10/16/2006 12:31 PM |
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The Fruit Bats
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Daragh Advanced Member Posts:666
| 10/16/2006 1:32 PM |
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fela kuti! get the best best of, it is the s**t! can put it on in the background and itll slowly come up on you, or you can turn it right up and get on down.
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palaceBasic Member Posts:392
| 10/16/2006 1:51 PM |
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thanks lads... this is good... i don't know much about any of those three recommendations and having looked them up, they all interest me to varying degrees...
question for jules: jesus blood never failed me yet... there appears to be two versions... one is the more recent 74 minute epic culminating with tom waits input... the other seems to be a 1970's arrangement, 25 minutes in length based on the same loop by the same tramp... on that album, there is another 25 minute piece called the sinking of the titanic...
...where you coming from?
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crucifixio New Member Posts:89
| 10/16/2006 2:11 PM |
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Nutral Milk Hotel
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| 10/16/2006 3:22 PM |
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Neutral Milk Hotel freeekin rocks . Iv listhened to Aeroplane in some shape or form every day for the last 8 months .
''she will feed you tomatoes and radio wires ''
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UnaVeteran Member Posts:1721
| 10/16/2006 3:25 PM |
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Third Eye Foundation
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deraBasic Member Posts:163
| 10/16/2006 3:32 PM |
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palace is quite the Neutral Milk Hotel aficionado already :)
Hm, I'm trying to think of slightly nonobvious things... that aren't too twee... I'm thinking kind of pastoral/folkish... Pentangle's Sweet Child maybe?
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Man in a canBasic Member Posts:106
| 10/16/2006 3:36 PM |
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Mumblin Deaf Ro, if you dont have it you should get it. He only has one album so far, Senor my Friend.
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UnaVeteran Member Posts:1721
| 10/16/2006 3:50 PM |
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Mono - amazing Japanese band
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kavobagginsBasic Member Posts:199
| 10/16/2006 3:55 PM |
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Prob not all that obscure but I used to love Remy Zero. Villa Elaine is a fantastic album, particularly the last song Goodbye Little World, and Gramarye.
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yesboyicecream recordsNew Member Posts:17
| 10/16/2006 3:59 PM |
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The Radio Dept. - Lesser Matters - Labrador, 2002.
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| 10/16/2006 4:00 PM |
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Maybe a bit of Mark Kozelek ?
or the shins 2nd album ?
Im sure youve heard of all this before .
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UnaVeteran Member Posts:1721
| 10/16/2006 4:09 PM |
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yeah, Villa Elaine is a great album. They're only really good one I suppose.
Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the great/lost (can't remember) Highway is fantastic as well.
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kavobagginsBasic Member Posts:199
| 10/16/2006 4:18 PM |
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Originally posted by Una
yeah, Villa Elaine is a great album. They're only really good one I suppose.
They were the bands band at the time. Courtney, Billy Corgan, Thom Yorke etc all used to rave on about the album. |
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palaceBasic Member Posts:392
| 10/16/2006 4:20 PM |
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thanks again all...
...neutral milk hotel - yes - a favourite of mine
...dera - possibly not looking for pastoral folk here (as much as i love it)... more inclined to be wanting a folk-pop gem that makes me feel warm inside and i don't feel like i need to concentrate too hard (i've enough albums that demand attention with not enough time)... i do know pentangle though
...una, mono i like but i'm not looking for post-rock...
...kozelek i know well
haven't heard of a few of the others - i'm off to check these out
third eye foundation
remy zero / villa elaine
radio dept
mumblin deaf ro' (i know more of the man than the music?)
you are all very kind
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| 10/16/2006 4:38 PM |
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American Analogue set
And not in the least obscure but really good - Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins
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Milky JoeNew Member Posts:5
| 10/16/2006 4:51 PM |
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Galaxie 500 - This is our music
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BinokularVeteran Member Posts:1665
| 10/16/2006 6:01 PM |
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Originally posted by Milky Joe
Galaxie 500 - This is our music
Seconded, or any Galaxie 500 album really, all staggeringly good. |
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AntistarAdvanced Member Posts:544
| 10/16/2006 7:16 PM |
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Mogwai: 'Come On Die Young' Mogwai at their mellowest and most serene.
Sun Kil Moon: 'Tiny Cities' Modest Mouse covers (Hold on! Come back!) but a total re-interpretation of the originals, rendering them completely unrecognisable.
American Music Club: 'Everclear'/'San Francisco'/'Mercury'. Three masterpieces. The most criminally under-appreciated band in rock history.
there are laods more...don't have time...
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Pool Cleaning GuyNew Member Posts:70
| 10/16/2006 7:37 PM |
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Originally posted by Antistar
American Music Club: 'Everclear'/'San Francisco'/'Mercury'. Three masterpieces. The most criminally under-appreciated band in rock history.
Does double take, Jaw drops, tongue falls onto floor, eyes stick out 18 inches from their sockets on springs, like in the cartoons.
Good man yourself, Antistar. Unless of course you're not a man and it should be Auntie Star. The greatest band in the history of the world bar none. I'd rate Mercury the best of the three you mention - a classic. Eitzel is God, my favourite singer ever and a wonderful lyricist.
"What happened to the rat that stops running the maze?
The doctors think it's dumb when it's just disappointed"
Here he is on The View from last october
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfdzGF_JUwc |
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UnicronVeteran Member Posts:1696
| 10/16/2006 8:01 PM |
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Anything by the wrens
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DaraghAdvanced Member Posts:666
| 10/16/2006 8:05 PM |
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Originally posted by Unicron
Anything by the wrens
I was waiting for that Unicron!
gonna check out a good few of these, happy days. |
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UnicronVeteran Member Posts:1696
| 10/16/2006 8:18 PM |
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Originally posted by Daragh
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Originally posted by Unicron
Anything by the wrens
I was waiting for that Unicron!
gonna check out a good few of these, happy days.
Ha, I may be slightly obsessed yes. |
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EoinBasic Member Posts:174
| 10/17/2006 1:04 AM |
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Fionn Regan - The End Of History
Charlotte Gainsbourg - 5:55
The Great Lake Swimmers - The Great lake Swimmers
Jarvis - Jarvis ( I know its not out yet but its immense)
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palaceBasic Member Posts:392
| 10/17/2006 9:05 AM |
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this is great - thanks again...
unicron's obsession has made me consider meadowlands on many an occasion - maybe this time... antistar, thanks - mogwai, amc and sun kil moon i would have a lot of time for anyway... galaxie 500 too
...pulp i never had time for back in the day but i think i'll be buying jarvis just to give it a fresh outlook
heard something by fionn regan and it was pretty good
after all recommendations, i think i might buy:
wrens - meadowlands
mumblin deaf ro'
jarvis
gavin bryers
thank you
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oh messy lifeNew Member Posts:27
| 10/17/2006 10:20 AM |
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Originally posted by illyad
American Analogue set
yes, yes, yes!
Know by Heart or The Golden Band.
Or pick up the Hymie's Basement album.
Unreal. |
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EoinBasic Member Posts:174
| 10/17/2006 10:59 AM |
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Originally posted by palace
this is great - thanks again...
unicron's obsession has made me consider meadowlands on many an occasion - maybe this time... antistar, thanks - mogwai, amc and sun kil moon i would have a lot of time for anyway... galaxie 500 too
...pulp i never had time for back in the day but i think i'll be buying jarvis just to give it a fresh outlook
heard something by fionn regan and it was pretty good
after all recommendations, i think i might buy:
wrens - meadowlands
mumblin deaf ro'
jarvis
gavin bryers
thank you
in case you go hunting for the Jarvis one it isnt actually out until next month, just so you are not wasting time trawling for it, but it is fantastic, some tracks are Pulpish but mostly is a new sound for Jarvis, great album imho |
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deraBasic Member Posts:163
| 10/17/2006 11:05 AM |
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Originally posted by Eoin
in case you go hunting for the Jarvis one it isnt actually out until next month, just so you are not wasting time trawling for it, but it is fantastic, some tracks are Pulpish but mostly is a new sound for Jarvis, great album imho
I really like the 'c**ts are still running the world' song! \m/ |
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BergeracNew Member Posts:14
| 10/17/2006 11:40 AM |
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Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
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UnicronVeteran Member Posts:1696
| 10/17/2006 12:07 PM |
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Originally posted by palace
wrens - meadowlands
Cool, it's a grower, took me abut 4 listens to get what the fuss was about. |
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pookadanaNew Member Posts:1
| 10/17/2006 12:51 PM |
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So no to pastoral Folk? How about ............
Broken Family band - Balls
Tunng - Comments of the inner chorus
Micah p. Hinson - The gospel of Progress
M Craft - Silver and Fire
Midlake - Trials of Van Occupanther
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Rev JulesVeteran Member Posts:1041
| 10/17/2006 1:18 PM |
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Originally posted by palace
thanks lads... this is good... i don't know much about any of those three recommendations and having looked them up, they all interest me to varying degrees...
question for jules: jesus blood never failed me yet... there appears to be two versions... one is the more recent 74 minute epic culminating with tom waits input... the other seems to be a 1970's arrangement, 25 minutes in length based on the same loop by the same tramp... on that album, there is another 25 minute piece called the sinking of the titanic...
...where you coming from?
The more recent 74 minute epic culminating with tom waits input |
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Protein biscuitBasic Member Posts:364
| 10/17/2006 1:46 PM |
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Originally posted by Eoin
Jarvis - Jarvis ( I know its not out yet but its immense)
I am wringing my hands in anticipation of this one. Can't wait. Apparently the new "single" is a hidden track on the album, 25 minutes after the last tune?
I would recommend Califone, "Quicksand & Cradlesnakes." |
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EoinBasic Member Posts:174
| 10/17/2006 1:57 PM |
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Originally posted by dera
quote:
Originally posted by Eoin
in case you go hunting for the Jarvis one it isnt actually out until next month, just so you are not wasting time trawling for it, but it is fantastic, some tracks are Pulpish but mostly is a new sound for Jarvis, great album imho
I really like the 'c**ts are still running the world' song! \m/
yes, love it, I wouldlike to see it released as a potential Xmas number one, |
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GarretBasic Member Posts:244
| 10/18/2006 10:54 AM |
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I would highly recommend Front by Luxembourg
available from www.dogboxecords.co.uk and iTunes, from next monday
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adminBasic Member Posts:399
| 10/19/2006 8:04 AM |
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Strongly recommend Pinetop Seven. Yeah they're what some would call 'Americana'. Contemplative, textured. Some exquisite arrangements in there. They've been around a block, 8 or so years of releases under their belt. Worth a whirl even if they occasionally mope on a bit. But they got something compelling going on. There's a good cross-section of free MP3s to download from their site:
http://www.pinetopseven.com/discs.html
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