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And I also have to pluck up the courage to listen to the McDonut record..
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hector wrote: Mon Jan 07, 2019 7:30 pm I am still in shock, mainly because I am a fair person, and I have to actually listen to the bloody record to be able to dismiss it :shock: :shock:

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hector wrote: Mon Jan 07, 2019 7:30 pm I am still in shock, mainly because I am a fair person, and I have to actually listen to the bloody record to be able to dismiss it :shock: :shock:

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You are very fair hector :angel: please don't worry, you're gonna just love it ......
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Not one to be pedantic... but the Virgin Mary's album was a 2016 release
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1964white wrote: Mon Jan 07, 2019 7:09 pm ROCK/INDIE/METAL/PUNK/BLUES

5 Car Seat Headrest 'Twin Fantasy' 64
Probably the only points this brilliant album will receive :(

For anyone who enjoys bands such as the Strokes, Pavement, early Beck and the National, check this out.

Indie-rock album of the year
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1964white wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 10:09 am Probably the only points this brilliant album will receive :(

For anyone who enjoys bands such as the Strokes, Pavement, early Beck and the National, check this out.

Indie-rock album of the year
Half way through it, I can hear Arcade Fire and Jarvis Cocker too.
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Struggling with the Low album, a band I really like but wanting to like it more than I do,only 3 tracks doing it for me :(
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gessa wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 12:09 pm Half way through it, I can hear Arcade Fire and Jarvis Cocker too.
Yes

'My Boy' is almost Beach Boy-ish

Will Toledo's voice sounds so much like the Strokes vocalist Julian Casablancas,
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gessa wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 12:13 pm Struggling with the Low album, a band I really like but wanting to like it more than I do,only 3 tracks doing it for me :(
Me too

Maybe needs a few more listens
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gessa wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 12:09 pm Half way through it, I can hear Arcade Fire and Jarvis Cocker too.
So many influences but it still sounds fresh 8-)
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Courtney Barnett 'Tell Me How You Really Feel'
Anna Calvi 'Hunter'
Car Seat Headrest 'Twin Fantasy'
The Fernweh 'Self-titled'


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gessa wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 12:09 pm Half way through it, I can hear Arcade Fire and Jarvis Cocker too.
Even I quite like the album Ges, although I'm brainwashed when Leon keeps playing it in the car
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Mrs64 wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 2:32 pm Even I quite like the album Ges, although I'm brainwashed when Leon keeps playing it in the car
Perhaps he could brainwash you with the Courtney Barnett album, between now and when voting closes :)
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gessa wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 2:28 pm Courtney Barnett 'Tell Me How You Really Feel'
Anna Calvi 'Hunter'
Car Seat Headrest 'Twin Fantasy'
The Fernweh 'Self-titled'
Three of my four :-D

Next section at least two same album votes for certain I suspect
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1964white wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 2:44 pm Three of my four :-D

Next section at least two same album votes for certain I suspect


Definitely 2. :-D
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Can't stand the Strokes so that comparison does nothing for me
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FOLK/SINGER/SONGWRITER/COUNTRY


Frst Aid Kit 'Ruins'
Jess Williamson 'Cosmic Wink'
Ex:Re 'Ex:Re'
Larkin Poe 'Venom and Faith'

Bit of a theme here.
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faaip wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 4:11 pm Can't stand the Strokes so that comparison does nothing for me
Tbh, I thought more Libertines than Strokes.
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Then ditto, another band I can happily ignore...
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1964white wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 10:09 am Probably the only points this brilliant album will receive :(

For anyone who enjoys bands such as the Strokes, Pavement, early Beck and the National, check this out.

Indie-rock album of the year
I like all those acts, but didn't like what I heard of Carseat Head Rest a few years back, but I'll give that album a try. :tup:
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