A thread for new artist Courtney Barnett

That's the thing that surprised me. This album rocks a lot harder than I thought it would have ... I really dig it two listens in.

 

Just picked up the single disk Orange vinyl pressing (with free slipmat). Certainly are a lot of versions out there but glad I got the single disk pressing. Not a long enough album to make me want to change sides every 10 mins. And it sounds great. Perhaps a bit on the quiet side, but that just means I can really crank it and when the guitars kick in it really takes off.

 

Just saw her TWICE at SXSW last week. Fantastic. Best new artist I've heard in a long time. Very confident performer with a great stage presence.

Here's one of the shows she did last week:
www.npr.org/event/music/394032983/courtney-barnett-live-in-concert-sxsw-2015

 

Holy cow, the new album is great! Usually I need to give new releases a few spins before making up mind. Not in this case...loved it instantly. Really catchy songs.

 

Fantastic album. Small Poppies is everything I want in a song!

When I saw her live last summer, it seemed so different than the double EP in tone - where the double EP sounded folk rock-based with a somewhat rocking backing band, the live performance owed much more to Nirvana than to folk rock. The performance was absolutely thrilling - and this new album captures that sound much more faithfully than the double EP did. Barnett really seems like a rising star (if there is such a thing anymore).

 

I'll be kind this time does nothing for me

 

Just finished listening to the album for the first time, i think my faith in rock & roll has been renewed, fantastic album. I was thinking of picking up the vinyl as well, but the CD sounds so good that i'm not gonna bother, don't care for the cover anyway.

 

Really looking forward to the gig this weekend - hopefully even better than last year's shows.

She has just done an interview and 4 songs for Annie Mac at Maida Vale, and is up on BBC iPlayer - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02mlp7b/annie-mac-courtney-barnett-in-session

 

orange vinyl unboxing...
not me btw..

 

Great album, but I'm very happy with the black 1 LP version.

Sounds excellent too.

 

Hey - which store in Ottawa?

 

You need the hidden title track. Is that on the single album??

 

what do you mean, where is it hidden?

 

After Boxing Day Blues. On the CD (and according to the unboxing video above the double vinyl ) there's a long space and then a really slow song with the album's title in the lyrics.

 

Cool. Wasn't on my single orange lp.

 

The guy also said the double album finishes with a locked groove (like Sgt Pepper and The Who Sell Out)

 

I got the plain black vinyl last week...no secret track unfortunately but I love the album

 

Is the orange vinyl 45rpm since its on 2 records?

 

#4 debut on this weeks ARIA album chart

http://www.ariacharts.com.au/chart/albums

 

KEXP posted a live performance of 4 songs from the new album that they were apparently holding onto from the same session they published last fall with only songs from the double EP.

 

Courtney is great, I was immediately drawn to her guitar work. Her new album is solid and it really offers something for everyone. There is a lot of bad music in the mainstream, but I'm so glad she is getting attention.

 

She was working the bar at my local only 18 months ago and now she's one of the music world's hottest new stars.
She's hugely talented and has an amazing onstage charm and deserves all the success that's coming her way. The album is fantastic.

 

#16 debut on BBC Album chart

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/albums

 

Great album

 

I only recently discovered Courtney Barnett and wow she completely knocks me out. I was a huge fan of Pavement and Courtney sorta strikes me as Stephen Malkmus' little sister by way of Australia. Love her style and her sense of humor. And her lyrics are incredible. Can listen to her lyrics over and over and never get bored.