What Are You Listening To Now?

johnnyboy · Post by **johnnyboy** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:49 am

Last night whilst ironing shirts before bed: THE TRIFFIDS - BORN SANDY DEVOTIONAL

(An album I've hardly listened to since buying it on vinyl at a record fair a few years back).

This morning on the commute: BRIGHT EYES - I'M WIDE AWAKE, IT'S MORNING

(It is morning, but I'm far from being wide awake. Nice album. Not played it in a long time).

At my desk in 5 seconds time: THE MEN - OPEN YOUR HEART

(Only just started listening to this band via tracks on Youtube. The new album is all on there and sounds pretty damn good. I much prefer the less 'hardcore' numbers, which i think the prev album was full of, possibly??).

angelsighs · Post by **angelsighs** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:16 pm

jadams501 wrote:
jadams501 wrote:Interesting -- Impossible Germany is one of my very favorite Oasis tracks! I generally agree that there's been a decline in quality over the past few albums but that one is untouchable imho.
Oasis?

Oops. I meant Wilco of course. Long day...

I do love that solo. [/quote]

it's also one of my favourite recent Wilco tracks- infact, one of my favourite of all Wilco tracks! a diamond in the rough of the recent stuff, rather than the opposite. different strokes for different strokes I guess!
I love how its got a country lilt to it but also some of the angular guitarwork of Television in there .. its also the work of a band playing and interacting together rather than just arranging a song that Jeffs already written

Broc · Post by **Broc** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:37 pm

The studio version is fine and the solo is OK but live it seems to be Nels' moment. And I find those solos pretty pedestrian. Fair enough I suppose, to each their own.

redcloud · Post by **redcloud** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:57 pm

angelsighs wrote:
jadams501 wrote:Interesting -- Impossible Germany

it's also one of my favourite recent Wilco tracks- infact, one of my favourite of all Wilco tracks! a diamond in the rough of the recent stuff, rather than the opposite.

I love "Side With The Seeds". That's a beautiful tune.

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:34 pm

Broc wrote:The studio version is fine and the solo is OK but live I it seems to be Nels' moment. And I find those solos pretty pedestrian. Fair enough I suppose, to each their own.

I just got around to listening to the live version on the Sky Blue Sky bonus EP for the first time, and I agree that the solo (and song) are not nearly as effective in this performance at least. Too much guitar wankery, without the discipline of the beautiful studio version.

redcloud wrote:I love "Side With The Seeds". That's a beautiful tune.

I actually date Wilco's decline to after Sky Blue Sky, which track for track might be my favorite album of theirs. The only song I always skip is "Side With The Seeds," which I find really annoying.

Right now... Beatles - One After 909

One of my favorites from Let It Be, though the original recording from Anthology 1 is much better.

redcloud · Post by **redcloud** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:10 am

jadams501 wrote:
redcloud wrote:I love "Side With The Seeds". That's a beautiful tune.
The only song I always skip is "Side With The Seeds," which I find really annoying.

Annoying? Really? Are you sure this is this the right word to describe this tune?

I think anybody who is or has been involved in a long term relationship can, at some point, relate to these lyrics:

But you and I will be undefeated
by agreeing to disagree
No one wins but the thieves
so why side with anything?

The streetlights glow
Comes and goes
When the sun comes back
As we all can plainly see
Embracing the situation
Is our only chance to be free
Iâ€™ll side with you
If you side with me

angelsighs · Post by **angelsighs** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:10 am

Side with the Seeds is a great song. i think the first half of Sky Blue Sky is really good but it trails off in the second half.

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:06 am

Once again I mistyped... I think I need a vacation.

I meant Shake It Off, is the one I always skip.

Post by **BzaInSpace** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:19 pm

After three insanely late nights on the go I just awoke from a much needed sleep, turned on 6music and caught a heavy electricity-laden take of 'Hey Jane' - sounds magnificent!

Broc · Post by **Broc** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:31 pm

jadams501 wrote:Once again I mistyped... I think I need a vacation.

I meant Shake It Off, is the one I always skip.

Side with the Seeds is really really good, as is Shake It Off I think, like that one a lot. Saw them open with it in Berlin for the SBS tour and it was great. It's 'Walken' I don't like at all.

I didn't really like SBS initially, a bit of a mixed bag, thought it would have been a better 6/7 track EP ( and a strong one at that) but I've grown to really like it. Walken, What Light (ok-ish) & On And On are the ones I skip. I think it stands for what it is (if that makes sense) especially in the light of the last two records. Lots of folks hated the simple acoustic tracks but I always loved those. The B-side to What Light - Let's Not Get Carried Away - is a super rocker that probably didn't fit with the rest of the album but sometimes gets overlooked.

JakeCardigan · Post by **JakeCardigan** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:35 pm

lots of Broadcast on YouTube, gonna have to hunt down some records I think!!

Broc · Post by **Broc** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:24 pm

Stephen Malkmus - Mirror Traffic
Luna - Close Cover Before Striking

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 1:59 am

Pink Floyd - Marooned

A track from deep into their dinosaur rock period, but yet strangely good. It's an elegantly wasted instrumental.

JakeCardigan · Post by **JakeCardigan** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:07 pm

Benji B radio show up on Mixcloud http://www.mixcloud.com/benjib/benji-b- ... -05012011/
Window open and treating all the shoppers in the street below!

TheWarmth · Post by **TheWarmth** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:41 pm

JakeCardigan wrote:lots of Broadcast on YouTube, gonna have to hunt down some records I think!!

Broadcast vinyl is pricey and not easy to find. Sadly, all I have is one 7".

Post by **runcible** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:58 pm

Grateful Dead - Europe '72
Grateful Dead - The Spectrum 24/3/73
Grateful Dead - Freedom Hall, Kentucky 18/6/74
Grateful Dead - Skull Fuck
Grateful Dead - Eastdown Theatre, Detroit, 24/10/71

All Dark Star Orchestra's fault.

runaway · Post by **runaway** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 3:35 pm

Judee Sill - Heart Food

Post by **spzretent** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 4:50 pm

Link Wray- Three Track Shack
specifically God Out West

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsXmQOAm6PM

runaway · Post by **runaway** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:40 pm

Had to dig me out some Link!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBvj3NkVp4M

JakeCardigan · Post by **JakeCardigan** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:00 pm

TheWarmth wrote:
JakeCardigan wrote:lots of Broadcast on YouTube, gonna have to hunt down some records I think!!
Broadcast vinyl is pricey and not easy to find. Sadly, all I have is one 7".

Might be sticking to YouTube then!! Currently listening to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTCen9-RELM - Tennessee Ernie Ford

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 1:58 am

Bruce Springsteen - Racing In The Street

The best song from Darkness on the Edge of Town, and possibly Bruce's whole career. The organ solo at the end is exquisite.

Such a shame that his career is in the privy!

redcloud · Post by **redcloud** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:27 am

spzretent wrote:Joe Walsh- The Smoker You Get The Player You Drink

A bit more mainsteam than the James Gang...but not bad. What do you think?

I actually prefer 'Barnstorm', which came out before "smoker". But, I have the first three solos ('Barnstorm', 'Smoker...' and 'So What'), which are decent early/mid 70's records . I own nothing after that...although I have heard the one with "Life's Been Good" (the one where he is underwater on the cover). Meh....bit too radio friendly for me.

Post by **spzretent** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:31 am

This will date me but it takes me right back to high school.
This is a beautiful original UK ABC pressing. Thrift store purchase.
I'm gonna go get Barnstorm tomorrow.

redcloud · Post by **redcloud** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:38 am

spzretent wrote:This will date me but it takes me right back to high school.
This is a beautiful original UK ABC pressing. Thrift store purchase.
I'm gonna go get Barnstorm tomorrow.

I have an original US pressing of 'Smoker' and 'So What' but my 'Barnstorm' is actually a Japanese pressing (LP).

I'll be curious to hear what you think of 'Barnstorm'.

redcloud · Post by **redcloud** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 2:06 am

spzretent wrote:Some great songs on this record but there is some real crap on it too.

Agreed. Typical 70's radio friendly schmaltz on parts of it.

In my opinion, he (Walsh) never soared to the same heights that he did on the first two James Gang albums. I adore those records. The first LP in particular but 'Rides Again' is also brilliant. The third ('Thirds') is decent but definitely loses the rocking edge that the first two have in abundance (that said, the mellower second side of 'Rides Again' hints at the direction he is going).

Post by **spzretent** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 2:08 am

Now onto the grandaddy of all stoner rock lps....
Monster Magnet- Spine Of God.

spaceistheplace · Post by **spaceistheplace** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:17 pm

For Against - Shady side Sunny side

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 6:25 am

Traveling Wilburys - Inside Out

Laz69 · Post by **Laz69** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:08 pm

A whole pile of White Hills stuff i hadn't heard before...

White Hills - Process EP
White Hills - Stolen Stars Left For No One EP
White Hills - A Little Bliss Forever
White Hills - Black Valleys CDr
White Hills - Oddity II - Night Scene On Mill Mountain

also one i have heard before:

White Hills \ Gnod - Aquarian Downer

Some absolutely brilliantly space-drones amongst all this...

Post by **runcible** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:14 pm

MGMT's 'Late Night Tales' compilation. A curiously wonderful collection of tracks - every one a winner.

Shinesalight · Post by **Shinesalight** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:30 pm

White Hills - Frying On This Rock

angelsighs · Post by **angelsighs** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:47 pm

Soft Machine- s/t
love this album

Post by **runcible** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:10 pm

Citay - sounds good all the time but when it's sunny weather it's fabulous.

Laz69 · Post by **Laz69** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:24 pm

Lightships - Electric Cables

Solo album from Gerard Love, bass player with TFC. Absolute gem of an album. Beautifully delicate, and has a lovely hazy, dreamy sound to it, but with all the usual pop hooks you'd expect from Gerry's TFC tracks. Perfect for this good weather!

redcloud · Post by **redcloud** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:55 pm

The Allman Brothers Band - s/t (1969)

What a sound. Man, to have seen the Dead with the Allman's? If only!

mc · Post by mc » Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:49 pm

Lou Reed - Ecstasy

One of his later albums, and one of his best to boot. His guitar on "Rock Minuet" gives me the shivers every time.

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 2:23 pm

Isaac Hayes - By the Time I Get To Phoenix

it begins with one of ike's best monologues, and builds into a gorgeously orchestrated classic. J's arrangements might owe something to this.

TheWarmth · Post by **TheWarmth** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:19 pm

Tom Waits - Bad As Me - one of my favorite records of 2011. Stellar.

mc · Post by mc » Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:24 pm

Miles Davis - Go Ahead John

olan · Post by **olan** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 10:22 pm

Virgin Prunes: ...if I die, I die.

Haven't listened to this for twenty years or so. Much, much better than I expected/remembered.

mc · Post by mc » Wed Mar 28, 2012 10:25 pm

The War on Drugs - Wagonwheel Blues

olan · Post by **olan** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 10:28 pm

mc wrote:The War on Drugs - Wagonwheel Blues

Is that any good? I bought Slave Ambient the other day, but my turntable is away being pampered by the turntable doctor so
I have not listened to it yet....

redcloud · Post by **redcloud** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:56 am

The Allman Brothers Band - S/T (1969)

This is sooooo jammy! With most songs 5+ minutes or instrumentals it's not a surprise that FM radio didn't jump on this album back in '69. But, radio's loss is the listener's gain and I am so glad the Allman's didn't compromise for the sake of airplay. From start to finish this is a brilliant fucking album.

spunder · Post by **spunder** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:07 am

the Charlatans live @ Shepherds Bush 2000....they sound immense on this, just started listening to them again after having not done so for about 15 years! also loving the 'Us and Us Only' deluxe effort....

...and on a completely different tack, Shakti - Natural Elements....Mclaughlin's playing is awesome on this, all over the place but never losing sight of 'the groove'...

spaceistheplace · Post by **spaceistheplace** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 2:00 pm

The Wendys - Gobblegook

sunray · Post by **sunray** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:43 pm

jadams501 wrote:Isaac Hayes - By the Time I Get To Phoenix

it begins with one of ike's best monologues, and builds into a gorgeously orchestrated classic. J's arrangements might owe something to this.

Great stuff. That whole album, Hot Buttered Soul, is a fantsastic listening pleasure.

mc · Post by mc » Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:53 pm

Julian Cope - Psychedelic Revolution

olan wrote:
mc wrote:The War on Drugs - Wagonwheel Blues
Is that any good? I bought Slave Ambient the other day, but my turntable is away being pampered by the turntable doctor so
I have not listened to it yet....

Yeah, it's fantastic - it's not as polished or keyboard-led as Slave Ambient, but it has a rustic ramshackle charm of its own.

Hofstadter · Post by **Hofstadter** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:02 pm

Out of the Eye -- Woods (Sun and Shade)

The whole album is great, as are all of Woods' albums and all albums on Woodsist in my opinion! This track has got a super krautrock-y feel (sorta sounds almost identical to Hallogallo now that I think about it!), most of the album is a bit folk-ier.

olan · Post by **olan** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:31 pm

mc wrote:Julian Cope - Psychedelic Revolution

olan wrote:
mc wrote:The War on Drugs - Wagonwheel Blues
Is that any good? I bought Slave Ambient the other day, but my turntable is away being pampered by the turntable doctor so
I have not listened to it yet....
Yeah, it's fantastic - it's not as polished or keyboard-led as Slave Ambient, but it has a rustic ramshackle charm of its own.

OK, thanks for that. I'll shove it on the shopping list

Arab Strap time here tonight

The week never starts round here & The last romance.

Also Penetration: The Best Of and Zola Jesus: Conatus

Some interesting CDs available at 2 for Â£10 at the moment.....

runaway · Post by **runaway** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:12 am

Got these in the mail this week:

Fleetwood Mac - English Rose (remaster of US-only release containing spine-tingling Peter Green classics Without You, Black Magic Woman, Albatross)

Mink Deville - Le Chat Bleu (Raven remaster of an underrated classic - wanna fight about it?)

spaceistheplace · Post by **spaceistheplace** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 1:57 pm

Wir - the first letter

spaceistheplace · Post by **spaceistheplace** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:39 am

Disco Inferno - The 5 EP's,

Any other D.I. fans out there?

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 5:35 pm

Walking With Jesus (Live at Magasinit-Goteberg Sweden) 2.5.93

An outstanding 11 minute version that is the best Spiritualized version I have heard. Usually I think the Spz takes of WWJ are pretty indifferent, but this is the one that can stand with the greatness of the Spacemen 3 versions.

This is my favorite era for Spiritualized as a live band, too. Great gig!

angelsighs · Post by **angelsighs** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:18 pm

spaceistheplace wrote:Disco Inferno - The 5 EP's,

Any other D.I. fans out there?

yep I picked up this album recently and started a thread on here.. really impressed by it. some utterly unique music on there

Post by **runcible** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 2:57 pm

Jerry Lee Lewis Live At The Star Club 1964
Fuck me - Barry warned me about this and it's every bit as good as he described. JLL is incredible - the sheer presence of the man, the absolutely insane playing, the vibe, his voice, all the 'grrrrrrrr's' he comes out with... Phew. Rock and roll doesn't get more energetic than this.

Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE-EI3JXnFE

Tip of the hat to ya Baz!

Laz69 · Post by **Laz69** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 3:34 pm

Rock and roll doesn't get more energetic than this

When i read that, it was Greg Wallace's voice that said it inside my head...

Currently... all three Black Bombaim albums... especially Titans... absolutely MONSTEROUS!!!!

olan · Post by **olan** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:43 pm

The War on Drugs: Slave Ambient
Orbital: Wonky

On first listen my impression is that the Orbital LP is very, very good.

spunder · Post by **spunder** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:00 am

runcible wrote:Jerry Lee Lewis Live At The Star Club 1964
Fuck me - Barry warned me about this and it's every bit as good as he described. JLL is incredible - the sheer presence of the man, the absolutely insane playing, the vibe, his voice, all the 'grrrrrrrr's' he comes out with... Phew. Rock and roll doesn't get more energetic than this.

Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE-EI3JXnFE

Tip of the hat to ya Baz!

yup, that is an awesome record!...

Goodnightgoodnight · Post by **Goodnightgoodnight** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:59 pm

Bill Withers - Live At Carnegie Hall

Fucking amazing record!

spunder · Post by **spunder** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 1:37 pm

Pink Floyd - the man & the journey.

Sonic Youth - live portugal 1998......lots of long jams from the '1000 leaves' elpee.

niamhm · Post by **niamhm** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 12:22 pm

The Fall-Imperial Wax Sovent,magic,

TheWarmth · Post by **TheWarmth** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 3:05 pm

Food : Forever Is A Dream (1969) - psych-pop masterpiece. Big thanks to redcloud for tipping me off to this!

runaway · Post by **runaway** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 5:56 pm

Chromatics - Kill for Love

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 7:25 pm

Mojave 3 - Baby's Coming Home

redcloud · Post by **redcloud** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 4:05 pm

'Easter Everywhere'

Broc · Post by **Broc** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 4:47 pm

spunder wrote: Sonic Youth - live portugal 1998......lots of long jams from the '1000 leaves' elpee.

I love 1000 Leaves, must play it again soon..