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The guy is talented!
I have to say the more I hear this the more I'm impressed with it.
We saw Denny open for Strand of Oaks. It was a typically disinterested SF hipster crowd who chatted by the bar and played with their phones through the openers. Mrs. Eephus and I were some of the few people at the front of the stage who listened enthusiastically. When we chatted with Denny and his wife after the show, he was appreciative to the point of buying Mrs. Eephus a drink. He's a sweet funny guy with a hard road behind him and hopefully a lot of good things ahead of him.Christopher Denny - If The Roses Don't Kill Us
title track
Our Kind Of Love (with Erika Wennerstrom)
Watch Me Shine
Denny's voice is really beautiful to me - it's a little bit of strung-out Roy Orbison, a little bit of 20's jazz singer, and a little bit of Tiny Tim warble, but all mixed up in the best possible way. Add in the great songs and alt-country/soul/New Orleans jazz musical stylings, and this one is right up there with my favorites this year.
thanks to everyone who mentioned that Strand of Oaks album - that one's awesome. I also thought Sun Kil Moon's WOD diss track is pretty great too.
Need gigantic catapult to Sun-Hurl these people imo.Eephus said:It was a typically disinterested SF hipster crowd who chatted by the bar and played with their phones through the openers.
very cool - yeah, he's definitely gone through some rough times.Eephus said:We saw Denny open for Strand of Oaks. It was a typically disinterested SF hipster crowd who chatted by the bar and played with their phones through the openers. Mrs. Eephus and I were some of the few people at the front of the stage who listened enthusiastically. When we chatted with Denny and his wife after the show, he was appreciative to the point of buying Mrs. Eephus a drink. He's a sweet funny guy with a hard road behind him and hopefully a lot of good things ahead of him.Christopher Denny - If The Roses Don't Kill Us
title track
Our Kind Of Love (with Erika Wennerstrom)
Watch Me Shine
Denny's voice is really beautiful to me - it's a little bit of strung-out Roy Orbison, a little bit of 20's jazz singer, and a little bit of Tiny Tim warble, but all mixed up in the best possible way. Add in the great songs and alt-country/soul/New Orleans jazz musical stylings, and this one is right up there with my favorites this year.
thanks to everyone who mentioned that Strand of Oaks album - that one's awesome. I also thought Sun Kil Moon's WOD diss track is pretty great too.
One of a kind. And might have the best record of the year.The guy is talented!
better than Heritage, but I really miss old Opeth.Opeth-Pale Communion
I hear a mashup of big star/the cars/the runawaysEl Floppo said:Ex Hex's, Rips is a pretty fun album straight up and down it... I'm hearing Jonathan Richmond mashed with Thee oh Sees and maybe some Feelies. Good garagey/poppy/jangly stuff.
I like your mashup better.I hear a mashup of big star/the cars/the runawaysEl Floppo said:Ex Hex's, Rips is a pretty fun album straight up and down it... I'm hearing Jonathan Richmond mashed with Thee oh Sees and maybe some Feelies. Good garagey/poppy/jangly stuff.
Yup. I really love PC but I find myself queuing up Still Life or My Arms, Your Hearse right after it.better than Heritage, but I really miss old Opeth.Opeth-Pale Communion
Like this - good find.El Floppo said:Ex Hex's, Rips is a pretty fun album straight up and down it... I'm hearing Jonathan Richmond mashed with Thee oh Sees and maybe some Feelies. Good garagey/poppy/jangly stuff.
yeah- I don't have any slam-dunk favorites... yet. Spoon is always so good- hard for me put it up there.Wow, not sure where to begin for a top 5 or 10. Like someone else said, lots of very good, but not much great.
Alt J is the only one that instantly comes to mind as a must include.yeah- I don't have any slam-dunk favorites... yet. Spoon is always so good- hard for me put it up there.that Ex Hex's is a grower though.Wow, not sure where to begin for a top 5 or 10. Like someone else said, lots of very good, but not much great.
I'm the outlier on that one I think... I like a couple tracks, but overall disappointed. Might come back and grow on me, but so far no.Alt J is the only one that instantly comes to mind as a must include.yeah- I don't have any slam-dunk favorites... yet. Spoon is always so good- hard for me put it up there.that Ex Hex's is a grower though.Wow, not sure where to begin for a top 5 or 10. Like someone else said, lots of very good, but not much great.
I can understand not liking it. My friends that all loved their last album are pretty mixed on it. I put the headphones on and just get lost in it.I'm the outlier on that one I think... I like a couple tracks, but overall disappointed. Might come back and grow on me, but so far no.Alt J is the only one that instantly comes to mind as a must include.yeah- I don't have any slam-dunk favorites... yet. Spoon is always so good- hard for me put it up there.that Ex Hex's is a grower though.Wow, not sure where to begin for a top 5 or 10. Like someone else said, lots of very good, but not much great.
There's a new Foxygen? Ok, I need to get on that.Foxygen, Meatbodies and Purling Hiss are my go-tos right now.
Yep. Brace yourself. It's weird.There's a new Foxygen? Ok, I need to get on that.Foxygen, Meatbodies and Purling Hiss are my go-tos right now.
Even more weird then their usual? I'm intrigued.Yep. Brace yourself. It's weird.There's a new Foxygen? Ok, I need to get on that.Foxygen, Meatbodies and Purling Hiss are my go-tos right now.
To start with and in no particular order:Getting into catch up time of year almost, wouldn't mind seeing some top 5 or so lists for binge listening between now and year end.
Looking forward to new Deerhoof next month.We're overdue for a run of great records.
This is kind of what I'm thinking. I feel like nothing has grabbed me in the last couple months - it's good to see everyone's list is heavy on the first half of the year, thought I was out of touch.We're overdue for a run of great records.
I'll have to check this out...Liked but didnt love Dig.Sow.Love.Grow....Really liked their debut, havent really listened to their albums in between.Buffalo Killers- heavy Reverie just released. Just started listening to it, but I already know this will be one of my favorites this year.
Spotifying this now....pretty goodanyone into/checkout Ages and Ages' Divisionary?
http://www.npr.org/event/music/312718166/ages-and-ages-tiny-desk-concert
caught my attention as part of the Newport Folk Fest rollout.
Which one? Guessing either Ive Got Friends or I Can Feel A Hot OneI swoon over that song. You know the one.I feel the same way about Manchester Orchestra.Free Energy is dumb roller rink rock, but they know their way around a hook IMO.Yeah, Hockey Night sounds a lot like Pavement.I've heard one album. Thought they sounded like Pavement. I have a soft spot for Free Energy. My kids love them. Parquet Courts leaked btw.Parquet Courts reminds me so much of Hockey Night. Remember them? Before the crappy Free Energy stuff. When they were on Lookout!?This song rules.http://m.pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/16936-parquet-courts-instant-disassembly/Parquet Courts new album - is it streaming yet?
http://www.musicline.de/de/player_flash/0763361931528/0/10/50/product
Better link: http://grooveshark.com/#!/search/song?q=Hockey%20Night%20Angel%20Hair
Back in 2005 (?) fusing Pavement and garage-punk hit a sweet spot for me.
I do really like Parquet Courts. No doubt. Did not like the first track off of their new album, though.
Funny your kids like Free Energy. I can't judge it, I just heard them and went...argh. I really liked Hockey Night's sound.
I just love it. Saw a guy wearing their shirt at a concert the other day and couldn't stop singing it to myself.
In the words of Macklemore, This Is ####ing AwesomeOught and Parquet Courts are a little hit and miss for me but overall pretty good. Mac DeMarco is really good and is currently my go-to when there's a lady in the car.
Listening now, a few tracks in....theyve honed their sound, still dirty rock but more polished....Very goodLove love love the Orwells Disgraceland. Must have played it though 4 or 5 times today alone
I'll add a spotify link later when I'm at the PC
It's the Rolling Electric Light Rundgren album they've been dying to make all along.Yep. Brace yourself. It's weird.There's a new Foxygen? Ok, I need to get on that.Foxygen, Meatbodies and Purling Hiss are my go-tos right now.
I ####### love it. Maybe my AotY.It's the Rolling Electric Light Rundgren album they've been dying to make all along.Yep. Brace yourself. It's weird.There's a new Foxygen? Ok, I need to get on that.Foxygen, Meatbodies and Purling Hiss are my go-tos right now.
Tim Showalter aka Strand of Oaks is awesome.........check out Pope Killdragon, that album is unrealthanks for this one- liking it so far.Yes. This is good stuff.Check out Strands of Oaks: Heal....top notch.
My top 5 as of today:
1. The Orwells – Disgraceland
2. Spoon – They Want My Soul
3. The Hold Steady – Teeth Dreams
4. The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
5. Death From Above 1979 – The Physical World
This could change by year end, but I don't see much movement at the top of the list.
literally not one band I recognize... and I thought I was trying to keep up.Here are some off my long list that I don't think have been mentioned lately:
Bahamas
Rival Sons
Total Control
Curtis Harding
MONEY
Slow Club
Sturgill Simpson
Jenny Lewis
Blake Mills
Woman's Hour
Drowners
Paolo Nutini
Sam Amidon
Trio 3 with Vijay Iyer
Francois and the Atlas Mountains
Don't get your hopes up too high. Usually I have a few albums contending to give 30 points/1 vote so it appears on the bottom of NV's year end poll. I can't think of any obvious choices right now but where there's time, there's hope.literally not one band I recognize... and I thought I was trying to keep up.Here are some off my long list that I don't think have been mentioned lately:
Bahamas
Rival Sons
Total Control
Curtis Harding
MONEY
Slow Club
Sturgill Simpson
Jenny Lewis
Blake Mills
Woman's Hour
Drowners
Paolo Nutini
Sam Amidon
Trio 3 with Vijay Iyer
Francois and the Atlas Mountains
gives me lots of to look forward to