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I’ve got a small list of covers I’m thinking of doing, but also experimenting with an acoustic sound - this past month or so has been super busy at work & with our social calendar, so have had no time to do anything! UGH!
don’t get hung up on the words - “indie” became a genre of it’s own, much like “college rock” left college. The early 2000s were a boon for indie artists, and some hit it pretty big. It was peak mp3 blog years (I ran one myself). Not all bands were technically indie, but the music from the era launched what became known as the “indie music” genre.
It’s language. Meanings aren’t always literal. Hell, “literally” doesn’t mean literally anymore!
my thinking was a classic, Flaming Lips, Yoshimi - but I’m down for whatever!
Go for it!!! Yeah, my bandwidth has been tight this past month with travel and work! So sorry!
So excited for this!!!
Love RAA!
Every week I add the top 10 songs to the playlist - it’s comprehensive of this community and will only keep growing. You can just play it on shuffle and have hours of alternative music!
Haha! Me too normally, but these last few weeks have needed lots more team collabo work. Haven’t had the bandwidth for new music lately. Woof.
I really need to dive into some of the songs on this list. I feel so behind! Work been crazy!
looking forward to giving it a spin later!
oops!!! had a busy morning and didn’t get to it! Will delete mine.
This album is simply a masterpiece. Perfect from the first note to the end to me. I liked Mitski before, but this new one. Oh my, she dug deep here. It’s subtle, it’s not, it’s bold, it’s quiet… but it’s gutwrenching. Love it!
Figured we can mix it up, listen to new stuff, old stuff, forgotten stuff - have fun!
yeah, just posted one! Instead of 2 threads, just did the one. But also, would love suggestions!!!
For me - I got into REM with Document (seeing a few videos late at night on UHF television) and it only grew with Green. I loved Green so much, from the bouncy “Stand” to the beautiful “You Are The Everything” to the pervasive “World Leader Pretend”.
I was in high school with Out of Time came out and while “Losing My Religion” was stunning, I balked at the album because of how poppy it felt to me at the time (I was so knee deep in Violent Femmes and other college/alternative bands, Out Of Time sounded like a sellout to me. “Radio Song” with rap and “Shiny Happy People” and whatnot. I shunned REM! Dead to me!
Back then, being a “sell out” was the ultimate sin. Of course later I grew to appreciate OOT for it’s lowkey subversiveness and experimentation - even finally understood “Shiny Happy People” (a song about Chinese propaganda). But it wasn’t until much much later, maybe after Monster when I finally got into OOT.
So, here I was, broken up with REM and moving on with my life. 1992 I was living on my own in a small little garage apartment, poor and scraping by, just doing my thing when AFTP came out. i heard the acoustic brooding verses with triumphant chorus of “Man On The Moon” and the kind of non-music video of “Drive”, a very strangely arranged song, and decided to give REM another chance.
And well, I love the album. I was BACK BABY! They took their pop learnings and made them dark. Even it’s most uplifting songs have a dark broodinest to them. The album is crafted like a mixtape, builds, goes big, comes down, instrumental interlude, and ends on possibly one of the finest and beautiful closers ever with a deep message about love and/or the environment.
To me, the album only improved with age and feels timeless, or should I say, out of time.
yeah, more of a Gum and Pond fan myself as well.
really cool album! hard to describe, kind of kitsch, a bit vintage, but still modern.
this is nice! super chill, very different from SAULT. Kind of old school.
sorry, this is not a band I follow or know anything about. I do remember them having relevance once so I put the link up.
haha!