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September 11, 2006 7:18 PM Subscribe
"Return to Cookie Mountain" comes out tomorrow in the U.S., but you can stream it free tonight.
This post was deleted for the following reason: this "my favorite thing has a new thing coming out" announcementfilter doesn't scale well.
or you could just pirate it, and save yourself the $20 and the shitty web stream.
makes a lot more sense, anyhow.
posted by jimmy at 7:30 PM on September 11, 2006
makes a lot more sense, anyhow.
posted by jimmy at 7:30 PM on September 11, 2006
Is this a promotional thing that's only going to last until the album is released? If so, this link will be useless in less than 24 hours.
posted by Frankieist at 7:31 PM on September 11, 2006
posted by Frankieist at 7:31 PM on September 11, 2006
i <3 tv on the radio. thx for the tip off.
sounds really good so far.
posted by zenzizi at 7:35 PM on September 11, 2006
sounds really good so far.
posted by zenzizi at 7:35 PM on September 11, 2006
Well, if Pitchfork Media approves of it, it must be good right? (SarcasmFilter, anyone?)
posted by drmarcj at 7:36 PM on September 11, 2006
posted by drmarcj at 7:36 PM on September 11, 2006
derivitive crap for sale. {I beleive it is fair to say this.}
posted by longsleeves at 7:36 PM on September 11, 2006
posted by longsleeves at 7:36 PM on September 11, 2006
Wow. That was really, really bad.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 7:42 PM on September 11, 2006
posted by mr_crash_davis at 7:42 PM on September 11, 2006
Your Favorite Band Sucks.
Oh crap, saraswati beat me to it.
posted by intermod at 7:42 PM on September 11, 2006
Oh crap, saraswati beat me to it.
posted by intermod at 7:42 PM on September 11, 2006
longsleeves and mr_crash_davis are the only ones who implied the band sucks. i like them a lot. but, again, why settle for a shitty web stream when you could just download it elsewhere in much higher quality?
posted by jimmy at 7:46 PM on September 11, 2006
posted by jimmy at 7:46 PM on September 11, 2006
I'm not a tv on the radio fan but I can't believe people are complaining about this. We're now regularly getting shitass youtube posts to awful music that's been available for years (Santana, the Dead, etc.), but when a post legitimately is best of the web, you all come out to complain.
And, whether you're a fan of the band or not (and as I said, I'm not), I think it's hard to say that links like this aren't exactly the reason MeFi exists: it's a link to something a number of people will enjoy; it's a link that shows a largish record label doing something that largish record labels rarely do (allowing you to hear a full album pre-purchase, for free!); it's a link that doesn't require explanation or discussion; it's a link to something that, were it not available at the link, would cost you moneyl; and, most importantly, it's a link to something that without the web would be impossible.
Thanks for the link, indecent.
posted by dobbs at 7:48 PM on September 11, 2006
And, whether you're a fan of the band or not (and as I said, I'm not), I think it's hard to say that links like this aren't exactly the reason MeFi exists: it's a link to something a number of people will enjoy; it's a link that shows a largish record label doing something that largish record labels rarely do (allowing you to hear a full album pre-purchase, for free!); it's a link that doesn't require explanation or discussion; it's a link to something that, were it not available at the link, would cost you moneyl; and, most importantly, it's a link to something that without the web would be impossible.
Thanks for the link, indecent.
posted by dobbs at 7:48 PM on September 11, 2006
Am I the only one who thought this would be a remix of the Brokeback Mountain trailer featuring Cookie Monster?
Yes? Oh... ok. I'll go back to my corner now.
posted by blue_beetle at 7:50 PM on September 11, 2006
Yes? Oh... ok. I'll go back to my corner now.
posted by blue_beetle at 7:50 PM on September 11, 2006
Further proof pitchfork is reliable, inversely, for ratings.
posted by vaportrail at 7:51 PM on September 11, 2006
posted by vaportrail at 7:51 PM on September 11, 2006
Wow. This is my first time hearing them, and I was immediately reminded of The Negro Problem. Anyone else? Not exactly, but reminded? In a not-as-good way even?
posted by VulcanMike at 7:51 PM on September 11, 2006
posted by VulcanMike at 7:51 PM on September 11, 2006
but, again, why settle for a shitty web stream when you could just download it elsewhere in much higher quality?
Because some people feel that the musicians who enrich their lives deserve compensation so that they can go on making more of it? And some people might want some of the bands they like (if TV on the Radio ain't one of 'em) to follow suit and by spreading the word about something like this you encourage other artists and labels to do so whereas as downloading from illegal places does the opposite?
posted by dobbs at 7:51 PM on September 11, 2006
Because some people feel that the musicians who enrich their lives deserve compensation so that they can go on making more of it? And some people might want some of the bands they like (if TV on the Radio ain't one of 'em) to follow suit and by spreading the word about something like this you encourage other artists and labels to do so whereas as downloading from illegal places does the opposite?
posted by dobbs at 7:51 PM on September 11, 2006
links like this aren't exactly the reason MeFi exists...
...it's a link that doesn't require explanation or discussion
Hmm
posted by saraswati at 7:52 PM on September 11, 2006
...it's a link that doesn't require explanation or discussion
Hmm
posted by saraswati at 7:52 PM on September 11, 2006
Oops, meant to include "it's hard to say" before the first quote. Kind of ruins the effect the way I did it.
posted by saraswati at 7:53 PM on September 11, 2006
posted by saraswati at 7:53 PM on September 11, 2006
Please post this kind of thing on your Myspace blog.
posted by inoculatedcities at 7:53 PM on September 11, 2006
posted by inoculatedcities at 7:53 PM on September 11, 2006
b_b: You're not the only one.
posted by vaportrail at 7:53 PM on September 11, 2006
posted by vaportrail at 7:53 PM on September 11, 2006
I really like TV on the Radio and they put on a powerful live show, but come on, how is this a FPP?
posted by Falconetti at 8:04 PM on September 11, 2006
posted by Falconetti at 8:04 PM on September 11, 2006
I think tv on the radio are excellent and I pay to see them whenever I can. They are great live, really fun, powerful sound. I've already heard the album and I'm buying it when it is released on cd. I didn't really need this post to say that, but I'm easing out of my 9/11 misanthropy so there you go. Stop fucking whining already and if you can't hang with a good snark, which is best in small potent does, don't try so hard, you get that red faced baby grunting out a lumpy green poop look and it doesn't suit you.
posted by Divine_Wino at 8:05 PM on September 11, 2006
posted by Divine_Wino at 8:05 PM on September 11, 2006
TV On The Radio are awesome, and it's not just Pitchfork saying that. Not that it really matters what the critics say, because you really can't deny the quality of "I Was A Lover" or "Playhouses".
Being cynical was cool back in the 90's, guys. We're past that now.
posted by heylight at 8:06 PM on September 11, 2006
Being cynical was cool back in the 90's, guys. We're past that now.
posted by heylight at 8:06 PM on September 11, 2006
Was I the only one hoping to see something about Cookie Monster/Actual cookies?
posted by MrLint at 8:07 PM on September 11, 2006
posted by MrLint at 8:07 PM on September 11, 2006
Also: Dobbs, well said.
posted by Divine_Wino at 8:07 PM on September 11, 2006
posted by Divine_Wino at 8:07 PM on September 11, 2006
because you really can't deny the quality of "I Was A Lover" or "Playhouses"
And "Wolf Like Me," which is one of the strongest tracks I've heard all year.
posted by eyeballkid at 8:13 PM on September 11, 2006
And "Wolf Like Me," which is one of the strongest tracks I've heard all year.
posted by eyeballkid at 8:13 PM on September 11, 2006
All excellent, as is "dirtywhirl."
posted by Divine_Wino at 8:16 PM on September 11, 2006
posted by Divine_Wino at 8:16 PM on September 11, 2006
Because some people feel that the musicians who enrich their lives deserve compensation so that they can go on making more of it?
unless i'm missing something, you're giving a band just as much money if you listen to their free, shitty web stream as if you listen to the illegally downloaded burn.
That said, I've been on a TV on the Radio kick lately, but this album sounded like a mediocre mess. There has been a TON of hype surrounding its release though, and that's generally enough to up your indie cred.
posted by pokermonk at 8:19 PM on September 11, 2006
unless i'm missing something, you're giving a band just as much money if you listen to their free, shitty web stream as if you listen to the illegally downloaded burn.
That said, I've been on a TV on the Radio kick lately, but this album sounded like a mediocre mess. There has been a TON of hype surrounding its release though, and that's generally enough to up your indie cred.
posted by pokermonk at 8:19 PM on September 11, 2006
or you could just pirate it, and save yourself the $20 and the shitty web stream.
Plus the pirated version came out at least 6 weeks ago. That's almost unbearable for devoted fans.
posted by smackfu at 8:20 PM on September 11, 2006
Plus the pirated version came out at least 6 weeks ago. That's almost unbearable for devoted fans.
posted by smackfu at 8:20 PM on September 11, 2006
Being cynical was cool back in the 90's, guys. We're past that now.
I liked it better before we believed whatever Pitchfork said.
posted by dhammond at 8:30 PM on September 11, 2006
I liked it better before we believed whatever Pitchfork said.
posted by dhammond at 8:30 PM on September 11, 2006
"Being cynical was cool back in the 90's, guys."
Cynical would be not listening to it and then saying "Oh, this is crap" just because someone else said he likes it.
I gave it a chance, listened to every track, and only then declared that I thought it was bad. While this may mean I'm an old fart who lacks what passes for style these days, it certainly wouldn't be indicative of cynicism.
And get the hell off my lawn.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 8:31 PM on September 11, 2006
Cynical would be not listening to it and then saying "Oh, this is crap" just because someone else said he likes it.
I gave it a chance, listened to every track, and only then declared that I thought it was bad. While this may mean I'm an old fart who lacks what passes for style these days, it certainly wouldn't be indicative of cynicism.
And get the hell off my lawn.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 8:31 PM on September 11, 2006
I thought paying 5 dollars turned the asses off.
posted by joe lisboa at 8:33 PM on September 11, 2006
posted by joe lisboa at 8:33 PM on September 11, 2006
The most irritating thing about Pitchfork (aside from their shitty writing) is that they're usually right.
(TVotR is rad.)
posted by Jefff at 8:44 PM on September 11, 2006
(TVotR is rad.)
posted by Jefff at 8:44 PM on September 11, 2006
dobbs: Am I the only one who thought this would be a remix of the Brokeback Mountain trailer featuring Cookie Monster?
Actually, that's the first thing I thought of. I do like tv on the radio though.
posted by bob sarabia at 8:48 PM on September 11, 2006
Actually, that's the first thing I thought of. I do like tv on the radio though.
posted by bob sarabia at 8:48 PM on September 11, 2006
I am in ur whatever-this-post-was-about, complainin about your whatever-there-is-to-complain-about.
posted by trip and a half at 8:51 PM on September 11, 2006
posted by trip and a half at 8:51 PM on September 11, 2006
Download it or listen to the webstream or don't. Like them or don't (be so scared of liking something that others like that you dismiss what others like as being in search of, oh ha ha, "indie cred" or don't). If you like it, buy the album and/or go see their shows. If you don't like it, by all means say you don't like it, even if you are old and you fart as mr_crash_davis does. Do not (or do, as you like, but don't imagine you are doing anything but complaining into the uncaring void, take it to the chaplain and get your TS card punched, as they say) have "this is the best of the web?" mapped to paste when you hit F5, as a certain tedious, never interesting, always sour, actively detrimental segment of the mefi population does, that shit just don't make no sense at all.
posted by Divine_Wino at 8:56 PM on September 11, 2006
posted by Divine_Wino at 8:56 PM on September 11, 2006
Because some people feel that the musicians who enrich their lives deserve compensation so that they can go on making more of it?
wow. keep on keeping on, i guess.
it'll be great when this line of thought is abolished once people begin to see that piracy isn't such a bad thing at all.
posted by jimmy at 8:57 PM on September 11, 2006
wow. keep on keeping on, i guess.
it'll be great when this line of thought is abolished once people begin to see that piracy isn't such a bad thing at all.
posted by jimmy at 8:57 PM on September 11, 2006
I've had this album for months. A friend sent me the files. I guess that makes me a criminal. I thought the album was out ages ago.
posted by Eideteker at 9:09 PM on September 11, 2006
posted by Eideteker at 9:09 PM on September 11, 2006
I've just listened to "Wolf Like Me" five times in a row and it keeps getting better. Wow.
posted by gwint at 9:18 PM on September 11, 2006
posted by gwint at 9:18 PM on September 11, 2006
Metafilter: I will not take that [free] thing from your hand.
posted by joe lisboa at 9:33 PM on September 11, 2006
posted by joe lisboa at 9:33 PM on September 11, 2006
bob sarabia, I didn't say that, blue_beetle did.
jimmy, a great many of my friends and acquaintances are musicians and/or indie label-owners.* They work their asses off in studios, offices, and on stage and could not do it without selling product and charging for live shows. I don't know what fantasyland you live in where people can release art indefinitely to people who don't pay for it, but I'm willing to bet that in that world you yourself like to be compensated for the hours you put in at work.
Incidentally, if that world is one where any "line of thought is abolished", you can keep it, regardless of its hypothetical improvements to the real world.
*Hear some of them here. Free, and with their permission.
posted by dobbs at 9:37 PM on September 11, 2006
jimmy, a great many of my friends and acquaintances are musicians and/or indie label-owners.* They work their asses off in studios, offices, and on stage and could not do it without selling product and charging for live shows. I don't know what fantasyland you live in where people can release art indefinitely to people who don't pay for it, but I'm willing to bet that in that world you yourself like to be compensated for the hours you put in at work.
Incidentally, if that world is one where any "line of thought is abolished", you can keep it, regardless of its hypothetical improvements to the real world.
*Hear some of them here. Free, and with their permission.
posted by dobbs at 9:37 PM on September 11, 2006
I appreciate this post - I'm not a huge fan of the band but am definitely enjoying this album. Good to have something new to listen to tonight by just clicking a button. Thanks - this is the sort of thing I love about Metafilter.
posted by livii at 10:45 PM on September 11, 2006
posted by livii at 10:45 PM on September 11, 2006
Wait a second, I've had this album for months now. What gives? How'd I get it in July when the release date is today?
And, yeah, I love the CD. Great stuff...
posted by DragonBoy at 8:37 AM on September 12, 2006
And, yeah, I love the CD. Great stuff...
posted by DragonBoy at 8:37 AM on September 12, 2006
It was released in the UK earlier. That may explain why some of you have already acquired it.
posted by NationalKato at 8:53 AM on September 12, 2006
posted by NationalKato at 8:53 AM on September 12, 2006
Maybe this album will get better as I listen to it more, but I was disappointed when I first heard it. I saw TV on the Radio open for Firewater on one of their first tours and I don't think they'd gotten the hang of touring yet, because by the time they got to Chicago, dudes' voices were shot, which really ruined the harmonies.
It looks like the full-streaming of an album is becoming pretty commonplace. Outkast did it a month ago with their (incredible but a-little-disappointing-at-first-listen) Idlewild on myspace.com. I think Brian Eno did it a few months ago. I don't remember who else but there have been more.
posted by elr at 9:02 AM on September 12, 2006
It looks like the full-streaming of an album is becoming pretty commonplace. Outkast did it a month ago with their (incredible but a-little-disappointing-at-first-listen) Idlewild on myspace.com. I think Brian Eno did it a few months ago. I don't remember who else but there have been more.
posted by elr at 9:02 AM on September 12, 2006
It's a good album, for sure. #78 on my list of the year so far. And no, I'm not kidding.
posted by Mach3avelli at 9:05 AM on September 12, 2006
posted by Mach3avelli at 9:05 AM on September 12, 2006
Am I the only one who thought this would be a remix of the Brokeback Mountain trailer featuring Cookie Monster?
b_b: You're not the only one.
Was I the only one hoping to see something about Cookie Monster/Actual cookies?
Actually, that's the first thing I thought of.
*Anxiously awaits excellent Cookie Monster FPP from apparently massive Metafilter Cookie Monster fanbase, of which I am a crumb*
posted by Kwine at 9:08 AM on September 12, 2006
b_b: You're not the only one.
Was I the only one hoping to see something about Cookie Monster/Actual cookies?
Actually, that's the first thing I thought of.
*Anxiously awaits excellent Cookie Monster FPP from apparently massive Metafilter Cookie Monster fanbase, of which I am a crumb*
posted by Kwine at 9:08 AM on September 12, 2006
You could get it before in the US, you just had to pay over $20 for the import.
posted by transona5 at 9:09 AM on September 12, 2006
posted by transona5 at 9:09 AM on September 12, 2006
Oh, and yeah, it's amazing. Takes a couple listens, though.
posted by transona5 at 9:15 AM on September 12, 2006
posted by transona5 at 9:15 AM on September 12, 2006
Not my cuppa, but I don't get people's beef with this.
There are precedents, and while some folks may dismiss the streaming music/RIAA be danged thing as old hat at best and Big Music Marketing at its co-opted worst, it is still an important development in how the internet has and continues to affect music distribution and artist's rights.
So shut up.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:18 AM on September 12, 2006
There are precedents, and while some folks may dismiss the streaming music/RIAA be danged thing as old hat at best and Big Music Marketing at its co-opted worst, it is still an important development in how the internet has and continues to affect music distribution and artist's rights.
So shut up.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:18 AM on September 12, 2006
(This is an amazing album. No, sorry I didn't pay for it myself, but it's going to be huge and they will get rich anyway, thanks to people like us talking about it and more importantly people like PF.
I YSI'd 'Wolf Like Me' to my friend Ian, aka the Wolfman, so it could rock his wedding party in Ottawa this past Saturday and sure enough it did - more ka-ching for TOTR there I hope).
posted by Flashman at 9:24 AM on September 12, 2006
I YSI'd 'Wolf Like Me' to my friend Ian, aka the Wolfman, so it could rock his wedding party in Ottawa this past Saturday and sure enough it did - more ka-ching for TOTR there I hope).
posted by Flashman at 9:24 AM on September 12, 2006
I'm gonna leave off the metacommentary about whether this was a good post or not, and say that I have felt progressively meh about TVotR. I still love the EP and their first album, but this just didn't do it for me,and every progressive listen made it less distinct and less enveloping, not more. Sophomore slump? Yeah...
(At least they cleaned it up from the promo version that first leaked... And I thought this had been out for months, but apparently just in England... Staggered release dates are retarded.)
posted by klangklangston at 9:27 AM on September 12, 2006
(At least they cleaned it up from the promo version that first leaked... And I thought this had been out for months, but apparently just in England... Staggered release dates are retarded.)
posted by klangklangston at 9:27 AM on September 12, 2006
TV on the Radio sucks. But I bet you listen to it while you read your DFW.
posted by dame at 10:00 AM on September 12, 2006
posted by dame at 10:00 AM on September 12, 2006
Hater comment: check
Had it for months comment: check
Anti-Pitchfork rant: check
I liked them way back when comment: check
We're all set here. Close her up.
posted by yerfatma at 10:00 AM on September 12, 2006 [1 favorite]
Had it for months comment: check
Anti-Pitchfork rant: check
I liked them way back when comment: check
We're all set here. Close her up.
posted by yerfatma at 10:00 AM on September 12, 2006 [1 favorite]
I pirate-bayed the album quite a while ago, but I pre-ordered the actual CD when I saw I could get a signed poster with it.
Yes, I am that lame.
(I like music posters. They make me happy.)
Still - the hatin' here is crazy.
Music really does bring out the best in us, huh?
posted by Tbola at 10:20 AM on September 12, 2006
Yes, I am that lame.
(I like music posters. They make me happy.)
Still - the hatin' here is crazy.
Music really does bring out the best in us, huh?
posted by Tbola at 10:20 AM on September 12, 2006
It looks like the full-streaming of an album is becoming pretty commonplace. Outkast did it a month ago with their (incredible but a-little-disappointing-at-first-listen) Idlewild on myspace.com. I think Brian Eno did it a few months ago. I don't remember who else but there have been more.
Wilco did it 5 years ago with Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
posted by jefbla at 10:28 AM on September 12, 2006
Wilco did it 5 years ago with Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
posted by jefbla at 10:28 AM on September 12, 2006
Yerfatma: See Wino for appropriate response. It takes two to make a half-joke and then misinterpret it as picking fights.
posted by dame at 10:33 AM on September 12, 2006
posted by dame at 10:33 AM on September 12, 2006
TVotR are fairly polarizing. I'm proud to say that I don't feel that strongly about them.
But I'm listening to the new album now, thinking I should pick it up (have the first one, skipped the second one). So thanks for the link.
And ya know, if you really, really like a band, why do you care if other people don't? That always amuses me in music threads. I mean, I have friends IRL who hate certain bands that I like, and vice versa. We don't have fights about it. Yet, if some anonymous wanker craps on your band here, people go into conniptions.
posted by bardic at 11:43 AM on September 12, 2006
But I'm listening to the new album now, thinking I should pick it up (have the first one, skipped the second one). So thanks for the link.
And ya know, if you really, really like a band, why do you care if other people don't? That always amuses me in music threads. I mean, I have friends IRL who hate certain bands that I like, and vice versa. We don't have fights about it. Yet, if some anonymous wanker craps on your band here, people go into conniptions.
posted by bardic at 11:43 AM on September 12, 2006
bardic, I agree. I don't care if people don't like my favorite bands. It's not my fault they're tone-deaf, ignorant jackasses.
posted by NationalKato at 11:49 AM on September 12, 2006
posted by NationalKato at 11:49 AM on September 12, 2006
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