What Are You Listening To Now?

angelsighs · Post by **angelsighs** » Sat Nov 06, 2010 2:32 am

Dirty Three- She Has No Strings Apollo

Minky · Post by **Minky** » Sat Nov 06, 2010 3:35 am

Recoil - Strange Hours '10 (Feat. The Black Ships)

JakeCardigan · Post by **JakeCardigan** » Sat Nov 06, 2010 12:20 pm

Minky wrote:Recoil - Strange Hours '10 (Feat. The Black Ships)

Love this track... came out of nowhere for me and can't stop listening to it

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Sat Nov 06, 2010 9:21 pm

JakeCardigan wrote:
Minky wrote:Recoil - Strange Hours '10 (Feat. The Black Ships)
Love this track... came out of nowhere for me and can't stop listening to it

Love the McCabe guitars, but not so much the vocals. Perhaps it's that I'm not familiar with the original song. Still, definitely an intriguing teaser for The Black Ships if they ever actually release anything.

Post by **runcible** » Sun Nov 07, 2010 2:48 pm

Mugstar - Lime
The Coloured Balls - Ball Power
Various mixed CDs from guys at the BJM forum
Cosmic Psychos - Slave To The Crave (live)
Gappy Ranks - Put The Stereo On
Gnod/White Hills - Drop Out

TheWarmth · Post by **TheWarmth** » Sun Nov 07, 2010 4:13 pm

Bob Dylan ~ Modern Times

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Sun Nov 07, 2010 4:21 pm

TheWarmth wrote:Bob Dylan ~ Modern Times

His best album of his own stuff (well...) since Slow Train Coming. Great LP.

Minky · Post by **Minky** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 1:26 am

Reboot.fm - â€œRock/Pop Am Montag goes back to obscurity with Guests: Jeremy Novac (Dymaxion) and Tim Gane (Stereolab)â€ (2010-11-03)
http://soundcloud.com/rebootfm/2010-11-03-rockpop6

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 2:04 am

Alan Hawkshaw - Hawkwind & Fire

Minky · Post by **Minky** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 4:23 am

Deerhunter - Spinner Interface Live Session
http://www.spinner.com/interface/deerhunter
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSt ... 55&foo=bar

Dungen - Skit I Allt

Laz69 · Post by **Laz69** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 8:59 am

Bardo Pond - Crystal Tickets
Dead Meadow - Got Live If You Want It

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 4:04 pm

My "Feel So Sad" mix

Feel So Sad (Reprise) - from Recurring
Drive/Feel So Sad - from Recurring
Feel So Sad (Rhapsodies)
Feel So Sad (Glides & Chimes)
Effervescent (Chimes)

Yes I didn't include the Peel session version or any of the assorted live renditions, but this version works perfectly for drifting off to sleep.

Multi · Post by **Multi** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 5:45 pm

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:56 pm

The Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 2

Rev. Sister Mary Nelson's "Judgement" is terrifying.

TheWarmth · Post by **TheWarmth** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:15 pm

d_rradio: Seasons (3" cd)
Mansun: Six
Clinic: Bubblegum (2xLP vinyl with bonus acoustic tracks)

toomilk · Post by **toomilk** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:56 pm

The Birthday Party - The Bad Seed EP

"Deep in the Woods" is the darkest song probably the darkest song in Rock n Roll.

Post by **MODLAB** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 7:41 am

Swans: My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky

moop · Post by **moop** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 8:22 am

TheWarmth wrote:...Mansun: Six...

i think you meant to post this in the perfect albums thread

TheWarmth · Post by **TheWarmth** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 4:02 pm

Mansun gets a bad rap. Six is the only album by them that I think is really worthwhile, but man is it an amazing piece of work.

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 6:04 pm

Stereolab - Dots & Loops

Their best album.

Oh hell! I think we need a new thread on this subject.

M

moop · Post by **moop** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 12:30 am

TheWarmth wrote:Mansun gets a bad rap. Six is the only album by them that I think is really worthwhile, but man is it an amazing piece of work.

i'd agree, though you could compile a great album from the b-sides alone. (some of which are on this here b-side compy http://www.pauldraper.info/thedeadflowersreject/ ) always the mark of a great band in my books. it's a little unfair to judge them on 'little kix' though, since the record company really pulled in the reigns following six. have you heard kleptomania? for what is essentially the 4th album demos i think they sounds pretty great. love that combination of heavy drums and dark, twisted guitar. they were also an incredible live band. just check out the live version of taxloss (on kleptomania) for proof of that. also having seen them on their final tour i can say those songs sounded REALLY good live.

btw - if you have time, there's a 10th anniversary blog about six here: http://ymlp.com/msg.php?id=anekcixcbjy and http://ymlp.com/msg.php?id=anekcixlkpn

it's been such a long time since they split. i wish paul would record some new material, but he seems happy producing other bands these days.

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 1:37 am

jadams501 wrote:Stereolab - Dots & Loops

Their best album.

Oh hell! I think we need a new thread on this subject.

M

I didn't write any of the part in bold... are mods able to alter posts of regular members?

Post by **MODLAB** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 5:15 am

jadams501 wrote:
jadams501 wrote:Stereolab - Dots & Loops

Their best album.

Oh hell! I think we need a new thread on this subject.

M
I didn't write any of the part in bold... are mods able to alter posts of regular members?

Yes, we can (of course ONLY when we need to) . I'm really sorry. I clicked the edit button instead of the quote's. I was in a hurry and did not double check.

Really sorry!

Mark

angelsighs · Post by **angelsighs** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 3:56 pm

Rachel's- Selenography
The Beatles- Help
Speck Mountain- Some Sweet Relief

Guessed · Post by **Guessed** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 8:14 am

Tony Lionni

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:14 am

A bunch of unreleased Springsteen tunes... "Taxi Cab" being one of the better ones.

angelsighs · Post by **angelsighs** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 1:36 pm

jadams501 wrote:A bunch of unreleased Springsteen tunes... "Taxi Cab" being one of the better ones.

are you talking about 'The Promise'? is it a mixed bag then?

Laz69 · Post by **Laz69** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 2:27 pm

Started my 4-week binge of Godspeed You Black Emperor in preparation for their Glasgow show... starting to get pretty excited about it now!

NathanC · Post by **NathanC** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 3:13 pm

Laz69 wrote:Started my 4-week binge of Godspeed You Black Emperor in preparation for their Glasgow show... starting to get pretty excited about it now!

Jeolous as hell.

Really getting into the Fuck Buttons album Tarot Sport great noise kind of half way between AFX and Mogwai/ GSYBE!

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 3:55 pm

angelsighs wrote:
jadams501 wrote:A bunch of unreleased Springsteen tunes... "Taxi Cab" being one of the better ones.
are you talking about 'The Promise'? is it a mixed bag then?

Nah, I was talking about American Madness, which is a boot of the Darkness sessions. I haven't heard the Promise, though I'll probably pick it up eventually. My friend who's uber-informed about Springsteen boots says that The Promise has some good stuff but is overall too polished since Bruce added elements and remixed all of the tracks for release.

So that's why I'm not chomping at the bit for it -- I'm a huge Springsteen fan from roughly 1973 through the mid 90s, but most of his material since then has been so bad (and wretchedly produced) that I'm inherently skeptical about any songs that have been "enhanced" since the original recording.

angelsighs · Post by **angelsighs** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 4:13 pm

jadams501 wrote:
angelsighs wrote:
jadams501 wrote:A bunch of unreleased Springsteen tunes... "Taxi Cab" being one of the better ones.
are you talking about 'The Promise'? is it a mixed bag then?
Nah, I was talking about American Madness, which is a boot of the Darkness sessions. I haven't heard the Promise, though I'll probably pick it up eventually. My friend who's uber-informed about Springsteen boots says that The Promise has some good stuff but is overall too polished since Bruce added elements and remixed all of the tracks for release.

So that's why I'm not chomping at the bit for it -- I'm a huge Springsteen fan from roughly 1973 through the mid 90s, but most of his material since then has been so bad (and wretchedly produced) that I'm inherently skeptical about any songs that have been "enhanced" since the original recording.

It is a bit dodgy to redo songs/vocals after the fact. it doesn't make any sense to me. surely it makes the songs some kind of weird frankenstein that don't come from any one era?
People have the radio on where I work so I've heard some songs from The Promise and although it's good to hear the sound of E Street band from that era, the songs are much more upbeat and poppy than Darkness, more like soul and 50s pop so they lack the context and themes of the album. don't think i'll be getting it, if i do i'll wait till it goes cheap.
My Springsteen fandom probably ends earlier than yours even- love the first three albums the most and only bits and bobs after that. the production has been ghastly recently- working on a dream sounded like it was designed to be played on mobile phones or something. didn't help that the songs were crap either.

semisynthetic · Post by **semisynthetic** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:55 am

"I Believe in the Man in the Sky" b/w "Crying in the Chapel" [ Dutch ] CD Single 'Elvis' c. 1961 & 1957EP; CD c. 1993; Amen
"Sandanista" 3-LP 1980 Clash Studio album set; Well worth a listen
"More Blank than Frank" Brian Eno Promo LP 1986; "Best Of" selected by Eno
"Trance and Dance" Martha and the Muffins 1980; Exceptional and Fun-ave morphea toto
"High Flying Birds" Syringe 7" preview copy 1999 (single sided disc) Interesting; somewhat disturbing
"Music in A & E" Spiritualized 2008; Brilliant
"O Superman" (for Massenet) Laurie Anderson VIDEO-Enhanced CD Promo, orig. 1981; 2007 remaster. O souverain

shalloboi · Post by **shalloboi** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 2:12 am

listening to 'sandinista' by the clash for the first time ever at the moment
other than that-
mojave 3- 'ask me tomorrow' (probably my winter album for this year)
beach house- 'teen dream'
the cure- 'wish'
the animals- 'animalism'
thee oh sees- 'thee hounds of foggy notion' (my winter album last year)

Minky · Post by **Minky** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 2:22 am

A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Autumn, Again

Free album download @ http://asunnydayinglasgow.com/
Pitchfork Review - http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14752-autumn-again/

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 4:47 am

angelsighs wrote: It is a bit dodgy to redo songs/vocals after the fact. it doesn't make any sense to me. surely it makes the songs some kind of weird frankenstein that don't come from any one era?
People have the radio on where I work so I've heard some songs from The Promise and although it's good to hear the sound of E Street band from that era, the songs are much more upbeat and poppy than Darkness, more like soul and 50s pop so they lack the context and themes of the album. don't think i'll be getting it, if i do i'll wait till it goes cheap.
My Springsteen fandom probably ends earlier than yours even- love the first three albums the most and only bits and bobs after that. the production has been ghastly recently- working on a dream sounded like it was designed to be played on mobile phones or something. didn't help that the songs were crap either.

I don't mind a bit of tasteful extra production to flesh out incomplete tracks... Michael Jackson's "This Is It" is a good example of a demo quality track being made into a full song without betraying the artist's original intentions. Ideally the original will be included for historical purposes, but most people won't want it.

The problem is when once-great artists apply their now-failing sensibilities to "fix" old tracks, particularly since so much stuff from the Darkness era exists in pretty high quality masters that didn't need extra elements. Springsteen's work in recent years has almost always awfully-produced, so it's definitely troubling to think that the Bruce who thought Magic and Working On A Dream were fit for release would be tinkering with historically significant material from a much more artistically successful era.

Working On A Dream was an utter disaster of an album. Poorly written and produced even worse. Outlaw Pete and Queen of The Supermarket are inexplicable and sound like vicious parodies of his boilerplate material. The really bizarre thing was that most of the initial reviews were glowing positive, perhaps because he had garnered a lot of positive attention by attaching himself to the Obama campaign. But it's more evidence for me that rockers "go political" when they've run out of good songs to write. Not that Springsteen wasn't on the soapbox before he became a joke, but his politicking has become more sanctimonious and simplistic.

Post by **BzaInSpace** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 6:41 am

Suede - Heroine
Cher - A Woman's Story

TheWarmth · Post by **TheWarmth** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 3:56 am

Dog Man Star is awesome! I wish Brett would have continued down that lyrical path instead of going all dumbed-down and pop (although I do enjoy Coming Up).

Introducing The Band ... shit is amazing:

Dog man star took a suck on a pill
And stabbed a cerebellum with a curious quill
Europe, America, Winterland
Introducing the band

Chic thug stuttered through a stereo dream
A fifty knuckle shuffle heavy metal machine
The tears of suburbia drowned the land
Introducing the band

So steal me a savage, subservient son
Get him shacked-up, bloodied-up and sucking on a gun
I want the style of a woman, the kiss of a man
Introducing the band

And as the sci-fi lullaby starts to build
See them whipping all the women, cracked governments killed
Oh let the century die to violent hands
Introducing the band

Already There · Post by **Already There** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 6:57 am

Heh, Suede.

Might see them in Berlin.

Methodrone - BJM

spcifically

Wasted

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 6:35 am

Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy

Minky · Post by **Minky** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 4:40 am

Broadcast - The Noise Made By People

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 5:01 am

Minky wrote:Broadcast - The Noise Made By People

I just got rid of most of the Broadcast I had. I like them when they're nodding to Stereolab, but I find a lot of their stuff pretentious and self-indulgent. There are a number of songs on Work And Non Work that I like quite a bit, though.

Right now: Bob Dylan - Meet Me In The Morning

TheWarmth · Post by **TheWarmth** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:05 am

Broadcast can be difficult at times, but I find that if you're patient, their work can be very rewarding. Tender Buttons in particular is stunning and very minimal. The thing they did in 2009, Broadcast and The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age, is absolutely insane and, yes, a bit self-indulgent. I love to put on the vinyl and just get completely absorbed by it. Sometimes I have to turn it off because I start to feel too hypnotized.

Already There · Post by **Already There** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 12:55 pm

Govinda - Kula Shaker

Minky · Post by **Minky** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 1:33 am

jadams501 wrote:I just got rid of most of the Broadcast I had. I like them when they're nodding to Stereolab, but I find a lot of their stuff pretentious and self-indulgent. There are a number of songs on Work And Non Work that I like quite a bit, though.

I understand where your coming from with the tags and all but also...

TheWarmth wrote:Broadcast can be difficult at times, but I find that if you're patient, their work can be very rewarding. Tender Buttons in particular is stunning and very minimal. The thing they did in 2009, Broadcast and The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age, is absolutely insane and, yes, a bit self-indulgent. I love to put on the vinyl and just get completely absorbed by it. Sometimes I have to turn it off because I start to feel too hypnotized.

Agree with being patient with these guys. A lot of great music here if you can hang on.

Post by **MODLAB** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:42 am

The Brian Jonestown Massacre â€” My Bloody Undergound

cantona · Post by **cantona** » Wed Nov 24, 2010 8:07 am

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

davy c · Post by **davy c** » Wed Nov 24, 2010 3:43 pm

Raveonettes- In and Out Of Control, also liking the new Deerhunter album

Laz69 · Post by **Laz69** » Wed Nov 24, 2010 4:26 pm

Still listening to Godspeed You Black Emperor

Have also added those two Six By Seven albums that have been made available as free downloads to my playlist. Never listened to them or these before, but i'm actually really impressed. Twelve 03 is my fav so far... liking the drones and guitars in this...nice Electric Mainline vibes to it in places... the 04 album is also growing on me too!

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Wed Nov 24, 2010 11:13 pm

The Bob Crewe Generation - Let's Hang On

Goodnightgoodnight · Post by **Goodnightgoodnight** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 2:40 am

THE (MOTHERFUCKIN) RASPBERRIES!

How have i not had this band in my life?

angelsighs · Post by **angelsighs** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 2:53 am

Been listening to a lot of Godspeed these last weeks myself too. It still feels slightly weird that I'll be seeing them live very soon!

TheWarmth · Post by **TheWarmth** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 3:47 am

Ha-ha! The Raspberries rule! Ecstasy!!!!

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 4:14 am

Goodnightgoodnight wrote:THE (MOTHERFUCKIN) RASPBERRIES!

How have i not had this band in my life?

Overnight Sensation is an immaculate classic. One of my all time favorites.

Shinesalight · Post by **Shinesalight** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 7:34 am

Mogwai - Superheroes of BMX.

What a fucking great song. Gotta get my tickets sorted for their London show next Feb. Noticed that Black Angels are playing the night before so it could be an amazing weekend gigging in London.

Already There · Post by **Already There** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 11:46 am

Walking With Jesus - Spacemen 3

Post by **BzaInSpace** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 1:37 pm

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band....again!

Ads wrote:Mogwai - Superheroes of BMX.

What a fucking great song. Gotta get my tickets sorted for their London show next Feb....

Mogwai have a gig at Glasgow's premier country venue The Grand Ole Opry around the same time, seems to have sold out before a major announcement! Or maybe I'm just slow... a big shame, check it out:

http://www.glasgowsgrandoleopry.co.uk/

Post by **MODLAB** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 7:39 pm

Today was let Arthur pick out albums and play them.

Sonic Boom: Spectrum

He is quite enjoying it.

M

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Sun Nov 28, 2010 5:59 am

Velvets - Oh Sweet Nuthin

angelsighs · Post by **angelsighs** » Sun Nov 28, 2010 9:03 pm

Echo & The Bunnymen- Heaven Up Here.

toomilk · Post by **toomilk** » Sun Nov 28, 2010 9:24 pm

Jonathan Richman's ESSENTIAL I, Jonathan.

"That Summer Feeling" kills me every time.

Post by **BzaInSpace** » Sun Nov 28, 2010 10:34 pm

Roy Orbison - Dream Baby

Already There · Post by **Already There** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 6:48 pm

Rock'n'Roll - Led Zeppelin

Post by **runcible** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:07 pm

CAVE
Sun Araw

Post by **MODLAB** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:43 pm

spzretent wrote:
runcible wrote:CAVE
Sun Araw

That would be called a "double entendre".

M

jadams501 · Post by **jadams501** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 1:39 am

J.J. Cale - Magnolia

He's like the white Al Green!

olan · Post by **olan** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:25 am

Alphastone: Elasticated Waveband. Warm night here in Mebourne and "Soon The Moon" is just perfect to wind down to.....