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Indierock93
Hey, long time gone since we talked for the last time. Hope you're fine? I've got great news from Unquiet Nights as they've just released their new single 'Diamond and the Missing Son' that I think is absoloutely great. Their new album will be out in two weeks. https://www.last.fm/de/music/Unquiet+Nights/_/Diamond+And+The+Missing+Son
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Erkan-Yilmaz
Congrats on getting soon to your '11.9k artists played' milestone ! ... I found us both in the "Discovery Leaderboard" section (September 11-17), you are at #4 place there: last DOT fm/user/Indierock93/listening-report/week ... How's it going on your location of the country these days? I guess you stay indoors more recently in these pandemic times, same as us here in Germany ... Protect yourself (and let us wash hands many times a day), and let the songs keep us company in these "horrific" times, Alex
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TheAlexH
Thanks - I wonder how many I can remember! I didn't realise it was close to 12,000, though I see you've listened to almost double the artists. I love discovering new music but sometimes feel like I neglect my favourites. It's horrible in this country at the moment - probably the worst government we could have possibly had in charge. Things seem better in Germany compared to here from what I'm told. Music can indeed be a great comfort. Best wishes. :-)
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Erkan-Yilmaz
Lately our infection rate is also bad and today they will likely decide to make some harder measures, let's see how it goes... There are times for discovery and times for being lazy :-) What I do is, I make a musical agenda for 3 days, usually. Even if something comes in between, I can still listen to a few new artists, otherwise I notice the behaviour to get "lazy" and listen favourite songs more... What's on your musical agenda for today? I am listening currently some indie music, and later my weekly "Release Radar" playlist on spotify
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Indierock93
Hey Alex. just had another talk with Luke from Unquiet Nights. He told me he's in the middle of work of the new album but still far from anything near to be ready. Not even a single. So sadly it still seems to take a lot of time till their next one will be out.
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benxander
It is quite the trio! Big fan of Alcest. MONO were doing a gig with Alcest as dual-headliner: have ended up becoming a bigger fan of Alcest at the end of it all! Feeder I've only recently got back into, I've missed out on a lot in the last ten years. I'd love to see Paterlini too. You're lucky to be seeing all three!
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mellowdoubt
Thanks for the rec! I'll check it out later. I reckon you'd probably like The Orielles and Pip Blom amongst other things in my library. If you're looking for a classic (which I've only just discovered) try the album 'Soul Mining' by The The :D
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Indierock93
Hello, you listened to The Brian Jonestown Massacre some times ago. You should check their new album 'Something Else', I really love it.
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Indierock93
Hey Alex, are you fine? The new Ash album 'Islands' is out, you'll find it on Spotify. Have a nice day. :)
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Indierock93
Hey mate, did you already check the new single of Unquiet Nights - Young Believers, it's amazing!
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Indierock93
Hey, you've been off for a while, nice to see you back. :) And great you like that song. They've also already produced another single, hope it will be released soon.
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Indierock93
Hey Dude, just saw nearly a decade ago you scrobbles two songs of David Singer. You really should listen to his album 'Cost Of Living', it's so amazing, I'm totally faszinated. A real gem! You can find it on Spotify.
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TheAlexH
Thanks - I'm listening now and enjoying it apart from track 4. He reminds me of Paul Steel - I'd call his Moon Rock album another undiscovered gem, also on Spotify. He has another great album out soon called April & II, which is a sequel to April & I. Thanks for recommending Ash too - I know them well but have never really been a big fan. I like Burn Baby Burn and Only in Dreams (the Weezer cover).
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Indierock93
Hey mate, I just took a look at your Feeder playlist. Seems you like more their later work. But to see you even listened to Masterpieces like Turn, Piece by Piece or We Can't Rewind only one sigle time is just unbelieveble for me. :) So please, give their early works some more chances, they totally deserve it!
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TheAlexH
Hello again - that's simply because I have all the albums and singles on CD and my CDs don't scrobble unless I put them in my PC. The later albums look favoured because I'll have scrobbled them at work after release when I don't have the CDs with me. My favourites are definitely the earlier albums. First best I'd say: YWTS, Polythene, then Echo Park, Generation Freakshow and All Bright Electric are probably about equal, Arrow and Comfort in Sound next, then apart from a couple of songs, Silent Cry and PTS are good but not up to usual Feeder standard in my opinion. Rest assured that I have actually listened to the likes of Turn HUNDREDS of times! :-D
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Indierock93
Ah that's great! :) Have to say I own all of their CDs too, incl. Swim in the long version. The only one I miss so far is Seven Sleepers wich is quite hard to get. But they got the tracks here on l.fm. The others I mostly scrobble on Spotify. My favourite albums are their first five ones, without ranking. I think you should listen to Pushing The Senses a few more times, cause this album is SO amazing! Starting with Feeling A Moment as one of their greatest ever, I love every single song of this album. And have you ever listened to it's b-sides? You'll find them all on Spotify. Well sometimes I even think, Comfort In Sound could be my no.1, but when I listen to the other mentioned I know they're on the same level. :) But hey, I really like their others, too. And All Bright Electric was a new highlight. But just today I fell in love again with Seven Sleepers, have to listen to this gem more often for sure.
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TheAlexH
I forgot Renegades! I'd put that equal with Arrow and CIS. I love Feeling A Moment. Tender and Pushing the Senses have become great live songs, but they don't sound as good on the album. I think Pilgrim Soul is a decent song too. I LOVE Snowblind from Seven Sleepers - I don't have that CD either. And the b-sides are some of my favourite songs: Undivided, Arms, Living in Polaroid, Time Goes By - too many to list! Shatter is my favourite PTS b-side, and there are others from that time I like.
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Indierock93
Have to say Renegades got some great track, but in all I think it's their album I like the least. Arrow is a great song on their Best Of and as a single, but what album do you mean? Yeah many of their b-sides are so incredible. From PTS my favourite should be I For You, such a wonderful song! Yes Snowblind is so great, as is Somewhere to Call Your Own. Love every track of this album. So how do you rank Swim? Love it's rough sound, fits perfectly in the time before Polythene for me.
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Indierock93
Hi dude, ah ok, I only knew these songs as a part of the Best Of, love them all! Swim I've got the blue version with the four tracks of their first EP Two Colours added on it, so for me that's near a full album. :) I really love it!
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Indierock93
So as you said you're looking for other bands like Feeder, do you know Ash? They're one of my favourite band ever, same level as Feeder. Many fans love them both. Great albums to start with would be 1977 or Twilight Of The Innocents. My favourite of them is maybe Nu-clear Sounds, many say it's quite weak but I totally love it!
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caro_g
Sí, lo que no me gusta de memrise es que no explica nada de gramática! Justo ayer encontré este topic en el foro de Duolingo, tal vez te sirva: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/14060442 Al final creo que voy a Barcelona unos días :) Europa del este quedará para más adelante. De los eventos que tengo acá voy a ir a todos (creo). Para Noel y los Posies ya tengo ticket, y posiblemente vaya al Victorious Festival en agosto con una amiga. The Coral van a estar también, así que contame cómo estuvo cuando los veas. El disco nuevo me gustó, pero no es lo mismo sin Bill :( Gracias por el link! Si convenzo a mi amiga de ir al Victorious, tengo pensado pasar por Manchester después y hacer algún recorrido musical por la zona :D Y si me da el tiempo y la plata me gustaría pasar por Escocia también. Si TFC tocan por esa fecha, voy SEGURO, con o sin amiga (o dinero) jaja.
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caro_g
Creo que lo que más me gusta de Buenos Aires es la arquitectura, así que en ese sentido fue lindo. Paris es muy linda, pero prefiero vivir en Alemania. A Europa del este voy a tener que ir, tengo una amiga en Budapest. Veremos si puedo conocer algún otro país, lamentablemente no tengo mucho tiempo libre hasta agosto :( Por ahora planeo viajar dentro de Alemania solo si toca alguna banda que me guste mucho. Mi visita número 2 fue linda, amo Londres :) Al final fui a Cambridge, llovió todo el día y los colleges obviamente estaban cerrados, así que tendré que volver en otra oportunidad. Qué suerte que puedas ver a Yndi Halda! No puedo creer lo que tardaron en preparar el disco nuevo. Teenage Fanclub se supone que también sacan el nuevo este año, no? Si salen de tour los voy a ver a donde sea, y moriré de felicidad <3
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caro_g
Gracias! Voy a tener en cuenta todos esos lugares. Creo que esta vez solo iré a Oxford o Cambridge. Sí, me voy a quedar en Tübingen por los próximos 2 años más o menos. Es una ciudad muy linda pero chiquita! Ahora estoy en Paris, vine a pasar navidad acá. Es increíblemente parecida a Buenos Aires! La arquitectura, las calles, la mugre y los malditos turistas jaja. Por cierto, bien ahí con el castellano! Yo no podría escribir tanto en alemán :( debería practicar más.
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caro_g
Ahora estoy en Tübingen. Es una ciudad muy linda pero muy chica! :( No hay mucho para hacer, y las bandas no vienen acá a tocar. Pero bueno, me toca viajar. Ya compré mi ticket para ver a Noel en Köln en mi cumpleaños del año que viene, yay! Y si Travis sale de gira también viajaré a verlos. Tu castellano está muy bien! El género de las palabras es mil veces más fácil en castellano, por lo menos hay reglas claras. Aprender si son der, die o das en alemán es lo más difícil :( pero es cuestión de practicar, leer y hablar. Cómo estuvo Angkor? Y qué me recomendás de UK? Voy a volver para pasar año nuevo en Londres, pero quiero hacerme alguna escapada a algún otro lugar para pasar el día.
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caro_g
Bariloche es hermoso, pero puede llenarse de gente en algunas épocas. Es el lugar a donde los estudiantes de secundaria hacen su "viaje de egresados". Las otras ciudades son muy lindas también pero muuucho más tranquilas. Toda la Patagonia es hermosa. Alvvays estuvo genial! Molly contó cómo conoció a su héroe Noel Gallagher unos días atrás. Me sentí un poco identificada jajaja. Londres me encantó, pero ahora siento que Berlin es una mugre :P ya estoy viendo cuándo puedo volver, tal vez pueda visitar otras ciudades de UK también. Cuándo te vas para Cambodia?
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caro_g
Hahaha that sounded like me speaking Deutschspanglish. Well, the Patagonia is beautiful: Bariloche, San Martín de los Andes, Esquel, etc. Uruguay doesn't count because I spent only a few hours there and the people are culturally almost identical to us. And that list looks quite accurate, that's why I never travel in the summer, I fucking hate crowds. And tourists. I really hope London won't be so bad. Bah, I got tickets to see Alvvays so I don't care about the rest, there's no way I'm not going to enjoy my trip :)
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caro_g
En otoño o invierno debe ser hermoso. No me queda tan cerca pero intentaré ir en cuanto pueda. Qué interesante la historia de Ludwig, ahora me dan más ganas de ir! No sé si tengo un país favorito, esta es la primera vez que salgo de Argentina prácticamente (una vez fui a Uruguay, pero no cuenta como otro país :P). Alemania me está gustando mucho. Y obviamente quisiera recorrer UK! So how much of this do you understand without using a translator?
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caro_g
Tübingen es muy lindo (nice)! Otro castillo que quiero visitar es este: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuschwanstein_Castle. Ay sí, amo a Oliver Sacks <3 "El hombre que confundió a su mujer con un sombrero" fue una de las razones por las que me empecé a interesar en las neurociencias cuando empecé a estudiar psicología. Es uno de mis libros favoritos junto con "Un antropólogo en Marte". "Musicophilia" me gustó bastante también. Te los recomiendo ampliamente. Un viaje al año es bastante! Especialmente si vas a lugares copados (arg. slang, means "cool") como Georgia y Cambodia.
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caro_g
Oh and yeah, there are many tribute bands. Too many if I'm honest. They all try so hard to look and sound like them it's a bit embarrassing but somehow people seem to like that. I haven't seen any of those bands for years, I think all the Oasis tributes are dead by now haha.
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caro_g
Danke schön! Ich mache gerade ein Deutschkurs, weil ich in Deutschland für 2 Jahre bleibe. Aber ich spreche nicht so gut. Yeah I am a psychologist but my university was fucking terrible so I'm here to do a masters in neuroscience <3 I'll be studying in Tübingen, a small university town near Stuttgart. Thank you for the suggestions, I hope I'll have enough time to see everything. Angkor looks incredible! What do you do that allows you to travel so much?
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caro_g
Alemania me está gustando mucho! Berlin me recuerda bastante a Buenos Aires así que me siento como en casa. A dónde te vas de viaje esta vez? Quiero aprovechar los dos años que voy a estar acá para recorrer un poco, si tenés alguna recomendación será bienvenida :) Sobre London: quisiera ver "lugares importantes" y music-related como Rough Trade, Abbey Road, the Morning Glory cover street, etc. Si se te ocurre algo que me pueda interesar, avisame. De todas formas voy a tratar de volver y quedarme más tiempo, los pasajes son super baratos!
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freak4oth
I agree! Mayhem was a much better album. I went to a gig last november. The tickets weren't that expensive in the Netherlands (she is not that well known here), but I agree, I hate it when artists get better known and the ticketprices rise. The gig was a good balance between the those two albums. Unfortunately, Love Tattoo was not played much. (Only Love Tattoo and Big Bad Handsome Man). But overall the show was amazing! The band is amazing, especially Darrel Higham. Let's just say that he knows how to play the guitar :P
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AlexanderPope
Thanks, mate! Really appreciate it. You've got an awesome library there, by the way ...
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batatshi
Hi Alex, sorry for being late with my answers. I've decided not to go, since I've been quite busy these days... whether there are still some tickets or not. Are you coming only for one night? Monopoly is fun! Haven't played for a long time though.. I was in Poland from 15th until 26th. Although it wasn't that long, it was great! Did they release an album already?
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batatshi
Arghhh! Already bought a ticket! Should have waited for your message a bit longer... Anyway, I cannot wait! Are you planning to come to London before that? Actually I expected something better from VGL. To be honest I'm not planning to attend it ever again. I mean, yeah, there were some good points in it, but not necessarily the music. Was funny at times. We had that band too, didn't like them either.
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batatshi
Thanks for the message! I had no idea they're coming back and I'm DEFINITELY going! Have you already bought the ticket? Yep! I've been to a one in London. Actually I didn't really like it... Too loud and it feels as playback, don't you think? The arrangements are pretty poor too. It's more like a show than concert... imho.
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batatshi
Actually I'm still thinking whether I should go or not xP. Now I'll really become low on money... I've been listening to Slowdive for quite some time now and I really like the band. Unfortunately they play at the time I won't be in London, so I cannot attend... I'm actually going to Poland for Christmas this year. Yes, paying off is one thing, but is it really a problem?
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