It's not. Dude needs to stick to metal/hard rock. This is just embarrassing.

that's sad...

the Norah Jones track sounded like Loveage... only not nearly as good. was amusing hearing hear sing the word "motherfucker" though.

is the Massive Attack song at least any good?

i was just going to say that for those who haven't grabbed it, the new Aloha posted a couple pages back is pretty great. and everyone should really check it out.

this has nothing to do with your post, but i find it weird that hobbes has fingers but no toes. he just has paws on his feet while having fingers on his hands. bizarre.

ok, sorry.

Actually I'm getting some mixed feelings. I like it, can't say I love it though. I'll give it a couple more listens before my final verdict

Check out this track from Think About Life's debut LP, coming out May 2nd (officially the greatest day for music fans EVER!!). They play crunchy pop music, sorta in the same vein as BSS's latest self-titled record (sorta). This track features the rapper Subtitle, who has contributed to albums by the Islands and Th' Corn Gangg. Its really catchy, and dangerously addictive.

Think About Life- What the Future Might Be (featuring Subtitle)


(great cover ^^)

Thanks for the tip, this band is great. Have no problem with the vocalist, he just adds to the drama. Hope to hear more stuff from these folks soon. This is rich, original, even unexpected music. Highly recommended.

Dirty Pretty Thingsand Pearl Jam are rumoured to have been spilit like the filty whores they are over the interweb today. I can't find DPT though.

Has anyone upped the new Scott Walker, "The Drift" yet? If not... here you go.

hxxp://download.yousendit.com/70C40E953DD029D4

is the PJ real? I heard it wasn't

I'm not fussed with PJ, so I dunno.

After hearing, what, 8 songs now? This is clearly their best effort since Yield (faint praise, I know, but still).

the copy going around is really poor....

the album is better than Riot Act, but i can't safely say it's better than Binaural yet. there's nothing on this new one i like as much as Of The Girl, Sleight of Hand, Grievance, or Insignificance, which, despite Binaural being not all that great of album overall, those are 4 of my fave PJ songs.

it's pretty disjointed in spots (moreso than the last 2 almost), and the first half is smokin', second half is pretty mellow save for Big Wave (which is a fun rocker w/ a cheesedick chorus and so-so lyrics).

definitely a good album, but far from a great one unfortunately

oh, and Yield is tied w/ No Code & Vs. for my fave PJ record

I forgot, it's been about 5 minutes since the last "rank your favorite pj albums" thread.

Ten, Vs. and Yield are the only ones I find myself listening to start to finish. Vitalogy is pretty good, but the other ones are too hit and miss for me. This one sounds solid so far, none of the "concept" songs they usually include that tend to derail the whole album.

apparently you haven't heard Wasted Reprise

a waste of :55 on the record. it's aptly titled imo.

Like Pilate, I HAVE A DAWWWWWWG

see i f'n love that song musically... one of my faves on Yield musically, but i agree the chorus is cheesy. the bridge to Pilate = money.

Never heard Yield. Liked No Code and hate Ten. Vs. is damn good too.

would I like yield?

I'm guessing yeah. Yield was more of the earnest Grunge-REM deal that No Code did so well.

And not a stadium-rock-masquerading-as-Grunge tune in sight. Arguably 'Do The Evolution', but that just plain rocks. Fucking saved me when I saw them in 2000. Thought I was gonna fall asleep til they played that -energised me! And I never liked it before that.

Hmm, now I think about it, I prefer their live album from the same year. That was great.

Dirty Pretty Things- Waterloo To Anywhere

hxxp://s35.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=02BPDR9U59IQQ0JW7PFZVZP5U2

I know internet petitions basically never work but never has the need been so dire. Tell Owen Pallet that pretty much any other title would be better than "He Poos Clouds". Yeah, you're just shaking your head now, going "Owen Owen no", but imagine how you'll feel around 'best of the year' list time if you did nothing. Think of the children. "Dad, I saw that 20 years ago you liked album which had 'poos' in the title (and why do you keep showing me these old lists? I get it: you didn't like Walmart, okay.). Now I'm going to go join a space commune."

Thanks for the contribution, looking forward to this, though haven't been blown away by the six track promo that leaked a couple weeks ago.

i doubt Owen cares... he has a pretty warped sense of humor, it fits him

this should leak soon...

it leaked almost 2 months ago actually...

it's pretty sweet but not as great as Homesongs for me

well well well...

can YSI it in a bit if someone else doesn't beat me to it

i leave for work in an hour... go!

Maybe this guy and four tet dude will get "fridge" back together. this album and the last 2 four tet albums are not too great.

Thanks for the DPT SPace Oddity. d/loading now

i'm only four songs into Dirty Pretty Things and i'm already considering bombing the UK....

save for Mitchell, of course. i'll buy him a one-way ticket to the States, where he can get away from these bands.

Christ, it's not that bad, is it? I'm on track 4 now, and it's kind of ordinary, but I'm not sure I'd resort to terrorism because of it. Like I said before, Pete and Carl need each other. Maybe if both "solo" efforts get lukewarm responses, they will reunite for another go. The real challenge will be make a "Libertines" album from Down In Albion and Waterloo To Anywhere. Possible?

As long as it's better than Down In Albion I won't complain, but that can't be hard.

P.S. Can I move to Canada instead.

http://s65.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0GN67U8...XZ01QJIW4TWIY1N

this is a link to the rogers sisters "the invisible deck". not leaked but still pretty fresh.

actually, i think it is.

see? i can be mature and reasonable...i almost sound canadian.



i was just kidding. you're right, it's just ordinary.

I guess it's possible to make a better album than each individually but Babyshambles without Carl's guitar playing is just as inferior as DPT missing Pete's words.

I think another thing I'm discovering is that as much as I like Carl's voice, I don't it's a voice that can sustain for a whole album. Starts to drone or become monotone after awhile. I guess I prefer Pete's voice, even if it's questionable if he's actually singing at times.

You Fucking Love It - As much as I love the title, not so sure about the song.

Down in Albion is good, seriously. Not Libertines good or anything, but pretty enjoyable. I like that the whole thing is so messy and disjointed.

except for "Don't Look Back Into The Sun," I never liked The Libertines.

fact: Arctic Monkeys are better.

I'm going to chalk this up as another joke from you. Without The Libertines, we may not even have Arctic Monkeys. I like both bands, but the feeling I got from The Libs when I first heard them was this was a band that could literally change music. Had they not imploded and were able to continue with their trajectory, this might have been possible. Of course, this is entirely possible for Arctic Monkeys, but I'm not getting that same feeling. It's just a band I really like at the moment.

actually, i'm serious. i like the arctic monkeys better. i know they wouldn't exist without the libertines. i thought the libertines were fine, they had the right attitude, but none of the songs ever stuck with me. i never understood why my british friends (i have a few hidden away) were so crazy about them.

then arctic monkeys come out with better hooks and a better voice. call me crazy.

crazy

kiss me, slave.

The Libertine's lyrics have always prevented them from being cast as a band of a generation for me (not that I think there are any better suited to the task) All the Albion and Dickensian imagery isn't as insightful as it could be. If all thier words were as on the money as those on "Time For Heroes" they can have the crown.

thank you for the DPT leak.

but it's not as good as the Babyshambles album. It's pretty much the same record, but with no personality, soul, or allure. If you thought the reggae moments on Babyshambles were bad (they're not), you need to hear Carl trying it. Dave Sardy goes far to ruin the record too with his in-the-red crackle that he's been slapping on every record since Barkmarket. The entire thing is just an unending wall of trebly guitar.

Carl seems more desperate to recreate the Libertines, but does not have the charisma or lyrics to pull it off.

As much as I hate to say it, I agree. I can't really say I'm surprised. I've seen the Libertines play three times, the first time with Pete, the next two times without. The first show I saw without Pete wasn't too bad because the audience was nuts and brought a lot of energy to the show, but the second show was pretty depressing. They looked like a cover band; I mean, if you had no idea who the Libertines were and you walked into that show, you wouldn't believe that the guys onstage could've written such great songs. Anyway, I didn't really think Carl was a particularly good frontman on his own. Not horrible, just not that exciting. And he seemed pretty uncomfortable up there to boot. (I've never seen Pete on his own, though, so he might not be that good either.)

Anyway, the same thing applies to this album. Is it terrible? No. But it's not that thrilling either. The dynamic throughout the album doesn't change much and there aren't a lot of good hooks. The lyrics seem kind of forced, like they were taken from some pre-conceived notion of what rock bands are supposed to sing about. It was pretty much what I expected. Pleasant enough, but I doubt I'll be listening to this two months from now.

Agreed.

And I'd like to get away from these bands, too.

Just maybe not to the country that made Kid Rock and Creed so big. Ticket to Japan would be great.

Thanks Space Oddity for the DPT. While its not blowing me away (which seems to be the case with most albums so far in '06), it is far from bad. Ill throw a few tracks on my ipod, in case i want a little variation from the Libertines and Arctic Monkeys.

I don't even know any Libertines lyrics. Not really the point, was it?