What Are You Listening To?

[Skitch]

The Eyes Wide Shut score...

[origami_mustache]

Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning - "Something For All Of Us..."

[chrisnu]

"Digital Love", Daft Punk

[Lasse]

Alphabeat - 10.000 Nights of Thunder :pritch:

[Russ]

Akim - Santa Claus is a Black Man

[Thirdmango]

Honeycut -- Silky

[Sycophant]

Butthole Surfers - "Underdog"

[Russ]

Tappa Zukie - M.P.L.A.

[transmogrifier]

"Some people try to pick up girls
And they get called an asshole
This never happened to Pablo Picasso"

[Russ]

"I'm in love with the modern world."

[transmogrifier]

If you need me,
If you need me,
If you need me,

I can always be found.
I can always be found.
I can always be found.

Ah...

[Derek]

[unintelligible lyrics]
*bass guitar*
*xylophones*

Liquid Liquid - "Bellhead (Live)"

[DSNT]

One of the coolest things I've ever heard:
Radiohead's Nude played by computer parts (http://www.vimeo.com/1109226?pg=embed&sec=1109226)

[Rowland]

Bjork's Homogenic. I always listen to this album from beginning to end... hard to believe she released this over a decade ago.

[origami_mustache]

Joanna Newsom - "Clam, Crab, Cocklem Cowrie"

[chrisnu]

"Spoonman", Underworld

[origami_mustache]

Library Tapes - Fragment I-VII

[Rowland]

Lil Wayne - Lollipop

I know I'm not supposed to like this, but it's catchy in an electro-pop sense, and it doesn't help that I keep hearing it...

[origami_mustache]

Sigur Ros - "Inni Mer Syngur Vitleysingur"

[Boner M]

The Magnetic Fields - "Railroad Boy"

The first couple of Mag Fields albums are severely underrated.

[Horbgorbler]

The Magnetic Fields - "Railroad Boy"

The first couple of Mag Fields albums are severely underrated.

I'd go out to the forest and find a hundred thousands reps to give this post.

[origami_mustache]

Tilly and the Wall - "Tall Tall Grass" on O

...not a big fan of the new album.

[Russ]

Si Begg - Like You Just Don't Care

[origami_mustache]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/64/Girl_Talk_Feed_The_Animals.JPG/200px-Girl_Talk_Feed_The_Animals.JPG

New Girl Talk album...it's tizight yo

[Acapelli]

Alphabeat - 10.000 Nights of Thunder :pritch:
i love fantastic 6 and fascination, i need to get the album

have you heard their cover of digital love? it's pretty great

girl talk - in step

[Russ]

Jammin' Unit - Superflyer

[origami_mustache]

Modest Mouse - "Styrofoam Boots/It's All Nice On Ice, Alright"

[Benny Profane]

The Muckrakers' cover of Phish's "Free"

Very cool bluegrassy version.

[Russ]

Castanets - The Night Is When You Can Not See

[Lasse]

i love fantastic 6 and fascination, i need to get the album

have you heard their cover of digital love? it's pretty great

The album is very good, though I like the original Danish edition album better than the new UK/US edition. Haven't heard Digital Love. I'll try to find it on YouTube.

[Boner M]

Deerhunter - "Nothing Ever Happened"

Awesome.

[origami_mustache]

Animal Collective's Coachella set 2008

[MadMan]

Barrio Alto-Thievery Corporation. A really funky instrumental piece that I dig quite a bit, complete with some Latin music overtones. I actually love the album its from, and I bought it used for quite cheap.

[origami_mustache]

Espers - "Flowery Noontide"

[dreamdead]

Aphex Twin -- "Parallel Stripes"

So purty.

[Boner M]

Electric Wizard - "We Live"

[dreamdead]

Slowdive -- "Rutti"

:cool:

[dreamdead]

Ride -- "Seagull"

What a fine crescendo. Just a fantastic drummer here.

[origami_mustache]

Beck - "Youthless"

[origami_mustache]

John Frusciante - "Murderers"

[Boner M]

Eddy Current Suppression Ring - "Cool Ice Cream"

[Boner M]

Autechre - "Bike"

[dreamdead]

Alanis Morissette - "Unsent"

Been listening to Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie a lot recently. Not sure why it's taken so long to click...

[D_Davis]

I've been listening to a lot of Japancakes and Red Sparrows lately, good pedal steel guitar work.

Me pedal steel is finally built, and being shipped to me this week.

Can't wait to finally play one.

I hope I like it. :)

[D_Davis]

Ride -- "Seagull"

What a fine crescendo. Just a fantastic drummer here.

Some of the best drum work of alternative rock. He never topped his work here on Nowhere.

[D_Davis]

Slowdive -- "Rutti"

:cool:

I listened to this like 5 times on Friday. I can't get enough of this song.

[dreamdead]

I listened to this like 5 times on Friday. I can't get enough of this song.

Indeed. DSNT and your shoegaze thread got me into another four or five artists/bands that I wouldn't have otherwise checked out. My sole complaint for Pygmalion is that its softness results in me seldom running straight through the album, but instead forces me to mix it into other bands as a counter-balance.

Jesu -- "Weightless and Horizontal"

[Raiders]

"The Healer" - Erykah Badu

Maybe the best album I have heard so far this year. Her voice remains wonderful and the intelligent lyrics and musical composition have only gotten better.

[Russ]

Yann Tomita - Dr. Domestic's Physical Effect 2

[origami_mustache]

Noah and the Whale - "Shape of My Heart"

[dreamdead]

Bat for Lashes -- "What's a Girl to Do?"

[Lasse]

Beta Satan - Great Moments of Pleasure
Beta Satan - Up To No Good

This band is so damn exciting and all I've listened to are a couple of demos from their forthcoming debut. :cool:

[origami_mustache]

Holy Fuck - "Echo Sam"

[chrisnu]

"Block Rockin' Beats", Chemical Brothers

[Sycophant]

Modest Mouse - "Styrofoam Boots/It's All Nice on Ice, Alright"

[origami_mustache]

Modest Mouse - "Styrofoam Boots/It's All Nice on Ice, Alright"

http://www.match-cut.org/showpost.php?p=74884&postcount=1527

guess we are pretty much soul mates now

[Russ]

The Residents - Hello Skinny

[Boner M]

Clipse - "Chinese New Year"

[Sycophant]

Clipse - "Chinese New Year"
Good song. I had a roommate who was playing or singing this song nonstop for a couple months. I don't listen to it much.

[Vipper VI]

"Ice Dance" - Edward Scissorhands soundtrack.

I don't think I could ever grow tired of an Elfman soundtrack.

[Boner M]

Hampton Grease Band - "Evans"

A must for Beefheart or Zappa fans. The album, Music To Eat, was infamous for being the 2nd lowest-selling record in Columbia history, beaten out only by a yoga instruction record.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Guenther Kaufman - "So Much Tenderness"

aka the awesome song that plays at the end of Fassbinder's The American Soldier

[Bridget Jones]

Tragically Hip -- "Ahead by a Century"

[MadMan]

Over the Hills and Far Away-Led Zeppelin. Highly underrated, and really awesome track off of one of their best albums.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

The Kinks - Wicked Annabella

[Yxklyx]

Stereolab - Anamorphose

[Yxklyx]

Queen - Death on Two Legs

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

David Bowie - Sorrow

[origami_mustache]

The Beatles - "Julia"

[dreamdead]

Pantha du Prince -- "Seeds of Sleep"

[Horbgorbler]

New Fiery Furnaces double live leak. Just delving in, and it won't be fully digested for a few days, but no dissapointment so far once I adjusted to the hack'n'slash patch-work medley aesthetic.

[Acapelli]

88-Keys - Wasting My Minutes feat. Kid Cudi

probably my favorite hip hop song of the year so far

[origami_mustache]

New Fiery Furnaces double live leak. Just delving in, and it won't be fully digested for a few days, but no dissapointment so far once I adjusted to the hack'n'slash patch-work medley aesthetic.

love Fiery Furnaces, but not a fan of live albums.

[MadMan]

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1-The Flaming Lips. Pulpy, campy, pop piece that is simply awesome.

[BirdsAteMyFace]

Santogold - "L.E.S. Artistes"

...I hope it will be worth what I give up.

That pretty much describes my romantic situation at the moment.

[Boner M]

The Soft Boys - "Kingdom of Love"

[D_Davis]

Holy crap, the newest Farflung album, A Wound in Eternity, is f'ing brilliant.

Epic stoner/space rock with some of the best guitar tone and riffs around.

These guys are completely untouchable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHSux581CGQ

http://www.farflung.org/images/new_2008/group_white_room.jpg

[D_Davis]

New Farflung = album of the year so far.

My God...it is fantastic.

[origami_mustache]

Okkervil River - "Bruce Wayne Campbell Interviewed On The Roof Of The Chelsea Hotel, 1979"

[D_Davis]

^Funny song title. :)

I like long, funny song titles. One of my old bands had a song/album called:

"Doctor Sloth and Chet the Mystery Man, as the Bassneck Masturbaters, Explain How to Release the Inner Parasite Through Conjuration of the Noise Demon."

We were called The Bassneck Masturbaters. I was Chet the Mystery Man, and my friend Ronny was Doctor Sloth. We both played bass and we were accompanied by an Amiga 2000.

Good times.

***

This Farflung album continues to impress the hell out of me. It is so undeniably brilliant, and so mind-numbingly amazing that I can hardly believe it actually exists. It's like someone crawled inside my head and recorded the exact album I wanted to listen to.

[origami_mustache]

^Funny song title. :)

I like long, funny song titles. One of my old bands had a song/album called:

"Doctor Sloth and Chet the Mystery Man, as the Bassneck Masturbaters, Explain How to Release the Inner Parasite Through Conjuration of the Noise Demon."

We were called The Bassneck Masturbaters. I was Chet the Mystery Man, and my friend Ronny was Doctor Sloth. We both played bass and we were accompanied by an Amiga 2000.

Good times.




hahaha that is awesome

[origami_mustache]

Nas - "N.Y. State of Mind"

[D_Davis]

Silver Shrooms, by Farflung.

I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy...

[D_Davis]

Okkervil River

I checked these guys out - they sound pretty cool. At first listen, I pick up a Red Meat vibe.

[D_Davis]

Unborn Planet, Farflung

:shock:

If this album grew a mouth and ate all of my other MP3s, I really wouldn't mind.

[Kurosawa Fan]

"Just Like Tom Thumb Blues" - Nina Simone

Surprisingly excellent, not because it's Nina (whom I love), but because I generally don't care for Dylan covers.

[Hugh_Grant]

Ride--"Leave Them All Behind"

[origami_mustache]

Computer Vs. Banjo - "Give Up On Ghosts"

[Ivan Drago]

Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok

[dreamdead]

Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok

Why is a Chess song being played, I must wonder...?

Enslaved - "Slaget I Skogen Bortenfor"

[SirNewt]

Over the Hills and Far Away-Led Zeppelin. Highly underrated, and really awesome track off of their best albums.

fixed




Tool - 10000 Days it's Lateralus + 1

Of course I'm not really sure how I feel about these Tool fellows altogether. It's just an experiment right now. And, my CD shop didn't have Bob Marley Exodus. . . so I bought this.

[thefourthwall]

Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok

Yays! Had I rep to give, I would.


Why is a Chess song being played, I must wonder...?


Because it is awesome.

Led Zepplin -- "Kashmir"

[D_Davis]

Cannon in D Major - Buddy Emmons

:eek:

This dude can play the steel...

[origami_mustache]

Flying Lotus - RobertaFlack (Feat Dolly)

[MadMan]

Blam Blam-Killer Mike. This song is just simply awesome funky rap with a great beat. Even though the song track to the ATHF movie is merely solid at best.

[SirNewt]

David Axelrod - The Mental Traveler

Combines some fabulous stereophonic production with all that makes Axelrod awesome (those things mostly being great horn accents and a full on free flowing electric guitar in the middle). I especially like the ways he uses altered distortions and different instruments to echo his hook riff.

Suck, the only version I could find is someone playing Audiosurf. Oh well, check it. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPCf86Ivc1c)

[D_Davis]

Boulder to Birmingham - Emmylou Harris

Beautiful song.

[dreamdead]

Charles Mingus -- "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat"

[SirNewt]

Song for my Father - Horace Silver

classic

[Duncan]

Tim Hardin's 1 and 2 straight through. How awesome is this guy?

[dreamdead]

Yo La Tengo -- "The Crying of Lot 49"

:cool:

[krazed]

Monks - Oh, How to Do Now

My god this album. Any other fans?

[D_Davis]

Sweethearts, Camber Van Beethoven

I've listened to Key Lime Pie probably over 200 times, and it never gets old. Simply one of the best albums ever recorded.

[D_Davis]

Monks - Oh, How to Do Now

My god this album. Any other fans?

Never heard. I'll check it out.

[chrisnu]

After listening to all three Portishead albums several times over the past week, my personal preference is as follows:

Third > Portishead > Dummy

Probably not normal. :)

[Bridget Jones]

"Passing Strangers" -- Ultravox

[origami_mustache]

Monks - Oh, How to Do Now

My god this album. Any other fans?

yep...MONK TIME!

[Hugh_Grant]

"I Was A Lover" -- TV on the Radio

[dreamdead]

Bjork -- "Possibly Maybe"

Still so amazing.

[transmogrifier]

After listening to all three Portishead albums several times over the past week, my personal preference is as follows:

Third > Portishead > Dummy

Probably not normal. :)

T > D > P

[Derek]

I really hope neither of you were Math majors because here, you fail.

[chrisnu]

I really hope neither of you were Math majors because here, you fail.
Please explain...

Right now, I'm listening to "Long Train Running" by the Doobie Brothers, and I'm pretty confident with this equation:

Tom Johnston Doobies > Michael McDonald Doobies

[Derek]

Please explain...

Your equations are all messed up. :) I actually do love all three of their albums, but I still think Dummy is the one to beat.

Dummy > Portishead > Third > a lot of stuff

[origami_mustache]

I will be different:

P > D > T

...but it's close

[Kurosawa Fan]

Nope, I'm ordinary.

D > P > T

[Benny Profane]

The Black Keys' album Rubber Factory is rokking my world.

[MadMan]

fixed




Tool - 10000 Days it's Lateralus + 1

Of course I'm not really sure how I feel about these Tool fellows altogether. It's just an experiment right now. And, my CD shop didn't have Bob Marley Exodus. . . so I bought this.I'm starting to feel that "Houses" and "IV" are almost equal in many ways. But I still give the small edge to "IV" being better. I can't say what their best album is as I have only heard four of their albums.

Carl's Theme-9 Lb. Hammer. Pretty bitching track imo.

[SirNewt]

I'm starting to feel that "Houses" and "IV" are almost equal in many ways. But I still give the small edge to "IV" being better. I can't say what their best album is as I have only heard four of their albums.

Yeah, I hang out with some major Led heads. Actually most everyone I know who has listened to Zep for a long time has started off thinking IV is the best but now thinks II is king. Something about the straight up hard rock I guess.

Carl's Theme-9 Lb. Hammer. Pretty bitching track imo.

Wow, never heard these guys before. they're pretty whacked. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTpTHuiA6g0) Little AC/DC influence goin' on there if I'm not mistaken.



:cool:

[origami_mustache]

The Cool Kids - "88"

[Boner M]

Ricardo Villalobos - "Fizheuer Zieheuer Part 1"

[MadMan]

Nude Love-Master Shake. Utterly hilarious, and the best track off of the ATHF movie soundtrack. "10 dollars for tapes. 15 for CD." :lol:

[Dead & Messed Up]

I picked up Foo Fighters' The Colour and the Shape last night. I've always loved "Everlong," but I'm similarly impressed with "February Stars," "My Hero," and "Monkey Wrench." Pretty solid album.

The next one I plan to buy is Weezer's Blue Album. Maybe next week at some point.

[D_Davis]

The Blue Album is still awesome, and really the only thing I find worth listening to by Weezer. Every track is amazing.

[MadMan]

I picked up Foo Fighters' The Colour and the Shape last night. I've always loved "Everlong," but I'm similarly impressed with "February Stars," "My Hero," and "Monkey Wrench." Pretty solid album.

The next one I plan to buy is Weezer's Blue Album. Maybe next week at some point.Aye, "Colour" is indeed pretty rock solid. I think that the Foo Fighters are simply a really good band at best, but they have made some really awesome rock songs during their existence.

Ghost Town-The Specials. Funky regge piece that features some cool instrumental work. The soundtrack to Snatch is pretty good for what it is, although I'd rather get my hands on the Layer Cake and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels soundtracks instead.

[D_Davis]

Ghost Town-The Specials. Funky regge piece that features some cool instrumental work. The soundtrack to Snatch is pretty good for what it is, although I'd rather get my hands on the Layer Cake and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels soundtracks instead.

Awesome!

My wife and I have been on a huge Specials kick this week.

Those guys totally ruled. One of the greatest bands ever. Makes me want to play in 2-Tone ska band again.

[Russ]

Ghost Town-The Specials. Funky regge piece that features some cool instrumental work.
Agree, Ghost Town is pretty awesome, and I too still love The Specials (incl. Funboy Three, Rico, most all Two-Tone, etc.). Even tho their two studio albums are miles apart in tone, I love 'em both equally well. D, have you ever heard the version of Do Nothing with the ice rink strings all throughout the song? Great stuff!

[D_Davis]

D, have you ever heard the version of Do Nothing with the ice rink strings all throughout the song? Great stuff!

Man, I don't know. I'm sure I have but I can't recall it.

Is it on anything that's available?

[Russ]

Man, I don't know. I'm sure I have but I can't recall it.

Is it on anything that's available?
It's on the 2 Tone compilation, A Checkered Past.

[dreamdead]

Sunset Rubdown -- "Magic vs. Midas"

I return to this song for that awesome build-up sooooo often. Just a wonder in its construction and simplicity.

[Hugh_Grant]

It's on the 2 Tone compilation, A Checkered Past.

Love 2 Tone. Love all those bands--The Specials (Special AKA, not so much, but they were responsible for one of my favorite 80s songs, "Nelson Mandela"), The (English) Beat, Madness, The Selecter. Many years ago, I dated this guy who was totally obsessed with ska. He was responsible for bringing Bad Manners to Columbia in the early 90s.

I know we had that compilation at the radio station, and I'm sure that ex of mine had a copy as well.

[D_Davis]

It's on the 2 Tone compilation, A Checkered Past.

Yes - it is awesome.

I see that it is also on A's, B's, & Rarities.

[D_Davis]

Train to Skaville - The Ethiopians

Awesome, awesome, awesome.

[D_Davis]

Man, I want to play in a roots or 2-Tone ska band again so bad right now.

:)

I've never had more fun playing music.

[Russ]

I knew D was skahead, didn't know about HG. :)

Do Nothing:

sans strings (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvaBRMj0Q1M)

Ice Rink Strings (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkppqAV15ek)

They must have mixed the hell out of this song, because I've heard it with the strings continuous and pushed to the front of the mix. This is close as I could find.

[D_Davis]

He was responsible for bringing Bad Manners to Columbia in the early 90s.


Cool.

I got to play with Bad Manners.

We played with them, The Selector, Hep Cat, Jimmy Cliff, Skankin' Pickle, No Doubt (when they were a ska band), Let's Go Bowling, Dance Hall Crashers, Buck Oh-9, and a ton of other great ska bands. In the mid-90s, ska was king in California.

[Hugh_Grant]

Cool.

I got to play with Bad Manners.

We played with them, The Selector, Hep Cat, Jimmy Cliff, Skankin' Pickle, No Doubt (when they were a ska band), Let's Go Bowling, Dance Hall Crashers, Buck Oh-9, and a ton of other great ska bands. In the mid-90s, ska was king in California.

Wow. That's very cool. That ex of mine had a ska show on our local college station, and he played all those bands. I think he may have even played No Doubt because I remember hearing about them before they ever hit the big time.

[Russ]

Man, I want to play in a roots or 2-Tone ska band again so bad right now.

:)

I've never had more fun playing music.
You know what would be really cool? Find some way to integrate that pedal steel of yours into a reggae riddim. Stranger things have happened -- look at folks like Horace Andy, adding a xylophone, or Prince Far-I using violin on occasion. Not to mention those amazing Harry Mudie sessions with King Tubby - dub conference with...strings!

Although I don't know what your stage persona is like. Perhaps pedal steel is too confining. :)

[D_Davis]

You know what would be really cool? Find some way to integrate that pedal steel of yours into a reggae riddim. Stranger things have happened -- look at folks like Horace Andy, adding a xylophone, or Prince Far-I using violin on occasion. Not to mention those amazing Harry Mudie sessions with King Tubby - dub conference with...strings!

Although I don't know what your stage persona is like. Perhaps pedal steel is too confining. :)

Man, I was thinking the same thing the other day. There's like this weird ska vibe going on around here!

I don't know if I've ever heard an ska or raggae with pedal steel. I'm sure there is some, those guys were extremely creative musically. Look at all the instruments the Skatalites would play - practically a big band at times - in addition to those you mentioned.

But you are right - the pedal steel is restrictive. You could play it standing up though. I've seen some old country guys playing it like this. It's hard to skank to the beat sitting behind something.

:)

[SirNewt]

Animals - Pink Floyd

. . .the entire album. . . again. . . some more. . .

http://www.kulichki.com/cddisk/pinkfloy/animals.jpg

[Boner M]

Gas - "Pop 1"

Bought the box set in NYC. It's godly.

[D_Davis]

I just found that my old ska band (Checkmate) is mentioned on the wiki for Let's Go Bowling, another Fresno ska band. We don't have an article yet, though - just one of those red links. It says:


The Central Valley is home to some of the most influential Ska outfits of the later century, including Let's Go Bowling, as well as Kyber Rifles, Checkmate (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Checkmate_%28b and%29&action=edit&redlink=1), and Los Hooligans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Hooligans)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_Go_Bowling

Cool!

The LGB show with Bad Manners in 1991 was the one that we played at as well. It was awesome.

I forgot that we also got to play with The Mighty, Mighty Bosstones - this was probably the most fun show I've ever played. Those dudes are crazy.

[Russ]

Orchestra Terrestrial - Sons of Harry Lime

[Sven]

Very cool! What did you play in your ska band? Keyboards I imagine, no? I remember you mentioning that you got to play in the same show with Jimmy Cliff.

My wife is listed as a red link under "Associated Acts" on Jonathan Coulton's wiki page. It's her claim to fame.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_coulton

[D_Davis]

Very cool! What did you play in your ska band? Keyboards I imagine, no? I remember you mentioning that you got to play in the same show with Jimmy Cliff.

My wife is listed as a red link under "Associated Acts" on Jonathan Coulton's wiki page. It's her claim to fame.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_coulton

Bass - bass was my first and is my most cherished instrument.

Wiki-famous!

:)


***

Swing and Dine, The Melodians

Rocksteady!

[Sven]

Just realized I do not have Jessie's Girl in my iTunes.

This must be rectified.

[transmogrifier]

Paper Planes, MIA

[Russ]

Esquivel - Third Man Theme

[Yxklyx]

Strange Angels - Kristin Hersh

[chrisnu]

The Prodigy, "Poison"

[Milky Joe]

My wife is listed as a red link under "Associated Acts" on Jonathan Coulton's wiki page. It's her claim to fame.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_coulton

Strange you mention this, I just heard this guy for the first time today, quite randomly as well. Pretty amusing stuff.

I'm listening to the new Of Montreal single (http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/142703-premiere-of-montreal-id-engager-mp3-stream). Goddamn these guys bring the funk. It's a far cry from Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies but I love it.

[BirdsAteMyFace]

Just realized I do not have Jessie's Girl in my iTunes.

This must be rectified.I was so tempted to neg rep. My active loathing for that song is unparalleled.

[/is subjected to 80's music every day at work]

Morcheeba - "Fear and Love"

[origami_mustache]

Gregor Samsa - "Even Numbers"

[SirNewt]

I was so tempted to neg rep. My active loathing for that song is unparalleled.

[/is subjected to 80's music every day at work]

Morcheeba - "Fear and Love"

God, if you get to hear Jessie's Girl count yourself lucky. I hear an 80s station that is purely new wave day after day.

[Derek]

Stereolab - "Three Women"

[Derek]

Wire - "Patient Flees"

New album's really, really good.

[Derek]

The Cosmic Jokers - "Kinder des Alls"

:eek:

A must for fans of ze krautrock/space rock variety. Plus, the band (/not band) has an hilariously awesome backstory...


The Cosmic Jokers were the Krautrock supergroup that never really was. The brainchild of Komische Musik label head honcho Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser and Dieter Dierks, who decided to throw a series of acid-fuelled jam sessions at Dierks' studio over a period of months in 1973, bringing together the likes of Klaus Schulze and Manuel Göttsching of Ash Ra Tempel, and Jürgen Dollase and Harald Großkopf of Wallenstein.

The great cosmic joke, however, was that Kaiser secretly recorded these freewheeling space rock sessions and released them on Komische without any knowledge or consent of the artists, forgoing any royalties that may have been due. The records were withdrawn in 1975 following legal action by Schulze until performance rights were resolved, and the ever-increasing megalomaniac Kaiser was subsequently run out of the country, signalling the inevitable collapse of his recording empire.

[Ezee E]

The Cosmic Jokers - "Kinder des Alls"

:eek:

A must for fans of ze krautrock/space rock variety. Plus, the band (/not band) has an hilariously awesome backstory...
what is space rock

[Derek]

what is space rock

Space rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_rock).

[Kurosawa Fan]

Space rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_rock).

Dude, they list Monster Magnet as a space rock band. :lol:

[Derek]

Dude, they list Monster Magnet as a space rock band. :lol:

Never heard of them, but in their wiki-page, it lists Hawkwind as a major influence so I guess they're space rock by association?

[Kurosawa Fan]

Never heard of them, but in their wiki-page, it lists Hawkwind as a major influence so I guess they're space rock by association?

You've never heard Monster Magnet? They had one song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1p7yt3bRjY) that was huge. I saw them open for Rob Zombie back in high school, and the only thing they had in common with Hawkwind was naked ladies on stage, though theirs were strippers/hookers performing oral sex on each other. It was equal parts hilarious and disturbing.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Man, I forgot how hilarious that video was. This has brought back so many memories. :lol:

[dreamdead]

Tori Amos -- "Cloud on my Tongue"

Been cycling through a hodgepodge of early nineties alternative recently. Been liking a lot of it, too.

[D_Davis]

Dude, they list Monster Magnet as a space rock band. :lol:

They are:

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x6/costra88/BLACK%20LABEL/Tab.jpg

One of the best space rock albums of all time.

First song is 32 minutes long - epic.

Word.

:)

This should be listed as the definition of space rock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHSux581CGQ

[Kurosawa Fan]

Wow. Explain to me what they were doing with the song "Space Lord". Because it sucks. Hard. And every song they played before the Rob Zombie show sounded similar to that.

[D_Davis]

Wow. Explain to me what they were doing with the song "Space Lord". Because it sucks. Hard. And every song they played before the Rob Zombie show sounded similar to that.

I think it would be safe to assume that you are not a Monster Magnet fan.

:)

Space Lord is okay, nothing great, but I like it.


Dopes to Infinity - now this is a jam. The song and the album are both amazing.

But like most good space rock, MM songs should be listened to in context of the whole album, as they often build upon the previous songs and lay foundations for the subsequent songs.

[Kurosawa Fan]

I think it would be safe to assume that you are not a Monster Magnet fan.

:)

Space Lord is okay, nothing great, but I like it.


Dopes to Infinity - now this is a jam. The song and the album are both amazing.

But like most good space rock, MM songs should be listened to in context of the whole album, as they often build upon the previous songs and lay foundations for the subsequent songs.

Maybe I went it with a negative outlook, but "Space Lord" is such a generic rock song. It sounds like countless other songs that were playing on the radio at that time. And man were those guys sleazy at the show. The lead singer seemed like a Kid Rock clone, constantly grabbing his crotch and wearing a wife-beater. I'm not kidding when I say they brought women on the stage who stripped naked and performed oral sex on each other. Unsimulated. After that evening I wasn't too interested in exploring their discography. :P

[Ezee E]

Yeah, I had the same impression as K-Fan, only I didn't get to see their show.

[D_Davis]

I am, in no way, defending MM as some great band. I greatly prefer Farflung, Hawkwind (who also had naked dancers and looked like washed out white trash rockers), Pressurehead, Chrome, and other space rockers.

MM have released some very solid space rock albums though - including Dopes to Infinity, which is a classic, and should be listened to at least once by any fan of good rock 'n roll.

I dislike more than I like from the band, but I cannot deny their raw power, and when they're on, they're pretty freakin' sweet.

And yes, they are white trash.

[chrisnu]

Underworld, "Best Mamgu Ever"

[origami_mustache]

Mono - "Ode"

[SirNewt]

Egyptian Head - Final Tree

H - O - L - Y - S - H - I - T

and literally no one knows who these guys were.

[origami_mustache]

World's End Girlfriend - "We Are the Massacre"

[Boner M]

The Embarrassment - "Patio Set"

Twitchy brilliance.

[Acapelli]

dizzee rascal - that's not my name (ting tings cover)

[Henry Gale]

"Canadian Girl" - The Walkmen

This new album of theirs is gorgeous.

[Derek]

Paavoharju - "Kevätrumpu"

Fonal goes techno? The rest of the album is pretty amazing and more what you'd expect from Paavoharju, only better than anything they've done before.

[origami_mustache]

Islands - "Two Dogs"

[DSNT]

Kissing the Beehive, Wolf Parade

[dreamdead]

Esoteric - "Circle"

20 minutes of UK Doom. http://forums.hipinion.com/images/smiles/icon_gu_b_slayer.gif

[Derek]

Eric Dolphy - "Gazzelloni"

[Boner M]

Gang of Four - "What We All Want" (live)

God, this version from the bonus tracks of the Solid Gold/Another Day Another Dollar twofer kicks so much ass.

[Horbgorbler]

Blind Guardian - Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill)

EPIC.

[D_Davis]

Blind Guardian - Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill)

EPIC.

Hey Horb, nice to see you man.

[Boner M]

Yeah, welcome back Horb.

btw, I bought Cecil Taylor's One Too Many Salty Swift... on my NYC trip and am listening to the 3rd track now. It's awesome.

[origami_mustache]

Max Romeo & The Upsetters – "Uptown Babies Don't Cry"

[Derek]

Sun Ra - "Ancient Aiethopia"

[D_Davis]

Music for Three Vibraphones, Patrick O'Hearn

This dude is pretty cool.

[origami_mustache]

Crystal Castles - "Alice Practice"

[origami_mustache]

Silversun Pickups - "Lazy Eye"

I hear this occasionally on the radio and more recently on a car commercial and I like it more and more each time...it reminds me of old Smashing Pumpkins or something from the early 90s alternative scene.

[Sven]

In anticipation for my weekend trip to Boston, for the last two hours, I've been listening to Boston!

[Kurosawa Fan]

In anticipation for my weekend trip to Boston, for the last two hours, I've been listening to Boston!

This is exactly how your trip should start. Well done.

[D_Davis]

Silversun Pickups - "Lazy Eye"

I hear this occasionally on the radio and more recently on a car commercial and I like it more and more each time...it reminds me of old Smashing Pumpkins or something from the early 90s alternative scene.

Yeah, they have a cool 90s vibe, shoegazer/noise-pop thing going on.

[Horbgorbler]

Yeah, welcome back Horb.

btw, I bought Cecil Taylor's One Too Many Salty Swift... on my NYC trip and am listening to the 3rd track now. It's awesome.


Max Romeo & The Upsetters – "Uptown Babies Don't Cry"


Sun Ra - "Ancient Aiethopia"

:pritch: for all three of you.
______

Ras Kass - Nature of the Threat

Awesome, even with the homophobic undertones.

[Horbgorbler]

Fab 5 Freddy - Change the Beat

[Sven]

My new favorite Prince song: D.M.S.R.

I now have about ten favorite Prince songs.

[Yxklyx]

Hook In Her Head - Throwing Muses

[Yxklyx]

In anticipation for my weekend trip to Boston, for the last two hours, I've been listening to Boston!

Boston is a great city but Boston is the last band I think about when I think about Boston.

[origami_mustache]

Electric President - "All the Bones"

[MadMan]

Fuckin' In the Bushes-Oasis. I have no idea what this song is about. At all. But I enjoy the pretty sweet guitar work, and I think the ending is sort of funny in a weird sense.

[transmogrifier]

Fuckin' In the Bushes-Oasis. I have no idea what this song is about. At all. But I enjoy the pretty sweet guitar work, and I think the ending is sort of funny in a weird sense.

Oasis is all about two songs. Champagne Supernova, and this.

[Russ]

People Like Us/Matmos - Home-Roam-Play (http://mediamogul.seas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/People-Like-Us/PeopleLikeUs_Matmos/Home-Roam-Play_Work-All-Day/People-Like-Us_Home-Roam-Play.mp3), Work-All-Day (http://mediamogul.seas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/People-Like-Us/PeopleLikeUs_Matmos/Home-Roam-Play_Work-All-Day/People-Like-Us-Matmos_Work-All-Day.mp3)

[Sycophant]

Black Kids - "I'm Not Gonna Teach Him How To Dance With You"

[origami_mustache]

T.I. (Feat. Kanye West, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, M.I.A.) - "Swagger Like Us"

this song may or may not make the internet explode

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Silversun Pickups - "Lazy Eye"

I hear this occasionally on the radio and more recently on a car commercial and I like it more and more each time...it reminds me of old Smashing Pumpkins or something from the early 90s alternative scene.

the music video for this song is a remake of a scene from Roy Andersson's Swedish Love Story. Pretty cool.

[Acapelli]

Oasis is all about two songs. Champagne Supernova, and this.
don't look back in anger is better than both those songs

whenever i hear those first few keys and it turns out to be imagine, i'm always disappointed
--
Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger

[Rowland]

Aphex Twin - Stone In Focus

[chrisnu]

Phil Keaggy, "John the Revelator"

[Ezee E]

T.I. (Feat. Kanye West, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, M.I.A.) - "Swagger Like Us"

this song may or may not make the internet explode
Didn't care for this too much. The version I heard had low quality though, where'd you get it?

[Boner M]

Dadawah - "Seventy Two Nations"

Um, best reggae album ever? At least it's the first one I've heard to give Heart of the Congos a run for its money.

[origami_mustache]

Didn't care for this too much. The version I heard had low quality though, where'd you get it?

got it on what.cd...I think it's going to be pretty popular on the radio if they cut out about 2 minutes of the repetetive chorus...good lord that got annoying.

Listening to new Mogwai album now..."I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead" to be specific

[Boner M]

Oval - "Do While"

[Ezee E]

got it on what.cd...I think it's going to be pretty popular on the radio if they cut out about 2 minutes of the repetetive chorus...good lord that got annoying.

Listening to new Mogwai album now..."I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead" to be specific
Yep, it was the chorus I didn't care for. Couldn't get in that website though :(

Currently listening to the Match Cut Mixtape.

[origami_mustache]

Yep, it was the chorus I didn't care for. Couldn't get in that website though :(

Currently listening to the Match Cut Mixtape.

I can send you an invite...what is your email?

[origami_mustache]

MGMT - "Metanoi"

nearly 14 minute track that starts really Beatlesy then Bowieesque...and then turns into a psychedelic prog-rock-mind-fuck.

[DSNT]

Currently listening to the Match Cut Mixtape.

What is this? I must have missed it.

Moby Octopus, Yo La Tengo

[Kurosawa Fan]

What is this? I must have missed it.

Moby Octopus, Yo La Tengo

There are two threads just underneath this one. We've been picking songs and adding them to a mix.

[Derek]

{{{Sunset}}} - "Graveyard Dog"

The Glowing City is great, even better than Bright Blue Dream which was already in my top 10 of this year. This one's a bit brighter and more upbeat, full of one great pop song after another.

[chrisnu]

Plastikman, "Lasttrak"

[Derek]

Women - "Shaking Hands"

[Horbgorbler]

Dadawah - "Seventy Two Nations"

Um, best reggae album ever? At least it's the first one I've heard to give Heart of the Congos a run for its money.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS SSSSSS.

[MadMan]

Florida-Modest Mouse. Just plain freakin' awesome, as is the album We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank.

[Derek]

Sunset Rubdown - "The Men Are Called Horsemen There"

Yup, still great.

[chrisnu]

Burger/Ink - "The Jealous Guy from Memphis"

[Duncan]

Sunset Rubdown - "The Men Are Called Horsemen There"

Yup, still great.
Was listening to this in the car this morning. Good stuff.

[origami_mustache]

Leadbelly - "Pretty Flower In Your Backyard"

[megladon8]

Is it bad that I really like a couple of songs by The Killers?

[MadMan]

Is it bad that I really like a couple of songs by The Killers?Not to me. I'm a big fan of both of their albums. I even thought about buying that B-sides disc they released last year, but I held off. Even thought that cover of that Joy Division song was awesome.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Joe Strummer - "Burning Lights"

[megladon8]

Not to me. I'm a big fan of both of their albums. I even thought about buying that B-sides disc they released last year, but I held off. Even thought that cover of that Joy Division song was awesome.


"All These Things That I've Done" and "When You Were Young" are two songs that have played more than 30 times each on my iTunes.

[MadMan]

"All These Things That I've Done" and "When You Were Young" are two songs that have played more than 30 times each on my iTunes."When You Were Young" is a great Bruce Springsteen like piece, and that's why I dig it a lot. "All These Things That I've Done" is not only one of my favorite tracks of theirs, it also has a great video that pays homage to Faster Pussycat....Kill, Kill!.

[Derek]

Is it bad that I really like a couple of songs by The Killers?

Sam's Town is garbage. That's all I've heard and I'm not interested to hear more. I know a few people who are fans but I don't get it.

Madman - if We Were Dead.. is the only Modest Mouse you've heard, do yourself a favor and check out Lonesome Crowded West and Moon & Antarctica for their absolute best. I think each album got slightly less interesting than the one before with them, but even We Were Dead... has it's highlights (particularly "Spitting Venom").

[thefourthwall]

"Princes of the Universe" (Highlander Theme)--Queen

hehe, ah the memories

[MadMan]

Sam's Town is garbage. That's all I've heard and I'm not interested to hear more. I know a few people who are fans but I don't get it.

Madman - if We Were Dead.. is the only Modest Mouse you've heard, do yourself a favor and check out Lonesome Crowded West and Moon & Antarctica for their absolute best. I think each album got slightly less interesting than the one before with them, but even We Were Dead... has it's highlights (particularly "Spitting Venom").Bah, Sam's Town is awesome.

I've heard and loved "Moon," and I think its amazing. I've also heard from Modest Mouse Good News For People Who Love Bad News, which I thought was solid if disappointing, and that's about it. I do want to hear more of their earlier stuff, and right now I think that "Moon" is easily one of the best albums of the decade and that "Dead" is great.

[Derek]

I've heard and loved "Moon," and I think its amazing. I've also heard from Modest Mouse Good News For People Who Love Bad News, which I thought was solid if disappointing, and that's about it. I do want to hear more of their earlier stuff, and right now I think that "Moon" is easily one of the best albums of the decade and that "Dead" is great.

Then you've heard most of their stuff. This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About is worth a listen since you're a fan, but it's more of a blue print for Lonesome Crowded West than a great album in it's own right. I'm with you on Moon being one of the best from this decade, but you need to go out and get LCW post haste and report back! :)

[origami_mustache]

J Dilla - "Last Donut of the Night"

[chrisnu]

Deep Dish, "Say Hello"

[Dead & Messed Up]

Sam's Town is garbage. That's all I've heard and I'm not interested to hear more. I know a few people who are fans but I don't get it.

I think both of their albums have a 50% good to bad ratio, which isn't awful, but gets a little irritating.

I listened to Sam's Town a few times before I caught on to the songs; I think "My List," "Uncle Johnny," and especially "Read My Mind" match their first album for anthemic eighties nonsense. Although none of them top "All These Things I've Done." That one's still one of my favorites of . . . ever.

TV on the Radio's new album, Dear Science, is due out this month! Score! Two songs are available to listen to right now off their site. They're both good, but, as is the case with TVotR, it will probably take a lot of listens before I really fall in love with 'em.

My favorite song of theirs: "Tonight." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhs7vlr_j_I)

[megladon8]

TV on the Radio's work with David Bowie is their best.

"Province" is the best song they've done.

[monolith94]

Deltron 3030 - Positive Contact

[Acapelli]

TV on the Radio's work with David Bowie is their best.

"Province" is the best song they've done.
nah, young liars, staring at the sun, satellite are all much better. actually, their new album has the potential to be the best thing they've put out yet. need to give it a few more listens though

Low Motion Disco - Love Love Love (LSB Remix)

[D_Davis]

Suite: Little Lucid Moments, by Motorpsycho

Remember that first time you heard Daydream Nation, or In the Court of the Crimson King, or Meddle? It's like that. It's on a level so far above most other rock, that it makes most other rock seem small and trite.

[Russ]

Royal Trux - (Edge of the) Ape Oven

[origami_mustache]

Gil-Scott Heron - "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"

[Russ]

Deerhoof - Holy Night Fever

[Russ]

David Thomas and Two Pale Boys - Surfer Girl/Around the Fire

[DSNT]

That Was Just Your Life, Metallica

Yeah, they are still major douchebags, but the new album is actually quite good.

[Sven]

Genesis - Firth on Fifth

Thank you, Derek.

[dreamdead]

Tenhi - "Kielo"

Atmospheric, folk mood music. Delicately beautiful. Me want album bad.:sad:

[Russ]

on
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:)

iosos, go for Genesis Live next and check out songs like The Musical Box, and The Knife, etc.l