Indie Music: to 2008!

Podly · January 2007

Guys, it's going to be a freaking amazing new year for indie/indie cred music. Here's a partial list:

Menomena (January 23)
Deerhoof (Jan 23)
The Shins (Jan 23)
Of Montreal (Jan 23)
Hella (January 30)
Beirut (EP)(Jan 30)
Clap You Hands Say Yeah (Jan 30)
Bloc Party (Feb 7th)
Explosions in the Sky (Feb 20)
Do Make Say Think album (Feb 27)
Arcade Fire (March 6th)
!!! (March 6)
Air (March 6)
Modest Mouse (March 20)
LCD Soundsystem (March 20)
Les Savy Fav (sometime in March)
You Say Party! We Say Die! (April 10)
Wilco (May 15)
Architecture in Helsinki (sometime in spring)
Bjork (late spring)
Johnny Greenwood solo album
Islands
Sigur Ros
Beirut LP

I'm totally digging the new Menomena. It's an amazing balance between avante-guarde rock and sweet pop. Unlike a lot of bands, they don't do pop songs and then avante guard ones, but they mix them together in every song. Good good stuff.

So discuss upcoming stuff and the albums once they're released.

I'll edit this post when either new albums or release dates come to light.

Feral · January 2007

Sigur Ros is awesome. So is Arcade Fire.
LCD Soundsystem sucks. So does Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.
Modest Mouse doesn't qualify as indie anymore.
That is all.

Podly · January 2007

Feral wrote:

Modest Mouse doesn't qualify as indie anymore.

I know, but that's why I said creds.

Speaking of creds

we can reasonably expect

NEW RADIOHEAD

gundam470 · January 2007

I checked out some Beirut and I really dig the song Mt. Wroclai.

I'm considering picking up some of his stuff.

I'm also apprehensive about the new CYHSY because the early reviews have not been good.

Podly wrote:

NEW RADIOHEAD

Oh god you have no idea how much I want this to be out already.

Podly · January 2007

From the songs I've heard, it's a lot more ambient and brooding. It's definitely a good turn. I freaking LOVE their first album, but the songs are very similar and they couldn't do that again.

Podly · January 2007

I think I've heard some whispers of a new Wolf Parade album. Which would, indeed be awesome. It'll be self produced, no Brock, which I think will help them mature.

And of course, that new Eno/Coldplay record has me ascared.

Also, the new Islands songs I heard at their concert in Nov. rocked fucking HARD. I think it will be even better, which is a hard task.

gimmick · January 2007

Feral wrote:

Modest Mouse doesn't qualify as indie anymore.

They have the right sound, if not the right label.

Also, the OP is missing the new Do Make Say Think album (Feb 27). The new Jesu album (Feb 20) as well, but that's straying a bit from what people usually think when they say "indie". Also, the new Eluvium album (Feb).

Overall, a good year for music, I expect.

Ramen Noodle · January 2007

I think Arcade Fire is March 6th.
My birthday.
Fuck yeah. A band that I fucking love releasing a album on my birthday.

Podly · January 2007

added:

DMST
Of Montreal
The Shins

flamebroiledchicken · January 2007

New Bloc Party in February 7th. It's been leaked. It's different from Silent Alarm, but good. Not as good, but good.

I thought the Beirut EP came out last year?

Also new Shins came out this week and they are awesome, although I haven't heard this new one yet.

Podly · January 2007

flamebroiledchicken wrote:

New Bloc Party in February 7th. It's been leaked. It's different from Silent Alarm, but good. Not as good, but good.

I thought the Beirut EP came out last year?

Also new Shins came out this week and they are awesome, although I haven't heard this new one yet.

Yeah, it's weird. I think it came out on vinyl or something, but I can't find the EP in any stores. Maybe it's a limited press or something.

Podly · January 2007

added:

Bloc Party
Wolf Eyes

flamebroiledchicken · January 2007

If it's your thing:

Hella (January 30)
!!! (March 6)
El-P (March 6)
Air (March 6)
Ted Leo (March 20)
Kaiser Chiefs (March 27)
Maximo Park (April 3)
Blonde Redhead (April 10)
Dinosaur Jr. (May 1)
Wilco (May 15)
Sage Francis (sometime in May)
Bjork (late spring)
Architecture in Helsinki (sometime in spring)
The Cure (sometime in May)
Dntel (sometime in April)
Elbow (sometime in spring)
Duran Duran (sometime in May)
Feist (sometime in spring)
Hot Hot Heat (sometime in spring)
Les Savy Fav (sometime in March)
Magnetic Fields (sometime in spring)
NIN (sometime in April)
Rilo Kiley (sometime in spring)
The Smashing Pumpkins (sometime in May)
Spoon (sometime in spring)
Travis (sometime in spring)
Rufus Wainwright (sometime in May)

CheerfulBear · January 2007

Podly wrote:

added:

Block Party
Wolf Eyes

Podly, you cannot falter like this.

Podly · January 2007

flamebroiledchicken wrote:

If it's your thing:

Hella (January 30)
!!! (March 6)
El-P (March 6)
Air (March 6)
Ted Leo (March 20)
Kaiser Chiefs (March 27)
Maximo Park (April 3)
Blonde Redhead (April 10)
Dinosaur Jr. (May 1)
Wilco (May 15)
Sage Francis (sometime in May)
Bjork (late spring)
Architecture in Helsinki (sometime in spring)
The Cure (sometime in May)
Dntel (sometime in April)
Elbow (sometime in spring)
Duran Duran (sometime in May)
Feist (sometime in spring)
Hot Hot Heat (sometime in spring)
Les Savy Fav (sometime in March)
Magnetic Fields (sometime in spring)
NIN (sometime in April)
Rilo Kiley (sometime in spring)
The Smashing Pumpkins (sometime in May)
Spoon (sometime in spring)
Travis (sometime in spring)
Rufus Wainwright (sometime in May)

added is in red

Smashing Pumpkins comes out that early? I though it was much later.

Can't believe I forgot about Les Savy Fav. Craziest fucking concert I've ever been to. I just hope their new albums is a little different.

!!! is gonna be so awesome. I can just tell.

Podly · January 2007

I wonder how the new AiH will be.

I wonder if they will be even more childish, a la "It's 5" or a little more ironic, as in the change in "Wishbone"

flamebroiledchicken · January 2007

Podly wrote:

Smashing Pumpkins comes out that early? I though it was much later.

Honestly, I don't know. I'm just going by Metacritic's release calendar, which could be completely wrong.

What's wrong with Bjork? She's totally awesome in every way.

Podly · January 2007

flamebroiledchicken wrote:

Podly wrote:

Smashing Pumpkins comes out that early? I though it was much later.

Honestly, I don't know. I'm just going by Metacritic's release calendar, which could be completely wrong.

What's wrong with Bjork? She's totally awesome in every way.

oops, I had no idea Bjork had a new album coming out and I read over it! Freaking awesome!

Loren Michael · January 2007

RADIOHEAD.

when's sigur ros coming out with new junk?

also, fuck bjork.

also, air is awesome.

Loren Michael · January 2007

MAGNETIC MOTHERFUCKING FIELDS

Drez · January 2007

Wait, new Arcade Fire this year? In a little over a month? Holy shit.

Does Ambulette count? Because Maura said they were recording something new for this year, I believe.

Kusuguttai · January 2007

I think I like the new Bloc Party better than the old one.
It's supposed to be an album about life in the city, and I think it reflects that, as a whole. I'm in love with it, I can't stop listening to it.

gimmick · January 2007

Loren Michael wrote:

MAGNETIC MOTHERFUCKING FIELDS

wait, what?

Loren Michael · January 2007

gimmick wrote:

Loren Michael wrote:

MAGNETIC MOTHERFUCKING FIELDS

wait, what?

I love music in this order:

1. Radiohead. Nothing is fucking better than Radiohead.
2. The Magnetic Fields and Sigur Ros. Fucking amazing, both of them.
3. Everything else.

The Magnetic Fields, IMHO, have the best lyrics of any group I have ever heard. They're cute and poignant like Belle & Sebastian, but fed through the brilliant mind of Stephin Merritt. Untouchable lyrics.

The Tommy · January 2007

Feral wrote:

LCD Soundsystem sucks.

Half of LCD rocks, half sucks. Problem is, I've overlistened to all of it, and all of the songs are WAY TOO GODDAMN LONG (Yr City's a Sucker) and now I hate most of it

Mai-Kero · January 2007

Arcade fire arcade fire arcade fire

Question, I recently discovered that there were a bunch of extra-tracks from The Decemberists - The Crane Wife that were released on the different versions of the CD, plus iTunes. Are they good?

Feral · January 2007

The Tommy wrote:

Feral wrote:

LCD Soundsystem sucks.

Half of LCD rocks, half sucks.

There are a few songs which I find catchy and listenable, but they don't rock my world. I don't understand why they're loved so much. Even their good songs consist of, at best, a few canned techno beats, synthesizer noises, and meaningless lyrics. It's like 20 years of progress in electronic music was just totally ignored by a DJ who really should know better. No, James Murphy! Bad James Murphy! No piddling on the drum machine!

Rust · January 2007

The first track of Some Loud Thunder is the worst, most disappointing song I have ever heard.

I am not exaggerating.

flamebroiledchicken · January 2007

Rust wrote:

The first track of Some Loud Thunder is the worst, most disappointing song I have ever heard.

I am not exaggerating.

A lot of people hated the first track of their debut, too.

I loved it, but then I am a weird guy.

flamebroiledchicken · January 2007

Mai-Kero wrote:

Arcade fire arcade fire arcade fire

Question, I recently discovered that there were a bunch of extra-tracks from The Decemberists - The Crane Wife that were released on the different versions of the CD, plus iTunes. Are they good?

Wikipedia lists two of them as "Starbucks bonus tracks". I don't even want to know what that means.

I'd like to hear "After the Bombs" though. Sounds like it might be similar to Sons and Daughters, which was my favorite song on The Crane Wife.

Rust · January 2007

flamebroiledchicken wrote:

Rust wrote:

The first track of Some Loud Thunder is the worst, most disappointing song I have ever heard.

I am not exaggerating.

A lot of people hated the first track of their debut, too.

I loved it, but then I am a weird guy.

So did I. Hard to listen to, but still possessed of a certain quirky charm.

This track is a half-decent song with a great big mound of shit on top. They committed atrocities to the bass that could normally be achieved by dunking a pair of headphones into a fish tank, waiting a month and then using them to hear the song while STILL IN the fish tank.

Good thing the following two tracks are the best on the album.

BenGPT · January 2007

New Shins is meh. It's definitely different from their previous stuff; they've taken a more experimental direction. It'll probably take me a while to get into it, like everything else.
Huzzah for Sigur Ros and Radiohead.

Speaking of Arcade Fire and Decemberists, perhaps they'll be playing some of their new stuff at Coachella? Anybody else see the lineup this year? It's pretty good. I've got a ticket to Saturday already.

deadonthestreet · January 2007

I'm almost sure the Mountain Goats will release something this year.

Podly · January 2007

Also, Kevin Shields has guaranteed a new My Bloody Valentine album, with work starting this year.

Of course, that means it will probably be out in like 2012 :P

Drez · January 2007

BenGPT wrote:

New Shins is meh. It's definitely different from their previous stuff; they've taken a more experimental direction. It'll probably take me a while to get into it, like everything else.
Huzzah for Sigur Ros and Radiohead.

Speaking of Arcade Fire and Decemberists, perhaps they'll be playing some of their new stuff at Coachella? Anybody else see the lineup this year? It's pretty good. I've got a ticket to Saturday already.

New Shins - total agreement. I had the new My Chemical Romance and the new Shins album queued up in a playlist, having heard none of either, last weekend and was surprised to find I enjoyed the new MCR better. It's not that Wincing The Night Away isn't good...it just doesn't grab me, or hasn't yet anyway.

Poot · January 2007

Guys, I listened to the new Exposions in the Sky CD (All Of The Sudden I Miss Everyone) and it fucking blew my mind. Those of you in the Seattle area should buy tickets for their Neumo's show in May, it's only 10-15 bucks and totally worth it.

I havn't gotten a chance to pick up the new Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! yet, but what I've heard has been pretty solid. This goes for The Shins too: I really liked Sleeping Lessons and Turn On Me, but the rest has been pretty meh for me so far; maybe it'll grow on me.

I completely forgot Arcade Fire and Sigur Ros were coming out with new stuff. I think I heard one of the new Arcade Fire songs on the radio and it was pretty good, but I'm mostly excited for Sigur Ros. I'm probably not as excited about Radiohead as I should be, even if I'm not a huge fan of them, but I'm sure I'll get excited when the time comes. Also, if any of you havn't heard of the Shout Out Louds I highly suggest you check them out. If you have, I think their new album should be coming out soon as well; they've been in-studio for awhile.

And one final question: New Ben Folds anyone? I'm fairly certain he started new stuff in the fall, so a new record could be possible by mid-to-late this year? I'm not sure if he is classified as indie but if any of you have any info I have not come across it would be greatly appreciated.

P.S. Oh christ yes new Dinosaur Jr.

Edit: I almost forgot to mention Little Brazil, a little unknown that just came out with an album I think you should all check out. Their MySpace should give you a general idea of what they play. Good stuff.

Food · January 2007

I've seen Architecture in Helsinki a couple times since In Case You Die came out. They played new material at each show, and I have to say I'm REALLY excited about their new album. I can honestly say I enjoyed some of the new material more than the songs I actually knew going into the concerts, and I usually hate it when bands play new songs I've never heard at shows. I even still remember some of the songs after hearing them just twice. Hold Music in particular is amazing. The new songs are much more electronic and dancable, but still keep the old sound. Definitely be on the lookout for this album.

edit: Actually I have a video of Hold Music from one of the shows I went to. Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NFat2rDiDA

Sam · January 2007

Jonny Greenwoood isn't putting out a solo album, it's a reggae compilation. the tracklist is out so if you're curious you can just go hunt them down.

Clint Eastwood · January 2007

Arctic Monkeys have a new CD coming out in like April if you want to call them indie.

Crayon · January 2007

Feral wrote:

Sigur Ros is awesome. So is Arcade Fire.
LCD Soundsystem sucks. So does Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.
Modest Mouse doesn't qualify as indie anymore.
That is all.

Ummmm, indie is more a sound than it is the terminology of "omg, no one knows about the band I listen to because I'm an elitist prick."

MM still counts no matter how elitist you want to be.

Variable · January 2007

BenGPT wrote:

New Shins is meh. It's definitely different from their previous stuff; they've taken a more experimental direction. It'll probably take me a while to get into it, like everything else.
Huzzah for Sigur Ros and Radiohead.

Speaking of Arcade Fire and Decemberists, perhaps they'll be playing some of their new stuff at Coachella? Anybody else see the lineup this year? It's pretty good. I've got a ticket to Saturday already.

I'd imagine they will

my friends all wanted to go when they saw Rage is playing, but they didn't get tickets.

I'd be more excited about the bands you listed, personally.

Penny Arcade

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