The 2013 Music Thread

[GA!]

Random thought: the final 54 seconds of 'I Sat By The Ocean' by QOTSA is simply glorious. The best section of music they've ever recorded.

[Lowerdeck]

I'm liking the new Fuck Buttons, my pick for album of July

[Ant]

New Alter Bridge single is now out, called Addicted to Pain.

Pretty solid start. New album should be good.

[livid]

Another new NIN song.

[Cactus Drags]

Liking Swim Deep's album, Where the Heaven We Are. Kind of a throwback to eighties indie.

I've seen them in Gloucester supporting someone I can't remember right now, and tehy were really good. Looking forward to seeing them at Reading.

[livid]

I haven't listened to the album but I really enjoyed King City when I heard it sometime last year and have been meaning to check them out since. Thanks for reminding me!

[Jimmy]

You guys should check out Swin Deep's lead singer's girlfriends band, Wolf Alice. I'd say they're way better than Swim Deep and they're both touring together this autumn.

[Cactus Drags]

Pretty much the same band but with female vocals, no?

[METALMAN]

Well, the new Lady Gaga song is shit. That's a shame.

[MalaCloudy Black]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=848kTjwPZDk

Kind of weird.

[Damian WayLNKe]

Take my money.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIdtoB9wUIQ

[livid]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=848kTjwPZDk

Kind of weird.

Weird is putting it mildly.

[deli]

NEW DEATH GRIPS! IT'S WEIRD!

[livid]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=848kTjwPZDk

Kind of weird.

Weird is putting it mildly.

And to counter that, I guess...

[tristy]

I'm waiting on the actual album to leak/be released until I listen to anything other than "Came Back Haunted". I hope I'm pleasantly surprised.

[livid]

I can't hold out. Any little crack nugget will suffice!

[tristy]

Nine Inch Nails is the only group that I'll actually hold out for the actual album instead of listening to every song that becomes available. Unless it's part of the experience, like it was during the build-up to the Year Zero album.

[livid]

Which is odd because they're probably the one group that I'd never be able to do that for. I mean, that's never really been a habit of mine anyways but I can't imagine not wanting to hear anything from a new album of Trent's

[tristy]

I find that some artists, it's better to digest their album(s) full-length instead of a track by track basis. Most of NIN's album flow together, so some things are lost in the translation when you break it up into single songs.

It's not like it's a Foo Fighters album or something

[thatshortguy]

Actually, that's a great paradigm for rock music right now. On one side, you have the bands like Foo Fighters, Fall Out Boy, Phoenix, etc. Albums consisting of singles...which is perfectly fine.

Flip side, you have Nine Inch Nails, Flaming Lips, Tesseract, etc. Bands more concerned with creating entire albums, which is another fine philosophy, but you've got to have something to hook the non-believers in (that's my only real gripe about Tesseract's technically-excellent "Altered State").

I've opted to go Tristy's route in regards to "Hesitation Marks". "Came Back Haunted" grew on me and I'm holding out for something like "Year Zero", which was just great almost across the board.