Discuss the Musics Thread

[bac0n]

Anyone here know anything about Swing music from the 40s and 50s? If so, what are some recommendations of artists or whatever?

The Big Four (In Order Of Awesomeness) Are:

Chick Webb
Count Basie
Benny Goodman
Artie Shaw

[Rowland]

What do you guys use primarily for downloading music? I'm so rooted in the past that I still stick with Soulseek, which I've been using since it first debuted as an alternative to Napster/Kazaa back in the day.

[EvilShoe]

What do you guys use primarily for downloading music? I'm so rooted in the past that I still stick with Soulseek, which I've been using since it first debuted as an alternative to Napster/Kazaa back in the day.

Shareminer, when I look for full CD's.
Otherwise soulseek.

[D_Davis]

Dang, the new Sun Kil Moon is awesome so far.

It's available from their website for only $8 as a digital download.

I also ordered a couple copies of the CD.

And I got my tx to see Mark Kozelek perform live in a couple of weeks.

April is going to be an awesome month.

[D_Davis]

Unlit Hallway, off the new Sun Kil Moon album, is awesome. Kozelek has always possessed an uncanny ability to invoke mood and atmosphere; he creates setting - time and place - through his music, and this song is a great example of this.

I still think the best song he's ever written is Michael, off the first Red House Painters album, but this song is among those that are close to that song's brilliance.

[D_Davis]

I don't care for Haron Blue on the new SKM album.

It's the first song that isn't awesome.

It could be a good song in a movie though, I can totally picture it in a dark western of some kind.

[origami_mustache]

Soulseek is pretty good and I still use it occasionally, but the quality and speed of torrents is so much better, plus I enjoy the private tracker communities.

[Rowland]

Soulseek is pretty good and I still use it occasionally, but the quality and speed of torrents is so much better, plus I enjoy the private tracker communities.

I use torrents for movies obviously, but not so much music. Where do you look for music torrents?

[Derek]

I use torrents for movies obviously, but not so much music. Where do you look for music torrents?

Here. Mininova and BTJunkie are definitely the best two to search in. It doesn't have a lot of the rare stuff you can only find on Soulseek or, I assume, private communities, but I've found a lot of albums there and they've almost always dl'ed pretty fast.

[origami_mustache]

I use torrents for movies obviously, but not so much music. Where do you look for music torrents?

I can send you an invite to a what.cd...let me know your email if interested?

[Acapelli]

So what are everyone's favorite releases of '08 so far? At this point mine are

Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
Boris - Smile
El Guincho - Alegranza
No Kids - Come Into My House
The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing

[EvilShoe]

So what are everyone's favorite releases of '08 so far? At this point mine are

Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
Boris - Smile
El Guincho - Alegranza
No Kids - Come Into My House
The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing

So far:

British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
Destroyer - Trouble in Dreams
Constantines - Kensington Heights

[Justin]

So far..

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
She & Him - Volume One
Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Clinic - Do It!

I am expecting The Roots to jump straight to the top when Rising Down is released.

[Sven]

Horb, wherever you are, you'd be proud of me:

I just used almost all of this month's emusic downloads on Popul Vuh. Got about 6 albums worth. I always loved Fricke's work with Herzog, so it's wonderful to have some more.

[Derek]

So what are everyone's favorite releases of '08 so far?

El Guincho - Alegranza
Times New Viking - Rip it Off
Fleet Foxes - Ragged Wood
Headlights - Some Racing, Some Stopping
The Ruby Suns - Sea Lion
High Places - 03/07-09/07
Valet - Naked Acid
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazurus, Dig!!!
The Black Keys - Attack & Release
Portishead - Third

...and several others I really like. It's been a solid year so far even if El Guincho is the only one that's really of top 5-10 of the year quality IMO.

[Llopin]

Interesting, so El Guincho is all popular and stuff now? When I saw him live last year he didn't particularly revolt the masses. All hail Pitchfork, I guess. He's a nice guy.

I'll say...

Experimental Aircraft - Third Transmission: Meet Me On Echo Echo Terrace
Meshuggah - obZen
The Goslings - Occasion
Earth - The Bees Made Honey In the Lion's Skull
5ive - Hesperus
Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
Mt Eerie - Black Wooden Ceiling Opening
Riddle of Steel - 1985
SM and the Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
Mia Doi Todd - Gea
Thinking Machines - The Complete Record of Urban Archaeology
The Vera Violets - Dirty Rainbow

Still got a lot to listen, though.

[Derek]

Interesting, so El Guincho is all popular and stuff now? When I saw him live last year he didn't particularly revolt the masses. All hail Pitchfork, I guess. He's a nice guy.

I guess. It's Person Pitch for 2008, so I'm not sure why its popularity would be a surprise, although it hasn't exactly been lighting up the switchboards over here in the US either.

[Rowland]

All hail Pitchfork, I guess.

White people love Pitchfork.

[Duncan]

Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea

Whoa, did this leak?

[EvilShoe]

Forgot (apart from Fleet Foxes, which has been mentioned already):
Stephen Malkmus - Real Emotional Trash

[Kurosawa Fan]

Forgot (apart from Fleet Foxes, which has been mentioned already):
Stephen Malkmus - Real Emotional Trash

I fucking love this album, especially that particular track. Incredible.

[Rowland]

Hey, I just realized that Fennesz released another collaboration with Sakamoto last year. I'm downloading it now... any good?

[Acapelli]

I guess. It's Person Pitch for 2008, so I'm not sure why its popularity would be a surprise, although it hasn't exactly been lighting up the switchboards over here in the US either.

Yeah apart from you, and myself of course, I haven't really heard anyone else talk about it here.

[origami_mustache]

So what are everyone's favorite releases of '08 so far? At this point mine are

The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
Why? - Alopecia
James Blackshaw - White Goddess
Jamie Lidell - Jim
Crystal Castles - S/T
Boris - Smile
The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Graves
Xiu Xiu - Women As Lovers
Destroyer - Trouble In Dreams
M83 - Saturdays = Youth
Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)
Woods Family Creeps- S/T
Adam Green - Sixes and Sevens
The Black Keys - Attack and Release
The Magnetic Fields - Distortion

[origami_mustache]

Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing

Just listened to this album and I love it...I'd imagine some sort of super collaboration between Lightning Bolt, The Black Dice and No Age would sound something like this.