what is this article supposed to be? is it a book review or just some dude that wants to tell the internet that he's never heard of arcade fire or neutral milk hotel?

You leave Deep Sunshine alone, dagnabbit! (pops)

In before "DURR HURR EMO HIPSTERS HURR DURR!!"

Did this guy even bother to listen to an Arcade Fire album? They're quite lush in sound, professionally produced, and considering the number of players involved--very tight.

//huh huh, he said tight

Funsucker: Did this guy even bother to listen to an Arcade Fire album? They're quite lush in sound, professionally produced, and considering the number of players involved--very tight.

//huh huh, he said tight

He's talking about Neutral Milk Hotel. Sounds about right to me.

The utterly strange (yet interesting) nature of this greenlight compels me to give it a +1

What was that article about exactly? Loves me some aeroplane over the sea. And arcade fire's funeral.

oh please, this is an incredibly obvious thing to say, but polish isn't everything in music.

aeroplane and even avery island make up for lack of polish with the shear heart and songwriting on display.

i would go as far as to say ITAOTS would be higher on my list of best 90s albums than nirvana's incredibly polished nevermind would be.

I was a huge Bruce Hornsby fan. Even now, you're more likely to hear Hootie & the Blowfish on my iPod than, say, Grizzly Bear.

End of story. Polish music is irrelevant to this genre.

SuperCatBarf: I was a huge Bruce Hornsby fan. Even now, you're more likely to hear Hootie & the Blowfish on my iPod than, say, Grizzly Bear.

End of story. Polish music is irrelevant to this genre.

Agreed.


/Likes NMH when he doesn't get too whiny

Bizarre thing to go green on Fark... but the two Arcade Fire albums are incredible.

I know most of the Rush-lovin' Fark crowd hate them... but I dunno, their albums are great. And before you accuse me of being some hipster or something, I'm a dad on the other side of the world who likes Rob Zombie, Royksopp, Oasis and Ryan Adams, so whatever.

Neon Bible was better than Funeral, by the way.

SuperCatBarf: I was a huge Bruce Hornsby fan. Even now, you're more likely to hear Hootie & the Blowfish on my iPod than, say, Grizzly Bear.

I'm assuming this was in TFA.

It bothers me quite a bit to see Hornsby mentioned in the same breath as Hootie.

As a composer, arranger, keyboard player, singer, and lyricist, Hornsby very nearly stands alone in terms of sheer talent. Spirit Trail is one of few double albums whose length does not seem self-indulgent and unnecessary. His recent collaboration with Ricky Skaggs was great. With Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel, he is one of the handful of 20th century artists whose output continues to show artistic growth. He is one of few white folks who could be called 'soulful' without stretching the meaning of the word.

I like Grizzly Bear, but you could give them a month to come up with a song, and Hornsby could follow it up with an improvised piece that blows it out of the water.
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Funsucker: Did this guy even bother to listen to an Arcade Fire album? They're quite lush in sound, professionally produced, and considering the number of players involved--very tight.

The comments weren't made about Arcade Fire, they were made about Neutral Milk Hotel.

breathe: i would go as far as to say ITAOTS would be higher on my list of best 90s albums than nirvana's incredibly polished nevermind would be.

Speaking as a fairly big Nirvana fan, I agree wholeheartedly. In The Aeroplane is a monumental record, one that more than 10 years later still breaks my heart every time I hear it.

DKinMN: He is one of few white folks who could be called 'soulful' without stretching the meaning of the word.

I saw a show that featured Hornsby and Marc Cohn. Cohn has a voice you have to hear live to believe, and Hornsby's smart enough to keep his playing subtle yet interesting when he's backing someone up. One of the best shows I've ever seen - both of these guys are generally underrated.

shoegaze99: Speaking as a fairly big Nirvana fan, I agree wholeheartedly. In The Aeroplane is a monumental record, one that more than 10 years later still breaks my heart every time I hear it.

this article^ made its way around fark a year or so ago. really good look at jeff mangum.

When I'm in the mood to listen to Grizzly Bear, I listen to Ten Kens instead.

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saw this coming a mile away

I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now, what I'm with isn't it, and what's "it" seems weird and scary to me.

I don't know about you, but I have to hear that band. I may not like it, but I can't ignore it.

Hipsters. Shoot them all.

"That band was never, in any way, what you would call tight or polished. They were like, if you took a carnival, and you played it on an AM radio, and then you stuck it in a bucket with a microphone and recorded it"

How the hell did this guy get a hold of my band's EP?

I once did a little home recording with a band I was in and ended up sticking a mic in a plastic pickle bucket to get the sound we were looking for on one of the tracks, so I'm getting a kick...

I hereby summon TheKingOfCarrotFlowers to the thread...

My home recordings sound like two laryngitic roosters in a train tunnel arguing about what time the train is coming as heard by a hobo walking away in the opposite direction due to intoxication and disappointment with his shoes.

Sounds like what the whole hep world would be listening to Saturday nights if the Nazis had won the war.

Bartleby the Scrivener: My home recordings sound like two laryngitic roosters in a train tunnel arguing about what time the train is coming as heard by a hobo walking away in the opposite direction due to intoxication and disappointment with his shoes.

Jandek? Is that you?

Why is this guy writing about music?? I don't write about sucking...

I came to sing the praises of "aeroplane" and "funeral".

"Aeroplane" is one of the most original, inventive, sad-heart-string-tugging, constantly/consistently interesting, dare i say 'genius' records of the past 20 years.

Sure, "neon bible" is more polished and has better arrangements [tho worse production/sound quality --- everything seems very close and crowded, no spaces, has a murky/muffled-yet-clear quality to it]
than "funeral", but "funeral" didn't have "windowsill" [*shudder*]
[then again, "neon bible" didn't have 'haiti'.... the only 'lesser' track of "funeral", IMHO.]

Yo, Arctic Monkeys, Imma let you finish, but "Funeral" is one of the best debut albums of ALL TIME.


/still thinks they should've replaced "windowsill" with "broken window" [b-side to "keep the car running] on 'neon bible'

//am awaiting Arcade Fire's next album

/// "on avery island" is very hit and miss. certainly the lesser album of Neutral Milk Hotel's....

Just reading the headline I thought "Oh, it's the Replacements."

Combustion: Just reading the headline I thought "Oh, it's the Replacements."



HHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA

lol,

wait that is very true

Third_Uncle_Eno: "Aeroplane" is one of the most original, inventive, sad-heart-string-tugging, constantly/consistently interesting, dare i say 'genius' records of the past 20 years.

This.
That is the most emotional album I have ever heard.