Needles & Grooves AotM /// Vol. 45 – March 2023 /// The Men - New York City
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TenderLovingKiller®
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Fuzz Club?
Turbo
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That sounds like it should already be a band name.
Hemotep
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Not a band, but they are awesome
TenderLovingKiller®
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They're about as good as Sacred Bones.
Not a band, but they are awesome
avecigrec
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Fuck of course. Which is the label the new album is on!
TenderLovingKiller®
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TenderLovingKiller®
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I think you guys figured out all of the clues.
Clues 1&2: 4 Members, 9th album
Clue 4: the years released all coincide with the years awards were won.
Clue 5 and 5.1: The Men Performed at 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival.
Clues 1&2: 4 Members, 9th album
Clue 4: the years released all coincide with the years awards were won.
Clue 5 and 5.1: The Men Performed at 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival.
TenderLovingKiller®
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Clues 6 and 7 were things that could be associated with NYC (or Montreal) since another viable guess at this point was Godspeed! You Black Emperor and I thought that might make it a bit more challenging.
avecigrec
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Godspeed always felt like an outlier but was fun to see the numerical inversion give it the remotest of possibility! I definitely appreciate what you did with these two clues. All of them, in fact! But especially with these two given what was on the table.
TenderLovingKiller®
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And clue 3…
Like I said it’s a super obscure thing that no one was gonna get. A few years back the band was interviewed in Pitchfork about what some of their favorite things, asked about their favorite movie, they replied:
“In the van we'll watch VHS tapes. The one we watch the most is Uncle Buck. It's been viewed at least 10 times.”
pitchfork.com
Like I said it’s a super obscure thing that no one was gonna get. A few years back the band was interviewed in Pitchfork about what some of their favorite things, asked about their favorite movie, they replied:
“In the van we'll watch VHS tapes. The one we watch the most is Uncle Buck. It's been viewed at least 10 times.”
The Men
With their album New Moon out this week, the no-frills Brooklyn guitar rockers talk to Ian Cohen about the awesomeness of AC/DC, terrifying Satan-themed arcade games, John Wayne's corpse, and why they love water so damn much.
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TenderLovingKiller®
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Obviously, my man @avecigrec nailed the guess (way to go!) and would be entitled to a copy of the The March AotM if he so desires. DM me your Mailing information and I will get a copy sent out in the next couple weeks.
TenderLovingKiller®
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since it was released recently I gonna suggest that everyone try to buy a copy from their Local Record Store as it should be widely available but for those that don’t have local stores…
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The Men - New York City
New album from Brooklyn punk heavyweights The Men out February 3rd 2023. The gatefold version – limited to 300 hand-numbered copies – is exclusive to the Fuzz Club store and included in the Membership. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . "When everyone left...
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The Men - New York City - (Vinyl LP, CD) | Rough Trade
Buy New York City by The Men (Vinyl LP, CD) now from Rough Trade - independent purveyors of great music, since 1976.
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TenderLovingKiller®
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I am working on a write up for the album now it should be up this weekend some time.
TenderLovingKiller®
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Here is a The Men primer for those unfamiliar with the band:
CrazyDiamond84
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TenderLovingKiller®
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I will get into this more in my write up but as I was deciding which album to go with I knew this was coming out and all of the preview tracks ripped so ultimately I went for it and I am happy with my decision. I think The Men have put out some pretty great albums recently but they seem to get lost in the shuffle a bit.
TenderLovingKiller®
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So, what does everyone think?
Do you enjoy The Men?
Are you familiar with previous albums?
What do you think about this record?
I am curious to get your takes on this months Album selection.
Do you enjoy The Men?
Are you familiar with previous albums?
What do you think about this record?
I am curious to get your takes on this months Album selection.
CrazyDiamond84
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I'm looking forward to listening to this one. I didn't even know they had anything new out until this thread. I haven't heard anything I haven't liked from the Men, so I have no doubt that this album is awesome. Open Your Heart is the only one I currently own on vinyl, so can always use some more! Ill try to stream it later at work and share some thoughts.
avecigrec
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Completely unfamiliar with the band, so I'm looking forward to this as a completely new discovery for me.
I loved the guess thread leading up to this point. Great clues and an especially excellent curveball in choosing a brand new release!