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Originally Posted by SigmaChiCard

I don't mean to act like a music snob, and I can mostly understand why people liked them, but I thought Arcade Fire was ok, but boring.

I somewhat agree, but "boring" as a texture is part of the actual concept of the album. I didn't love the album the way many critics did - it's not in my top 10, and the only standout track is "Sprawl II" - but I wouldn't hold "boring" against it.

LCD Soundsystem sounded like he just gave up (and acted like it too when I saw him at Webster Hall, completely drunk [him, not me])

Disagree completely - again, though, "giving up"/the actual arc of the album is part of the concept, so it might just be a difference in how we view it/what we were listening for/interpretation.

That it may be the third-best LCD album speaks only to the strength of the first two, though, and I feel like a lot of people held that against the album (not necessarily you).

I love Girl Talk but thought the new one was really weak.

Seriously? We're usually fairly in step on these things, but I thought this was excellent - on par with the last two, and exceeding it in parts.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE MGMT's new album though...it was fantastic and I'd rated it #11 in my larger list.

I'll have to give this another listen, because upon first listen I thought it was just awful. Seriously just flat, boring, failed experimentation - I greatly preferred Emeralds or Oneohtrix, for example, and both were in the "eehhh like not love" category for me.

I also loved The National's, but was really wanting something more...the songs I like I love, but others are totally skippable and The National should never have a skippable song...it was just a step down from Alligator and Boxer in my opinion.

Now this I agree with completely - it's actually exactly how I feel about High Violet.

Also, Vampire Weekend's Contra was horrific.

Definitely going to need an explanation on this one. I think it is probably a touch overrated (it's basically easy-listening masquerading as modern pop) but "horrific" seems well away from what i got out of it.

In contrast, bands I didn't care too much for like MGMT and Beach House put out spectacular albums. And with a l;ittle more room, Best Coast and Wavves would have made my top albums, both fantastic records!

Beach House is boring as fuck, although I'm not a shoegaze/drone/any-such-derivative guy, so anything with those trappings is an automatic turn-off to me.

I feel weird saying this because they're dating, but I loved Wavves but really just can't get into Best Coast and don't get the acclaim she gets. It might be strictly a "personality" thing (Wavves is a douche but he plays his part admirably - sort of like Girls in that way), or I might just not have the vibe for it.

Warpaint doesn't do anything for me, but that's strictly preference - I get why people love them. Again, I'll have to give it another listen, but I just think it's probably not my thing.

Thanks for the list though, it's always good for some great discussion.