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Post by monasterymonochrome on Aug 2, 2022 15:26:30 GMT -6
 First time listening to this and full, and it's absolutely GOATed. Singles are obviously all-timers (also, how funny is it that 500 indie bands from 2011 ripped off the guitar tone from the first 10 seconds of Everybody Wants To Rule The World?). And the other tracks just sound so impeccable (Listen, in particular, for me. This is a statement album, damn. Also - woah! How about Broken > Head Over Heals > Broken -- Tears for Fears is a jam band, y'all! It's official! |
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Post by ten15 on Aug 2, 2022 15:30:55 GMT -6
I wouldn’t classify INXS as synthpop. If this was too synth-y or poppy for you, you may be in for a lot of disappointment in your queue. All hail the 80’s!
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Post by ten15 on Aug 2, 2022 15:32:48 GMT -6
Tears for Fears, however, is certainly synth pop, so I clearly am bad at predicting what you might like. 🤷🏻♂️
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Aug 2, 2022 15:34:34 GMT -6
I wouldn’t classify INXS as synthpop. If this was too synth-y or poppy for you, you may be in for a lot of disappointment in your queue. All hail the 80’s! New Wave, maybe? I sorta lump them in with most of the bands that get regular play on XM's First Wave station, as synthpop broadly, even tho their biggest hit is based heavily off a guitar riff. Kick is definitely from the very end of that era - you can hear it the move toward the sounds of the 90s in the drums, especially, IMO. |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Aug 2, 2022 15:36:06 GMT -6
Tears for Fears, however, is certainly synth pop, so I clearly am bad at predicting what you might like. 🤷🏻♂️ I think it's the First Wave effect of me primarily being familiar with New Wave through its biggest singles. I tend not to think of a lot of those bands as album artists. Which, in some case is deserved. And others - I'm finding - is not. |
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Aug 2, 2022 15:57:46 GMT -6
kick absolutely rips
never tear us apart > mystify > kick > calling all nations > tiny daggers is just an insane run to end an album, i really hope you dig it on the next listen
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Aug 2, 2022 16:04:20 GMT -6
kick absolutely rips never tear us apart > mystify > kick > calling all nations > tiny daggers is just an insane run to end an album, i really hope you dig it on the next listen Will def start my next listen there! Tryna do due diligence toward everything anyone puts in their top 10 here. |
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Post by Tweet on Aug 2, 2022 16:05:00 GMT -6
I listened to London Calling on vinyl today and it was the tits, thanks for reading
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Post by ten15 on Aug 3, 2022 7:38:02 GMT -6
More than just the singles.  |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Aug 3, 2022 9:45:23 GMT -6
kick absolutely rips never tear us apart > mystify > kick > calling all nations > tiny daggers is just an insane run to end an album, i really hope you dig it on the next listen Ayyy you were right Turns out I enjoy the music I'm listening to more when a.) it's through headphones and b.) I'm not writing wedding thank yous |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Aug 3, 2022 9:48:33 GMT -6
kick absolutely rips never tear us apart > mystify > kick > calling all nations > tiny daggers is just an insane run to end an album, i really hope you dig it on the next listen Ayyy you were right Turns out I enjoy the music I'm listening to more when a.) it's through headphones and b.) I'm not writing wedding thank yous Also, yeah, lmao at me calling this a synthpop album. I really was not using my active listening brain. Honestly, I was getting big Ted Leo vibes during the title track (which I loved). Edit: Also getting major The 1975 vibes from New Sensation |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Aug 3, 2022 10:56:02 GMT -6
 Wipers is one of the best post-punk bands to emerge from the early 80s, full stop. And - correct me if I'm wrong - for a while they seemed to fly under the radar a bit. Fortunately, I feel like they've been getting more and more credit for their incredible output, the highlight of which is absolutely 1981's Youth of America. Just 6 songs over 30 minutes, anchored by the 10.5 minute title track - a dark, churning statement that mapped out the ground Sonic Youth would soon inherit. I don't listen to it often, in all honesty - maybe because of its uneasy tone? It's not a listen for the faint of heart. But the textures are unmatched. The next track, "Taking Too Long," is one of my favorite post-punk tracks period. It snaps like a whip, jumps between darkness and light, tension and release. If you liked that Flasher album from a few years ago - here is where they copped their sound. "When It's Over" is another big highlight in the "How the fuck did they make their guitars sound like that?!?" genre. This was a big favorite at my college radio station - I used to dig out our LP copy and spin this track in particular with regularity. |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Aug 3, 2022 11:23:40 GMT -6
 Do you like Cloud Nothings? Do you like Kim Gordon? Do you like Suicide? Do you like Gun Club? Do you like Hole? Nirvana? If you answered yes to any of those questions, then you'll probably find something to like in Wipers' third album, Over The Edge. Seriously, it's crazy how much influence this had on the late 80s - 90s American indie scene - and how well it synthesizes the left-of-center American punk that came before it. It's pissed off, yes. Noticeably more so than on Youth of America. But its melodies are razor sharp. "Messenger" is functionally a sub 2-minute power pop track. And the title track combines aggression with a melodic sensibility that most hardcore bands could never approach. "The Lonely One" may well have been sung by Thurston (see: verses) and Kurt (see: chorus) themselves. Seriously, check it out. It's eerie. All while a relatively stately instrumental dissolves into one of Wipers' most thrilling guitar solos on record. Hell fuckin' yea. As for further intense moments, "Romeo" finds leader Greg Sage hooting and hollering like Alan Vega over a burnt our guitar soundscape. And those densely packed guitar whirlwinds prevelent on YoA show up elsewhere - "Now Is The Time," for one. Damn. I forgot how much this album rocks. |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Aug 3, 2022 12:52:53 GMT -6
 I'm finding throughout my travels here that the pseudo-genre "sophisti-pop" is something I was almost entirely ignorant of - and many of the first time listens for me have fit under this slightly awkward umbrella. Some I've really really liked (Blue Nile, Sade), and others have been less my speed. It's early, but I think Avalon may unfortunately fall into the latter category. I've made a few guesses at why. Maybe Ferry isn't as captivating a singer as required to pique my attention amid the more clean, laid back accompaniments? Maybe I'm so accustomed to Roxy's glam rock work that it's biasing my experience with their later period records? Maybe I just prefer the more maximal, everything's-on-the-line style of something like Hats? I don't know. These slicker records tend to grow on me after further listens though, so I'll give it another go tomorrow or something. The title track is a great one, that's for sure. |
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Post by zircona1 on Aug 3, 2022 12:56:01 GMT -6
 Going to plug this before it's over. Fantastic power pop album, recommended if you like Marshall Crenshaw, Elvis Costello, etc. There's not a dud track on it. |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Aug 3, 2022 14:18:06 GMT -6
 Another case of me wanting to like something more than I did. My favorite track was the opener - Faron Young - but it's a little more hard edged than the rest of the record, which falls into the broader sophisti-pop world too. Sorry to all the Sproutheads out there. I think it's time for me to listen to a different genre now. |
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Aug 3, 2022 14:53:26 GMT -6
Ayyy you were right Turns out I enjoy the music I'm listening to more when a.) it's through headphones and b.) I'm not writing wedding thank yous Also, yeah, lmao at me calling this a synthpop album. I really was not using my active listening brain. Honestly, I was getting big Ted Leo vibes during the title track (which I loved). Edit: Also getting major The 1975 vibes from New Sensation yeah the entire second album from the 1975 is basically just new sensation over and over |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Aug 3, 2022 14:56:29 GMT -6
 Some real rippers on this one. I'm not familiar with the history of Rockpile, but basically they're a duo with Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds and each of their most famous solo albums are functionally Rockpile albums because of record contract shenanigans? Kinda confusing but interesting. These dudes fuckin' love the 50s - sometimes here I could swear I was listening to suped up Buddy Holly or Everley Brothers covers. And that's a compliment, if that's not clear. I'm a huge fan of their formula to take a doo-wop or roots rock n' roll style track, amp up the backbeat, and throw some jangly guitars on the top. It's like a sugar rush when done best (see: "Heart," "Teacher Teacher"). Cool album! |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Aug 3, 2022 14:57:06 GMT -6
Also, yeah, lmao at me calling this a synthpop album. I really was not using my active listening brain. Honestly, I was getting big Ted Leo vibes during the title track (which I loved). Edit: Also getting major The 1975 vibes from New Sensation yeah the entire second album from the 1975 is basically just new sensation over and over Lol yea that's exactly the record I was thinking of. "Love Me" especially. |
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Post by nanatod on Aug 3, 2022 15:25:04 GMT -6
Do you like Cloud Nothings? Do you like Kim Gordon?... Do you like Hole?... no. |
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Post by nanatod on Aug 3, 2022 15:25:58 GMT -6
Going to plug this before it's over. Fantastic power pop album, recommended if you like Marshall Crenshaw, Elvis Costello, etc. There's not a dud track on it. foster and lloyd played one of the farm aid concerts, probably indianapolis, I'm a little too lazy to look. |
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Post by nanatod on Aug 3, 2022 15:27:56 GMT -6
it was indy, right before sets before southern pacific (former doobies), john hiatt, and iggy pop.
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Aug 3, 2022 17:09:35 GMT -6
Do you like Cloud Nothings? Do you like Kim Gordon?... Do you like Hole?... no. Then I would not recommend Wipers! |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Aug 4, 2022 9:58:19 GMT -6
Yeah, the album reminded me of the New Pornographers too. Shit lol that's actually who I meant to say instead of BSS. Crazy how much those harmonies call back to them. Edit: Holy shit, yeah like half this album is basically a blueprint for the New Pornos. "Mammoth Gardens" in particular blew my mind. Been listening to this a lot this week too - figured I might as well post the album cover, but this was the best I could find.  |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Aug 4, 2022 10:45:37 GMT -6
 When this is all said and done I need to do a reckoning of how many albums I can legally call "One of the Great American Guitar Albums," because I'm starting to feel like a broken record. Anyways, this is one of the Great American Guitar Records - with the Dream Syndicate making their case to pick up the mantle from Television. Their competition in this is strong (see: Feelies, Gun Club, Wipers), but they're worthy. This album is equal parts muscular and neurotic, and it's maybe the most New York sounding album ever to originate from Los Angeles. The rhythm section pounds with a ferocity later seen in the Stone Roses, and their guitars squeal, squawk, and burn their way through all nine tracks. Check out "Definitely Clean" for their hookiest offering. But also dig into the title track for one of the finest indie jam vehicles this side of Sonic Youth. |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Aug 4, 2022 12:41:38 GMT -6
 With apologies to Jenny and the S-Dog, here are a few things I learned today: 1.) I only know two Dire Straits songs, Walk of Life and Sultans of Swing 2.) Sultans of Swing is actually from the 70s?! 3.) Mark Knopfler drops the f slur multiple times in "Money for Nothing" - a song which I've probably heard before but was definitely an edited version. I get how it's used in the context of the song, but I did multiple double-takes hearing it nonetheless. 4.) Clean, bluesy guitar leads don't do very much for me, and Mark reminds me too much of Eric Clapton. 5.) I guess I don't like this album. These videos still slap tho: |
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Aug 4, 2022 12:46:09 GMT -6
With apologies to Jenny and the S-Dog, here are a few things I learned today: 1.) I only know two Dire Straits songs, Walk of Life and Sultans of Swing 2.) Sultans of Swing is actually from the 70s?! 3.) Mark Knopfler drops the f slur multiple times in "Money for Nothing" - a song which I've probably heard before but was definitely an edited version. I get how it's used in the context of the song, but I did multiple double-takes hearing it nonetheless. 4.) Clean, bluesy guitar leads don't do very much for me, and Mark reminds me too much of Eric Clapton. 5.) I guess I don't like this album. These videos still slap tho: As early as the late '80s, MK was replacing "that little f*" with "that motherfucker" in live performances, as I think people weren't really getting the full context of the satire |
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Post by doso on Aug 4, 2022 12:46:27 GMT -6
Teenage Doso loved that record when it first came out, but wow, did it age poorly for me. Def won’t appear on my list.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Aug 4, 2022 12:46:42 GMT -6
Also, that's Sting doing the "I want my MTVs" and backing vocals, I knew that song for years as a kid before anyone ever told me that
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Post by ten15 on Aug 4, 2022 12:49:15 GMT -6
Teenage Doso loved that record when it first came out, but wow, did it age poorly for me. Def won’t appear on my list. Same. |
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