Red Mosquito

Enjoying the new Angels & Airwaves, especially this acoustic surprise.

http://www.stereogum.com/1724224/the-5- ... 2014/list/

I laughed.

So uhhhh Black Messiah is kind of wonderful

preliminary top ten list (in no order):

Morning Phase - Beck (probably this year's #1)
St. Vincent - St. Vincent (not my favorite of hers, but still better than 95% of what's out there)
After The Disco - Broken Bells (lots of spins this year; pleasurable listen beginning to end)
Midnight Sun- Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger (psychedelic Sean Lennon and his bad-ass, hot girlfriend)
Sound Mirror - Syd Arthur (saw them open for Sean Lennon's band; great new album)
Voices - Phantogram (one of my new favorite bands; fills that Blonde Redhead/Chvrches/YYY void)
The Endless River - Pink Floyd (Very enjoyable, fitting ode/end; obligatory top 10 spot)
Red Metal - Oil Boom (kick-ass new Dallas post-punk band)
Tomorrow's Modern Boxes - Thom Yorke again, not his best, but better than almost everything else)
The Best Day - Thurston Moore (Just now getting used to this one, but I already really dig the vibe)

still in the running/not enough listens:

Fanfare - Jonathan Wilson
Coffins On Io - Kayo Dot
This World - Watter
Sun Structures - Temples
Atomos - A Winged Victory For The Sullen

zeb wrote:http://www.stereogum.com/1724224/the-5-best-tom-petty-albums-of-2014/list/

I laughed.

given that like Tom Petty and some of these albums, it makes sense.

The Hard Girls album A Thousand Surfaces is absolutely excellent. A glorious end-of-year surprise. And one of the better songs on the album is, I kid you not, called Eddie Vedder vs Jack the Ripper. Happily it is a much much better song than that particular title would suggest.

Varis wrote:The Hard Girls album A Thousand Surfaces is absolutely excellent. A glorious end-of-year surprise. And one of the better songs on the album is, I kid you not, called Eddie Vedder vs Jack the Ripper. Happily it is a much much better song than that particular title would suggest.

My information says a thousand surfaces came out in June but their latest, in november, is titled "hard"

Strat wrote:

Varis wrote:The Hard Girls album A Thousand Surfaces is absolutely excellent. A glorious end-of-year surprise. And one of the better songs on the album is, I kid you not, called Eddie Vedder vs Jack the Ripper. Happily it is a much much better song than that particular title would suggest.

My information says a thousand surfaces came out in June but their latest, in november, is titled "hard"

End of year surprise for me. I snagged this the other day after seeing it listed at #1 on one of the lists zebedee linked to.

I've only listened to song one of the new Sun Kil Moon...

and I'm OUT!!! How can so many really like this shit?!

Varis wrote:

Strat wrote:

Varis wrote:The Hard Girls album A Thousand Surfaces is absolutely excellent. A glorious end-of-year surprise. And one of the better songs on the album is, I kid you not, called Eddie Vedder vs Jack the Ripper. Happily it is a much much better song than that particular title would suggest.

My information says a thousand surfaces came out in June but their latest, in november, is titled "hard"

End of year surprise for me. I snagged this the other day after seeing it listed at #1 on one of the lists zebedee linked to.

'bout halfway through this one... it's ok, I guess. I'm just underwhelmed by this year's top picks.

Maybe I should get really fucking stoned and put on some GOASTT, instead:

Oil Boom is awesome, but you'll have to click the link to find out...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynnujxf ... RQ&index=2

Iholdthepain wrote:

Varis wrote:

Strat wrote:

Varis wrote:The Hard Girls album A Thousand Surfaces is absolutely excellent. A glorious end-of-year surprise. And one of the better songs on the album is, I kid you not, called Eddie Vedder vs Jack the Ripper. Happily it is a much much better song than that particular title would suggest.

My information says a thousand surfaces came out in June but their latest, in november, is titled "hard"

End of year surprise for me. I snagged this the other day after seeing it listed at #1 on one of the lists zebedee linked to.

'bout halfway through this one... it's ok, I guess. I'm just underwhelmed by this year's top picks.

It took me 2 listens but now I'm hooked. Really loving it, especially Sign of the Dune, Die Slow and Eddie Vedder vs Jack the Ripper.

Ima gonna have to do up some sort of top 10 list I think.

Varis wrote:

Iholdthepain wrote:

Varis wrote:

Strat wrote:

Varis wrote:The Hard Girls album A Thousand Surfaces is absolutely excellent. A glorious end-of-year surprise. And one of the better songs on the album is, I kid you not, called Eddie Vedder vs Jack the Ripper. Happily it is a much much better song than that particular title would suggest.

My information says a thousand surfaces came out in June but their latest, in november, is titled "hard"

End of year surprise for me. I snagged this the other day after seeing it listed at #1 on one of the lists zebedee linked to.

'bout halfway through this one... it's ok, I guess. I'm just underwhelmed by this year's top picks.

It took me 2 listens but now I'm hooked. Really loving it, especially Sign of the Dune, Die Slow and Eddie Vedder vs Jack the Ripper.

Ima gonna have to do up some sort of top 10 list I think.

I gave it a try, but there's no 'wow' factor there for me...

threads like this are responsible for most of my new music, though...

check out the Oil Boom, tell me what you think...

They're a psych-punk band from Dallas, getting lots of local buzz right now.

I'll do this thing and report back.

http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospect ... c-of-2014/

Might look some of this up.

Varis wrote:I'll do this thing and report back.

Oil Boom's Red Metal is queued up and good to go. See you on the other side.

Varis wrote:

Varis wrote:I'll do this thing and report back.

Oil Boom's Red Metal is queued up and good to go. See you on the other side.

theplatypus wrote:So uhhhh Black Messiah is kind of wonderful

I need to check this out. I hear Pino Palladino absolutely slays on it.

surfndestroy wrote:Enjoying the new Angels & Airwaves, especially this acoustic surprise.

I really like this. It's probably time for me to concede that I have horrendous taste.

Iholdthepain wrote:

Varis wrote:

Varis wrote:I'll do this thing and report back.

Oil Boom's Red Metal is queued up and good to go. See you on the other side.

The fact that there's no follow-through on this yet makes me a tad pessimistic