Coshhlocker wrote:

Tommy Alpha wrote:Is Subtle's actual stuff any good compared to the rest of the Anticon fare?
It's not like I'm gonna rush to listen to any after that, but still..

Well, they're ok, better than this, that's for sure. Subtle are quite similar in some ways to Themselves (formerly Them). I don't know what Anticon stuff you've heard, but as a collective they're quite prolific so it can be hit and miss. For me, nothing beats the collection of 12"s that were released as the first cLOUDEAD album.

Also, you could do worse than hearing Blindfold:Greenthink, Boom Bip & Dose One:Circle and the cLOUDEAD Peel sessions.

Depending on your heart-on-sleeve-honesty/ pretensiousness threshold you may want to hear Why, Themselves: The No Music + remixes, Alias:Otherside of the Looking Glass and perhaps Sage Francis: Personal Journals if they come your way.

But don't hold it against me if you don't like 'em

sunset_gun wrote:Why do all these people insist on covering THE WORST Shellac song in the catalog?

that damned fly wrote:i have a very simple rule about covers: if the band is still around to play it, let them play it.

Mazec wrote:

that damned fly wrote:i have a very simple rule about covers: if the band is still around to play it, let them play it.

In light of the impending Led Zeppeling reunion tour, would this make Zep covers verboten?

Coshhlocker wrote:who could do a Slint cover and not get dragged across the coals for it?

that damned fly wrote:and covering zeppelin will always be in bad taste. it just shouldn't be attempted. (except when helmet and yow did it.)

Mazec wrote:

sunset_gun wrote:Why do all these people insist on covering THE WORST Shellac song in the catalog?

Probably the only one all the fanboys can manage, chordally speaking.