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post #196 of 208
2/18/10 at 9:57pm
so no one else listened to it?
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post #197 of 208
2/18/10 at 10:50pm
Going to download it tonight.
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post #198 of 208
2/20/10 at 1:03am
I didn't like last week's album much. I really have nothing else to say other than that.
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post #199 of 208
2/20/10 at 1:09am
just got to listening to this week's album now. not sure what to think yet. It generally takes me 2-3 listens of an album to get a good impression of a new album. Many times my first reaction is very different from what I take away from an album after a good 15 listens.
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post #200 of 208
2/20/10 at 7:49am
I'm tempted to post mine but I'll wait until tomorrow afternoon.

The Antlers recently performed live at woxy:http://woxy.com/music/loungeacts/index.php?id=431
Maybe for the guys that enjoyed the album might enjoy this.
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post #201 of 208
7/26/10 at 9:17pm
I miss this thread. It was good for me.
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post #202 of 208
7/27/10 at 10:10am
I remembered my album pick was due a couple weeks ago, but decided not to post it because it would just remind everyone else how bad they are at staying organized. I think it failed because it's hard to find obscure albums that more than a few people are interested in.


I was gonna use this one.




And these were some others I thought about.













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post #203 of 208
7/27/10 at 10:36am
If you upload one, I'll give it a listen
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post #204 of 208
7/27/10 at 11:03am
I also didn't post mine, which was due a few weeks ago. I knew that I wanted to do Jawbreaker, but I couldn't decide on an album. This is probably cheating, but considering the thread has been abandoned...what the hell.

Let me know if the links don't work.

Jawbreaker's info on AllMusicGuide:

"Independently minded and adhering to the old-school D.I.Y. punk mentality, West Coast punk-pop trio Jawbreaker's street-smart -- yet poetic -- lyrics, spirited musicality, and marathon live shows put them a cut above contemporaries like Green Day and blink-182. After a series of EPs and singles, guitarist/singer Blake Schwarzenbach, bassist Chris Bauermeister, and drummer Adam Pfahler released the band's debut album, Unfun, in 1989. Independent label San Francisco Tupelo/Communion signed the group the following year, releasing Bivouac in 1991 and their breakthrough record, 24 Hour Revenge Therapy, in 1993.

As 1995 saw the first in a three-record deal with DGC, fans were split over the band's newfound success and move to a major label. But Jawbreaker were undeterred, releasing the influential Dear You, a powerhouse collection of punk, grunge, and emo that paved the way for groups like Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard Confessional. Sadly, the group disbanded in the late-'90s, leaving 2002's Etc., a collection of all of the group's non-album material, as their last will and testament. Dear You was reissued by Blackball in 2004."

This album is my favorite...



Download here.

AMG:

"More trials and tribulations than an average episode of Melrose Place, Jawbreaker continues to explore their personal struggles on their third album, fittingly titled 24 Hour Revenge Therapy. Continuing on the Jawbreaker tradition of poetic lyrics that provide a mental image to each song, the band deals with their endeavors through music instead of wallowing in them, making this record not entirely bleak. "Do You Still Hate Me," for example, has the persona dishing out the friction of a relationship gone sour through talking to the person in question: "I wrote you a letter/I heard it upset you/How can I do this better/We're getting older/But we're acting younger." Being critiqued and ostracized from their scene during the height of their popularity was another headache singer/songwriter Blake Schwarzenbach dealt with around the time this album was released (their previous album, Bivouac, provided them with a huge cult following). This no doubt inspired the song "Indictment," which talks about not caring what anyone thinks of their songwriting ("I just wrote the dumbest song/It's going to be a singalong/Our enemies will laugh and be pointing/It wont bother me, what the thoughtless are thinking"). Providing the perfect flow of temperamental pop to go along with these stories is proof enough that 24 Hour Revenge Therapy is the pivot of Jawbreaker's creative output."

But this is probably the most accessible to those unfamiliar with the band:



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AMG:

"1995's Dear You finds Jawbreaker cleaning up and streamlining their punk-pop sound and coming up with a sleek, slick punk-grunge classic that relies as much on clever songwriting and restrained emotions as it does on the group's trademarked high-energy attack. From the opening chords of the anthemic "Save Your Generation," Blake Schwarzenbach's vocals are the star. He was coming off of throat surgery that robbed him of a lot of his vocal power but gave him a smoky intimate sound that gives the feeling that he is whispering right in your ear. On songs like "I Love You So Much It's Killing Us Both" or "Jet Black," he sounds wounded in a way that screaming could never convey. The album is a powerful mix of jumpy punk-pop like "Bad Scene," "Everybody's Fault," "Fireman," and the aching "Chemistry" and mid-tempo tracks like the amazing "Jet Black," "Million," and "Basilica that escapes being tied to the time of grunge-by-the-numbers by being melodic and heartfelt without going over the top, by being just punk enough to be real and just epic enough to rise above the often boringly earnest approach of too many punk bands. Along with Weezer's Blue Album, Dear You is one of the cornerstones upon which emo and late-'90s punk-pop were built. Certainly Jimmy Eat World wore out their copy, as Bleed American sounds like a less produced younger brother, and Dashboard Confessional's whole oeuvre sounds like a lesser version of Dear You's acoustic "Unlisted Track." Depending on how you feel about emo, there is either a lot to blame Jawbreaker for or be thankful for here. Either way, Dear You is one of the best rock records of the '90s and a fitting last testament to a great band."
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post #205 of 208
7/27/10 at 12:52pm
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post #206 of 208
7/27/10 at 6:23pm
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I like this album.
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post #207 of 208
7/27/10 at 9:46pm
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Same. Somebody fix
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post #208 of 208
7/27/10 at 10:31pm
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http://btjunkie.org/torrent/Jawbreak...d232bc17dbe657
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