The Official Needles and Grooves 1001 Album Generator Project (aka Preachin’ about the Preachers if today’s selection sucks)

dbarila said:

I saw them on this tour and The National (who I didn't know at the time ) opened. They were so good live back then.

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I never saw them live. I was introduced to The National when they opened for REM and Modest Mouse.

dbarila said:

I saw them on this tour and The National (who I didn't know at the time ) opened. They were so good live back then.

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We went to see them at that tour with The National as well! We saw them play at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. It was a fantastic show. We were also big National fans at the time so seeing both was a big plus.

Their live performance on Late Night with Conan O’Brien is one that has always stuck with me. It’s pure adrenaline and gives you some idea on what you were in for when seeing the Arcade Fire live in concert.

I actually had tickets to see them a few years ago right when all of the allegations came out. I really wanted to see them live but wasn't sure how much I wanted to support them. I ended up getting Phillies World Series tickets for the night of the show so I avoided any moral quandary.

Nee Lewman said:

12/17/24
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Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

Neon Bible - Arcade Fire | Album | AllMusic

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire released in 2007. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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Great album but my least favorite of their first three releases. Have seen them in concert 5 or 6 times but probably won't again at this point unless they're at some festival I'm attending.

12/18/24

Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

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I raise you 7 fires...



Such an ambitious, beautiful record. Barrier breaking, genre melding, unifying.

Yer Ol' Uncle D said:

I raise you 7 fires...



Such an ambitious, beautiful record. Barrier breaking, genre melding, unifying.

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Eddie Hazel

Nee Lewman said:

12/18/24
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Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

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Maggot Brain by Funkadelic released in 1971. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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How have I never listened to this before??? I thought I had but I would have remembered the intro guitar solo.

Pretty sure "Can You Get to That" is sampled in a Sleigh Bells song.

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Pretty sure "Can You Get to That" is sampled in a Sleigh Bells song.

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If you dig the guitar, don’t sleep on this one…

TenderLovingKiller® said:

If you dig the guitar, don’t sleep on this one…

Eddie Hazel - Game, Dames And Guitar Thangs (SYEOR 2025) [Vinyl]

Eddie Hazel - Eddie Hazel - Game, Dames And Guitar Thangs (SYEOR 2025) [Vinyl] Barcode: 603497825325 Eddie Hazel’s Dames, Games and Guitar Thangs (1977) is a must-have for funk rock fans, showcasing Hazel’s iconic guitar work and smooth vocals. Known for his groundbreaking role in...

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Second this. Incredible album.

Maggot Brain, Cosmic Slop and Games, Dames and Guitar Thangs are a pretty much perfect trinity for me.

TenderLovingKiller® said:

If you dig the guitar, don’t sleep on this one…

Eddie Hazel - Game, Dames And Guitar Thangs (SYEOR 2025) [Vinyl]

Eddie Hazel - Eddie Hazel - Game, Dames And Guitar Thangs (SYEOR 2025) [Vinyl] Barcode: 603497825325 Eddie Hazel’s Dames, Games and Guitar Thangs (1977) is a must-have for funk rock fans, showcasing Hazel’s iconic guitar work and smooth vocals. Known for his groundbreaking role in...

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I did enjoy the guitar! The whole album ripped a lot more than I thought it would. Might be a 5/5.

12/19/24

Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville

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12/19/24
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Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville

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Exile in Guyville by Liz Phair released in 1993. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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Such a fantastic album.

I love all of her Matador records

10/10 no notes.

fun fact, the cover art is from a photo booth strip at my favorite bar in the world, Chicago's legendary Rainbo Club

Album is fine. There are a couple of very good songs. Unfortunately, it ultimately hits me kind of like Death Cab, it kind of feels like pointlessly meandering noodling. There are lots of neat ideas that just kind of feel unfinished. I can appreciate how this is influential to lots of music I like (I can hear her in Miya Folick and Margaret Glaspy’s work or Maggie Rogers’ more rock stuff.) There’s nothing really wrong here just nothing that really grabs me. I do really like it when she layers other vocals behind her deadpan delivery like in Flower and Johnny Sunshine. As usual, I’m stupid and never got the title and am genuinely intrigued by the idea of it as an answer to Exile in Main Street. I should probably do like a track by track listen some day and see how it stands up to that conceit. Sonically, it’s different and the same at once. The stones album is hindered by its production - the music is too dense for how they recorded it. This music breaths in its lo-fi state but never overwhelms its production like the Stones album does. (It’s decidedly also not country tinted). It also reminds me of Jeff Buckley, another seemingly universally loved artist (and work in Grace) that just doesn’t really do anything for me.

I vaguely remember liking Whip-Smart and her self titled album a lot more than this one.