I've been listening to PSB's Super a lot, and this might seem blasphemy to some, but I'm starting to like it even more than Electric.
I've been listening to PSB's Super a lot, and this might seem blasphemy to some, but I'm starting to like it even more than Electric.
Losing is like fertilizer: it stinks for a while, then you get used to it. (Tony, Hibbing)
OMG, LOVING this collab between Paul Banks (Interpol) and RZA (no intro needed).
Apparently they've been buddies for years, getting together to play chess, and play around with their musical toys on occasion. Finally got around to putting their stuff to album, and the result is the most badass song I've heard in a long while.
Losing is like fertilizer: it stinks for a while, then you get used to it. (Tony, Hibbing)
Goddamn you all for not making me listen to Roxy Music earlier. You should be ashamed of yourselves. For Your Pleasure FTW.
Last 10 Movies Seen
(90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)
Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
Stuff at Letterboxd
Listening Habits at LastFM
Seriously, is there a better five albums stretch anywhere than Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure - Stranded - Country Life - Siren?
Last 10 Movies Seen
(90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)
Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
Stuff at Letterboxd
Listening Habits at LastFM
Always been a blind spot for me as well--pretty ludicrous since Eno is a favorite.
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2016:
1. Frank Ocean - Blonde
2. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
3. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
4. Kero Kero Bonito - Bonito Generation
5. Noname - Telefone
6. Jessy Lanza - Oh No
7. Anohni - Hopelessness
8. Avalanches - Wildflower
9. Ian William Craig - Centres
10. Beyonce - Lemonade
HM: James Blake, Radiohead, Jenny Hval, Anderson .Paak, Babyfather, Kendrick
Great effing year.
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They played the ambient mix of Home and Dry when I saw them live. It may honestly be my new favorite single from them now.Quoting bac0n (view post)
Last Five Films I've Seen (Out of 5)
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse (Mackesy, 2022) 4.5
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Crawford, 2022) 4
Confess, Fletch (Mottola, 2022) 3.5
M3GAN (Johnstone, 2023) 3.5
Turning Red (Shi, 2022) 4.5
Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) 5
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Oooh, nice! They did an acoustic version of it when I saw them. Who knew that Neil Tennant could play the guitar?
Losing is like fertilizer: it stinks for a while, then you get used to it. (Tony, Hibbing)
Why had I never listed to Patti Smith's Horses before? This rules.
Absolutely.
Last 10 Movies Seen
(90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)
Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
Stuff at Letterboxd
Listening Habits at LastFM
Welcome to the club.
"We eventually managed to find them near Biskupin, where demonstrations of prehistoric farming are organized. These oxen couldn't be transported to anywhere else, so we had to built the entire studio around them. A scene that lasted twenty-something seconds took us a year and a half to prepare."
So great.
Time flies — this SNL performance of "Thinkin Bout You" already packs a nostalgic punch for me. One of my favourite live renditions of a song. I wonder if another SNL appearance will happen this season...
New xx is really good. Early on I was scared "Performance" was gonna be another quiet sad confessional track (we already have "Shelter" and others), but then the strings came in--nothing too flashy of course, but exactly what the song needed. Crazy it's been five years since their last album.
Saw Nick Cave last night for the first time. Jesus Christ, that guy is a rock star.
Only time I've seen him "live" was in Wings of Desire, but yeah. New album sounds too depressing.
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I saw him in 2011 with his "Grinderman" side project. It was quite an experience.
Some albums that have recently caught my attention:
Illinois - Sufjan Stevens
Welcome to Sky Valley - Kyuss
Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
Until the End of the World - Various Artists
Blast Tyrant - Clutch
Wrong - Nomeansno
We Got it From Here... - A Tribe Called Quest
Teens of Denial - Car Seat Headrest
You Want it Darker - Leonard Cohen
Last 10 Movies Seen
(90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)
Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
Stuff at Letterboxd
Listening Habits at LastFM
New Kendrick is awesome. Musically it's up to snuff, and if the rumors are true that he's releasing a companion album on Easter then conceptually.... well, my mind is running wild.
The new Future Islands rules.
Does anyone participate in Record Store Day?
My take today:
Notorious BIG "Born Again"
Blade Runner Soundtrack
A Bronx Tale Soundtrack
Bollywood - The Psychedelic Years
Rough Guide to Delta Blues
New Orleans Soul '66
Sublime "Badfish"
King Crimson "In the Court of the Crimson King"
Basically all I've been listening to in 2017 is Sleaford Mods. Probably the most important group making music today. The most punk rock thing since Big Black. A band that is politically and culturally dangerous, a band that does not give one single fuck about how they are perceived. They are smart, sincere, angry as fuck, hilarious, brave and unflinching. It's telling that the most politically charged group making music today is two nearly-50 year old lower middle class brits. Most everything else I'm listening to feels empty in comparison. Sex Pistols > Big Black > Public Enemy > Sleaford Mods.
Since DD revived this thread, my faves from this year past the halfway point:
Slowdive - Slowdive
Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness
Jay Som - Everybody Works
Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds from Another Planet
Perfume Genius - No Shape
Priests - Nothing Feels Natural
Run the Jewels - RTJ3
Charly Bliss - Guppy
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
Pallbearer - Heartless
Excited for Julien Baker and The National, need to spend more time with Fleet Foxes's, Elder's, and Mount Eerie's latest.
The Boat People - 9
The Power of the Dog - 7.5
The King of Pigs - 7
I didn't like this. Feels like 10 steps backwards from Pygmalion. Pygmalion still sounds like it's from the future, and the new s/t album sounds like a band trying to sound like Slowdive did before Pygmalion. I was really hoping they would have used Pygmalion as a jumping off point.
One thing I can't wait for, next week, is Ben Gibbard's cover of Teenage Fanclub's Bandwagonesque.
Friend of mine just put out a doom metal EP with her band High Priestess, in case any of you are metalheads in the mood for an all-lady band.
[I think it's doom metal, but I'm not good at classifications. It's good eerie heavy wanderingness.]
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