Pop/power-pop/The New Pornographers discussion

[thecaptainof]

Not sure about Death Cab, but a good chunk of Weezer's stuff is definitely power-pop - the Green Album probably more so than any of the others.
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yksi-kaksi-kolme wrote:

Wow Mr. Mad, who fucked your buffalo?

[thecaptainof]

Not sure about Death Cab, but a good chunk of Weezer's stuff is definitely power-pop - the Green Album probably more so than any of the others.
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yksi-kaksi-kolme wrote:

Wow Mr. Mad, who fucked your buffalo?

[thecaptainof]

Just listening to fun. so I thought I'd check up their website to see what they're up to... turns out they're on tour across the US (plus Toronto) for a couple of months, starting next week. If they're anywhere near as good live as they are on record, etc... can't wait for them to come back over here.

http://www.ournameisfun.com/tour
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yksi-kaksi-kolme wrote:

Wow Mr. Mad, who fucked your buffalo?

[thecaptainof]

Just listening to fun. so I thought I'd check up their website to see what they're up to... turns out they're on tour across the US (plus Toronto) for a couple of months, starting next week. If they're anywhere near as good live as they are on record, etc... can't wait for them to come back over here.

http://www.ournameisfun.com/tour
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yksi-kaksi-kolme wrote:

Wow Mr. Mad, who fucked your buffalo?

[InflatablePie]

I'd totally go to the Charlotte show if it wouldn't run me $250 (plus food, merch etc). I'm trying to save whatever I can and my hours (and hourly pay) at work have been cut. :<
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PiemanLK wrote:

Eastwinn wrote: Right, but if you had the chocolate bar in your heart all along, no one would need to work. Did consider that? If you have a chocolate bar in your heart I suggest seeking medical attention.

[InflatablePie]

I'd totally go to the Charlotte show if it wouldn't run me $250 (plus food, merch etc). I'm trying to save whatever I can and my hours (and hourly pay) at work have been cut. :<
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PiemanLK wrote:

Eastwinn wrote: Right, but if you had the chocolate bar in your heart all along, no one would need to work. Did consider that? If you have a chocolate bar in your heart I suggest seeking medical attention.

[GuitarHailz]

[GuitarHailz]

[thecaptainof]

Yeah, it seems to be a bit of a trend at the moment, this 'bands missing seemingly obvious places' thing. I've noticed a lot of tours over here that somehow manage to completely miss London (not that I'm in London any more, so it doesn't really affect me, but still...). Morrissey's tour in June consists of five dates in Scotland, four right up in the north of England and one down in the far south-west. Weird.

EDIT, because I've made a couple of posts without mentioning them... The New Pornographers are also on tour across the US, starting on Wednesday. Good news! Unless you live in Texas. Sorry Hailz :/

Apr 13 - Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre #
Apr 14 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater #
Apr 15 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre #
Apr 16 - Indio, CA @ Coachella
Apr 17 - Santa Cruz, CA @ Rio Theatre
Apr 18 - San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom #
Apr 21 - Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
Apr 22 - Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue **
Apr 23 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues **
Apr 25 - Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom **
Apr 26 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart's **
Apr 27 - Iowa City, IA @ Ballroom at University of Iowa **
Apr 28 - Urbana, IL @ Canopy Club **
Apr 29 - Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note **
Apr 30 - Memphis, TN @ Beale Street Music Festival
May 06 - Bellingham, WA @ Mount Baker Theatre ^
May 29 - Hartford, CT @ Bomb Fest (Comcast Theatre)
May 30 - Vernon, NJ @ Festival For Humanity
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yksi-kaksi-kolme wrote:

Wow Mr. Mad, who fucked your buffalo?

[thecaptainof]

Yeah, it seems to be a bit of a trend at the moment, this 'bands missing seemingly obvious places' thing. I've noticed a lot of tours over here that somehow manage to completely miss London (not that I'm in London any more, so it doesn't really affect me, but still...). Morrissey's tour in June consists of five dates in Scotland, four right up in the north of England and one down in the far south-west. Weird.

EDIT, because I've made a couple of posts without mentioning them... The New Pornographers are also on tour across the US, starting on Wednesday. Good news! Unless you live in Texas. Sorry Hailz :/

Apr 13 - Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre #
Apr 14 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater #
Apr 15 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre #
Apr 16 - Indio, CA @ Coachella
Apr 17 - Santa Cruz, CA @ Rio Theatre
Apr 18 - San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom #
Apr 21 - Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
Apr 22 - Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue **
Apr 23 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues **
Apr 25 - Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom **
Apr 26 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart's **
Apr 27 - Iowa City, IA @ Ballroom at University of Iowa **
Apr 28 - Urbana, IL @ Canopy Club **
Apr 29 - Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note **
Apr 30 - Memphis, TN @ Beale Street Music Festival
May 06 - Bellingham, WA @ Mount Baker Theatre ^
May 29 - Hartford, CT @ Bomb Fest (Comcast Theatre)
May 30 - Vernon, NJ @ Festival For Humanity
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yksi-kaksi-kolme wrote:

Wow Mr. Mad, who fucked your buffalo?

[thecaptainof]

This was posted on t'other side as a RBN announcement but I thought it deserved a place in here too 'cos it's properly brilliant. And unlike fun. who just sound like they're writing songs for a musical, this actually IS from a musical.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK6Gk2Nfav0

If you like that, the album is free to download: http://stagehands.bandcamp.com/

Obligatory NP mention: I just found out today that one of their songs is in a Kindle advert. Seems it's been for a while but it's new to me 'cos they show a different one over here, which is rubbish apart from the gorgeous redhead at the end.
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yksi-kaksi-kolme wrote:

Wow Mr. Mad, who fucked your buffalo?

[thecaptainof]

This was posted on t'other side as a RBN announcement but I thought it deserved a place in here too 'cos it's properly brilliant. And unlike fun. who just sound like they're writing songs for a musical, this actually IS from a musical.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK6Gk2Nfav0

If you like that, the album is free to download: http://stagehands.bandcamp.com/

Obligatory NP mention: I just found out today that one of their songs is in a Kindle advert. Seems it's been for a while but it's new to me 'cos they show a different one over here, which is rubbish apart from the gorgeous redhead at the end.
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yksi-kaksi-kolme wrote:

Wow Mr. Mad, who fucked your buffalo?

[GuitarHailz]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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[GuitarHailz]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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[thecaptainof]

I guess it's about time for my annual-ish remembering of how much I love this song and this band in general - it also stands as a pretty good example of why Sweden is the best country in the world.

Also this, which doesn't appear to be on YouTube anywhere, apart from inconveniently right at the end of a video that's three songs run together. Everything should sound like Nerf Herder. Tonight's other listening: Chixdiggit!, Shonen Knife, other stuff on the pop end of pop-punk.

Obligatory mention of The New Pornographers, because the topic title dictates it: I posted this before but nobody replied... they have the best videos, hands down.
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yksi-kaksi-kolme wrote:

Wow Mr. Mad, who fucked your buffalo?

[thecaptainof]

I guess it's about time for my annual-ish remembering of how much I love this song and this band in general - it also stands as a pretty good example of why Sweden is the best country in the world.

Also this, which doesn't appear to be on YouTube anywhere, apart from inconveniently right at the end of a video that's three songs run together. Everything should sound like Nerf Herder. Tonight's other listening: Chixdiggit!, Shonen Knife, other stuff on the pop end of pop-punk.

Obligatory mention of The New Pornographers, because the topic title dictates it: I posted this before but nobody replied... they have the best videos, hands down.
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yksi-kaksi-kolme wrote:

Wow Mr. Mad, who fucked your buffalo?

[thecaptainof]

[thecaptainof]

[blingdomepiece]

I have been lambasted for not posting here, so...

New Pornographers. Pretty great band, right? I think I'm a bit atypical though in that Challengers is my favorite album. It seems more subdued and reflective but still has the bouncy crazy stuff like All the Things... and Mutiny, I Promise You. Twin Cinema has a ton of great tracks too. Together took a while to grow on me but it has... it just seemed too mellow at first, but now I take it for what it is. Reminds me, there are some B-sides I need to pick up off iTunes. Not sure if I'd go as far as to get the live stuff but I might at some point. I have all five studio albums and I'm feeling kind of completist about them.

I also saw of Montreal mentioned in here. I picked up the Hissing Fauna album after playing Heimdalsgate... on RBN, and there's some pretty good stuff there, particularly the bonus track No Conclusion. Parts of the album were kind of annoying (when he turns it up to 11 I guess) but I found it to be generally fresh and progressive in the non-genre sense of the word. I haven't picked anything else up yet since the reviews of the earlier stuff suggest a search to find their sound and the reviews of the later stuff say they're a rehash, so not sure where to go.

I tried out XTC about ten years ago but they suffered from the fact that everyone pushing them on me acted as if they were the voice of God and so my naturally contrarian nature kicked in and I rejected it. I haven't mentioned other bands brought up here if I didn't actually like them, but I do mention XTC because I'm curious if I'd be more receptive now that I'm a bit older and less odd-time-signature-centric.

I will have to check out Big Star and Shoes. Missed those previously.

Two other bands I've come to enjoy the last few years (not sure if they are pop or indie or whatever) are Mew and MGMT. Few of my friends give a rat's ass about either band, sadly.
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[blingdomepiece]

I have been lambasted for not posting here, so...

New Pornographers. Pretty great band, right? I think I'm a bit atypical though in that Challengers is my favorite album. It seems more subdued and reflective but still has the bouncy crazy stuff like All the Things... and Mutiny, I Promise You. Twin Cinema has a ton of great tracks too. Together took a while to grow on me but it has... it just seemed too mellow at first, but now I take it for what it is. Reminds me, there are some B-sides I need to pick up off iTunes. Not sure if I'd go as far as to get the live stuff but I might at some point. I have all five studio albums and I'm feeling kind of completist about them.

I also saw of Montreal mentioned in here. I picked up the Hissing Fauna album after playing Heimdalsgate... on RBN, and there's some pretty good stuff there, particularly the bonus track No Conclusion. Parts of the album were kind of annoying (when he turns it up to 11 I guess) but I found it to be generally fresh and progressive in the non-genre sense of the word. I haven't picked anything else up yet since the reviews of the earlier stuff suggest a search to find their sound and the reviews of the later stuff say they're a rehash, so not sure where to go.

I tried out XTC about ten years ago but they suffered from the fact that everyone pushing them on me acted as if they were the voice of God and so my naturally contrarian nature kicked in and I rejected it. I haven't mentioned other bands brought up here if I didn't actually like them, but I do mention XTC because I'm curious if I'd be more receptive now that I'm a bit older and less odd-time-signature-centric.

I will have to check out Big Star and Shoes. Missed those previously.

Two other bands I've come to enjoy the last few years (not sure if they are pop or indie or whatever) are Mew and MGMT. Few of my friends give a rat's ass about either band, sadly.
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Expert Pro Keys: 50/63 GS, most recent The Killing Moon
Expert Pro Drums: 53/83 GS, most recent Free Bird / Oh My God / Oye Mi Amor
Expert Pro Bass: 6/83 GS, most recent Everybody Wants to Rule the World

[thecaptainof]

Digging this out of the grave for this:

http://youtu.be/-HlTSE46oc8

And why not.
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yksi-kaksi-kolme wrote:

Wow Mr. Mad, who fucked your buffalo?

[thecaptainof]

Digging this out of the grave for this:

http://youtu.be/-HlTSE46oc8

And why not.
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yksi-kaksi-kolme wrote:

Wow Mr. Mad, who fucked your buffalo?