Bands that were once good (3 Viewers)

[the departed]

Wrong,last one was great.

correct. and the new single is really really good.

 

[Jim Daniels]

Used to be Great
Dylan
Smog
Mercury Rev

Great then bad then great again
Tindersticks
Leonard Cohen

The Law of Diminishing Returns
Sparklehorse
Grandaddy
M Ward
Camera Obscura

 

[Wheels]

correct. and the new single is really really good.

Ya, video is kinda funny too.

http://stereogum.com/archives/video/new-dinosaur-jr-video-over-it_072801.html

 

[Jim Daniels]

I liked it well enough back in the day but played it a few times over the last year and came to the conclusion that Every Picture I Paint and Everything Flows are the only standouts.

Grand Prix - Bandwagonesque - Thirteen for me.

I loved A Catholic Education too - it was kind of fuzzy and blurry. But looking back now, I guess its more endearing than particularly great.

Those other three are ace high. Though I seem to remember Thirteen getting a hammering in one of the weeklies (probably NME).

 

[Gambra]

I prefer air conditioning drones myself.

http://www.loadrecords.com/bands/airconditioning.html

 

[Jelly_Block]

Is David Bowie a band?

 

[jonah]

I am committed to teenage fanclub by hook or by crook. i can never participate in threads like this because i obscure the lines between 'great' and 'oh bless' too easily.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

t'would be way harder to compile a list of bands who never lost it, no bad records ever.
do that.

Pixies

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Is David Bowie a band?

it doesn't matter

 

[PornOnVinyl]

Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond was quite decent. But their (his) career did lag a bit after everyone left the band.

 

[BonsaiSuperstar]

Low don't have a bad album.

 

[cletus_buckley]

i think phil elverum used to be amazing as the microphones but is a bit shit as mount eerie

Mount Eerie - Twenty Bees 7" (2005)

is still the best thing ive heard from phil elverum.

 

[flashback]

Used to be Great
Smog

Bill Callahan's latest Sometimes I wish we were an eagle is good though.

 

[Thebeard]

i think phil elverum used to be amazing as the microphones but is a bit shit as mount eerie

You are completely wrong. Sorry i have to give you a minus for that.

 

[Thebeard]

Here's why:
Lost Wisdom is brilliant










Dawn is amazing:

And these are excellent:

 

[PornOnVinyl]

Phil Elverum didn't really get terrible. He's just so prolific that it's easy to overlook the good stuff. The Black Wooden EP was amazing, and his new album sounds like it might be reminiscent of that style. And yeah, dawn is amazing. Seven new songs (free here http://www.archive.org/details/SevenNewSongsofMountEerie) was amazing. Lost Wisdom was great.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqw6NnSCkyw"]YouTube - Mount Eerie - Stop Singing[/ame]
Some clips from phils new "proper" album are up on amazon. Sounds very black metal influenced. out August 18th apparently.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002B4IES8/?tag=thumpedcom-20

 

[Thebeard]

Phil Elverum didn't really get terrible. He's just so prolific that it's easy to overlook the good stuff. The Black Wooden EP was amazing, and his new album sounds like it might be reminiscent of that style. And yeah, dawn is amazing. Seven new songs (free here http://www.archive.org/details/SevenNewSongsofMountEerie) was amazing. Lost Wisdom was great.
YouTube - Mount Eerie - Stop Singing
Some clips from phils new "proper" album are up on amazon. Sounds very black metal influenced. out August 18th apparently.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002B4IES8/?tag=thumpedcom-20

Aw nice one boss. I hadn't see that yet. Must check it out when i get home. Very excited about it. Have you heard the one he recorded in some college called White Stag?

 

[PornOnVinyl]

Aw nice one boss. I hadn't see that yet. Must check it out when i get home. Very excited about it. Have you heard the one he recorded in some college called White Stag?

Yeah, only listened once or twice. It's alright, sorta medieval like Wyrd visions, who he digs.

 

[Thebeard]

Just listened to Wyrd visions there, sounds pretty good. I'll have to check them out.

 

[Red_Dog]

Merzbow

the first 60 albums are rock solid the next 60 decent

but the last 300-400 have had a lot of filler