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Lee Newman said:
I kind of meant that they were both doing the same sort of thing in the nineties.
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I think in that case Cohen beats Dylan. Bob was fucking around with the Dead and tom petty and putting out kind of ok albums while Leonard was dropping "the future" in what, 92, 94? Bob didn't really get his dark Americana on until time of off mind I would say
 
yukbon said:
I think in that case Cohen beats Dylan. Bob was fucking around with the Dead and tom petty and putting out kind of ok albums while Leonard was dropping "the future" in what, 92, 94? Bob didn't really get his dark Americana on until time of off mind I would say
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Not sure how you are all defining that term but Oh Mercy in 1989 would seem to fit the bill.
 
BjorgenFjorgen said:
Not sure how you are all defining that term but Oh Mercy in 1989 would seem to fit the bill.
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I recall Oh Mercy hitting me as very Time Out of Mind when I got the MoFi. I can see where you are there. For sure The Future predates Time Out of Mind, will need to check out all of their stuff during this period. Cohen is kind a gap period in my knowledge. I have a few albums, I've really been savoring them and really getting to know them before I go on to the next one.

Question, are there others doing this sort of thing, I guess the most recent John Cale is almost there and Nick Cave can certainly conjure up the same kind of vibe, but I really dig this whole vibe.
 
Well I'll be darned if this is one of the more contrarian things I've read about music in a while:

slate.com

Are We Finally Ready to See One of the ’90s’ Most Acclaimed Bands for What It Really Was?

Why Neutral Milk Hotel’s biggest fans are often those who understand it least.
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I remember first hearing Airplane at a friend's house in 2004 and feeling like a ton of bricks hit me. I can recognize the monolithic status that album has taken on, as well as the legend around Magnum taking on a life of its own; I still think the author exaggerates it, especially in quoting other exaggerated and aggrandizing editorials with their own goals of planting a flag on the topic.

Maybe I'm feeling exposed, but I bristle at the overall tone of "the people who like the thing don't get the thing."

I am glad I hung on to the last sentence:
The longer the hotel preserves its strict neutrality, the more the guests might grasp that they can’t get the milk for free.
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Lee Newman said:
Hey @Joe Mac , Aoife O’Donovan did a list of her five essential Irish Albums…

Aoife O'Donovan: Five Essential Albums | WFUV

Irish albums for St. Patrick's Day.
wfuv.org wfuv.org
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Nice Caoimhïn is the fiddle player in The Gloaming that uses the strange violin with the extra resonant strings that makes the sort of slightly discordant otherworldly feel.

A Woman’s Heart is an album anyone with any links to here in the 90s knows inside out. Stellar original compilation for which every song was originally recorded. Was the biggest selling album in Ireland in the 90s by an absolute distance and contains all the most talented Irish female artists of the time,

Don’t know the rest but will have to check them them out. Thanks.
 
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This is thread underneath all the noise in a 100 Gecs song that reminds me an awful lot of Owl City. This maybe belongs in the hot takes thread.
 
Yall can say what you want about Pitchfork.
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100 gecs: 10,000 gecs

Read Julianne Escobedo Shepherd’s review of the album.
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That the few samples on this album come from Cypress Hill, Scary Movie, and Lucasfilm, in the form of the THX Deep Note, tell you all you need to know: The internet is an earwig that has broken millennials’ brains. 10,000 gecs sounds like being hit in the face with pies for approximately 26 minutes, two best friends having the greatest time throwing all the dankest shit from their musical file cabinet at you while you accept your ridiculous fate.
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That is some Lester Bangs level shit right there.
 
yukbon said:
killyourstereo.com

Private Function Release First-ever Urine-filled Vinyl | theMusic.com.au | Australian music news, gig guide, music reviews

If you bought one of 50 Gold copies of Private Function's new album, now you know what's in it...
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Thanks, I hate it
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LeSamourai said:
I would have sworn that the Flaming Lips were gonna achieve this glorious milestone first.
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But when are Metallica releasing the blood and semen-filled reissues of Load and Reload?
 
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