What Are You Listening To Now?

spunder · Post by **spunder** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:42 pm

angelsighs wrote:The Rolling Stones- Sticky Fingers.
on a big Stones phase at the moment due to recently finishing Keefs biog. I think this album is my favourite- it's got some amazing songs on there
there are few better opening seconds to a song than Sway in my opinion

nice one...have you got any of the bootlegs from the '72 US tour? theres a very good one called the 'unreleased Decca album'....has an amazing version of Bitch on it.

its about time they got their backsides together and did a mono boxset....lazy fuckers..

niamhm · Post by **niamhm** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:13 pm

Black Mountain-Old Fangs,

niamhm · Post by **niamhm** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:36 pm

Mercury Rev- Tides Of The Moon,haunting stuff,

niamhm · Post by **niamhm** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:36 pm

Janes Addiction-Summertime Rolls ,righteous

Minky · Post by **Minky** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 3:40 am

Genesis - Liverpool 4/19/75

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 3:54 am

Spacemen 3 - Come down easy (taking drugs... version)

Amazing track, one of the greats showcasing the band's roots in country blues.

redcloud · Post by **redcloud** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 4:14 am

Flamin' Groovies - Teenage Head (LP)
Flamin' Groovies - Flamingo

The older I get the more I love and respect this band.

Minky · Post by **Minky** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 5:35 am

Broadcast - Mother Is The Milky Way
Yes - s/t

good times · Post by **good times** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:25 am

at my most beautiful - r.e.m.

Shinesalight · Post by **Shinesalight** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 4:00 pm

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - The Howl Sessions

How "Pretend" never made it on to the album, I just don't understand.... a simply beautiful track. If anyone has a vinyl transfer of this LP I'd love them to have it to listen to on my i-Pod.

redcloud · Post by **redcloud** » Wed May 02, 2012 4:32 am

Green Pajamas - 'Summer of Lust' (The 1st GP album originally released as cassette only. Recently released on cd for first time in a ltd. ed. run of 500. First 50 were numbered and initialed by band. My copy is #37 and initialed by Joe Ross).

olan · Post by **olan** » Wed May 02, 2012 10:21 pm

Ahhh1-2-3-4

The Ramones: It's Alive

Clears the sinuses at the volume we're playing it at.

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Fri May 04, 2012 2:35 am

Spiritualized - Mary

This wasn't a track that immediately jumped out at me from SHSL, but it has some great lines and the end is a great cross between The Individual and the end of Shine A Light.

spaceben · Post by **spaceben** » Fri May 04, 2012 2:48 am

I just got a copy of Sonic's first Spectrum album. Doesn't have the pin wheel on the front, but is one of the original Silvertone releases from what I can gather.

Sounds so good LOUD, seems much more layered than what I've heard before on digital copies.

And I had no idea that J had played on it.

t0kdag0n · Post by **t0kdag0n** » Fri May 04, 2012 2:51 am

The Kwisatz Haderach · Fri May 04, 2012 6:43 am

Killing Joke - MMXII

Beach House - Bloom

Cate Le Bon - Cyrk

Spiritualized - Sweet Light Sweet Heart

redcloud · Post by **redcloud** » Tue May 08, 2012 5:08 am

Toe Fat - s/t (1969)

Hofstadter · Post by **Hofstadter** » Tue May 08, 2012 6:20 am

That Skinny Motherfucker With the High Voice -- Dump

Dump is James McNew (aka YLT's bassist).

Yo La Tengo are the kings of covers in my opinion. This album is just another example of one of their member's being rad. It's an album entirely composed of Prince covers recorded to cassette in the late 90s, then redistributed in 01 with a few more tracks. Originally started as an exercise in learning to use a know hard disc recorder after upgrading from a classic tascam 4-track. Captures what I always love about YLT's tone, but also you can hear James' own distinct influence (particularly on 'Erotic City').

Some highlights for me - the looping drum track on 1999, Raspberry Beret (probably my favorite on the album), The Beautiful Ones (reminds me IMMENSELY of something, I just can't quite place it), and When U Were Mine. It can be pretty difficult to find, so if you want it, just PM me, and I guess I will send you a link to a mediafire of it.

Any other YLT fans out there? If so and you like this (and you haven't heard it already), check out the whole band's cover album Fuckbook (recorded under the moniker Condo Fucks, a joke from the inserts for I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One)

Post by **runcible** » Tue May 08, 2012 10:17 am

Flying Burrito Brothers - Live at the Filmore 1970
Green Pajamas - All Clues Lead to Meagan's Bed
Young Flowers - Blomsterpistolen
Happy Mondays - Bummed
Vibravoid - 2001 Love Is Freedom

angelsighs · Post by **angelsighs** » Sun May 13, 2012 12:21 pm

Hofstadter wrote: Any other YLT fans out there? If so and you like this (and you haven't heard it already), check out the whole band's cover album Fuckbook (recorded under the moniker Condo Fucks, a joke from the inserts for I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One)

big fan here. I've never investigated any of James' solo stuff (I do really like Stockholm Syndrome though which I believe is all but a James song), or the Condo Fucks either. having said that when I saw them recently on the 'spin the wheel tour', the first half of the set was a Condo Fucks one and it was okay. I've found them to be a rather inconsistent band live whenever I've seen them but the records are largely brilliant

niamhm · Post by **niamhm** » Sun May 13, 2012 1:15 pm

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club -Howl Sessions,

redcloud · Post by **redcloud** » Sun May 13, 2012 4:42 pm

Mother's Day in the USA and we have beautiful weather up here in the Pacific Northwest. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the flowers are in full bloom and the bees are buzzing.

I decided it was a perfect morning to listen to a couple old friends before we start cooking our Sunday roast:

Love - s/t
Love - 'Da Capo'

Post by **MODLAB** » Mon May 14, 2012 7:25 am

Thin Lizzy â€” Whiskey In The Jar

L,

M

Shinesalight · Post by **Shinesalight** » Mon May 14, 2012 4:42 pm

Carlton Melton - Pass It On

managed to finally pick this up on vinyl over the weekend on a trip to Dublin. It was a bit of luck actually as someone had filed it under "M" by mistake and I was looking for some Mogwai. Also came across 2 copies of the BRMC Howl RSD vinyl but at â‚¬34 a pop I had to resist the urge.

Goodnightgoodnight · Post by **Goodnightgoodnight** » Mon May 14, 2012 11:26 pm

The Free Design - Kites Are Fun. Lovely little record.

Hofstadter · Post by **Hofstadter** » Tue May 15, 2012 4:04 am

Lower Dens - Nootropics

shalloboi · Post by **shalloboi** » Tue May 15, 2012 5:33 am

listened to all of the beach house albums today.
also-
brmc- 'howl'
sic alps- 'a long way around to a short cut'
cave- 'neverendless'
spiritualized dc stream (and video)
the walkmen npr 'world cafe' stream
lower dens- 'nootropics'
white fence- 'family perfume vol. 1'
radar eye- 's/t'

solarflarez · Post by **solarflarez** » Tue May 15, 2012 2:13 pm

Upsetters 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle, again and again and again

mc · Post by mc » Thu May 17, 2012 2:33 pm

Listening to Low - C'mon for the first time. "Nothing But Heart" is virtually a note-for-note remake of "Shine A Light". That, of course, is a good thing

Hofstadter · Post by **Hofstadter** » Thu May 17, 2012 3:14 pm

No way! I listened to Low's Things We Lost In The Fire for the first time last night!

niamhm · Post by **niamhm** » Fri May 18, 2012 9:56 pm

mooched a record player of someone ,playing The Perfect Prescription (glass records ) for the first time in 15 yrs. and yeah it sounds good

redcloud · Post by **redcloud** » Sat May 19, 2012 4:39 am

Brian Jonestown Massacre - Pol Pot's Pleasure Penthouse

Very early BJM (Anton) recordings at his most shoegazey and psychedelic. Glorious stuff.

nickh · Post by **nickh** » Sat May 19, 2012 8:26 am

The Meteors - Radioactive Kid

Laz69 · Post by **Laz69** » Sat May 19, 2012 12:03 pm

redcloud wrote:Brian Jonestown Massacre - Pol Pot's Pleasure Penthouse

Very early BJM (Anton) recordings at his most shoegazey and psychedelic. Glorious stuff.

I was listening to their (supposedly) first demo from 1990 yesterday. Its up on youtube. Posted by a guy who seems to have run a record shop on Haight Asbury across from where Anton was staying. Says anton dropped it in to him back in 1990 when he was first starting and had decided on the BJM name. Was very good, although i don't recognise anything that i heard.

If anyone knows the details of this tape or the tracks on it, i'd be all ears!

Also watch a full show on youtube from 1998, The point in Atlanta if i recall. Good show. Great tunes and some heckling!

Worth checking out!

redcloud · Post by **redcloud** » Sat May 19, 2012 2:32 pm

Laz69 wrote:
I was listening to their (supposedly) first demo from 1990 yesterday. Its up on youtube. Posted by a guy who seems to have run a record shop on Haight Asbury across from where Anton was staying. Says anton dropped it in to him back in 1990 when he was first starting and had decided on the BJM name. Was very good, although i don't recognise anything that i heard.

If anyone knows the details of this tape or the tracks on it, i'd be all ears!

Might have been this: http://www.burgerrecords.org/apps/webst ... ow/3130791

It was just reissued by Joel (I think?) in a limited ed. of 1000 cassettes only. I ordered one and it showed up quick.

Laz69 · Post by **Laz69** » Sat May 19, 2012 8:25 pm

Well the blog the youtube video points you to suggests that the demo i was listening to pre-dates. Someone asked if these were the same tracks from the Pol Pot's release and they aren't apparently, hence why i asked. I'll see if i can find the youtube link...

Here you go: http://internetalbemuth.blogspot.com/20 ... -tape.html

nickh · Post by **nickh** » Sat May 26, 2012 9:27 pm

I have mostly been listening to Thee Milkshakes - Out of Control after watching a very old clip from 1984 originally on The Tube called Trash on the Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjqZyEUETZU:

If you are interested enough to have a look you can see a young Tracy Emin grooving around, I believe she was Billy Childish's significant other at the time.

redcloud · Post by **redcloud** » Sun May 27, 2012 6:28 pm

Relatively Clean Rivers

queued up:

Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home, Blood On The Tracks, Highway 61, Blonde On Blonde

Feeling a bit down....my sister passed away two years ago this weekend. Two consecutive shows kept me distracted....grey Sunday morning after and now missing her. Roasting a chicken for Sunday lunch. We'll go for a walk later and spend time in the garden.

olan · Post by **olan** » Sun May 27, 2012 7:44 pm

spzretent wrote:Teardrop Explodes Kilimanjaro Deluxe 3x CD.
Oft overlooked.

Not around here it isn't. We had Fried on the other night. Kilimanjaro was the next cab off the rank until my mate held up Radio One by The Heads and asked "Is this any good?"

On topic: Low - Drums and Guns. Perfect tunes for a balmy end to a tropical day in Liverpool.....

Post by **spzretent** » Sun May 27, 2012 7:49 pm

Everytime I put on the Teardrops I think of the bands that became huge from that era/scene. The Teardrops seem like a footnote. Perhaps I am wrong.

olan · Post by **olan** » Sun May 27, 2012 10:53 pm

spzretent wrote:Everytime I put on the Teardrops I think of the bands that became huge from that era/scene. The Teardrops seem like a footnote. Perhaps I am wrong.

You just have to read Cope's books about this period to understand why they went from the front cover of Smash Hits (!) to breaking up in such a short period. Wonderful music, but some seriously dangerous personality traits/habits/egos....

I remember a Julian Cope gig at the TV Club in Dublin in 1983/84 where he ended up covered in his own blood, as did half the front row of the audience. The whole evening was just seriously bizarre. I constantly amazed he is still with us......

On topic again: Perplexa: Perplexa - simply unbelievable. Discovered this band via this board as a result of a Spzretent tip IIRC.....percussion on this album is stunning, almost providing the lead on some tracks.

Post by **spzretent** » Mon May 28, 2012 12:01 am

Olan:
This what precisely makes this forum such a valuable resource. I have learned about so many new bands from this message board. Without it i'd be lost.
I have read both Possesed and Repossesed. Got that two-fer book.
What shocks me is how Fried gets dismissed too. I think that is JC's finest solo album.
Maybe I am marching to a different drummer.

Post by **runcible** » Mon May 28, 2012 2:48 pm

Various - African Dub Almighty Chapter 3 (Joe Gibbs)
Yabby U and Michael Prophet meets Scientist at Dub Station
Various - The Story of Trojan (CD 2)
Mikey Dread - African Anthem
King Tubby - Dub Gone Crazy (The Evolution of Dub at King Tubby's 1975-79)
Ranking Dillinger - Non Stop Disco Style
Jah Stitch - Original Ragga Muffin 1975-77
...plus various personalised reggae compilations

angelsighs · Post by **angelsighs** » Wed May 30, 2012 3:49 pm

do I detect a theme there runcible?

Ride - Nowhere
Dirty Three- Toward The Low Sun
Galaxie 500 -On Fire

JakeCardigan · Post by **JakeCardigan** » Wed May 30, 2012 8:02 pm

Been enjoying the sun recently, listening to records with the window wide open.. sharing the musical love!!

Mix of what I was listening to - http://www.mixcloud.com/adventuresinthe ... y-may-day/

Includes Peaking Lights, The Bug, Spiritualized, Warpaint and Steve Mason

olan · Post by **olan** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:37 pm

The Heads: Radio One

LOUD!

Post by **runcible** » Wed May 30, 2012 10:47 pm

olan wrote:The Heads: Radio One

LOUD!

Sounds good!

For me...
Led Zeppelin - Final Rehearsal for reunion show 2007 bootleg
Lee Scratch Perry - Sound System Scratch
Relatively Clean Rivers s/t
Various Asteroid #4
The Band - Music From Big Pink
Vietnam Veterans - Green Peas

spunder · Post by **spunder** » Thu May 31, 2012 9:04 am

Jimi Hendrix - Story Of Life Italian 8cd bootleg set. lots of treats therein.
Anywhere - S/T . the female vocalist from Sleepy Suns new super group. seriously funky drumming on this!
Verve - Copenhagen '93
Amon Duul 2 -Tanz De Lemminge.

acoustic spaceman · Post by **acoustic spaceman** » Thu May 31, 2012 3:54 pm

Little Roy - 'Heat', old reggae mans album..

Laz69 · Post by **Laz69** » Thu May 31, 2012 4:14 pm

Stars Of The Lid - The Ballasted Orchestra

Reminds me of all the great things Kranky Records put out at the start...

cantona · Post by **cantona** » Thu May 31, 2012 5:14 pm

Sun Kil Moon - Among The Leaves

Disappointing but maybe this will be a slow grower, but I suspect not.

Sigur Ros - Valtari

I like Valtari

heisenberg · Post by **heisenberg** » Thu May 31, 2012 9:04 pm

cantona wrote:Sun Kil Moon - Among The Leaves

Disappointing but maybe this will be a slow grower, but I suspect not.

What the hell has happened to Mark Kozelek? He seems like such a bitter guy these days. The songs seem to deliberately push the idea that he's a total dick and hates the audience and making music in general. Tongue in cheek or not, it's still a pretty bad move to make a whole album about it.

Minky · Post by **Minky** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:22 am

Bardo Pond - Gazing At Shilla

niamhm · Post by **niamhm** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:44 pm

QoTSA-Lullabies To Paralyze, seems an age since they had an album ,whats happening Josh?

redcloud · Post by **redcloud** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:34 pm

Minky wrote:Bardo Pond - Gazing At Shilla

Tell me more?

shalloboi · Post by **shalloboi** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 12:51 am

listening to a bunch of vinyl today. decided to do a mini sonic youth marathon-

sonic youth- 'evol,' 'sister' and 'daydream nation'
the cure- 'entreat plus'
just put on 'show.' probably shouldn't listen to my vinyl copy, but i think this is only the second time i've listened to it.

evan:) · Post by **evan:)** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 2:59 am

the rolling stones -The London Years (3CDs)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singles_Co ... ndon_Years

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:06 am

My 90s mix - smashing pumpkins, black grape, dave matthews, pearl jam, etc.

Laz69 · Post by **Laz69** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:56 am

Dead Sea Apes - Lupus
Dead Sea Apes - Soy Dios

The "Lupus" album is an absolute stormer. "Wolf Of The Bees" is just tremendously heavy.

debased · Post by **debased** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:21 pm

Albums:
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Aufheben
Sigur Ros - Valtari (a very pleasant surprise)
The Walkabouts - Travels In The Dustland
Dead Sea Apes - Lupus (fans of Labradford, take note)

Singles:
Health - Tears
I Ching - It's Me
Wolf & Cub - All Through The Night
Doctor Dru - The Voice Of Dru (best dance track I've heard in ages, cool video too)

niamhm · Post by **niamhm** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:25 pm

killing Joke-Kings &Queens,

Hofstadter · Post by **Hofstadter** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:48 pm

No Age - Collage Culture
Witch - Introduction
Eric's Trip - Love Tara
Yo La Tengo - Painful
Chrissy Zebby Tembo - My Ancestors

toomilk · Post by **toomilk** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:29 am

I found Royal Trux's Accelerator on vinyl at a record store I hate and haven't been to in 4 years.

Such an incredible album. Really doesn't sound like anything else and it's because of the band lineup. This is from almost 15 years ago and that seems pretty ridiculous.

Why didn't more bands follow Royal Trux???

I'm listening to an album from 1998 and it feels like I've just discovered the future of music. I get the kind of same effect with Spiritualized and Ladies and Gentlemen....

I guess that's what makes all of us here special...

angelsighs · Post by **angelsighs** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:01 pm

Pil- Metal Box

Hofstadter · Post by **Hofstadter** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:43 pm

Low - Things We Lost In The Fire. My first exposure to Low. All the talk of Codeine over in the ATP thread had my finally going for this (it seems like I can never hear my friends mention Low without mentioning Codeine). A friend suggested this is where I should start.

Laz69 · Post by **Laz69** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:16 pm

Dead Sea Apes - Soy Dios I, II and III

Fucking hell this is KILLER!!! Pretty much three version of the same basic song, but building into badder, heavier and naster versions as it plays through the three tracks. If someone can tell me where to find a better bass sound than on Soy Dios II, i want to know about it!