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Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power

Release Date: March 28th

Label: Roadrunner

Genre: Blackgaze, Post-Metal

Singles: Magnolia, Heathen

Streams: Spotify, Apple Music, Soundcloud

Schedule

this is an unofficial discussion for reactions or other related thoughts to the relevant album following its release. these discussions serve as a place for users to post their thoughts on a particular release after initial hype and the like from the [FRESH] album thread have fallen off and also for preservation's sake.

Hi totally sober people, u/Saison_Marguerite and u/WaneLietoc from the hit rate Big Beat Behemoths here! Welcome to a relatively even day 3 (for indieheads standards!)

We still have all 4 artists in the game and we’ll be counting down THE BIGGEST BEATS #14-1! It’s such a shame that mammoths like these went extinct in the 90s, thankfully we have a time machine. Doors open at 2 PM EDT when this thread is posted! The show begins at 3 PM EDT, come pour one out for the last giants standing in this thread AND the Big Beat Boutique cause this is a TWO ROOM CLUB, baby!  

Number of participants: 57 punkin instigators

Average score: 7.945

Average controversy score: 1.683  

VOTE FOR SONGENIALITY

ALBUMS  

The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole (0/11 remaining)

• Block Rockin' Beats

• Dig Your Own Hole

• Elektrobank

• Setting Sun

• The Private Psychedelic Reel  

The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land (1/10 remaining)

• Smack My Bitch Up

• Breathe (WINNER)

• Diesel Power

• Firestarter  

The Crystal Method - Vegas (0/10 remaining)

• Trip Like I Do

• Busy Child 

Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby (0/11 remaining)

• Right Here, Right Now

• The Rockafeller Skank

• Praise You  

Bonus Rate “Influencer vs Influenced” (1/8 remaining)

• Just Brothers - Sliced Tomatoes

• Ultramagnetic MC’s - Give the Drummer Some (WINNER)

RESULTS SO FAR

  * #15: The Chemical Brothers – Lost In the K-Hole | 8.109 | 462.2

• #16: The Prodigy – Narayan | 8.046 | 458.6

• #17: Fatboy Slim – Gangster Trippin' | 8.037 | 458.1

• #17: The Prodigy – Climbatize | 8.037 | 458.1

• #19: The Prodigy – Funky Shit | 7.947 | 453.0

• #20: The Crystal Method – Comin' Back | 7.916 | 451.2

• #21: The Chemical Brothers – Where Do I Begin | 7.888 | 449.6

• #22: The Crystal Method – Keep Hope Alive | 7.863 | 448.2

• #23: The Prodigy – Fuel My Fire | 7.839 | 446.8

• #24: The Crystal Method – Cherry Twist | 7.775 | 443.2

• #25: Fatboy Slim – Love Island | 7.716 | 439.8

• #26: The Prodigy – Mindfields | 7.711 | 439.5

• #27: Fatboy Slim – Acid 8000 | 7.691 | 438.4

• #28: The Prodigy – Serial Thrilla | 7.635 | 435.2

• #29: Fatboy Slim – Build It Up - Tear It Down | 7.389 | 421.2

• #30: The Crystal Method – Bad Stone | 7.384 | 420.9  

• #31: The Chemical Brothers – Piku | 7.368 | 420.0  

• #32: The Crystal Method – High Roller | 7.347 | 418.8  

• #33: Fatboy Slim – Soul Surfing | 7.205 | 410.7  

• #34: The Crystal Method – She's My Pusher | 7.184 | 409.5  

• #35: Fatboy Slim – Kalifornia | 7.168 | 408.6  

• #35: The Crystal Method – Vapor Trail | 7.168 | 408.6  

• #37: Fatboy Slim – You're Not From Brighton | 7.144 | 407.2  

• #38: The Chemical Brothers – Get Up On It Like This | 7.123 | 406.0  

• #39: Fatboy Slim – In Heaven | 7.035 | 401.0  

• #40: The Chemical Brothers – It Doesn't Matter | 6.986 | 398.2  

• #41: The Crystal Method – Jaded | 6.851 | 390.5  

• #42: The Chemical Brothers – Don't Stop The Rock | 6.679 | 380.7   

Bonus:   * Bonus #3: Pierre’s Phantasy Club - Summertime (1989) | 8.143 | 301.3
* Bonus #4: The Crusaders - The Well’s Gone Dry (1974) | 8.011 | 304.4
* Bonus #5: Deadmau5 - The Oshawa Connection (2006) | 7.316 | 270.7
* Bonus #6: Rita Ora - Praising You (2023) | 6.527 | 267.6
* Bonus #7: Cut Copy - We Are Explorers (2014) | 6.503 | 247.1
* Bonus #8: Childish Gambino - Got to Be (2024) | 5.236 | 204.2

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Spellling - Portrait of My Heart

Release Date: March 28th

Label: Sacred Bones

Genre: Alternative Rock, Pop Rock

Singles: Portrait of My Heart, Alibi

Streams: Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp

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Destroyer - Dan's Boogie

Release Date: March 28th

Label: Merge

Genre: Art Rock, Art Pop

Singles: Bologna (feat. Fiver, Hydroplaning Off the Edge of the World

Streams: Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp

Schedule

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recommended if you like Florist, Great Grandpa, Hop Along, Indigo De Souza, or Cavetown

this album technically came out on Friday, but I think it got lost in the shuffle from such an absurdly stacked release week (it's my favorite thing that came out that day, but I'm also loving the new Momma and Florist albums)

found this band through their song "do you?" on the Fresh Finds Indie playlist on Spotify a few months back. the pre-release singles have been some of my favorite songs of the year so far. i had the chance to see them live a few days ago and they were fantastic! if you have any interest in queer indie-folk/pop, i'd recommend at least checking out "do you?" or "hounds"

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Courting - Lust for Life, Or: 'How to Thread the Needle and Come Out the Other Side to Tell the Story'

Release Date: March 14th

Label: Lower Third

Genre: Post-Punk Revival, Indie Rock

Singles: Pause At You, After You

Streams: Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp

Schedule

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Hi party people, u/Saison_Marguerite and u/WaneLietoc here! Welcome to Day Two of the Big Beat Behemoths reveal. Yesterday, we showed up in the wee hours of the night to celebrate a VERY fair 3 albums race until we realized that the Prodigy were also supposed to be in the rate & that this was something of…A ROBBERY! A heist for the history books, if you ask us! Those rapscallion punk rawkin rascal scoundrels! So, were those beats really 2 smol 2 survive? Or is our sense of proportion (and just how badly we can rob the Crystal Method) all off?!

We’re really in it now and beats #28-15 will be savagely sized up today… Doors open at 8 PM EDT when this thread is posted! The show begins at 9 PM EDT, we’ll give the defeated tracks a proper send-off in this thread AND the Big Beat Boutique QUEUP cause this is a TWO ROOM CLUB! DJ Euphie and MC Wane at it again!

Number of participants: 57 bigbeatheads in heaven

Average score: 7.945

Average controversy score: 1.683

Number of times Jet Set Radio references: 4 (2 comments, 2 from host in a comment)

Number of robberies: Subjectively between 1-14

ALBUMS

The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole (7/11 remaining)

• Block Rockin' Beats

• Dig Your Own Hole

• Elektrobank

• Setting Sun

• Lost In the K-Hole

• Where Do I Begin

• The Private Psychedelic Reel

The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land (10/10 remaining)

• Smack My Bitch Up

• Breathe

• Diesel Power

• Funky Shit

• Serial Thrilla

• Mindfields

• Narayan

• Firestarter

• Climbatize

• Fuel My Fire

The Crystal Method - Vegas (5/10 remaining)

• Trip Like I Do

• Busy Child

• Cherry Twist

• Comin' Back

• Keep Hope Alive

Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby (6/11 remaining)

• Right Here, Right Now

• The Rockafeller Skank

• Gangster Trippin'

• Praise You

• Love Island

• Acid 8000

Bonus Rate “Influencer vs Influenced” (5/8 remaining)

• Just Brothers - Sliced Tomatoes

• The Crusaders - The Well’s Gone Dry

• Ultramagnetic MC’s - Give the Drummer Some

• Pierre’s Phantasy Club - Summertime

• Deadmau5 - Oshawa

DAY 1 RESULTS

• #29: Fatboy Slim – Build It Up - Tear It Down | 7.389 | 421.2

• #30: The Crystal Method – Bad Stone | 7.384 | 420.9

• #31: The Chemical Brothers – Piku | 7.368 | 420.0

• #32: The Crystal Method – High Roller | 7.347 | 418.8

• #33: Fatboy Slim – Soul Surfing | 7.205 | 410.7

• #34: The Crystal Method – She's My Pusher | 7.184 | 409.5

• #35: Fatboy Slim – Kalifornia | 7.168 | 408.6

• #35: The Crystal Method – Vapor Trail | 7.168 | 408.6

• #37: Fatboy Slim – You're Not From Brighton | 7.144 | 407.2

• #38: The Chemical Brothers – Get Up On It Like This | 7.123 | 406.0

• #39: Fatboy Slim – In Heaven | 7.035 | 401.0

• #40: The Chemical Brothers – It Doesn't Matter | 6.986 | 398.2

• #41: The Crystal Method – Jaded | 6.851 | 390.5

• #42: The Chemical Brothers – Don't Stop The Rock | 6.679 | 380.7

Bonus:

• Bonus #6: Rita Ora - Praising You (2023) | 6.527 | 267.6

• Bonus #7: Cut Copy - We Are Explorers (2014) | 6.503 | 247.1

• Bonus #8: Childish Gambino - Got to Be (2024) | 5.236 | 204.2

DAY 1 PLAYLIST