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tried listening to the new Pearl Jam and couldn't help but think "can't they do Eddie Vedder than this?" little Pearl Jam humour for ya'll

oh dude, late elvis doing his emotional/spiritual stuff in Vegas is one of my favourite things. crazy how Foxygen ripped the chorus of "on blue mountain" straight from suspicious minds. his performance (maybe from this same concert) of An American Trilogy is absolutely insane. GLORY GLORY HALLELUJAH! HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING OOOOONNNN

i watched the "here comes the night time" short film for the first time today. if you haven't....do it! spectacular performances of some of the hits off the record, and cameos from 10 or so really funny/famous people (bill hader, zach galafindtrhidthas, bono, michael cera, franco, aziz and more!)

what did you think of "Minotaur" in particular? did it stand out? what a great chord progression. what lyrics

i know what you mean. for both of them, i don't really read a thing about em or care about their personal lives. their image doesn't actually impact how i listen to their music. i listened to that diiv album quite a lot for like one week, but yeah, it's the exact same as beach fossils/wavves/whatever i'm the same way with sky ferreira as i am with lana del rey. obviously such a manufactured image (her's is the whole '50s thing instead of the whole heroin thing) but usually it all leads to like 2 great songs on an album, and the rest being kinda crap. but, like lana del rey (born to die, ride) the couple songs are super memorable to me .

i feel kinda not in the mood for some of arcade fire's themes on this one. at the same time, i'm pretty crazy about the album, especially "here comes the night time," which i think is one of their best songs ever...top 3 or something. also just downloaded the sky ferreira album a couple hours ago...some duds and some pretty good stuff. "i blame myself" feels like an instant classic. also finally found a link to that fuzz album, downloading currently, pretty excited, although i know it'll be black sabbathy and i don't really like that whole thing, i like ty's more '60s surfy stuff.

i went crazy over Chvrches. the most satisfying electro pop, sounds kinda like the knife but way more direct and less cold. psychic by darkside is this incredibly diverse electronic music with really organic elements. if you haven't checked out floating coffin by thee oh sees, it's so good, especially the last two songs. i saw them live yesterday, and it was one of the best shows i've seen, so much energy and originality. i know you have difficulties with hyped-up hip-hop, but pusha-t and danny brown's new albums both have super interesting production with really clever lyrical stuff going on. a japanese band called Meeks did a shoegaze Let It Be cover album that is so beautiful. and the new Cults album is surprisingly good. i thought their debut was good, but kinda typical reverby "buzz band" bull, but this one is way more ambitious and interesting. and then i loved a bunch of stuff that you've already heard, like kurt vile, foxygen, atoms for peace, vampire weekend, youth lagoon, smith westerns, mikal cronin, mbv, flaming lips, mgmt, yeezus, james blake, deerhunter.

"New" by Paul Mccartney is seriously in like my favourite 5 songs of the year hahaha, feels insane to say that, but SERIOUSLY

2013 has been crazy good, i love like 15 albums that have come out this year already

there's new someone still loves you boris yeltsin? i'll check that out. as a drummer i've always been really into the way that guy plays drums.

it sounds like the flaming lips because it's produced by the same dude. the dude also mixed the tame impala albums. some kinda wizard. but imo, tame impala and the flaming lips have the best sounding drums since like...bonham. and the new mgmt has that same drum sound, which pumps me up. alien days is a great song.

i really like Chvrches, their album leaked a little while ago and it is just perfect, non-cheesy synth pop.

anyone seeing Kurt Vile on Monday? if so you'll see me, my band is opening, haha.

Rifflandia has big names, like last year, but they just happen to be a lot of names that i don't like. hate Edward Sharpe, never really got into DFA, am not interested in Big Boi's post-Outkast work, don't like Matt & Kim, Stars, Wintersleep, etc. etc. wheras last year i felt like it catered to what i like, with the flaming lips and the antlers and stuff. further down in the line-up, a lot of bands i'm friends with made it, which is rad, but i could see them for like $5 at bars in vancouver so naaah

nobody is talking about Yeezus? it's the most interesting and groundbreaking think he's done production wise. listen to Black Skinhead with headphones on, holy, that panning and stuff is ridiculous. the lyrics kinda suck on quite a lot of them though. how many rappers have dropped that line about making an ass shake like someone with parkinsons in the last couple years? i can think of 3 already. some of the lines are laughably bad like HURRY UP WITH MY DAMN CROISSANT and basically all of I Am A God. hate the chief keef feature, hate all of I'm In It, but it's a very good very emotional album. like an 8.5/10 for me.

^ i like that cover

yeah, High Violet grew on me soo much, it's still the most played thing on my itunes and i haven't listened to it in like a year.

last song (piano mantra) is super good and peaceful. my favourite is "don't let me go." "can't take this feelin from me"

to live at home for the summer and save money finally listening to the new The National album. a lot of weird time signatures going on, which i like. second song pulls off 7/4 as well as anything. they don't really blow me away, but when i think of them i think of words like "tasteful" and "relatable" and stuff. that dude is a hell of a drummer for sure though, he became the high-point of the band for me once i heard Fake Empire for the first time.

haha oh come on don't say that. i ended up moving back to the island like 10 days before the show and sold my ticket. glad it was good though, the commodore is the best venue.

i love everything about Dianne Young. what do you guys think about the new Daft Punk? i only like like a couple of the songs, but the one with Panda is raaaaad

yeah, they're playing Sugar nightclub. seems like too small a venue for them, but nevertheless REALLY exciting. Smith Westerns just announced a show at the Electric Owl in Vancouver, which is also a tiny, cheap venue, so that's awesome as well. they played way bigger venues on their last North American tour opening for Arctic Moneys, so i guess they're set on headlining even if it means less prestigious stages.

and yeah, just listened to the new VW a few times, it's just incredible. there's some pretty weird stuff going on lyrically though. Hudson jacks the melody line from Hallelujah. Ya Hey (which is meant to sound like Yahweh, right?) has lines like "zion doesn't love you, and babylon don't love you, but you love everything" and "through the fire, through the flames, you won't even say your name, only 'i am that i am'" which seems like a conversation with jesus type thing. Dianne Young is supposed to sound like dying young, i guess. lots going on.

Get Lucky is a phenominal pop single, to be sure. hopefully that album delivers. that new Mikal Cronin album that p4k praised is right up my alley as well, he has an amazing ear for good melodies and i really like his voice. also, this: what ridiculously good drumming. Segall is one of the most hard-working and talented guys in music right now, i think.