MUSIC THREAD

Well, it's a personal preference, and both are great. Crane Wife is the better album from a pure musical standpoint, but I just like Colin Meloy's lyrics and writing better on Picaresque. I've always preferred the band's "quieter" moments and Picaresque has some amazing ones. I think that album's highs (Eli, On the Bus Mall) push it over the top.

I'm a sucker for lyrics. And clever, witty wordplay at that, so I always probably weigh that when considering albums more than I probably should. That's why I'm such a Silver Jews fan.

 

Someone mentioned First Aid kit the other day. This cover of Love Interruption is pretty damn good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B_Iyi3u1Pc#t=85

 

Haven't listened to all of it yet but Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' released a new album on July 29.

Really good effort again and American Dream Plan B is too damn good.

 

All the GQ picks are understandable considering their readership, but Funeral, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and Kid A should be on there.

Personally, I'd make a case for Spoon's Kill the Moonlight, Nick Cave &The Bad Seed's Abbatoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus and The Black Keys' Rubber Factory.

 

Great to see Florence get some love here, but to me, Ceremonials was at least as glaring an omission as Funeral (though one can reasonably argue The Suburbs is more fully realized). She hits practically every song, as someone once put it, like the climactic number of a Broadway musical. You haven't lived til you've driven the freeway at night with the windows open and "No Light No Light" or "What the Water Gave Me" at full blast.

 

I would have guessed that every album from The National would be on your list.

 

Came to The War on Drugs late, but I'm definitely there now. Lost In The Dream is right there with Atlas by Real Estate as my favorite album of the year, though I probably should get St. Vincent because people with similar musical tastes to mine really like it. Red Eyes is on auto-play right now because that's what I do to a song I like, but I look forward to unwrapping this album in earnest.

 

I'M SAYING THOUGH TROUBLE WILL FIND ME IS THEIR BEST HOMIE.

 

She was great at Forecastle as well. And I really like the new album.

 

I was trying to be objective. My favorite music is not what I consider the greatest music.

Plus, the world would be a dreary place if everyone loved The National as much as I do. Eye contact between people would no longer exist from all the shoegazing.

 

I just learned that Florence Welch is half-American on her mum's side. Get Klinsi on the case!

She's due for some new material. Three years since the last album and two years since her collaboration with Calvin Harris.