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[Reaper16]

2012 albums that have been kicking my ass lately:

Mgla - With Hearts Toward None





Pharaoh - Bury the Light



Hail Spirit Noir - Pneuma

[MoreLemonPledge]

Originally Posted by NewChief

Me, not Reaper. He probably hates Beach House.

****. My bad...

[NewChief]

I've been singing his praises for a while, but if you like shoegaze, you should check out Youth Lagoon. Parts of it really remind me of Galaxie 500. Really slow building stuff that moves from sparse, folky lofi to sweeping, lush shoegaze.

[QuikSsurfer]

Originally Posted by NewChief

I've been singing his praises for a while, but if you like shoegaze, you should check out Youth Lagoon. Parts of it really remind me of Galaxie 500. Really slow building stuff that moves from sparse, folky lofi to sweeping, lush shoegaze.

Quality! Definitely a young Surfer Blood in there.

[Reaper16]

Beach House is only good for giving Block Beattaz samples to make rap songs out of.

[MoreLemonPledge]

Well, while we're on the subject of shoegaze and 90's sounding music...

[QuikSsurfer]

Originally Posted by MoreLemonPledge

Well, while we're on the subject of shoegaze and 90's sounding music...

I'll add one. Remastered version of "sometimes" by My Bloody Valentine

[Reaper16]

Every time I listen to Cloud Nothings it gives me hope that I, the man with the terrible voice, can be the singer of a successful buzzband.

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Originally Posted by Reaper16

Every time I listen to Cloud Nothings it gives me hope that I, the man with the terrible voice, can be the singer of a successful buzzband.

MOAR DEATH GRIPS

No, seriously. It's ****ing good.

[MoreLemonPledge]

Originally Posted by QuikSsurfer

I'll add one. Remastered version of "sometimes" by My Bloody Valentine

Fantastic. My favorite MBV song.

[QuikSsurfer]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Every time I listen to Cloud Nothings it gives me hope that I, the man with the terrible voice, can be the singer of a successful buzzband.

lol ouch

[KCUnited]

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In

[Pitt Gorilla]

I'm really digging the most recent Volbeat album. I think it was released in 2010, but I just got into it, so it's 2012 for me.






As an aside, Reaper, how did Hot Sauce Committee not make your list for 2011?

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

As an aside, Reaper, how did Hot Sauce Committee not make your list for 2011?

I just never wanted to return to it. I never found myself wanting to listen to it. It's very solid; the the best Beastie Boys album since Hello Nasty.

But in a year that was FULL of forward-thinking hip-hop, That BB album felt like a relic of the past. I always wanted to instead listen to innovative, fresh albums by G-Side, Danny Brown, Doomtree, Sims, Cities Aviv, Mr. Mother****ing eXquire, ASAP Rocky, Kendrick Lamar, The Roots, Big KRIT, Cunninglynguists, & Das Racist.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

I just never wanted to return to it. I never found myself wanting to listen to it. It's very solid; the the best Beastie Boys album since Hello Nasty.

But in a year that was FULL of forward-thinking hip-hop, That BB album felt like a relic of the past. I always wanted to instead listen to innovative, fresh albums by G-Side, Danny Brown, Doomtree, Sims, Cities Aviv, Mr. Mother****ing eXquire, ASAP Rocky, Kendrick Lamar, The Roots, Big KRIT, Cunninglynguists, & Das Racist.

This was pretty much my take as well. The Beastie Boys sounded as good as ever, but the album felt dated and not particularly exciting. That's not really a critique on the album itself, it's just that my musical listening style right now is to get caught up in the current milieu and the direction where things are heading, not to relive the past. I guess I'm saying I'm a trendy bastard.

And by the way: have you listened to the Killer Mike album yet?