December 2020 Challenge Thread: Let's Go Out With A Bang (The return of the raffle!)
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Day 19: Favorite N&G Discovery
Play an N&G AoTM or something else you discovered through this forum
This is a combo item really. I joined Magnolia earlier this year and the first artist I came across who I wasn’t super familiar with was Kathleen Edwards. Certain individuals here were quite excited for her return so I didn’t swap...glad I didn’t.
Kathleen Edwards - Total Freedom
Play an N&G AoTM or something else you discovered through this forum
This is a combo item really. I joined Magnolia earlier this year and the first artist I came across who I wasn’t super familiar with was Kathleen Edwards. Certain individuals here were quite excited for her return so I didn’t swap...glad I didn’t.
Kathleen Edwards - Total Freedom
BjorgenFjorgen
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Day 19: Favourite N&G discovery
Stereolab - Dots and Loops
I was scooped on Tortoise's TNT earlier, but this record is probably tied with that for my favourite discovery from being on this forum. Last fall, I think, when these reissues were coming out, a lot of folks were praising them and I was intrigued. I knew I'd heard Stereolab before but I wasn't sure where. Turned out it was "The Flower Called Nowhere" from this album, which appeared on Badbadnotgood's excellent LateNightTales. The song was great in this context and when I checked out the whole album, I was really happy to find that the rest of the record was also awesome. Very different from any music that I'd really listened to up to that point and I fell really hard for this album. I think eventually, when it's had enough time to stew, this album could be in contention for my top 50 all time if we ever do it again in the future.
Stereolab - Dots and Loops
I was scooped on Tortoise's TNT earlier, but this record is probably tied with that for my favourite discovery from being on this forum. Last fall, I think, when these reissues were coming out, a lot of folks were praising them and I was intrigued. I knew I'd heard Stereolab before but I wasn't sure where. Turned out it was "The Flower Called Nowhere" from this album, which appeared on Badbadnotgood's excellent LateNightTales. The song was great in this context and when I checked out the whole album, I was really happy to find that the rest of the record was also awesome. Very different from any music that I'd really listened to up to that point and I fell really hard for this album. I think eventually, when it's had enough time to stew, this album could be in contention for my top 50 all time if we ever do it again in the future.
jamieanderson1968
ninniest jackaninny
Day 20: Covers!
Luna - Sentimental Education
Dean Wareham always has an ear for what makes a great song. Here is an album of covers, from Bowie to Mercury Rev. My copy is signed by the band as well as being on yellow vinyl.
Luna - Sentimental Education
Dean Wareham always has an ear for what makes a great song. Here is an album of covers, from Bowie to Mercury Rev. My copy is signed by the band as well as being on yellow vinyl.
Turbo
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Spinning "Lunafied" right now as a follow-up to Cash...
BjorgenFjorgen
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Day 20: Covers!
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
No cover songs on this record, but it does have an iconic cover and though my turntable is far from the bed, it's an ultimate Sunday morning album. That guitar tone!
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
No cover songs on this record, but it does have an iconic cover and though my turntable is far from the bed, it's an ultimate Sunday morning album. That guitar tone!
jamieanderson1968
ninniest jackaninny
I had Lunafied pulled as well as the Rarities lp that came with the Luna box set pulled. But I really wanted to hear Fire in Cairo
LeSamourai
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Day 20: Covers!
Play an album with a great cover song or great cover art or that you want to put on when staying under the covers on a lazy Sunday morning
Frances Quinlan - Likewise
This album ends with a cover of Built to Spill's "Carry the Zero" that manages the trick of making the song into something new without losing its original charm.
Play an album with a great cover song or great cover art or that you want to put on when staying under the covers on a lazy Sunday morning
Frances Quinlan - Likewise
This album ends with a cover of Built to Spill's "Carry the Zero" that manages the trick of making the song into something new without losing its original charm.
D Jilla
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Day 19 - N&G discovery
I love this album and can pretty much guarantee I wouldn’t have heard it without it being @agutierrezb ’s AOTM.
I love this album and can pretty much guarantee I wouldn’t have heard it without it being @agutierrezb ’s AOTM.
Selaws
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Day 20: Covers!
Ill Considered - An Ill Considered Christmas (Ill Considered Music, 2018 White Label Test Pressing - No. 05/10)
I think of this as a double-whammy as the cover art is fantastic and its a series of Christmas covers. Vincent De Boer is very much the unofficial additional member of Ill Considered and his artwork has adorned each of their releases, making the groups albums instantly recognisable.
Ill Considered - An Ill Considered Christmas (Ill Considered Music, 2018 White Label Test Pressing - No. 05/10)
I think of this as a double-whammy as the cover art is fantastic and its a series of Christmas covers. Vincent De Boer is very much the unofficial additional member of Ill Considered and his artwork has adorned each of their releases, making the groups albums instantly recognisable.
imtheocean
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Day 20: Covers!
Love this album cover. So much detail and the coloring is
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Gillian Welch ~ The Harrow and the Harvest
Love this album cover. So much detail and the coloring is
.Gillian Welch ~ The Harrow and the Harvest
Yer Ol' Uncle D
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Day 20: Covers!
Love this album cover. So much detail and the coloring is
Gillian Welch ~ The Harrow and the Harvest
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Every time I see that cover, the first thing my little pea brain thinks is "What Baroness record is that?"
RowBearToe
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Day 21: Winter Solstice - Play a record that epitomizes winter
The Lumineers - Winter EP
What represents Winter more than...Winter!haha The Winter EP is a fantastic 4 song EP and the mood is definitely appropriate for Winter.
The Lumineers - Winter EP
What represents Winter more than...Winter!haha The Winter EP is a fantastic 4 song EP and the mood is definitely appropriate for Winter.
