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GEORGEzimmerman
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inb4 indie fagoot

been listening to these guys nonstop lately


Apr 1 2013 11:19PM
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Chron_Rabbit
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Apr 1 2013 11:21PM
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applejuice.
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Dude Alt-J is amazing. Seeing them in June! Stoked!
Apr 1 2013 11:25PM
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GEORGEzimmerman
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where r u seeing them?
Apr 1 2013 11:26PM
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applejuice.
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Pittsburgh!!
Apr 1 2013 11:27PM
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GEORGEzimmerman
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shit their gonna be by me this month! im gonna get tickets to thatt
Apr 1 2013 11:30PM
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steezbox
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This is one of those bands that I have known about for a while, but I never gave them a really good listen. I have just recently started to do this and I like their approach to music. Their songwriting abilities seem to be much higher than the typical acoustic-strumming indie band. Good stuff.
Apr 1 2013 11:33PM
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Dingo69
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Do like
Apr 2 2013 12:28AM
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Chunter
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If they really wanted to be indie they would be called Option J.
Apr 2 2013 12:31AM
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GEORGEzimmerman
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that made me laugh k+
Apr 2 2013 12:31AM
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JDA
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This band are pretty big in the UK, 'An Awesome Wave' is a really solid album which is easy to listen too. They are from a city an hour away from where I live so it would be nice to see them live someday
Apr 2 2013 5:03AM
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DILLINGER
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Known them for quite a while, but I only started liking their music a few weeks ago for some reason. Been listening to An Awesome Wave non-stop recently. It's actually playing in the background as I type this.

Also took me a while to realize that Alt + J = ∆
Apr 2 2013 5:37AM
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Notreallydrunk
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Dude slottsfjell-festivalen in Norway, stockasmud
Apr 2 2013 5:43AM
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DILLINGER
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S -S - S - SINDRE?!

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Apr 2 2013 5:46AM
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feihlination
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indiefaggot
Apr 2 2013 5:51AM
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elinde
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governor's ball in nyc in june. alt-j along with many other of my favorites are going to be there, I'm stoked
Apr 2 2013 7:26AM
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james6345789
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Brilliant
Apr 2 2013 7:59AM
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most_mint
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I noticed that recently, tessellate has been used in 3 or 4 edits... awesome song and cool for one edit, but after the 3rd, i started to become concerned that nobody was listening to the rest of the album. love these guys.
Apr 2 2013 8:18AM
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TijmenDal
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I was gonna go seem them here in Amsterdam but the tickets were sold out. I think they were originally sold for 22€ but people were also buying them for like 60€ on the 'black market' (if that's what you wanna call it). Crazy.

They're really good though. Love them.
Apr 2 2013 10:06AM
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rudager
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Picking up their album on Friday.
I love Breezeblocks, and I've heard plenty of good things about the rest of their stuff.
Apr 2 2013 10:14AM
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HalKK
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Same thing as everyone one hear, downloaded there album and now can't stop listening!
Apr 2 2013 10:16AM
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Big5hifty
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Pissed that I'm going to be out of town when they come in in a few days.
Apr 2 2013 11:12AM
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yuck
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Osheaga personally, August long weekend in montreal
Apr 2 2013 11:20AM
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Randy_Marsh
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haha I'm listening to alt j right now... They have been on repeat for the past few days
Apr 2 2013 11:51AM
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Puns
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Saw them last wednesday in Toronto with Hundred waters it was sick, so much weed in the crowd and sick dancing
Apr 2 2013 1:33PM
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B.Aussie
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They are great.
Apr 3 2013 5:50AM
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90053
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favourite part of the album is interlude 2 haha, really like the acapella, its perhaps one of the most complete albums i've ever listened to, so good to play all the way through it imma listen to it now in fact
Apr 3 2013 6:44AM
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90053
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interlude I even
Apr 3 2013 6:48AM
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Drew.C
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Where and when in Pittsburgh are they playing?
Apr 3 2013 8:05AM
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applejuice.
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6/10 @ Mr. Smalls. Google, bro.
Apr 3 2013 8:37AM
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Pancake_Fucker
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Would listen again. Neat. More of rahrah or shins fan myself.
Apr 3 2013 9:15AM
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OCM
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seeing them in september in boston, SO stoked, theyre the best new band out
May 2 2013 9:55PM
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Spagett+
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I fucking hate alt j. also your suck at being an indie faggot, you chose their most popular song newb.
May 2 2013 10:01PM
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ILLinoisance
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I knew about this band before they were formed.

Luv me sum musicz where you can't understand one word from the singers mouth....
May 2 2013 10:04PM
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Casey
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Please don't go. I love you so I love you so.

I have nothing to add, only that Alt J has blown up on Seattle's radio stations, they probly get ten plays a day, and everyone claims that that loved them a year and a half ago when they were only on KEXP..  

May 2 2013 10:30PM
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rudager
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This was an amazing idea.
Absolutely love the whole album.

Blood Flood, Taro/Handmade are my favourite, along with Intro.

Recently gifted the album for my lady, and she just loves it.


So everyone, just love it.
May 2 2013 10:31PM
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YoungChristmas
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I found out about them when Stept used them in the Eighty Six during Cam Riley's part. Listened to some other songs, downloaded their album, and now they're one of my favorite bands.
May 2 2013 10:33PM
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E__
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I love the interludes from An Awesome Wave:






May 2 2013 10:40PM
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sammy_
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been on repeat all week..cant get enough. i really wana see them live
May 2 2013 11:24PM
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OCM
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bump but anyone here going to the concert @ bank of america pavillion in boston on friday?
Sep 11 2013 8:02PM
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Spagett+
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Only middle schoolers in beanies with fake ray-bans like this music. It is so bad. I cant stand it. I would ignore the thread but then the hate would just build up inside me and i would implode. So down vote my post and show me who is boss. But i despise alt. j.
Sep 11 2013 8:28PM
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GIF
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I really enjoy their music, the voice is very different but i would have to say the lyrics don't make much sense at all
Sep 11 2013 8:30PM
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CheddarJack
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please, go on. explain yourself.
Sep 11 2013 8:31PM
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Spagett+
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It took like 4 or 5 years to make the album and it shows, every song feels overworked, the vocals are muffled by the enormous amount of synthesizers, and the album really just does not come together well at all. They are riding on the coat tails of good british bands like like radio head and passing their sound off as "progressive" when it is really just hyped up teeny bopper music.

I wrote this in another thread like 2 months ago and didnt feel like rewriting it so i just copy and pasted it. I am very resourceful.
Sep 11 2013 8:41PM
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Spagett+
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Fuck.
Sep 11 2013 8:42PM
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CheddarJack
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That may be true, and I'd say that's more opinion oriented, but what it really comes down to is if it is good music or not. I'd say that it is. It's very unique and was produced very well. To address the vocals being muffled - that was probably intentional to make the vocals seem more of an instrument, which they're not alone there. And I'm not really in the middle school scene so I can't speak for that, but if it is really popular there then well, at least they're finally listening to half decent music. You can't judge the quality of music based on the crowd that listens to it.

Sorry for the lack of sentence structure. I'm on mobile and am real tired.
Sep 12 2013 12:44AM
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will_powder
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Where the wild things are.
Sep 12 2013 1:55AM
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rudager
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The iTunes Sessions are well worth a listen.
Some different takes on some songs, plus other ones.
Sep 12 2013 8:06AM
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Errl
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Seeing them on Sunday >:)
Sep 12 2013 9:12AM
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TheDers
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if you like alt-J you should look up volcano choir they are pretty good!
Sep 12 2013 1:13PM
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whoa-dere
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I like their tesselate cover.
Sep 12 2013 1:27PM
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