What Are You Listening To?

[Derek]

You're welcome, iosos. :)
______________________________ ____

TV on the Radio - "Stork and Owl"

I liked the album the first time I've heard it, but it keeps getting better and better another, say, 10 more times through. I can't quite say it's better than Cookie Mountain, but I could see being convinced of that argument by the end of the year, or next week.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Bjorn Jason Lindh - "Abdo"

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Toni Basil - "Breakaway"

[Russ]

The Godz - Lay in the Sun

[Our Aurora]

Canned Heat - Turpentine Moan

[Philosophe_rouge]

Lady Godiva's Operation- The Velvet Underground.

[dreamdead]

The Who -- "The Song is Over"

It's taken some time, but this album is really connecting nowadays.

[Our Aurora]

Passion Pit - Sleepy Head

[Henry Gale]

Love Lockdown by Kanye West (the new "final" version that he posted on his blog yesterday)

It's so much better than the first one he put up and the slight changes have now made it one of most addictive songs of the year for me. I'm definitely excited to see where he goes with this new album.

[MadMan]

Roundabout-Yes. Utterly amazing.

[Saya]

Phoenix - If I Ever Feel Better

[Russ]

Sparks - Metaphor

[Ivan Drago]

Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin

[Malickfan]

Springsteen's Nebraska

[Malickfan]

Neutral Milk Hotel's In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

[MadMan]

Orange Crush-REM. Brilliant power pop.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

The Besnard Lakes - "For Agent 13"

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

[MadMan]

The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight-REM. This song is so insanely fun and catchy. I love it.

[dreamdead]

Envy -- "Chain Wandering Deeply"

Love the interweaving melodies by the end, though the live version on youtube owns all.

[Russ]

Crack The Sky - Sea Epic

[Sven]

Crack The Sky - Sea Epic

Sweet! I remember when you recommended them to me. Seems like years ago. Probably was! Anyway, that was my favorite track on their s/t.

As for me, I'm listening to George Harrison's Electronic Sound for some reason.

[Russ]

Indeed. It was a long time ago, in a forum far, far away.

[Stay Puft]

múm - K/Half Noise

[dreamdead]

Tenhi -- "Rannalta haettu"

Finnish chants overlaid with rich atmospheric folk. Genius.

[chrisnu]

Basement Jaxx, "Run 4 Cover"

It's like musical junk food, and I have a sweet tooth right now...

Edit: This was my 1000th post. Heh!

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Nico - I'll Keep it With Mine

[Boner M]

Maeror Tri - "Dreamscaping"

[Russ]

Sad World - "Terasury"

[Sven]

Moby Grape, because I'm awesome.

[Russ]

Spooky Tooth - Moriah

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Spooky Tooth - Moriah

rep!

Odetta - "Water Boy"

[Boner M]

The Drones - "I Am the Supercargo"

New album's soundin' good.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

T. Rex - "Mambo Sun"

[transmogrifier]

dimmer

[dreamdead]

Bat for Lashes -- "Sarah"

[SirNewt]

Dvorak Symphony No. 9 or "Symphony from the New World"

You owe this piece your nuts you scorers of films "based on an inspiring true storys". You know who you are!

[Dead & Messed Up]

The Who -- "The Song is Over"

It's taken some time, but this album is really connecting nowadays.

Approval. Great album, great song.

My recent TV on the Radio / Dismemberment Plan resulted in me finding Minus the Bear. Good stuff. Anybody have any comments on them? Recommendations?

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

absoultely nothing.

I knocked my external hard drive off my chair and lost 90 gigs of music.

[SirNewt]

absoultely nothing.

I knocked my external hard drive off my chair and lost 90 gigs of music.

yikes, the harddrive may have broken but the platter should still be good, unless the head went through it. You can possibly recover the music.

[Russ]

Public Image Ltd - Lou Reed pt. 2

[Sven]

Casual Conversations - Supertramp

Suck it, D.

[Boner M]

Antipop Consortium - "Traum"

[DSNT]

Golden Age, TV on the Radio

[dreamdead]

Toad the Wet Sprocket -- "Windmills"

This song defies all logic and remains one of my favorites from the '90s.

[Milky Joe]

Brian Wilson - "Midnight's Another Day"

That Lucky Old Sun may actually be better than Smile.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Maurice Jaubert - Blues de L'atalante

[EvilShoe]

Josh Ritter - Right Moves

[Boner M]

Sonic Youth - "Hoarfrost"

I ♥ A Thousand Leaves

[D_Davis]

Sonic Youth - "Hoarfrost"

I ♥ A Thousand Leaves

It's a great album.

[Derek]

Brian Eno & David Byrne - "Home"

Not surprisingly, the album does not disappoint. Byrne's voice is still amazing and Eno does what Eno always does. This is probably my favorite song on the album, but the final minute of "Everything That Happens" is the single most gorgeous minute of music released this year. I can't think of any two musicians who I'd rather meet and give a giant bear hug to.

[chrisnu]

Eurythmics, "I Saved the World Today"

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Maurice Jarre - "Eyes without a Face" Soundtrack

[Boner M]

The Dead C - "Driver UFO"

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Tindersticks - Trouble Every Day

[Boner M]

Mark Stewart + Mafia - "Learning to Cope With Cowardice"

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Besnard Lakes - Disaster

[Boner M]

Diggin' this pattern KJv3.1, keep it up.

___________

The Caretaker - "Consigned to a Yesterday"

[Derek]

Marnie Stern - "Vault"

[dreamdead]

Aphex Twin - "Rhubarb"

[Russ]

The Revolutionaries - A Who Say Version Two

[monolith94]

Modern English – Dawn Chorus

[Derek]

Lindstrom - "Grand Ideas"

"Say, Homer, do you like Tangerine Dream?"
"Do I ever!"
"Do you like Studio?"
"Yes, Mr. Ford."
"Well, why don't you come over and we'll listen to music that sounds a lot like Tangerine Dream and Studio."
"Ooh!"

[Russ]

Chrysta Bell - Polish Poem

[D_Davis]

Minimal - The Pet Shop Boys

This song rules so hard.

[Arthur Seaton]

"The Resolution" -- Jack's Mannequin

[Bridget Jones]

"Greasy Jungle" -- The Tragically Hip

[Ezee E]

I've been getting into a lot of Bob Marley as of late.

[Boner M]

Neil Young - "Love and Only Love"

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Yo La Tengo - "Damage"

[Boner M]

Gang Gang Dance - "House Jam"

Never paid these guys much attention in the past; always seemed like a band more concerned with having cool influences rather than making cool music. But this new album's sold me.

[MadMan]

In The Morning of the Magicians-The Flaming Lips. I couldn't resist listening to this album again. Fantastic work. This song pretty much sums up the dawn, and how the day always begins perfectly.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Lou Reed - Charley's Girl

[quangtran]

Feist - How the Heart Behaves.

[Justin]

Q-Tip - "Move"

This new awesome song and video now has me pretty excited for Tip's new album. Hopefully it will help out with what has been a terrible year for hip hop.

http://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-q-tip-video-move.html

[dreamdead]

Sculptured - "Apollo Destroys, Apollo Creates"

Takes a good six minutes to become memorable, but then it's pure beauty.

[Derek]

The New Year - "The Idea of You"

[Saya]

Bob Dylan - She Belongs To Me

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Lou Reed - Gift

Definitely ol' Lou at his most modest!

[D_Davis]

Kings of Leon, Sex on Fire.

Great song, great album. This will probably end up on my top 10 come year end.

[Boner M]

Autechre - "Second Bad Vibel"

[Stay Puft]

Bowerbirds - Bur Oak

[BirdsAteMyFace]

Interpol - "Public Pervert"

[megladon8]

I'm really enjoying this album called "The Ocean and the Sun" by a band called The Sound of Animals Fighting.

[Ezee E]

Werewolf Bar Mitzfah

[thefourthwall]

The library came through for me enabling me not to have to buy an expensive import cd, so I could listen to...

Wings of Desire soundtrack

[transmogrifier]

Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves

Love it.

[D_Davis]

Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves

Love it.

There are times when I think this is my second favorite SY album, right after Daydream Nation.

[dreamdead]

Pelican -- "Autumn into Summer"

[Rowland]

Neil Voss - Learn (Tetrisphere OST)

[MadMan]

Breaking the Girl-Red Hot Chili Peppers. I like how sweeping the sound of this song is. One of my favorites from the band.

[D_Davis]

Breaking the Girl-Red Hot Chili Peppers. I like how sweeping the sound of this song is. One of my favorites from the band.

It is a good song. One of the last of the good Chili Peppers, and one of their better ballads.

[Russ]

Thessalonians - Astronaut Voices

[Our Aurora]

Tom Waits - Ol' 55

[Dead & Messed Up]

A girl at worked burned me T. I.'s new album. I'm not exactly a hip-hop fan, but it's alright R&B stuff, I guess. Apart from "Whatever You Like," none of the songs have really stuck out.

[Acapelli]

Kanye West - Robocop

the hook is monstrous

[Stay Puft]

Solar Fields - Insum

[Russ]

Kevin Ayers - Connie on a Rubber Band

[D_Davis]

I'm really enjoying this album called "The Ocean and the Sun" by a band called The Sound of Animals Fighting.

I like the name of this album, and some of the tunes were pretty cool. Don't know if I like it enough to warrant a purchase, but thanks for putting this band on my radar.

[Our Aurora]

Knapsack - Courage Was Confused

I just got their albums back for the first time in 9 years... Awesome.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Serge Gainsbourg - New York USA

[Our Aurora]

Knapsack - Heart Carved Tree

Wow, I forgot how much this shaped my life back then. I'm still diggin' this.

[thefourthwall]

Snow Patrol's new album A Hundred Million Suns--I can't even distinguish songs yet, but downloading it at amazon cost less than a fancy drink at Starbucks...

[dreamdead]

Orbital - "Remind"

Ah man, what good memories from this song; finishing high school and blaring this album...

[Boner M]

Charalambides - "House With Three Sides"

[origami_mustache]

The Go! Team - "Get It Together"

I've been hooked on this since I started playing LittleBigPlanet.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul

[Russ]

Another Fine Day - "Wild Spirit of Song"

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Air

[Boner M]

Dusty Springfield - "No Easy Way Down"

[Benny Profane]

"Black Star" -- Radiohead

I don't know why, but this song makes me sad.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Tindersticks - Don't Look Down

[dreamdead]

Devin Townsend - Noisy Pink Bubbles

[origami_mustache]

At the Drive-In - "Invalid Letter Department"

[dreamdead]

R.E.M. -- Sweetness Follows

[Benny Profane]

Pearl Jam -- Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town


Go ahead and make fun of me, but I think this song has some of the best lyrics of any song ever written, hyperbole be damned!

[D_Davis]

I've always wished I liked Pearl Jam - I just can't get into them.

They seem like cool dudes, they have lots of quality music, and they like their fans, but I just don't like the vocals or the instrumentation.

[Russ]

Gentle Giant - Sweet Georgia Brown

[MadMan]

Waving Flags-British Sea Power. This song is just bloody fantastic in an epic sense. I love their new album.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Arthur Brown - Fire

[Russ]

Steeleye Span - Fighting for Strangers

[Horbgorbler]

Ol' Dirty Bastard - I Can't Wait

:crazy: in the best way possible.

[BirdsAteMyFace]

Wolf Parade - "Kissing the Beehive"

Bought the album yesterday based on just having heard this song. Pretty good stuff.

[D_Davis]

Weekend, by The Sea and Cake. Awesome track. These dudes are masters of rhythm, blending pop, jazz, rock, and electronica into a perfect mix of mature, adult music without being mediocre and contemporary.

[Russ]

New Riders of the Purple Sage - Kick in the Head

[D_Davis]

Venus Loon, by T. Rex. Zinc Alloy is probably the second best T. Rex album, right after The Futuristic Dragon which is the best glam rock album I've ever heard. Zinc Alloy possesses many of the same qualities, but it doesn't have as sharp an edge.

[Russ]

David Bowie - See Emily Play

[Horbgorbler]

Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Once There Was a Coloured Girl

Who else could match that title and a refrain involving a "Yankee humbug/stumblebum Neo-Nazi" with such breezy, sophisticated music?

[MadMan]

Sex is On Fire-Kings of Leon. There's something insanely catchy about this song. I want to hear more.

[D_Davis]

Sex is On Fire-Kings of Leon. There's something insanely catchy about this song. I want to hear more.

Awesome tune from an awesome album.

[bac0n]

I'm digging a song off of Stars' latest EP, Sad Robots.

14 Forever (http://www.last.fm/music/Stars/_/14+Forever)

Has kind of a Postal Service sorta vibe, which I like.

[BirdsAteMyFace]

Electric Six - "Naked Pictures Of Your Mother"

Because it makes my girl's one-year-old daughter dance.

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/5895/dancezw4.png

[transmogrifier]

Cute!

Yeah (Crass Version), LCD Soundsystem

[thefourthwall]

Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here"

[Spun Lepton]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31zJ2lRDi8L._SL500_AA280_.jpg

Cross by Justice. Awesome CD.

[thefourthwall]

The Parlotones - "Giant Mistake"

[Boner M]

John Coltrane - "The Promise"

[Derek]

Oneida - "Preteen Weaponry Part 3"

[Russ]

Hasil Adkins - She Said

[Boner M]

Townes Van Zandt - "Silver Ships of Andilar"

Whoa.

[Philosophe_rouge]

Satellite of Love- Lou Reed

[dreamdead]

Neurosis -- "Bridges"

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Joy Division - "Decades"

[D_Davis]

I don't listen to much industrial music any more, as I've totally out grown it. Most of it seems so silly and juvenile to me now.

However, Skinny Puppy's album Last Rights is still, to this day, ahead of its time in terms of electronic production, and damn is it ever awesome - and scary as hell.

Killing Game is an absolutely brilliant song.

[Russ]

However, Skinny Puppy's album Last Rights is still, to this day, ahead of its time in terms of electronic production, and damn is it ever awesome - and scary as hell.Killing Game is an absolutely brilliant song.
Completely agree. Especially with Riverzend/Lust Chance/Circustance...fucking fantastic..

[Sven]

CHINESE DEMOCRACY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(...so far, it's actually pretty awesome)

[Derek]

CHINESE DEMOCRACY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(...so far, it's actually pretty awesome)

Heh, funny seeing this after seeing an RYM friend give it 1/2* and tag it WTF? My expectations couldn't possibly be lower though, so I'll be happy if I even moderately enjoy it.

[Sven]

Heh, funny seeing this after seeing an RYM friend give it 1/2* and tag it WTF? My expectations couldn't possibly be lower though, so I'll be happy if I even moderately enjoy it.

It's very... ecstatic. It's a really solid production, and passionate. It's unapologetically metal, but the virtuosity GNR is famous for bringing to hard rock is there in spades. In short, if you like what they've done in the past, I see no reason to be disappointed in this, save for a distaste of NIN-ish industrial-type heaviness.

[Sven]

Allmusic's blog encapsulates my appreciation best: "Axl labored to create an ideal version of his inner world, working endlessly on a set of songs about his heartbreak, persecution and paranoia, topics well-mined on the Illusions."

"Even with these odd flourishes, it’s hard not to marvel, either in respect or bewilderment, at dense, immaculate wall of god knows how many guitars, synthesizers, vocals and strings."

http://blog.allmusic.com/2008/11/21/guns-n-roses-chinese-democracy/

[D_Davis]

Completely agree. Especially with Riverzend/Lust Chance/Circustance...fucking fantastic..

Last Rights is an insanely complex album. It is so dense and well constructed. It's quite mind blowing really.

[D_Davis]

In short, if you like what they've done in the past, I see no reason to be disappointed in this, save for a distaste of NIN-ish industrial-type heaviness.

The NIN sounding stuff is so dated. From what I've heard it sounds like an old dude trying to do what he thinks is still cool, but unfortunately that style has become stale. I'd appreciate it more if it were like Rob Halford's comeback album, Resurrection, which sounds as if the 1990s never happened. By not conforming to the sounds of the time, Halford made a new metal album that is pure metal, thus not dating himself or his infleunces. It remains an almost timeless entry into his discography, where as GNR now sounds like a band aping the sounds of others.

I still haven't heard the whole album, and I want to give it a fair chance.

[Sven]

The NIN sounding stuff is so dated. From what I've heard it sounds like an old dude trying to do what he thinks is still cool, but unfortunately that style has become stale. I'd appreciate it more if it were like Rob Halford's comeback album, Resurrection, which sounds as if the 1990s never happened. By not conforming to the sounds of the time, Halford made a new metal album that is pure metal, thus not dating himself or his infleunces. It remains an almost timeless entry into his discography, where as GNR now sounds like a band aping the sounds of others.

I still haven't heard the whole album, and I want to give it a fair chance.

Perhaps I'm not understanding you completely, but I think that's pretty unfair, particularly coming from someone so willing to talk about music as a universal, democratic artifact. Can not someone execute a sound, any sound, expertly? Did you like NIN at the time but do not like them any longer because their sound is stale? I am confused. I think the idea of criticizing a sound for exposing the time period in which it was constructed is exceptionally narrow.

[D_Davis]

In an attempt to sound modern it ends up sounding dated, tired, and cheesy. The NIN-sounding, industrial stuff sounds like a poorly executed simulacrum of the real thing. It sounds cliche, like the "Industrial" and "techno" patches placed on keyboards years after the genre had already turned into a parody of itself.

Or you know how Christian rock bands always try to emulate a sound in an attempt to remain current, and yet they end up sounding like a poor-man's version of the original thing?

This is how the new GNR sounds to me.

But again, this is only based on a few tracks I've heard.

So call my view narrow, I care not. It's just a GNR album and not really that big of a deal to begin with.

[origami_mustache]

Alaska In winter - "Streetgang Pt. 1"

[Boner M]

The Renderers - "Dream of the Sea"

Trying to find a full album by these 90's Kiwi indie-rockers on the basis of this one incredible song (later covered by Will Oldham), to little avail.

[Spun Lepton]

I don't listen to much industrial music any more, as I've totally out grown it. Most of it seems so silly and juvenile to me now.

However, Skinny Puppy's album Last Rights is still, to this day, ahead of its time in terms of electronic production, and damn is it ever awesome - and scary as hell.

Killing Game is an absolutely brilliant song.

VIVIsectVI was Skinny Puppy's best, as far as I'm concerned. I caught them on their Last Rights tour, too. Good stuff.

My most recent purchase:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51IkyCIu0SL._SS500_.jpg

Was a little disappointed in a number of the songs upon my initial listening. I kept thinking, "It's good, but a little mellow for my tastes." I've since listened to it two more times and it really grew on me. Her voice is fantastic.

8/10

[D_Davis]

I liked VIVIsectVI back in the day, but I don't think it's held up too well. The only 2 albums I still listen to are Last Rights and Too Dark Park. There are songs off of other albums I still like, but I don't care for the whole albums.

But damn, Last Rights is simple a masterpiece of sonic manipulation. Even beyond its industrial roots, the entire thing sounds fresh, exciting, dark, scary, and incredibly nuanced. Each piece (can we really call many of these songs?) is finely crafted and each is a singular work of art, but when combined the pieces form a whole album that transcends most albums of its genre.

I never saw them live. After seeing the Ain't Dead Yet video, I determined that I would not fit in at a Skinny Puppy concert. :)

They are a band I've always admired from a distance, like a lot of industrial music.

[Spaceman Spiff]

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i311/angel_g89/Hip%20Hop/it_takes_a_nation_of_millions_ to_ho.jpg

The question is why aren't you listening to it. Has it been 20 years already?

[D_Davis]

The question is why aren't you listening to it. Has it been 20 years already?

I've pretty much got the whole album memorized.

One of the first rap tapes I ever bought, way back in '89.

[Spinal]

Family is listening to The Eagles here on Thanksgiving. I am reminded that there are few 'legendary' bands that rival them for crappiness.

[origami_mustache]

Every Beatles track ever...simultaneously.

[D_Davis]

Family is listening to The Eagles here on Thanksgiving. I am reminded that there are few 'legendary' bands that rival them for crappiness.

They are terrible.

[transmogrifier]

Dear Science
Offend Maggie

Both great.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Family is listening to The Eagles here on Thanksgiving. I am reminded that there are few 'legendary' bands that rival them for crappiness.

Van Halen gives them a run for their money, but yes, they're awful.

[Derek]

Dear Science
Offend Maggie

Both great.

Agree on Dear Science which is one of the year's best, but I thought Offend Maggie was one of Deerhoof's weakest. Still fun in parts like the basketball song.


Van Halen gives them a run for their money, but yes, they're awful.

Rep for this and The Eagles hate. Tell me you hate AC/DC and I'll double it.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Rep for this and The Eagles hate. Tell me you hate AC/DC and I'll double it.

I hate AC/DC. Even "good" AC/DC is pretty awful.

::is a rep whore::

[Kurosawa Fan]

Rep for this and The Eagles hate. Tell me you hate AC/DC and I'll double it.

I can't. I know all their songs sound the same, but the energy they bring just gets my blood pumping. They're a flawed group, and I can only handle them in little bunches, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't like them. However, all of their new stuff is utter garbage. I have AC/DC Live, High Voltage, and Back in Black. That's all I care for.

[Boner M]

The Afghan Whigs - "Conjure Me"

[Spun Lepton]

Anybody ever heard The Moog Cookbook's version of Hotel California? One moment it's a carousel song (complete with bleating sheep), the next it sounds like cheesy action movie music, and then NEXT it'll be a hoedown song. Total inspired lunacy.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Pretty sure it was on one of our mixes.

[Ivan Drago]

Sigur Ros - Milano

The more I here from this band, the more and more I like it.

[transmogrifier]

Agree on Dear Science which is one of the year's best, but I thought Offend Maggie was one of Deerhoof's weakest. Still fun in parts like the basketball song.


The first time I heard it, I was like all, meh, but after listening to it a few times...........it rocks. Deerhoof are one of those bands who I can't choose a best album from; it's all so much of a piece, I can happily dip in and out where I want.

[Derek]

The first time I heard it, I was like all, meh, but after listening to it a few times...........it rocks. Deerhoof are one of those bands who I can't choose a best album from; it's all so much of a piece, I can happily dip in and out where I want.

Thing is, I'd agree with you if we're talking about their previous 5 albums (er...5 of the last 6 I guess since I haven't heard Milk Man for some reason), but this one seemed like a step down. Only listened to it twice though, so I wouldn't be surprised if it slowly grew on me.

[transmogrifier]

Thing is, I'd agree with you if we're talking about their previous 5 albums (er...5 of the last 6 I guess since I haven't heard Milk Man for some reason), but this one seemed like a step down. Only listened to it twice though, so I wouldn't be surprised if it slowly grew on me.

Actually, I'm gonna go listen to it now. :pritch:

[chrisnu]

My Morning Jacket, "Highly Suspicious"

[transmogrifier]

Crazy in Love, Beyonce Knowles

Mainstream pop-pop at its best.

[transmogrifier]

Dramarama
Kriss Kross
Sophie B. Hawkins
Bell Biv DeVoe
Tom Cochrane

Friend of mine brought out a VHS of music he had taped off the TV in the early 90s. Great times, great times.

[BirdsAteMyFace]

Joseph Arthur - "Honey and the Moon"

[Boner M]

Antipop Consortium - "Eyewall"

So much underground hip-hop leaves me cold, but I love these guys.

[Derek]

Sparks - "I've Never Been High"

I'd wager this is the most dramatic rock song ever written about not doing drugs.

[dreamdead]

Porcupine Tree -- "Heartattack in a Lay By"

[Derek]

Fennesz - "Glide"

Gorgeous ambient noise. This track matches the brilliance of Endless Summer.

[Sven]

Right now I'm absolutely in love with Dusty Springfield.

[Sycophant]

Right now I'm absolutely in love with Dusty Springfield.
I was listening to her nonstop a couple weeks back.

[Russ]

Right now I'm absolutely in love with Dusty Springfield.
Cool! I've had Dusty in Memphis in heavy rotation the last couple of weeks.

[Boner M]

The last 4 tracks on Dusty in Memphis are unstoppable.

_____

The Afghan Whigs - "My Enemy"

[Spun Lepton]

Well, I posted this in a different music discussion thinking it was this one. Whatever.

System of a Down - Toxicity

Been craving some growly metal music recently and this fit the bill.

[BirdsAteMyFace]

I've got me a Dusty Springfield t-shirt. It is glorious. Dusty in Memphis and The Ultimate Collection have been in my car's cd player for the past month.

The Kinks - "Nothing In This World"

[Sven]

listening to her nonstop a couple weeks back.


in heavy rotation the last couple of weeks.


have been in my car's cd player for the past month.

Wow. Is this weird? I think it's kind of weird.

[BirdsAteMyFace]

Wow. Is this weird? I think it's kind of weird.Look at us, being such a cool bunch. High five.

[Sven]

Look at us, being such a cool bunch. High five.

Word.

[MadMan]

Charmer-Kings of Leon. Feels a bit heavy. I like the lead singer's vocals a lot. There's something really about them. I can't quit put my finger on it.

[D_Davis]

Charmer-Kings of Leon. Feels a bit heavy. I like the lead singer's vocals a lot. There's something really about them. I can't quit put my finger on it.

Really, what?

:)

I, too, love his vocals. They are so passionate. If you haven't yet, check out David Bazan and his band Pedro the Lion, and Greg Dulli and his band The Afghan Wigs. While stylistically different, the Kings of Leon kind of remind me of these bands, at least in the vocal department.

[Sven]

Safe as Milk - good
Trout Mask Replica - not so

Genius is stumbled upon every so often, but jeez... make some sense, guy.

[monolith94]

Thank you! TMR is garbage.

[Spun Lepton]

Trout Mask Replica is a band name? :lol:

And I thought Puddle of Mudd was a stupid name ...

[Derek]

Trout Mask Replica is a band name? :lol:

Album title by Captain Beefheart. I kinda like TMR, but Safe as Milk is noticeably better.


And I thought Puddle of Mudd was a stupid name ...

Puddle of Mudd is sheer awfulness is every way, so their name is only fitting. :)

[EvilShoe]

New Order - Ceremony (Alt. Version!)

[D_Davis]

New Order - Ceremony (Alt. Version!)

Such a great song, and version.

I am working on a New Order cover album.

So far, I am going to cover the following songs:

Ceremony
Temptation
Every Little Counts
Age of Consent
Run
Thieves Like Us
Dreams Never End

[Spaceman Spiff]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61VtKKn0eZL.jpg

[Hugh_Grant]

The Afghan Whigs - "Conjure Me"
Awesome

...
I probably shouldn't admit this in public, but I love the Keane song "The Lovers Are Losing."

[BirdsAteMyFace]

Wolf Parade - "An Animal In Your Care"

*sigh*

[Boner M]

The Pin Group - "Low Rider"

One of my favorite bands to never release an album, and one of my favorite lo-fi covers of a popular FM staple.

[Hugh_Grant]

A live version of "Hammer" from Kitchens of Distinction. Words cannot describe my love for this band.

[Boner M]

Wipers.

Middling lyrics, passable rock vocals, muddy production, favorite rock band ever.

[D_Davis]

John Foxx and Harold Budd - Translucence/Drift Music - "Subtext"

This is music heaven.

[Russ]

Ooooh, love John Foxx. Didn't know he was collaborating with anyone other than Louis Gordon.

[Sven]

BOC's Veteran of the Psychic Wars. Glorious. Co-written by Michael Moorcock, as is Black Blade, another favorite BOC track.

[dreamdead]

A Forest of Stars -- "God"

Experimental/Psychedelic UK black metal, with purty violins. Me like.

[D_Davis]

Ooooh, love John Foxx. Didn't know he was collaborating with anyone other than Louis Gordon.

I didn't know this either until I stumbled upon this on iTunes. It must have just been added, because I've never seen it there before.

It is quite beautiful.

[D_Davis]

Mistake by Mass.

Mass's one and only album is a masterpiece of slow, sludgy metal. Amazing stuff.

RIP Man's Ruin records....

[dreamdead]

Susumu Hirasawa -- "Girl in byakoya"

Still one of my favorite tracks this decade.:cool:

[Russ]

The Modern Lovers - Ice Cream Man

[Russ]

People Like Us + Matmos + Wobbly - "Holler"

[Russ]

John Foxx- Metal Beat

[Sven]

I just acquired the 4-disc Nuggets compilation. After fifteen minutes of listening, I feel like my life has changed for the infinitely better.

[dreamdead]

Alice in Chains - "I Stay Away"

Greatest EP? Probably.

[Ivan Drago]

Peter Frampton - Do You Feel Like I Do

[Yxklyx]

Daniel Knox - Man Without A Past

[transmogrifier]

2008 albums. I'm thinking at the moment:

1. Dig!! Lazarus, Dig!!
2. Third
3. Dear Science
4. Smile
5. Offend Maggie
6. Street Horrsing
7. Accelerate
8. At Mount Zoomer
9. Chinese Democracy
10. Where You Go I Go Too

Not a great year, really.

[D_Davis]

2008 albums. I'm thinking at the moment:

...

Not a great year, really.

I thought it was a very great year. But then, most of my long-time favorites put something new and great out this year.

[Boner M]

The Incredible String Band - "Maya"

fuckfuckfuck this is soooo good

[Sven]

Kate Bush's The Kick Inside.

I am in love (again). Move over, Dusty (again).

[transmogrifier]

Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea

and

Distortion

are a chance of getting on the best of, but they need further listens.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

XTC - "Yacht Dance"

[Ivan Drago]

Kanye West - Love Lockdown

[Stay Puft]

Röyksopp, "Beautiful Day Without You"

[Justin]

Clipse - Addiction

Cannot complain about free music. Especially when it is still one of the better hip hop albums of the year.

[Spaceman Spiff]

http://mgn.musicgiants.com/mgnv2/version3/artwork/a580da1d-3551-4042-b036-04ce4ffdd199medium.jpg

[DSNT]

Radio Silent, Young Marble Giants

[Sven]

Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes

:cool:

[Yxklyx]

Daniel Knox - It Gets Better

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.view profile&friendid=3891514

[Sven]

Frank Zappa - Peaches en Regalia. Sooooo awesome.

[Hugh_Grant]

I have discovered Blip.fm. It's fun, but I wonder how long it will take to go the way of Muxtape.

"Exhuming McCarthy" -- REM

[keyinblack]

"Can't Roll Back" - Future Rock

[Yxklyx]

Brian Eno - The Lost Day ; from On Land

Reminds me a lot of Angelo Badalamenti's work - would fit right in Mulholland Drive.

I have Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks and Ambient 4: On Land - what are some other good albums of this type?

[transmogrifier]

Fucked Up - good stuff. Along with Holy Fuck and Fuck Buttons, one of my favorite new bands.

(no joke! I do like these bands very much)

[Russ]

Brian Eno - The Lost Day ; from On Land

Reminds me a lot of Angelo Badalamenti's work - would fit right in Mulholland Drive.

I have Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks and Ambient 4: On Land - what are some other good albums of this type?
I think Apollo is one of his finest pieces. Of his classic albums, you can't go wrong with Another Green World or Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy).

I made an Eno compilation a while back, alternating instrumental and vocal songs...the underlying theme was "beauty" -- his most gorgeous tracks spanning a career of over 20 years and including a bit of his unreleased stuff. It's a really nice comp, it flows great, and it's the perfect sampler. If you (or anyone) would like a copy, pm me a ship-to address and I'll fix you up - freebie-style.

[D_Davis]

I have Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks and Ambient 4: On Land - what are some other good albums of this type?

Right up my alley!

I recently started an ambient music primer, an ongoing series of reviews of great ambient albums.

You can read that here:
http://www.playtime-magazine.com/press/2008/11/adventures-in-ambience-an-ambient-music-primer/

I would definitely check out the work done by Harold Budd with Brian Eno:

Ambient 2 and The Pearl are both masterpieces.

Also:

1. Harold Budd and Clive Wright - A Song For Lost Blossoms
2. Bruce Kaphan - Slider: Ambient Excursions for the Pedal Steal Guitar
3. Steve Roach - Structures From Silence
4. Daniel Lanois - Belladonna
5. Marconi Union - Distance
6. Brian Eno and Robert Fripp - The Essential Fripp and Eno
7. Seefeel - Quique
8. John Foxx & Harold Budd - Translucence/Drift Music
9. Swod - Gehen
10. Wes Willenbring - Somewhere Someone Else
11. Hammock - Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow
12. Diatonis - Ambient Life


This is a great start.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Hey, DD, how do you feel about Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2? It's one of my favorites.

[D_Davis]

Hey, DD, how do you feel about Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2? It's one of my favorites.

It's pretty good. I don't listen to that mid-90s ambient stuff as much anymore though: AFX, The Orb, Future Sound of London, Carbon Based Lifeforms et al.

I'm sure I'll get back into it more once I start writing about that stuff.

[Russ]

that mid-90s ambient stuff
D, were you ever into the em:t comps? [/big fan]


http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/543/emit3394rx1.jpg

[Ivan Drago]

Asia - Heat of the Moment

[dreamdead]

Claude Debussy -- "Claire de Lune"

[D_Davis]

D, were you ever into the em:t comps? [/big fan]


http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/543/emit3394rx1.jpg

Yeah - totally.

Although I had forgotten all about these!

I need to see if I still have some.

I was also really into Peter Namlook's FAX label.

[Skitch]

A lot of Breaking Benjamin lately...really, really like these guys.

[Raiders]

James Blackshaw - "The Mirror Speaks"

So awesome.

[Russ]

I was also really into Peter Namlook's FAX label.
Me too. And they only put out about a gazillion CDs, right?

[Spaceman Spiff]

http://www.rock107.com/albums/The-Top-107-Albums-Of-All-Time/Bob_Dylan_Blonde_On_Blonde.jpg

[keyinblack]

"Critical Beatdown" - Ultramagnetic MCs

first time listening, but it's pretty incredible.

[Ivan Drago]

Coheed and Cambria - Welcome Home