Album of the Day

[coldengrey12]

It's hard for me to imagine them having the opportunity to expand their sound on Bends, OK Computer and Kid A without the monetary and relative creative license Creep afforded them.

That allowed them to do some things I think a band that hadn't had any mainstream success wouldn't have been able to do.

[coldengrey12]

The Cure - Disintegration

[HeyBrother]

Originally Posted by coldengrey12

It's hard for me to imagine them having the opportunity to expand their sound on Bends, OK Computer and Kid A without the monetary and relative creative license Creep afforded them.

That allowed them to do some things I think a band that hadn't had any mainstream success wouldn't have been able to do.

They still would have been able to rehearse regularly and write the new material that ended up on those records, but trying to get studio time and top-notch production would have been much more difficult or impossible if they had no label money supporting that.

[coldengrey12]

Originally Posted by HeyBrother

They still would have been able to rehearse regularly and write the new material that ended up on those records, but trying to get studio time and top-notch production would have been much more difficult or impossible if they had no label money supporting that.

Yeah, that's what I mean.

It's hard to imagine OKC happening without a big budget.

And here's another "what if" — do they make Kid A if they can't spend a bunch of money to make OK Computer according to their artistic vision? What if they compromise and it didn't sound quite how they envisioned?

That record is kind of a knee-jerk response to the overwhelming positive response to OKC. That level of success put them in a different space emotionally and mentally.

[jamband1]

Ryan Adams - Prisoner: End of World Edition: B-Sides*

[Jordan#41]

What do you guys think of the new Phoenix single? Feels like a grower but I like it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve-wbcIfZDI

[LowEnd_Theory]

Originally Posted by coldengrey12

It's hard for me to imagine them having the opportunity to expand their sound on Bends, OK Computer and Kid A without the monetary and relative creative license Creep afforded them.

That allowed them to do some things I think a band that hadn't had any mainstream success wouldn't have been able to do.

"Creep" was the thing that afforded them the big label money and it also totally decimated their creative confidence (for a time) and could have just as easily been the very thing that pigeonholed them into making music that they didn't want to make, potentially destroying the band in the process.

The first recording sessions for The Bends were an absolute disaster. EMI suggested that RH record the lead-single first, and then write the remaining three singles. They rented an absurd amount of guitars/equipment for Jonny to try out in search of the tone that would afford them another mega-hit.

Fortunately, RH rejected all of these awful suggestions and was able to get back on the road and re-enter the studio with a fresh perspective, but that wasn't before going through two months of paranoid hell, and almost throwing out The Bends material entirely.

So, yeah, "Creep" helped to create The Bends, but the label/money wanted to restrict their creativity-- the rejection of "Creep" and that pressure was ultimately what helped to create The Bends.

The Bends is their most important record in the bands history for this reason. That album afforded them the actual artistic support from the label on OKC, the confidence to further evolve, the distance from "Creep". At the end of the day, RH stuck to their guns, thank god.

[LadyMadonna68]

Haim sucks im sry

[LadyMadonna68]

Originally Posted by Jordan#41

What do you guys think of the new Phoenix single? Feels like a grower but I like it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve-wbcIfZDI

Really like it

[coldengrey12]

Was not feeling the new Haim track

NP: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Paper Mâché Dream Balloon*

Since I watched them on the Coachella webcast, I have been really digging these cats lately

[mabell786]

Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
Phish - Rift
Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life
The Beatles - Help!

[Jordan#41]

Originally Posted by LadyMadonna68

Haim sucks im sry

Agree. Absolutely can not get into their music.

[coldengrey12]

Haim does put on a good live show. I'll give 'em that

But I still think The Wire sounds like a ripoff of the Eagles' Heartache Tonight

[space_raven]

Tijuana Panthers - Wayne Interest

[FromTheMorning]

Originally Posted by coldengrey12

Was not feeling the new Haim track

NP: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Paper Mâché Dream Balloon*

Since I watched them on the Coachella webcast, I have been really digging these cats lately

They're from Melbourne. Play shows here very frequently although I haven't seen them yet.

[coldengrey12]

Between Tame Impala on one coast and King Gizzard on the other, there must be some incredible acid Down Under.

[laura22]

overcoats - young*

[Jordan#41]

Sufjan Stevens "Carrie & Lowell" live album

[MOWJO8185]

Feist - Pleasure*

[LadyMadonna68]

Gorillaz - Humanz

[thebridge15]

wilco - yankee hotel foxtrot

[LadyMadonna68]

About halfway through the new gorillaz. Woof

[coldengrey12]

Wasn't feeling the new Gorillaz LP.

Originally Posted by Jordan#41

Sufjan Stevens "Carrie & Lowell" live album

Is there some kind of video component to this? I'm bummed I didn't get to see that tour. Several friends told me I missed an amazing show.

[Jordan#41]

Originally Posted by coldengrey12

Wasn't feeling the new Gorillaz LP.



Is there some kind of video component to this? I'm bummed I didn't get to see that tour. Several friends told me I missed an amazing show.

Not that I know of. I just listened to it via Spotify.

[TrampledUnderw.]

Chalk me up as a big fan of the new dj khaled, JB, quavo, chance, lil wayne song

[TrampledUnderw.]

Explosions in the sky-the earth is not a cold dead place. Seeing them live tonight

[TheLastStop123]

Originally Posted by TrampledUnderw.

Chalk me up as a big fan of the new dj khaled, JB, quavo, chance, lil wayne song

song is great. perfect summer vibes.

[Jordan#41]

Originally Posted by coldengrey12

Wasn't feeling the new Gorillaz LP.



Is there some kind of video component to this? I'm bummed I didn't get to see that tour. Several friends told me I missed an amazing show.

Originally Posted by Jordan#41

Not that I know of. I just listened to it via Spotify.

I think this is what you were referring to?

https://www.facebook.com/asthmaticki...PAGES_TIMELINE

[thebridge15]

jank - versace summer

[MOWJO8185]

Jim James - Eternally Even