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i might try a few, late;y i've been turning really indie

If you were Indie wouldn't you know that these bands are Indie?



I want to download but uh...limewire doesn't like me, it slows my computer down to a crawl. Boo.

Being indie takes time Cass. Trust me, you don't fall in love with bands all in one day. It took me months to search for most of these bands and get into them. Hell, I still have albums I bought back in May that I haven't gotten around to opening yet. It just takes a lot of time before you find out about a band like the Dismemberment Plan and Neutral Milk Hotel, considering they're both indie, but they're both very different.

exactly plus the whole idea of Indie is that they arn't well known big label bands. So you have to find out about them from other sources. AKA Alan. Plus i'm just starting to get into Indie and College Rock, basically Death From Above, and The Constantines are probably the only real indie bands that i listen to on a regular basis.

Cass wrote:I want to download but uh...limewire doesn't like me, it slows my computer down to a crawl. Boo.

The eeeevil University of Utah network people made it so the connections here block peer to peer thingies like Limewire, so I can't use it either. I feel your pain.

Sufjan Stevens wrote:Thanks for bumping my thread though, I was going to let it die without your post.

Keep it alive, please.

I haven't tried it since I moved in. If BYU blocked it, I shall be mad.

Oh I know how long it takes to get into music. Hell, it's taken me over five years just be be semi emo/mainstream.

i still don't like most emo, maybe i'm just hearing bad emo. But it seems too look perfect on paper from how people describe it andthen i hear it and...........

my roomate here at U of H is in a band balled Brown Vs. Board. pretty good band.

Alright, so I finally powered up Kazaa and tried to download some of your recommended tunes. I couldn't find a whole lot.

I did download the first 5 songs off of Pavement's Wowee Zowee. Which is not what you recommended, but whatever. its all I could find. What I've been hearing is pretty good. I can see myself listening to it.

Then I found some random Guided by Voices songs and grabbed them. But the quality is shit and I think one of them is from a live show. so that didn't go very well. I'll try that later.

Anyways, you haven't recommended anything in forever. Pick up the pace man!!

Sorry, I've been working so much that I've been fighting spells of fainting. I sound like a pussy, I know.

Anyways, I have a couple points to make to you.

1. Wowee Zowee is Pavement's least accessable album. They were gaining popularity back in the 90s after "Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain" came out, then they came out with Wowee Zowee and screwed their chance at widespread popularity.

2. Here's why you can't find a high quality Guided By Voices song. There are none. They are recorded on a 4-track tape in one take in Robert Pollard's basement. You can't get quality out of that. But that is what makes their albums so charming, they sound so nice even though the production tries so fucking hard to ruin its magnificence.

Sufjan Stevens wrote:
2. Here's why you can't find a high quality Guided By Voices song. There are none. They are recorded on a 4-track tape in one take in Robert Pollard's basement. You can't get quality out of that. But that is what makes their albums so charming, they sound so nice even though the production tries so fucking hard to ruin its magnificence.

Not true... I downloaded the song Everywhere With Helicopter by them a while ago, and it was pretty good quality.

Yeah, the thing is, that song is from the current, not-as-good verstion of GBV. That was released in the same time frame as "Do The Collapse" when Robert Pollard thought he could get away with anything, like high quality recordings, mature lyrics, and long songs, all of which defied his previous track record.

Not to mention he had Matador Records shoving money into his face, telling him to record a high fidelity song.

Ooh, I see...

Sufjan Stevens wrote:Sorry, I've been working so much that I've been fighting spells of fainting. I sound like a pussy, I know.

Anyways, I have a couple points to make to you.

1. Wowee Zowee is Pavement's least accessable album. They were gaining popularity back in the 90s after "Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain" came out, then they came out with Wowee Zowee and screwed their chance at widespread popularity.

westing is probably less accesable then wowee zowee, but its not really an album and came after

Sufjan Stevens wrote:Being indie takes time Cass. Trust me, you don't fall in love with bands all in one day. It took me months to search for most of these bands and get into them. Hell, I still have albums I bought back in May that I haven't gotten around to opening yet. It just takes a lot of time before you find out about a band like the Dismemberment Plan and Neutral Milk Hotel, considering they're both indie, but they're both very different.

whoa.
its such an accomplished thing that you are so into indie bands, because... uhh all the reasons you listed above. theyre not really played anywhere.

there's soooooooooo much music i need to dig into but i havent had time for all of it. argh!

Alan... i have one word for you man



WEEN

Alan, the Neutral Milk Hotel are good. They haven't changed my life, but they're definitely enjoyable.

I'm sitting alone at school right now and have nothing better to do (well, going home would be one thing) so I am going to update this bitch for the first time in what seems like forever. And apparently, forever is less than a month.

I've been listening to so much new music that I am offically poor due to all the purchasing of new CDs. So, naturally, I am going to recommend a band that doesn't do much of anything at all anymore. The Microphones - The Glow Part 2 will be my choice of the hour for everyone.

Phil Elvrum, singer/genius of The Microphones wrote this album back in 2001 to extreme critical review. The album's title comes from a previous song they wrote, The Glow (as if you didn't see that one coming) off their album "It Was Hot, So We Stayed In The Water." The song stood out from the rest of the album that they decided to almost make a continuation of it.

Before I go any further, I am giving you all a fair warning. If you don't like fuzzy sounds in your music, don't bother downloading anything from this album, as the fuzzy radio static makes a prevalent appearance in all of their music. If you are still reading, the CD starts off with the song "I Want The Wind To Blow" a stripped down acoustic song with Phil's sleepy voice accompanying the general backdrop.

As soon as that 5 minute opener ends, it flows into "The Glow, Part 2" the highlight of this album. It has lots of things going on in this song. There's lots of organs, piano, guitar, and static. The most noticable thing in this song is Phil's uncontrollable voice. It reminds me of Thom Yorke (yeah, I know I just said that) in the way the random inflections don't detract from the music. As the actual song ends, it flows into an amazing guitar outro that just grabs you and keeps you wrapped up until the end.

"Headless Horsemen" goes back to the usual Phil + acoustic guitar = somber masterpiece equation. The way the guitar compliments Phil's voice when his voice lowers throughout the song just keeps you mesmorized. The vocals blend so perfectly with the guitar that you are left speechless, and you don't know why.

"I'll Not Contain You" has Phil's dark lyrics mixed with something you don't hear too often with The Microphones, harmonies. He doesn't believe in them, so they're few and far between, and when they do come, the other vocals are his own.

"Map" features that same acoustic guitar, and fuzz with a bit of a twist. The well-renowned Microphones alum, Mirah, makes an appearance on this song with her soft vocals. It blends with Phil's voice perfectly. You all know Mirah if you've been keeping up with my recommendations, and if you haven't, you suck at life.

Anyways, I'm sick of typing and want to go home, so I am cutting it short here. There are 18 songs on this album for me to review that I just don't have time for at this second.

Recommended songs: The Glow Pt. 2, The Mansion, Headless Horsemen, My Roots Are Strong and Deep, I Want The Wind To Blow, The Gleam Pt. 2, Map.

Download, and you will not be disappointed. In fact, you might like it.

And here's a word of advice. If a band has ever been on K Records, it's worth listening to. Check it out, you'll love it.

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