from pitchfork:
Well folks, it's really happening. Promoters today announced the inaugural release in the previously discussed This Is NEXT series-- essentially the Now! That's What I Call Indie compilation-- and it should further spur the (perhaps moot) debate over just what qualifies as indie.
All that aside, however, it's also chock full of great tunes, from the likes of Sonic Youth (major label alert!), the Shins, Spoon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs (ditto!), Bright Eyes, Bloc Party, Of Montreal, the Hold Steady, Neko Case, Deerhoof, M. Ward, Ted Leo, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and, wait for it...Cold War Kids (their best tune, to be fair).
Not-so-independent Vice Records will release this first volume, and all acts are culled from ADA Distribution allied labels (who'll rotate in releasing future volumes *(Matador is interested in putting out number two, Sub Pop the third). This Is NEXT hits stores August 21, by which time something else will invariably be "next".
Hey kid sister, here, happy birthday!
This Is NEXT Volume 1:
01 Bloc Party - "The Prayer"
02 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Cheated Hearts"
03 Sonic Youth - "Do You Believe in Rapture?"
04 The Shins - "Phantom Limb"
05 Spoon - "The Underdog"
06 Bright Eyes - "Four Winds"
07 Cat Power - "Lived in Bars"
08 Neko Case - "Hold On, Hold On"
09 Of Montreal - "Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse"
10 Deerhoof - "The Perfect Me"
11 The Hold Steady - "Chips Ahoy!"
12 Cold War Kids - "Hang Me Up to Dry"
13 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - "Colleen"
14 M. Ward - "Chinese Translation"
15 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - "Satan Said Dance"
Posted by Matthew Solarski
― Bee OK, Friday, 3 August 2007 03:50 (eighteen years ago)
Great songs can sound like, what I call, "Faceless indie rock" when its all put together like this. Indie 103.1 suffers from that.
― Cunga, Friday, 3 August 2007 04:13 (eighteen years ago)
I actually saw a dude with an indie 103.1 t-shirt the other day in Manhattan.
I find it strange that these bands are being marketed as "next" since most of them have at least a few albums under their belt and almost all of them have probably peaked in terms of popularity.
― Hurting 2, Friday, 3 August 2007 04:19 (eighteen years ago)
Well folks, it's really happening. Promoters today announced the inaugural release in the previously discussed This Is NEXT series-- essentially the Now! That's What I Call Indie compilation-- and it should further spur the (perhaps moot) debate over just what qualifies as indie.
BREAKING NEWS: WE HAVE JUST DISCOVERED A DEFINITION FOR 'INDIE' AND IT IS 'TERRIBLY BORING.' CARRY ON WITH YR LIVES.
― Tape Store, Friday, 3 August 2007 04:57 (eighteen years ago)
six months pass...