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  1. Britishism
    So this little album comes out tomorrow. Slap $8 on their official website because it's very likely to kick ass.
    Here's Shades:


    (get hype you guys it's yellow ostrich)
    Thread by: Britishism, Feb 24, 2014, 0 replies, in forum: Music
  2. Britishism
    So her fifth album is streaming on The Guardian's website. Here it is.

    First impressions, it's more St. Vincent. Pretty killer album, though, feels grittier. Grittier St. Vincent is weird but I think I LIKE IT. I'm going to do a full write-up when it physically releases February 25th but give this thing a listen.
    Thread by: Britishism, Feb 21, 2014, 3 replies, in forum: Music
  3. Britishism
    So, the dust has settled on one of the best years for music that recent memory can't provide. If an artist wasn't making their first album in 8 years, they were certainly making their most prolific one. Young musicians became prominent again, music got back to its roots, and Bangerz was actually pretty fun to listen to. If that wasn't an omen, then I can't think what is. I watched the GRAMMYs this year, even. Macklemore won, but it ended up being a pretty good time. So that brings me to my point. With music sucking less than it has in ages, what better way to celebrate than talking about HOW GREAT ALL THE ALBUMS WERE.

    (January 2014 included because I'm late getting around to this)

    ACID RAP by Chance The Rapper

    This album is the best album I've heard in years. Chance Bennet, the eponymous Rapper, is a 20 year old rapper with the best lyrical sense of any 20 year old since your average 20 year-old was trained to be a bard/prostitute by the monarchy. And the best part is, it's got music, too. Too often does a brilliant rapper forget that lyrics cannot save mediocre backing tracks, but Chance isn't having any of that. From song one, Acid Rap is optimistic. This optimism is bright and enthralling, and even though the lyrics are darkest early in the album, Chance is so damn happy to tell you that he can make music about it. The album is loaded with brilliant guests like Action Bronson and No-Name Gypsy, but they don't for a second distract from Chance's sole goal of making you feel good, feel angry, and feel like music is going to go somewhere. And with a collaboration with James Blake on the horizon, Chance is going to take it somewhere, whether the complaining traditionalists are ready or not.

    Oh yeah, and it's free. What the hell are you waiting for?

    Silver Medal:
    MODERN VAMPIRES OF THE CITY by Vampire Weekend


    So you've probably heard that this is a good album. You've also maybe heard that it was kind of a weird album. The problem with that statement is that it was a indie pop album with bubbly background tracks, pitch shifting, and a lead singer who sounds like he's just having a grand old time. That hasn't been weird in like EIGHT YEARS or something. But maybe it's because this album is fully deserving of an album of the year rating, when it's from a band that has pumped out solid, bubbly indie pop for years now. That's what's weird. Vampire Weekend decided to stop playing like they were going to get anywhere with that act, and they broke out some Paul Simon records and some notebooks, and wrote the best damn indie pop I've ever heard. It's so layered, so off-beat, and so fun that you think it would be among the many 2013 peers, but you have got to give mad respect for what is essentially the biggest turnaround from "everybody else" to "top of the pyramid" in the past few years.
    So Close/2014's Hopeful :
    SO LONG SEE YOU TOMORROW by Bombay Bicycle Club

    I find it so confusing that for someone who didn't really like the Killers, apparently I really missed the Killers. Yeah, the new Bombay Bicycle Club album sounds like the Killers sometimes. I thought it was weird, too. But it's not that that they always sound like the killers, sometimes they sound like Coconut Records. Sometimes, when they're in the mood, they sound like Bombay Bicycle Club. But So Long See You Tomorrow is so much better than the plethora of things that influenced it because it has all of them. Bombay Bicycle Club did folk-rock around the time everybody loved folk-rock. Now they're taking the things that everybody loves, mashing them up into an upbeat, peppy, well-composed and really damn confusing album that provided me with the best listen of the past month.

    Honorable Mentions:The Bones of What You Believe by Chvrches
    "Man, that band spells churches with a V! That is absolutely insane, what is up with that. This avant-garde bullshit can really get on a fella's nerves, I'll tell you that much." Here's the story: they didn't want people to Google 'Churches New Single' and get the remastered version of Our God. And this album is exactly what they've been trying for: unmistakeable. Lauren Mayberry has a killer voice for synth-pop, and when they pull the strings for these songs to get excited, you can't help but start dancing. My feelings on Random Access Memories are mixed, and this album is probably why. Music that makes you want to move is dance music. Chvrches with a v really made you want to jump.
    Old by Danny Brown
    Danny Brown blew it out of the park with Old. This album is a dark, lightly scored rap masterpiece that serves as perhaps the best flipside to Acid Rap I can think of. The Detroit native is a natural musician and showman, but this album isn't about making bright music, it's about making the nursery rhymes of the rap world angrier, sharper, and more manic than they were on his first album. This isn't the album you sit down to when you want to be comfortable. This is the album you listen to when you want to be really, really mad at Big Brother and not know why. And it's genius for it.
    The Electric Lady by Janelle Monae
    Janelle Monae is one of the best artists I can think of off the top of my head. She's a confident young woman who knows that Retro-Inspired doesn't have to mean dusty. But then, I have to remember that I didn't really like her first two albums. They were great albums, fun to listen to, and a pretty great sci-fi story at that. But because it was telling a sci-fi story, her robotic theme gave her music the overly-shiny touch of the new Star Trek movies. The Electric Lady was her taking that image, breathing life into it, and slapping on some killer bass for good measure. She's no longer the robot of her debuts. No, now she's smart enough to just write about them.

    So what were yours?
    Thread by: Britishism, Feb 6, 2014, 8 replies, in forum: Music
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    God

    dammit Xom
    eight ****ing runes
    Thread by: Britishism, Aug 18, 2012, 0 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
  5. Britishism
    I think I should go. With high school starting, I had considered leaving, but I thought, I can just make a few posts a day. That task now requires several taxing hours. But maybe they'll get this thing worked out by a later date.

    But for now, KHV, I'll see ya later, cuntbeards.

    EDIT: I feel like I should note that after hours, I decided not to leave so much as take weekdays off, so that I can maintain some knowledge of this place for the next big vacation
    Thread by: Britishism, Aug 16, 2012, 7 replies, in forum: Departure Hall
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    Tonight

    Anna will be the pregnantest.
    Thread by: Britishism, Aug 8, 2012, 6 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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    is

    Dragon Age Origins a good game
    Thread by: Britishism, Jul 31, 2012, 22 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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    Hey gang

    Retrying one of two games I previously disliked on PSN

    which one
    Thread by: Britishism, Jul 28, 2012, 25 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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    she said

    jack .
    Thread by: Britishism, Jul 25, 2012, 3 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
  10. Britishism
    Moonrise Kingdom is Wes Anderson's newest movie, and is pretty great. It's a perfect example of intelligent film making with actual results. Anyway, it's an exceptional movie from a technical standpoint. I really recommend it. It isn't for everyone, and it has shallow acting performances by children and adults alike, but Wes saved it.

    So, has anyone else seen it, and thoughts?
    Thread by: Britishism, Jul 9, 2012, 3 replies, in forum: Movies & Media
  11. Britishism
    Sucks to do this, I guess, but life's not being the best for me. Pretty bad, and I don't really want to deal with much right now. Won't promise I'm not coming back eventually.

    I'm involved in a few RPs, some with more importance than others. Sorry. Message me within a quick period to work it out with me.

    Might stop by for Christmas to leave my Secret Santa gift.

    Anyway, think that's it KHV
    later
    Thread by: Britishism, Dec 19, 2011, 14 replies, in forum: Departure Hall
  12. Britishism
    the American government has given us two fun presents.

    Don't open them until you're ready for your freedom to be brutally constricted.
    Thread by: Britishism, Dec 14, 2011, 21 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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    Khv!

    http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-the-internet-control-bill-now

    Sign it.

    Websites that could be blocked for users in the USA:
    :Tumblr
    :Wordpress
    :Any forum
    :Megaupload
    :The Pirate Bay
    :Twitter
    :Facebook
    :TUMBLR
    Thread by: Britishism, Nov 15, 2011, 9 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
  14. Britishism
    So it is.
    Thread by: Britishism, Oct 27, 2011, 18 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
  15. Britishism
    Okay, so, this is my first actual signature, so it probably sucks. Anyway, I made it on GIMP, and it's pretty simple/bad.

    [​IMG]

    CnC, if you'd be so kind.
    Thread by: Britishism, Oct 19, 2011, 7 replies, in forum: Arts & Graphics
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    Spamzone Fads

    Will you marry me?
    <3
    Thread by: Britishism, Sep 17, 2011, 4 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
  17. Britishism
    I feel like this will be the best thread ever.
    Thread by: Britishism, Aug 4, 2011, 3 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
  18. Britishism
    Come on you dendribatidae!
    Thread by: Britishism, Jul 26, 2011, 4 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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    Thread by: Britishism, Jul 25, 2011, 2 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
  20. Britishism
    It is broken. It has stains on it. It smells like rotten tomatoes. I think that's dog hair on it. Actually, it might be human hair.

    However, it is a more comfortable couch. And thus, I am lying on it. And I am happy. And I think I will always be happy.
    Thread by: Britishism, Jul 13, 2011, 2 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone