Tom Wanderer wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 8:34 am

enframed wrote: Wed Aug 18, 2021 6:49 pm Everything Spoon recorded before they landed on Merge. I dislike everything that came after. Maybe it's different now, but back in the late US-90s people didn't like Spoon much. Merge ruined them. They should have stayed with a major label. That's not something often said.

A Series Of Sneaks (on Elektra) was the first thing I ever heard from Spoon and I bought it immediately. I still listen to it often. I tried a few that came later but gave up over a decade ago. That album is awesome. I don't know what happened to them.

Have you tried "Telephono" and The Soft Effects EP? The latter is fantastic but I love both. The OG vinyl EP goes for around $200 of discogs nowadays. Thankfully both have been reissued.

Tom Wanderer wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 8:34 am I've always preferred Aladdin Sane to Ziggy Stardust.

100%

Tom Wanderer wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 8:39 am
Weezer is terrible.

100%

brownreasontolive wrote: Wed Aug 18, 2021 2:08 pm

Ryan Zepaltas wrote: Wed May 12, 2021 12:51 am Pixies - Trompe le Monde

Almost everyone I know hates this record. I think its their best.

I also think it's their best. Some I know like to dismiss it as something that "should have been a Frank Black solo album".
Funny thing is, pieces of Trompe le Monde (and every other Pixies album) are found on their 87 demo tape.

I was pretty sure that Trompe le Monde is the more despised one of the two, probably mostly because of it's lacking in Kim's participation, as well as it's stylistic detour.

Speaking of Black, I am very keen on his output that followed the already limited popularity of TOTY: Cult of Ray, & the Catholics, and Pistolero. Also he looked like a giant baby at the time.

Trompe Le Monde is a great record. Weezer is terrible and should be filed away with other 90's tripe like Cake.

Krev wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 11:12 am Trompe Le Monde is a great record. Weezer is terrible and should be filed away with other 90's tripe like Cake.

This. Even the b-sides from Trompe are killer. I like Bossanova a lot, too, although it has a few skippable tracks.

I still need to pick up the new mix of Don’t Tell a Soul. I’ve always loved the original, but I’ve always made mental edits to its sound. New mix renders those mental edits unnecessary.

When it comes to Whiskeytown, Pneumonia gets most of the praise, but I still really like Strangers Almanac. Sure, maybe it's a little derivative at times, but I like it's flow and sentiment. Trite? Maybe. But it's ok to like cheese sometimes.

enframed wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 8:56 am Have you tried "Telephono" and The Soft Effects EP? The latter is fantastic but I love both. The OG vinyl EP goes for around $200 of discogs nowadays. Thankfully both have been reissued.

Always meant to. I'll check it out!

I'm pretty much the only person that loves Pavement's Terror Twilight right? I think it's MUCH better than Brighten the Corners, and better than any of the solo material that Malkmus & Spiral have done since.

jason from volo wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 1:18 pm

tallchris wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 12:59 pm I'm pretty much the only person that loves Pavement's Terror Twilight right? I think it's MUCH better than Brighten the Corners, and better than any of the solo material that Malkmus & Spiral have done since.

My opinion:
Terror Twilight sounds like a band that isn't having a lot of fun.

I think you nailed it - not having fun and not being the cohesive, jamming band they once were.

jason from volo wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 1:18 pm I find most of the rest of Terror Twilight to be middling. There are a few tracks I don't like at all.

Middling is exactly how I would describe Major Leagues or Carrot Rope. Great lyrics and writing from Malkmus, but just not the brand of Pavement I reach for.
On the other hand, Cream of Gold or Billie are both way up there for me in the ranking of best Pavement songs.

Also, always happy to talk about Pavement.

Oh yeah, I think Warehouse: Songs & Stories is my favorite Huskers record. Was the first of theirs I heard, just burned into my brain at this point. So Grant play "Back From Somewhere" solo in 2009 and had to keep myself from crying in public.

I’ve a lot of time for Dinosaur Jr’s “Where You Been”. “Out There” is one of their finest, “Start Choppin’” too, after which the record fades a little, but how could it not? It came up around the time my brother and I started getting seriously into American underground rock bands, and their Manchester stop while touring this album was our first gig as grunge kids, without our dad as company.

(Though I thought the support, Come, were even better.)