I'm listening to the Russian band called Pinkshinyultrablast on repeat today.
Very neat.

sometimes more than derivation it's outright copy. last year or something, i forget where, someone announces some band, i forget the name, and they start playing

i look at my wife and say: "that's echo and the bunnymen!" and then i go on with a rant along the lines of "why do we need this band at all if we already had echo and the fucking bunnymen." btw, i like echo and the bunnymen-- they had some good songs.

it's hard to be original after over half a century of rock though. i can't say i blame the recyclers. we're witnessing a kind of endgame as other musical forms like hiphop have taken the mantle in pop culture.

see if you like these lyrics
https://youtu.be/PpmwQcc1h2g
^^ greaaat fucking song.

Yes, yes it does

The Upsetters - Super Ape

I love lightning bolt! I don't have their latest, though.

I don't know either deerhoof or pelican, so maybe I'll have to check them out.

animal collective, nah. I tried 'em, they bored me.

some really awesome tracks there

http://www.fania.com/products/the-go...d-and-the-ugly

+ a great little writeup in that page

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pelican should be playing in classic rock stations all day but because they were born in the wrong era (and they don't sing stupid lyrics) they're ignored.

deerhoof has been all over the place but you can't miss reveille, apple o's, milkman--

as for more "vintage" & mellow sounds of this century, i think cat power's "the greatest" will stand the test of time. it's just a tremendous record for me-- blending the pathos of her earlier career with the musical polish of a memphis band. we'll still be listening to it decades from now.

I used to fall asleep to that Miles album.
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Since you've brought up the "nothing is original" theory a few times before, I'm surprised at your outrage. (Though its justified.)


I made out "senior." I think.

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I feel sorry for your mother.

must produce some great dreams!


well, yes. my outrage was brief. i just wanted to share my experience to confirm your perception.


ha ha ha. that word does not appear there. hector lavoe is a legend! worth a googletranslate.

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awesome as usual

Oh, hold on. I do have some Deerhoof. Friend Opportunity. I remember now that I've wanted to check out their other stuff.

to my ears friend opportunity was somewhat of a flat tire (things got worse later). you need to go back to before that. you might also like their 90s stuff though it was more lo-fi & aesthetically harder to access.

any links or clips?

I prefer listening to OUTHUD instead of Animal Collective

I prefer to listen to !!! instead of Lightning Bolt

Great album. I'm seeing them play with Moon Duo next week and It'll be interesting to see whether the album works well live.

Yep, I've heard that, too, that FO is not as good as the ones you mentioned.

The song is actually called "Mushroom". Just sayin'.

and no more soup for yoo!!!

correct!!! they weren't just a singles band. what about deep cuts like "Ramble Tamble" or "Pagan Baby"?!?!

another plus was their drum sound. it's how drums need to be recorded and mixed on a rock record. tight band!!!:)

Also Gloomy, Walk On the Water, Bootleg, Graveyard Train, Penthouse Pauper, Keep On Chooglin`, Tombstone Shadow, Sinister Purpose, Feelin`Blue, Effigy, Before You Accuse Me, Chameleon, (Wish I could) Hideaway, Born to Move & It´s just the Though - all really great songs and not released as a single as far as I know. And the albums are not just the collections of great songs, they are entities, each of them has original sound world comparing the others, also some have even a loose theme (for example Willie and the poor boys).