The Shins play melodic, tight pop. Nothing to earth-shattering, nothing innovative (though they have some cool chord changes). The singer gets a lot of comparisons to Brian Wilson--at times he sounds just like him. Just tasteful, clean (tonally) pop/rock with great hooks and ambiguous lyrics (which I like). Chutes Too Narrow is defintely worth a listen. If you've heard and liked Electric Version, you'll like Chutes.
Okay...guess I'm ready. These are all the ones I know about: 1) Andrew W.K. - "The Wolf" 2) All-American Rejects - "All-American Rejects" 3) The Darkness - "Permission to Land" 4) Turbonegro - "Scandinavian Leather" 5) Type O Negative - "Life is Killing Me" 6) Eve 6 - "It's All in Your Head" 7) The Strokes - "Room on Fire" 8) Cheap Trick - "Special One" 9) Fountains of Wayne - "Welcome Interstate Managers" 10) Supagroup - "Supagroup" 11) Diffuser - "Making the Grade" 12) Anthrax - "We've Come for You All" 13) Jet - "Get Born" 14) Junior Senior - "D-D-Don't Stop the Beat" 15) Maroon 5 - "Songs About Jane" 16) Supersuckers - "Mother****ers Be Trippin'" 17) Zwan - "Mary Star of the Sea" 18) Kings of Leon - "Youth and Young Manhood" 19) Iron Maiden - "Dance of Death" 20) Enuff Z Nuff - "Welcome to Blue Island" Songs of the Year: "Anesthesia" - Type O Negative "At Least We're Dreaming" - Eve 6 "Best Friend" - Cheap Trick "Between Love and Hate" - The Strokes "Cadillac Rock Box" - Anthrax "Cold Hard b****" - Jet "Givin' Up" - The Darkness "Harmonic Generator" - The Datsuns "Long Live the Party" - Andrew W.K. "Mexican Wine" - Fountains of Wayne "Move Your Feet" - Junior Senior "Must Get Out" - Maroon 5 "New High" - Diffuser "Rock-n-Roll Star" - Supagroup "Rock Your Ass" - Supersuckers "Sell Your Body (to the night)" - Turbonegro "Swing, Swing" - All-American Rejects
Freak, What did you think about that Jet CD?? I am looking at it getting it soon. In your opinion, who do they sound like that I would be more familiar with?
Manny: They sound like Bon Scott era AC/DC, mixed with some Stones, even a little 70s glam, except not as good.
Ah, I see. Thanks for the response. Will probably buy their latest next month as I have already bought my quota for this month!
Taken in its totality: the stage show, the story, the back story, the Dublin show, the message, and the music... Neil Young - Greendale
OK, I definitely will check them out soon. Beulah: Thanks for the the tip - "When your heartstrings breaks" is the only one I got and its very nice.
I second the Postal Service- twhy70 out of twhy77 Belle and Sebastian- Dear Catastrophe Waitress twhy73 outof twhy77 Arab Strap- Mondays at the Hug and Pint- twhy68 out of twhy77 The Shins- Chutes too Narrow- twhy73 out of twhy77 The strokes- Room on Fire- twhy63 out of twhy77
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in People Sigur Ros - ( ) Twilight Singers - Blackberry Belle Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People American Analog Set - Promise of Love The Shins - Chutes too Narrow Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress Explosions in the Sky - Earth is not a Cold Dead Place The Rapture is hype. Plus they don't even write their own songs anymore.
Just off the top of my head, in no particular order: Jet Dave Matthews Outkast The String Cheese Incident Kings of Leon Widespread Panic The Jayhawks John Mayer
Been awhile since I spun "Elephant" by White Stripes but I listened to it this morning and I think it is better than "White Blood Cells".
Speakerboxx Get Rich or Die Trying The other albums I enjoyed this past year are actually slightly older releases such as Coldplay and Portishead.
Dude, apparently he's got a whole new band and a new name. Hasn't been announced yet. I'll be pissed if Tim's (the guitarist) gone.
Hey Grizzled, How much is Godspeed You Black Emperor! like Sigur Ros?? I am thinking that I may like "Lift Your Skinny Fists..."
