The New Pornographers - Twin Cinemabest buy has it for 9.99 till sat
New Releases 8-23-2005
Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:Well, that's sort of true. I saw them at the Black Cat about 2 years or so, and sure, they don't prance around like the Hives. However, they have great musical chops, their enthusiasm is infectious, and the songs crunch even better in a club. Did you see them at a festival? That doesn't count.
Based on what I saw this summer, that will leave a lot of people with tickets to a dull show by a band completely lacking in stage presence and sex appeal.
Originally posted by Relaxer:
Wow, the New Pornos tickets are going to go fast.
And personally, I think Neko Case is quite hot.
Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:I don't like the band, but what does sex appeal have to do with anything?
Based on what I saw this summer, that will leave a lot of people with tickets to a dull show by a band completely lacking in stage presence and sex appeal.
Neko Case is pretty, but she's just not sexy (to me). Do you understand the difference?
Originally posted by Relaxer:
Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:Well, that's sort of true. I saw them at the Black Cat about 2 years or so, and sure, they don't prance around like the Hives. However, they have great musical chops, their enthusiasm is infectious, and the songs crunch even better in a club. Did you see them at a festival? That doesn't count.
Based on what I saw this summer, that will leave a lot of people with tickets to a dull show by a band completely lacking in stage presence and sex appeal.
Originally posted by Relaxer:
Wow, the New Pornos tickets are going to go fast.
And personally, I think Neko Case is quite hot.
i got my copy of twin cinema on saturday through matador, with the bonus 7" track "high art, local news". i didn't have anyone to brag to though, cause none of my friends like this band.
Rock shows are, in part, about eye candy. For me, the artist should be visually appealling. They don't have to be sexy, but should at least be interesting to look at. New Pornographers are neither, to me. If the visual appeal isn't there, why not just stay home and listen to the album?…particularly if the band doesn't really engage in witty stage banter or change up the songs…which is the case with New Pornographers.
Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:I don't like the band, but what does sex appeal have to do with anything?
Based on what I saw this summer, that will leave a lot of people with tickets to a dull show by a band completely lacking in stage presence and sex appeal.
Nope, not at a festival. I was front row at their Celebrate Brooklyn show this summer.
And if they were a truly good live band, it wouldn't matter what venue it was that they were playing.
And if they were a truly good live band, it wouldn't matter what venue it was that they were playing.
Originally posted by Relaxer:
Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:Well, that's sort of true. I saw them at the Black Cat about 2 years or so, and sure, they don't prance around like the Hives. However, they have great musical chops, their enthusiasm is infectious, and the songs crunch even better in a club. Did you see them at a festival? That doesn't count.
Based on what I saw this summer, that will leave a lot of people with tickets to a dull show by a band completely lacking in stage presence and sex appeal.
Originally posted by Relaxer:
Wow, the New Pornos tickets are going to go fast.
And personally, I think Neko Case is quite hot.
i thought Neko Case wasn't doing that series of shows with the band…
Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:No one's hotter than Joe Pernice…
Rock shows are, in part, about eye candy. For me, the artist should be visually appealling. They don't have to be sexy, but should at least be interesting to look at.
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:Rhett doesn't allow silly little things like facts to stand in the way of a good contrary opinion.
i thought Neko Case wasn't doing that series of shows with the band…
She didn't play that show.
I did see her play Iota maybe seven or eight years ago. During the opener, she stood right next to me, at the bar. At no time that night did I find her the least bit sexy. Great singing voice (though she overdoes it at times), but not sexy.
I did see her play Iota maybe seven or eight years ago. During the opener, she stood right next to me, at the bar. At no time that night did I find her the least bit sexy. Great singing voice (though she overdoes it at times), but not sexy.
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
i thought Neko Case wasn't doing that series of shows with the band…
Am I the only one who thinks the New Pornographers sound like crap?
Their songs on Twin Cinema seem to especially highlight their poor singing voices and the music lacks any complexity. They sound like a highschool garage band that needs more practice.
It sounds like they are trying VERY hard not to sound "overproduced."
I don't get it. Neko Case's BlackListed is a quality record, if not a little boring at times, and AC Newman's latest solo record is quite interesting.
I think I just don't like NP's schtick.
Their songs on Twin Cinema seem to especially highlight their poor singing voices and the music lacks any complexity. They sound like a highschool garage band that needs more practice.
It sounds like they are trying VERY hard not to sound "overproduced."
I don't get it. Neko Case's BlackListed is a quality record, if not a little boring at times, and AC Newman's latest solo record is quite interesting.
I think I just don't like NP's schtick.
Well he has lost some sex appeal since growing that beard. The beard was one of the reasons that we opted out of the Jammin Java show.
Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:No one's hotter than Joe Pernice…
Rock shows are, in part, about eye candy. For me, the artist should be visually appealling. They don't have to be sexy, but should at least be interesting to look at.
Originally posted by Bags:before the beard…
Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:No one's hotter than Joe Pernice…
Rock shows are, in part, about eye candy. For me, the artist should be visually appealling. They don't have to be sexy, but should at least be interesting to look at.
anyway, in that band, Thom Monahan is the hot one…alas, I think he has not been touring with them
Originally posted by Celeste:Apparently so
Am I the only one who thinks the New Pornographers sound like crap?
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Best (and nearly perfect) when taken two or three songs at a time, as an entire album, Twin Cinema overstays its welcome.
There were at least a couple of other boardies who posted that their NYC show was boring. Not to mention the scads of people who were leaving the show pre-encore.
There were at least a couple of other boardies who posted that their NYC show was boring. Not to mention the scads of people who were leaving the show pre-encore.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Originally posted by Celeste:Apparently so
Am I the only one who thinks the New Pornographers sound like crap?
Well if all the critics love it, and all the people who rushed out and bought it on it's release day say it's good, that pretty much proves that nobody will ever dislike it. Well put.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Originally posted by Celeste:Apparently so
Am I the only one who thinks the New Pornographers sound like crap?
Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:You forgot the last part of that review:
Best (and nearly perfect) when taken two or three songs at a time, as an entire album, Twin Cinema overstays its welcome.
It's simply too much of a good thing.
Also, the link was really just to point out the header of "Universal Acclaim."
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it leaked a month or two ago. a fair portion of people that rushed out to buy it have had it for awhile now