What Are You Listening To?

[MadMan]

It Ain't Me Babe-Bob Dylan. Johnny Cash also daftly covered this rather clever and delightful song, although his version was a tad more fast paced.

PS: 1,000 posts. Cool. I'd have to say this is my most successful thread.

[Russ]

Faces - Memphis

[D_Davis]

Jon Hassell - Power Spot

Jon Hassell + Brian Eno's treatments + Daniel Lanois = awesome.

[Marley]

Firewind - "Mercenary Man"

[D_Davis]

wrong thread.

[Russ]

King Tubby - 91 Orange Street

[Boner M]

Holy Fuck - "Super Inuit"

Not sure how much replay value this album will have, but for now it's great fun.

[Russ]

Eno - Mother Whale Eyeless

[Sven]

I'm listening to this "In Rainbows" album right now. The kiddies are right: it's pretty good!

[origami_mustache]

Fat Jon and Styrofoam - "Acid Rain Robot Repair"

this song reminds me a lot of Spank Rock

[Derek]

The Black Keys - "Things Ain't Like They Used to Be"

[Derek]

Box - "Untitled 7"

Cool stuff, kinda like Supersilent's 8 from last year.

[Winston*]

Gavin Bryars - Jesus Blood Never Failed me Yet.

Oh, wow.

[D_Davis]

Gavin Bryars - Jesus Blood Never Failed me Yet.

Oh, wow.

Yes!

More Bryars love!

Did you check out the Titanic album as well?

[Derek]

Yes!

More Bryars love!

Did you check out the Titanic album as well?

I gotta get around to listening to Jesus' Blood at some point this week.

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Joanna Newsom - "Only Skin"

Just checking, still a remarkable album.

[Winston*]

Yes!

More Bryars love!

Did you check out the Titanic album as well?

I have it but I haven't given it a listen yet. Probably save it for another day. I'm not sure I can handle another Gavin Bryars album today if that one's anything like Jesus' Blood. That was something.

[origami_mustache]

Kings of Convenience - "I Don't Know What I Can Save You From [Röyksopp Remix]"

[Boner M]

Tom Waits - "King Kong"

[bac0n]

Panda Bear - Comfy in Nautica

If the rest of his stuff is like this song, it's going to make my decision of which album to buy next very easy.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Elvis Costello - "Watching the Detectives"

[Justin]

J Dilla - "Workinonit"

This is actually the first time I've listened to Donuts. Instantly enjoyable so far, tho.

Funny story about that track. We put it in at work, as a guy came up to the register, I asked if he was finding everything alright, he replied "i'm workin' on it". Immediately after he said it, you could hear "WORKINONIT!" over the speakers really loudly.

Justice - DVNO

[Russ]

PiL - Lou Reed pt. 2

[Stay Puft]

M83 - Couleurs

The new album will be glorious.

[origami_mustache]

Sifting through a lot of old stuff lately...

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - "The Gold Finch And The Red Oak Tree"

[D_Davis]

M83 - Couleurs

The new album will be glorious.

I can't wait. I hope it's better than that last thing he put out. I'm sure it will be. Digital Shades sounds like unfinished skeleton tracks for a merely mediocre ambient album.

A huge step down.

A few days ago, someone mentioned the remake of Susperia, and I was thinking of how awesome it would be if M83 wrote the score.

[Stay Puft]

I can't wait. I hope it's better than that last thing he put out. I'm sure it will be. Digital Shades sounds like unfinished skeleton tracks for a merely mediocre ambient album.

Yes, I was thinking they feel like rough sketches. I kind of enjoy it, though. There are some nice sounds, even if it never amounts to much. The whole thing is short and fleeting. Not great, but it'll do until the new album. :)

[Derek]

David Bowie - "Panic In Detroit"

[Acapelli]

I can't wait. I hope it's better than that last thing he put out. I'm sure it will be. Digital Shades sounds like unfinished skeleton tracks for a merely mediocre ambient album.

A huge step down.

A few days ago, someone mentioned the remake of Susperia, and I was thinking of how awesome it would be if M83 wrote the score.
This would be amazing.

[Acapelli]

M83 - Run Into Flowers (Midnight Fuck Remix by Jackson)

[origami_mustache]

Girl Talk - "Stuntin' By the Lights (live in Seattle)"

[DSNT]

I can't wait. I hope it's better than that last thing he put out. I'm sure it will be. Digital Shades sounds like unfinished skeleton tracks for a merely mediocre ambient album.

The first half of his last album was tremendous, the second half not so much, and Car Chase Terror was a joke.

Still looking forward to the new one.

Milk Shake, Holy Fuck

[Yxklyx]

Hear My Call - Pentangle

[origami_mustache]

Belle and Sebastian - "We Rule The School"

[Yxklyx]

I Can't Live in this World Anymore - His Name Is Alive

[D_Davis]

I Can't Live in this World Anymore - His Name Is Alive


Good stuff!

[EvilShoe]

The Constantines - Our Age

The entire album is one of 2008's most pleasant surprises so far.

[D_Davis]

Landslide, by Sad Lovers & Giants.

Good old post-punk.

[origami_mustache]

Erlend Øye - "Ghost Trains (with Morgan Geist)"

[Marley]

As I Lay Dying - Repeating Yesterday

[Rowland]

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Seoul Music

[Henry Gale]

"L.E.S. Artistes" - Santogold

[Horbgorbler]

Hank Snow - I'm Movin' On

[Rowland]

Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight

This album was so underrated.

[Derek]

Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight

This album was so underrated.

I thought it got its fair share of love last year with several critics calling them the modern Fleetwood Mac (and meant that as a compliment). I really like The Execution of All Things and there are some flashes of greatness on More Adventurous, but I really couldn't get into that one. If you like Rilo Kiley, or more importantly Stars, you should check out Headlight's Some Racing, Some Stopping. I like it better than either of those bands recent albums, though not quite as much as Set Yourself on Fire.

[origami_mustache]

Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight

This album was so underrated.


I thought it was terrible...if I had made one it would have been on my worst of 07 list.

Anyways I will be checking out Headlights based on your recommendation Derek.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight

This album was so underrated.

Yeah, I thought it stunk. I got rid of it after 3 listens didn't improve my opinion. Mediocre through and through.

[Henry Gale]

I thought Under The Blacklight was okay, but I think it has a few real gems. I definitely found a song like "Dejalo" to be more fun and insanely catchy/addictive than most other things last year.


"Gimme Danger" - The Stooges

[Rowland]

I thought it was terrible...if I had made one it would have been on my worst of 07 list.
Yeah, I thought it stunk. I got rid of it after 3 listens didn't improve my opinion. Mediocre through and through.Huh. *shrug* Well that just supports my conviction that it was inexplicably underrated. Hell, I'd probably rather listen to it four out of five times over the merely "pretty good" In Rainbows that everyone slathered with praise last year.

[Boner M]

Died Pretty - "Doused"

[transmogrifier]

Mars Arizona (DFA Remix), Blues Explosion

[origami_mustache]

No Age - "Sun Spots"

[dreamdead]

Alcest -- "Souvenirs d'un autre monde"

Oh my. Really beautiful and ethereal post-shoegaze. Check the myspace (http://www.myspace.com/alcestmusic).

[Rowland]

Burial - Archangel

Best album of 2007, Metacritic? Really?

[Derek]

Burial - Archangel

Best album of 2007, Metacritic? Really?

I'm with you on this one, though I do like the album and that song in particular. Critics couldn't help but shoot their wad over this one, even more than his debut and it seemed to pop up on almost everyone's top 10 list. I don't get the universal love either.

[Rowland]

I'm with you on this one, though I do like the album and that song in particular. Critics couldn't help but shoot their wad over this one, even more than his debut and it seemed to pop up on almost everyone's top 10 list. I don't get the universal love either.Oh, it's a fine album, but after a few listens, I don't hear anything terribly exciting here, so I suppose we're in agreement.

[Derek]

Portishead - "We Carry On"

Second time through Third and it's already growing on me. It's a bit more stripped down and, let's say, basic than their other two albums, but they're very much in control of their sound and comfortable with what they do. And yeah, I wish more bands would rip off Silver Apples.

[Rowland]

Pet Shop Boys - Tonight if Forever

I never tire of these guys.

[D_Davis]

Pet Shop Boys - Tonight if Forever

I never tire of these guys.

They're awesome.

I often feel as though they speak to the inner gay man that resides inside us all.

[dreamdead]

Jesu -- "Tired of Me"

This song kicks my ass, to the EXTREME.

[Rowland]

Amusement Parks on Fire - A Star is Born

[Marley]

As I Lay Dying - Losing Sight

[origami_mustache]

Death From Above 1979 - "Romantic Rights"

[Boner M]

Bah, Burial pwns you all. I like the s/t better than Untrue, but they're both fantastic and addictive as hell.

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Prince - "Uptown"

[Rowland]

Chromatics - Running Up That Hill

Great album. If I ever directed a giallo, I'd use "The Killing Spree" as its theme.

[Horbgorbler]

Hala Strana -Stria

[Acapelli]

Bah, Burial pwns you all. I like the s/t better than Untrue, but they're both fantastic and addictive as hell.
Same here.

--

Animal Collective - Water Curses

Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

[Derek]

Food - "Steady Eddie"

[dreamdead]

A Sunny Day in Glasgow -- "5 15 Train"

Derek's '07 thread made me lose about $70 dollars. This and the Sunset Rubdown are proving to have the best staying power...

[Milky Joe]

Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - "Way Over There"

oy, mon amour... I need a drink.

[Derek]

A Sunny Day in Glasgow -- "5 15 Train"

Derek's '07 thread made me lose about $70 dollars. This and the Sunset Rubdown are proving to have the best staying power...

Heh, nice. I'm glad my two favorites are the ones that stuck with you! "5:15 Train" was definitely one of my favorite tracks of the year.

[Justin]

Clinic - The Witch (Made To Measure)

Ever since oink died I have been so behind on the leaks, I have been waiting for this album for a while.

[Marley]

HIM - Join Me in Death

[Boner M]

Coincidentally...

Sunny Day in Glasgow - "Ghost in the Graveyard"

Agreed w/ dreamdead and Derek on the praise. Honestly, if Scribble... was a new My Bloody Valentine album, I probably wouldn't be disappointed by it (although Loveless is obviously better). It's really that good.

[dreamdead]

Coaltar of the Deepers -- "Prophet Proved"

Love the guitar feedback here...

[Horbgorbler]

Judy Henske - Hooka Tooka

[Henry Gale]

"Supernatural Superserious" - R.E.M.

[Rowland]

M83 - Couleurs

Ehh...

[Rowland]

Stars of the Lid - Don't Bother They're Here

...maybe it'll work better as background noise while I'm trying to sleep...

[Winston*]

Marissa Nadler - Clowne Towne

[Horbgorbler]

Marissa Nadler - Clowne Towne

She covered Xiu Xiu? :|
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Mler Ife Dada - Pandra-Bomba

[transmogrifier]

Tall Dwarfs. I love Tall Dwarfs. Possibly NZ's greatest musical product.

[Boner M]

Tall Dwarfs. I love Tall Dwarfs. Possibly NZ's greatest musical product.
I picked up Hello Cruel World from the bargain bin today. Will listen later. Love Fork Songs and like Weeville.

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Penderecki - "Symphony #3 - Allegro Con Brio"

[dreamdead]

Wolves in the Throne Room -- "I Will Lay Down My Bones Among the Rocks and Roots"

It's a mouthful, as are most black metal titles, but pleasantly addictive in a low-fi kinda way.

[Horbgorbler]

the Magic I.D. - Wintersong

[Derek]

AGF - "Food Combination Chart"

[Rowland]

Susumu Yokota - A Slowly Fainting Memory of Love and Respect, and Hatred

Dubious song titles, but his music is still amazing. I love this guy.

Here is a clip of the song if anyone is interested. (http://mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF273830-01-01-02.mp3) It's from his newest album, Love or Die.

[Stay Puft]

Susumu Yokota - A Slowly Fainting Memory of Love and Respect, and Hatred

Freaky, I was just reading through the Susumu Yokota compilation on KG. Had never heard about him before, and then log on to Match Cut, and wapow.

Thanks for the sample. Sounds good.

[Rowland]

Freaky, I was just reading through the Susumu Yokota compilation on KG. Had never heard about him before, and then log on to Match Cut, and wapow.
Thanks for the sample. Sounds good.Small world, right?

He dabbles in a large variety of styles, so that song is hardly representative of him as a whole. His album Sakura is commonly considered the best place to start for neophytes.

[D_Davis]

I've had Susumu Yokota in heavy rotation the last month. Two albums: Sakura and Distant Sounds of Summer. Amazing stuff.

I've also been listening to Swod and Loscil, all good stuff.

[Horbgorbler]

Seefeel - Filter Dub

[Boner M]

Tall Dwarfs - "All My Hollowness To You"

I want to screw you
I wish I could through to you
There's nothing more that I want out of you
I want to own you
Just for one day then throw you
I'm sending all my hollowness to you

Love it.

[bac0n]

Underworld :: Jumbo

These guys can do more with 3 synths than most can do with an entire music studio.

[Sycophant]

OK Go - "Here It Goes Again"

[D_Davis]

Underworld :: Jumbo

These guys can do more with 3 synths than most can do with an entire music studio.

They are pretty dang awesome. I saw them "live" once, and it was super cool.

[Derek]

Fleet Foxes - "Ragged Wood"

[dreamdead]

The Swans -- "Warm"

:eek: Um, yes please.

[Horbgorbler]

Bark Psychosis - Miss Abuse

[dreamdead]

Belle and Sebastian -- "Dirty Dream Number Two"

Rawk.

[Rowland]

Bjork - Declare Independence

Neat video, but the song fucking sucks.

[Boner M]

Hawkwind - "Psychedelic Warlords"

[D_Davis]

Hawkwind - "Psychedelic Warlords"

YES!

Major rep.

Hawkwind rules.

My favorite HW songs are Silver Machine and Lords of Light. Great stuff.

[Derek]

Valet - "Fuck It"

Kinda like Jimmy Hendrix and 100 Native American spirits playing in the belly of a whale that has sunk to the bottom of the sea. And this following a track that sounds like The Knife slowed down to 1/3 speed with some echoed guitars and drums tossed in the mix. I can dig it.

[Rowland]

Encre - "Marbres"

I wish this guy would release a new album. Fucking amazing work.

[origami_mustache]

Casiotone For the Painfully Alone - "New Year's Kiss"

[Boner M]

YES!

Major rep.

Hawkwind rules.

My favorite HW songs are Silver Machine and Lords of Light. Great stuff.
Hawkwind albums are really cheap at my local hi-fi store, so I'm gonna grab a few. I've owned (and loved) Space Ritual for a few years but never a studio album, so Hall of the Mountain Grill was my first. The production's a little weak and dated, but the songs completely rock regardless. A shame that they're always (incorrectly) pegged as a prog band.

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Furze - "Dødsrikets Fremtred"

[transmogrifier]

Death to Our Friends, Sonic Youth

[D_Davis]

Hawkwind albums are really cheap at my local hi-fi store, so I'm gonna grab a few. I've owned (and loved) Space Ritual for a few years but never a studio album, so Hall of the Mountain Grill was my first. The production's a little weak and dated, but the songs completely rock regardless. A shame that they're always (incorrectly) pegged as a prog band.


They're not really prog-rock, more like space rock. Have you heard a band called Farflung? They're like the modern day Hawkwind. They were Nick Turner's touring band for a bunch of his solo shows.

I recently saw a great BBC doc. on Hawkwind called Don't Panic.

Space Ritual is awesome.

I own about 15 of their albums. I don't really like any of them as a whole, but I really enjoy a handful of songs on each.

My favorite two albums are collections: Silver Machine and Psychedelic Warlords

Both of these are awesome.

[EvilShoe]

Jonny Greenwood - Future Markets

[transmogrifier]

Fuckin' in the Bushes, Oasis

A band I can barely tolerate producing one great fuckin' song. (That makes two now, along with Champagne Supernova, if anyone's counting)

[Boner M]

Konono Nr. 1 - "Masikulu"

Sweet jebus, Congotronics is awesome. How has this band's existence eluded me for so long?

[Raiders]

"Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?" - Zooey Deschanel

[origami_mustache]

M83 - "We Own the Sky"

[Ezee E]

The Dropkick Murphys "Kiss Me, I'm Shitfaced"

[D_Davis]

Acetone - "It's a Lie"


These guys are awesome.

[Rowland]

M83 - Graveyard Girl

This new album isn't impressing me too much.

[Derek]

M83 - Graveyard Girl

This new album isn't impressing me too much.

Same here. There's a nice 3-song stretch with that song right in the middle, but the rest isn't all that great. I'll give a few more listens and see if it grows on me.
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Magazine - "Definitive Gaze"

[origami_mustache]

Same here. There's a nice 3-song stretch with that song right in the middle, but the rest isn't all that great.


I like the second half of the album...first half wouldn't be bad with less vocals.

Sun Kil Moon - "Moorestown"

[Derek]

I like the second half of the album...first half wouldn't be bad with less vocals.

Well, "Coleurs" and "Graveyard Girl" don't have much emphasis on the vocals, or they're at least drowned out by everything else and "Skin of the Night" is aping off Cocteau Twins, so I s'pose that's why that section worked best. I agree the other songs on the first half are pretty weak though. Overall, it's still a pleasant listen, but nowhere near Dead Cities... or Before the Dawn..., though I like that they're at least going for something different here.


Sun Kil Moon - "Moorestown"

Ah, just got this album like an hour ago. How is it? Never heard them before, but one of my RYM buddies loved it.

[origami_mustache]

Well, "Coleurs" and "Graveyard Girl" don't have much emphasis on the vocals, or they're at least drowned out by everything else and "Skin of the Night" is aping off Cocteau Twins, so I s'pose that's why that section worked best. I agree the other songs on the first half are pretty weak though. Overall, it's still a pleasant listen, but nowhere near Dead Cities... or Before the Dawn..., though I like that they're at least going for something different here.



Ah, just got this album like an hour ago. How is it? Never heard them before, but one of my RYM buddies loved it.

"Coleurs" is the only song I really like out of the first 6...not that I dislike the others I just don't find them particularly great. "Graveyard Girl" is carried too much by the guitar and drums for my taste and sounds like it belongs on a different album entirely. My favorite stretch is "We Own the Sky", "Highway of Endless Dreams", and "Too Late."


I like the new Sun Kil Moon...pretty basic and enjoyable singer-songwriter stuff...his previous band was The Red House Painters if you are familiar with them.

[Acapelli]

Arthur Russell - Springfield

This is really good.

[Derek]

Dan Deacon - "Woody Woodpecker"

For some odd reason I couldn't get the "I've got a rattle snake gun, I've got a rattle snake gun, I've got a rattle snake guuuuuun!" line from the otherwise mediocre "Okie Dokie" out of my head even though I haven't heard this for maybe 8 or 9 months and that's one of the weaker tracks. The best tracks are still delightful mishmashes of pop culture and 8-bit sounds filtered through some of the most upbeat and purely fun electronic music from last year.

[origami_mustache]

Panda Bear - "O Please Bring Her Back"

[Horbgorbler]

Idris Ackamoor - the Shepherd's Tune

*squee!*

[Yxklyx]

It Ain't Necessarily So from the Porgy and Bess movie soundtrack - I believe sung by Cab Calloway

[Boner M]

Suffocation - "Pierced From Within"

EXTREEEEEME.

[Boner M]

The Gun Club - "The Breaking Hands"

Robin Guthrie's production on Mother Juno doesn't do the more rockin' tracks any favours, but then there's moments where the band almost seem to grudgingly go with the flow and decide that they're the Cocteau Twins, and it inexplicably works.

[Melville]

Nirvana - "All Apologies"

Definitely my favorite song by them.

[D_Davis]

Sun Kil Moon is amazing. Mark Kozelek is my favorite singer-songwriter. The dude is just awesome. I've seen him live many times, and he always impresses the heck out of me. Red House Painters put on some of the best live shows I've ever seen.

I can't wait for their new album.

I'll be buying multiple copies to give as gifts just to support the guy. I've done this with just about every single one of his albums. He's too good not to support.

[Derek]

That's awesome! Now I'm really psyched to check the album out.
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Four Tet - "Ringer"

Pretty crisp and smooth krautronica. The most interesting stuff Kieran Hebden's done since Rounds IMO.

[dreamdead]

Ahab -- "Old Thunder"

Funeral doom adaptations of Moby Dick make me very happy.

[krazed]

Spacemen 3 - "Come Down Easy"

How did I not listen to these guys sooner?

[D_Davis]

Spacemen 3 - "Come Down Easy"

How did I not listen to these guys sooner?


They're awesome.

My favorite album is actually their last: Recurring.

But they have a ton of good songs.

[Rowland]

Nobukazu Takemura - "Puro"

A lot of this guy's stuff is mediocre (and sometimes borderline unlistenable), but when he's on, like here, he's ON. His last few albums weren't too impressive, and they were released a few years ago, but I'd still like to see him release some new material.

[D_Davis]

Hey Rowland,

Have you ever listened to Yoshinori Sunahara?

[origami_mustache]

Ellen Allien and Apparat - "Retina"

[Rowland]

m-flo - "I'M DA 1"


Hey Rowland,

Have you ever listened to Yoshinori Sunahara?Not that I recall, but I'll check him out.

[Horbgorbler]

King Tubby - Everybody Needs Dub

True dat.

[D_Davis]

Not that I recall, but I'll check him out.

His stuff is pretty good. Very loungy, with a dose of cool '70s pastiche.

[Russ]

Esquivel - All of Me

[Acapelli]

Cut Copy - Nobody Lost, Nobody Found

This looks like it's gonna shoot to the top of my '08 list.

[Rowland]

Conjure One - "Sleep"

This self-titled debut album still sounds great. It's a shame that its follow-up, Extraordinary Ways, was such a downgrade.

[Rowland]

Meshuggah - "Lethargica"

Anyone else listen to their new album yet? It's not doing much for me. Compared to the likes of Destroy Erase Improve and Chaosphere, this is pretty weak.

[Acapelli]

El Guincho - Polca Mazura

I wish I had listened to this earlier.

[Derek]

El Guincho - Polca Mazura

I wish I had listened to this earlier.

Still my favorite album of the year so far. It's so infectious.
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The Libertines - "The Man Who Would Be King"

[EvilShoe]

Mount Eerie - The Moan

[Rowland]

Carla Vallet - "Streets of Tomorrow"

I heard this song in a car commercial, thought it was cool. Heh...

[Rowland]

Justus Kohncke - "Parage"

Very nice techno-y stuff.

[Derek]

Justus Kohncke - "Parage"

Very nice techno-y stuff.

Almost too techno-y for me, if you know what I mean. The album does have it's moments though.
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The Ruby Suns - "There Are Birds"

[Rowland]

Merzbow - "Earth Worms"

Shit, I think I hear something here that almost sounds like music! :pritch:

[Derek]

Boris with Merzbow (live) - "Feedbacker"

[Derek]

Merzbow - "Earth Worms"

Shit, I think I hear something here that almost sounds like music! :pritch:

That's great! I didn't even see this until after my post. I haven't heard any of Merzbow's albums (though I have Dharma and 1930) but they were not as oppressive as I expected them alongside Boris. Sure, it makes for a more chaotic and louder sound, but it's very much in service of the Boris tunes rather than drowning them out. I've listened to snippets of their albums though and I'm expecting to have the same reaction as you! :)

[origami_mustache]

The Notwist - "The Devil, You, and Me"

[Boner M]

That's great! I didn't even see this until after my post. I haven't heard any of Merzbow's albums (though I have Dharma and 1930) but they were not as oppressive as I expected them alongside Boris. Sure, it makes for a more chaotic and louder sound, but it's very much in service of the Boris tunes rather than drowning them out. I've listened to snippets of their albums though and I'm expecting to have the same reaction as you! :)
Psst... Merzbow is one guy.

I haven't heard anything from him yet that I'd consider 'musical', but I'm still investigating him discography happily, and Dharma is my favorite - the final 30 minute track is really quite beautiful... in the nauseating kind of way.

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Madonna - "Lived to Tell"

[Rowland]

Yeah, I've been a "fan" of Merzbow since high school. Something about his sheer anti-musicality fascinates me, as he's really just a sculptor of ear-punishing noise for the most part, even if I'm convinced about 80% of the time that it's bullshit. Check out the album Merzdub that he collaborated on with jazz musician Jamie Soft, the two styles meld in interesting ways. His recent album Coma Berenices is one of his more accessible efforts, so I recommend that as well for beginners.

[Derek]

Psst... Merzbow is one guy.

I haven't heard anything from him yet that I'd consider 'musical', but I'm still investigating him discography happily, and Dharma is my favorite - the final 30 minute track is really quite beautiful... in the nauseating kind of way.

Hey, it's not my fault that RYM lists 3 members (http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/merzbow)! I'll check out Merzdub too Rowland as that sounds like a fascinating tandem.
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Boris with Merzbow - "Flower Sun Rain"

Damn, this is one epic live album.

[Russ]

Rowland, do you have the Merzbox that was released back in 2000? I believe at the time of release, it was comprised of 50 CDs, representing a career-spanning discography.

[Horbgorbler]

Rowland, do you have the Merzbox that was released back in 2000? I believe at the time of release, it was comprised of 50 CDs, representing a career-spanning discography.

Don't forget about the medallion and bondage posters that came with it! :)
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Lord Composer - Hill and Gully Ride/Mandeville Road

Still incredibly infectious: need more mento.

[EvilShoe]

Dirty Projectors - I Sit on the Ridge at Dusk

[MadMan]

To Ramona-Bob Dylan. Quiet and beautiful in its own Dyan-isqu way.

[Rowland]

Rowland, do you have the Merzbox that was released back in 2000? I believe at the time of release, it was comprised of 50 CDs, representing a career-spanning discography.Hah, I'm not that big a fan. I remember seeing that set and trying to imagine what kind of person would shell out the dough for it.

[Horbgorbler]

Dyan-isqu

The Romanian Dylan?
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Big Youth - Hot Cross Buns

[origami_mustache]

Autechre - "Altibzz"

[Russ]

Twilight Circus Dub Sound System - Beneath the Valley of the Ultra Dub

[MadMan]

The Romanian Dylan?
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Big Youth - Hot Cross BunsHmm I think I forgot an "e" at the end of that.

Go-Go Gadget Gospel-Gnarls Barkley. Pure funky hip hop brilliance. I love this album already after listening to it a handful of times.

[dreamdead]

Jesu -- "Mother Earth"

There's something truly hopeful about this one amidst the usual depressive Jesu tones...

[origami_mustache]

The Magnetic Fields - "Drive On, Driver"

this album really grew on me.

[Llopin]

I once saw Merzbow live.

It was... synesthetic, to say the least.

Clutch - Escape From the Prison Planet

[origami_mustache]

George Harrison - "Isn't It a Pity"

[Rowland]

The Magnetic Fields - "Drive On, Driver"

this album really grew on me.I dug it immediately, but I didn't find it to have much staying power. Still, at least most of the songs are solid, which is better than can be said for many albums. The Drunk song still sucks though.

Mew - "The Zookeeper's Boy"

[DSNT]

Cold Son, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks

The new stuff is real good, and not very Pavementish.

[Yxklyx]

Ride - OX4

[D_Davis]

Ride - OX4


Good song. Probably the best off of the album.


I am checking out Sinead O'Conner's 2007 album, Theology. It's really nice. Man, can she ever sing.

[D_Davis]

Souviner - OMD

These guys were awesome. They had a very creative sound.

[Derek]

Fuck Buttons - "Okay, Let's Talk About Magic"

Best New Music or not, this is simply fantastic, addicting, melodic noise. It's almost like a smoother, slightly more accessible version of Fennesz, with some heavily muted guttural screaming to keep things interesting. Gorgeous stuff.

[Boner M]

Golden Earring - "Big Tree, Blue Sea"

This band is cool.

[origami_mustache]

The Tallest Man On Earth - "The Gardner"

loving this album...definitely check this out if you like The Mountain Goats, Neutral Milk Hotel, or even Bob Dylan.

[Horbgorbler]

Hugh Mundell - Great Tribulation

[Derek]

Guillemots - "Get Over It"

Of all the modern bands to rip off, you choose Pinback?? I mean, I like Pinback enough, but surely we don't need another one.

[Derek]

Beat Happening - "Sleepy Head"

EDIT: Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and change this to "Godsend" cuz it really fucking rocks.

[D_Davis]

Beat Happening totally reminds me of the summer of '93.

[D_Davis]

Dine Alone - Quicksand

Man, these guys were so freaking awesome.

[Derek]

Beat Happening totally reminds me of the summer of '93.

Yeah, I didn't have particularly great taste when I was 14. :)

[origami_mustache]

Woods Family Creeps - "End To End"

[Duncan]

Silver Jews - "What Is Not But Could Be If"

...and the rest of Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea on repeat.

[Duncan]

Yeah, I'm really liking Fuck Buttons as well.

[Boner M]

Golden Earring - "Candy's Going Bad"

Moontan is quickly becoming a favorite album.

[ledfloyd]

Loving the new Raconteurs lately.

[Stay Puft]

Gaelle - Give it Back

Not bad. Addictive track.

[dreamdead]

Doom VS -- "Oblivion Upon Us"

Great guitar leads amidst funeral doom dynamics.

[Acapelli]

Shawty Lo - Dey Know (Remix) feat. Ludacris, E-40, Young Jeezy & Lil' Wayne

Why does Wayne sound like The Man from Another Place?

[EvilShoe]

Violent Femmes - Special

[Derek]

French Quarter - "Before The Sun"

[Derek]

Frog Eyes - "Our Lordship Has Devised a New Billing System"

[Russ]

Modern Lovers - Hey There Little Insect

[origami_mustache]

The Detroit Sex Machines - "The Stretch"

[bac0n]

Guillemots - "Get Over It"

Of all the modern bands to rip off, you choose Pinback?? I mean, I like Pinback enough, but surely we don't need another one.

Bah, I love these guys, and I can't wait to get my hands on their latest album.

[EvilShoe]

Tokyo Police Club - Centennial

[Sycophant]

Jens Lekman is doing some performances mixed with an interview on Talk of the Nation. Rather liked "The Opposite of Hallelujah." I'll have to check out some more.

[Horbgorbler]

Gaiteiros De Lisboa - Condessa do Aragão

Hot damn.

[Derek]

Spiritualized - "Baby I'm Just A Fool"

Thankfully, this is a step up from Amazing Grace. The bombastic orchestral arrangements are still there, but they're not as constant and oppressive as before. You catch some glimpses of the old Spiritualized, which is nice, and the fact that they toned things down a biiit should help this one hold up well over repeat listens.

[KK2.0]

the postal service
digitalism

[Russ]

Sandoz - Lights in the Sky

[Russ]

Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris - Love Hurts

[Horbgorbler]

VU - Sister Ray

Not to reinforce my reputation as extremely fickle, but I've finally realized how kick-ass this song/album/band could be. Debauchery is just such fun!

[dreamdead]

Anaal Nathrakh -- "Der Hölle Rache Kocht in Meinem Herzen"

Gotta love blackened death metal. http://forums.hipinion.com/images/smiles/icon_gu_b_slayer.gif

I should seek out some of their earlier material; I'm told it's vastly different. And better.

[Rowland]

Meshuggah - "Spasm"

[origami_mustache]

Little Otis - "I Out-Duked the Duke"

[Horbgorbler]

Auktyon - Zaveduyuschiy

[dreamdead]

Isis -- "Carry"

I have to believe that Oceanic will be their crowning moment. Just a wonderful album through and through.

[Boner M]

Fuck Buttons - "Sweet Love For Planet Earth"

Street Horssing is alright, but I can't see it having much lasting value.

[dreamdead]

Street Horssing is alright, but I can't see it having much lasting value.

:| I just ordered the album after listening to that song on their myspace page repeatedly for the last few days...

[Boner M]

:| I just ordered the album after listening to that song on their myspace page repeatedly for the last few days...
Well, doesn't that mean you'll like it more than me? :)

It's a good album, but there's nothing about it that jumps out. A bit formulaic, really. It does, however, seem like a good entry point for people getting into noise.

[Rowland]

Moby - Hyenas

This new album is pretty fun. It's an improvement over Hotel at least.

[Horbgorbler]

Christina Pluhar - Ciaccona

[Derek]

Mount Eerie - "Blue Light On The Floor"

Elverum's going for a heavier sound and I've gotta say it works pretty well within the framework of his typically lo-fi sound. Can't wait for the LP.

[Yxklyx]

Sailors, Friends, Lovers, or Husbands - by Michel Legrand - sung by I don't know who.

Any other Michel Legrand fans here? How about Stereolab?

[dreamdead]

Chapterhouse -- "April"

[Russ]

Brenton Dowe - Down Here In Babylon

[Russ]

OMD - Joan of Arc

[D_Davis]

OMD - Joan of Arc

Sweet. I've been listening to OMD off and on for the past week or so.

[Boner M]

James Blackshaw - "The Cloud of Unknowing"

Damn, this is good stuff. Kinda like a warmer Robbie Basho. Can't believe this guy's only 25. What have I done with my life?

[dreamdead]

Coaltar of the Deepers -- "Hedorian Forever"

:cool:

[Acapelli]

7 Seconds - Walk Together, Rock Together

Decided to go delete anything in my library that I haven't listened to yet not downloaded recently. I was going to ask myself to listen to it right before I delete it and if I decide not to right then and there I'll delete.

This is pretty cool.

[D_Davis]

7 Seconds - Walk Together, Rock Together

Decided to go delete anything in my library that I haven't listened to yet not downloaded recently. I was going to ask myself to listen to it right before I delete it and if I decide not to right then and there I'll delete.

This is pretty cool.

One of the all time great punk/straight edge albums. I can't even tell you how many times I listened to this in jr. high.

[Derek]

Pärson Sound - "One Quiet Afternoon (In the King's Garden)"

These are some badass psychedelic Swedes!

[Russ]

Wobbly - Tremble Peady (remix)

[Boner M]

Pärson Sound - "One Quiet Afternoon (In the King's Garden)"

These are some badass psychedelic Swedes!
Yeah, this is an awesome comp. Check out Trad Gras och Stenar and International Havester too, their other incarnations. The latter's Sov-Gott Rose Marie is essential.

________

Rhys Chatham - "Guitar Trio Pt. 2, Toronto"

[Rowland]

Pluramon - "Time For a Lie"

[DSNT]

With God On Our Side, Bob Dylan

[D_Davis]

With God On Our Side, Bob Dylan

Have you heard the Neville Bros. version of this, produced by Daniel Lanois?

It is amazing.

[dreamdead]

Primordial -- "Heathen Tribes"

Irish lore, folk music, and metal blended together. Umm, yes please.

[Russ]

The Byrds - The Christian Life

[Rowland]

Nobukazu Takemura - "A Reader of Tale"

[Justin]

Portishead - The Rip

I really like this track from the new album.

[Derek]

Devastations - "Rosa"

Great dark, sorta-goth rock with a dash of Nick Cave. This was my last leftover from '07 and I'm glad I didn't delete it before giving it a shot.

Have you heard these guys, boner?

[D_Davis]

YT Cracker - Surgerunner

I need that Surge!

SUUUURGE!

[Russ]

Brian Eno - Some Words

[origami_mustache]

Xiu Xiu - "I Love the Valley"

[Rowland]

Sparks - "It's a Knock Off"

Noticed this while rewatching bits and pieces of Tsui Hark's Knock Off. Apparently the band even has a song called "Tsui Hark." Anyway, cool song.

[D_Davis]

Noticed this while rewatching bits and pieces of Tsui Hark's Knock Off. Apparently the band even has a song called "Tsui Hark." Anyway, cool song.

I've heard of this, but I've never heard it before.

I wrote and recorded song called Mathilda May - it's pretty cool.

[Russ]

Gentle Giant - Sweet Georgia Brown

[Boner M]

Devastations - "Rosa"

Great dark, sorta-goth rock with a dash of Nick Cave. This was my last leftover from '07 and I'm glad I didn't delete it before giving it a shot.

Have you heard these guys, boner?
Weirdly enough, no. I've sorta heard the name thrown around, though. So many Cave/Birthday Party inspired bands from Australia, I can't keep up with them. I trust you more than the Australian music press though, so I'll seek them out... reminds me that I haven't even heard Ned Collette yet! :eek:

___________

Sunset Rubdown - "The Mending of the Gown"

[Derek]

Weirdly enough, no. I've sorta heard the name thrown around, though. So many Cave/Birthday Party inspired bands from Australia, I can't keep up with them. I trust you more than the Australian music press though, so I'll seek them out... reminds me that I haven't even heard Ned Collette yet! :eek:

I didn't realize Collette was an Aussie. The album's solid with a nice payoff at the end as the last two songs are easily the best. The production is amazing too - there are a couple tracks that I enjoy more for how great they sound than actual songs themselves.


Sunset Rubdown - "The Mending of the Gown"

Indeed.

[Acapelli]

David Vandervelde - Feet Of A Liar

One of my discoveries on my trip through my hard drive. Loving it so far. Fans of T. Rex should check it out.

[Derek]

Spectrum - "Sweet Running Water"

Daniel Davis repped!

[Duncan]

Robyn Hitchcock - "Executioner"

He's playing here tomorrow, but tickets are 40 bucks. Fuck dat.

[D_Davis]

Spectrum - "Sweet Running Water"

Daniel Davis repped!


Glad you are liking it.

They've (he - Sonic Boom) put out some interesting music.

[dreamdead]

Rick Astley- "Never Gonna Give You Up"

Shut up.

[EvilShoe]

A Place to Bury Strangers - Another Step Away

[origami_mustache]

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Tortoise - "Pancho"