What's Everyone Listening to?

[whatwouldcooleydo?]

How is that? Haven’t heard any yet but very interested. Read an article on this yesterday, think it was on Daily Beast

ETA: the article was actually on Slate

[Zip City]

How is that? Haven’t heard any yet but very interested. Read an article on this yesterday, think it was on Daily Beast

I like it. Their styles blend really well. Bridgers' album from 2017 was excellent

[Zip City]

[Sterling Bigmouth]

I've been looking forward to this one but haven't listened yet. How is it?

Excellent. Took a 2nd listen for it to really hook me in, but I’m enjoying it even more than his previous album Modern Country.

Also echoing some others in this thread but Better Oblivion Community Center is great as well.

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[bovine knievel]

NP: Jerry Lee

Fuck Chuck Berry
I'm the real trailblazer

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[Zip City]

Still one of the most heartbreaking albums I've ever heard.

[boyyourself]

The Imperial, The Delines. I like it quite a bit better that Colfax. Although the song Colfax Ave. is so so good.
My eleven year old mentioned that the Delines was "sad music". Then I challenged her to name me a good happy song. "Birthday Boy", she replied.

[Clams]

Last couple of days:

Delines - Imperial
DBT - English Oceans (black ice)
DBT _- Gangstabilly
Lucinda - Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
Willie - Shotgun Willie
Sarah Borges - Love's Middle Name
Plus some other randos and odds and ends

[cortez the killer]

[211poundsofpork]

Just picked this up. Fantastic. Thanks guys!

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Just picked this up. Fantastic. Thanks guys!

Another group from the "They should have been bigger" file. And "Teenage Head" is such a great song: good-natured nastiness.

[Iowan]

NP: Jerry Lee

Fuck Chuck Berry
I'm the real trailblazer

This is pretty good shit. Didn't realize he wrote "Must Be The Whiskey". Apparently him and Jinks are good buddies.

[Iowan]

Last week I watched "Color Me Obsessed", the Mats doc. I was surprised to see the Goo Goo Dolls heavily featured in it. I discovered them in the 90's as a decent pop/rock band that got beaten into the dirt of terrestrial radio (definitely didn't sound anything like the Replacements), and haven't given a ton of thought beyond that. Am I missing some great early career stuff?

[cortez the killer]

Last week I watched "Color Me Obsessed", the Mats doc. I was surprised to see the Goo Goo Dolls heavily featured in it. I discovered them in the 90's as a decent pop/rock band that got beaten into the dirt of terrestrial radio (definitely didn't sound anything like the Replacements), and haven't given a ton of thought beyond that. Am I missing some great early career stuff?

The first few records are a lot different than the Goos you came to know and not like. The early records have a much rawer sound than the records starting with A Boy Named Goo. Strong Mats influence on their sound. Westerberg even co-wrote a couple of songs on their early records. I see the progression as Mats --> Soul Asylum --> Goo Goo Dolls. You (and any other Mats fans) would find a lot to like on the following records:



Check out this song:

[Iowan]

Thanks! I'll check it out. I was pretty surprised at their inclusion, and then that dovetailed (within days) with you posting some records in the thread. I believe Jung referred to this phenomena as "synchronicity".

[cortez the killer]

I used to shit on their glossier 90s AOR-type stuff, but I like that now, too. It's a bit cheesy and overplayed, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy stuff like "Name", "Slide" and "Iris", too. Not sure what took me down the Goo hole, but here I am.

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Not sure what took me down the Goo hole, but here I am.

Gross

[cortez the killer]

Just picked this up. Fantastic. Thanks guys!

Yeah, that's a great record. I did a Feature of the Week on it several years ago.

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Not sure what took me down the Goo hole, but here I am.

Gross

Once you get beyond the odor, it's not that bad.

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[Iowan]

I used to shit on their glossier 90s AOR-type stuff, but I like that now, too. It's a bit cheesy and overplayed, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy stuff like "Name", "Slide" and "Iris", too. Not sure what took me down the Goo hole, but here I am.

I was probably 12-13 when those albums were coming out, and I definitely bought "Dizzy Up The Girl" due to "Slide". I just had to run out of the office for some errands, and I threw it up on Spotify. I've probably heard "Iris" or "Name" enough to never seek it out again, but I totally forgot how much I liked "Broadway". That could have been on "Don't Tell A Soul" or "Pleased To Meet Me".

The Gin Blossoms are the 90's AOR band that stuck with me, more. Their cover of "Back of A Car" was the first Big Star song I ever heard (of course I had no clue at the time, because I just grabbed it off Napster, Limewire, or whatever file sharing platform I was using).

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