STROKES v SPOON

Strokes had a great debut and diminishing returns. Spoon has been consistent and far more interesting.

I think the only Strokes related album I like other than Is This It? is that Little Joy album, although it's too low key to be truly memorable.

Individual albums polled against each other might have given the Strokes the win, but we were polling bands in here and Spoon is really the better band. + not obnoxious like the strokes.

what interested me about this poll tbh was really the moral dimension, feel like theres something so perfect abt the very similar cultures of these two bands and how it relates to their very similar music, the contrast, the narcissism of small differences going, like the strokes are douchey and relevant (at one point), the spoon are boring but good guys

+ not obnoxious like the strokes.

― Moka, Wednesday, December 17, 2014 12:39 PM (46 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

feel like its an interesting comparison cause they are extremely similar bands sitting on either side of the hipster/indie divide

― lag∞n, Friday, December 12, 2014 1:51 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh yeah, Comedown Machine is probably their best album. Had no faith they would manage to do anything worthwhile with a more tight production but it works.

I always thought the divide would come from a band like Vampire Weekend. Seems to me like the oppositte band a Strokes fan would enjoy.

Spoon's entire premise seems to be being middlegrounded.

vampy weeknd def fits in there somewhere but these two bands their music is so similar felt like it was the perfect template

the main difference between the two bands for me how Spoon creates alterations in standard rock rhythms without compromising accessibility. The Strokes p much play 16th notes 24/7.

for Noodle Vague and to back Scik Mouthy: http://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-music-of-the-decade

Our top overall artist of the decade: Spoon

Before we get to the top albums of the past ten years, let's take a look at the best artists of the decade. First, we decided to highlight the top overall artists of the past 10 years by picking the artists who met the following three criteria: (a) released at least 3 albums from 2000-09; (b) at least two of those albums must be "great" (with a Metascore of 81 or higher); and (c) the average (mean) Metascore for all of their releases from the decade must also be 81 or higher.

The top 35 artists meeting all three criteria are displayed below (sorted by number of great albums, then by Metascore average), and the band topping the list was a surprise to us as well, albeit a pleasant one. The Austin, Texas indie-rock band Spoon may not be the most prolific band of the decade, but they were the most consistently great. From 2001's stellar Girls Can Tell to 2007's, well, stellar Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, the Britt Daniel-led group received accolades from the music press and music fans for their impeccable songwriting and addictive songs.

haha perfect

Spoon never put across an image as successfully as The Strokes c.Is This It but I have found them consistently sonically rewarding+they probably paved the way for a lot of the bands being discussed in Hip™ for Basics

and like, Kill The Moonlight is just such a... good-sounding album!
I don't know how to explain it, I put it on when I have a headache & the headache magically goes away. because the sounds are so good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5FH3o6icWY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbXcthY4124

imo these are two of the best strokes songs ever

one good thing about this poll is i made me go back through the strokes stuff on spotify and man did I underrated Comedown Machine! feel like maybe we all just weren't in a place to care about a new strokes album at the time. guitar work on that is bonkers, hammond is running so many efx to made his guitar sound like the synths on "take on me" by a-ha

actually angles is better/weirder than i remember it too

great strokes album could be made out of combining first impressions and angles

make a spotify playlist imho

listening to comedown machine now, the vocals are very different

bah, refuted by science *shakes fist*

i never checked out comedown machine until last week thanks to that ghastly "take on me" rip they'd released, but some of it was surprisingly pretty. also surprisingly/ironically similar to phoenix. would have thought they'd be too self-conscious to jock the steez of their steez-jockers

great strokes album could be made out of combining first impressions and angles

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, December 19, 2014 12:13 PM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

make a spotify playlist imho

― lag∞n, Friday, December 19, 2014 12:14 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

do it!

wow first impressions is worse than it was in my memory

horribly brickwalled, too

You Only Live Once, Juicebox, Heart in a Cage, Razorblade, Ask Me Anything, Electricityscape, Fear of Sleep, 15 Minutes and Ize of the World are the keepers on First Impressions. Throw in Juicebox's B-Side Hawaii and that's a solid album.

I really liked Angles when it came out but looking at the track listing now I only really remember the first two songs.

Agree that Comedown Machine is pretty underrated. I really didn't think they had a song like Call It Fate Call It Karma in them.

hoo boy do i hate "15 minutes"

Always found his Shane MacGowan really entertaining.