2012 Music Thread

[forthwrite]

Originally Posted by aoFrantic

Really surprised how awesome the new Hot Chip is.

So good.

[SarcasticRat]

Originally Posted by SarcasticRat

I'm thinking of going into a voluntary coma until the new Fiona Apple drops. No other music matters right now.

Didn't have to be in coma too long:

http://www.npr.org/2012/06/10/154422...?sc=tw&cc=twmp

[moving shapes]

yeah, really liking the new fiona apple songs i've heard. that npr link stopped working i think though.

[Thingyman]

'sup EDF

This is my first post in this part of 2+2. I was recommended this thread as a good place to discuss music.

I'm going to this festival this weekend: http://www.northside.dk/program-2012/

There are plenty of bands in the upper half of this program that I'm not that familiar with. I'll be trying to listen to some songs from every band, but is there anything specific from some of the more unknown bands that you guys would recommend? And do you know if any of these bands are really good live? (besides The Hives obv who I know have a great reputation and who I've been looking forward to seeing for 2½ years).

[JPantz]

Justice, the xx, little dragon, bats for lashes

[fnx99]

gaslight anthem and eagles of deathmetal are nice

[jonnyd]

little dragon
stone roses
xx
james blake

[kwami42]

What JPantz said plus James Blake

Also you basically have to see The Stone Roses

[SMUTTTT]

This been mentioned? New EP late July, sounds somewhat promising IMO.

Passion Pit - Ill Be Alright (soundcloud @ pitchfork)
Passion Pit - Take A Walk (youtube)

[dcm91]

Originally Posted by Michaelson

I used to love The Walkmen until I cottoned on to the fact that they're the most miserable band in the world.

lol this is just such a bad reason to stop liking a band. not to mention the walkmen are hardly any more "miserable" than like 90% of bands.

[ham on rye]

quick thoughts

japandroids - i like it better than post nothing. songs have a little more depth. i thought post nothing was kinda frontloaded and didn't have a lot of staying power for me. this one feels good.

sigur ros - i hate to say it but sigur ros is starting to sound like just another post-rock band to me. nothing on this album grabs me at all.

tallest man on earth - i can tell that this is a very good record but this genre just doesn't tend to hold my attention. i like it but probably won't listen to it a ton.

[pimmelsau]

Originally Posted by ham on rye

sigur ros - i hate to say it but sigur ros is starting to sound like just another post-rock band to me. nothing on this album grabs me at all.

wow srsly? so strange.
i love it and nothing else sounds the same.
fan from day one, and jonsi and jonsi & alex. saw them several times live and again in august.

[nyc999]

Tallest Man continues to grow on me. Seeing him do an acoustic show next week, very much looking forward to it.

Here's a pretty cool shoegaze song:

Trailer Trash Tracys

[HeavyTrev]

Read about this on techcrunch and figured some people in this thread would be into it.

http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/14/tastemakerx-launch/

If this sounds like an app where your annoying music hipster friends can be their annoying music hipster selves, well, that’s kind of the idea — but, less annoyingly,

It's a really addictive music community, will be interesting to see what comes of it.
http://www.tastemakerx.com

[aoFrantic]

Yeah, wish I had checked earlier, The Tallest Man on Earth is in Toronto tomorrow. Seeing Radiohead Saturday, but both have been sold out for months.