2022 Albums

Flight Of The Conchords’ Bret McKenzie Plans Debut Solo Album
‘Songs Without Jokes’ is due Aug. 26 from Sub Pop

No love for DC on his us tour
Def Leppard: "Diamond Star Halos"
May 27th, 2022

contains two collabs with Alison Krauss.
Hot take first listen reviews.

New Kendrick Lamar  - meh!

New Kevin Morby - yeh!
Yada wrote:
Hot take first listen reviews.

New Kendrick Lamar  - meh!

New Kevin Morby - yeh!


I haven't been a Morby fan, but his new one has top 20 of 2022 written on it for me. Repeated listens will tell how high.

I've never cared much for Kendrick's music and haven't heard the new one yet.

I'm digging the new Father John Misty.
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I haven't been a Morby fan, but his new one has top 20 of 2022 written on it for me.



Interesting
Side wrote:
Flight Of The Conchords’ Bret McKenzie Plans Debut Solo Album
‘Songs Without Jokes’ is due Aug. 26 from Sub Pop

No love for DC on his us tour

Dc date
Oct 21
Lincoln
Side wrote:
Flight Of The Conchords’ Bret McKenzie Plans Debut Solo Album
‘Songs Without Jokes’ is due Aug. 26 from Sub Pop

No love for DC on his us tour
How does "Songs Without Jokes" differ from his former, completely-unfunny material?
Julian, wrote:
Side wrote:
Flight Of The Conchords’ Bret McKenzie Plans Debut Solo Album
‘Songs Without Jokes’ is due Aug. 26 from Sub Pop

No love for DC on his us tour
How does "Songs Without Jokes" differ from his former, completely-unfunny material?
take that back, FOTC is one of the funniest fictional music shows since Spinal Tap  (prove me wrong)
Side wrote:
Julian, wrote:
Side wrote:
Flight Of The Conchords’ Bret McKenzie Plans Debut Solo Album
‘Songs Without Jokes’ is due Aug. 26 from Sub Pop

No love for DC on his us tour
How does "Songs Without Jokes" differ from his former, completely-unfunny material?
take that back, FOTC is one of the funniest fictional music shows since Spinal Tap  (prove me wrong)

Not sure I'd classify full house as a fictional musical show, but I like that you are trying
Side wrote:
Not sure I'd classify full house as a fictional musical show, but I like that you are trying
Excuse me! Jessie and The Rippers, the Beach Boys, and Girl Talk.
sweetcell wrote:
Arcade Fire
"We"
May 6

LOLOLOL:

The Many Humiliations of Being an Arcade Fire Fan
Do I like their new album or do I just really, really want to like it?
Funeral is an all-timer record. Nothing else they've ever done has been worth listening to.
i maintain the neon bible, tho not as good as funeral, still has some great moments and is worthy of an occasional listen.
sweetcell wrote:
i maintain the neon bible, tho not as good as funeral, still has some great moments and is worthy of an occasional listen.
I'm not saying the record belongs in the garbage, but I assuredly will never listen to a single track off it ever again.
Julian, wrote:
sweetcell wrote:
i maintain the neon bible, tho not as good as funeral, still has some great moments and is worthy of an occasional listen.
I'm not saying the record belongs in the garbage, but I assuredly will never listen to a single track off it ever again.


Then what would constitute a garbage record? Never listening to it AND a bad cover?
Julian, wrote:
sweetcell wrote:
i maintain the neon bible, tho not as good as funeral, still has some great moments and is worthy of an occasional listen.
I'm not saying the record belongs in the garbage, but I assuredly will never listen to a single track off it ever again.

coolio, julio.  personally, "Keep the Car Running" and "No Cars Go" are tracks that are worthy of a re-listen… but, diff'rent strokes…
Off-season wrote:
Julian, wrote:
sweetcell wrote:
i maintain the neon bible, tho not as good as funeral, still has some great moments and is worthy of an occasional listen.
I'm not saying the record belongs in the garbage, but I assuredly will never listen to a single track off it ever again.


Then what would constitute a garbage record?


Manson, Vig, Erikson, and Marker.
Off-season wrote:
Julian, wrote:
sweetcell wrote:
i maintain the neon bible, tho not as good as funeral, still has some great moments and is worthy of an occasional listen.
I'm not saying the record belongs in the garbage, but I assuredly will never listen to a single track off it ever again.


Then what would constitute a garbage record? Never listening to it AND a bad cover?
There's a difference between something anodyne and something aurally offensive. I don't want to listen to this record again. If it came on, I would not scream "oh God, turn this off, it is so bad!" There are just simply thousands of much better records I could listen to instead.
sweetcell wrote:
Julian, wrote:
sweetcell wrote:
i maintain the neon bible, tho not as good as funeral, still has some great moments and is worthy of an occasional listen.
I'm not saying the record belongs in the garbage, but I assuredly will never listen to a single track off it ever again.

coolio, julio.  personally, "Keep the Car Running" and "No Cars Go" are tracks that are worthy of a re-listen… but, diff'rent strokes…


Julian may be partial to the EP version of No Cars Go.

I think the album is solid almost all the way through, with only 2-3 I could consider skip-worthy (Black Wave, windowsill, title track). But this was another formative album for me and my objectivity is highly questionable.