#SWEET75

[millieroekennedy]

happy birthday to vladimir putin and to me^_^

[mercyking]

The discography of Sleigh Bells (the band) is so Gary King-coded to me. First album (Treats) reminds me of his obsession secondary school (it even describes having a best friend who gets straight-A grades). The album after, Reign of Terror, is all about feeling ashamed and hopeless...the most uplifting song from it is "Comeback Kid," which reminds me of the persona Gary tries to put on.

The third album, Bitter Rivals, has this chorus in the opening track: "you are my bitter rival, but I need you for survival." It gives me 'how do I define my worth if not in comparison to you' vibes (cough Gary and Steven cough cough). Also, the first lyric is "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times!" What better describes Gary's first attempt at the Golden Mile, huh????

I don't know their 4th and 5th albums very well, but the most recent album, Texis, is just...so Gary. Especially "SWEET75" and "Locust Laced." Some Texis songs are a little more hopeful, too, which makes me think of Gary in the epilogue :)

Gah. GAH. Anyway. If you want to feel devastated listen to Reign of Terror and Texis. If you want to feel like there's a boombox exploding inside your brain (positive) listen to Treats and Bitter Rivals

[mainfaggot]

Zay my oomfie the songs that remind me of your blog are wavy by lav and sweet75 by sleigh bells !!

i just listened to them rn bc my chem lecture finally ended and wavy is so sad and chill at the same time </3 .. meanwhile sweet75 is so upbeat and fun and the rock aspect YASSSSS . So flattered by ur song choice for me 💗

[th3-0bjectivist]

     The most annoying but passable music that exists, to me, is noise pop. I hate to sound like an old fart but I think I really am reaching that age where some music is just sounding like noise. It’s once in a red moon that I’ll find pop of any variety that I can stomach, much less get through without wanting immediately to exit the vicinity. In spiritual solidarity with our upcoming holiday-time, I’m going to submit to Tumblr a ditty by Sleigh Bells who caught me by surprise with their ingenuity. About a decade ago I heard a song randomly on Pandora called Comeback Kid, and I kinda liked it. It wasn’t my usual fare, but it wasn’t bad because it was well-arranged, well-sung, and it incorporated honest-to-God rock n’ roll. You spike my noise pop with a little bit of rock, suddenly I understand the appeal. This is a lady-fella duo from Brooklyn, NY and they do this electropunk shtick that goes from good ol’ fashioned noise pop nonsense to experimental digital hardcore. I dare say their music contains more structural complexity than any other music sample I’ve brought to this page. The vocal range of the lead lady singer is impressive and as nimble as the production behind the voice. Some of the sweeping beat switches and electronic/instrumental shifts within their tunes are staggeringly brilliant. I checked up on this band years after ignoring them and learned they had released an album I kinda like called Texis. This is SWEET75 from that album. Smash play above that adorable face and enjoy a mutant hybrid of bubblegum, glam metal, and industrial pop. This music is absolutely bat shit, but it’s batshit I enjoy when served hard and with plenty of volume. Enjoy and happy holidays, this one’s got that special spice I was looking for this season!

[speedandgrace2]

Kurt cobain (1967-1994) Kurt Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic and Aaron Burckhard in 1987 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene that later became known as grunge. After Nirvana Krist Novoselic formed Sweet 75 then Eyes Adrift. He also played in the punk rock band Flipper before playing bass guitar and 🪗 for the foo fighters song "I should have known". After Nirvana Aaron Burckhard played in the band Attica then formed the band screaming sons of... before joining the band Under Sin. #kurtcobain #nirvana #grunge #poprock #seattlemusic #kristnovoselic #aaronburckhard #sweet75 #flipper #foofighters #attica #screaming #funko #SpeedAndGrace https://www.instagram.com/p/CkR4VPLNJ4v/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mannytoodope]

Krist Anthony Novoselic (born May 16, 1965) is best known as the bassist and founding member of the band Nirvana alongside Kurt Cobian and Dave Grohl the band had massive success earning platinum awards and touring around the world to sold-out shows. After the band disbanded in 1994 following the death of Kurt Cobian he formed DSweet 75 and Eyes Adrift both bands released one album. From 2006 to 2009 he briefly played with the b punk band Flipper. He played bass and accordion on the Foo Fighter’s album Wasting Light once again working with former bandmate Dave Grohl. Outside of music he is politically active he created JAMPAC(Joint Artists and Musicians Political Action Committee), he wrote the column for Seattle Weekly Website. Since 2008 he has been on the chair of the electoral reform organization Fair Vote

[sunshinecitypodcast-blog]

Happy birthday Mr Novoselic #kristnovoselic #jampac #sweet75 #flipper #fairvote #bassist #activist #nirvana (at Compton, California)

[animalinvestigator]

thoughts on the new sleigh bells album? I wasn't crazy about it but I've only listened to it once and it typically takes me a while to get a feel for an album.

i really like it!! : ) i feel like it has some pretty skippable tracks but its high points are soooo so good. its a little more poppy in some places than pretty much any of their earlier stuff so i see why people wouldnt jive with it as much but i love pop song structures so i have no complaints .i feel like the lyrical content is really strong this go around too which is kind of the thing that excites me the most . i really like the like . general vibe too. i think it has a really cohesive like aesthetic bend and i appreciate it.

favorites are def an acre lost , im not down, rosary, true seekers, and hummingbird bomb ..............knowing and locust laced r rly good too, the rest of the songs im pretty neutral on

[adultalternative]

2021 best of. At least I beat my time last year and actually wrote?

Starcrossed- More of an All for You divorce album than a Butterfly, in a 'it stinks, but whatever. Now do you want the wedding china that I'm unloading?' kind of way. I didn't like it at first because of the tracklist making the songs feel too samey (Also, even this long into the new music model, I'm not used to songs being under 3 minutes). The movie and listening to the songs out of order helped a lot. The best songs are justified, simple times, and camera roll. An interesting example of the Glass Animals/Tame Impala sound.

If I can't have love, I want power- Halsey's first impressive album, to me. Really glad this body of work came out. Best songs are you asked for this, Girl with a gun, and One Eye closed.

Lately I feel Everything- Another fun project, another great side to Willow. I like the different types of alternative rock on it. Listen to Naive, Extra, and Gaslighter, as well as F**k You.

3:33- Did I lose interest in Tinashe now that she’s independent and there’s less of a bad guy or goal for her music career? Yes. Is this album still good? Yes. My favorite songs are Shy Guy and Pasadena.

No gods No Masters- Yes, I would say that their last three albums have been their most similar to each other (See all the Record Store Day songs included in the bonus disc) as songs that would play in a Deadly Class type of genre show about young adults, but that says more about alternative rock nowadays than Garbage. That said, I still enjoy the industrial vibes on this one. I like The Creeps, Anonymous XXX, and This City Will Kill You. It was interesting hearing the Eurythmics influence in songs like The Men Who Rule the World.

Texis- Hyperpop gone rock. Locust Laced is that song. I'm Not down’ is startlingly on point for this point in the pandemic, and Sweet75 is a great opener.

Play with the Changes- Rochelle Jordan is the closest that I liked to dance pop this year. A great combination of UK garage and alternative R&B.

New Long Leg- I guess this is usually when my list is what I’m in the mood for and I’m in the mood for post-punk. Scratchcard lanyard is cool, and if you haven’t yet, watch the music video! I don’t understand what Her Hippo is about but it makes me sad. I like the drums in More Big Birds.

Soberish- Casualties of my schedule change. Not as familiar as I could be. Spanish Doors is both sad and relatable. If you like Liz Phair’s character studies of men like Soap Star Joe and Uncle Alvarez, listen to Hey Lou. Meanwhile, In there is very new and trip hoppy for Liz. These songs are more like her EPs Juvenilia and comeandgetit, and whitechocolatespaceegg outtakes instead of, say, her Girly Sound songs.

Who am I?- Precursor for the Avril Lavigne album this year. It might just be 2000’s pop rock, but if the formula isn’t broken, don’t fix it. Listen to You Don’t Own Me and Fall to Pieces.

Unlimited Ammo- Fun hyperpop, that has both songs that are ethereal and wintry, like Steel, and great bangers like Finish Him.

Pinkpantheress- I enjoy the drum and bass sounds as well as the wistful 19.

Pink Noise- A different kind of going pop. It’s like if the group We Are King made more music. Very lush. I like Magical, Got Me, and Church Girl.

Screen violence- A great combination of alternative rock and synthpop. Lauren’s voice has a lot of urgency. I like Nightmares, How Not to Drown, and He Said She Said.

Pearl Charles- Good country and soft rock combination. Listen to Only for Tonight for disco, and Impostor and Slipping Away for soft rock.

Flux- Countlessth year-of best for me, but I have finally decided to let go of my various reservations and just enjoy. I like Lessen the Damage, On the Level, and As Strange as it Seems. For alternative rock music what Light Years is to disco.

Homegrown- I love the saxophone sample in Slow Down. I like Dysfunctional and Come Over. Good combination of contemporary and alternative R&B.

Death of a Cheerleader- Lux is THAT song. Kind of cheating because I like Popular, a cover of the Nada Surf song released January 2022, more than the album. Sort of how TIME has people on influential lists for potential influence in the future.

Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 3- See Poppy’s review for umpteeneth great project. I like So Cold, Syrup, and Cashmere.

Non-fiction- great post punk. I like Violent & Paranoid.

[lunapaper]

Album Review: 'Texis' - Sleigh Bells

Sleigh Bells’ Treats unleashed a monster.

Celebrating its 10th anniversary just last year, the NY-based duo’s debut album arguably provided the blueprint for what we now know as hyperpop with its screeching metal riffs, its hip hop swagger and Alexis Krauss’ sickly-sweet vocals: Pop mayhem with a rusty, serrated edge. Even now, tracks like ‘Infinity Guitars’ and ‘Crown on the Ground’ can ignite a killer battle sequence in your head.

Though not all of their crazy pop experiments have worked in the past (namely 2013’s Bitter Rivals), Krauss and multi-instrumentalist Derek Miller have somehow endured even as the pop landscape has become bigger, bolder and more aggressive.

On their latest album, Texis, the duo learns to stop worrying and let go of any hang-ups. But even as they embrace the explosive technicolour of their earlier work, Krauss and Miller end up reckoning with their fair share of inner turmoil.

‘SWEET75’ sees Krauss boast ‘I’m a good time boy’ while laying waste to those who ask ‘aren’t you a little too old for rock n roll?,’ creating a shuddering whirlwind of jackhammer guitars. On ‘An Acre Lost,’ she encounters the ‘dark wake of a troubled heart’ while despairing ‘I can see the exit signs/Right behind your eyes/I can see the thunder clouds come rolling in/And all the real tough kids with high IQs/Tragically die, tragically.’ ‘I’m Not Down’ is bittersweet yet defiant, demanding that ‘we gotta look out for each other’ as the world collapses under the weight of fear, uncertainty and abject cruelty. First single ‘Locust Laced’ is spiky and scattershot, with Krauss providing exhilarating bursts of ‘I feel like dynamite’ amid rapid-fire guitars and eerie synths.

On ‘Justine Go Genesis,’ she’s a ‘concrete girl in a cavity world,’ caught in a frantic rush of drum n’ bass that underpins the record’s air of anxiety and doubt. ‘Rosary’ incorporates acoustic guitars and glassy tremors as Krauss likens heartbreak to being in a coma.

‘Hummingbird Bombs,’ meanwhile’ combines the band’s trademark crunch of guitars with a glassy, 80s calypso-type beat as an audacious Krauss proclaims ‘I'll exit life right on time’ while apologising to all the friends and the lovers, the dads and the mothers. ‘Some inside get burned alive’ she reminds us, ‘Some inside get out alive,’ ending the album on a rather eerie yet poignant note after almost two years (and counting) of complete and utter chaos.

Deep in the heart of Texis lies a measured sort of chaos. Sleigh Bells have long perfected the art of the quiet/loud dynamic, even if it’s not quite as fresh or abrasive as before, while also managing to plumb new emotional depths in line with 2016’s Jessica Rabbit and their 2017 EP, Kid Kruschev.

Sleigh Bells don’t reinvent the wheel on Texis, nor should you expect them to at this point. It doesn’t make the album any less enjoyable, but it does remind you of the noise pop’s pitfalls, the same ones that will plague hyperpop soon enough. And yet, the duo has never sounded so good in years, more honest and straightforward, and even a little optimistic.

Let’s hope the slow rejuvenation of Sleigh Bells continues…

- Bianca B.

[the-mighty-glow-cloud]

what's your top 10 song recommendations ? (just listened to In The Next Life bc of your tags and it's good stuff) (feel free to ignore this tho)

oh HELL yeah no way i'm ignoring this, i LOVE doing music recs!! my favorite songs change pretty often but i'd say these are my top ten right now (just in the order i think of them, not ranked lol)

in the next life - kim petras (you already know what's up anon)

scary - megan thee stallion (ft rico nasty)

SWEET75 - sleigh bells (i was gonna say locust laced but i've put that on a rec list before and this one is pretty much tied for a top 10 spot)

the fruits - paris paloma (also have recced before but it's worth repeating, The Song Ever)

stupid love - lady gaga

ding dong! - katya

froot - marina

eat the world - catch

daffodil - florence + the machine

run away with me - carly rae jepsen

honorable mention because i've been listening to it constantly to hype myself up since school started: ludwig the holy blade by falkkone, it's a RAD metal cover of the theme from imo one of the coolest boss fights in bloodborne and it goes so hard

[eitmonline]

EITM Playlist 1/3/22

Alesso & Katy Perry - When I’m Gone | 5:42/4:42c

Journey - Don’t Stop Believin’ | 6:02/5:02c

Sleigh Bells - SWEET75 | 6:23/5:23c

Sleigh Bells - I’m Not Down | 6:29/5:29c

Andrew Gold - Thank You For Being A Friend | 6:54/5:54c

50 Cent - P.I.M.P. | 7:19/6:19c

Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A. | 7:31/6:31c

Taylor Swift - 22 (Taylor’s Version) | 7:37/6:37c

Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water | 8:13/7:13c

KISS - Black Diamond | 8:44/7:44c

Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now | 9:12/8:12c

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WWE - Glamazon | 9:21/8:21c

WWE – Next Big Thing | 9:27/8:27c

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - Trying To Find A World That’s Been And Gone: Part 1 (Demo) | 9:51/8:51c

Sesame Street - Fuzzy And Blue (And Orange) | 10:13/9:13c

[rockmusicassoc]

Rock In Peace: Bill Rieflin, drummer for Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Sweet75, KMFDM, R.E.M, and King Crimson has joined that big band in the sky. #BillRieflin #RockInPeace https://ift.tt/2UffGmi

[rockaphily-blog]

A Few Kool Shows Back In the day... #concercafe #timebombtom #greenbay #rockaphily #l7 #buzzcocks #reverendhortonheat #lunachicks #themakers #theeheadcoats #sweet75 #downbylaw #losinfernos (at Green Bay, Wisconsin)

[aneurysm1984]

#HappyBirthday 🎂🎉 #KristNovoselic #musician #politician #songwriter #Nirvana #Sweet75 #EyesAdrift #HBD #KristAnthonyNovoselic #bassist #bassplayer #bass #backtothenineties #90s #90smusic #90sgrunge #alternative #rock #music #backtothe90s🎸🎵