Discuss the Musics Thread [Archive] - Page 11

Acapelli

02-12-2013, 02:01 AM

Gah, you guys are nuts. "Tessellate" was one of the best tracks from last year.
they just seem like another one of those bands with one "good" single that's highly overrated by the nme and fools people across the pond into thinking they're actually good bands. see: the arctic monkeys

same with django django (i'm not so sure these two aren't the same band)

to be fair, i've fallen into this trap recently with the 1975. doubt they'll ever fulfill the potential that "sex" showed. those that don't like british arena rock need not apply

http://youtu.be/xeDGfk0UJw8

Pop Trash

02-13-2013, 05:56 AM

i will say that "there's no need to be an asshole you're not in Brooklyn anymore" line is so :rolleyes:

This is true though. NY'ers need to stop moving out here and acting like buttholes. This goes for my boss as well. You're in Cali: do some Yoga, take a road trip to Big Sur, and calm the fuck down.

Acapelli

02-13-2013, 06:07 AM

oh jesus

Acapelli

02-13-2013, 06:09 AM

also i feel like 8 should come here and settle this once and for all, seeing as he's the only matchcutter who's lived in both places, as far as i know

transmogrifier

02-15-2013, 05:06 AM

Deerhoof's Breakup Song is an unjustly maligned album, I think. I certainly like it better than their last three albums before this one (and I'm one of the few people who really liked Offend Maggie).

Fête d'Adieu is a lovely closer.

Dead & Messed Up

02-17-2013, 06:36 AM

D Davis, any thoughts on Hecq?

I'm listening to a dark ambient album called "Night Falls," and it seems like it'd be up your alley, although it's more melodious than your ambient stuff. Almost film-scorey. Apparently it's not representative of his other works.

D_Davis

02-17-2013, 04:06 PM

Never listened to it. I'll check it out!

DavidSeven

02-19-2013, 05:29 PM

Sven

02-23-2013, 05:00 PM

Is it TMI to tell you guys that I can't stop, and don't want to, listening to R. Kelly?

HCsvHarRSd4

ThePlashyBubbler

02-23-2013, 07:11 PM

Do you guys all have a Spotify premium account? I know I'm late to the game on this, but this looks almost too good to be true. Worth the $10 a month or do you guys stick to the free desktop version only?

I stick with the free version, but I'm also pretty much dead broke. I mainly listen to music on my computer anyway, so the only difference is the ads every couple of songs.

Derek

02-23-2013, 07:25 PM

Ditto. I know several people who use the $10/month version and love it, but I'm not sure of the differences aside from getting rid of the ads. I don't use Spotify often enough to pay for it (though it's a fantastic idea) since I use what.cd and stream albums from a few different sites.

D_Davis

02-26-2013, 05:41 PM

This Atoms for Peace album is amazing. Best thing any of these guys have been a part of in ages.

dreamdead

02-28-2013, 11:42 PM

I've really been grooving on Byul.org's Secret Stories Heard from a Girl in an Opium Den. It's non-mainstream Korean minimalist electronica. "2" and "Beer from Holland" are amazing..

D_Davis

03-01-2013, 01:47 AM

I've really been grooving on Byul.org's Secret Stories Heard from a Girl in an Opium Den. It's non-mainstream Korean minimalist electronica. "2" and "Beer from Holland" are amazing..

Sounds interesting.

Thirdmango

03-01-2013, 10:40 AM

This past week I've been going through all of Childish Gambino's stuff. Camp and The EP from 2011 are both super good. I have two more albums that I haven't listen to yet after this one I'm on right now.

ledfloyd

03-03-2013, 11:34 PM

This Atoms for Peace album is amazing. Best thing any of these guys have been a part of in ages.
Damn, you're right. Since In Rainbows anyway. This is what The King of Limbs should've been.

D_Davis

03-04-2013, 03:39 AM

Damn, you're right. Since In Rainbows anyway. This is what The King of Limbs should've been.

Since OK Computer and Blood Sugar Sex Magic for me.

ledfloyd

03-04-2013, 03:42 AM

Since OK Computer and Blood Sugar Sex Magic for me.
I prefer Sea Change, Kid A, and In Rainbows to AMOK. But it's really splitting hairs because it's damn good.

D_Davis

03-04-2013, 06:41 PM

I cannot get enough of Ice Choir's album Afar. Man is it good. Definitely the best of the '80s revival stuff I've heard. So totally authentic sounding.

ledfloyd

03-05-2013, 05:35 PM

ThePlashyBubbler

03-05-2013, 05:40 PM

Has anyone else been listening to Youth Lagoon? Initially I kind of recoiled from his voice, but I got lost in the layered production. There's an early 90's indie movement vibe to the whole thing. Hints of Built to Spill and Dinosaur Jr. seep through. I'm really digging it.

I was a fan of his first album, but this new one was kinda terrible I thought. Melodies suddenly nonexistant or warmed-over re-hashes of the debut's.

ledfloyd

03-05-2013, 11:33 PM

I haven't heard his debut, maybe I would like it more.

I feel like I should like the Local Natives a lot more than I do. Aesthetically they are right in my wheelhouse, but they're lacking that special something that would keep me listening to their music. I mean Aaron fucking Dessner produced the new one, and it sounds great but leaves me emotionally flatlined.

Ivan Drago

03-08-2013, 03:37 PM

Gaspar Noe directed this music video. Can't you tell?

NIbtYzjLuMo

transmogrifier

03-10-2013, 10:22 AM

This Atoms for Peace album is amazing. Best thing any of these guys have been a part of in ages.

Nope. Found it tedious. Thom Yorke is really chasing a deathly dull muse these days.

dreamdead

03-11-2013, 08:42 PM

All right, Derek/Boner. How's the new Men album? I greatly prefer Leave Home to Open Your Heart, so their recent musical shift seems to be forgoing some of the aspects that I most enjoy about them.

Been digging Cocteau Twins's Treasure, Janis Joplin's Pearl, a Robert Johnson's King of the Delta Blues Singers recently. Trying to work up the same interest in Prince's Purple Rain, but that one feels a bit more time-bound musically. Can't dismiss the epic nature of the closer, though.

Idioteque Stalker

03-12-2013, 12:57 AM

Halfway in, the new Justin Timberlake albums sounds pretty great. His multi-part, 7-minute songs seem at home in an r&b landscape where the Weeknd and Frank Ocean are so popular, but he was already doing it on Futuresex/Lovesounds, just not as well IMO. I only liked his first two albums off and on, but this one is really grabbing me--maybe because I've warmed up to this genre in the past few years? The way it engages with current musical stylings (minimalistic samples, pitch-shifted vocals, heavy bass) while paying tribute to the past (call and response vocals, flashy horns) is giving it an aesthetic throughline that makes it enjoyable throughout.

Acapelli

03-12-2013, 01:44 AM

All right, Derek/Boner. How's the new Men album? I greatly prefer Leave Home to Open Your Heart, so their recent musical shift seems to be forgoing some of the aspects that I most enjoy about them.
well ever since they kicked chris out of the band they've seemed to ditch the hardcore aspects of their music, which was my favorite part too

Derek

03-12-2013, 01:45 AM

All right, Derek/Boner. How's the new Men album? I greatly prefer Leave Home to Open Your Heart, so their recent musical shift seems to be forgoing some of the aspects that I most enjoy about them.

It's alright, but a pretty big step down from Open Your Heart. It's even more mellow with a more consistent focus on the alt-country side of their new sound, but none of the songs are all that creative or energetic. The post-hardcore edge is entirely non-existent. It's enjoyable but not much beyond that - certainly the year's biggest disappointment for me so far. FWIW, I gave Leave Home a 4.5/5, Open Your Heart a 4/5 and this a 3/5. In retrospect, Chris Hansell (their original bassist and screaming vocalist) leaving the band was the worst thing that could've happened to them.

Been digging Cocteau Twins's Treasure

Brilliant album and one of my favorite dream pop classics. Elizabeth Fraser might have the greatest voice ever.

Derek

03-12-2013, 01:47 AM

well ever since they kicked chris out of the band they've seemed to ditch the hardcore aspects of their music, which was my favorite part too

Heh.

Do you know what happened w/Chris? All I know is I showed up at a show, the second time I saw them, a few months before Open Your Heart came out and he wasn't there. I looked it up and only found that he was no longer with the band.

D_Davis

03-12-2013, 03:03 AM

Looks like the new Bowie album will be $11.99 on mp3. What's with all of these old dudes (Leonard Cohen, Emmylou Harris, Bowie et al.) releasing their new albums at these high prices? Ridiculous. They already have a ton of money. The price has been set - $9.99 is when I buy. Anything more for a single album - nope.

D_Davis

03-12-2013, 03:29 AM

Another one bites the dust. The first track is the first track off of Bowie's new album - a guitar, bass and drums number. The track below is Ziggy Stardust - and we all know how much that rocks.

http://i.imgur.com/hCXqasq.jpg

This is especially sad to me because Ziggy Stardust was the first album I bought that said "Best when played at loud volumes" on the inside, and the album that taught me about audio dynamics. This was back when the listener was in charge of determining the volume of something by turning it up. Now, that decision has been made for us by the producers and record companies.

Sven

03-14-2013, 04:43 PM

In case anyone's curious, it has been decided that the Scissor Sisters are the best band to cook to.

bac0n

03-16-2013, 12:39 AM

My 8-year-old loves One Direction. And I'm totally cool with it. Is this wrong?

bac0n

03-16-2013, 07:19 AM

My 8-year-old loves One Direction. And I'm totally cool with it. Is this wrong?

Upon further consideration, my answer has come to "fuck you. no."

Lazlo

03-18-2013, 06:15 PM

Jason Molina of Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. died this weekend. Super sad story and a real loss from a musical and human perspective.

Lasse

03-18-2013, 10:31 PM

The new Bowie album is pretty good, though. Just bought the vinyl, and I can't decide if I want to break the seal. :P

And the new Kashmir album's very good as well. I used to obsess about these guys ten years ago, and they've just released their new album "E.A.R", which is the first they self-produced. It has resulted in a sort of spacey-ambient rock album that I sort of disliked upon first listen, but I'm rapidly warming up to its sound. While they might be a bit catchier than the rest of the record, and so a bit mis-representative of the record as a whole "Peace In The Heart" and "Seraphina" are among their finest moments throughout their carreer.

Seraphina (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL1Ax5TGCEc) on YouTube.

D_Davis

03-28-2013, 10:54 PM

Every single track on the new Depeche Mode CD has digital clipping. I was beginning to think that something was going on with Amazon's MP3s, that maybe they were being post-mastered/compressed. So I got the new DM album on CD, and ripped the tracks to WAV files to analyze them. Every track digitally clips - this means that frequencies are actually being cut, so we are not hearing the entire spectrum.

http://i.imgur.com/xaVnGUz.jpg

I'm done with new major label releases.

I'm sure this will make many of you happy, because now maybe I'll shut up about this.

D_Davis

03-28-2013, 11:08 PM

For comparison, here is one of the loudest songs I've ever heard - "I Only Said," by MBV
That's only one channel - but still, the loudest it peaks is at about -5db.

http://i.imgur.com/1YEtE8z.jpg

bac0n

03-30-2013, 05:45 PM

Damn, talk about some over indulgent production...

Yxklyx

03-30-2013, 09:44 PM

Wait what? The CD has is clipped as well or just the MP3?

Acapelli

03-31-2013, 06:41 AM

i had to check the new mbv album to see of kevin shields had become a casualty of the loudness wars and i'm happy to say he doesn't. here's a quick look at all the tracks:

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/3008/screenshot20130331at238.png

D_Davis

03-31-2013, 02:21 PM

D_Davis

03-31-2013, 02:23 PM

Wait what? The CD has is clipped as well or just the MP3?

The WAV files ripped using iTunes clip. However, my friend ripped WAV files using Audiograbber, and they peaked at 0, but were still totally over compressed and limited.

Still shouldn't be anywhere close to 0db except for loudest and loudest parts.

Pop Trash

04-02-2013, 04:47 AM

Is clipping bad? I use it all the time to limit peaks in video production audio but that is speaking voices that pop higher that about 0db, not music.

D_Davis

04-02-2013, 01:19 PM

That sounds more like limiting/compressing to me - you're limiting your ceiling, and compressing the audio to squash transients. I'm sure for human voice - especially speaking, and especially for video production - you will want to do this. With digital mixing/mastering, as soon as the audio hits 0db, there will be digital clipping, and at this point frequencies are actually cut off, and, depending on how extreme it is, you might here distortion and pops/cracks. With analog, you can push the transients to the zero and beyond.

dreamdead

04-04-2013, 07:19 PM

Been continuing to let Arctic Sleep's Arbors get spins. The explosion of noise and delayed feedback in "Valley of Poison" might be the best "metal" moment I hear all year. That melody is just crushing. Further, this album is one of the few releases that continues to get stronger the deeper you get into it. The last few tracks all are given space and time to shine.

All that to say, I find myself drawn more and more to Hum's expert blend of space and crunch and melody. So incredibly underrated. Still working to understand the transitions in You'd Prefer an Astronaut (recently a full album purchase, rather than just the "Stars" single, as before) at the same elemental level that I vibe with Downward is Heavenward, but the band is fast-tracking their way onto my favorites list these last few months.

As with some others this year, I ended up sampling the Flower Travelin' Band's Satori. That's just madcap fun and 70s goodness. Rather amazed to hear some very similar Slayer riffage there, too.

dreamdead

04-05-2013, 11:03 PM

Looking for opinions on the following acts:

Mudhoney
Mother Love Bone
Screaming Trees
Big Black
Melvins

Hit me with your musical knowledge, MC.

D_Davis

04-06-2013, 12:59 AM

I didn't appreciate the Melvins until I saw them live, and they blew me away. One of the tightest bands I've ever seen.

Never really got into Mudhoney, but I respect the hell out of those guys. Still together, all original members (I think the only grunge group to have all surviving original members - no deaths!), and they're still putting out new music and playing.

Never liked MLB or Pearl Jam, and haven't listened to enough Big Black to have an opinion.

EyesWideOpen

04-11-2013, 12:55 AM

So much good stuff coming out tuesday:

Feathers (debut)
new Major Lazer
new Yeah Yeah Yeahs
new Ghostface

Acapelli

04-11-2013, 01:56 AM

So much good stuff coming out tuesday:

Feathers (debut)
remember seeing these girls open up for another band in a tiny venue in manhattan. they were pretty good, although they obviously seemed like they were going for indie dance stardom

dreamdead

04-11-2013, 08:44 PM

Manoman, Miles Davis's Bitches Brew is a-mah-zing. The title track is just killer.

Dug the first listen through of the Harold Budd/Guthrie/Bernocchi Winter Garden as well. So tranquil.

ledfloyd

04-12-2013, 04:05 AM

Manoman, Miles Davis's Bitches Brew is a-mah-zing. The title track is just killer.
Had you somehow not heard it before? Electric Miles in general is more or less the best thing. "Right Off" from Jack Johnson blows me away every. single. time.

Derek

04-12-2013, 04:11 AM

Manoman, Miles Davis's Bitches Brew is a-mah-zing. The title track is just killer.

It definitely has its moments, title track included, though On the Corner is his late period masterpiece for me. Jack Johnson is incredible as well.

dreamdead

04-12-2013, 04:37 AM

Derek

04-12-2013, 04:56 AM

Duly noted. My jazz collection is rather limited. A Bird best-of, Mingus's Mingus Ah Um, Coltrane's Very Best of..., and Vijay Iyer's Reimagining. Largely have the heavyweights, but lack much depth and range of them. Trying to slowly (and cheaply) rectify that.

I'd just grabbed Kind of Blue last week, so I'm gonna let these two battle back and forth. That said, On the Corner reads like it should be magnificent.

Yeah, I binge on jazz a couple times a year. I spent a June a couple years back catching up on the Miles I hadn't heard. I prefer Mingus (get The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady post haste if you haven't already...best jazz album, period) but Miles' career progression is one of the most fascinating in all of music. Kind of Blue deserves every bit of its rep, so you're in for a treat there.

D_Davis

04-12-2013, 01:38 PM

Sketches of Spain is my favorite from MD.

My main jazz-squeeze now is Eberhard Weber.

bac0n

04-12-2013, 02:21 PM

When it comes to Miles, I gotta say my favorite would be Panthalassa - it's so smooth, trippy and relaxing, ambient even. Davis, I bet you in particular would love it.

D_Davis

04-12-2013, 03:25 PM

I've never heard that, B. I'll check it out.

****

Marconi Union, live. Wow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=riIOzofFvT0

And a great interview.
http://igloomag.com/profiles/sonic-exposure-vol-1-featuring-marconi-union

ledfloyd

04-12-2013, 03:39 PM

As much as I love Miles' electric period, I think the Second Great Quintet (with Shorter, Hancock, Carter and Williams) might be the best jazz band ever assembled. When it comes to 20th century artists, Miles really is right up there with Picasso. It's kind of mind blowing how well he lives up to the overwhelming hype that surrounds him.

endingcredits

04-12-2013, 07:10 PM

I'm partial to Mile's earlier fusion stuff rather than the later, mind-blowing virtuoso offerings. In A Silent Way is probably my favourite, especially because it showcases John McLaughlin's more atmospheric side.

D_Davis

04-12-2013, 09:00 PM

Idioteque Stalker

04-13-2013, 02:51 PM

As much as I love Miles' electric period, I think the Second Great Quintet (with Shorter, Hancock, Carter and Williams) might be the best jazz band ever assembled.

Tony Williams... That fuckin' guy. His drumming on Miles Smiles in particular just kills me every time. Dude is so beastly and creative.

D_Davis

04-13-2013, 04:48 PM

Tony Williams... That fuckin' guy. His drumming on Miles Smiles in particular just kills me every time. Dude is so beastly and creative.

I saw the Tony Williams Lifetime Tribute band play a couple of years ago. It was just Cindy Blackman, Jack Bruce, Vernon Reid, and John Medeski playing the best music I had ever heard in my life.

Pop Trash

04-14-2013, 07:59 PM

Looking for opinions on the following acts:

Mudhoney
Mother Love Bone
Screaming Trees
Big Black
Melvins

Hit me with your musical knowledge, MC.

I'm a huge Pearl Jam fan, but I admit MLB weren't that great (other than "Chloe Dancer" which is on the Singles soundtrack which is awesome).

Screaming Trees are the best of the bands you listed and arguably the most underrated of the og Seattle grunge bands.

I'm in the minority but I never liked The Melvins much.

Mudhoney had the most punk cred of the Seattle grunge bands, but I always thought they were a bit overrated (time seems to agree with me since they don't have that many fans anymore...at least compared to peers like The Pixies or Sonic Youth). Superfuzz Bigmuff is pretty solid, even though you may as well buy an old Stooges album (which if you haven't...get on that shit).

I was never a huge Big Black fan either. They are one of those bands where I feel like I'm being scolded for something when I listen to them (see also: Henry Rollins at times) but like The Melvins that is probably a minority opinion.

Acapelli

04-14-2013, 10:56 PM

Boner M

04-14-2013, 11:03 PM

The Wipers > every grunge band combined.

dreamdead

04-14-2013, 11:26 PM

The Wipers > every grunge band combined.

I'm reading up on them. They sound interesting. Do you recommend Youth of America or Is This Real? to get into first?

dreamdead

04-14-2013, 11:29 PM

something i've always wondered, mainly because grunge music has never appealed to me: did you have to grow up with it or have an older sibling/person you looked up to get you into it to appreciate it?

During my early teen years I listened to Alice in Chains and Soundgarden (as well as a lot of WaxTrax stuff and, happily, Dead Can Dance), so there is the sense for me that it's semi-vital to have grown up in that era.

Boner M

04-14-2013, 11:31 PM

I'm reading up on them. They sound interesting. Do you recommend Youth of America or Is This Real? to get into first?
Youth of America (the title track is generally regarded as their finest moment), though any of their first three albums would be a safe entry point.

Derek

04-14-2013, 11:36 PM

I'm reading up on them. They sound interesting. Do you recommend Youth of America or Is This Real? to get into first?

Is This Real? and Over the Edge are both a bit more accessible than YiA, but given your tastes, you're fine starting with whichever interests you the most. Of those 3, I'd go Youth, Over the Edge then Is This Real? but all of em are brilliant. I've heard a few of their later albums and they're all good and interesting for different reasons than the first 3 even if they're not on the same level. Those first 3 are something special though, each improving every time I return to it.

dreamdead

04-14-2013, 11:38 PM

Hmm. Been digging the tracks I've listened to so far (Over the Edge tracks, and now the title track of YoA). Formative bands for SY mean dd is intrigued. Impressive how much depth and wandering freedom there is on the title track.

Only the remastered boxset is available from Amazon. I'll wishlist it for now and give it a purchase in the coming months. Thanks for the rec.

Pop Trash

04-15-2013, 01:44 AM

something i've always wondered, mainly because grunge music has never appealed to me: did you have to grow up with it or have an older sibling/person you looked up to get you into it to appreciate it?

It probably helps. I'm old enough to remember how bad mainstream rock was getting* but for younger listeners grunge might have just been something mainstream rock has always been and often fairly crappy (with the likes of Nickelback or Creed). It also came out right when middle school bullshit was happening in my life and seemed to be the exact right soundtrack for those years. So admittedly my love for a lot of it is colored in nostalgia.

*although Nirvana's impact may have been a bit overstated since Guns N Roses and Metallica were the biggest bands in America by '91 and both of them were considerably more edgy than Winger, Poison, etc...but I will say Kurt Cobain was a vastly different type of rock star than had been seen in the bro-ey world of rock at that point...and also how influential his taste was: Sonic Youth, The Wipers, The Vaselines, Meat Puppets, Butthole Surfers, Daniel Johnston, Jawbreaker, and others would have had different careers without Cobain.

D_Davis

04-15-2013, 03:51 PM

I like The Wipers quite a bit, but I like The Melvins more.

D_Davis

04-15-2013, 03:53 PM

My favorite Mudhoney song, done by Spacemen 3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBcsUAYkVE8

D_Davis

04-16-2013, 03:29 PM

OK, so I really like how the Flaming Lips have released their new album on MP3. As part of the $9.99 purchase, you get all of the tunes as individual, "shuffle-ready" format, and then you get the entire album mixed as one long track. That is super cool. Also, the music sounds better than anything they've done since Yoshimi.

D_Davis

04-16-2013, 04:45 PM

I am digging the hell out of this new Flips. Finally! It feels good to dig this band again - it's been far too long. Everything they've done since Yoshimi feels like practice for this.

dreamdead

04-16-2013, 04:59 PM

My main jazz-squeeze now is Eberhard Weber.

Bought this today to have something calming in the background amidst the suck of news updates. It's doing its job nicely; lovely piano runs throughout the title track. Unique take on jazz--not quite classical jazz but not succumbing to the ambient textures either. "An Evening with..." just hit and, damn, that bass. Solid.

Also grabbed FL's Yoshimi off of Amazon's $5 sale. Haven't spent any time with the band so I'm excited to see what I've been missing.

D_Davis

04-16-2013, 05:05 PM

Bought this today to have something calming in the background amidst the suck of news updates. It's doing its job nicely; lovely piano runs throughout the title track. Unique take on jazz--not quite classical jazz but not succumbing to the ambient textures either. "An Evening with..." just hit and, damn, that bass. Solid.

Did you get The Colours of Chloe?

D_Davis

04-16-2013, 05:06 PM

Also grabbed FL's Yoshimi off of Amazon's $5 sale. Haven't spent any time with the band so I'm excited to see what I've been missing.

My favorite periods are the Dingus and Ronald eras (two guitarists - Dingus is Johnathan Donahue from Mercury Rev, and Ronald left the band to wander the earth and find god); everything they did from A Priest Driven Ambulance through Clouds Taste Metallic is brilliant.

dreamdead

04-16-2013, 05:10 PM

Did you get The Colours of Chloe?

Yep (I track along with yours, Boner's, and Derek's recs at this point). It's quite ethereal, which is something different with regard to jazz recordings. But the textures Weber's pulling out of the bass in "No Motion Picture"... that's just quality. This is going to be an immediate grower; love how technological but warm the whole thing sounds.

D_Davis

04-16-2013, 05:13 PM

"No Motion Picture" is a masterpiece. That song changed me. It rewired my brain and ears.

bac0n

04-16-2013, 07:47 PM

I am digging the hell out of this new Flips. Finally! It feels good to dig this band again - it's been far too long. Everything they've done since Yoshimi feels like practice for this.

My god, what a relief. At War with the Mystics was mediocre and Embrionyc was just embarrassing.

D_Davis

04-16-2013, 07:58 PM

My god, what a relief. At War with the Mystics was mediocre and Embrionyc was just embarrassing.

Yes - we totally agree.

ledfloyd

04-17-2013, 01:51 PM

I know there are some other Dean Wareham/Galaxie 500 fans on here, so I'll just put this here:

http://www.warhol.org/connect/silverstudiosessions/Dean---Britta/#.UW6nkLXqmSp

D_Davis

04-19-2013, 03:00 PM

So weird to see people getting so stoked about the new Daft Punk track. It's just bad, mediocre disco. Abba or The Bee Gees blows DP away. Or Jamiroquai if you want something a little more modern.

Acapelli

04-20-2013, 06:21 AM

So weird to see people getting so stoked about the new Daft Punk track. It's just bad, mediocre disco. Abba or The Bee Gees blows DP away. Or Jamiroquai if you want something a little more modern.
nah

Acapelli

04-20-2013, 06:23 AM

i could be mistaken, but you don't like discovery either, right?

D_Davis

04-20-2013, 01:54 PM

i could be mistaken, but you don't like discovery either, right?

Not much. Don't like much after Homework.

I like the animated movie, 5555.

D_Davis

04-21-2013, 06:38 PM

New album.

That Old Highway
(http://carlsagansghost.bandcamp.com/album/that-old-highway)
http://f0.bcbits.com/z/16/26/1626682945-1.jpg

*If you already dl'ed please re-download the first 2 tracks. I uploaded the wrong versions! I've enabled free dl's for those two tracks now.

Russ

04-23-2013, 01:16 AM

D_Davis

04-23-2013, 04:24 PM

Want to be on my next album? Send me a vocal sample. Can be anything, recorded on anything - quality doesn't matter. Keep it short, though. Under 20 seconds.

If you want me phone no. pm me. You can call and leave a voice mail. Might be the easiest way.

D_Davis

04-23-2013, 05:55 PM

New Doyeq! (http://fuselab.bandcamp.com/album/never-back)

http://f0.bcbits.com/z/20/94/2094298826-1.jpg

Dukefrukem

04-23-2013, 08:53 PM

Fucking hilarious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=W_IzYUJANfk

D_Davis

04-23-2013, 09:51 PM

Without seeing the interviewer's face, and the fact that none of the interviewees repeat the names of the bands back, I'm inclined to think that its faked in post. Is that the joke?

dreamdead

04-24-2013, 03:56 AM

Really dig the first two tracks, DD. The second track feels very rooted in a mid-80s kind of ambient vibe with the keyboard notes. I hope to spend some time tomorrow with the tracks more.

Meantime, can anyone identify an essential/favorite Ravi Shankar album? Interested in the texture and styles he explores, and I'd think someone on these boards could put my toward a quality album of his...

dreamdead

04-26-2013, 05:17 PM

Sarah's looking at getting me a three-day pass to the Pitchfork Music Festival this summer for my birthday. The line-up is here (http://pitchforkmusicfestival.com/lineup/). People: which acts here give solid performances...?

D_Davis

04-29-2013, 05:09 PM

Really dig the first two tracks, DD. The second track feels very rooted in a mid-80s kind of ambient vibe with the keyboard notes. I hope to spend some time tomorrow with the tracks more.

Thanks for listening, dd.

That track does have an early 80s vibe, thanks to the warm analog sounds and the arpeggio sequence. The next album - Delta Sunrise - will be even more in this style.

Acapelli

05-01-2013, 11:42 PM

really loving this new chance the rapper mixtape. this kid is definitely going places

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjmiLp47Yg8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWZBchgVSvc

http://img547.imageshack.us/img547/2236/artworks000046897370pq4.jpg (http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&key=c1bfa75158ba0f760f9cf90dfe 79a69d&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.complex.c om%2Fmusic%2F2013%2F 04%2Fmixtape-chance-the-rapper-acid-rap&v=1&libId=3390485a-14a4-4713-8745-d98dc3d436f3&out=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wetransf er.com%2Fdownloads%2 Fb3ffab344ec0330658c9d6c641f84 ebf20130430173818%2F e342c26f2e59db7d512bb63768acd2 6220130430173818%2F8 6091d%23&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.c om%2F&title=Mixtape%3A%20Chance%20Th e%20Rapper%20%22Acid %20Rap%22%20%7C%20Complex&txt=Chance%20The%20Rapper%20%E 2%80%93%26nbsp%3B%3C em%3EAcid%20Rap%3C%2Fem%3E&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_136745167320 27)

click the artwork to download. think ewo might like it

Kurious Jorge v3.1

05-02-2013, 08:37 AM

ledfloyd

05-02-2013, 08:15 PM

Is it me or is this kinda... good? Davis?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bidHnEekXpE

D_Davis

05-02-2013, 09:21 PM

Honest opinion - it's lazy, and it makes people think that making good sounding ambient music is easy.

It's just a program called Paul's Extreme Stretch, it's a free audio program that anyone can use. Throw in a song, select how slow or long you want it to be, process, and done.

When it first hit a bunch of people were talking shit, saying how easy it is to make good ambient music, an I don't agree. This one gimmick got about a hundred thousand more Youtube views than all of the other ambient artist's hard work combined, and I think it hurt the genre quite a bit because there were blogs talking about easy it is to make ambient-style music now.

Does it sound cool? Yeah! I used to use PES quite a bit back in the day when my music was more drone-based, and it's fun to see what happens. Some people have stretched songs to play for 24 hours. It's a very cool program that is a lot of fun to experiment with.

http://hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/

Russ

05-02-2013, 10:54 PM

Gad, I remember the days when dj's and mc's used to haul their sequencers and samplers over miles of snow to get to their studios, only to have to deal with these kids and their "stretcher" apps. Fuck! What's the world coming to?

Ambient: it may be cold and barren, but by God it was real.

D_Davis

05-02-2013, 11:20 PM

D_Davis

05-06-2013, 06:43 PM

I've been listening to David Bowie's Outside a lot recently. It's always been one of my favorite Bowie albums, and one of my favorite albums in general, and my appreciation for it grows with each passing year. Bowie said that he wanted to capture the unease of the end of the 20th century with the album, and he totally nailed it. The album is full of paranoia and fellings of dark conspiracy that defined the years between 1995 and 2000. It's as if he and Eno took the best moods, themes, and atmosphere from the X-Files, Art Bell's Coast to Coast, and Seven, and used that extract to create an album that still, to this day, sounds vibrant, modern, and edgy. So much of the industrial and "edgy" music of the time (NIN, Skinny Puppy, etc.) sounds dated and old (except for Skinny Puppy's Last Rites, an all-time industrial classic), but Bowie and Eno completely nailed the sound - Outside is simultaneously nostalgic, of its time, and forward thinking.

Russ

05-06-2013, 11:18 PM

So much of the industrial and "edgy" music of the time (NIN, Skinny Puppy, etc.) sounds dated and old (except for Skinny Puppy's Last Rites, an all-time industrial classic)
Gah! Must I rep you again? I couldn't agree more with this ref to Last Rites, a seriously incredible work of soundsculpting.

D_Davis

05-07-2013, 03:54 AM

Gah! Must I rep you again? I couldn't agree more with this ref to Last Rites, a seriously incredible work of soundsculpting.

It's a masterpiece. One of the most creative sounding albums I've ever heard. Some of the audio trickery that goes on is simply mind melting.

ledfloyd

05-07-2013, 05:12 PM

The new Talib is pretty... terrible. There is no cohesiveness to speak of, each track seems to be sampling a different style and not doing much with it. I never thought I'd say it, but the guy I've always considered the best lyricist in rap is continually getting upstaged by his guests. Curren$y and Kendrick Lamar make Talib feel every bit of 37 years old. It's a shame, hopefully the new Blackstar album is better than this.

ledfloyd

05-07-2013, 06:01 PM

http://img547.imageshack.us/img547/2236/artworks000046897370pq4.jpg (http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&key=c1bfa75158ba0f760f9cf90dfe 79a69d&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.complex.c om%2Fmusic%2F2013%2F 04%2Fmixtape-chance-the-rapper-acid-rap&v=1&libId=3390485a-14a4-4713-8745-d98dc3d436f3&out=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wetransf er.com%2Fdownloads%2 Fb3ffab344ec0330658c9d6c641f84 ebf20130430173818%2F e342c26f2e59db7d512bb63768acd2 6220130430173818%2F8 6091d%23&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.c om%2F&title=Mixtape%3A%20Chance%20Th e%20Rapper%20%22Acid %20Rap%22%20%7C%20Complex&txt=Chance%20The%20Rapper%20%E 2%80%93%26nbsp%3B%3C em%3EAcid%20Rap%3C%2Fem%3E&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_136745167320 27)

click the artwork to download. think ewo might like it
This, on the other hand. I'm three tracks in, and pretty positive this is going to be one of the best things I hear this year.

Acapelli

05-07-2013, 06:44 PM

Acapelli

05-07-2013, 06:44 PM

and acid rap may be my favorite thing released this year so far. definitely my favorite rap thing

ledfloyd

05-07-2013, 06:59 PM

and acid rap may be my favorite thing released this year so far. definitely my favorite rap thing
Yeah, I just finished my first listen through and went right back to track one. Amazing.

dreamdead

05-07-2013, 08:19 PM

After the Hum-sounding Arctic Sleep and Matt Talbott-helmed Centaur, I finished out my Hum-related purchases with Glifted's lone album (helmed by Tim Lash, Hum's other guitarist). Exploring guitar soundscapes from both a repetitive ambient sense as well as MBV-noise driven tracks, it makes for a fascinating listen. Never would have pegged Lash as the experimental player in the group, but the album really works. Love the layers of guitar on the track below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-26ILPR1vfg

D_Davis

05-08-2013, 06:07 PM

dd - you like Quicksand?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGPzJs1WK88

D_Davis

05-08-2013, 06:09 PM

I've been listening to OMD all morning. Man, Dazzle Ships is such a cool sounding album. Totally disjointed - it's easy to tell that it was assembled from dozens of fragments - and so adventurous.

dreamdead

05-08-2013, 07:24 PM

dd - you like Quicksand?

I remember looking into them when they did their reunion show last year. I haven't heard much of 'em, I know that. The material on their second album (that I'm currently listening to on youtube) is more my style, but there's a dryness about their guitar sound that is a bit off-putting initially. It's likely that that's more a lack of familiarity than anything else, but I typically like a warmer guitar sound. I think that's the distinction between punk and metal, despite the myriad post- labels. Punk leans toward a drier quality, whereas metal leans toward the warmer tones.

D_Davis

05-08-2013, 07:53 PM

They were very raw - didn't hide behind reverb and delay. I always thought of them as a more indie-sounding Helmet, or a more metal-sounding Fugazi. Both albums are brilliant.

Another often-overlooked band you might like is Arcwelder, especially if you like Sugar and Bob Mould.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBtFYUZk_bM

Henry Gale

05-13-2013, 08:36 PM

After two listens, I really, genuinely like Random Access Memories, but I'm already kinda dreading the inevitable reaction to it.

The over-the-top anticipation of this album from everyone expecting a NEW DAFT PUNK ALBUM the way their first three albums sonically dictate is going to rub a significant portion of fans wrong way, from casual to die-hards. It basically sounds like the soundtrack Electroma was meant to be a visual companion to, with fragments of a Nile Rodgers, Pharrell / Paul Williams-assisted rock opera sprinkled in.

It's far from perfect, but the highs it does hit are as expansive and enthralling as anything they've ever concocted. And somehow, Get Lucky, as much as it still completely makes sense as the first single, almost feels somber in the context of the album.

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EDIT: I should note that it's streaming in its entirety on their iTunes page for those that might have trouble tracking it down in more typical leak fashion.

D_Davis

05-14-2013, 03:34 PM

Just listened to the new DP album, with the recent DP quote about how its "supposed to suck" in mind.

Nailed it.

Good lord what a bunch of bullshit rubbish that album is. Just absolutely terrible from start to finish. They've reached a new low.

D_Davis

05-14-2013, 03:37 PM

The over-the-top anticipation of this album from everyone expecting a NEW DAFT PUNK ALBUM the way their first three albums sonically dictate is going to rub a significant portion of fans wrong way, from casual to die-hards. It basically sounds like the soundtrack Electroma was meant to be a visual companion to, with fragments of a Nile Rodgers, Pharrell / Paul Williams-assisted rock opera sprinkled in.

I don't think it has anything to do with any of that - it's just poor music. It's bad disco parody, been done a million times, and a millions times it's been done better.

Every single Jamiroquai album blows RAM out of the water, and he doesn't hide behind robot gimmicks and tired vocoder vocals.

Daft Punk is the GWAR of dance music, only they aren't nearly as creative or fun.

What boggles my mind most is all the people claiming that DP has evolved, and are pushing the EDM genre forward...by going back two three decades and doing the same old stuff all those disco bands were doing in the '70s and '80s? Really? This album represents, to me, a huge devolution of dance music; it's pastiche, and that's all it is. But I don't even think it's very good pastiche. This sounds like a first album from a band.

Someone like Tim Exile, now he's pushing EDM (or whatever) into new territories. DP are just mining the past (just look who they're working with now).

Meh...now I'm over it. :)

dreamdead

05-15-2013, 07:36 PM

Spent yesterday uploading more music to my cloud, and randomly turned on Fuck Buttons. Their debut is still marvelously textured and roaming. Awesome. Might have to look into their second album in the coming months.

Henry Gale

05-16-2013, 12:57 AM

I don't think it has anything to do with any of that - it's just poor music. It's bad disco parody, been done a million times, and a millions times it's been done better.

Every single Jamiroquai album blows RAM out of the water, and he doesn't hide behind robot gimmicks and tired vocoder vocals.

Daft Punk is the GWAR of dance music, only they aren't nearly as creative or fun.

What boggles my mind most is all the people claiming that DP has evolved, and are pushing the EDM genre forward...by going back two three decades and doing the same old stuff all those disco bands were doing in the '70s and '80s? Really? This album represents, to me, a huge devolution of dance music; it's pastiche, and that's all it is. But I don't even think it's very good pastiche. This sounds like a first album from a band.

Someone like Tim Exile, now he's pushing EDM (or whatever) into new territories. DP are just mining the past (just look who they're working with now).

Meh...now I'm over it. :)

I still think too many critiques of it pay too much attention to how it sounds instead of what the songs actually are under those surfaces. The individual strengths of those are obviously always going to be subjective, as with any album, but I'm not sure if it should be contextually more important or irrelevant that a group with as established and iconic a sound as Daft Punk have their names on it.

I'm not too fond of the opening track or the Todd Edwards-featuring "Fragments of Time", since they do easily falter under the sort of schmaltzy throwback-y gimmick-y kind of vibe a lot of people feel about the whole thing, and those are the glimmers of the album where I sync up with the more negative reactions to it. But with those two songs it's just as much more about the songwriting simply not being their to steer those sounds into compelling directions as the unremarkable way they're arranged.

At the end of the day, and only having it exist for two days in the world, the album has still become more engaging every time I've listened to it, and even though I started with it in a good place, I kinda wish everyone would dig into it a little bit more, regardless of their initial opinions, whether or not their experiences dramatically improve. I tend to feel like one listen is never enough justice for any album, so it's even more understandable that tons of people aren't going to give it enough credit simply because it's a 74-minute series of curveballs that they'll only care to delve into once.

It's not perfect by any means, but at a time when it's extremely weird for an album in 2013 to culturally matter this much, for it to sounds like this is a very surreal, exciting thing. But beyond how it's dressed up, them tunes make me feel good and some of these melodies, just as with their the very best of their past work, will be ingrained in my head forever.

D_Davis

05-16-2013, 01:50 AM

It do give it props for the production/mastering, but after two or so listens, that's the only positive thing I can say.

For a similar throwback, electronic dance/soul album from 2013, I greatly prefer Rhye's Woman.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow-lP0AKhKc

It satisfies without the gimmicks, parody and pastiche. Mike Milosh has been doing some incredible things.

Henry Gale

05-17-2013, 01:29 AM

Absolutely a really good song, and props for picking it out since I have heard stuff by Rhye, just not that one in particular. So as much as grabbing that album is now a priority, it seems like such a different vibe in terms of its artistic goals in terms of general mood, ambience and syncopation methods, along with the overall way it dresses it up and arranges it (to my mind and ears), that I can't really compare them, but easily like them both. And songs from both Rhye's and Daft Punk's recent albums could easily sit side by side in one of my (usually stylistically all-over-the-place) playlist, just evoking different things, different ways for me.

Obviously a lot of Random Access Memories sounds like a lot of definable records of a yesteryear era, but I just don't think the songwriting sensibilities and formulas come from the same, established place, even if it is sometimes in cutesy, kitschy ways. And I guess that juxtaposition (along with how the melodies and rhythms genuinely affect me) are where the excitement in the album resides for me. I've hummed so many of the songs to myself for days, even in ways so unlike how they sound on the record, that I can't deny they've gotten to me in a signifcant way.

D_Davis

05-17-2013, 02:00 AM

In all honesty, I think a lot of these bands are still trying to out do Air's Moon Safari, but alas that's proving to be an impossible task.

I haven't listened to DP's Homework in probably 15 years, but I still think about the songs all the time, and they frequently pop into my mind. I listened to RAM two days ago, and I can't recall a single thing from it.

I still think Homework is a masterpiece; not only is it one of the strongest debut albums of all-time, it's simply an all-time great album.

ledfloyd

05-17-2013, 02:16 AM

I can't recall a single thing from it.

Not even how weirdly out of place the Paul Williams song felt?

D_Davis

05-17-2013, 02:22 AM

Not even how weirdly out of place the Paul Williams song felt?

That's another thing - all the collaborations.

It's like a dirty south rap album from the early '00s. Who's album is it? I often found myself wondering what DP actually did on it.

Maybe their own upcoming remix album will be better?

ledfloyd

05-18-2013, 04:08 PM

It's like a dirty south rap album from the early '00s.
In that same vein, I really wish more albums were closer to 40 minutes than 80.

D_Davis

05-18-2013, 05:46 PM

In that same vein, I really wish more albums were closer to 40 minutes than 80.

I'm with you now. Gimme two, solid twenty-minute sides.

bac0n

05-20-2013, 03:32 AM

New National Album out on Tuesday. Both songs I've heard off of it are awesome. Stoked.

Sven

05-21-2013, 04:20 AM

What boggles my mind most is all the people claiming that DP has evolved, and are pushing the EDM genre forward...by going back two three decades and doing the same old stuff all those disco bands were doing in the '70s and '80s? Really? This album represents, to me, a huge devolution of dance music; it's pastiche, and that's all it is. But I don't even think it's very good pastiche. This sounds like a first album from a band.

Definitely pastiche and definitely overrated. I do, however, think that Lose Yourself to Dance is legitimately great, while the rest of the album's "good tracks" are so because of their slavishness to the concept of re-cycle.

Sven

05-21-2013, 04:22 AM

Oh, wait. Fragments of Time is also pretty good. Gaucho meets Rumours, by way of Discovery. I dig it. Can't believe how much of the album is filler, though, and how ecstatic some of the reviews have been.

D_Davis

05-21-2013, 04:42 AM

Definitely pastiche and definitely overrated. I do, however, think that Lose Yourself to Dance is legitimately great, while the rest of the album's "good tracks" are so because of their slavishness to the concept of re-cycle.

There are definitely some good moments, but for every good moment there are a couple dozen mediocre ones.

And I'll still give the production props.

bac0n

05-21-2013, 04:49 AM

Who's saying that Daft Punk is pushing Electronic Dance Music forward? Whoever it is, they're shit heads. Get Lucky is crap.

D_Davis

05-22-2013, 01:27 PM

It's been a long time since his album a month for a year project (2009 - 12 albums, everyone an artistic achievement), and rightly so, but the genius is back.

Wixel returns. (http://wixel.bandcamp.com/album/revox-tapes)

http://f0.bcbits.com/img/a2774535745_2.jpg

Russ

05-23-2013, 12:08 AM

http://f0.bcbits.com/img/a2774535745_2.jpg

Weird album cover. Reminds me of hipgnosis's art for Pink Floyd. Aesthetically and artistically, I love it. The moral ambiguity? (face it, that's some questionable photoshopping there)...to be debated.

D_Davis

05-23-2013, 12:42 AM

It's a bold cover, and highly artistic. The boy is just old enough to make you question it.

Russ

05-23-2013, 12:52 AM

It's a bold cover, and highly artistic. The boy is just old enough to make you question it.
If that photo's completely unretouched, then I say DAMN! (and kudos to the model). But it looks 'shopped to make a very young adolescent look more mature than he should be.

But it is provocative, and generally speaking, I'm all down with that.

Winston*

05-25-2013, 03:20 AM

What are some good albums to buy on Bandcamp / other websites where the majority of the proceeds go to the artist?

EyesWideOpen

05-26-2013, 12:30 AM

What are some good albums to buy on Bandcamp / other websites where the majority of the proceeds go to the artist?

I'm a big fan of Disasterpeace and I buy all his stuff from his Bandcamp page. He did the soundtrack for Fez and other games.

D_Davis

05-26-2013, 02:03 AM

What are some good albums to buy on Bandcamp / other websites where the majority of the proceeds go to the artist?

Just search for my posts in these music threads - most are about bandcamp recs. :)

The album directly above, the new one from Wixel, is incredible. If you like similar music.

Right now, a top 5 Bandcamp for the year would look something like this:

Magic Man - The Fox Den Demos (http://magicman.bandcamp.com/album/the-fox-den-demos)
Sine Rider - Malan EP (http://sinerider.bandcamp.com/album/malan-ep)
Atlantis - House of Tomorrow (http://handstitched.bandcamp.com/album/house-of-tomorrow)
Wixel - Revox Tapes (http://wixel.bandcamp.com/album/revox-tapes)
Arctic Sleep - Arbors (http://arcticsleep.bandcamp.com/album/arbors)

Of course I have zero idea of what kind of music you're looking for.

Also, hey, I'm always looking for new listeners! ;) (http://carlsagansghost.bandcamp.com/)

D_Davis

05-26-2013, 02:04 AM

June 24th - new Marconi Union, a collaboration with Jah Wobble.

dreamdead

05-26-2013, 02:37 AM

Only spun it a few times so far, but I'm finding Dirty Beaches's latest album a treat. Melancholic, understated, quietly pulsing. Initial listens have me preferring the first half more, but it's interesting throughout.

Waiting a bit to get into the National's newest. They feel like a band that might have crested a bit too soon in terms of their releases and I'm wary that this one will be too samey as High Violet.

Excited for new Marconi Union. Thanks for the update, D.

ledfloyd

05-26-2013, 03:08 AM

What are some good albums to buy on Bandcamp / other websites where the majority of the proceeds go to the artist?
I really love this album: http://inonewindmusic.bandcamp.com/album/how-bright-a-shadow

Winston*

05-26-2013, 05:13 AM

Just search for my posts in these music threads - most are about bandcamp recs. :)

The album directly above, the new one from Wixel, is incredible. If you like similar music.

Right now, a top 5 Bandcamp for the year would look something like this:

Magic Man - The Fox Den Demos (http://magicman.bandcamp.com/album/the-fox-den-demos)
Sine Rider - Malan EP (http://sinerider.bandcamp.com/album/malan-ep)
Atlantis - House of Tomorrow (http://handstitched.bandcamp.com/album/house-of-tomorrow)
Wixel - Revox Tapes (http://wixel.bandcamp.com/album/revox-tapes)
Arctic Sleep - Arbors (http://arcticsleep.bandcamp.com/album/arbors)

Of course I have zero idea of what kind of music you're looking for.

Also, hey, I'm always looking for new listeners! ;) (http://carlsagansghost.bandcamp.com/)

I've listened to your music. The Colonial Spa EP. Dug. it. Should check out more. All the ambient stuff I've listened to has been based on your posts fyi. I will check out this stuff, and that album you recommended, ledfloyd, at work tomorrow.

D_Davis

05-26-2013, 05:27 AM

I've listened to your music. The Colonial Spa EP. Dug. it. Should check out more. All the ambient stuff I've listened to has been based on your posts fyi. I will check out this stuff, and that album you recommended, ledfloyd, at work tomorrow.

Cool! I'm not really sure what kind of music you like, so I wasn't sure what to rec.

A couple times a week I use the Discovery option on Bandcamp, and then scroll through a couple of genres that I like. That's how I find most of the music I listen to.

I also really like Free Music Archive. (http://freemusicarchive.org/)

Winston*

05-26-2013, 05:32 AM

Cool! I'm not really sure what kind of music you like, so I wasn't sure what to rec.

Predominent genres I listen to are indie rock, folk and rap music like any good white person, but I'm open to all sorts. I like ambient music for when I'm reading.

D_Davis

05-29-2013, 10:37 PM

This new Harold Budd album (Jane 1-11) is very weird. Probably his most experimental work since his very early days experimenting in electronic sounds.

dreamdead

06-05-2013, 09:22 PM

Been gathering time to listen to Quicksand and Arcwelder (thanks, D, for the recs), Laura Marling's latest, Camera Obscura, Feist, and Waxahatchee. The loud stuff is quite frenetic and I'm starting to really appreciate guitar tones that struck me as brittle last month. Need to listen to the folky stuff more...

dreamdead

06-16-2013, 02:24 AM

A new, "ascension drone" Arctic Sleep album was just released here (http://arcticsleep.bandcamp.com/album/realms). Looking forward to spending some time with it.

D_Davis

06-16-2013, 04:51 AM

A new, "ascension drone" Arctic Sleep album was just released here (http://arcticsleep.bandcamp.com/album/realms). Looking forward to spending some time with it.

Nice! Thanks for the link.

D_Davis

06-16-2013, 09:02 PM

First track preview from the forthcoming album, Music for Escalators: Modern Mobility Volume One

https://soundcloud.com/davisjdaniel/track-5

D_Davis

06-18-2013, 07:24 PM

14 years ago this coming Saturday, June 22, The Flaming Lips' The Soft Bulletin was released.

Insane to think about that. 14 years. Jeez. I really liked my life back then. Pre-marriage, pre-divorce. Just getting into recording music digitally on a computer. That was the year I made the switch from cassette 4-track to DAW, with CoolEdit Pro. I was still living in Fresno. Lived with my sister and her husband, now ex-husband. All of my grandparents were still alive. I was only working about 30 hours a week, as the Book Sales Manager at Tower Records, and was just about to go back to school to work on my teaching credential.

The Soft Bulletin is a masterpiece. It's steeped in nostalgia; a perfect reminder of when days were long and warm, summers were longer and warmer, and things seemed to make a little more sense, or at least I thought they did.

This is a landmark album. I still remember the first time I listened to it. I was closing at work, and I saw the demo copy in my manager's office. No one had claimed it yet, so I asked and he said to take it. That night after work, around 1 a.m., I arrived home with a few friends and some beer, and we listened to the album a few times in a row, in complete astonishment. It completely blew our minds. This was a couple of years after I followed the Flips up and down California - saw them about 8 times between Satellite Transmissions and Zaireeka, including a few of the parking lot and boombox shows (including the very first parking lot show in Austin Texas when my band at SXSW).

Anyhow...listening to it now. And it is still amazing.

D_Davis

06-18-2013, 09:54 PM

Harold Budd's latest is really growing me. It could just be his most minimal masterpiece. It's like a direct reaction to all the brickwalled, overly-compressed bullshit today.

Derek

06-19-2013, 05:28 AM

Anyhow...listening to it now. And it is still amazing.

It is great. Not Embryonic great however. ;)

*runs*

[ETM]

06-19-2013, 08:27 AM

Davis, have you ever considered scoring, say, video games? I keep listening to your music and it always strikes me as extremely evocative, something that would work insanely well with visuals and gameplay. My girlfriend just joined a team of developers who are mostly doing hidden object/adventure/puzzle games with great, hand drawn visuals, and the music is an integral part of the overall experience. They have a pretty good composer working for them at the moment, and the game settings don't mesh with an electronic sound, but I'd totally pitch you for anything they might do in a more modern setting in the future. Would you be game (totally intended) for something like that?

D_Davis

06-19-2013, 01:32 PM

;483623']Davis, have you ever considered scoring, say, video games? I keep listening to your music and it always strikes me as extremely evocative, something that would work insanely well with visuals and gameplay. My girlfriend just joined a team of developers who are mostly doing hidden object/adventure/puzzle games with great, hand drawn visuals, and the music is an integral part of the overall experience. They have a pretty good composer working for them at the moment, and the game settings don't mesh with an electronic sound, but I'd totally pitch you for anything they might do in a more modern setting in the future. Would you be game (totally intended) for something like that?

I've tried to get interest from developers (both big and small) but I've never had any luck. I'd like to, and I think I'd be good at it. I did do one, an XBLA/Steam game called Xotic.

I'll take any connection I can get, so thanks for thinking of me! :)

D_Davis

06-19-2013, 01:32 PM

It is great. Not Embryonic great however. ;)

*runs*

/chases with pitchfork

Idioteque Stalker

06-19-2013, 06:39 PM

Damn Kanye. Death Grips much?

D_Davis

06-20-2013, 07:55 PM

Fans of ambient and experimental music, and His Name is Alive should get this album. So good.

http://f0.bcbits.com/img/a3040838138_2.jpg (http://myhomesinking.bandcamp.com/)

It is amazing.

dreamdead

06-21-2013, 07:23 PM

Semi-new Nechochwen! Davis and meg (and maybe Derek), I think you'll like the first track (http://bindrunerecordings.bandcamp.co m/album/oto)...

Can't figure out where to go to buy it, though. :(

D_Davis

06-21-2013, 07:45 PM

Semi-new Nechochwen! Davis and meg (and maybe Derek), I think you'll like the first track (http://bindrunerecordings.bandcamp.co m/album/oto)...

Can't figure out where to go to buy it, though. :(

This is good. I don't think I've ever listened to these guys before. Thanks!

D_Davis

06-25-2013, 03:50 AM

Radiohead fans - I've got two pretty rare CDs for sale. $50 for both.

Creep 4 Track EP
High & Dry Live Package (amazing early live versions of My Iron Lung and Stop Whispering, among others)

Or Primal Scream's Dixie-Narco EP - $20

Man, a lot of my CDs are worth a lot of money.

Acapelli

06-25-2013, 04:54 AM

Damn Kanye. Death Grips much?
love yeezus but can't stand death grips at all

slqrick

06-25-2013, 02:11 PM

love yeezus but can't stand death grips at all

I like Death Grips but don't understand the comparison at all. It seems like the easiest thing for people to latch onto to explain the sound of Yeezus.

D_Davis

06-25-2013, 04:08 PM

This new Marconi Union/Jah Wobble album is blowing my mind. It is by far MU's most upbeat and straightforward album, and the addition of Wobble's dub-bass is natural and organic; it's almost as if he's been in the band the entire time, just waiting for the most perfect moment to reveal himself. Maybe MU should be a 5-piece now?

dreamdead

06-25-2013, 06:25 PM

Why did no one tell me about Digable Planets' Blowout Comb? This is excellent stuff.

Cheyanne Mize's Among the Grey is also solid. It's rocking a Neko Case country vibe for me where it's not succumbing to the worst tendencies of the genre, but instead exploring sounds and musical structures that are legitimately fascinating.

D_Davis

06-25-2013, 06:38 PM

Why did no one tell me about Digable Planets' Blowout Comb? This is excellent stuff.

It's a brilliant album. Far better than their first. Can't believe it tanked so hard. Man, I miss '90s-style hip hop. Back when the beats were head-boppin', the lyrics were cryptic and intelligent, and the flow was smooth.

If you haven't yet, check out The Boogie Monsters' Riders of the Storm.

D_Davis

06-25-2013, 11:09 PM

These guys have elevated dub electronic to a whole new level.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy9oyJdjcO0

Idioteque Stalker

06-27-2013, 01:02 AM

I like Death Grips but don't understand the comparison at all. It seems like the easiest thing for people to latch onto to explain the sound of Yeezus.

Easy to latch onto because it's so obvious. In my mind, The Money Store and Yeezus inhabit a similar sub-genre defined by a decidedly aggressive attitude, blown-out synths, and sudden left turns, among other things. And they happen to be my two favorite hip-hop albums of the decade so far.

transmogrifier

06-30-2013, 11:31 AM

transmogrifier

06-30-2013, 11:43 AM

Not most, that's exaggerating. Just:

Animal Collective
Grizzly Bear
Bon Iver
Iron & Wine
Beirut
M. Ward
Bright Eyes
Fleet Foxes
The Shins
Band of Horses
Devendra Banhart
Will Oldham
Andrew Bird

I was just looking back to see what others had said about Sunset Rubdown and, boy, is that a shitty list of artists right there.

:)

Derek

06-30-2013, 06:03 PM

Why did no-one tell me that Sunset Rubdown broke up 4 years ago? Here I was wondering, when's the next album, and jump on Wikipedia.....dreams crushed.

By the far the most successful of the Pitchforkian indie-rock hipster art bands. Boo!

To my knowledge, they never "officially" broke up. I saw them live back in '09 and Spencer said this was going to be their last tour for a while as the band was going to take a break, so it sounded like the potential for another tour/album was there. He's just been doing the Moonface thing for the past couple years. Hopefully he'll get a hankering for being in a full band again.

D_Davis

07-02-2013, 03:56 PM

I think the new Boards of Canada would be a lot better without the drums/percussion. The drum/percussion programming and tones take a cool '70s vibe, and turn it into a cheesy '80s vibe most of the time.

D_Davis

07-02-2013, 09:40 PM

Here's my response to just about every single track on the new BoC release:

Track starts - "Man, this sounds great."
Drums kick in after 8-16 bars - "Why?"

I really need to get my hands on a mix of this album without the drums.

It's just really poorly produced. The drums rarely sound like they are part of the mix; instead, they sound like they were thrown on top as an afterthought. The tones chosen for the percussion sound like they come from a completely different album, mixed and mastered differently, with an entirely different atmosphere. Tycho mixes his drums and warped, nostalgia-tone synths perfectly, but on this latest album, BoC do not.

Qrazy

07-03-2013, 02:52 PM

New electro mix of mine up: http://www.mixcloud.com/DJQrazy/electro-dance-mix-2013/

transmogrifier

07-06-2013, 07:28 AM

Are Primal Scream the most frustrating band on the planet? Has there ever been another artist that vacillates so wildly between styles from album to album? You can almost perfectly divide their discography into 'great' or 'crap', with nothing in between:

Great:
Screamadelica
Vanishing Point
XTRMNTR
Evil Heat

Crap:
Give Out.....
Riot City Blues
Beautiful Future

The good news is that against all odds, the latest album, More Light, may well be part of the first group on the first couple of listens.

D_Davis

07-06-2013, 12:51 PM

The good news is that against all odds, the latest album, More Light, may well be part of the first group on the first couple of listens.

The few tracks I've heard have been totally Screamadelica in style. Need to get the album.

slqrick

07-09-2013, 07:29 PM

Magna Carta blah blah. 6/10

dreamdead

07-10-2013, 12:47 AM

New Fuck Buttons streaming here (http://pitchfork.com/advance/161-slow-focus/). Working my way through it now.

I finally grabbed The National's newest, though I expect diminishing returns with their style. Songs: Ohia's Didn't It Rain, however, is quiet and haunting. Molina really didn't hide much in his lyrics, which makes them fascinating (and dispiriting) to dwell on. Looking forward to perusing that one during cold nights.

Derek

07-10-2013, 01:38 AM

New Fuck Buttons is amazing, their best to date.

Agree re:diminishing returns and The National. Not that I hold it against them continuing to do what they do so well. The new album is good, but I'm much more likely to gravitate towards Boxer or High Violet when I'm in the mood.

dreamdead

07-10-2013, 01:45 AM

Agree re:diminishing returns and The National. Not that I hold it against them continuing to do what they do so well. The new album is good, but I'm much more likely to gravitate towards Boxer or High Violet when I'm in the mood.

Not Alligator over Boxer? While we discovered them through "Fake Empire" on one of your singles of the year lists, I'm more apt to go with the former album anymore...

Alright, 90s space-rock people. Never heard of the band Failure before. Apparently Magnified and Fantastic Planet are their two highlights, but the former is poo-pooed by a decent number of people as well. Thoughts on what is valuable about each?

Derek

07-10-2013, 01:46 AM

Not Alligator over Boxer? That's an interesting opinion. I thought most started being more hesitant of The National praise when that one came out...

Definitely, I think the production and songwriting is stronger on Boxer from start to finish. Alligator has some great tracks, but it's not as consistent.

ledfloyd

07-10-2013, 03:13 AM

High Violet is still The National album I listen to most. I would place the new one is the weakest of their last four, but it's still pretty damned good. Except for Heavenfaced.

I gave Magna Carta Holy Grail a listen through and... it doesn't live up to the title. There are some songs I really dig, but I don't see myself listening to it end to end again.

Winston*

07-10-2013, 08:52 AM

High Violet is still The National album I listen to most.

I think I like this one the best too. Conversation 16.

Qrazy

07-10-2013, 10:49 PM

Latest mix from yours truly. This one is pure hip hop.

http://www.mixcloud.com/DJQrazy/hip-hop-happiness/

D_Davis

07-11-2013, 03:11 PM

From everything I've read and heard, it sounds like the new Pet Shop Boys - releasing next week - is not only a return to form, after the big miss of the last album, but it is also one of their finest albums to date.

bac0n

07-11-2013, 07:47 PM

D_Davis

07-11-2013, 07:52 PM

Wow, a new album already? It seems like their recent one was only put on a few months ago.

And yeah, their recent one was not their best effort. Melancholy like So Hard, but without the catchy songs.

Yeah - it was like Behavior, except it wasn't one of the best albums of all time. :)

This new one is supposed to be all super up beat, dance-floor kind of stuff. Like hardcore electronic.

dreamdead

07-11-2013, 10:11 PM

Davis and Skitch, this is for you especially:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_en0vmIAg4

D_Davis

07-12-2013, 01:56 AM

Davis and Skitch, this is for you especially:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_en0vmIAg4

That's some kick ass guitar tone.

bac0n

07-12-2013, 02:01 PM

Yeah - it was like Behavior, except it wasn't one of the best albums of all time. :)

This new one is supposed to be all super up beat, dance-floor kind of stuff. Like hardcore electronic.

Dadgumbit, you're right. Thanks for the correction.

bac0n

07-12-2013, 02:06 PM

So from the sounds of it, this next album is going to be more along the lines of Very, which would thrill me to no end. Very is pretty much my favorite album, ever, of all time.

D_Davis

07-12-2013, 03:10 PM

So from the sounds of it, this next album is going to be more along the lines of Very, which would thrill me to no end. Very is pretty much my favorite album, ever, of all time.

Yeah - I thought of you when I read that. :)

Next week! I'm super stoked.

D_Davis

07-16-2013, 01:35 PM

"Axis," the first track off of the new PSB album, might just be the best electronic dance song I've heard since New Order's "Fine Time."

D_Davis

07-16-2013, 01:59 PM

"Inside a Dream" is bangin'!

D_Davis

07-17-2013, 06:53 PM

Why haven't I heard of Sun Araw before yesterday? Good lord....it's like my dream band.

D_Davis

07-17-2013, 07:04 PM

Trans - really good interview with Primal Scream in the newest issue of Tape Op, especially if you're at all interested in the ins-and-outs of their recording process.

bac0n

07-18-2013, 07:14 PM

When I was in Ye Olde Recorde Shoppe picking up the latest PSB, I noticed there was a new Empire of the Sun album out, so I snapped that up too. So far six tracks in and I'm loving it. Great lighthearted summer pop fare. Hoping it keeps its momentum and doesn't lose focus in the second half like their previous effort did.

EDIT: fantastic album top to bottom. Love it.

transmogrifier

07-19-2013, 10:39 AM

Trans - really good interview with Primal Scream in the newest issue of Tape Op, especially if you're at all interested in the ins-and-outs of their recording process.

Cheers, I'll have a read later.

dreamdead

07-20-2013, 02:58 PM

First day at Pitchfork in the books, with Bjork's set being cut short due to an imminent storm. She was awesome, with a totally tonally different version of "One Day." "Army of Me" just killed it live.

Joanna Newsom was solid, but the engineers didn't boost the sound enough to always clearly reach where we were sitting. That said, "Bridges and Balloon" was dandy to hear.

Wire was phenomenal. I have no idea how they generated that processed guitar tone, but they were far heavier than I would have expected. Only one track played from Chairs Missing, but the band owned the stage. Really curious to hear their latest, since I suspect it's where most of the material was culled from.

Mikal Cronin got short-shifted to get to Wire. There's far more energy and vitality in the live performances than on his MCII, though. Kinda wish we'd been able to see more.

Woods was the revelation of the first day. Not familiar at all with them, but all of their jammier material translated quite well to the stage. Gonna have to look into them, I think.

Angel Olsen was good, if a little bland for the setting. I suspect she translates far better in enclosed settings that can envelop you.

Not sure why Trash Talk was even there. Utterly derivative hardcore. Listened to metal for 18 years. This is not exceptional music, people.

dreamdead

07-21-2013, 04:30 PM

Pitchfork, Day 2:

Swans blew my mind. Only four songs in an hour and one of the most divisive performances in that they lost about a third of the crowd by the time they finished, but the build-up and way that Gera conducted the band was revelatory. Definitely interested in seeing them headline if they ever come through OK/St. Louis in the future. So awesome to see, and Sarah actually enjoyed them, which was a pleasant surprise. And they were the only band to try to shatter my eardrums, so cheers to them on achieving that end.

The Breeders were enjoyable, but not especially challenging fare after that. Loved the Avclub tweet: "Kim Deal, the Perd Hapley of between-song banter." Time was better served with Low, and the Rihanna cover was an auspicious way to end (and after Wire killed it the day before, they did feel more derivative).

Phosphorescent had a great opening, but the decision to go with slower material after about four songs undermined the build-up that they'd worked so hard to secure. Dandy little band he's got around him, though.

Rain started to come during Belle and Sebastian's set, which was unfortunate. They seemed the most fully formed of participatory live acts thus far, and there was a grace to how they engaged the audience.

I want to explore Julia Holter's albums now, so that's the mark of a good live performer. Metz rocked it before we left for the Swans. Savages' frontwoman just comes off as riddled with too many performative affectations, which damaged my ability to connect with the otherwise solid band.

Derek

07-21-2013, 11:25 PM

Swans blew my mind. Only four songs in an hour and one of the most divisive performances in that they lost about a third of the crowd by the time they finished, but the build-up and way that Gera conducted the band was revelatory. Definitely interested in seeing them headline if they ever come through OK/St. Louis in the future. So awesome to see, and Sarah actually enjoyed them, which was a pleasant surprise. And they were the only band to try to shatter my eardrums, so cheers to them on achieving that end.

Glad you and Sarah both enjoyed them. Swans is by far the loudest live act I've seen and they were earth-shatteringly loud for the entire 2 hours they played. Really an amazing experience and worth the 2-3 days half-deafness in my right ear. As intimidating as Gira appears in all his photos/interviews, he was actually super cool and stayed behind the merch table after the show to shake hands and sign whatever anyone bought. He was having a conversation with the guy in front of me about the decibel level necessary to cause a woman to have a miscarriage. Not that he was planning on doing it, but somehow that's the exact type of conversation I imagined him having. :)

D_Davis

07-23-2013, 03:49 AM

This was the 2nd CD I ever bought, and with each passing year I like it more.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9xTLQqR3rwE/T6QkyDQDBnI/AAAAAAAAAnE/moID1nhOa6I/s320/seeds+of+love.jpg

bac0n

07-23-2013, 02:08 PM

This was the 2nd CD I ever bought, and with each passing year I like it more.

That is a peach of an album. Such terrific production values. Listened to it incessantly my senior year of high school.

D_Davis

07-23-2013, 03:21 PM

That is a peach of an album. Such terrific production values. Listened to it incessantly my senior year of high school.

Yes! It's so well produced. It's one of the grand, epic albums on which every single thing sounds fantastic.

dreamdead

07-26-2013, 03:04 AM

Best of the Pitchfork Music Festival experience:

1. Swans
2. Bjork
3. Belle and Sebastian
4. Wire
5. Julia Holter
6. Metz (just wish they hadn't been opposite the Swans after 20 minutes of their set passed)

I'm interested in checking out Toro y Moi's material now, as his set was quite enjoyable. Yo La Tengo shredded on their closer for about 10 minutes, which was equally exciting.

Meantime, Jon Hopkins' Immunity has revealed itself to be an interesting and diverse album. The fact that he's worked for Eno are rather evident in the more ambient tracks, and those are magnificent, but some of the house tracks are also equally solid. I suspect that the ambient material are where it'll retain my interest, but quite pleasing.

Anna von Hausswolff's Ceremony rocks it throughout. Nordic and cold, but embracing organic (and Glassian) organ-work, this is fantastically minimalistic. Love the depth that is achieved throughout the album.

Qrazy

07-29-2013, 06:26 PM

Moderat's new album just dropped in full on NPR. Enjoy.

http://www.npr.org/2013/07/24/205158117/first-listen-moderat-ii

D_Davis

07-30-2013, 03:47 PM

The new Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel album, Collaborations, is very good - if you like that kind of atonal, experimental noise stuff.

bac0n

07-31-2013, 01:45 AM

Just bought two tix to Empire of the Sun: one for me, and one for my eight-year-old. Gonna be her first concert. Suffice it to say I am super stoked.

ledfloyd

07-31-2013, 09:23 PM

Thom Yorke's WTF interview prompted me to dig out Atoms of Peace again. Goddamn is this good.

D_Davis

08-03-2013, 05:00 PM

Air's Moon Safari is still a masterpiece. One of the most interesting sounding albums I've ever heard. Still blows me away.

D_Davis

08-05-2013, 03:40 AM

http://f0.bcbits.com/img/a3646731299_2.jpg (http://carlsagansghost.bandcamp.com/album/later-that-morning)

Idioteque Stalker

08-05-2013, 08:42 PM

Listening to new music again. Have y'all heard Arca's &&&&& mixtape? The title and artwork kinda put me off, but it's some of the best beat-driven stuff I've heard this year.
https://soundcloud.com/arca-2/uenqifjr3yua

dreamdead

08-12-2013, 04:37 PM

D_Davis

08-12-2013, 06:27 PM

Really been loving Takashi Suzuki's Voyage. Ambient and introspective, with just enough shading in each song to suggest the progression of themes... love how pieces slide into each song. "The Knowing" absolutely kills.

It's pretty good. Kind of sappy in places; it's very sad and and the heavy use of string pads can sometimes make the compositions too dramatic, but it has some nice moments. It is definitely epic sounding. Some of its mood and atmosphere inspired me in parts of my last release, although my execution is entirely different.

Idioteque Stalker

08-13-2013, 07:52 PM

Every year my most anticipated albums seem to underwhelm. Oh well.

Really looking forward to:
King Krule
Julianna Barwick
Oneohtrix Point Never
Earl Sweatshirt
Danny Brown

megladon8

08-13-2013, 10:42 PM

Is anyone else into the wave of Russian neo-80s synth pop?

I am freaking in love with this stuff. Tesla Boy for the win.

Sven

08-19-2013, 05:56 AM

Is anyone else into the wave of Russian neo-80s synth pop?

I am freaking in love with this stuff. Tesla Boy for the win.

I listened to the one song you posted in the other thread. It was awesome.

I'm currently going through another Bowie phase, filling the gaps, familiarizing myself with some lesser known stuff/material I previously wrote off. Black Tie, White Noise and Tonight are probably his two most underrated albums, the former for being unrecognized and the latter for being inaccurately dismissed. Probably gonna listen to Earthling tomorrow.

D_Davis

08-19-2013, 01:08 PM

I'm currently going through another Bowie phase, filling the gaps, familiarizing myself with some lesser known stuff/material I previously wrote off. Black Tie, White Noise and Tonight are probably his two most underrated albums, the former for being unrecognized and the latter for being inaccurately dismissed. Probably gonna listen to Earthling tomorrow.

I like Black Tie, White Noise. My favorite Bowie album is Outside, an odd choice to be sure. I remember being slightly disappointed with Earthling, as I expected it to be the sequel to Outside, but Bowie decided to abandon that concept. There are some good tracks on Earthling, though, and some amazing guitar work.

D_Davis

08-27-2013, 04:47 PM

This new Beach Boys collection - Made in California - is incredible. 6 CDs full of amazing music.

D_Davis

08-29-2013, 02:33 PM

Trent Reznor Fights The Loudness Wars, Offers ‘Loud’ & ‘Audiophile’ Masters Of Hesitation Marks (http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2013/08/28/trent-reznor-fights-the-loudness-wars-offers-loud-audiophile-masters-of-hesitation-marks/)

D_Davis

08-29-2013, 06:14 PM

For those of you interested in found sounds, this is an amazing discovery.

http://aporee.org/maps/

Be prepared to lose hours and hours.

This is called a Sound Map. It's a way to experience the entire world through all kinds of various sounds that people from all over the world have uploaded.

It's a remarkable use of technology, and one of the greatest things to ever be invented, IMO.

Example:
http://aporee.org/maps/export/?lat=59.914682&lng=-1.289231&zoom=19&type=s&locid=19408&title=Shetland%20Islands%2C%20 UK

http://aporee.org/maps/?loc=580&m=satellite

Russ

08-30-2013, 02:32 AM

For those of you interested in found sounds, this is an amazing discovery.

http://aporee.org/maps/

Damn you. One more thing to take up time I don't have.

But seriously, this is really amazing. Bookmarked.

D_Davis

08-30-2013, 03:20 AM

Damn you. One more thing to take up time I don't have.

But seriously, this is really amazing. Bookmarked.

Totally! I set it to random today and listened to it for about 4 hours.

D_Davis

09-04-2013, 02:20 PM

The opening track on the new Neko Case is so good.

Correction: the entire album is so good.

Correction Two: It's a goddamn masterpiece overflowing with unparalleled confidence and brazen emotion. Album of the year so far.

D_Davis

09-04-2013, 09:46 PM

The new Neko Case is the best album of its kind since Grant Lee Buffalo's Might Joe Moon. God, I'd love to hear Case and Phillips do something together.

"Nearly Midnight, Honolulu," is absolutely mesmerizing.

D_Davis

09-05-2013, 03:38 PM

Neko Case's The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love, is one of those rare and special albums that represents the absolute best an artist has to give, on every level, in every facet. Like Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, or Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation, the Cure's Disintegration, or U2's Unforgettable Fire (I am reminded of this album more than a few times), or Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde, or Depeche Mode's Violator, The Worse Things Get is a monumental achievement of pure artistic vision. It is expertly arranged with an abundance of creative instrumentation taking up every single nook and cranny of the stereofield (although on the production side it is a bit too compressed for my tastes).

The album is a feast for the ears, the heart and the soul. Over the last few days it has more than once brought tears to my eyes, as Case's emotions are laid bare, naked, and raw. It is short, and to the point, without even a second of wasted time or bloat - this is a classic album in every sense of the word. It's a cohesive unit meant to be listened to from front-to-back in a single sitting, as Case leads her listeners along a musical road pocked with gut-wrenching potholes and breathtaking vistas. The center piece of the album - a song that could go down in history as Case's absolute best - is the a cappella number "Nearly Midnight, Honolulu," on which Case sing's about child abuse and neglect in the most beautiful and haunting way possible, her voice drenched in reverb, echoing as if from the mind of child not able to escape the cold, metal chamber in which he or she is confined.

D_Davis

09-05-2013, 04:40 PM

Beaver & Krause - talk about instrumental forces in the electronic music genre.

Q & T

09-07-2013, 11:33 PM

Janelle Monae's new album is streaming and it's fantastic.

http://www.stereogum.com/1457361/stream-janelle-monae-the-electric-lady/album-stream/

ledfloyd

09-08-2013, 12:05 AM

The Neko Case record is definitely something special, but I'm not ready to compare it to Dark Side of the Moon or Blonde on Blonde.

I've listened to "Nearly Midnight, Honolulu" so many times. I wonder if that kid is real, and if they've heard the song.

Qrazy

09-09-2013, 05:31 PM

New mix up! I've played this set at two parties so far and both times it's gone over quite well. This one is classic rock/indie rock and disco primarily. Enjoy.

http://www.mixcloud.com/DJQrazy/move-yourself/

D_Davis

09-09-2013, 06:56 PM

The Neko Case record is definitely something special, but I'm not ready to compare it to Dark Side of the Moon or Blonde on Blonde.

I'm not comparing it to the quality of those records, but am instead saying that the Case album is of a similar signature sound, and of similar artistic vision. Will I still be listening to it in 30 years? I can't say right now. But what I can say is that Case has created a singular masterpiece.

ledfloyd

09-09-2013, 09:05 PM

I'm not comparing it to the quality of those records, but am instead saying that the Case album is of a similar signature sound, and of similar artistic vision. Will I still be listening to it in 30 years? I can't say right now. But what I can say is that Case has created a singular masterpiece.

Fair enough. But I still don't see it as leaps and bounds above her last three records which are all superb.

D_Davis

09-09-2013, 11:25 PM

Fair enough. But I still don't see it as leaps and bounds above her last three records which are all superb.

I totally do. Listened to her past albums over the last few days, and the new one is so much more sonically complex and emotional. I think it's a towering artistic achievement, that stands far above all of her other work. The lyrics are more powerful, her voice is more confident, the instrumentation (and lack there of) is more varied and complexly arranged, and the songs are all the better for it.

D_Davis

09-10-2013, 10:23 PM

New Magic Man EP released today. So good.

slqrick

09-10-2013, 11:32 PM

Janelle Monae's new album is streaming and it's fantastic.

http://www.stereogum.com/1457361/stream-janelle-monae-the-electric-lady/album-stream/

I agree, it's really, really good. Pretty amazing that this kind of music is coming from Bad Boy at this juncture. Props to Diddy for leaving her stuff alone.

New Arctic Monkeys is a pleasant listen...nothing new or amazing, just a really solid rock album. Working with Joshn Homme definitely helped.

dreamdead

09-11-2013, 12:06 AM

Love the Bo Diddley homage in Janelle's Dance Apocalyptic. That said, this one doesn't burst out the gate quite as fast as her major-label debut. Gonna need more time with it, but it is impeccably constructed. Just not quite as immediate.

I found this write-up (http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/9214-radio-friendly-unit-shifters-25-years-of-billboards-alternative-music-chart/) of the last 25 of radio-friendly alternative rock fascinating. Definitely a lot of memories from my '94-'98 listening days. And I question if Phoenix is the current shift, though I can buy it...

D_Davis

09-11-2013, 05:08 PM

This new Magic Man EP - You Are Here - is really something else. They took the already-strong demo versions from the Fox Den sessions and polished the songs into nothing short of pure sonic perfection. All five tracks are simply overflowing with infectious grooves, sing-out-loud lyrics, and enough energy to power a major metropolitan city. This is modern dance-pop done right, and Magic Man once again proves that they're among the very best of the new young bands. It's hard to believe this kind of confidence and maturity comes from a band this young and new. I've been predicting their fame for a few years now, and I think they're on the cusp of something big. Get on the wave early.