Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers = Kenrick's In Utereo... in an era where Nirvana would have been too abrasive to go mainstream in the 1st place.
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When you see Haim live, just how stupid talented they are shines clear
Saw James Murphy put on one of the two best DJ sets I've ever seen on Friday (the other being Jamie Xx). Was tipsy enough to try and score an autograph at which point he came over and shook my hand.
"You're the reason I listen to Bowie and Can. Thank you. Oh, and Coachella 2016 is one of the handful of best shows I've seen".
I think I may have lost him on that last bit.
Saw Sunflower Bean tonight. Not only is their album one of the best of the year... They put on a STUPID good live show.
Having an (acclaimed) Radiohead side project and Kendrick drop an album on the same Friday is basically the equivalent of sending this agnostic to heaven. Except without the expectation that I'll be handed a tab of acid before the music drops.
Anyone have a copy of Courtney Barnett's Sometimes I Sit that they aren't crazy about and would consider selling or trading?
One of my very favs of last decade, and I put a skip inducing hairline in mine last night by dropping it.
Just wanna say that those of you who recommended Reckless for a Chicago shop... good looking out. Selection was solid and pricing was straight outta 2014.
Picked up Grimes last album and the repress of The Bends (which shockingly had good reviews on discogs) for a cool 40 + tax. They said they could order shit for me too so I can avoid supporting Bezos and get some electronic in my life.
Just got the TT set back up with upgraded wiring.
What are the best record shops in Chicago guys? Esp for newer music ala Amoeba. Swung by Shuga and found myself enraged at the markups. That place is everything wrong with the hobby in 2022.
Fuck yes... Best KEXP is a long while
I've probably seen a couple hundred hip-hop shows in my life. Tyler the Creator's set at Day in Vegas on Sunday ranks pretty high among them.
And for the record: A Wu-Tang set circa 2010 Denver was easily the worst. Though Drake gave them a run for their $$$ at what I'm pretty sure was Coachella 2015.
Bahahaha
"The pressing is bad and it sounds like a man": Taylor Swift fans confused by LPs pressed at 45rpm
Taylor Swift fans have been left confused after receiving their exclusive vinyl editions of Red (Taylor's Version) from Target, which seem to be pressed at 45rpm instead of the standard 33rpm.
www.thelineofbestfit.com
What's your guy's go to record cleaner? I've used a Spin Cleaner for years but it's time to upgrade to a vacuum based one.
The price that Azealia Bank's Broke With Expensive Taste is going for on Discogs makes it irrational for me not to sell... And yet I can't bring myself to do it because that album is integral to my life in the mid-10's and probably the most "golden ticket" purchase experience of my life.
As somebody who makes what constitues a lower middle class living in the year 2021- and has seen them press a # of my all-time favorite album over the past year- I absolutely loathe that charging $40 a record seems to be a sustainable business model for Vinyl Me Please.
I used to drop $80 a month on 3 or 4 records via them. But apparently they only want to cater to the rich. Assholes.
Got a promotion that requires leaving LA for Chicago. Any tips or links for helping move my vinyl collection cross country?
I welcome all crtitics to the "Drake is bad pop for people who think they might like hip-hop" train I've been riding for over a decade.
Also, somebody call the fire department, that new Little Simz is scorching
A. Kanye's new album is borderline unlistenable in places
B. Anyone who thinks Kanye (or especially Drake) is a better rapper than Kendrick is living on a different planet than me
Everyone talks about the West Coast v East Coast hip-hop divide that permeated the sounds of both scenes until very recently.
But nobody really mentions the fact that the East Coast is OBSESSED with Springsteen where as you can go an entire childhood (or three) without hearing more than a song or two of his while growing up in the West.
Not sure what the West Coast equivalent is though.
Caribou @ the Greek, Modest Mouse @ the Mosiac in SF & Van Morrison @ OAT in SD. Live music and road trips are back!!!
Still absorbing but think I dig the new Modest Mouse. Haters probs gonna hate though cause it sounds like nothing else they've done before.
Edit: Yeah, it's dope. -
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