The Official Indie-rock thread.

[CliffyIsGod]

AKA the "CliffyIsGod and c_eagle talk about music" thread.

I have been listening to copious amounts of The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, Arcade Fire, Q and not U and Godspeed You Black Emperor.

You rate c? Any cool bands you wanna share in the best genre of all.

 

[chloe]

Needs more Pavement.

 

[CliffyIsGod]

Pavement is good. I love the song AT&T.

 

[Balmain_Boy]

Iron & Wine, great indie act. Don't rate Deathcab.

 

[CliffyIsGod]

Yes, Iron and Wine are awesome.

I prefer Ben's lyrics in Postal Service, but I like the guitars in Deathcab. Sometimes the synth and computer beats in the Postal Service sound a bit too pacman-esque.

 

[Jordan]

I like Death Cab... how about Interpol?

 

[An41]

When I saw the thread title I thought of this pic

 

[c_eagle]

Great thread Cliffy. I really like Arcade Fire, Postal Service, DCFC and I'm an occasional Godspeed! listener.

Atm, I've got The Boy Least Likely to and Architecture in Helsinki playing nonstop. You should check out Pinback (fortress), Death From above 1979 (little girl) and Broken Social Scene (almost crimes) just because of their universal coolness.

 

[CliffyIsGod]

I have heard some Architecture in Helsinki, thoroughly impressed with them.

I got the Go! Team album the other day -- it was okay, a bit too dancy for me, though.

Check out:
The New Pornographers
My Morning Jacket
The Decemberists

 

[c_eagle]

I have heard some Architecture in Helsinki, thoroughly impressed with them.

I got the Go! Team album the other day -- it was okay, a bit too dancy for me, though.

Check out:
The New Pornographers
My Morning Jacket
The Decemberists

The Go! Team album is an acquired taste, I like it but I definitely won't be going to see them in concert (pretty sure they're at the metro soon.) I will be seeing bloc party though, they are so awesome.

 

[Godz Illa]

The Go! Team album is an acquired taste, I like it but I definitely won't be going to see them in concert (pretty sure they're at the metro soon.)

I have acquired that taste, and will be in attendance on July 26th at the Metro. You should reconsider Guy.

 

[Alex28]

Bands I rate at the moment:

* Arcade Fire - "Funeral" one of my fave 20 albums ever - simply outstanding.
* The Mountain Goats - love the song "Palmcorder Yajna". New album is sounding great.
* Spoon - second best album of the year thus far (Gimme Fiction) - incredibly catchy. also see Kill The Moonlight)
* The Shins - just saw "Garden State" - falling for them all over again.
* Iron & Wine - the "Woman King" EP is OUTSTANDING. a must get.
* ...Trail of Dead - rate the new album, keep being told it is not as good as their old stuff.
* Eels - new album is great
* Doves, Gomez, Turin Brakes - all great live. Seeing Doves in July.

Tried getting into Interpol, Postal Service, My Morning Jacket, et al - just not my thing...

 

[Alex28]

ooh...and Architecture in Helsinki - another great album from this year!

 

[c_eagle]

Bands I rate at the moment:
* Spoon - second best album of the year thus far (Gimme Fiction) - incredibly catchy. also see Kill The Moonlight)
* The Shins - just saw "Garden State" - falling for them all over again.
* ...Trail of Dead - rate the new album, keep being told it is not as good as their old stuff.
* Eels - new album is great
* Doves, Gomez, Turin Brakes - all great live. Seeing Doves in July.

Spoon's album is really swell, yep.

The Shins are wow. Garden State is also wow.

AYKUBTTOD's new album sucks so much, seriously. Their last album is like umm, the matrix and their new one is like matrix 3.

The new Eels album is awesome, almost as good as Electro Shock blues.

Didn't the Doves cancel their tour?

 

[c_eagle]

O, I downloaded the Decemberist's Picaresque and I give it two thumbs up. Another great 05 album.

 

[c_eagle]

My favourite 05 albums thus far in npo:

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Qotsa - Lullabies to Paralyze
Bright Eyes - I'm wide awake it's morning
British Sea Power - Open Season
The Bravery - ST
Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
Boy Least Likely to - The Best Party Ever
Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die
Decemberists - Picaresque
Low - The Great Destroyer
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
The Ponys - Celebration Castle
Caribou - The Milk of Human Kindness
Russian Futurists - Our Thickness

 

[CliffyIsGod]

Don't forget:

- Billy Corgan -- TheFutureEmbrace

 

[Dirty Hoe]

q and not u - wonderful people

cog - my enemy & real life

gyroscope - safe forever

le tigre

 

[Alex28]

Top 10 of the Year thus far:

1. Arcade Fire - Funeral (2005 release here)
2. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
3. Iron & Wine - Woman King EP
4. Doves - Some Cities (July tour - still tix for sale 20 July @ Metro)
5. Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
6. Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die
7. Beck - Guero
8. Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
9. Ben Folds - Songs For Silverman
10. Shihad - Love Is The New Hate

 

[Balmain_Boy]

Iron & Wine is great. Sam Beam is a freak. He's composed 2 brilliant EPs and 2 brilliant full length albums in a little over 2 years. He's prolific and it's absolute quality, not quantity.

Great list Alex.