Stupid Tuesday Thread

[Mike]

I believe that he's supposed to have three releases scheduled for 2005. Since Cold Roses was a double disk, I'm not sure whether that would count for two out of the three or whether we should expect yet another release at the end of the year.

Ah yes that rings a bell I remember reading somewhere he was having a busy year.

On another note FA you still enjoying the Kaiser Chiefs? they just missed out on the Mercury Prize recently which was a shame. If you still like them another UK band you might like are Maximo Park with the album Certain Trigger worth checking out if you get the chance.

Ooh and I almost forgot - I like Sister Hazel too!

Cheers
Mike

[Slosh]

Thanks for the feedback about Cold Roses, guys. One of my friends has most of the Ryan Adams albums so I'll see if she has the new one too. Hopefully she does and I'll get to testdrive it before spending any money

NP: Light So Dim - you know, that new comp by Davey So Dim

[Davey]

NP: Light So Dim - you know, that new comp by Davey So Dim

What, are you like twelve? Ha ha hey, I was wondering what some of you big Pavement fans thought of that treatment that the Tindersticks gave to "Here" on that latest in the Davey So Dim series of comps? Swish Daddy? Jar? Anybody listened to the whole comp yet without dozing off? I love it, but I'm not really sure if it's just because I've always loved the song and always loved the Tindersticks and so even if it sucked, I'd probably love it. Ya know?

NP: Matt Elliott - The Mess We Made - kind of a nice sound for a weekend morning, with some of that same feel I like about the modern neo-classical albums by the likes of Rachel's and Roger Eno, with the classical acoustic guitars, and some ethereal cello weaving the backdrop, one of Dusty's more sublime recs that almost sounds like it was recorded in a church at times with the backing vocals and the highly ambient mix, especially on the amazing closer "Forty Days", very nice

[Slosh]

What, are you like twelve? Ha ha hey, I was wondering what some of you big Pavement fans thought of that treatment that the Tindersticks gave to "Here" on that latest in the Davey So Dim series of comps?

I didn't even realize that it was a Pavement cover. Guess I'm not a big fan and now that I think of it Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain is the only Pavement album I've listened to in the course of a year or so. Sometimes I think the Tindersticks' vox are completely bloody brilliant; sometimes I can't stop myself from hitting the >> button. Ah well, fickle matter

That's one somber comp you got there but when I'm in the right frame of mind it's golden.

Have you heard any of the Rob Crow stuff. I like the music a lot but he's sooo out of the closet. And there's no way in hell I can bring myself to buy a Goblin Cock album (even if the music is to my liking).

[Dusty Chalk]

NP: Matt Elliott - The Mess We Made - kind of a nice sound for a weekend morning, with some of that same feel I like about the modern neo-classical albums by the likes of Rachel's and Roger Eno, with the classical acoustic guitars, and some ethereal cello weaving the backdrop, one of Dusty's more sublime recs that almost sounds like it was recorded in a church at times with the backing vocals and the highly ambient mix, especially on the amazing closer "Forty Days", very nice

Yeah, doesn't it just get better and better with repeated listens? Right now my favourite track is "Also Ran". Just majestic.

[Davey]

I didn't even realize that it was a Pavement cover. Guess I'm not a big fan and now that I think of it Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain is the only Pavement album I've listened to in the course of a year or so. Sometimes I think the Tindersticks' vox are completely bloody brilliant; sometimes I can't stop myself from hitting the >> button. Ah well, fickle matter

Yeah, Stuart Staples isn't a voice for the masses. But then again, neither is Robert Fisher (Willard Grant Conspiracy) or David Eugene Edwards (16 Horsepower/Woven Hand) or Nick Cave or Max D�charn� (Flaming Stars) or Scott Walker or any of those other deep voiced crooners

That's one somber comp you got there but when I'm in the right frame of mind it's golden.

It did wind up pretty much the way I wanted it too when I first started thinking about it, even though it did go through a lot of changes over that time, but you're right, it is pretty somber, and some of the songs are kind of long too. But what can I say, we make comps to please ourselves first. And if somebody else hears something they like too, well, that's all icing

Have you heard any of the Rob Crow stuff. I like the music a lot but he's sooo out of the closet. And there's no way in hell I can bring myself to buy a Goblin Cock album (even if the music is to my liking).

Nah, haven't heard it, but the cover does make one wonder ...

[ForeverAutumn]

Ah yes that rings a bell I remember reading somewhere he was having a busy year.

On another note FA you still enjoying the Kaiser Chiefs? they just missed out on the Mercury Prize recently which was a shame. If you still like them another UK band you might like are Maximo Park with the album Certain Trigger worth checking out if you get the chance.

Ooh and I almost forgot - I like Sister Hazel too!

Cheers
Mike

Finally! Someone else admits to liking Sister Hazel.

The Kaiser Chiefs are still in regular rotation. I haven't been able to get them out of my car player since I first listened to them. So they are spun, on average, once out of every 6 CDs. Thanks for the rec on Maximo Park. I will definately check them out.

[Davey]

If you still like them another UK band you might like are Maximo Park with the album Certain Trigger worth checking out if you get the chance.

I've been meaning to thank you for sending me a copy of that to try out, so thanks, but don't you find the sound on some of these type CDs just too overbearing? I really haven't been able to give the Maximo Park a good listen because it just sounds so loud and compressed and relentless to me that I wind up switching to something else pretty quick. You barely have to turn the volume knob and it's in your face. The Editors is kind of the same way (and so is Bloc Party and a bunch of others) but I like the music more so guess I cut it more slack, but the sound of the Editors and Bloc Party irritates me pretty quickly as well. I just wish they would back off a little and use some sense when recording and mastering these things. Maybe if they went back and actually listened to the original versions of some of those old post punk new wave classics that they're trying to emulate, they'd realize that music doesn't need to sound so relentlessly loud to get through to some of us. Oh well, guess it's just a lost cause, but it's just such a shame that so much good new music (and reissued old music too) is being ruined (at least for some of us) because of a silly loudness race that has gone very very very wrong for the last decade or so. Sorry for the mini-rant

[Swish]

What, are you like twelve? Ha ha hey, I was wondering what some of you big Pavement fans thought of that treatment that the Tindersticks gave to "Here" on that latest in the Davey So Dim series of comps? Swish Daddy? Jar? Anybody listened to the whole comp yet without dozing off? I love it, but I'm not really sure if it's just because I've always loved the song and always loved the Tindersticks and so even if it sucked, I'd probably love it. Ya know?

NP: Matt Elliott - The Mess We Made - kind of a nice sound for a weekend morning, with some of that same feel I like about the modern neo-classical albums by the likes of Rachel's and Roger Eno, with the classical acoustic guitars, and some ethereal cello weaving the backdrop, one of Dusty's more sublime recs that almost sounds like it was recorded in a church at times with the backing vocals and the highly ambient mix, especially on the amazing closer "Forty Days", very nice

but that's prolly 'cause I'm a Tindersticks fan. It's certainly a very different version that the original on Slanted and Enchanted, but pretty cool of them to do it. I already had about half the tunes on your Light So Dim comp (Televsion, Willard Gran, Wayne Robbins, The Flaming Stars, Joy Division, Songs:Ohia, and Andrew Bird. Ok that's 7 out of 15), but I'm prolly gonna hafta buy a few more cds after hearing a few of the tracks I don't have. Thank you very much.

Swish

[Swish]

Finally! Someone else admits to liking Sister Hazel.

The Kaiser Chiefs are still in regular rotation. I haven't been able to get them out of my car player since I first listened to them. So they are spun, on average, once out of every 6 CDs. Thanks for the rec on Maximo Park. I will definately check them out.

I'm really digging this one and kept it in my car's CD changer after pulling the other 5 that were in there. This one's a keeper.

Grassyass,
Swish