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I'm with you on War on Drugs. I only discovered them a few years ago and really like their sound. I'm not good at describing music but haunting and ethereal come to mind with them. Just looked at a couple of their live performances this week on youtube and they're great live. I didn't know until recently that Kurt Vile was with them at the start before going out on his own - I like some of his stuff and can see the connection.

I knew they were a Philly band and I don't know if they are considered a Philly sound but it struck me how different their sound is from the Philly sound when I grew up in So Jersey in the 50's-'60's with the Delfonics, Spinners, Stylistics, etc.
They got better and better since Vile left. And the band got bigger and bigger. Although Slave Ambient....the last album he played on by the band...is a pretty good album.
But it's mostly Granduciel....love his guitar. But the sound the band creates is awesome too. And he's created at least a dozen tunes that would make my list of all-time favorites.
 
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They got better and better since Vile left. And the band got bigger and bigger. Although Slave Ambient....the last album he played on by the band...is a pretty good album.
But it's mostly Granduciel....love his guitar. But the sound the band creates is awesome too. And he's created at least a dozen tunes that would make my list of all-time favorites.
Please post songs. That's what this thread has been about for over 5 years
 
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Please post songs. That's what this thread has been about for over 5 years
Why would I do that ?
Anyone can just Google the band or the particular song and presto...lots of videos of tunes by the band appear.
Try it with the songs I already mentioned above or some of my many other favorites by this band.
Try Pain or Strangest Thing or Red Eyes or Thinking of a Place or Under The Pressure. It's real easy to do.
Or you could just Google The War On Drugs and you'll get access to pretty much all of their great tunes.
You don't need me to link it for you. It's easy.
Trust me, if I was able to do it anyone can.
BTW, you gotta try the live version of Harmonia's Dream. I was listening to it while I typed this and I swear I got a buzz. Awesome tune. I gotta go smoke a bone and listen to it with my headphones before the Army-Navy game comes on.
 
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DJ Spanky

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Satisfaction Skaank? - This ain't the Sherrone Moore thread.

Wow--Did not know Sk@nk was a prohibited word.

Interesting history to that song, apparently he's been doing it live since around 1999, but couldn't get permission from the Stones management company to put it out. Lots of pirated versions floating around.
 
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Why would I do that ?
Anyone can just Google the band or the particular song and presto...lots of videos of tunes by the band appear.
Try it with the songs I already mentioned above or some of my many other favorites by this band.
Try Pain or Strangest Thing or Red Eyes or Thinking of a Place or Under The Pressure. It's real easy to do.
Or you could just Google The War On Drugs and you'll get access to pretty much all of their great tunes.
You don't need me to link it for you. It's easy.
Trust me, if I was able to do it anyone can.
BTW, you gotta try the live version of Harmonia's Dream. I was listening to it while I typed this and I swear I got a buzz. Awesome tune. I gotta go smoke a bone and listen to it with my headphones before the Army-Navy game comes on.
There's a live version of Harmonia's Dream that's currently on You Tube from a show the band did last week in Philadelphia at a club called Johnny Brenda's. (y)
They did shows there on the 18th, 19th and the 20th. The show on the 20th included visits from Kurt Vile and Joe Walsh. After doing two of his own tunes, Walsh joined Granduciel for an absolutely awesome version of the Drugs' Under the Pressure. Both killed it with their guitar work. It's my new favorite thing to listen to. :love:
 
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Been listening to The Band Feel a lot lately. They started showing up in my Instagram feed last year and I went and saw them live when they came to town. I'm hooked. Got an old school Zeppelin Black Crowes-ish vibe. Just good ol' rock & roll.

 

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This is AI generated and I ******* love it


The picture reminds me of Til Tuesday/Aimee Mann.



Sounds a derivative of Peter Murphy



or Iggy Pop, Candy.

 

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Suddenly its 1993 again im there

I heard this on WDHA and had to stop and park and google their playlist immediately to find out wat this was

Awesome..Alice in Chains are their idols

 
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Suddenly its 1993 again im there

I heard this on WDHA and had to stop and park and google their playlist immediately to find out wat this was

Awesome..Alice in Chains are their idols


Not hearing it. There is a real dark metal band called Oubliette from Australia that may want to have a word with The Oubliette's attorneys. Can an AI cease and desist letter be generated?

 

RU848789

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Below is a link to Rick Beato's video highlighting his top ten favorite songs of 25. I love the range and quality of the songs he picked, a few of which were also faves of mine this year, such as the Bon Iver, Been Stellar and Men I trust tunes, and I also loved the Rosalia, Addison Rae and Stephen Wilson tunes and the ones I didn't know were still interesting. Worth a listen.

 

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Below is a link to Rick Beato's video highlighting his top ten favorite songs of 25. I love the range and quality of the songs he picked, a few of which were also faves of mine this year, such as the Bon Iver, Been Stellar and Men I trust tunes, and I also loved the Rosalia, Addison Rae and Stephen Wilson tunes and the ones I didn't know were still interesting. Worth a listen.


I haven’t heard any of these songs previously. I appreciate Rick’s never ending quest to turn more folks onto jazz, a noble mission. I liked the songs by Mei Semendes, Bon Iver and Rosalia. My favorite newer band that I heard this past year is The Heavy Heavy, a UK band with a fresh type of retro guitar/soul sound:

 

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New single release (I Got You) by The Tedeschi Trucks Band, which is my favorite current touring band. New album called “Future Soul” coming out March 20th. Highly recommend hearing them live if you get the chance:

 

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New single release (I Got You) by The Tedeschi Trucks Band, which is my favorite current touring band. New album called “Future Soul” coming out March 20th. Highly recommend hearing them live if you get the chance:


Just listed to this literally 10 minutes ago. I'll probably pick up the record. Big fan of TTB.
 

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Geese on SNL over the weekend:

Looks like they were referenced much earlier in this thread, long before they really blew up last year (and before their frontman Cameron Winter released a solo album in late '24 that contributed to the blowup). I mentioned Vampire Weekend in here a few months back, and Geese opened for them for several dates last year. Safe to say their days as openers are done now.
 
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Geese on SNL over the weekend:

Looks like they were referenced much earlier in this thread, long before they really blew up last year (and before their frontman Cameron Winter released a solo album in late '24 that contributed to the blowup). I mentioned Vampire Weekend in here a few months back, and Geese opened for them for several dates last year. Safe to say their days as openers are done now.

Geese and Goose are two different bands?
Goose is pretty big, and if Geese is different, would think Goose would have objected. Anyway, new Juliana Hatfield. Nice to hear new music from her:

 
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Geese and Goose are two different bands?
Goose is pretty big, and if Geese is different, would think Goose would have objected. Anyway, new Juliana Hatfield. Nice to hear new music from her:


For the record, Goose was formed in 2014 in Conn. Geese was formed in 2016 in NYC. I’m familiar with the music of Goose much less so with Geese. Of what I’ve heard, I found some interesting sound from Geese which I’ll have to explore further. As I always say, “What’s good for the Goose is good for the Gander”.
 

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Been a huge and growing fan of MJ Lenderman the last couple of years (posted at least one of his songs in this thread) and he just got a pretty incredible accolade with his version of the This Is Lorelei song, "Dancing in the Club," being named Rolling Stone's #2 song of 2025 - it was certainly in my top 5. See the short blurb from RS below and have a listen.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐢’𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐨𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 “𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛” 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 “𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠.” 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐮𝐱𝐞 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨, 𝐌𝐉 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤. 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨-𝐓𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤, 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫, 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐲, 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞: “𝐀 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬/𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈’𝐦 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧.” 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦, 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 (𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞), 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬. —𝐀.𝐌.

 

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And if you like that jangly, alt-country-indie sound, MJ Lenderman is also in a new band with Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield, called Snocaps and they're touring together as co-headliners and I assume will play Snocaps tunes, too. Really like this one, called Heathcliff, from the Snocaps album.

 
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Been a huge and growing fan of MJ Lenderman the last couple of years (posted at least one of his songs in this thread) and he just got a pretty incredible accolade with his version of the This Is Lorelei song, "Dancing in the Club," being named Rolling Stone's #2 song of 2025 - it was certainly in my top 5. See the short blurb from RS below and have a listen.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐢’𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐨𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 “𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛” 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 “𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠.” 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐮𝐱𝐞 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨, 𝐌𝐉 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤. 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨-𝐓𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤, 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫, 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐲, 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞: “𝐀 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬/𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈’𝐦 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧.” 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦, 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 (𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞), 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬. —𝐀.𝐌.


That’s pretty good , reminds me of early ‘70’s Southern California country rock. The guy is from a really good music town, Asheville NC.
 
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