Everything posted by deaths_friend
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Sufjan Stevens
very excited for european fans :D i never knew sufjan toured so much. he has the demeanour of an artist who likes to hide in his studio year after year producing obscure projects and having his fans dying to see him live. i listened to age of adz tonight. i didn't really like the album initially last year. but after hearing it live i absolutely love it. it kinda "clicked" and it all makes sense now.
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Last Album that you bought/acquired?
The Holidays - Post Paradise Foals - Total Life Forever
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Complete Festival Guide for 2011 (+Awards)
updated with t in the park. they have not disappointed! one of the best announced this year imo.
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Strong quake strikes near Christchurch, New Zealand
tragic stuff. truly tragic. mother nature really has had her way so far this year in this part of the world.
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LCD Soundsystem
^^ that will be a show to tell the grandkids about :D
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Radiohead
why Creep. Exit Music would be a much better statement.
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The Official Club Football 2014-2015 thread
i read on eurosport that for every pass Leyton completed, Arsenal had 6 .
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The King of Limbs, favorite songs first few listen in
as long as you don't mind me helping out :P BBC Music Radiohead’s sense of timing is quite something. Just when it looks like Arcade Fire, on a high after victory at the Grammy and Brit awards, are set to become The Biggest Band In The World, the Oxford five-piece confirm that their eighth album isn’t only done, but yours for a few bucks in mere seconds – no need to get dressed, let alone leave the house. When it looks like teenage hip hop crew Odd Future are going to send Twitter into meltdown on the back of an alarming video, these old-timers position their own promo clip online, sit back and watch social networks collapse under the weight of a million thumbs-in-a-frenzy sorts expressing their adoration. Their grasp of timing, in an arrangements-versus-attentions sense, is equally remarkable. Just as 2007’s In Rainbows shaved several minutes from the run-time of the preceding Hail to the Thief, so The King of Limbs cuts the(ir) full-length form down to a concise eight tracks and 37 minutes. It’s the band’s shortest-ever album, perfectly tuned to the listener of the 21st century – perhaps more likely to listen to music on the way in or out of work, on a commute, than at their leisure with a nice glass of red. Of course, the digital distribution of the band’s previous LP was so successful that this set was sure to follow a similar release pattern – something tangible will follow in March – but this is a remarkably neat-and-tidy package. Perhaps it wasn’t sequenced with succinctness in mind; but that it does its job in a short space of time is important. Because if The King of Limbs dragged its… limbs… for too much longer, the impression left might be very different. For five tracks this album unfolds in a manner very similar to In Rainbows’ memorable array of electro-chirrups and synth-sweeps, all glitches and groans where, a decade previous, Radiohead were very much A Guitar Band. The staggering, off-kilter step of opener Bloom might not click with those holding a candle for The Return of the Gallagher a week from this record’s release, but to anyone with even half an ear tuned to In Rainbows it’ll seem very (although not over-) familiar indeed. Morning Mr Magpie plucks its way into a Foals-ian spin, the masters seemingly taking on board a few tips from their hometown pupils. Lotus Flower – the source of #thomdance Twitter activity once its video was unveiled – is another piece that looks backwards rather than projecting into bold, new sonic territories. It flails and flaps, but in a manner entirely in keeping with its makers’ predilection for the metronomic – to the wrong ears, it’s five minutes of the same beat, utterly unremarkable. But that’s the beauty of Radiohead – they’ve never, certainly not since the breakthrough days of Creep, been a band for the people. They’re too idiosyncratic for that, and even though there are moments aplenty here that suggest the band hasn’t furthered their vision, subtle differences to a tested formula ensure The King of Limbs is another great album from Britain’s most consistently brilliant band. And come Codex, it truly strikes the listener dumb. Like Motion Picture Soundtrack, Street Spirit, Sail to the Moon, Nude – insert your own favourite slow-paced Radiohead numb-er here – it’s a piece of rarefied beauty. Thom says something about dragonflies, something else about nobody getting hurt; the words blur and blend, though, as beneath them the simplest, most strikingly gorgeous piano motif bores its way into the heart. And it’s here, not any of your limited-character blogging or video-sharing sites, that Radiohead trump all comers, again.
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Belgium broke the record for longest time a country's been without a government
what about Somalia? they've been in a state of anarchy since 1991 this from wiki
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Cricket - ICC World Cup 2011
cricket is probably my favourite sport. it is the sport i grew up loving and is in my blood. but 2 days into the world cup i'm already bored and over it. wake me up when its semis time.
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How diverse is your music taste?
well i was sure before so i took a look at my top 10 from 2010 1. electro 2. slow burn rock 3. hip hop 4. pysch rock 5. indie/math rock 6. indie rock 7. folksy pop 8. dream pop 9. electro 10. folksy pop so nah not that much diversity really.
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Uefa Champions League/Europa League Thread 2010-2011
if you thought champs league cost too much check this out.
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Uefa Champions League/Europa League Thread 2010-2011
yeah to double the price is disgusting the significance of the tournament and the money it can generate is really getting to the heads of UEFA. the money involved in champions league is nothing short of phenomenal.
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Uefa Champions League/Europa League Thread 2010-2011
i would happily fork out 300 pounds to see a champs league final. it is the most important annual sport event in the world despite what the americans say about the super bowl.
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Radiohead
NOW LISTENING!!!
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Radiohead
oooooo 95%!
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Radiohead
oh no! i was flying along at 300kbps. now its down to 10kbps on average :S
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Radiohead
DOWNLOADING NOW just go to Order Tracking on the king of limbs site.
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Radiohead
from atease similar tweets have been popping up in the last 2mins
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Radiohead
The Guardian
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Radiohead
just found this tweet https://twitter.com/#!/TomSeymour/status/38550728368717824
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Radiohead
3 radiohead related topics trending worldwide. they truly are a juggernaut in music.
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Radiohead
this is what i know. others might be able to elaborate. initially we believe that the plan was to show the Lotus Flower on the big screen in Hochiko Square in Tokyo. but due to safety concerns they called it off but still hundreds of people gathered in front of the screen at 7pm japanese time. but nothing happened instead Lotus Flower video went live and public on their youtube channel at that exact moment. now XL recordings is telling us that the release of the album has been brought forward by 24hrs and we should expect the album in our inbox some time soon.
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Official Aussie Music Fan Thread
this.
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Radiohead
why is the upload date feb 16?