-
Gold ~ Ryan Adams
-
Nice choice. I particularly like Nobody Girl and Harder now it's Over.
-
The Offspring - Conspiracy of One
-
Schumann String Quartets 1&3 - The Zehetmair Quartett
-
Crowded House - Temple of Low Men
-
Gravelands - The King
(Listening to Come As You Are 'cos I'm trying to learn it on the guitar)
-
The droning computer...
-
I've moved on via Freddy Kempf playing Schumann to:
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Quite an up album for Wilco. Lovely melodies.
-
The Madeira - Sandstorm (http://cdbaby.com/cd/madeira)
-
Neon Neon... really quite excellent, but then Gruff Rhys is reliably brilliant.
I will be getting The Breeders new one soon - and even better, seeing them live next week. Now that will be good.
-
pandora.com
-
Bob Dylan ~ Modern times
-
Bonobo - Dial M for Monkey
-
Ken Bruce. I did very badly on PopMaster.
-
Grinderman - Grinderman
-
The Cranberries - No Need to Argue
-
Dark Side Of The 80s (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Side-80s-Various-Artists/dp/B00008GER0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1207071581&sr=1-1) - alternative rock, Goth and indie...
-
Bloc Party - various b-sides and remixes on my iPod at work. Current track Flux (Metal On Metal Remake)
-
The Necks, Drive By
I think I now know where EST got their ideas...
-
Apples In Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder
-
Mykonos by Fleet Foxes.
Just heard it on Racliffe&Maconie.
Fan-blummin-tastic :D
-
"Static And Silence" by The Sundays.
I've also been playing "When I'm Thinking About You" on the guitar (very easy chords) but I can't actually sing the chorus because it has a huuuuge vocal range. Mrs Z is out at choir practice and I shall ask her to have a go when she returns, voice fully warmed up!
-
Agaetis Byrjun by Sigur Ros
-
I have a Sigur Ros-shaped socket in my brain...
But at the moment: Alain Bashung, Bleu Pétrole
-
Supper by Smog
-
'Pin' by Yeah Yeah Yeahs (from their Fever to Tell album). Chooooooooooon.
(I don't think my neighbours are liking me very much right now)
-
'Cat Claw' by the Kills (from Keep on Your Mean Side).
Girly punk rules when you're ver ver drunk
-
DJ Random was in a Mars Volta mood this morning...
-
I did a lot of driving yesterday 500 miles thwere and back in fact and on the way back it was time to turn the stereo up LOUD ! On the playlist were:
West - Lucinda Williams
I sit just me or is her voice the sexiest in rock ?
El Corazón - Steve Earle
I cant believe this is ten years old now.
The Revolution Starts Now - Steve Earle
More recent and one of his more political albums. "Rich Mans War" is a cracker but there is a lovely bllad too "I Thought You Should Know".
-
The Strolling Bones The Rolling Stones : 40 Licks
Classic stuff,like being a teenager again ;D
-
& now U2,,1980-1990
-
Yeasayer. Reminds me of Talking Heads, without in any way being similar...
-
& now Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green vintage
-
Johnny Cash : All American Country
-
One of John Downland's lachrima on Radio 3.
-
All The Road Running : Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris
-
Aled Jones : Radio 2
-
Pillows & Prayers - Cherry Red Compliation
-
The Necks, Drive By
I think I now know where EST got their ideas...
Great album! I'm toying with the idea of seeing them live at Norwich Arts Centre...
Currently listening to Don Letts on 6Music (http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/don_letts/)
-
Tim Hecker, Harmony in Ultraviolet.
Melodies emerging from apparent formlessness... Mmm...
-
Yndi Halda - Enjoy Eternal Bliss
http://www.myspace.com/yndihalda
PeterM--you might enjoy this...
-
Joe Bonamassa - Sloe Gin
-
Old Genesis albums. Playlist excerpt:
Trespass
Nursery Cryme
Wind and Wuthering
Trick of the Tail
Ah, those were the days :thumbsup:. If only I could remember them... ::-)
-
kraftwerk, minimum maximum, and now the mix.
-
DJ Random is in a Sonic Youth mood at the moment. I must Re-Educate him.
-
DJ Random is in a Sonic Youth mood at the moment. I must Re-Educate him.
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Possibly the best indie rock album of all time!
-
DJ Random is in a Sonic Youth mood at the moment. I must Re-Educate him.
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Possibly the best indie rock album of all time!
certainly among the best. i've got all about eve on the 'pod at the mo (see other thread).
-
The Rolling Stones Hot Rocks 1964-71 Disc 2
-
America (Live) - The Nice
-
Some old Pappo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappo), mostly Blues and in Spanish.
-
Muslimgauze - Wish of the Flayed
Free official download of the album here (http://arabbox.free.fr/muslimtapes.html)
8)
-
Down to the bone - The Urban Grooves
A slightly unknown jazz funk outfit with a bit of acid jazz if you get my drift.
-
Yndi Halda - Enjoy Eternal Bliss
PeterM--you might enjoy this...
Indeedy-doody. They're supporting Olafur Arnalds in Noldon in June. Should be an excellent gig...
(But I can't help worrying slightly about a British band that opts for an Icelandic name.)
-
The Associates - Sulk.
Fantastic stuff. Billy MacKenzie's vocal chords should have been preserved for the nation although you do wonder if the album's producer didn't sometimes apply a pair of pliers to a strategic part of Billy's anatomy.
-
Frank Turner's new album, and I saw him live yesterday :)
-
The Breeders - Mountain Battles. Not as good as Title TK, but a grower. And they were brilliant live - they just seemed to be having fun as well as being outstanding performers. Plus I had a running dialogue with Kim Deal all the way through in between songs... :)
-
The iPod adaptor for my new motorcar has not yet appeared, thus forcing me into the clutches of Radio 4 :'(
-
And then nothing turned itself inside out ~ Yo La Tengo
-
Nerina Pallot - Fires
-
Alain Bashung, Bleu Pétrole (again...)
-
I'm rather liking No Surprise by James Yuill at the moment.
http://www.myspace.com/jamesyuill
:thumbsup:
Another :thumbsup: for Yndi Halda too - Enjoy Eternal Bliss is a fantastic album
-
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother.
Mmmm... crazy tempo changes, but you gotta love Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast.
"Marmalade, I like marmalade"
-
Molotov - Changuich a la Chichona (Mexican rap music)
It has innuendo that would make hummers blush.
Changuich a la Chichona
Al pastor me echo una gringa
mas lechuga a la pechuga
Muslo aqui muslo aca y papas
a la francesa
quisiera comer mas de esa
pero esta mas buena la hamburguesa
ella quiere un king de polla
sushilitto no la llena
traiga un caldo pal Tlalpeño
un espagegeti al albañil
traele un trio de Mac a Anita
y traete un combo para mi
pero mira nomas que tortas
oh se ven tan deliciosas
cubana o una hawaiana
sin chile y sin cebollas
No quiero comer mas Kentuchy chota
o pincho a la española
la de Sanders mas discreta
no revela su receta
estan muy buenas sus garnachas
pero quiero echar bailon
quiere su chorizo en papas
o en barras de camaron
Changuich a la Chichona
Now if you're hungry for some bologna
and you got some buns that you wanna show me
open up wide you can eat
this Oscar Meyer that's really boney
I want to get down into your juju bees
and I think i'm gonna flick em'
you tities are smelin like chocolate chip
ice-cream n' I think I wanna lick em.
I got some hot beef for that rump roast
but you gotta say please
I'll dig into that thigh everytime but
but hold the cottage cheese
And for dessert we can do the works
I'll put my whip cream in your pie hole
and don't flinch when you feel a pinch on
that pretty litlle taco
Cuz I've tried to pry
a bearded clam that would no budge
so I went around the corner to keep on trying
and I got a little fudge
Para papas las de Wendy's
pero no las presta
mas mueve un par de tetas
qur chinguero de carretas
traiga un espaggeti al burro
con una cerveza en lata
la de malas que en la horchata
le pisen su quinta pata
guardenle unos chilaquiles
pa mañana el desayuno
y unos huevos divorciados
no queremos enredarnos
bimbo blanco o integral
no me importa me da igual
papa chapata mama chapata
y aqui estan sus chapatines
dinotriple o brontodoble
quarter pounder whopper doble
quiero hacerle un sandwichito
baile mas apretadito
mejor que la lambada
una pecada a la italiana
quiero bailar con bola
pero con la mas chichona
-
The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
And it really is sublime. I'd thoroughly recommend it to fans of minimal, melancholic, glitchy, trancy, dance music and repetition. Lots of repetition. repetition. repetition. repetition. repetition. repetition.
-
Satriani -- Crystal Planet
-
iPod playlist;
Teenage Riot ~ Sonic Youth
Noone Wants an Alien ~ Wipers
Smells Like Teen Spirit ~ Nirvana
She's Lost Control ~ Joy Division
-
Is it over? - by Lovers Electric (available as a free download from their website at the moment, and you can listen to the whole album). Saw them live last year supporting OMD, and very good performers they are too.
-
Fat Freddy's Drop - Based On A True Story.
Reggaetastic 8)
-
Achtung Bono by Half Man Half Biscuit to get me in the mood before seeing them in Nottingham tonight. This HMHB gig gets me into double figures (nothing compared to most Biscuit fans)
-
Another vote for the Breeders- Pod this time.
Two things after seeing them a few weeks ago:-
1) I need to get a copy of Pacer
2) I have a new axe hero. Her name is Cheryl.
Message ends.
-
Camille - le fil (http://www.camille-lefil.com/)
Like a sexy French version of Bjork crossed with a bit of trip hop.
-
Travelling Wilburys - End of the Line (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DjRJ9ubbJQ)
-
I was listening to the Glam Metal Detectives earlier.
Just now it was the Exploited, accompanying a Youtube vid about the Poll Tax Uprising
-
Also a big Breeders fan. Last Splash was the first CD I bought when I was 15!
Missed their gigs as I've already spent too much money on concerts this year.
Today I'm listening to minimal German techno on the Kompakt label.
Sehr gut, ya!
-
And now its:
Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears
The sexiest voice in rock by a long way.
-
After Jules Holland last night.
Brandi Carlile (http://www.brandicarlile.co.uk/?gclid=CKLfgqLK95ICFQ8iQgodzhkwDw)
Simply Stunning
8)
-
She was fantastic wasn't she.
-
The latest G3 live recording... playing ZZ Top's La Grange.
-
Crystal Planet -- J. Satriani
-
Ghazal ~ Moon Rise Over Silk Road
-
Katrina & The Waves, foot tapping stuff ;D
Red Wine & Whisky All The Tiiiiiiime!
-
Altered Images - Happy Birthday, the best of
I had forgotten how good 'Dont talk to me about love' was. That song is bringing back a lot of really good memories from the early eighties for me :)
Now I want to watch Gregory's Girl 8)
-
Mogwai - Young Team
After seeing Sennen (http://www.myspace.com/sennenwidows), Airiel (http://www.myspace.com/airiel) and Ulrich Schnauss (http://www.myspace.com/ulrichschnauss) at Norwich Arts Centre last night I feel I need more quiet/loud guitar shenannigans!
-
Lucinda Williams - Live @ The Fillmore
Double CD recorded in 2003. Even more stripped back and raw than her studio stuff.
-
Mogwai - Young Team
After seeing Sennen (http://www.myspace.com/sennenwidows), Airiel (http://www.myspace.com/airiel) and Ulrich Schnauss (http://www.myspace.com/ulrichschnauss) at Norwich Arts Centre last night I feel I need more quiet/loud guitar shenannigans!
Good line up - I saw Schnauss at The Big Chill a few years ago. He was good but rather blown off the stage by The Egg, who are marvellous and not as well known as they should be.
Mogwai Fear Satan!!!! :demon:
-
Mogwai - Young Team
After seeing Sennen (http://www.myspace.com/sennenwidows), Airiel (http://www.myspace.com/airiel) and Ulrich Schnauss (http://www.myspace.com/ulrichschnauss) at Norwich Arts Centre last night I feel I need more quiet/loud guitar shenannigans!
Good line up - I saw Schnauss at The Big Chill a few years ago. He was good but rather blown off the stage by The Egg, who are marvellous and not as well known as they should be.
Mogwai Fear Satan!!!! :demon:
He wasn't helped last night by the awful sound - all the synth melodies were drowned by the drums & bass. Just before he was about to start he looked to the sound desk, started to do a thumbs up and then looked shocked to find no-one behind the desk! He then got up & wandered thru' the crowd to the desk just as the Airiel guitarist/sound man for the night turned up. He needn't have bothered as he didn't appear to touch any of the dials anyway...
Just played: Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Now playing: Beth Gibbons & Rustin' Man - Out of Season (inspired by the Portishead thread, an album I've just ordered)
-
Dream Theater -- Systematic Chaos
-
Hot Potatoes - The best of Devo :)
-
PJ Harvey - Is This Desire..?
Have just bought tickets to see Martin Smith & Gilad Atzmon next weekend and Mcoy Tyner & Joe Levano in a couple of weeks time.
-
Liquid Tension Experiment -- Vol. 1
-
Music For The Funeral of Queen Mary - Henry Purcel - Winchester Cathedral Choir
Magisterial with great kettle drums! I do love Purcell, his music is always beautiful.
-
All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone ~ Explosions In The Sky
Bored with the radio and the iPod adaptor for my new motorcar won't be installed until next week.
-
Now it's:
Arvo Part - Te Deum
A bit of Estonian neo medievalism.
-
Original Soundtrack from Halo 3.
It's not mine, honest guv; on loan from #2 son; actually it isn't bad - in a "rather like Lord of the Rings" kind of way. Big expansive orchestral, choral type stuff. Goes well with PL/SQL and Oracle procs :sick:.
-
Well, I'm trying to listen to Ribhinn O by Runrig but the blocking system isn't letting me... ::-) :(
-
Enya, The Celts. Love her music.
-
Portishead, Third
-
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of Understatement
-
"Arvo Part - Te Deum
A bit of Estonian neo medievalism."
Excellent choice, I like Arvo Part.
Currently playing Alison Moyet's Raindancing for some 80's nostalgia. I might put Preisners "Requiem For My Friend" on later. I've not played that for a while.
-
Liquid Tension Experiment -- Vol. 2
-
Anything by Mike Oldfield. MP3 is on Random play, but selecting only stuff by himself.
"Grand Piano"....
-
Portishead, Third
Ditto. and
David Sylvian - Good son vs the only daughter
-
80s music on the wireless, currently ABC - All of my heart.
-
Yazoo - Best of
I'd almost forgotten how great Alison Moyet's voice is, particularly on the more introspective songs eg Winter Kills
-
Youssou N'Dour - Egypt
Eclectic Afro-arabic devotional songs. By far his best work for years...
-
Oysterband - selected random play all tracks for artist on my MP3 player
-
The Angels Liveline 20th Anniversary Deluxe 2CD Edition :thumbsup:
-
Goldfrapp, and the thud of the bass from the bloke upstairs's speakers. I would go up and tell him to turn it down but last time he came to the door wearing nothing but a black thong. I've suffered the noise since then.
-
I was listening to The Matrix Reloaded soundtrack, now I'm headbanging to The Cult. 8)
-
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band.
I blame/thank Tourist Tony for introducing me to this band; their take on Jaques Brel's En Suivant (Next) is something else... ;D
-
My entire Dire Straits collection.
Mmmm.... Stratocaster-tastic.
-
Goldfrapp, and the thud of the bass from the bloke upstairs's speakers. I would go up and tell him to turn it down but last time he came to the door wearing nothing but a black thong. I've suffered the noise since then.
I'll remember that trick the next time my neighbors complain ;D
Just played The Indigo Girls, "Nomads, Indians & Saints", currently listening to TheThe, "Infected"
Hoping to get another one in before the "no music" 11PM watershed in my flat!
-
10,000 Days ~ Tool
-
Ace of Spades by Motorhead very loud
did someone say something?
-
dEUS ~ Vantage Point
-
Sudden Sway on MySpace. they have about a dozen MySpace sites (typical of a band that once released 8 different recordings (not remixes) of the same single on the same day.
If you've not come across them before, they're very, very odd. At times musically interesting, but mostly odd. I recommend "Ah metal blossom" after the first 46 seconds.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=152172166
Spacemate was just the greatest/oddest album/box set/game "thing".
-
Porcupine Tree again (Voyage 34). It always seems appropriate after a gig at this time of night.
-
Muchas Gracias ~ Kyuss
-
Doctor Satchafunkilus & The Musterion Of Rock - Joe Satriani (barking mad album title, but it's rather good)
Good to Be Bad - Whitesnake (some of David Coverdale's best work in years)
Currently listening to a live album by George Thorogood & The Destroyers. (B-b-b-b-baaad to the bone... )
I had a bit of a splurge in the local music emporia yesterday morning - I've still got Airbourne, Def Leppard, Death In Vegas, Foo Fighters, Nazareth, Pendulum and Queens Of The Stone Age to get through. 8)
-
Pendulum -In Silico
Best described as being from that strange place where Drum & Bass meets heavy rock - which explains why the sticker on the jewel case has a quote from Kerrang! magazine, of all organs of the musical press...
-
Radio 2 & the birds chirping in the trees as I sit on the patio doing estimates & wondering how many I can defer to another day so that I can get out on my bike.
This working from home lark is a dirty job but someone's got to do it ;)
-
Take Them On, On Your Own ~ Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
But by tomorrow I shall be back with whatever DJ Random serves up.
-
Pendulum -In Silico
Best described as being from that strange place where Drum & Bass meets heavy rock - which explains why the sticker on the jewel case has a quote from Kerrang! magazine, of all organs of the musical press...
Really? Sounds interesting!
How does it compare to Hold Your Colour?
As for me I'm catching up with my recordings of the last few Rob da bank shows.
And waiting in the wings is the Holy Fuck album and the first 3 OMD albums obtained in their remastered versions with extra tracks (all 3 for £15 from FOPP!) 8)
-
Amy MacDonald, Clannad and a band called Dun Ringle. ;D
-
The Extremist -- J. Satriani
-
A sampler CD off the front of the latest Songlines world music magazine. I must say the new Natasha Atlas CD is sounding very tempting.
-
The rather good latest Satriani Album, Prof. Stachafunkilus and the Mysterion of Rock.
-
A centrifuge, the air conditioning system and the compressors on the haematology analysers
edit: and an alarm 'beep' because the QC is out :(
-
Thin Lizzy. Greatestits Vol 1 & 2
-
Peter Hammill - Chameleon In The Shadow Of The Night
I'd almost forgotten how good it is.
-
Rage against the machine ~RATM
-
For Emma, Forever ~ Bon Iver
-
U2 : The Joshua Tree
-
69 Love Songs by the Magnetic Fields.
It's such a massive album that each time I come to it I hear a different song which sounds like a gem. Praise Odin for the random function :)
-
UNKLE - Edit Music for a Film (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edit_Music_for_a_Film:_Original_Motion_Picture_Soundtrack_Reconstruction)
-
A blues selection.
-
Bob Marley "smoke two joints" and other tracks.
-
Ten Years After - Roadworks (Live album sans Alvin but good anyway).
-
Just got the new Bon Iver album - 'For Emma, forever ago' - very lovely if rather slight.
-
Led Zep' -- Remastered.
-
Whatever you want by Lovers Electric. A fine new track.
also, Ah Metal Blossom by the utterly bonkers Sudden Sway. Where are they now?
-
Dream Theatre -- Systematic Chaos.
-
Buena Vista Social Club - produced by Ry Cooder, very nice indeed.
-
Massive Attack vs. Mad Professor, totally bonkers dubbed out trip-hop
-
Radiohead 'In Rainbows'
Have been for the last few weeks, its just growing and growing and growing.
Get a load of this-hypnotic.
YouTube - Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place (thumbs down version) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoLJJRIWCLU)
-
And now for something completely different... Yello's 'You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess' and 'Stella'
-
I have just loaded these into the cd player & set to play random
The Legendary Johnny Cash
The Best of Roy Orbison
-
Jagged - Gary Numan.
A brilliant and under-rated album IMO.
-
Neil Young Live At Massey Hall. :thumbsup:
-
Neil Young Live At Massey Hall. :thumbsup:
Brilliant choice!
-
ZZ Top: Eliminator. Very loud on the I-Pod 8)
-
Some Dragon Force. Fast, it is fast...
-
"Bukra" by Rabih Abou-Khalil, a Lebanese Oud player who mixes middle eastern rhythms with modern jazz.
I first heard him on my radio, curled up in a tent on a tour of Northern Ireland, came back and started buying his CD's.
-
Psychobilly and lots of it :D :D
-
Lennon Legend:The Very Best of John Lennon
-
Pendulum -In Silico
Best described as being from that strange place where Drum & Bass meets heavy rock - which explains why the sticker on the jewel case has a quote from Kerrang! magazine, of all organs of the musical press...
Really? Sounds interesting!
How does it compare to Hold Your Colour?
I got hold of the 2007 reissue version of Hold Your Colour last week, and comparing the two, there isn't much in it, but I'd say that In Silico just shades it. That's not to say that Hold Your Colour is a bad album, I quite like it...
-
That's another album to add to the wanted list then... :thumbsup:
-
dEUS - Vantage Point.
Not their best album (The Ideal Crash is still that IMHO) but still reliably good. They are a band who if they were British or American might well be regarded on a par with Radiohead et al. As they are Belgian, they remain relatively obscure art-rockers outside of their home country.
-
Evgeni Kissin playing Chopin.
-
YouTube - DragonForce - Through the Fire and Flames (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jgrCKhxE1s)
-
Prompted by a recent post in the "cover" thread...
YouTube - Sisters Of Mercy - Marian (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHl09zyrnZo&feature=related)
YouTube - The Sisters of Mercy -- Lucretia, My Reflection (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuezNswtRfo&feature=related)
Being 16 again.
-
The Sundays. Harriet Wheeler just has the most beautiful fantastic voice, and I've just spotted her myspace page :thumbsup:
Recommended tracks from their three albums - Can't be sure, Joy, She, God made me, Goodbye etc.
If I could pick a single vocalist in all time and space to pop over and sing me a song it'd be Harriet :-*
-
My next door neighbour...... teaching one of his students to play violin.... ::-)
-
My self strangling my guitar.It's a good thing I have headphones plugged into the amp :-[ otherwise a divorce may be imminent
-
teaching one of his students to play violin.... ::-)
Suprisingly the school are teaching my grand-daughter to play violin.She is performing in a concert in a few weeks :thumbsup:
It is a joy to see & hear her play. O:-)
-
That's nice, I wish I could play an instrument. Henry (the neighbour) is very good, plays for the Crosby Symphony Orchestra. His students are mostly past the screeching stage as well.
-
Bob Sinclar - Western Dream
-
These days, I am mostly listening to the really rather fabulously old-time Fleet Foxes...
-
Through the fire and flames -- Dragon Force again...
-
These days, I am mostly listening to the really rather fabulously old-time Fleet Foxes...
Oh yes. They are very good.
Currently listening to Superfuzz Bigmuff - Mudhoney.
And having flashbacks to Saturday nights at Rock City in Nottingham :thumbsup:
-
The Silver Jews' new album Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea, is wonderful. Funny, beautiful, tender and David Berman has a voice that Nick Cave would kill for. The band should be far better known, but I'm happy with being one of their few fans...
Also listening to dEUS' The Ideal Crash to remind me what a truly great band they can be, a confidence which was rather dented by their most recent release, which I have decided after a few listens is really rather dull, with the exception of a couple of tracks.
-
Prof Satchafunkilus... -- Joe Satriani
Su-perb! "Revelation" in particular.
-
Royksopp. I love this video as well.
YouTube - Royksopp - "Remind Me" (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-v8WHF4XEI)
-
Was listening to the best of Linda Ronstadt but now its Lucinda Williams Live @ The Fillmore.
-
David Bowie : best of bowie (UK issue)
-
Screaming Jets - All For One (am I the only person who has a Screaming Jets CD?)
-
Scorn - 'Stealth' (http://www.adnoiseam.net/label/catalog/88/enter.htm).
The first studio album by Mick Harris (drummer from Napalm Death) for 5 years. Loping beats and monstrous bass - showing the dubstep youngsters how it's done. Stunning.
8)
-
Screaming Jets - All For One (am I the only person who has a Screaming Jets CD?)
Nope, I have one, not that one...
-
Junkie music:
Nick Cave
Spiritualized
Sparklehorse
Mark Lanegan
-
Now listening to Kraftwerk - live in Buenos Aires 1998 clicky (http://fppo.net/dwnld/dload.php?action=file&file_id=256)
Available on a great site: fppo (http://fppo.net/dwnld/dwnld.php)
-
The new Sigur Ros album - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
It's excellent. The song Festival is perfect - 4 minutes or so on Jonssi's plaintive ululations/minimal instrumentation, followed by another 5 minutes of gradually building music, rising to a splendid conclusion.
highly recommended.
C
-
The new Sigur Ros album - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
Just tried a couple of tracks out for size. What an astonishing sound - I will definitely be getting me a copy of this CD.
Thanks Q :thumbsup:.
-
That's my next purchase too!
-
HAARP - the live album by Muse recorded at Wembley last year. Weird name, great album :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I thought their concert in Perth was good but the Wembley gigs look like they were something else
-
myself,
playing strangling my guitar :-[
-
Waiting to Exhale
-
Diana Krall - One Night In Paris
Like sinking into a big fluffy velvety marshmallow; but in a good way. Fantastic production, singing and everything really.
-
Got the Sigur Ros, but distracted by complete works of Thomas Tallis found in a sale. Sublime.
-
Eliza Carthy new cd its gowing on me .Magnifico
-
The Fratellis, which I just got.
Good. :thumbsup:
-
ELBOW - "The Seldon Seen Kid"
Excellent. Occasional hints of QOTSA and Arctic Monkeys or something like that.
-
Groove salad on Soma FM. "A nicely chilled plate of ambient beats and grooves."
-
Einstürzende Neubauten : " Strategies against architecture III
and some Icelandic too
Mugison : Mugiboogie (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uZG4KRzXYrY) A super liveband I highly can recommend
-
The Beatles: Help!
-
ELBOW - "The Seldon Seen Kid"
s'good innit?
B52's - Funplex. Pretty good on a first listen, a return to form. OK, not as weirdly cool as the really really old stuff, but pretty good and lots of perving too. :)
-
A mixture of songs that I put together, a bit like this (rough tracklisting)
1)Andrew WK - Party 'Til You Puke
2)Biffy Clyro - Now I'm Everyone
3)Bad Religion - Incomplete
4)Bad Brains - Fearless Vampire Killers
5)Busta Rhymes and Ozzy Osbourne - This Means War
6)Dinosaur Jnr - Freak Scene
7)Dinosaur Jnr - Keep The Glove
8)Dreadzone - Biological Radio
9)Firehose - Brave Captain
10)Fishbone - Black Flowers
11)Black Grape - Dadi Waz A Badi
12)Ludichrist - Iwo Jima (That Manly Smell)
13)Placebo - Nancy Boy
14)Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Death Is Not The End
15)Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - The Curse Of Milhaven
16)Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Where The Wild Roses Grow (Ft Kylie)
17)Nine Inch Nails - Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)
18)Sugar - If I Can't Change your Mind
19)White Zombie - More Human Than Human (Euro Mix)
20)Tool - Die Eir von Satan
-
Thomas Tallis - slowly working my way through the collected works. Just the most sublime vocal music ever conceived of by human beings.
-
Pentangle, Live tonight in London :thumbsup:
Sounded very similar to the original 60s/70s recordings but with the added bonus of seeing just how easy they made it look.
Fab
-
Dragon Force; again!
-
... now Steve Vai -- Sound Theories Vol. I
-
Divine Comedy National Express (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiBI3A2WcrE)
Genius!
-
The new Beck album - Modern Guilt.
Another work of genius. 8)
-
Bored at work, I listened to/watched Janacek's Vec Makropulos, the 1995 Glyndebourne production. The set design by Tobias Hoheisel is simple, but the final moments, as the lid of the piano opens (suspended upside down, high above the stage) and sheets of music fall...
After that I listened to some piano studies by Ligeti, and some early songs.
But the Janacek is visceral stuff, it doesn't let you go.
So I listened to 'From the House Of The Dead', as well, as I had never heard it before.
Goodness, I do have fun at work!
::-)
-
Lamb ~ Fear of Fours
-
Right now, I am listening to Wozzeck.
-
Étienne Daho - Retour à Toi.
-
I dug out Zita Swoon's 'I Paint Pictures on a Wedding Dress' today - slightly off-kilter Belgian glam-art-folk rock.
-
The Best of Budgie provided the soundtrack to dealing with a mountain of ironing, followed by Rob Zombie's 'Hellbilly Deluxe'.
Currently listening to a Rush complilation.
-
Lots of Handsome Family. I am making someone a
mixtape newfangled mp3 playlist of my favourites of their tunes, and of course that means working out which my favourites are.
-
Queens of the Stone Age - R 8)
-
My Lamertree 'finds' :):Souls Science by Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara and Coffee Time by The Bedouin Jerrycan Band
-
Two Gallants... and Husky Rescue.
-
Dragonforce - Sonic Firestorm
Avenged Sevenfold
-
Scott Walker - Scott Two
Voodoo Six - First Hit For Free
-
Kings of Leon - Youth and Young Manhood album.
I've had "California Waiting" stuck in my head for the last few days. Awesome track.
-
Once Upon A Time/The Singles - Siouxsie & the Banshees :)
Like bobajobrob I've had a song going through my head for the last few days - Arabian Knights.
-
Be My Baby on Radcliffe and Maconie. God damn, what a fantastic song.
-
My daughter's just graduated and is at home pending getting a job.
Consequently I am trying not to listen to bleedin' Friends. :sick:
-
Raimundos -- great Brazilian punk-rock!
-
This week's playlist has consisted of a Diamond Head compilation, Rush's progtastic "2112" album, and a Magnum anthology.
I must resist the pull of the music emporia... ;D
-
Dragonforce - Sonic Firestorm
Sweet!
-
Van Morrison ~ It's Too Late To Stop Now. I'd forgotten just how good it was!
-
Sigur Ros - Med Sud Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust.
:o 8) :'( ;D :)
-
Santogold. Not sure yet.
-
Cocteau Twins - John Peel sessions, Pet Shop Boys & Communards. An 80's evening...
-
The Strolling Bones....40 Licks :P
& next up will be
U2 The Best of 1980-90, 1990-2000
& then
ZZ Top Eliminator.
;D
-
The Bratislava Hot Serenaders play Duke Ellington. Great period stuff.
-
Careful With That Axe, Eugene (from Pink Floyd's Ummagumma).
-
Sigur Ros - Med Sud Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust.
:o 8) :'( ;D :)
I've been listening to that a bit today, again, but mainly I've been listening to the track Von. They really are a bloody remarkable band. :thumbsup: How can you get so many emotions within one track like they do with Festival, or Glosoli? Pure genius.
-
The "Electric Blues" Internet radio channel on Winamp. It's actually rather good.
-
"Both Sides Now" by Joni Mitchell. Bought it for my Mum and liked it so much I copied it.
-
"Both Sides Now" by Joni Mitchell. Bought it for my Mum and liked it so much I copied it.
I think Joni Mitchell is wonderful, good choice Andrew.
-
Today in the car I listened to episodes 51-55 of "This Sceptred Isle".
This evening I listened to "A hot piece of grass" by Hayseed Dixie.
-
Martyn Joseph live "Don't Talk About Love"
I went to see Suzanne Vega at the Liverpool Philharmonic. This guy was playing support, got on stage late and totally blew her away.
Variously described as the Welsh Woody Guthrie or the Welsh Bruce Springsteen.
Guitar based ballads with a social conscience.
-
The long awaited box set by influential Welsh-language act Geraint Jarman a'r Cynganeddwyr. 15 CDs for £46.99 - you do the math. :thumbsup:
Martyn Joseph is Welsh? I never knew.
-
The long awaited box set by influential Welsh-language act Geraint Jarman a'r Cynganeddwyr. 15 CDs for £46.99 - you do the math. :thumbsup:
Martyn Joseph is Welsh? I never knew.
Martyn Joseph - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyn_Joseph)
Martyn Joseph (born 1960, Penarth, Wales)
-
Rachel Unthank & The Winterset ~ The Bairns
Rather beguilling nu-folk which is slowly growing on me
-
Fleetwood Mac "Rumors".
Love that album.
-
New Polar Bear album. Called, rather unusually, 'Polar Bear'. They must really have struggled with that name.
To be followed by the Portico Quartet - Knee Deep in the North Sea.
-
To be followed by the Portico Quartet - Knee Deep in the North Sea.
Sounds like it might be interesting, but for some reason the music on myspace is hanging up a lot. I'll try again later today...
-
Rachel Unthank & The Winterset ~ The Bairns
Rather beguilling nu-folk which is slowly growing on me
Just got this from the library along with Kate Rusby's 'Awkward Annie' album. I'm not normally into folk but these aren't too bad at all. And nice to hear regional accents in full flow!
That's one benefit of a decent audio library: getting out stuff you'd never normally listen to.
Also of a nu-folk/folktronica bent are Tunng and Espers.
NP: Rob da Bank & Friends radio show from a week ago with Mogwai in session/choosing the tracks :thumbsup:
-
"Consolers of the Lonely" by the Raconteurs.
I think it's a superb from start to finish, it's Rock Jim but not as we know it.
-
My wife and I are listening to Blue by Joni Mitchell. Because...
-
...thunder :thumbsup:
-
Also of a nu-folk/folktronica bent are Tunng and Espers.
...and in a similar vein The Imagined Village Project. Simon Emmerson project with collaboration from artists as diverse as Billy Bragg, Benjamin Zephaniah, Tunng, Eliza Carthy, Sheila Chandra and Transglobal Underground. Traditional Folk with a modern arrangement and slant.
Superb!!
-
John Lee Hooker. The Collection. A whole quid from Mr. Sainsbury's Emporium of Toothy Comestibles.
-
Also of a nu-folk/folktronica bent are Tunng and Espers.
...and in a similar vein The Imagined Village Project. Simon Emmerson project with collaboration from artists as diverse as Billy Bragg, Benjamin Zephaniah, Tunng, Eliza Carthy, Sheila Chandra and Transglobal Underground. Traditional Folk with a modern arrangement and slant.
Superb!!
I saw Imagined Village live - it was okay, but trying a bit too hard for 'relevence' and overdoing the beats sometimes - rather like the Afro-Celts (another Emmerson project). Sheila Chandra has a stunning voice though...
-
Von by Sigur Ros - I love this video YouTube - Sigur Rós - Von (Heima) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hme5jf2Z_ow)
A small audience of all ages - entranced by the music. It's a beautiful sort of extended family scene, and a lovely song.
-
The Strolling Bones....40 Licks :P
;D
And again
-
... Pink Floyd. Lots of Pink Floyd :( :'(
-
PlanetRock.co.uk
Very good radio. Waiting for my shipment of Dream Theaters and Metallica...
-
... Pink Floyd. Lots of Pink Floyd :( :'(
Yup.
Strange how you're reminded of stuff, go back to it and think "this is fucking ace".
RIP Rick. Top work mate :thumbsup:
-
Some very bouncy Dutch trance courtesy of Armin van Buuren.
-
... Pink Floyd. Lots of Pink Floyd :( :'(
Just listened (watched actually) to David Gilmour playing Comfortably Numb with vocals from
Richard Wright :'( from the 'Remember That Night' DVD
-
Pearl Jam's Rearview Mirror, The Best Of, The Downside.
got some funny looks driving into the car park at work belting out "The Last Kiss"
-
Dragon Force's UltraBeatdown
-
Véronique Gens - Tragédiennes
A selection of tragic songs from the French Baroque/Classical period.
-
Kraftwerk ~ Minimum Maximum
-
Pixies - Debaser
I'd forgotten how good...
-
Pixies - Debaser
I'd forgotten how good...
Very, very good!
I sometimes think that "Surfer Rosa" is the pinnacle of human achievement. ;)
For me: Spiritualized live at the Royal Albert Hall. Hopefully they'll be that good when I see them live next month.
-
Take Time to Wonder in a Whirling World - Soft Hearted Scientists
Local lad (s)!
Wry stuff!
-
Heaven 17 - The Luxury Gap - thanx Daily Mail! Bet they don't get the irony of that one...
Currently playing:
Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs, borrowed from the library. First time I've heard them and not too bad so far...
-
The debut album from Glasvegas. Quite stunning.
-
Beyoncé - Irreplaceable
-
Enuff Z'Nuff : Greatest Hits, S/T, Live.
-
The debut album from Glasvegas. Quite stunning.
Stabbed.
What a sad indictment on our times ::-) :(
-
Psalm 69 - Ministry - Old school industrial metal
Doolittle - The Pixies - Quite possibly the best band in the history of music
From Out Of Nowhere - Faith No More - 'cos I was explaining to one of my collegues that there was quite good music made before he went to High School ::-)
Dig! Lazarus Dig! - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - explaining to same collegue that there's great music being made that he's never heard of!
-
Liege & Lief - Fairport Convention
For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night - Caravan
and sadly a whole lot of Pink Floyd! Hence the retrospection above.
-
Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night, growing on me
And catching up on The Bike Show podcasts
-
I've just re-discovered the Searchers, via Youtube. Makes me feel young again.
-
Yerself is Steam ~ Mercury Rev
-
Dream Theater
-
Thin Lizzie:Greatestits
-
Daft Punk: Alive 2007.
Just awesome. :D
-
Dream Theater, Awake.
-
Portico Quartet, Knee deep in the North Sea........nice.
-
Morphine, to celebrate what would have been Mark Sandman's birthday.
Video goodness (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXnGxASoXn0)
-
Morphine, to celebrate what would have been Mark Sandman's birthday.
Video goodness (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXnGxASoXn0)
Ah, wonderful.
We generally play that one and Buena at gigs.
-
Just been listening to Gary Numan - Replicas. I haven't heard this album for about 28 years, but I could still remember a lot of the words. I wish my memory was good for something useful though.
-
Howard Jones - New Song, because that's what Jeremy Vine is playing in his "I have to play a song that's sort of the same sort of theme as what I've just been pontificating about" way. I'm chair-dancing. Later on I will either be listening to ABBA or the Beach Boys - I haven't decided yet.
-
Rush - 2112, and right now, a Def Leppard greatest hits compliation. :D
From the sublime to the faintly cheesy but rather enjoyable.
Mind you, it was hair metal and radical garage rock last night c/o Skid Row and the MC5...
-
Currently listening to bits of Beatles on Youtube.
The White Album really was a rather good album, though Butterfly feels that 'Wild Honey Pie' and 'Why Don't We Do It In The Road?' could have done with a few more lyrics
-
Dream Theater -- Scenes from a Memory
-
My listening for the next few days will be the new albums by the mighty Mogwai, The Aliens, Fujiya and Miyagi, and James Yorkston. Luckily the Travis album that my wife wanted was not in stock yet! ;)
-
A Johnny Cash compilation. After all the boom-chicka-boom-chicka-boom stuff, there are some of his famous cover versions. "Hurt" is well-known, but his version of U2's "One" is my favourite.
-
Biffy Clyro - Puzzle, just on "Now I'm Everyone"
FANTASTIC...
-
Clutch - Robot hive/Exodus
-
YouTube - James Yuill - This Sweet Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPkfFv_aJsA)
I'm liking this folktronic stuff these days.
Mind you, I was liking Metallica a lot last weekend. Such is life :thumbsup:
-
Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
-
Mind you, I was liking Metallica a lot last weekend. Such is life :thumbsup:
Ahhh! :thumbsup:
Listening to Dragonforce today.
-
My listening for the next few days will be the new albums by the mighty Mogwai, The Aliens, Fujiya and Miyagi, and James Yorkston. Luckily the Travis album that my wife wanted was not in stock yet! ;)
The Fujiya & Miyagi (http://www.myspace.com/fujiyaandmiyagi) one is pretty decent, although I think the overall quality has reduced with each of the 3 albums released so far (the track 'Rot' on the MySpace link is from the first album). Then again, maybe that's just 'cos I'm more familiar with the spoken vocal & lyrical style now & it doesn't appear so fresh now rather than there being any real quality drop :-\
Or maybe I'm just being supercool/pretentious in an 'I saw them first' style ;D
Just listening to Rob da Bank from 22/09 with Mogwai in session too :thumbsup:
-
Tom Jones:Greatest Hits
-
The Fujiya & Miyagi (http://www.myspace.com/fujiyaandmiyagi) one is pretty decent, although I think the overall quality has reduced with each of the 3 albums released so far (the track 'Rot' on the MySpace link is from the first album). Then again, maybe that's just 'cos I'm more familiar with the spoken vocal & lyrical style now & it doesn't appear so fresh now rather than there being any real quality drop :-\
I am underwhelmed to be honest. The new album is pleasant and undemanding enough but it is like listening to a bloodless imitation of Can (not Kraftwerk as everyone always says). It also reminds that a few years ago there was a British band called Appliance who did this kind of thing with so much more dynamism. I miss Appliance.
-
Ahem.
"More ABBA Gold".
:-[
There are some classics on there I'd forgotten, like "The Day Before You Came". And Agnetha is pretty hot in the sleeve photos ;)
-
The Fujiya & Miyagi (http://www.myspace.com/fujiyaandmiyagi) one is pretty decent, although I think the overall quality has reduced with each of the 3 albums released so far (the track 'Rot' on the MySpace link is from the first album). Then again, maybe that's just 'cos I'm more familiar with the spoken vocal & lyrical style now & it doesn't appear so fresh now rather than there being any real quality drop :-\
I am underwhelmed to be honest. The new album is pleasant and undemanding enough but it is like listening to a bloodless imitation of Can (not Kraftwerk as everyone always says). It also reminds that a few years ago there was a British band called Appliance who did this kind of thing with so much more dynamism. I miss Appliance.
Ah! I keep seeing Appliance cds in my local s/h shop and have never given them a try. So a recommendation is good :thumbsup:
-
Currently listening to Sinead O'Connor, "Am I Not Your Girl". Her album of jazz / torch covers. A lovely voice.
Last night I spent a very pleasant 2 hours listening to Joe Stilgoe (Richard's son) at the Rodewald Suite in Liverpool. He's a excellent pianist and played a mix of his own songs and old favourites. I enjoyed it so much I bought the CD he was selling. :: JOE STILGOE :: (http://www.joestilgoe.com/joe.html)
-
Ah! I keep seeing Appliance cds in my local s/h shop and have never given them a try. So a recommendation is good :thumbsup:
All three of their albums are good, but it's their first one, Manual, that I go back to more often. In some ways it is their most naive, where they wear their influences most on their sleeves, but the krautrock, analogue warmth is lovely.
The of course there is Stereolab... but I am sure no-one needs telling how good they are.
-
More Metallica yesterday. This latest album is good. It even got Baby G's vote. :P
-
Squarepusher - Ultravisitor. This sort of broken electronica suits overcast days.
-
My boss has got me into Alabama 3. Amazing. A mix of country rap drum and bass. Amazing. And from Scotland too !!
-
Rory Gallagher - Top Priority, brilliant hard blues/rock album from 1979, RG was a great guitarist 8)
Frenchie - my Dream Theater collection is bursting at the seams too - brilliant band :thumbsup:
-
Friday night was jazz night in Liverpool
First I listened to the Neil Cowley Trio at the Rodewald Suite. A really lively gig to a packed room.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eQi5CcChNsc (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eQi5CcChNsc)
When that finished I walked around the corner to "The Caledonia" to see Marley Chingus....
[url=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hoAU_Cw4AK8]YouTube - MaRLEY CHiNGUS rockin out @ jazz at the caledonia (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hoAU_Cw4AK8)[/url]
It was the drummers birthday........ The rest of the band were wearing masks made from photos of his face and the audience (it was packed with cute students!) had been given little placards to wave with more photos. Quite surreal..
They are the resident band there, so I'll probably pop in next Friday as well.
-
Beautiful trance track.
YouTube - Andy Moor feat. Carrie Skipper- So Much More (Shawn Mitiska Remix) ARMIN VAN BUUREN 5.1 SURROUND (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAJH1_XSH10)
-
My boss has got me into Alabama 3. Amazing. A mix of country rap drum and bass. Amazing. And from Scotland too !!
eh? I thought they were very much from Brixton! They are excellent though - and a superb live band.
-
Sister Rosetta.
YouTube - Sister Rosetta Tharpe-Trouble In Mind-1964 (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AfQJLTdDSco)
Damon.
-
My boss has got me into Alabama 3. Amazing. A mix of country rap drum and bass. Amazing. And from Scotland too !!
eh? I thought they were very much from Brixton! They are excellent though - and a superb live band.
You are this: right:
We're not from Alabama, and there's not three of us. We're from Brixton, London.
TWFKAML used to live next door to one, or more. Of them.
-
:thumbsup: for Alabama 3. The only gig I have to get the whole family to see!
At the moment listening o Ryan Bingham - Mescalito.
Look out for Richard Thompson touring '1000 years of Pop!'
www.richardthompson-music.com. (http://www.richardthompson-music.com.)
-
My boss has got me into Alabama 3. Amazing. A mix of country rap drum and bass. Amazing. And from Scotland too !!
eh? I thought they were very much from Brixton! They are excellent though - and a superb live band.
They started their careers in Brixton, but I think you will find they are actually from Scotland.
-
"in South London, the son of a Welsh Mormon preacher meets the offspring of a Glaswegian trade unionist at an underground acid house party "
I stand corrected. 1/2 Scottish 1/2 Welsh but based in Brixton.
-
Currently listening to "Long Days, Black Nights" an anthology of classic Magnum tracks. 8)
I'll just have to confuse everyone by digging out some psychedelic Goa trance next... ;D
-
Strange Attractor ~ Mercury Rev
-
Some Santana...
-
Remaster of Puppets, a freebie that came with Kerrang last year, to celebrate 25 years since the original was released.
Fantastic listening to MachineHead, Funeral For A Friend et al cover the classics, but it is a shame that Mastodon screw up Orion....
-
The Dear Janes.
-
The Dear Janes.
Yay! My tenuous claim to fame #261 - I once carried Barbara's banjo while she was looking for a taxi ;D
-
Wow!
I first heard of them when I saw them supporting The Saw Doctors at the Liverpool Empire in about 1994 and just loved them. I found my copy of Sometimes I the other day - hadn't heard it in years and now I'm just playing and replaying it over and over again, and I've just ordered Ginny Clee's solo album from Amazon.
-
I first heard of them when I saw them supporting The Saw Doctors at the Liverpool Empire in about 1994 and just loved them.
Similar thing here; TWFKAML & I saw them supporting Robyn Hitchcock somewhere or other in Londonton. She reckons that in the last fifteen years we've seen them more than any other band!
I found my copy of Sometimes I the other day - hadn't heard it in years and now I'm just playing and replaying it over and over again, and I've just ordered Ginny Clee's solo album from Amazon.
It is this: excellent.
-
Tattoo - Rory Gallagher (1973)
On vinyl. Inspired by the Radio 2 program linked in another thread. Bluestastic.
-
And swiftly we move on 17 years to:
Mixed UP - The Cure (1990)
Wasn't a great success when it was released this one but it remains my favourite Cure album. Four sides (on vinyl I'm not sure how many CDs) of remixes of The Cures hits. The did the mixes themselves and some had been released on 12 inch before. Side B wit Lovesong and A Forest is particularly good.
-
Yann Tiersen - La valse des monstres.
La Valse des monstres - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Valse_des_Monstres)
-
Brothers and Sisters - The Allman Brothers Band
It's the one with Jessica on it and the truly wonderful Southbound with great electric piano from Chuck Leavell (later to play keyboards for the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton. )
-
Today has been a mix of Modest Mouse albums, I burnt a CD of MP3s to go in the hire car and can easily skip between albums.
3rd Planet and Interstate 8 are the favourites of the day....
-
Dopes To Infinity - Monster Magnet 8)
-
Ghost Dog soundtrack by the RZA...
-
Well I have got the 70s rock thing out of my system for a bit so today it's:
Music for the funeral of Queen Mary - Purcell
-
The Rolling Stones : Forty Licks
-
Fleetwood Mac: The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
-
Love is the Way ~ Eddi Reader
-
I have just started a subscription with eMusic, 'cos I got 50 free downloads when I downloaded Winamp & because I can fill in a few gaps in my Muslimgauze collection 8)
Currently listening to Reuber - ruhig blut b (http://www.emusic.com/album/Reuber-ruhig-blut-MP3-Download/11298448.html)
Really nice, long version of a Staubgold label sampler track I've loved for ages... :thumbsup:
-
Magnum - Vigilante
Super uplifting album from 1986 with near perfect songs, my favourite is the title track itself :)
-
A collection of stuff by Curtis Mayfield. A beautiful man.
-
Cat Food - King Crimson
Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult
and then
Armorica - The Black Crowes
and then
Quadrephenia - The Who (I'd forgotten just how good this was)
-
When I Grow Up - Michelle Shocked
Living My Life (album) - Grace Jones
-
The Shadows : Essential
-
Atomic Rooster: The Devil Hits Back
-
The Best of Eddie Cochran. I found the CD after buying it at a charity shop a few years ago. It's wonderful. A bit of a nostalgia-fest, since my parents and my uncle used to listen to him when I was a kid - but boy, could he play guitar.
-
Miracle of the Voice - Natalie Dessay
Two CDs worth of highlights from recordings by the French Soprano. This is one of a bundle of classical CDs I picked up cheap in France last weekend. It's the enhanced package with a DVD I am saving for Friday night with a bottle of red. I have a weakness for French sopranos ....
-
Hellbilly Deluxe - Rob Zombie
The Best of Black Sabbath
They seemed to be the most appropriate choices today. :demon:
-
U2: The Best of
-
"Exile" Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble
-
Someone's lent me Sacred Hearts and Fallen Angels, the best of Gram Parsons. After Eddie Cochran, someone else who died young. I am enjoying it, though :thumbsup:
-
New Okkervil River album. It's okay, but gets a bit bland after a while.
-
Astral Weeks ~ Van Morrison Still superb!
-
Imelda May - love tattoo. The first time I've ever asked the staff in a music shop 'what's this CD you're playing?'
It's absolutely fantastic!!
-
Last night I spent an uncomfortable 3 hours in the company of Eddi Reader and her band. Eddi was wonderful as always, but the seats at Pacific Road are like something out of a torture museum!
The opening act was a chap called Dean Owens from Leith. Dean did 30 minutes with guitar & harmonica (and was joined by Kevin McGuire on double bass for a couple of tracks).
My favourite was "The Man From Leith", a tribute to his father. I enjoyed his session so much I bought his new CD "Whiskey Hearts"
A few sample tracks here http://www.deanowens.com/content/multimedia/audio/ (http://www.deanowens.com/content/multimedia/audio/)
-
Old Wild Men - 10cc
How on earth did they come across as a pop band in the early 70's when they were doing this stuff at the same time?
:)
-
Roy Orbison : Gold Collection
-
The Renaissance - Q-Tip (from A Tribe Called Quest) - it just seems so entirely appropriate to be listening to intelligent hip hop in the circumstances!
-
Old Wild Men - 10cc
How on earth did they come across as a pop band in the early 70's when they were doing this stuff at the same time?
:)
Because you were too young to understand the references.
YouTube - 10cc Oh Effendi Live (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bsniZ1k36pk)
Damon.
-
Joe Satriani -- Strange beautiful music
-
Einstürzende neubauten
It's surrealistic but the more I listen to it the more I get drawn into their universe and I love it
-
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Currently repeat playing track 8 - Hate it here (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yYLaWXjUr8A)
Great lyrics and some nice understated guitar playing.
-
Colosseum - Those who are about to die salute you
(and another fan of Einstürzende neubauten here)
-
Live in Japan
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Fantastic :thumbsup:
-
AC/DC - For Those About To Rock We Salute You
-
The Best Of - Rod Stewart
And it really is as it doesn't include anything recorded after 1974.
-
A Place To Bury Strangers - A Place to Bury Strangers
Supposedly New York's loudest band. Sound a lot like the Jesus and Mary Chain and a little like Slowdive.
So I like! :D
-
It's a Long Way to Tipperary by the Red Army Choir.
YouTube - It's a Long Way to Tipperary (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CQs97_jVufk&feature=related)
Damon.
-
This...
YouTube - Joe Satriani - Belly Dancer LIVE 2002 Heineken Music Hall (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LBSYfCQXMoM)
It is just so good.
-
Bastard - Ian Hunter.
Sorry thats just how it is.....
-
St Matthew Passion - Bach
Paul McCreesh conducting with the Gabrieli Players and a stellar but very small group of singers (only 8) including Magdalena Kozena and Mark Padmore. This small scale interpretation is very intimate and perfect for this time of a night.
-
Fab remix:
YouTube - Aurora - Ordinary World (Condor Remix) (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7KWGaViLgA8&feature=related)
-
Live in Japan
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Fantastic :thumbsup:
Great stuff indeed...
-
A collection of live Jimi Hendrix in honour of the late Mitch Mitchell.
-
David Bowie : The Best of David Bowie (UK version)
-
Kings of Leon's new one. Quite good.
-
I have been in the attic and sprung some more old vinyl.
Nine on a Ten Scale - Sammy Hagar
On of his solo albums before he became lead singer of Van Halen. It's rubbish.
Earthshaker - Y&T
I had forgotten about this lot. This is surprisingly good in an AOR kind of way. A bit like a slightly heavier Journey. Check out these stage cloths
(http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FjSY3U1DJUk)
-
the 'new' Seasick Steve (I started out with nothing) - it finally arrived in Stornoway's Woolworths
-
Excellent - I like him, as does Our Kid.
I've been listening to Tilly & The Wall, who have guested on Sesame Street* singing the alphabet.
* Now that is cool
-
"Me, Myself an Eye" by Charles Mingus (or not, he's not on the album and there is some debate about how much of the arangement he did). Good though.
Last night was "The Christians" at Liverpool Philharmonic followed by more Marley Chingus at the Caledonia, sadly they didn't have the cute blonde singer this time...
-
The B52s: the B52s.
They came from Planet Claire.
-
The Fall's Peel Sessions, and The Stooges by The Stooges. Ear-bleeding stuff :thumbsup:
-
The B52s: the B52s.
Me too!
And Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip - Angles
-
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone on R6, then probably a couple of the new Replacements re-issues.
-
the 'new' Seasick Steve (I started out with nothing)
Great musician...
-
On a grey and slightly melancholic monday morning:-
"Fire & Water","Highway" and "Heartbreaker" by Free will all be making an appearance.
Earthshaker - Y&T
I had forgotten about this lot. This is surprisingly good in an AOR kind of way. A bit like a slightly heavier Journey.
"Knock You Out" makes you smile as much as "I Believe In You" makes you cringe. :)
-
"Fire & Water","Highway" and "Heartbreaker" by Free will all be making an appearance.
That has reminded me that I have a greatest hits type album of Free.Must root it out.
-
Avoiding the horrors of Money Box, I turned over reluctantly to Steve Wright.
He's just played Neil Young, Boz Scaggs' High Sierra, and Lindisfarne's Lady Eleanor in succession.
Heck, that's a high strike rate of 'stuff I quite like, but would never go out & actually buy' :)
-
Earthshaker - Y&T
I had forgotten about this lot. This is surprisingly good in an AOR kind of way. A bit like a slightly heavier Journey.
"Knock You Out" makes you smile as much as "I Believe In You" makes you cringe. :)
Most of this type of rock makes you cringe as you get older. It's specifically designed for 14 - 16 year old boys really.
-
Earthshaker - Y&T
I had forgotten about this lot. This is surprisingly good in an AOR kind of way. A bit like a slightly heavier Journey.
"Knock You Out" makes you smile as much as "I Believe In You" makes you cringe. :)
Most of this type of rock makes you cringe as you get older. It's specifically designed for 14 - 16 year old boys really.
Not sure what that says about me then being somewhat more than 16 when they appeared on my radar, even if it was briefly. I saw them play a blistering set at Reading in nineteen-something based almost entirely around Eathshaker. I looked forward to the next album and tour and thought "Black Tiger" was pants so didn't bother. Someone played me a late eighties track of thiers ("Contagious"?) which was poodle rock at it's most hairsprayed. Awful. It was a brief affair.. :D
Along the same(ish) lines as Clarions previos post, iTunes came up with a little run in "Shuffle" mode that I'd never have come up with in a million years but worked brilliantly. Sequence as follows
Bye Routes - Golden Earring
Lucky - Radiohead
Shipwrecked - The Big Dish
All That You Dream - Little Feat
-
Day & Age ~ The Killers
-
James Yuill's new album.
-
Live At The Quick ~ Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
Jazz with banjos. In it. Gift from our highly-esteemed ACP / LRM Representative and Supreme Ruler of the Universe Mr Marshall.
Odd.
-
Sky 366:the Vault
Love in the Afternoon
-
Slayer - Christ Illusion
-
The latest Rob da Bank & Friends (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/robdabank/) show: 10 Years of Minus Records with Richie Hawtin. Quality techno.
Also been playing the Santogold (http://www.santogold.net/) album a lot recently.
-
I have just rediscovered my Sennheiser headphones. Last night I had a good old blast of J. S. Bach's Violin Concerti.
-
Freeschaland by Freescha
-
Freeschaland by Freescha
Any good? I'm a fan of 'Slower Than Church Music' by them.
Also recommend Casino Versus Japan (esp. 'Go Hawaii') which is similar stuff
-
It's very good. I can't stop playing the bloomin' thing ;D
It's a compilation of tracks from their earlier EPs, with a few others tracks thrown in as a bonus.
A very relaxing album.
-
George Harrison
-
James Yorkston - Just Beyond the River.
-
Bootleg of HMHB's recent London gig :thumbsup:
-
The Beatles:Magical Mystery Tour
-
Dire Straits
-
96 tears - The Stranglers
-
Right now - Richard Thompson - Woodstock
-
Bootleg of HMHB's recent London gig :thumbsup:
Downloadable?
Bad: I forgot about their Norwich gig :'(
Good: But their back catalogue is available to download from eMusic :thumbsup:
-
The Jesus Lizard, of course.
-
The Clash ~ Live at Shea Stadium
-
Runrig - The Stamping Ground and Everything You See
The Summer Walkers from The Stamping Ground brought back good memories of Sutherland Audaxes, some lyrics below:
"And it's up by the Shin
And up by the Naver
And the long winding shores of Loch Maree
By Ben Hope and Ben Loyal
By Stack and by Arkle
The road reaches long now the summer is here"
I hope I can be back there soon, touring or doing the 300k again!
From Everything I see the Clash of the Ash is best.
MySpace.com - R U N R I G - UK - Rock / Celtic - www.myspace.com/runrigofficial
(http://www.myspace.com/runrigofficial)
Is anyone going to see Runrig at the Barrowlands next weekend? Or Scone next August? ::-)
-
"The Best of Green on Red" by Green on Red
-
"The Best of Green on Red" by Green on Red
I love their version of "funny how time slips away".
-
Mozart - Mass in C minor - conducted by Louis Langree
A real treat if you like French sopranos as it has Natalie Dessay and Veronique Gens. Mmmm lucious.
-
22 Carat Country Gpld ; Various Artists
-
David Gilmour ~ Live In Gdansk
-
The Dears - Missiles.
-
Ministry an Co-Conspirators ~ Cover Up
"What a wonderful world" and "Black Betty" like I never heard them before :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
-
The Pretenders : Greatest Hits.
-
Only By the night -The Kings of Leon
-
Joni Mitchell: Blue.
I never tire of this album.
-
AC/DC: Black Ice
-
Last night, after a journey that took at least twice as long as usual for various reasons, I found myself walking up the hill to my home. Well, dancing, actually, as I had Nina Simone followed by a bit of Aretha Franklin, then a dash of Blues Brothers...
-
Joni Mitchell: Blue.
I never tire of this album.
+1 to that.
-
Soft Machine - Drop
A live recording from 1971 with the utterly manic Phil Howard on drums. Brilliant!
-
The Reverend Horton Heat
-
This evening listened to a Festival of Christmas Music at the Victoria Hall,Hanley,Stoke-on-Trent featuring
Staffordshire Youth Orchestra - North
Staffordshire Youth Choir - Central
Massed Choirs from Staffordshire Schools.
Included
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Once in Royal David's City
Silent Night
White Christmas.
Twelve Days of Christmas
O Come All Ye Faithful
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Jingle Bells
Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.
The star turn was The Centre of the Universe a.k.a. my grand-daughter O:-).
I noticed that several hundred of those present may not have realised this.
Their loss. ;D
-
The Doors - The Soft Parade: the difficult Doors album, much criticised but I like it and thats what counts!
-
The Reverend Horton Heat
Good choice :thumbsup:
Ezio (Live in Cambridge), Cheap Trick, Stereolab, Nude Girls, Bellowhead.
God, I haven't had a night of playing CDs for sooooo long. Why?
-
The Reverend Horton Heat
Good choice :thumbsup:
Ezio (Live in Cambridge), Cheap Trick, Stereolab, Nude Girls, Bellowhead.
God, I haven't had a night of playing CDs for sooooo long. Why?
bluddy TV its a curse ::-)
George Thorogood and all the Delaware Destroyers . Must get reaquainted
-
God, I haven't had a night of playing CDs for sooooo long. Why?
bluddy TV its a curse ::-)
Don't have a TV, am just pathetic :(
-
The Doors - The Soft Parade: the difficult Doors album, much criticised but I like it and thats what counts!
It's actually the only Doors album I would really bother listening to any more. In adversity bands often create their best work, and this album with its ludicrous concept and Morrison's voice at its rawest is somehow more real and affecting than any of the more bombastic and pretentious stuff they did.
-
I still think "The Doors" is the best :P
Today I shall mostly be listening to...Victor Hely-Hutchinson's Carol Symphony.
-
This morning was Tchaikovsky & Sibelius. A swift visit to Oxfam saw me leave with Mahlers 2nd Symphony & Vaughan-Williams 9th, both on mint vinyl. Another visit to "Hairy Records" gained me a Coleman Hawkins compilation and Ben Webster live at The Monmartre Club, Copenhagen. This last is superb, but I didn't read the sleeve notes properly in the shop. It's the last part of a 3 LP set, so I've now got to start looking for the other 2!
Currently listening to "Blue Saxophones", Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Oscar Petersen, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown & Alvin Stoller. I bought this for £1.99 in a charity shop a few years ago and it's now one of my favourites. Absolutely beautiful music :)
-
Mykonos by Fleet Foxes (on Radcliffe/Maconie). Ab-so-bloody-lutely amazing.
-
Late Junction on Radio 3. The home of truly weird music.
-
Henry Thomas (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lQN97JxyD9A) a great favourite of Kershaw's IIRC
-
Global Underground 30 - Nick Warren - Paris ...just reached the dubby part of disk1 ....boomshakkalakka Dread
-
A shouty socialst evening with various Oysterband discs. Soooooooooo right.
-
Last weekend I bought myself some surprisingly good value headphones for my MP3 player. I have rediscovered how brilliant Nazareth are. Slade are good value, too, and good for keeping the cadence up on the trainer :)
-
Mark Knopfler/Emmylou Harris: All the Road Running
-
Marilyn Monroe - I Wanna Be Loved By You
-
Tim Minchin on Youtube.
Dangerously Hilarious. I'm laughing so much my face hurts.
If I Didn't Have You (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Gaid72fqzNE)
-
Folk, Blues and Beyond - Davy Graham
-
A variety of Classical stuff
Mozart
Handel
Elgar
Tchaikovsky
Verdi
Holst
& then it will be variety of Xmas carols & hymns
-
All my life- Foo Fighters
-
There She Goes - The LAs
'twas on the telly the other day...such a great tune
-
Now we're gettin real hip and wiggy with the Beach Boys:
"Do It Again", "Darlin'" and I'm looking forward to "Wild Honey"
-
Working my way through my Martin Simpson albums, and trying to play along.
Failing miserably, of course.
-
Hall of the Mountain Grill - Hawkwind, a xmas present from mrs W.
-
Neil Young - Sugar Mountain Live @ Canterbury House.
I don't think I've ever heard the man rabbit so much! Drugs, eh? ;)
-
George Winston's December, which I got my wife for Christmas. Icy, tinkly background music, but better than many of his more New Agey imitators.
Also The Dears' No Cities Left. Still their best.
-
U2 18 singles collection..
..d
-
The Lost Soul Band - The Land Of Do As You Please and Friday the 13th and Everything's Rosie. I might dig my vinyl out later as well.
I used to go and see them years ago when I was a student in Edinburgh and after I qualified when I worked in Kent I'd go see them in London and then they split up at the end of 1994 after 3 albums, a couple of singles and no chart success whatsoever. You can hear them on myspace, and Sunday night's gig is on youtube in various parts. They've reformed for a couple of farewell gigs, Spice Girls style, and I went to see them on Sunday and it was just like all the years just rolled away and I was young again. They were probably Scotland's best ever least successful band, they were just at the wrong time.
You know the Kingsmill ad with the song that goes you're lovely to me yes you are? That's Gordon Grahame, who is the singer of The Lost Soul Band.
It was so good to see them, and nice to have a chat with a couple of them afterwards too. I used to be quite pally with Gav, the percussionist, and their mate Sandy who is a legend on the Edinburgh pub band scene, but I hadn't seen either of them since the mid-90s.
-
U2 : 1980-2000
next up will be vintage Rolling Stones & then it will be the best of Guns 'n Roses.
-
U2 : 1980-2000
next up will be vintage Rolling Stones & then it will be the best of Guns 'n Roses.
It's New Year alan - look forward mate, look forward.
* puts on Tremeloes Greatest Hits Hit*
-
U2 : 1980-2000
next up will be vintage Rolling Stones & then it will be the best of Guns 'n Roses.
It's New Year alan - look forward mate, look forward.
* puts on Tremeloes Greatest Hits Hit*
Bl**dyEll.
The Trems.. A real rave from the grave ;D
I like a good dose of nostalgia at New Years Eve.
I look forward to being unable to remember tonight,tomorrow when it will be yesterday.More nostalgia. :)
-
A bit of Albert Ayler (Ms P wanted to find out what he sounded like), Eric Dolpy's "Out to Lunch", Ornette Coleman- various Prime Time recordings I've bought recently.
-
* puts on Tremeloes Greatest Hits Hit*
Silence Is Golden and Do You Love Me? Two hits.
-
IIRC "Do You Love Me" was done by the Dave Clarke Five".
Can anyone concurr?
-
Elephant the White Stripes :thumbsup:
-
IIRC "Do You Love Me" was done by the Dave Clarke Five".
Can anyone concurr?
I respectfully disagree. ;D Although they might have done it too. I like watching old clips of the Dave Clark 5 - Dave always looks like he's drumming to something else entirely.
-
Despedida
-
Roy Orbison : Gold Collection
-
Alive, She Cried - The Doors
-
UFO on Youtube. Why don't I have any of this on CD? ???
-
The new PC speaker-system that the son bought me for Xmas - excellent! What a good boy!
Herself is in town, so blasting Alabama 3 ("Night We Nearly Got Busted") right now. Then some Beefheart, I think....
-
Ministry - Psalm 69. To be followed by Metallica - Metallica and Montrose - Montrose
:thumbsup:
-
Wheels of Fire - Cream
The first lp I ever bought. I still think it's brilliant.
Back in the days when Eric bothered to play guitar. I don't think he's been arsed for the last 30 odd years.
-
Jake Thackray, what is making me smile deeply.
-
More old stuff. Feels odd being in on a Saturday night.
Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh - Magma
-
Dr. Rubberfunk................... 8)
-
Daydream Nation ~ Sonic Youth
Well the rest of the family are upstairs so I've got some 'peace and quiet' ::-)
-
ZZ Top : Eliminator
very loudly on the Ipod thing
-
Its been a Genesis night. Sod Radio 2, I'm going to work tomorrow to Selling England by the Pound!
-
More old stuff. Feels odd being in on a Saturday night.
Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh - Magma
Oh my God, I'd forgotten them, didn't Steve 'Interesting' Davis, promote a concert by them once?
Yes Indeedy My obsession: Steve Davis |
Sport |
The Observer
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2004/mar/07/snooker.features)
Damon.
-
Me, I'm just a lawnmower, you can tell me by the way I walk.......
-
Steve Davis stroked my dog whilst out for a walk in Plumstead.....
-
Has been Pendulum this morn, and I'm feeling more of the same this eve.
-
Led Zeppelin.
-
The sound track to Juno (2007) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0467406/), a very good movie and American movie too, some very catchy tunes :)
-
In the Region of the Summer Stars by The Enid
-
I popped into HMV on my way home so this evenings music has been Murray Perahia playing all 5 Beethoven piano concertos with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
£12 for 3CD's worth of beauty :)
-
In the Region of the Summer Stars by The Enid
:D Saw them a few times way back in the early 80's. The grotty old Bierkeller in Liverpool. Good stuff!
-
I popped into HMV on my way home so this evenings music has been Murray Perahia playing all 5 Beethoven piano concertos with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
£12 for 3CD's worth of beauty :)
Arse! The last CD is skipping >:(
-
Joe Satriani - Is there Love in Space?
A brilliant album, one of his best later works, so full of feeling, gonna turn it up to 11 now 8)
-
In the Region of the Summer Stars by The Enid
:D Saw them a few times way back in the early 80's. The grotty old Bierkeller in Liverpool. Good stuff!
Just mentioned them on the prog thread. Heard them interviewed on local radio in 79, and they were......a bit rude in their language. The interview was live. Ooops.
As for now, Lisa Knapp, and Belly.
-
ecouter M deux radio
http://www.m2radio.fr/pls/m2mix_winamp.m3u
-
Just dug this CD out - a favourite from 1996.
Emperor Tomato Ketchup – Stereolab – Listen free and discover music at Last.fm (http://www.last.fm/music/Stereolab/Emperor+Tomato+Ketchup)
-
The Broken Family Band.
-
Fischer Spooner..........
-
Just dug this CD out - a favourite from 1996.
Emperor Tomato Ketchup – Stereolab – Listen free and discover music at Last.fm (http://www.last.fm/music/Stereolab/Emperor+Tomato+Ketchup)
Their finest album imho (just beating Refried Ectoplasm Volume 2)
NP: Mary Anne Hobbs (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/maryannehobbs/) on listen again.
-
Just been listening to a fabulous live version of No-one Knows by QOTSA on 6 Music. Must see if I can get a copy of this.
-
Wes Montgomery. Superb!
-
Joe Satriani - Is there Love in Space?
A brilliant album, one of his best later works, so full of feeling, gonna turn it up to 11 now 8)
I prefer Strange Beautiful Music. Prof Satchetc. is pretty good to.
Switched To Is There Love etc. now though...
-
Animal Collective.....
-
Joe Satriani - Is there Love in Space?
A brilliant album, one of his best later works, so full of feeling, gonna turn it up to 11 now 8)
I prefer Strange Beautiful Music. Prof Satchetc. is pretty good to.
Switched To Is There Love etc. now though...
Not sure about 'Prof Satch..', to be honest I think his last really good album was 'Crystal Planet'. I've got all his CD's :), been a fan since 'Flying in a Blue Dream came out 18 yrs ago, saw him last at Hammersmith Odeon last May - brilliant concert :thumbsup:
-
Megadeth - Cryptic Writings
Brilliant album with lovely smooth powerful guitar riffs and killer songs, just the thing for blowing the cobwebs around the sitting room 8)
-
Biffy Clyro
-
Animal Collective.....
Have you heard Panda Bear's 'Person Pitch'? Recommended if you like AC...
-
Juliet Turner - People have Names
-
Smetana. Before that, Tielman Susato.
-
The Animals : The Most of The Animals
-
Man With No Name
-
The Pretenders - The Pretenders
Forgotten how brilliant that album is!!
-
Animal Collective.....
Have you heard Panda Bear's 'Person Pitch'? Recommended if you like AC...
Thanks for that. Nice.................
Radio Three at the moment, Bach.
-
Roxy Music,the Best Of
-
"Mountain Battles" by The Breeders
It takes 1, 2 possibly 3 listens to appreciate.
Top notch :thumbsup:
-
Mo Duta on Radio 2
-
Tom Robinson - Still Loving You.
A favourite album for over 20 years.
-
My new copy of the re-issue of Now That's What I Call Music. Today I have done the Safety Dance, learned about Kissing With Confidence and wondered Is There Something I Should Know?
-
Dixie Chicks - Home. Loving that banjo.
-
Tom Robinson - Still Loving You.
A favourite album for over 20 years.
Crikey - I thought I was the only person in the world who loved that album! :o
I neeeeeed to get it on CD
-
The best of Split Enz - Split Enz
-
U2: Best of 1980-1990
-
Bon Jovi : Crossroad
-
The Pretenders : Greatest Hits
-
Slim Gaillard.
-
Slim Gaillard.
"Cement Mixer, Putty Putty..." ;D
-
Oh yus! And Flat Foot Floogie/Floozy With The Floy-Floy. :D
There's also an amazing sequence n Youtube from Hellzapoppin', which begins with an awesome jam, and ends with some astonishing Lindyhopping.
I was privileged to meet and work with Slim. A lovely, lovely guy, even if he was stoned off his box and talking nonsense.
-
Seven seconds of Love.....
-
The Beatles : Magical Mystery Tour
-
Linda Thompson
-
Michael Angelo Batio: 2X Again.
It rocks!! :thumbsup:
-
Richard Thompson ~ 1000 years of popular music :)
-
Dälek (http://www.deadverse.com/) - Absence album
I don't listen to much hip-hop but I like the non-traditional 'chainsaw sonics' on this - very 'industrial'. The lyrics seem to be much more socially aware too:
“Who trades his culture for dollars?
The fool or the scholar?
Griot? Poet? or White Collared?”
-
Bob Brozman - Post - Industrial Blues
Its not all heavy metal here at Pneumant towers you know ::-). Blues tonight with the fab Brozman & his National Steel guitar . Excellent track called 'Follow the Money' - almost written in anticipation of the current recession (sorry I meant credit cr*nch)
-
Tonight by Franz Ferdinand (birthday present).
-
All that you can leave behind - U2
Beautiful Day really is a great song
-
Mazzy Star--"Among my Swan"
Almost forgotten what a great album it is, and how sexy Hope Sandoval's voice is
-
Groooooooooooooooooooooooooove Armada....
-
No Little Boy - John Martyn
It's making me a bit sad.
-
Well, earlier, in the car to go walking in Surrey:
Green Day - American Idiot.
Superstoker's choice, and I think rather good.
We both enjoyed reflecting that the original American Idiot has gone. :)
-
Robin Trower.
When I left to go to a gig at 7.30 this evening I was about half way through 'Bridge Of Sighs'. Mrs nicknack just kept ploughing through the Trower on the computer and at 12.55 he's still going. Only another 6 albums to go - I didn't realize I had so much.
-
Well, earlier, in the car to go walking in Surrey:
Green Day - American Idiot.
Superstoker's choice, and I think rather good.
We both enjoyed reflecting that the original American Idiot has gone. :)
One of Master Pcolbecks favourites. I like it too. Good punky pop songs with thoughtful lyrics.
-
Earlier today:
David Holmes - The Holy Pictures
Glasvegas - Glasvegas
B12 - Last Days of Silence - Remixes
Right Now:
Bass Clef - A Smile is a Curve That Straightens Most Things
-
Beethoven - Piano Sonatas 8,14 and 23 - Daniel Barenboim
-
I've just seen the new Coldplay video for "Life in Technicolor ii" with the puppet version of Coldplay. It made me laugh out loud several times. ;D
-
2ManyDJs (Soulwax) sitting in for Rod da Bank's (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/robdabank/) radio show:
The first hour is a mix of 420 song intros all mixed together and it's totally bonkers!
-
R.E.M. ~ Live in Toronto 1983 Great live recording packaged as park of the Murmur reissue
-
Diana Ross & The Supremes : the #1's.
It's like being teleported back 40 years to when Marj & I were courting :thumbsup:
-
Bruce Springstein Greatest Hits
-
Field Music...
-
Bon Jovi : Crossroads
-
Forever ~ Cranes
It is impossible to make out what Alison Shaw is singing about, but this absolutely does not matter.
Note to self: CDs have been re-released. Get thee to Nozama pronto.
-
The Crane Wife...by The Decemberists.
-
Neil Diamond : Hot August Night
-
Emiliana Torrini - Me and Armini
-
Trivium: The Crusade.
-
Monster Magnet: 'Dopes to Infinity'
-
Megadeth - Youthanasia
Poor album title - but a great CD (their best work IMO) with great melodic songs, perfectly executed with an incredible tight woven sound, and Dave Mustaine's vocal performance is at its peak too. The classic 'A Tout Le Monde' is here alongside 'The Killing Road', 'Youthanasia', and 'Elysian Fields'. In truth not a duff track to be found, can be played all the way through without resort to the 'skip' button - recommended to those who like a capital R in their Rock :thumbsup:
-
The Beatles:Rubber Soul,which will be followed by Revolver
-
Lots of Okkervil River. "Don't Fall in Love With Everyone You See" is still my favourite LP, though.
-
Death In Vegas - Greatest Hits
Hawkwind - Epoch Eclipse
The free CD that came with this month's Classic Rock magazine - lost tracks from Thin Lizzy, UFO, 13th Floor Elevators, Rogue Male et al.
And now, The Scorpions....
-
Working my way through 8G of MP3s on my new headunit in the car, but seem to be loitering around Fear Factory, especially Remanufacture, then skipping to the Bonus CD from Soulfly - Soulfly.
On a bit of Metal Remix tip today :)
-
Deep Purple -- Platinum collection, Disc 1
-
B-52's - Funplex :)
-
Allan Holdsworth: Sand
-
UFO megamix!!!!!
For me burfdae I was gived the remastered:-
"No Place To Run"
"The Wild, The Willing & The Innocent"
"Mechanix"
The Tonka Chapman period UFO was a really good one.
-
Black Magic Woman : (early as in Peter Green era) Fleetwood Mac
-
Volkerball by Rammstein
-
Thin Lizzy:Greatest Hits
-
6-Radio, the Bruce Dickinson show...
-
The voices in my head, they are telling me to kill................
-
Closer - Joy Division
-
When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease - Roy Harper (always brings a tear or two to my eyes :'( )
followed by (to lighten the mood!)
A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers - Van Der Graaf Generator
-
Play Ska............The Skatalites.
-
Bob Dylan
-
More Rammstein.
-
Lamb lies down on Broadway - Genesis
-
Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails
-
Morrissey - Years of refusal
-
A selection of Bluetones songs on the laptop. Very clever songwriting; makes "Wish You Were Here" seem embarrassingly facile. The fourth album sucks though.
-
Various stuff on Youtube:
Pretty Paracetamol by Fisher Z
Rock and Roll Queen by The Subways
Pretend were dead - L7
-
Cage The Elephant.
A band I'd never heard of before I caught about 10 seconds of one of their tracks on TV the other day. Thought I'd take a chance. Well worth it...sort of like an edgier version of the 80's paisley underground American guitar bands - long ryders, green-on-red, etc
-
The National - Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers
-
In the Fishtank ~ Low and Dirty Three
-
Black Magic Woman : (early as in Peter Green era) Fleetwood Mac
This again.
It still sounds good 42 years on 8)
-
Beulah. The coast is never clear.....
-
The Cardigans - Gran Turismo
-
Good thinking, I will look that one out and play it....
-
Metalica - Death Magnetic
The best thing they have done since Black.
THey are touring next couple of weeks, going to see them in Nottingham and Sheffield...Bring it on!!!! :thumbsup:
-
Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits
-
13 Blues For Thirteen Moons ~ Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band
More of the same - terrible singing and Godspeed-stylee guitar & strings - and none the worse for it.
-
"Ode To Joy" played on a clarinet by my grand-daughter.
Absolutely magic ;D
-
Volkerball -- Rammstein
-
Just heard and instantly fell in love with Sad Day for Puppets on the radio. They've been around for a couple of years, but they're new to me.
Klicktrack previews (http://www.klicktrack.com/klicktrack/releases/sad-day-for-puppets/unknown-colors/3)
YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe9b6U0Tj40)
YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YTGgu2MzVo)
-
Metalica - Death Magnetic
The best thing they have done since Black.
THey are touring next couple of weeks, going to see them in Nottingham and Sheffield...Bring it on!!!! :thumbsup:
Awesome album. Listening to it for the umpteenth time. Going to the second night at the O2, end of March.
-
Metallica - Death Magnetic
I like it too.
-
Primal Scream ~ Screamadelica
-
No Line on the Horizon ~ U2
Not sure but not the great "return to form" that the critics are suggesting. Jury's still out ???
-
Lisa Ekdahl.
-
A bit of a mixture today...
Prodigy - "Invaders Must Die"
Tubes - "White Punks On Dope"
Soil - Redefine
Currently listening to a progressive house/trance mix by John Digweed from the Global Underground series of albums.
-
Bike Show Podcast (http://podcasts.resonancefm.com/archives/category/shows/thebikeshow) 8)
-
Not today, but at the weekend, I listened to ZZ Top's Deguello & Slade's Greatest Hits.
Brilliant - every one a gem*
Then yesterday, taking Superstoker back to his mum's, we were listening to some classic reggae. :thumbsup:
* except Radio Wall of Sound
-
Cage the Elephant - Aint no rest for the wicked
-
Ernest Ranglin
-
This is a very good thread to read to use together with spotify. (https://www.spotify.com)
-
Hvarf - Heim ~ Sigur Rós
-
Tyler Ramsey - A long dream about swimming across the sea
-
Def Leppard - Pyromania
The Wonder Stuff - Never Loved Elvis
A great slice of rock from 1983 with really strong assured songs, I especially like 'Photograph', 'Too Late for Love' and 'Foolin' '.
The 'Stuffies - always assured and brill live, too clever by half really, NLE is their 3rd album (1991) and has some great tracks - I like 'Play', 'Welcome to the Cheap Seats' , 'The Size of a Cow' and 'Donation'.
-
Metalica - Death Magnetic
The best thing they have done since Black.
THey are touring next couple of weeks, going to see them in Nottingham and Sheffield...Bring it on!!!! :thumbsup:
Awesome album. Listening to it for the umpteenth time. Going to the second night at the O2, end of March.
:thumbsup: Awsome concerts...great in Nottingham, better in Sheffield!! ;D
-
Manic Street Preachers
-
AC/DC Powerage. Pure filth and sleaze.
Preceded by Beethoven's seventh, and Carmina Burana
Followed by Hawkwind 's Warrior on the Edge of Time
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
All to a glass or two of Glenkinchie
-
I lied. Powerage was so good I stuck Highway to Hell on afterwards.
-
U2 - No line on the Horizon.
Yawwwnnn.... Heard it all before. They really should get a drummer who knows more than three rhythms...
Bono still sounds younger than his 48 years though.
-
Noah and the Whale
-
Nick Warren - Lima - Global Underground #35
-
This is a very good thread to read to use together with spotify. (https://www.spotify.com)
Good call, never heard of Spotify before. Just installed it and it seems like it could get some serious use.
-
Wings Of Joy ~ Cranes
Not a patch on Forever :(
-
Elbow -Seldom seen kid ,I am trying to convince myself its good ,emporers clothes innit?
-
Elbow -Seldom seen kid ,I am trying to convince myself its good ,emporers clothes innit?
I think that Seldom Seen Kid is brilliant but it's the only Elbow that I possess. Any recommendations for other stuff by them?
-
Elbow -Seldom seen kid ,I am trying to convince myself its good ,emporers clothes innit?
I think that Seldom Seen Kid is brilliant but it's the only Elbow that I possess. Any recommendations for other stuff by them?
No its my first dabble ,moved on to Only by The Night -Kings of Leon which is the best Album Ive bought in years.
-
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire.
-
Elbow -Seldom seen kid ,I am trying to convince myself its good ,emporers clothes innit?
I think that Seldom Seen Kid is brilliant but it's the only Elbow that I possess. Any recommendations for other stuff by them?
Elbow (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbow_(band)#Discography)
All good :thumbsup:
-
Howling Bells whom I have just discovered. Juanita Stein has a fantastic voice.
Airborne Toxic Event - some time after midnight :thumbsup:
X Marks Destination - by The Whip
-
Howling Bells whom I have just discovered. Juanita Stein has a fantastic voice.
First album or new one? The first is great - I intended seeing them live tomorrow but left it too late: sold out :(
The Duke Spirit are similar and also worth a listen.
-
Howling Bells whom I have just discovered. Juanita Stein has a fantastic voice.
First album or new one? The first is great - I intended seeing them live tomorrow but left it too late: sold out :(
The Duke Spirit are similar and also worth a listen.
Radio Wars - tis v good. Must get the first one too.
I have to say I'm really loving The Whip's album - sort of New Order meets OMD meets the Psychedelic Furs.
-
Astronomy Domine from Live in Gdansk right now, using Spotify.
I've managed to improve the sound quality alot by playing with the audio settings in Wine. Native would be better (hint, hint).
Edit: and here's the playlist:
Spotify Resource (http://open.spotify.com/user/sproven/playlist/3RMPfb4bftnraF9c9mGWWn)
-
Nightmares on Wax...
-
Beethoven's piano concerto no. 2.
-
A random selection of my collection... The last song was by Dream Theater. What a band!
-
Neil Young - Keep on Rokin' in the Free World!
Haven't heard it for ages , then its on the radio twice in one day...concerts coming up perhaps?
I saw him at the Fleadh in London a couple of years back - very good. :)
-
Amplifier. Saw 'em at the Camden Barfly last night. Drummer Matt Brobin is this: a maniac.
-
Amy Winehouse - Frank
-
Bring me the head of Phillip K Dick on i-player whilst ironing.
-
The Blackburn Files, with Fine Time Fontaine as Stephen J Blackburn. "That's barathea that, kid".
By Ian MacMillan, Dave Sheasby and Martyn Wiley.
-
Flash Gordon ( Orginal Soundtrack ) ~ Queen
-
Liquid Tension Experiment - 1
8)
-
Something's Coming - Delaney Bramlett
Great arrangements, stings, choir, horns the works. Alternating between funky, gospel and rock.
-
Liquid Tension Experiment - 1
8)
Very, very nice.
-
Trivium (while running a short while ago)
-
10cc - Original Soundtrack. Hooray - I'm 15 again ;D. Music is a kind of magic.
-
Deaf School ......the Anthology!
" ..we use to pump the Bel Ami
while drinking iced coke or tea.."
-
U2 No line on the horizon
-
U2 No line on the horizon
What do you reckon.Is it good,bad or indifferent?
-
U2 No line on the horizon
What do you reckon.Is it good,bad or indifferent?
Indifferent I'm afraid :(
-
U2 No line on the horizon
What do you reckon.Is it good,bad or indifferent?
Indifferent I'm afraid :(
Agreed. Heard it all before.
-
... some rare Peter Gabriel tracks:
Jetzt komme die flut
Shosholoza
Digging in the Dirt (Extended version - Awesome!)
When you're falling (Feat: Afro Celt Sound System)
-
U2 No line on the horizon
What do you reckon.Is it good,bad or indifferent?
Indifferent I'm afraid :(
U2 No line on the horizon
What do you reckon.Is it good,bad or indifferent?
Indifferent I'm afraid :(
Agreed. Heard it all before.
Thanks for that.
I shall not be parting with my £ then.
I'll stick with the two "Best of " albums
-
Rammstein: Dalai Lama.
They only do one thing really, but they do it well :thumbsup:
-
Rammstein: Dalai Lama.
They only do one thing really, but they do it well :thumbsup:
Agreed that they do it well, but 'Reise Reise' & 'Rosenrot' in particular show experimentation & broadening of their sound. 'Los', for example. Roll on the next album (and tour...can't wait to get singed again!!).
-
Steely Dan: Aja.
I am still gobsmacked sometimes by this album. Over 30 years old now.
Gulp. 30 years.
-
µ-Ziq - Bluff Limbo
-
Last night: Gojira (excellent French metal band) live in Pompey.
Right now: Skinny Puppy, Cleanse Fold And Manipulate.
-
It's Eighties night.
I'm listening to an early eighties "alternative" compilation. A bit before my time, very reminiscent of the sounds coming from my elder sister's stereo :thumbsup:
-
Hmm, "Life's what you make it" - Talk Talk. Decent tune, but it seemed to be on a permanent loop on the local radio station in the late eighties.
-
Hmm, "Life's what you make it" - Talk Talk. Decent tune, but it seemed to be on a permanent loop on the local radio station in the late eighties.
Yes but it is a great song which still has bite 23 years later, you should listen to the album it came off 'The Colour of Spring' - a superb record. Mind you the army of supporting musicians made it happen - Morris Peart & Steve Winwood amongst them.
-
Liquid Tension Experiment - 1
8)
Very, very nice.
A piece of work that whisks me away every time :thumbsup: Outstanding playing - particularly Tony Levin whose bass sound is awesome.
-
KMFDM ~ Tohuvabohu
-
Another Oysterband evening, mixed with some Fairport, and topped off with Lisa Knapp
-
...and now Lucinda Williams....
-
The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker
Brilliant post work music :)
-
Henry Priestman - The chronicles of modern life
-
Thin Lizzy ;Greatest Hits
currently have Whisky In The Jar on repeat
-
Mike Harding Folk Show on R2.
-
John McLaughlin Trio - Live at The Royal Festival Hall November 27, 1989.
-
Future Sound of London's A-Z of Psychedelia on Rob da Bank's (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/robdabank/) radio show.
Loads of highly amusing 'way out, man' stuff/bollocks being spouted between tracks too (loads of highly significant government buildings are built on ley lines, apparently!)
;D
-
Kathryn Tickell, lots of. Such pure beauty in her playing, composition......why not a bigger audience? This is what music is about, warm, melodic, virtuoso playing, stuff you just want to dance, sway, foot tap, sing tonelessly to. Power to her bellows!
-
Mighty Rearranger - Robert Plant
Not my usual sort of thing. Not Zeppelin. Not bad.
-
The Ting Tings
We started nothing
-
Exits, by The Boxer Rebellion.
not a bad track on the album, and yours for < a fiver on iTunes at the moment.
-
Mighty Rearranger - Robert Plant
Not my usual sort of thing. Not Zeppelin. Not bad.
I've got this too and foolishly believed the hype when released! Not bad sums it up perfectly, I think Plant's vocals actually spoil the record, a mellower, fuller vocalist would have been so much better.
-
Eric Bogle, "Colour of Dreams". A man who so, so easily brings my tears.
-
Polbain to Oranmore
folk music fans might have heard of it.
-
Marillion - Marbles
Superb uplifting music, superlative guitar work on the song 'Neverland', recorded in Buckinghamshire too :thumbsup:
-
Polbain to Oranmore
folk music fans might have heard of it.
Hmm, is that Polbain, Achiltibuie?
-
Jazz. Mainly Miles and Mingus.
-
I am sticking with my current trend, words written and sung by people who care about people. More Eric Bogle, Oysterband, Leon Rosselson....
Just in a phase of wanting to hear people sing who are people that can love.
Not too much to ask?
-
Ministry - Rio Grande Blood
-
Alannah Myles - Rocking Horse
Rush - Retrospective III
-
Ministry - Rio Grande Blood
Good stuff..can't wait for the new live DVD!
-
The 25th year anniversary three disc version of the Blade Runner Soundtrack.
-
Throwing Muses : Hunka Papa
I think I'm getting old: this CD is twenty years old! :(
-
My current playlist: :)
AC/DC - Highway to Hell (1979)
Al Ferrier - Hey Baby
Ash - Folk Song
Ash - Jesus Says (Live)
Ash - Petrol
Ash - Petrol
Ash - Petrol (Glastonbury 23-6-1995)
Ash - Starcrossed
Ash - Submission
Ash - Uncle Pat
Beulah - Sunday Under Glass
Billy Ward & Dominos - These Foolish Things
Blancmange - Living on the Ceiling
Blink 182 - Reebok Commercial
Blondie - Heart of Glass
Blue Sky Boys - Kentucky
Bob Luman - Blue Days, Black Nights
Bobby Vinton - Blue Velvet
Buddy Holly - Blue Days, Black Nights (26 Jan 1956)
Buddy Holly - Raining in My Heart (stereo) (21 Oct 1958)
Buddy Holly - That's My Desire (take 1) (25 Jan 1958)
Buddy Holly - Words of Love (12 Mar 1957)
Buddy Holly - Words of Love (8 Apr 1957)
Buzzcocks - - Everybody's Happy Nowadays-
Carl Perkins - Lonely Street
Carl Perkins - Sweethearts or Strangers (1956)
Chantels - I Love You So
Charlie Feathers - Bottle to the Baby (King alternate)
Charlie Feathers - Stutterin' Cindy
Charlie Feathers - Wedding Gown of White (alternate)
Charlie Feathers with Jody & Jerry - Get with it
Charlie Poole - Sunset March
Charlie Walker - Pick Me Up on Your Way Down
Chuck Berry - Around And Around (1958)
Chuck Berry - Reelin' And Rockin' (1958)
Concretes, The - A Way of Life
Connie Francis - Stupid Cupid
Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe
Countrymen - So This Is How It Feels,1965
Cream - Sunshine of Your Love
Cream - Sunshine of Your Love (BBC Sessions 1967)
Cream - Sunshine of Your Love (Live, 1968)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River
Crystals, The - He's a Rebel
Cure - In Between Days, Move Music Fes Manc 17-7-04
D.L. Menard - The Water Pump
Damned, The - Smash It Up
Damned, The - Smash It Up (Part 2)
David Garrick - So Much Love (1966)
Deerhoof - Flower
Deerhoof - Holy Night Fever
Del Shannon - Keep Searchin'
Del Shannon - Out of time
Del Shannon - Runaway '67
Del Shannon - Under My Thumb
Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
Dewey Balfa, Marc Savoy & D.L. Menard - J'ai Passé Devant Ta Porte (I Passed In Front Of Your Door)
Dinosaur Jr - Feel The Pain
Dinosaur Jr - Keep the Glove (Mar 1989)
Dion & the Belmonts - Lonely Teenager
Dion & the Belmonts - Love Came To Me
Dionne Warwick - Close To You
Donays, The - Devil in His Heart
Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue (1975)
Dusty Springfield - So Much Love
Echo & The Bunnymen - Bring on the Dancing Horses
Echo & The Bunnymen - Stars are Stars
Eddie Cochran - Slow Down
Eddy Arnold - Make the World Go Away
Edsels - Rama Lama Ding Dong
Elvis Presley - Kentucky Rain
Elvis Presley - Mystery Train
Elvis Presley - True Love Travels on a Gravel Road
Everly Brothers - ('Till) I Kissed You
Four Aces - Love is a Many Splendored Thing
Galaxie 500 - Blue Thunder [John Peel Show, 24th September 1989]
Galaxie 500 - Here She Comes Now
Galaxie 500 - Submission (Sex Pistols) [John Peel Show, 30th October 1990]
Galaxie 500 - Tell Me
Galaxie 500 - When Will You Come Home [John Peel Show, 30th October 1990]
Gene Chandler - Duke of Earl
Gene Terry and The Downbeats - Cindy Lou
Georgio Moroder & Phil Oakly - Together in Electric Dreams
Go! Team, The - Friendship Update
Hank Mizell - Jungle Rock
Jack Earls - Slow Down
Jam, The - Art School (In The City,1977)
Jam, The - Non-Stop Dancing (In The City,1977)
Jam, The - Slow Down (In The City,1977)
Jam, The - Sounds From the Street (In The City,1977)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
Johnny Cash - Leave that Junk Alone (Demo)
Joseph Szigeti - Clair de Lune (compressed)
Kinks - Sunny Afternoon
Kraftwerk - Neon Lights
Kraftwerk - The Model
Larry Hart - You are the Only One
Led Zepplin - Kashmir
Leon Payne - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Leon Payne - Let's Turn Back the Years
Leon Payne - Sweethearts or Strangers
Li Huangjia (dizi), Liu Ying (erhu) - gū sū xíng 姑苏行
Lionel Prevost - Flim Flam
Liu Ying (gaohu) - yú zhōu chàng wǎn .渔舟唱晚
Lonesome Drifter, The - Teardrop Valley
Long John Baldry - Man Without A Dream,1966
Louvin Brothers, The - Alabama
Louvin Brothers, The - Kentucky
Mac Curtis - Grandaddy's Rockin'
Mac Curtis - Half Hearted Love
Maddox Brothers & Rose - Careless Driver
Madness - In the Middle of the Night
Mar-Keys - Last Night
Martha and the Vandellas - (Love is Like a) Heatwave
Marvin Gaye - How Sweet it is (to Be Loved by You)
Marvin Gaye - Stubborn Kind of Fellow
Matt Monro - On Days Like These
Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs - Stay
McCoys, The - Hang on Sloopy
Miracles, The - Shop Around
Mitty Collier - I Had a Talk With My Man
Motorcycle Boy - Big Rock Candy Mountain
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Muddy Waters - Got my mojo workin (1957)
Mudhoney - By Her Own Hand
Mudhoney - In & Out of Grace
Mudhoney - In 'n' Out Of Grace (Demo)
Mudhoney - Sweet Young Thing
Neil Young - Slip Away
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Like a Hurricane
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Slip Away
New Order - Blue Monday
New York Dolls - Subway Train
Nirvana - Sliver
Number One Cup - Waiting on the Lions (Radio 1)
O M D - Enola Gay
O.V. Wright - That's How Strong My Love Is
Ottowan - D I S C O
Patsy Cline - Lonely Street
Patsy Cline - Pick Me Up on Your Way Down
Pavement - Shady Lane
Percy Faith & His Orchestra - Theme From 'A Summer Place' (1960)
Percy Sledge - Out of Left Field
Pixes - Hey
Pixies - Hey
Pixies, The - Hey
Primitives, The - Thru' the Flowers
Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
Rage Against The Machine - Wake Up
Ramones - Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue (Demo)
Ramones - Surfin' Bird
Ramrods, The - (Ghost) Riders in the Sky
Ray Smith - Forever Yours (previously unreleased)
Ronnie Spector - You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory
Rosie & The Originals - Angel Baby
Roy Orbison - Running Scared
Rudy 'Tutti' Grayzell - Ducktail
Shěn Fèngquán 沈凤泉 & Shěn Duōmǐ 沈多米 - màn sān liù 慢三六 (2 erhu solo) Slow Three Six
Shigeru Umebayashi, composer - 2046 (2004) End Theme
Shocking Blue - Venus
Smiths - Is It Really So Strange
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tracks of My Tears
Sòng Fēi 宋飞 - tán yuè 弹乐 (music of pingtan) CCTV3 (youtube video)
Sòng Fēi 宋飞 & Jiāng Kèměi 姜克美 (èrhú 二胡) - màn sān liù 慢三六 (2 erhu solo, slow three six)
Sonics, The - Have Love, Will Travel
Sonics, The - Let the Good Times Roll
Sonny Till & The Orioles - Crying in the Chapel
Spacemen 3 - Come Down Easy
Spacemen 3 - Lord Can You Hear Me
Spizzenergi - Where's Captain Kirk?
Sportique - The Kids are Solid Gold
St Ettienne - Nothing Can Stop Us
Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
Strokes - Take It or Leave It
Suzhou Mus Instrument Factory No 1 Ensemble - zǐ zhú diào (1983) Purple Bamboo
Suzhou Opera Troupe - xíng jiē (1983) Walking Along a Street
Talulah Gosh - Talulah Gosh
Teenage Fanclub - Ain't That Enough
Ten Pole Tudor - Swords of a Thousand men
The Chordettes - Mr Sandman
The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You
Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now
Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
Tomoyasu Hotei - Battle Without Honor or Humanity
unknown - xíng jiē 行街 (walking in street), 风华国乐 720HD 视频, 行街 (江南丝竹)
Velvet Underground - Here She Comes Now
Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes
Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning
Velvettes - Needle in a Haystack
Vernon Taylor - Mystery Train
Wedding Present - Take Me!
Werly Fairburn - Everybody's Rockin'
Who, The - Heatwave
Who, The - So Sad About Us
Who, The - Substitute
Who, The - Under My Thumb
William Bell - Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
William Bell - I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)
Wilson Pickett - Sugar, Sugar
Wilson Pickett - You Keep Me Hangin' On
Yú Qíwěi 余其伟 - yú zhōu chàng wǎn .渔舟唱晚 Fisherman's song at dusk
Zhào Hányáng 赵寒阳 - bìng zhōng yín 病中吟 Groaning in Sickness
Zhào Hányáng 赵寒阳 - sān bǎo fó 三宝佛 Buddha of San-Bao
Zhào Hányáng 赵寒阳 - xūn fēng qǔ 薰风曲 (erhu piece) Song of the Warm Southerly Breeze
-
The Answer - Everyday Demons (their recently released CD) :thumbsup:
-
The rather marvellous "Blockheads", where Ian Dury anticipated chav culture by 25 years.
You must have seen parties of Blockheads
With blotched and lagered skin
Blockheads with food particles in their teeth
What a horrible state they're in
They've got womanly breasts under pale mauve vests
Shoes like dead pigs' noses
Cornflake packet jacket, catalogue trousers
A mouth what never closes
You must have seen Blockheads in raucous teams
Dressed up after work
Who screw their poor old Eileens
Get sloshed and go berserk
Rotary accessory watches
Hire-purchase signet rings
A beauty to the bully boys
No lonely vestige clings
Why bother at all about Blockheads?
Why shouldn't they do as they please?
You know if it came to a brainy game
You could baffle a Blockhead with ease
How would you like one puffing and blowing in your ear-hole?
Or pissing in your swimming pool?
Bigger brained Blockheads often acquire
Black and orange cars
Premature ejaculation drivers
Their soft-top's got roll-bars
'Fill her up,' they say to Blockheads
'Go on, stick it where it hurts'
Their shapeless haircuts don't enhance
Their ghastly patterned shirts
Why bother at all about Blockheads?
Superior as you are
You're thoughtful and kind with a well-stocked mind
A Blockhead can't think very far
Imagine finding one in your laundry basket
Banging nails in your big black dog
Why bother at all about Blockheads?
Why should you care what they do?
Cos after all is said and done
You're a Blockhead too
-
This weekend, I have been mostly listening to...
Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations
Wishbone Ash - Argus
Monster Magnet - God Says No
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Tangerine Dream - Tangram
-
Guided Relaxation Dub (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5WxZNIpszs) and other tracks by Borgore
To quote someone on Youtube: "It's like Amazing and Awesome had a wild fuck session and this is the offspring. It's definitely an Altered State of Mind style of music"
8)
-
Music of the Spheres - Mike Oldfield
-
Especial by Elis Regina. I can't believe I had never come across this wonderful Brazilian vocalist until my recent trip. This is an early album from 1968, sound quality is not the best, but it is so much fun. I came back with a stack of CDs of samba, bossa nova, forro and more.
-
Especial by Elis Regina. I can't believe I had never come across this wonderful Brazilian vocalist until my recent trip. This is an early album from 1968, sound quality is not the best, but it is so much fun. I came back with a stack of CDs of samba, bossa nova, forro and more.
I hope you brought some Skank, Raimundos and others too?!
-
I hope you brought some Skank, Raimundos and others too?!
I'm afraid not - to me, most Brazilian rock just sounds like good imitations of European and US stuff. Skank were the best of the bunch I heard, but not worth buying...
-
I hope you brought some Skank, Raimundos and others too?!
I'm afraid not - to me, most Brazilian rock just sounds like good imitations of European and US stuff. Skank were the best of the bunch I heard, but not worth buying...
Really?! :o
I personally don't think so...
and if you stretched to include Blues and Argentina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappo) in your selection I can give you at least one another name who is a superb musician but relatively unknown over here!
-
Yeah, sorry! Maybe it's just me, but once I got to Rio and the whole vibrant samba and forro street-music scene that still exists, I started to be a lot less interested in the rock stuff.
-
There's some good Columbian music. I particularly like Aterciopelados.
-
Currently, tis The Mountain Goats - We Shall All Be Healed.
"Martin calls to say he's sending old electrical equipment
That's good we can always use some more electrical equipment"
Lovely.
-
The Very Best Of Roy Orbison. Somehow he does emotion without being cheesy.
Why is it that U2's best songs are the ones they wrote for other people? There's Roy doing "She's A Mystery To Me", and Johnny Cash's "The Wanderer". Maybe it's because Bono sings like a dog howling at the moon and The Edge doesn't really play guitar.
-
Death Magnetic - Metallica
Great album - best stuff they've done for years.
-
The Very Best Of Roy Orbison.
Ditto. There was a cracking little documentary about him on TV about 3 weeks ago and I went out and bought this.
-
After the latest Metallica, the latest Satch... Excellent!
-
Valravn, a Danish/Faroese/Swiss-Ecuadorian folk/rock/punk/electronica band.
Check them out on youtube, find out more at Valravn (http://www.valravn.net) or
Valravn on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Videos
(http://www.myspace.com/valravn)
Jolly exciting stuff. Think "Sugarcubes with folk elements".
and the singer is hot ::-)
-
Downloaded last night:
Kora! Kora! Kora! - The Cabaret Voltaire Versions (http://www.amplifier.co.nz/release/45120/kora-kora-kora-the-cabaret-voltaire-versions.html?play=45145#item45145)
Basically, Richard H. Kirk of CV remixes tracks by the New Zealand dub-rock band Kora.
's good so far 8)
-
This version of "Daniel" by Bat for Lashes. Soooo much better than the over produced single.
YouTube - Bat for Lashes - "Daniel" E4 Fresh Saturday (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1j6VKzH9wI)
-
My latest ebay accident arrived today. A direct cut all-analogue 180g vinyl audiophile pressing of Black Sabbath - Paranoid.
The linn poweramp hasn't had such a good work-out in ages!
-
After each 'light shower' here, the blackbirds burst back into song.
So I'm radio free and listening to real bird song.
-
Joe Bonamassa -- The Ballad of John Henry
-
Calexico ~ Feast of Wire
-
Cradle of Filth ~ Nymphetamine
-
Night Time - Killing Joke
rather sets one up for the day...
-
Night Time - Killing Joke
rather sets one up for the day...
Not listening to them now, but will tonight, live :)
-
On A Storyteller's Night - Magnum
Pomp rocker, and proud... 8)
The Best of Budgie
Seriously heavy riffing, and wonderfully idiosyncratic song titles. :D
-
Joe Bonamassa -- The Ballad of John Henry
Some more of that...
-
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005LNGW (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005LNGW)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41HH17RNHBL._SS500_.jpg)
Used to have this on vinyl, way back when, and practically wore it out in various smoke filled student pads. Still a great album :)
-
Night Time - Killing Joke
rather sets one up for the day...
Not listening to them now, but will tonight, live :)
Missed this. How was it?!
-
New Super Furry Animals one... it's nice enough but they haven't really done anything with any proper songs on it since Phantom Power, they are just coasting on a pleasant psychedelic haze..
-
Night Time - Killing Joke
rather sets one up for the day...
Not listening to them now, but will tonight, live :)
Missed this. How was it?!
Damn good (as all the shows I've seen), though the set was a bit too short for my taste (only 90 mins- the displayed set time was 8.30-10.30, but they were off at 10.10). As with last year's gigs, the emphasis firmly on old stuff, this time nothing from the 2003 album or Hosannas.
-
And guess what I'm listening to now? By coincidence, Killing Joke 'The Gathering 2008' (both gigs from London last year, actually listening to the second night, when I went).
-
Joe Bonamassa -- Live from nowhere in particular
-
Cradle of Filth ~ Nymphetamine
There was (or perhaps is) a north-east tribute band to Cradle of Filth called 'Cot o'shite' ;D
-
Elvis - A big hunk o' love
-
Thanks Frenchie, have pulled Sloe Gin out , Bonamassa rocks!
Joe Bonamassa - Sloe Gin
-
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career - just lovely.
-
21st century breakdown - Greendays new one, on first listen it's not bad
Manics new one up next :thumbsup:
-
Happy Birthday - Victor Borge
Birthday - The Beatles
Happy Birthday - Stevie Wonder
Birthday - Sugarcubes
And my all time favorite birthday song ...
Happy Birthday - Altered Images
-
Happy Birthday - Victor Borge
Birthday - The Beatles
Happy Birthday - Stevie Wonder
Birthday - Sugarcubes
And my all time favorite birthday song ...
Happy Birthday - Altered Images
Is it someone's birthday today ??? You really should have told us :)
-
Thanks Frenchie, have pulled Sloe Gin out , Bonamassa rocks!
Joe Bonamassa - Sloe Gin
He really does... And he started young too (check on YouTube).
Right now listening to Dragonforce, Inhuman Rampage
-
Steve Earle - Townes.
Sounds good so far.
-
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
I can't believe this album was released 20 years ago.
-
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
I can't believe this album was released 20 years ago.
You're making me feel old- first heard it in '91! Classic........
-
I have just discovered The Wave Pictures... and their new album, Instant Coffee Baby is excellent. It reminds me a little of Violent Femmes, Beat Happening and a little bit of Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah. Acerbic, observational, funny-sad songs of slacker lo-fi love.
Incidentally, this is what record shops are for - if I hadn't happened to have heard them in RPM in Newcastle, I never would have thought of buying this record. Facebook, MySpace etc. just keep you in a comfort zone...
-
I used to love RPM records. Good to hear it's still there.
Current listening is Bwyd Time by Gorky's Zygotic Mynci.
-
Shinedown - The Sound Of Madness
-
Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds. I haven't heard that in 20 years or more.
Oooolaaaah!!! ;D
-
Veckatimest ~ Grizzly Bear
Lush
-
I used to love RPM records. Good to hear it's still there.
Current listening is Bwyd Time by Gorky's Zygotic Mynci.
I used to love that album...
RPM certainly still exists, but it has moved somewhere that you would never find by accident now... it is off High Bridge Street in Old George Yard opposite Attica, which may well be the coolest vintage clothing shop in the country.
-
Prompted by a conversation at work last week, I'm playing the entire Furniture back catalogue.
Gosh.
Modern music really is shite, isn't it? There's just no-one around who can do stuff like that any more.
-
Modern music really is shite, isn't it? There's just no-one around who can do stuff like that any more.
I don't understand people who say this. There is a greater variety of more interesting and adventurous music around now than ever before, and you have more ways of accessing it - maybe not in 'the charts' or in the mainstream but when was that ever the case? At the same time, the back catalogue of the entire musical history of the world is also more accessible than ever.
You've never had it so good!
-
All I hear is warmed-up 60s/70s pop being hailed as cutting edge, and formulaic ballad pap like the stuff from The X-Factor :sick:
-
All I hear is warmed-up 60s/70s pop being hailed as cutting edge, and formulaic ballad pap like the stuff from The X-Factor :sick:
Maybe you should stop listening to Radio 1 then! There's a whole world of music out there, and it only takes a minimal effort to find new things...
-
Out There And Back - Paul van Dyk 8)
-
Modern music really is shite, isn't it? There's just no-one around who can do stuff like that any more.
You're just mature, thats all. Seeking novelty is a juvenile characteristic, it's your place to judge everything in the light of what you already know. Accept your destiny, and revel in your liberation from the tyranny of the new.
We are living in a golden age, you can't go wrong with Radcliffe and Maconie and the stuff on BBC4.
But Furniture though? You must be out of your brilliant mind.
Damon.
-
The new Simple Minds album - Graffiti Soul. They lost it somewhere around Sparkle in the Rain. I don't think they've found it again yet. :-\
-
Passion - Peter Gabriel.
-
Through the wonder of the æther, I is listening to the last matches of the French football season. All to play for- the title, European places, relegation. C'est l'heure du cul grinçant.
-
Laibach - Opus Dei
-
Einstuerzende Neubauten.
I'd forgotten what a thoroughly excellent bunch they are. Great stuff!
-
Broken Boy Soldiers by The Raconteurs.
-
Roadsinger ~ Yusuf (the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens :)) A surprising return to form. Relly growing.
-
Black Horse And The Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall
-
a bit of Ladytron, and a bit of the excellent Valravn
-
Beirut
-
The Libertines - Time for Heroes
'What a Waster'
-
Dead Can Dance
-
Tonight, Kodo- just bought a download, after seeing them live in London Sunday night. Truly amazing show, had wanted to see them for years and very glad I finally did.
Tomorrow, Faith No More at Brixton Academy. Yaaaaay!
-
Tom Waits, on shuffle. What a range that man has!
-
Pink Floyd - Obscured by Clouds
Because the sky currently is... :(
-
Alestorm ~ Black sails at midnight
-
A mixture on my hard drive of Sigur Ros, Tri Yann (Kan ar Kann) and at this precise moment a song by the Groundhogs all about a toilet roll.
-
Alestorm ~ Black sails at midnight
You have just cost me money!
They are excellent.
In some ways reminds me of a heavier version of "The Morrigan"
-
Live from nowhere in particular -- Joe Bonamassa.
and then the latest Dove.
-
Gal & Caetano Veloso - Domingo. Just lovely.
-
Doro Pesch (Warlock). Can't imagine how I've not done so before. Sadly, so sadly, I'm too old to be a groupie or else I'd follow her around the world....
I may be in love....
-
Steve Hillage - Green
Joanne Shaw Taylor - White Sugar
Blackfoot - Marauder
-
My entire Beautiful South playlist.
And I'm feeling radical today - so I'm not playing it in chronological order. I know how to live. Oh yes.
-
Django Djanog - storm
Know nothing about them, but keep hearing the song on radio.
YouTube - Django Django - Storm (better quality) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbL3oUMsvgU)
-
As I have been clearing up our house for the big move, I've been discovering all sorts of things I haven't listened to for ages.
I was listening to Dr Didg the other day and thinking, hmm... don't think I will be bothering with this again, and then a young hippy couple came round to collect some shelves and a sofa that we were freecycling and said they really liked it... so I gave them both the CDs. Synchonicity...
-
Beethoven's 7th Symphony. An advert for a Xbox360 game came on the TV with the ad using the music.
Reminded me how much I liked the music, so I dug the CD out.
-
Sorting through a box of stuff, I found some records i hadn't listened to in years, including some which are at least as good as I remember, so listening for the next hour or two will be:
Geogaddi by Boards of Canada
Not the Tremblin' Kind by Laura Cantrell
The Billy Bragg thread reminds me that I've probably got a copy of Mermaid Avenue in there, too.
*rummages*
-
Got some cd's from a friend so now I'm listening to :
Pig Destroyer
and
Goatwhore
No points for guessing what kind of music it is (http://bestsmileys.com/music1/18.gif)(http://bestsmileys.com/music1/18.gif)(http://bestsmileys.com/music1/18.gif)
-
Sorting through a box of stuff, I found some records i hadn't listened to in years, including some which are at least as good as I remember, so listening for the next hour or two will be:
Geogaddi by Boards of Canada
By strange coincidence this is also what I'm listening to on the iPod at the moment.
-
Got some cd's from a friend so now I'm listening to :
Pig Destroyer
and
Goatwhore
No points for guessing what kind of music it is (http://bestsmileys.com/music1/18.gif)(http://bestsmileys.com/music1/18.gif)(http://bestsmileys.com/music1/18.gif)
And there was me thinking it was ambient chillout :)
-
A recent visit to Oxfam saw me leaving with LP's by The Christians, The Cocteau Twins, Oscar Peterson and 3 by Joe Jackson. All good in their different ways.
Popped into HMV to buy some Phillip Glass for Fathers Day and treated myself to Playground, one of Manu Katche's jazz excursions, very good, though poss a bit too laid back.
-
'The Queen is Dead' by The Smiths
-
Got some cd's from a friend so now I'm listening to :
Pig Destroyer
and
Goatwhore
No points for guessing what kind of music it is (http://bestsmileys.com/music1/18.gif)(http://bestsmileys.com/music1/18.gif)(http://bestsmileys.com/music1/18.gif)
And there was me thinking it was ambient chillout :)
Great names, but they almosst seem like they've been created by a quite simple randomizer programme: animal + sex and/or violence
I am wondering whether somewhere in the world there is a 'Goatfelcher', a 'Dolphin Fisting' or the improbable 'Mouse Bastard'...
-
Talking Heads - True Stories 8)
-
Liquid Tension Exp., Vol I (eponymous album)
-
Sorting through a box of stuff, I found some records i hadn't listened to in years, including some which are at least as good as I remember, so listening for the next hour or two will be:
Geogaddi by Boards of Canada
By strange coincidence this is also what I'm listening to on the iPod at the moment.
On a similar theme I am currently listening to Music for Twin Peaks Part 1 by Stars of the Lid.
Stars of the Lid on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Videos
(http://www.myspace.com/starsofthelid)
-
Echo & The Bunnymen - a double CD 'greatest hits' type thingie but I can't stop skipping to 'The Cutter' ;).
-
Bon Jovi...ideal turbo music.
-
Snuff's "Potatoes And Melons At Wholesale Prices Direct To You The Public" EP. It's musical genius.
-
Mazzy Star - "Into Dust"
It's the track played on the rather superb Virgin Advert (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0m4-4xkrIY) and I had to find out what it was. Now I'm looping it on Spotify.
(I incorectly guessed it was the Cowboy Junkies)
-
Mazzy Star - "Into Dust"
It's the track played on the rather superb Virgin Advert (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0m4-4xkrIY) and I had to find out what it was. Now I'm looping it on Spotify.
(I incorectly guessed it was the Cowboy Junkies)
Thanks for that - I'd been wondering what it was! :thumbsup:
Looks like I'll be on Spotify too: it isn't available on eMusic :(
-
Mazzy Star - "Into Dust"
It's the track played on the rather superb Virgin Advert (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0m4-4xkrIY) and I had to find out what it was. Now I'm looping it on Spotify.
(I incorectly guessed it was the Cowboy Junkies)
Thanks for that - I'd been wondering what it was! :thumbsup:
Looks like I'll be on Spotify too: it isn't available on eMusic :(
Listening to their Album, "So Tonight That I Might See", today (I'm only 16 years out of touch) and I'd still have guessed it was the Cowboy Junkies. This is a good thing but it's an album for late at night rather than friday morning.
-
Fleetwood Mac :Greatesthits
-
I'm really into HMV's '2 for £10' promotion at the moment and picked up 'Meat is Murder' by The Smiths and U2's Greatest Hits of which 'Desire' and 'Elevation' are just brilliant.
-
I'm really into HMV's '2 for £10' promotion at the moment and picked up 'Meat is Murder' by The Smiths and U2's Greatest Hits of which 'Desire' and 'Elevation' are just brilliant.
I don't feel so bad about being only 16 years out of date now
-
I'm really into HMV's '2 for £10' promotion at the moment and picked up 'Meat is Murder' by The Smiths and U2's Greatest Hits of which 'Desire' and 'Elevation' are just brilliant.
I don't feel so bad about being only 16 years out of date now
Being out of date will ALWAYS be in fashion...
-
Two Suns - Bat For Lashes
Rather Kate Bush/Tori Amos/Bjork etc etc
-
I have just plugged myself into U2's "Best of" double album & off to the garage to fettle a Brooks Swallow onto the Langster.
I might put my aerobars on the Trek in readiness for more TT-ing
-
Les Barker - guide cats for the blind. It's brilliant. :D
-
Extricate by The Fall
-
Love Tattoo - Imelda May
Hubba hubba :P
-
Love Tattoo - Imelda May
Hubba hubba :P
But then again,she May not unfortunately
-
Thin Lizzy & ZZ Top
-
458489 A-sides The Fall
-
& now Bon Jovi
-
Split Enz - The best of Split Enz
Crowded House - Woodface
-
Stevie Wonder's greatest hits.
-
The Starlets - Out into the days from here.
-
Ø -aka Mika Vainio of Pan(a)sonic - 'Oleva' (http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=116044)
Sublime electronica from Finland. :thumbsup:
-
The Supremes: The #1's
-
Howard Shore - the sound tracks to all three Lord of the Rings films.
You know, if you really crank this stuff up on 5.1 Surround - it's brilliant to write code to :thumbsup:.
-
The Best Air Guitar ...Ever : various artists
-
Bach B Minor Mass
Hermann Scherchen (conductor), Vienna Symphony Orchestra 1950
Restored from a vinyl copy and downloaded in Flac format. Very different from a modern interpretation but very beautiful non the less.
-
A Silver Mount Zion - Horses in the Sky
-
The Proms. Delius, and now Holst planets suite.
-
Yeah, Jupiter's sounding well jolly in 5.1.
-
Where it is by The Beloved - from their early pre-Happiness days when they were trying to be New Order. I found the album as a free down load. I'd happily have paid but I don't think it's ever been released on CD or as digital download so I'm jolly chuffed to find it. My apologies to the artist, I'll bung Jon Marsh a fiver if he needs it.
-
Whatever Peter N puts up at Nevver. Designed for repeated listening. one.img + one.mp3 - Peter Nidzgorski, X818 (http://www.nevver.com) loud and on repeat.
The guy has impeccable taste in garage / psych / trash etc.
-
Grace And Danger - John Martyn
I'd heard the title track on Planet Rock, of all radio stations, and was curious... The obituary in the Times described him as "an electrifying guitarist and singer whose music blurred the boundaries between folk, jazz, rock and blues".
On initial listening, I can see where the author of that comment is coming from. Looks like I'll have to go and get "Solid Air", considered to be the definitive John Martyn album...
-
On Saturday night, I went to the 50th birthday performance of Japanese experimental music star, Otomo Yoshihde, who played half an hour of treated piano (which basically sounded like modulated metallic feedback) and then was joined by a group of 7 other guitarists, percussionists and and electronic musicians, including the brilliant Jim O'Rourke, for over an hour of ambient / free jazz / noise...
...nice! :thumbsup:
-
I imagine I would have liked that too.
Anyway, now listening to Cream - Spoonful (off Wheels of Fire)
First album I ever bought - nearly 40 years ago. :o
Still love it. :)
Edit: Just checked - over 40 years ago. <sigh>
-
Harry Patch (In Memory of) by Radiohead - yours from the W.A.S.T.E website for a quid with proceeds to the Royal British Legion.
Usual Yorke ululations but nice string arrangements by Jonny Greenwood.
A good effort :thumbsup:
-
One from my youth.....
UFO - Strangers in the night.... never saw them live, though I did see Michael Schenker a couple of times.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangers_in_the_Night_%28UFO_album%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangers_in_the_Night_%28UFO_album%29)
-
Various bits of Americana: The Low Anthem, Iron and Wine & Calexico, Great Lake Swimmers...
-
Harvest - Neil Young
-
Harvest - Neil Young
I just found the DVD of Jonathan Demme's live film of Neil Young, Heart of Gold, in the bargain bin in a Tokyo record store for a fiver! :thumbsup:
But what I was listening to last night was Miles Davis's Quiet Nights, the last of his great recordings with Gil Evans arranging and conducting.
-
Kraftwerk - lots of them. I always liked "Autobahn" and "Trans Europe Express" but hadn't really listened to much else. I didn't even know that they were still going. Just downloaded Minimum-Maximum a double live CDs worth of live tracks (if live can really be applied to Kraftwerk) from a tour in 2005 and it's blinding. I've got the "Tour de France" album downloading now.
-
Minimum, maximum... beats per minute.
-
Black Grape - It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah!
Posisbly Shaun Ryder's finest moment, only tarnished by the woeful follow up album.
-
Grace And Danger - John Martyn
I'd heard the title track on Planet Rock, of all radio stations, and was curious... The obituary in the Times described him as "an electrifying guitarist and singer whose music blurred the boundaries between folk, jazz, rock and blues".
On initial listening, I can see where the author of that comment is coming from. Looks like I'll have to go and get "Solid Air", considered to be the definitive John Martyn album...
I have Solid Air if you want to borrow it. Amazing stuff.
I am having an Oysterband thing still, playing along on mandolin and muted fiddle.
Not at the same time of course.
-
Woodstock 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm
A 6 CD set of recordings from the festival, including groups that never got included in the movie or the original album.
-
the new, "leaked" Radiohead track
YouTube - Radiohead - These Are My Twisted Words (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiJj_8yjLnU&feature=PlayList&p=2A7ED1CC5B6E2F63&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=26)
-
Grace And Danger - John Martyn
I'd heard the title track on Planet Rock, of all radio stations, and was curious... The obituary in the Times described him as "an electrifying guitarist and singer whose music blurred the boundaries between folk, jazz, rock and blues".
On initial listening, I can see where the author of that comment is coming from. Looks like I'll have to go and get "Solid Air", considered to be the definitive John Martyn album...
I have Solid Air if you want to borrow it. Amazing stuff.
I am having an Oysterband thing still, playing along on mandolin and muted fiddle.
Not at the same time of course.
Thanks for the offer, but I picked up Solid Air the other weekend.
I've been also listening to the Who (Who's Next), ZZ Top (El Loco), and er... White Zombie (Astro-Creep 2000).
From the sublime to the ridiculous... ;D
-
Grace And Danger - John Martyn
I'd heard the title track on Planet Rock, of all radio stations, and was curious... The obituary in the Times described him as "an electrifying guitarist and singer whose music blurred the boundaries between folk, jazz, rock and blues".
On initial listening, I can see where the author of that comment is coming from. Looks like I'll have to go and get "Solid Air", considered to be the definitive John Martyn album...
I have Solid Air if you want to borrow it. Amazing stuff.
I am having an Oysterband thing still, playing along on mandolin and muted fiddle.
Not at the same time of course.
Thanks for the offer, but I picked up Solid Air the other weekend.
I've been also listening to the Who (Who's Next), ZZ Top (El Loco), and er... White Zombie (Astro-Creep 2000).
From the sublime to the ridiculous... ;D
Sublime, sublime and sublime, surely?
-
Frankie Goes To Hollywood's "War", with Chris Barrie's great Ronald Reagan monologue.
Man has a sense for the discovery of beauty. How rich is the world for
one who makes use of this discovery. Beauty must have power over man.
After the end of the war, I wanted to devote myself to my thoughts for five to ten years, and to writing them down.
Wars come and go. What remains are only the values of culture.
Then of course there is revolutionary love. Love of comrades fighting for the people, and love of people. Not an abstract people but people one meets and works with. When Che Guevara talked of love being at the center of revolutionary endeavour, he meant both. For people like Che, or George Jackson, or Malcolm X, love was the prime mover of their struggle, and love cost them their lives.
Love, coupled with a man's pride.
Love, coupled with a man's pride.
It's all bollocks, but it's poetry.
-
<snipped to save space>
I've been also listening to the Who (Who's Next), ZZ Top (El Loco), and er... White Zombie (Astro-Creep 2000).
From the sublime to the ridiculous... ;D
Sublime, sublime and sublime, surely?
I was getting in ahead of the music critics. :demon:
There are some... interesting... juxtapositions on my CD shelves.
Today's aural assault comes courtesy of:
Accelerated Evolution - the Devin Townsend Band
Mer de Noms - A Perfect Circle
-
the new, "leaked" Radiohead track
YouTube - Radiohead - These Are My Twisted Words (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiJj_8yjLnU&feature=PlayList&p=2A7ED1CC5B6E2F63&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=26)
Edit - now available as a free download from radiohead.com
-
U2...loudly :demon:
-
The Doors - L.A. Woman
Some of it is second-rate blues filler, but it grows on you. I shudder to think how stoned Jim Morrison was when he wrote "The WASP".
-
Layla..ol' slow hand
Whiskt in The Jar:Thin Lzzy
Various tracks bt The Shads'
& other tracks with distinctive guitar riffs
-
Anne-Marie official site on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Videos
(http://www.myspace.com/annemariehurst)
She of original Skeletal Family fame is back, and getting ready to gig with one of the Skel's in tow.
Punk is not dead after all.
-
Parklife - Blur
I didn't bother with them back in 1994 but I picked this one up nice and cheap recently and I'm just loving it, even the two 'interlude' type filler tracks.
-
Radio 2
It's a Beatle-fest day :thumbsup:
-
Pam Ayres on Radio 4 now (11.30 2 September), on the theme of bikes.
-
Yes. Me too. I was about to go to the toilet & get a fresh coffee. May have to wait...
-
I Don't Want To Go To Chelsea. (neither can anyone) ;D :thumbsup:
-
I Don't Want To Go To Chelsea. ;D :thumbsup:
I don't, either. But what are you listening to? ;D
-
Aphex Twin. All sorts, but not Milkman or Come to Daddy 'cos they scare me.
-
Aphex Twin. All sorts, but not Milkman or Come to Daddy 'cos they scare me.
IIIIIIII Want your soooooooooooouuuuuuuulllllllllllll! :demon:
Currently listening to OMD - Dazzle Ships (via Spotify) for the first time in 25yrs or so.
It's really not as weird as I thought it was at the time.
-
The Cranberries - No need to argue
Rediscovering old Cd's - this one is rather good, dusted off after many many years unplayed in my collection . Dolores O'Riordan has a great voice.
'Zombie' , 'Empty' and 'Ridiculous Thoughts' are the standout tracks for me :)
-
Been listening to some Slade this weekend. Mmm yes. :)
-
Beethoven Pionao concerto no.5, on my recently downloaded Linn 24-bit 192 KHz recording of Sir Charles Mackerras and the SCO. It's a superb performance and simply the most astonishing audio quality I've ever heard. Remarkable stuff.
-
The grossly unfashionable, and even hated by the band themselves, "Atom Heart Mother" by Pink Floyd. I like it.
-
Cloud Street on Youtube. Very folkie, but they have a few funny songs, and that chap has a great voice.
-
11:11 Rodrigo y Gabriela :thumbsup: Not dissapointed
-
The Best Of The Boomtown Rats.
Her mind's made up, she walks down the road,
Her hands in her pockets, coat buttoned 'gainst the cold,
She finally finds Billy down at the Italian cafe
When he's drunk it's hard to understand what Billy says
But then he mumbles in his coffee and he suddenly roars,
"It's a rat trap Judy, and we've been caught."
My line manager at work, who did a bit of roadie-ing as a student, was once told to f**k off by Bob Geldof.
-
My line manager at work, who did a bit of roadie-ing as a student, was once told to f**k off by Bob Geldof.
You mean you haven't been?
-
Neil Innes! There's loads on Youtube all of a sudden :D
-
Koder på snor by Valravn. Their 2nd album just released. A truly excellent follow up to their eponymously titled first effort.
If you're after a bit of Danish/Faeroese/Swiss-Ecuadorian electro folk punk then this is the album for you.
Electronic beats, hot hurdy gurdy action and a singer that sounds like Bjork. This is an album that sings from dark volcanic places of ancient people. A bit like Noggin the Nog. A long time ago in a land far, far away where the dark cliffs meet the sea...
Valravn on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Videos
(http://www.myspace.com/valravn)
It's cheaper on Amazon than iTunes at the moment.
-
A Mike Oldfield day for me:
Hergest Ridge
Ommadawn
Tubular Bells I, II and III
The songs of distant Earth
Music of the Spheres
-
The Best Of The Boomtown Rats.
Her mind's made up, she walks down the road,
Her hands in her pockets, coat buttoned 'gainst the cold,
She finally finds Billy down at the Italian cafe
When he's drunk it's hard to understand what Billy says
But then he mumbles in his coffee and he suddenly roars,
"It's a rat trap Judy, and we've been caught."
My line manager at work, who did a bit of roadie-ing as a student, was once told to f**k off by Bob Geldof.
Bob Geldof invited me on stage.
-
I am having a Sigur Ros session. Big, moody melodies===what music should be, and afterwards I will hit the Sibelius 3 to 5.
-
The birds singing
-
Manafon , David Sylvians new cd, a great follow on from Blemish
-
The birds singing
...Mr. Tambourine Man? ;)
or was it My Green Tambourine :-\(or was that The Lemon Pipers :-\ :-\)
-
The Warrior's Code by the Dropkick Murphys. Not their best, I think, but great rowdy stuff.
-
The birds singing
...Mr. Tambourine Man? ;)
or was it My Green Tambourine :-\(or was that The Lemon Pipers :-\ :-\)
Amazingly, that was on the radio tonight (R&M), and I've not heard anything of it for twenty years! :o
-
Chopin's nocturnes. Absolutely amazing.
-
Mawkin:Causley (http://www.mawkincausley.co.uk/) The Awkward Recruit. Spiffy songs from hundreds of years ago about going off to fight in foreign lands and sometimes coming back to tell the tale, and stuff.
Mrs. Hall says the lead singer is drop dead gorgeous too.
-
A CD of Jefferson Airplane. I had forgotten how rubbish most of their stuff was. Oh well it only cost 99p from the bargain bucket at a service station and White Rabbit and Need Somebody To Love are good songs.
-
Camel. Bits and pieces from Stationary Traveller on YouTube. Not heard it for ages but that bass still sends a bit of a shiver.....
-
A Fenderbusting playlist incl:
Dave Gilmour
Eric Clapton
Mark Knopfler
and others. Ah - the benefits of working at home - maximum scope for air-guitar :thumbsup:
-
U2. Their greatest hits double album.
There's some decent turbo/rollers training tracks therein
-
and others. Ah - the benefits of working at home - maximum scope for air-guitar :thumbsup:
It's great innit :thumbsup:
The Shadows often play & do that dance routine to Kon Tiki & Telstar in our office ;)
-
U2. Their greatest hits double album.
There's some decent turbo/rollers training tracks therein
Funny you should mention that - last week's interval session on the turbo included "Lady with the Spinning Head", played ver ver loudly on the iPod.
-
& now we is havin' a George Thorogood & The Destroyers blowout,starting with
Who Do You Love
& then
Bad To The Bone
& then some early Fleetwood Mac (the Peter Green era) such as
Black Magic Woman
Need Your Love So Bad
& then some Thin LIzzy including
Parisean Walkway
Whisky In The Jar(o)
-
Ozric Tentacles, "Pungent Effulgent"
Followed by Bruckner's 3rd and 8th back to back.
I have VERY wide tastes....
For those wgo don't know Bruckner, I also love Mahler. Mahler is a Gaudi Cathedral, set amid the Austrian Alps. Rich, deep, wonderfully human music, that reaches down inside you and tears at your soul.
Bruckner is Ulm Cathedral, seen from the inside; soaring stone, hung with WWI battle flags, austere, solidly-built soundscapes, and just as human in a different way.
-
The new Megadeth album 'End Game'. I like it lots, sort of a return to their late 80's /early 90's sound which is no bad thing. Brill new lead guitarist too, chap called Chris Broderick who adds a much needed counter to Dave Mustaine's riffing, missing since Marty Friedman left the band a few years ago.
-
Re-master of Puppets, a freebie CD that came with Kerrang 3 years ago to mark the 20th anniversary of the original.
Contains covers by Trivium, MachineHead, Chimaira and Bullet for my Valentine.
Class
-
Rapid Eye Movement by Riverside.
Excellent if you are an old codger like me who likes Prog Rock.
-
Talking of prog, some of you may remember my rant about Rush here... having moved to Canada, I have discovered that saying anything bad about Rush is rather like attacking Jesus. Clearly there are many virtues to Canada, but musical taste is not among them: I give you also Celine Dion, Shania Twain, Bryan Adams, Avril Lavigne, Nickelback... the list goes on. ;)
-
OTOH, there's Neil Young ...
-
OTOH, there's Neil Young ...
And Joni Mitchell of course, and more recently Arcade Fire, and Broken Social Scene - and actually there is a a very interesting genuinely independent scene, largely alt-folk stuff. It's not all bad!
-
Stuff on youtube - Ivor Cutler, Tom Lehrer, Stanley Unwin...
-
Stuff on youtube - Ivor Cutler, Tom Lehrer, Stanley Unwin...
Tom Lehrer.....genius.....
-
And the other two aren't? :o
Also listened to some Otway, Otway & Barrett, and Barrett ;D
And Tim Minchin, Kit & The Widow, Flanders & Swann, Victor Borge...
-
And the other two aren't? :o
Also listened to some Otway, Otway & Barrett, and Barrett ;D
Not really familiar enough with them to say....
-
As for myself: this morning, Orbital. Tonight: Orbital (live at Brixton :) )
-
The Blockheads and Billy Bragg at the Village Green event, Chalkwell 8)
-
OTOH, there's Neil Young ...
And Joni Mitchell of course, and more recently Arcade Fire, and Broken Social Scene - and actually there is a a very interesting genuinely independent scene, largely alt-folk stuff. It's not all bad!
You forgot Lenny.....
-
Johnnie Walker's Sounds of the 70s on R2 and I am laughing my arse off because he just played the Kursaal Flyers and I had forgotten how brilliant it is to rhyme laundry with quandary and urgent with detergent.
-
This morning: Come Down by the Dandy Warhols, Waltz of a Ghetto Fly by Amp Fiddler, and Rachmaninov's Piano Concertos 1-4 played by Vladimir Ashkenazy.
-
Blur - Park Life. Followed by some dances from Terpsichore, by Michael Praetorius.
-
'Band On The Run' and 'Wings Greatest'- Wings.
-
ZZ Top: Eliminator
-
Uncut 150 - 15 Various artists.
I only have CDs by 9 out the 15, so I am not sure whether this is a 'pass' or a 'fail' 8)
-
We are Scientists on We7
-
Some stuff I bought off iTunes last night after being reminded of it on the radio over the last week.
Gladys Knight and The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia
Held up as one of teh best examples of teh art of backing singing ever on a Radio 4 program the othjer day about backing singing and you know I think they were right.
Gladys Knight and The Pips - The Look of Love
Just because I love this song.
Laura Nyo - Emmie
Laura Nyo - December's Boudouir
I had never heard of her until Barry Manilow picked Emmie for one of his desert Island disks.
Trijntje Oosterhuis - The Look of Love
Dutch pop / jazz singer. Found this as a link from the Gladys Knight version of this song. Lovely smoky voice. I still think my favourite version is Dianna Krall's version from "One Night in Paris" which incidentally is one of the best recorded live albums I have ever heard.
-
Tenacious D - Tribute and Wonderboy. Triffic stuff. Kyle and Jack are quite talented, really!
-
Charlie Mingus - Mingus Mingus Mingus
next
John Coltane - Blue Train
-
U2 Greatest Hits 1980-1990
-
Press to Play, Flowers in the dirt and Flamin' Pie - Paul McCartney
-
Tom Waits _ Rain dogs
-
Yesteday, The Kinks - Face to Face, Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns and Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther
-
Rammstein - Liebe ist für alle da
-
Rammstein - Liebe ist für alle da
I know they're Swedish, but are you are TSOOL fan, Gus?
-
Nice new 180g vinyl copy of the Blue Joni Mitchell album.
And a Deadmau5 CD. Don't ask - Monsieur Pumpe put me up to it..
-
Full fat Tonal choons from Genesis:
Carpet Crawlers (Peter Gabriel of course)
Snowbound
Entangled
Ripples
Duchess
Your own special way
Afterglow
-
Rammstein - Liebe ist für alle da
You've got it already? Legit? I have the special edition on order....
-
Rammstein - Liebe ist für alle da
You've got it already? Legit? I have the special edition on order....
not legit, it have leaked to the interweb
-
Rammstein - Liebe ist für alle da
You've got it already? Legit? I have the special edition on order....
not legit, it have leaked to the interweb
Yup, went looking for it (might as well, still getting the CD of course)...listening now. Another cracker...
-
Big Star - #1 Record
Lovely AOR / FM radio friendly tunes with really dark lyrics.
-
Rough trade Shops Indiepop 1. As the liner notes say, "Twee As Fuck!" :)
-
Florence and the Machine - Lungs
that and skipping through an eclectic mix from my USB stick (including Blade soundtrack, Foo Fighters, Morcheeba, Dizzee Rascal, amongst others)
-
Am loving Florence and the Machine!
Currently listening to 'What Time is Love' by KLF on Radio 6. I hate to be all Bryn about this, but I tell you what Radio 6 is cracking :thumbsup:
-
Thanks to a visit to FOPP in Nottingham last weekend:
The Human League - Reproduction
£3 well spent
Good preliminary listening before Synth Britannia on BBC4 tonight
-
I am surprised to say that even I like what I have heard of Florence and the Machine. David Byrne has been playing them a lot on his iTunes playlist...
But what I have been listening to today are two local bands from the area of Ontario where I live - one called The Gertrudes, who should be massive - wonderful, joyful music somewhere between Sufjan Stevens and The Fleet Foxes - and The Abrams Brothers, who are just the most awsome fiddle-driven folk, and they are about 15 and 17. Crazy.
-
Squeeze - Babylon & On
(play 'one song to the tune of another the same one' with 'Footprints' and Prince's '(I'm Gonna Party Like It's)1999')
Portishead - Portishead
Life from the spooky weird end...
-
Huey Lewis and the News Greatest Hits. Don't ask me why, I just wanted to hear it.
-
Architecture & Morality - OMD (probably their finest hour)
I was inspired to put that on following the 'Messages' clip shown on Synth Brittania.
-
The Cult - Love
Magnum - Kingdom Of Madness, and On A Storyteller's Night
-
Christina Aguillera "Hurt"
I just wanted to check out that she could sing...I can report back that she can, but I'd prefer it if she didn't
-
Er...Soft Cell "Torch".
-
A new one to me - Billy Talent - III
Catchy, almost poppy, rock. Reminiscent of early Green Day in places. Sticks with you too, I have "Tears into Wine" stuck in my head right now :)
-
Mylène Farmer. :thumbsup:
-
Ian Brown - "My Way"
In particular the track "Stellify" and a great cover of "In the Year 2525"
..and some early Stranglers (thank you Spotify), "Nice n Sleazy" has just taken me back 30 years
-
Led Zeppelin "I'm Gonna Crawl", which is said by some to contain Jimmy Page's best guitar solo.
-
Today I am listening to my friends, Sheesham and Lotus (http://www.sheeshamandlotus.com/menu.html), who are just brilliant - if you liked the 'old-time' North American folk music in Oh, Brother! Where Art Thou? you'll love this...
-
My two sons, playing a blues sequence on Bass and Piano (with drum machine help).
Mmm.... dig those blues... that's funktastic :thumbsup:
-
Editors: In this light and on this evening
-
Johnny Cash: All American Country
-
YouTube - You're Gonna Miss Me, Lulu and the Lampshades (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWCOYJg9ps4)
Awesome performance.
-
Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue
-
The Imagined Village
-
Esbjorn Svensson - Good Morning Susie at the mo - after From Gagarin's Point of View, Viaticum, Strange Place For Snow, Tuesday Wonderland, Somewhere Else Before, etc...
Why is it I can listen to EST all morning and love it but can't find a single other piano player I can do that with? I can manage Keith Jarrett for a while and one or two others but there's something about Mr Svensson's playing that really gets me.
Then the bugger went and drowned hisself, so there's no more. Anyone got any suggestions for similar?
-
Esbjorn Svensson - Good Morning Susie at the mo - after From Gagarin's Point of View, Viaticum, Strange Place For Snow, Tuesday Wonderland, Somewhere Else Before, etc...
Why is it I can listen to EST all morning and love it but can't find a single other piano player I can do that with? I can manage Keith Jarrett for a while and one or two others but there's something about Mr Svensson's playing that really gets me.
Then the bugger went and drowned hisself, so there's no more. Anyone got any suggestions for similar?
Yes, it was a tragic loss...
Talking of piano players who died too young, I am just this minute listening to the sublime and single-minded Glenn Gould playing - and humming along to! - Bach's French Suites...
-
Portishead - Dummy
-
Morphine's latest - At Your Service.
Mark Sandman's been dead for 10 years now so they've released a double cd of live and alternate versions that haven't seen the light of day before.
Needless to say, it's utterly f'ing brilliant.
For all fans of low rock. :thumbsup:
-
JJ Grey and Mofro
Southern funk band. I'm listening to live recordings on the Internet Music Archive.
-
Paul Heaton - the Cross Eyed Rambler
-
Iron and Wine, Around the Well. For a collection of B-sides and rarities, it puts many other bands' best offerings to shame. There are some beautiful songs on it.
-
Nina Simone on Youtube. Brilliant.
'It makes me glad
You're gonna have things that I never had
When out of all men's hearts
All hate is hurled
You're going to live
In a better world
Brown baby'
:'( :'( :'(
-
Fairport Convention, the History of
-
Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
Wondering how long I can get away with playing it this loud before someone suggests I turn it down
-
The Doors - Strange Days
-
and now the rather better Morrison Hotel.
The way "Peace Frog" blends into "Blue Sunday" is magical.
-
Biosphere, Dropsonde
-
Biosphere, Dropsonde
Biosphere - Patashnik (perfect lunch hour listening)
Is Dropsonde on a par with his other ambient stuff (Cirque, Substrata)? I've had it in my eMusic 'Save For Later' list for ages.
-
Can - Tago Mago
-
Biosphere, Dropsonde
Biosphere - Patashnik (perfect lunch hour listening)
Is Dropsonde on a par with his other ambient stuff (Cirque, Substrata)? I've had it in my eMusic 'Save For Later' list for ages.
Its very very good.... but Cirque is my favourite! Dropsonde isnt as dark
-
The Extraordinary Garden- Charles Tenet, for the last hour.
Now about to have a burst of A Foreigner No Longer by King Britt. A great tune, but a shameless rip off of B movie by Gil Scott Heron.
-
Ella Fitzgerald - Everytime we say Goodbye.
She is so f*cking brilliant. I don't have a bad singing voice (being Welsh and all) but I cannot even remotely compete with such a wonderful sound
-
The Smiths 'What difference does it make' live at the BBC. Johnny Marr is really quite something isn't he?
-
The Decemberists' latest album The Hazards of Love streamed from their web site (http://www.decemberists.com/). Excellent as ever if a bit more rocky than previous albums. Stand out track so far is The Wanting Comes In Waves/Repaid.
Oh heck they are only streaming three tracks. I am going to have to put the CD on my Christmas list.
-
AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie. Dadadadadadada. Dadadadadadada.
-
I've hit the random button on the Squeezebox. Sometimes it just comes up with the most sublime selections that hang together beautifully by chance....
Just had: Sail on by Free, Area 51 by Eat Static, followed by the Howard Marks bit off the soundtrack of Human Traffic, then a bit of Return Forever
-
I am listening to a couple of CDs lent to me by a friend: a Montreal band called Plants and Animals and one by the cult group Neutral Milk Hotel, who I have somehow managed to avoid ever hearing before.
-
Neotropic - 15 Levels Of Magnification (http://www.last.fm/music/Neotropic/15+Levels+of+Magnification)
I am listening to a couple of CDs lent to me by a friend: a Montreal band called Plants and Animals and one by the cult group Neutral Milk Hotel, who I have somehow managed to avoid ever hearing before.
That reminds me: I must dig out my Olivia Tremor Control cd - I believe they had some NMH connection.
I've also realised my eMusic subscription has just renewed so I'm off in search of 75 more tracks to d/l, including these albums:
2562 - Unbalance
Biosphere - Dropsonde
Helen Love - Bubblegum Killers e.p.
Pentatonik - A Thousand Paper Cranes
v/a - Below The Radar: The Best of Wordsound Dub
-
Today, the archives of Nevver. Designed for repeated listening. one.img + one.mp3 - Peter Nidzgorski, X818 (http://www.nevver.com)
My favourite place.
-
The Best of Herb Alpert. I'm not sure if this is terribly naff or terribly sophisticated.
-
40 Licks : Rolling Stones
-
The Best of Herb Alpert. I'm not sure if this is terribly naff or terribly sophisticated.
You'll be listening to Al Stewart next ::-)
;D
-
After playing 'Rumours' to death, I bought 'Fleetwood Mac' yesterday and I've had three play throughs today. Doesn't seem that good so far but perhaps it's a slow-burner...
-
Selections from Hair.
-
Word of Mouth. Typical Radio 4 worthiness. :thumbsup:
-
Word of Mouth. Typical Radio 4 worthiness. :thumbsup:
Speaking of Radio 4- 'Bleak Expectations' is rather good :thumbsup:
-
Gemma Hayes - 'Night On My Side'.
-
Oh, and Ryan Adams - 'Heartbreaker' and 'Demolition'.
-
Taj Mahal and Toumani Diabate - Kulanjan. Real musicians with real spirit and empathy exploring new (but actually, ancient) ground. Wonderful.
-
Dhafer Youssef Electric Sufi. A beautiful recording.
-
Dhafer Youssef Electric Sufi. A beautiful recording.
Damn, that looks like just the kind of thing I love. And Doug Wimbish is on it too. I must get it... thanks!
-
Kiss by Age of Chance :)
Ace.
-
Bob Dylan - Hard Rain. Love the versions of "Shelter from the Sky" and "Idiot Wind" from this.
Fever Ray - Fever Ray.
-
Joe Bonamassa (all the albums on Spotify)
He says he grew up listening to British rock and blues bands such as Free, Bad Company, Eric Clapton and so on. It shows.
-
George Thoroughgood & the Destroyers :Bad to the Bone
& then
Mr. Thoroughgood & his mob : Who Do You Love
& then it will be a dollop of Z.Z.Top
followed by some early Fleetwood Mac.
-
Kiss by Age of Chance :)
Ace.
:thumbsup:
Sadly The Publishers have insisted that the audio be removed from the YouTube link of the video. :(
Their album 1000 Years of Trouble is still one of my all time faves. The lyrics are even still relevant today (what with financial meltdown & US invading places)
-
Dhafer Youssef Electric Sufi. A beautiful recording.
And Doug Wimbish is on it too. I must get it... thanks!
TACKHEAD!!!!!
I'd forgotten all about them!
The Youssef album is my favourite of his. Best listened to on a decent system on a winters night with the curtains drawn and a whisky in your hand.
-
Dick Dale The king of surf guitar
-
Pearl Jam - Vs
-
Original 106.5
-
Can - Ege Bamyasi
I remember travelling up to London specially to get this when it first came out. Haven't listened to it in ages - forgotten how good it is.
-
Pearl Jam - Vs
Jesus H Christ.
I have just been transported back in time to sixth form college.
The bad hair! the bad clothes! the hippy vegetarian girlfriend, the unsuitable layabout friends.
:facepalm:
-
The Messiah. It's a classic version - Sir Malcolm Sargent conducting the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, with Elsie Morison, Marjorie Thomas, Richard Lewis, James Milligan and the Huddersfield Choral Society.
-
Rammstein - Mutter
And now, by way of a contrast...
Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure.
-
the ipod chose new model army's vengeance earlier, which was pretty suitable for my mood all week
-
Radio 4 : Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
Simon Russell Beale is good as Smiley, but nothing beats Alec Guinness.
-
On my iPod while ironing I was listening to
The Editors new album - the one with Papillon on it
Skunk Anansie's Greatest Hits album (Smashes & Trashes)
I guess I must have been in a dark mood!
-
Leslie West solo albums, then Mountain in their entirety,live. Just fancied some ear-bleedingly heavy guitar stuff
-
Oh yes. Ear-bleeding by numbers. Don't look around, Mississippi Queen...
YouTube
- Mountain. Nantucket Sleighride
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0JrV86EKCs)
YouTube
- Mountain - Woodstock - Southbound Train (Longer Version)
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm11kFRz388)
YouTube
- mountain - don't look around
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FplFq9EXiSM)
-
That freebie
Burly Chassis Shirly Bassey cd that was in Sunday's Mail.
I really like it( the cd that is)
-
Alice Cooper on Radcliffe & Maconie. Just had Elected - my favourite track, and rather loud. :D
-
Nico - Chelsea Girl. She does "Keep it with mine", the Sandy Dennie track and her accent puts it across really well.
-
Fontanelle by Babes in Toyland...
-
Corelli. Concertos 1 - 6. Op. 6 then the plan is to listen to C.P.E Bach's flute concertos.
-
Johnny Cash.
-
There was a great Johhny Cash documentary on the TV a couple of nights ago.
-
There was a great Johhny Cash documentary on the TV a couple of nights ago.
Yep. BBC4 but also on the Bio channel. I watched them three. :P
-
Walk The Line is worth watching if you haven't seen it. Joaquin Phoenix does a very good Johnny Cash.
-
Walk The Line is worth watching if you haven't seen it. Joaquin Phoenix does a very good Johnny Cash.
Done that... :P
Cash is a late discovery for me, but I like him. More than I thought I would, considering my prefered music style.
YouTube
- Johnny Cash-Walk The Line
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7K4jH7NqUw&feature=related)
YouTube
- Johnny Cash Man In Black
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCqpPj87ekE&feature=related)
YouTube
- Johnny Cash - San Quentin (Live from Prison)
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgja26eNeY&feature=related)
YouTube
- Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson - Ring of Fire (live)
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99CT3wQmiFU&feature=related)
YouTube
- Johnny Cash Hurt
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go)
-
One of the great regrets of my life is that I was at Glastonbury in the early 90s when he played. No one but me in our group wanted to go see him and so I went along with the crowd to another stage and watched a band I can't even remember now instead :(
-
One of the great regrets of my life is that I was at Glastonbury in the early 90s when he played.
I think he had a buzz of a concert there, at least I seem to remember something along these lines, when he had his late revival period.
-
Cash is a late discovery for me, but I like him. More than I thought I would, considering my prefered music style.
exactly the same for me
-
Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation
-
Bill Laswell - Version 2 A Dub Transmission
-
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
-
A selection of Richard and Linda stuff. Getting some misery in as an antidote to Christmas.
-
The Four Seasons.
Vivaldi not Frankie. ;D
-
I'm currently enjoying a lot of John Langford stuff - The Mekons, The Waco Brothers and the Pine Valley Cosmonauts. Also Power in The Darkness by the Tom Robinson Band, which is such a joyous, hopeful album that I may begin to alienate people by evangelising too much about it.
-
Jeff Buckley - Grace
and as it's that time of year Low's Christmas Album
-
Budgie - In For The Kill!
-
A rare gem...
Stop, Hammond (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1AzbT46jQo) time.
-
I was listening to The Black Crows radio streaming from their website but now it's:
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Neville Marriner.
-
Radiale - Spaceways Incorporated in collaboration with Zu.
Another wacky brilliant Emusic offering.
-
A cheap DVD purchased a lunch time
Classical Greats:Bach,Greig,Handel,Stauss,Tchaikovsky,Wagner & others.
Bought on a whim & enjoying it.I normally listen to the likes of ZZ Top,Rolling Stones.
This is quite a departure.
-
The Doors' "Orange County Suite".
A drunken lament for Pamela Courson by Jim Morrison which was overdubbed with instrumentation by the surviving Doors after he carked it.
Now her father has passed over
and her sister is a star
and her mother smokes diamonds
and she sleeps out in the car
Yeah, but she remembers Chicago
The musicians and guitars
and grass by the lake
and people who laughed
and made her poor heart ache
I don't think "grass" refers to a municipal lawn.
-
Igor Stravinsky.
-
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (live). :thumbsup:
-
The Cramps - Off The Bone. Quite bonkers, but quite marvellous.
-
The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
-
The Lemonheads - 'Ride with me'.
-
Husky Rescue
-
Sheena is a punk rocker...
The KKK took my baby away....
Oh how I LOVE Spotify!!
-
And highly recommended
The Gaslight Anthem - start with The '59 Sound.
F*^"in' ROCKS!
-
I caught the end of some remix of a Four Tet song on Zane Lowe this evening and don't know what it is. But it was good.
-
Broken Boy Soldiers
Consolers of the Lonely
Rage Against The Machine
La Roux
Icky Thump
-
Telefon Tel Aviv - Immolate Yourself
Bibio - Ovals & Emeralds
I caught the end of some remix of a Four Tet song on Zane Lowe this evening and don't know what it is. But it was good.
That'll be: Love Cry (Joy Orbison Remix) (http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/3bcff06f-675a-451f-9075-99e8657047e8)
-
My medical registrar neighbour moonlights as a music teacher. Someone is learning to play Tzigane by Ravel....
-
Pentangle - Travelling Song - amongst other assorted Jansch + Renbourn stuff
-
Right now, I'm listening to the very last Wake Up to Wogan.
:'(
But I know he retired before.... ;)
-
Right now, I'm listening to the very last Wake Up to Wogan.
:'(
But I know he retired before.... ;)
I missed it...............Result :thumbsup:
-
One of the great regrets of my life is that I was at Glastonbury in the early 90s when he played. No one but me in our group wanted to go see him and so I went along with the crowd to another stage and watched a band I can't even remember now instead :(
I remember watching that on tv at the time , he was fantastic
-
Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica performing the Mozart Violin Concertos. Beautiful.
http://www.nonesuch.com/journal/daily-telegraph-4-stars-for-gidon-kremers-energetic-take-on-the-mozart-violin-concertos-2009-08-17 (http://www.nonesuch.com/journal/daily-telegraph-4-stars-for-gidon-kremers-energetic-take-on-the-mozart-violin-concertos-2009-08-17)
-
West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum by Kasabian tonight.
Them Crooked Vultures await next.
-
Street Sweeper Social Club :thumbsup:
-
Sandy Denny - I'm a Dreamer
Listening to her always makes me sad. There is just something tragic in her voice (even if you don't know the story of her life).
-
I've been catching up with the Cocteau Twins after downloading a bunch of mp3's to replace my old vinyl. Brought back some memories :thumbsup:
also, I've just downloaded a free sampler from the usually excellent Domino Record Co Domino | Xmas 2009 (http://www.dominorecordco.com/xmas2009/)
Haven't had a chance to listen yet.
-
Madness - The Liberty of Norton Folgate.
Makes me start to think I have been out of London too long.
And then I think not.
And my favourite female artist of all time - Karen Carpenter - Yesterday once more.
..d
-
Scarily, Ken Dodd - Where's Me Shirt? The Little Misses have a CD of old children's classics.
-
Beethoven's 7th Symphony.
Yesterday I was watching Charlie Brooker and there was a tiny snippet of the 7th.
It reminded me a full airing was now due. Goosebumps. :thumbsup:
-
Omar Sosa - undemanding, pleasant and sometimes even clever, world jazz.
-
Now Vivian Ellis' "Coronation Scot", which you'd know if you heard it.
Ellis : Coronation Scot: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ellis-Coronation-Scot/dp/B001LH5G50)
-
Trilok Gurtu- The Definitive
-
The Bike Going Slowly Through Deep Snow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_cCreWLds0) romanza.
-
The Definitive Collection ; Four Tops
-
Magical Mystery Tour :The Beatles
-
Newton Faulkner - Hand built by Robots
-
Friends.
And every other f'kin day.
The sooner my daughter finds (and can afford) her own place to live the better.
I love her dearly but there are limits.
-
The Definitive Collection ; Four Tops
Neon Rainbow by the Box Tops.
Coincidence? Synchronicity? Serendipity?
-
Friends.
And every other f'kin day.
The sooner my daughter finds (and can afford) her own place to live the better.
I love her dearly but there are limits.
Ae you sure that doesn't belong in the RANT thread? :)
-
80s music (what else ?) on the wireless
-
Friends.
And every other f'kin day.
The sooner my daughter finds (and can afford) her own place to live the better.
I love her dearly but there are limits.
Ae you sure that doesn't belong in the RANT thread? :)
Yes, it does. I'm terribly sorry.
Back OT.
Van Der Graaf Generator.
-
nicknack, did you mean you were listening to that TV show Friends staring Matt LeBlanc ? or your daughters friends ?
Hazy Shade of Winter by The Bangles on now
-
TV is in same room as this pc. Can't see it but can hear it. So, yes, it's the tv one. :sick:
-
Footloose - Kenny Loggins
-
Now Exile on Main Street by The Rolling Stones. I haven't heard it before, and they all sound a bit fuzzy, as if they're drugged up and having a cracking time. Great stuff.
-
Cat Nav by Les Barker & the Mrs Ackroyd Band ;D
-
The Very Best of Ian Dury & the Blockheads.
-
Daughter at work in pub - will probably have to stay there the night. :thumbsup:
So:
Les Claypool - Live Frogs
-
Cat Nav, Guide Dogs for the Blind vol 4 - Les Barker ;D
-
PJ Harvey - Pure, turned up loud..... it's the only way...... :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sth0IYq29C0&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sth0IYq29C0&feature=related)
-
Top Cat, White Tie and Tails, Guide Cats For the Blind Volume 3 - Les Barker and Others
-
Macca & Gilmore covering Elvis.
Magic stuff :thumbsup:
BBC 4 sings Elvis
-
Dark Side of the Mongrel - Les Barker :D.
-
Utah Saints
-
Someone has lent me Dazzle Ships by OMD. MSeries would probably approve.
-
Tiffany - Think We're Alone Now on the wireless, real club classics
-
A cracking present off my daughter for Christmas, Ministry of Sound - 80's electronic 'anthems' (very few anthems but a really good compilation and I rarely reach for the skip button)
Ministry of Sound | Ministry of Sound : Anthems Electronic 80s
(http://www.ministryofsound.com/product/digitaldownload/downloads/download/anthemselectronic80s/)
-
YouTube
- Valravn - Koder på snor [ Official ]
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6OqDZft42s)
a rather truncated edit of the 7 minute+ title track for the latest Valravn album. That Anna-Katrin has a beautiful voice, evoking thoughts of Bjork and Noggin the Nog ;)
-
a Beatles marathon which began at 0700 this morning to provide background to shovelling mountains of paper & figure work.This is how it played out
Beatles For Sale
With the Beatles
A Hard Day's Night
Help
Rubber Soul
Revolver
St. Peppers.....
Abbey Rd
Let It Be
Magical Mystery Tour
-
& now
War of the Worlds :Jeff Wayne
-
Mountain - Greatest Hits
Muse - The Resistance
Metallica - Reload
-
Fred McDowell - jeez, he was a GOOD slide player!
-
Skream-Skream!
-
Kasabian.
Them Crooked Vultures.
-
right now...
Nana Mouskari singing Hey Jude
Not really sure about that
-
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
-
A collection of tracks that I got from YouTube , converted to MP3 , downloaded to my PC and forgot about. (until today)
Snake
My Library (http://www.yudu.com/library/6690/Snakehips-s-Library)
-
Right now...
Macca doing Lady Madonna unplugged :thumbsup: with a bloke named Jools Holland lending a hand :)
-
Sub Focus
-
The Man Comes Around -- Johnny Cash.
Superb and touching.
-
Searching for the Young Soul Rebels by Dexys Midnight Runners.
Haven't listened to this in years and forgot how good it was. Hooray for spotify :thumbsup:
-
Neil Young - Trans
Neil does disco...ish. Plus vocoders. Odd, not exactly his best work, but strangely leaves be with a smile on my face. "You need me like ugly needs a mirror" is quite Beckettian in quality. Almost.
-
Bizet's "Carmen", live from the Metropolitan Opera, New York (BBC Radio 3)
-
Muslimgauze - Sycophant of Purdah
Rotor+ - Map Key Window
Nice & chilled...
-
Miles_Gurtu
-
"Great Lake Swimmers Radio" from Pandora
-
The Man Machine ~ The Story of Kraftwerk via BBC i-player
-
all kinds of odd stuff that is being transferred to i-tunes before finding a home in the attic until I can figure out where to put it. Where else do Buddy Holly, Dubstar, Eric Bogle and Clash all share a home?
You see, you CAN have too many CDs!
-
Them Crooked Vultures
-
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan remixed by Gaudi
-
Having just purchased this (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Catalogue-Kraftwerk/dp/B002LCOQTG), I am now listening to Autobahn.
I may be gone some time...
:)
-
Kath Tickell, "Strange but True"
A truly wonderfulvirtuoso on fiddle and small pipes, here playing with an eclectic mix of odd instruments, just pure joy and musicality. Playing for the sheer delight ofmaking music with friends. Playing along myself on the mando....[Jazz Club] Great!!!
-
lots of 12k, raster noton stuff and minimalism generally today. loving shuttle 358, taylor deupree and mokira at the mo', but today was mainly philip glass ensemble and steve reich.
Is there a yacf last.fm group?
-
lots of 12k, raster noton stuff and minimalism generally today. loving shuttle 358, taylor deupree and mokira at the mo', but today was mainly philip glass ensemble and steve reich.
Is there a yacf last.fm group?
DO-YOU-SPIKKA-DA-INGLISH?
-
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
-
The Power of Love :Shirley Bassey
-
The xx - xx (laidback indie)
King Midas Sound - Waiting For You (laidback dubstep with vocals) 8)
-
Sigur Ros, Hvarf-Heim
-
Sentenced
-
The Eels - End Times
-
Still In Love With You - Thin Lizzy Live and Dangerous
Loud
Keyboard's all blurry. :'(
-
Still In Love With You - Thin Lizzy Live and Dangerous
Loud
Keyboard's all blurry. :'(
coincidently my Thin Lizzy stuff plays the same way
-
some dub, mainly king tubby stuff.
-
Planet Rock Radio playing Them Crooked Vultures ;D
-
audacity of huge (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylu0ybj7DIg) - simian mobile disco
a small work of genius
-
Owen Pallett's new album Heartland. He is an unclassifiable genius in the Sufjan Stevens mode. But Canadian.
And apparently he's playing tin London at Union Chapel on the 25th, so get down there if you have a chance. He is brilliant.
-
World Party ~ Bang!
Sublime
-
Anouar Brahim, Le Pas du Chat Noir
-
Elvis Presley : 30#1 Hits
-
World Party ~ Bang!
Sublime
Great album, on CD or vinyl ?
-
World Party ~ Bang!
Sublime
Great album, on CD or vinyl ?
MP3 :)
But ripped from CD - discovered them in my post vinyl days. Is there a difference between the CD and vinyl versions? Apart from the mystery track on the CD version that cuts in afetr 17 minutes or so of silence and scared the sh!t out of me the first time it cut in
-
The Beatles mono remasters
Amazing .... bit of marketing :-\
I guess they made it a boxed set because they knew that we'd all rush out and buy Revolver, Pepper and the White Album and ignore the rest.
-
I've managed to ignore the White Album since rebuilding my Beatles collection following a house burglary in 1978.
I think the only marketing exercise I've bought into was buying the #1 Hits album.
-
I;m at the other extreme. When I get around to buying the remastered Stereo version, it will be my fifth copy - two vinyl, one original CD, mono CD and then new stereo CD. Am on to 4th copy of Revolver and With The Beatles too.
-
Jullian Cope - Peggy Suicide
-
Contra ~ Vampire Weekend
Not a great progression from their debut but that's not a bad thing :thumbsup:
-
Meddle - Pink Floyd.
"One of these days, I'm going to cut you into little pieces..."
-
Dolly Parton ; Super Hits.
I resisted the temptation to refer to it as Supertits.Oh...FAIL ;D
-
Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night - Peter Hammill
-
Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night - Peter Hammill
That's just inspired me to dig out my vinyl copy of The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage. Rubicon is still a chiller
-
Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain seems to be doing the techincal report writing biz right now, and after that I might try a bit of Sigur Ros - Takk.
-
Nina Simone.
Damn, she's good.
-
Madeleine Peyroux, 'Bare Bones'.
And Imelda May, 'Love Tattoo'.
-
Toady I spent many,many minutes listeneing to my heart going thudthudthud as I laboured up some long drags
-
Great cover versions (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=29267.msg537015#msg537015)
Not in their entirety, mind! ;D
-
Mostly Sonny Rollins.
-
get yer ya yas out Rolling Stones
-
A Pet Shop Boys "best of". Some gems among the (multitudinous) dross, like "Rent", "West End Girls" and "Being Boring".
-
Saxon. Wheels of Steel. Pretend Metal, me.
-
Joe Perry - Have Guitar, Will Travel
Presented free with this month's Classic Rock magazine, it's an interesting album by Aerosmith's lead guitarist.
-
Mayday - Tinashe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Ig94Ja7hg)
going viral soon, I expect
-
Revolver, The Beatles.
Six quid in Mr Sainsbury's Emporium of Toothy Comestibles.
-
Revolver, The Beatles.
Six quid in Mr Sainsbury's Emporium of Toothy Comestibles.
Good tip Mr H, thanks: I just scored the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" at Sainsbury's for a fiver.
-
Revolver, The Beatles.
Six quid in Mr Sainsbury's Emporium of Toothy Comestibles.
Good tip Mr H, thanks: I just scored the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" at Sainsbury's for a fiver.
I always thought Pet Sounds was over-rated; the 2-in-1 CDs of "Little Deuce Coupe/All Summer Long" and "Surfer Girl/Shut Down Vol. II" are great though, and are a whole £4 each from Amazon.
-
Kate Bush - Aerial. Utterly brilliant. Seriously
-
"It'll End In Tears", This Mortal Coil. Kangaroo, Holocaust, Song To The Siren, Fond Affections ...... what a wonderful selection :thumbsup:
-
South Shields's gift to the world: The Wildhearts :thumbsup:
-
Reg's Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player
Blues For Baby And Me is one of his very finest works. IMHO.
-
Moodswings' moodfood - which I remembered while watching the Brian Eno programme the other night. Takes me back.
-
Steve Hackett's Spectral Mornings from 1979. Some dross on it, to be sure - Hackett always had a weakness for naff "comedy" songs, but the title track and Everyday still pack some punch and Clocks has always cried out to be a soundtrack.
A strong reminder that it was his departure rather than Peter Gabriel's that marked the artistic death knell for Genesis.
-
Half Man Half Biscuit - Acthung Bono. Top drawer puns including a reference to a 'drive-by shouting' in the excellent song 'For What is Chatteris...'.
-
Nico Muhly. Missed him in Cambridge recently.
-
Half Man Half Biscuit - Acthung Bono. Top drawer puns including a reference to a 'drive-by shouting' in the excellent song 'For What is Chatteris...'.
Did the Mildenhall 300 in 2006, which had a control in Chatteris. Our group got horribly carved up by a bus, which certainly led to a drive- or at least ride-, by shouting.
-
Did the Mildenhall 300 in 2006, which had a control in Chatteris....
A control in Chatteris alone sounds like it makes the Mildenhall 300 worth considering (without added bus)
-
A control in Chatteris alone sounds like it makes the Mildenhall 300 worth considering (without added bus)
The Green Welly Cafe. NB: it helps if you have Bridget leading your group from the previous control coz (s)he knows the way around Cambridge.
-
Mozart's Don Giovanni. Goodness knows what they're singing about, but they're good at it.
-
Mozart's Don Giovanni. Goodness knows what they're singing about
Isn't that the one about proportional representation?
-
Radio 2:Sounds of the Sixties with Brian Matthew.
-
A bit of noise for Saturday morning - Them Crooked Vultures.
-
...and feeling the bass loop from the crap that the pikey bastards next door have ramped up with no consideration for any f****r but themselves. >:(
-
I was watching "Francais pour une Nuit", Metallica's live DVD at the Arenes de Nime last July...
-
Borgore - Gorestep Vol 1
Dirty & twisted dubstep
-
So far this afternoon/evening:
Rise up like the sun - Albion band
Bringing it all back home - Dylan
Laughter and lust - Joe Jackson
The Most of Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks
maybe some Nick Drake next :)
-
Peter Gabriel - Scratch My Back (on WE7)
Erm... not too sure about this one Pete...
-
I was watching "Francais pour une Nuit", Metallica's live DVD at the Arenes de Nime last July...
Excellent show- I got the Blu-ray.
-
At this moment, Pascal Rogé and Ravel. Gaspard de le Nuit.
I spent the afternoon doing paperwork, with Pierre-Laurent Aimard, and Ligeti.
-
Curtains - Tindersticks
-
Killing Joke. Fire Dances.
-
"Movements In Colour". Andy Sheppard. I saw him playing last week with Joanna MacGregor and the RLPO.
-
Right now, Metallica '...And Justice...'. Before that, Meat Beat Manifesto's 'Autoimmune'. And before that, Hayseed Dixie's 'Killer Grass'. Which is indeed Killer...:)
-
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um - that cat could play!
-
The Four Tops: The Difinitive Collection
-
The 40th Anniversary series of "The Court of the Crimson", Lizard" and "Red". All remastered by Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree), and bloody good they are too.
-
"Movements In Colour". Andy Sheppard. I saw him playing last week with Joanna MacGregor and the RLPO.
ooh, jealous I am!
-
"Fin ch'han dal vino", as murdered by Darius on Popstar to Opera Star last week. Samuel Ramey does it rather better.
-
Officium by Jan Gabarek and The Hilliard Ensemble. Until I heard a track from this on the radio the other day I would never have thought that improvised saxophone and mediaeval Christian choral music was a combination I would like. Not all of it works, but when it does it is sublime.
-
Eliminator:ZZ Top
loudly
-
Janacek, the String Quartet no. 1, 'The Kreutzer Sonata'
-
... rainwater hammering on the flat roof over the utility area.
Which is failing to drown out the Euro-$hite dance music being played next-door.
Oh, the joys of living in terraced housing...
Re-installing Unreal Tournament and connecting up some speakers to the PC would be churlish now, wouldn't it? :demon:
-
I'm not long back from watching Vasily Petrenko conduct the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic performing Mahler's 2nd. Utterly stunning. If you have a chance to see the Phil under Petrenko be sure to take it. I'm very fortunate to have them 10 minutes walk from my flat :smug:
http://www.youtube.com/user/RoyalLiverpoolPhil (http://www.youtube.com/user/RoyalLiverpoolPhil)
Back home I'm having a change of pace with Anouar Brahem playing oud http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=34405 (http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=34405)
-
Animals as Leaders
A brilliant instrumental guitar rock album by ace guitarist Tosin Abasi, recommended if you like Satriani/Vai/Petrucci etc.
-
Prompted by the 'Prog' thread Gordon Giltrap's 'Fear of the Dark'.
-
Shamelessly listening to early Marillion on spotify. I'm on Grendel at the minute (well 17 minutes).
-
Ben Harper - Both Sides of the Gun.
-
The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place - Explosions In The Sky
Prog rock for the 21st century :P
-
Big Bill Broonzy.
-
The Lark Ascending - Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Coincidently, the sun is also brightly shining through the window. Glorious!
-
The Music Lives On Now The Mines Have Gone: Best Of The Colliery Bands (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Music-Lives-Mines-Have-Gone/dp/B0033PRSSG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1267357904&sr=1-1)
Can't beat a brass band.
-
Steely Dan.
Quite excellent stuff.
H
-
Jaques Brel - Infinement
-
Greendale by Neil Young. What a gig that was!!!
-
Steel Panther - "Feel The Steel"
It rocks!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: 8)
-
Poulenc, the Trois Mouvements perpétuels, played by Pascal Rogé.
I remember my mother playing this, before her wrists suffered from all sorts of nasty stuff.
edit: I am sure she has not blamed Poulenc for her painful wrists.
edit again: I am now listening to Le Bestiaire, which I have actually sung (with careful coaching)
-
Poulenc, the Trois Mouvements perpétuels, played by Pascal Rogé.
Definitely the best interpreter of Poulenc and Satie IMHO...
-
Sparks. :) (http://i578.photobucket.com/albums/ss226/SgtBikeo/smiley.gif)
-
Sparks. :) (http://i578.photobucket.com/albums/ss226/SgtBikeo/smiley.gif)
"Zoo time is she and you time" 8)
Shouldn't the Russel Mael smiley have more hair? ;D
-
Sparks. :) (http://i578.photobucket.com/albums/ss226/SgtBikeo/smiley.gif)
"Zoo time is she and you time" 8)
Shouldn't the Russel Mael smiley have more hair? ;D
;D
I couldn't Get In The Swing.
-
Liars, Autechre, Steve Reich, Tortoise and S Club 7.
-
Pigeon Toed Orange Peel. No more, no less...
-
Jerry Dammers and the Spatial AKA Orchestra ... just got home ... that was different :thumbsup:
space is the place... ;D
-
Foreigner - Can't Slow Down
Got most of the Foreigner CD's in my collection. This latest one is minus original vocalist Lou Gramm (replaced by the just as good Kelly Hansen). A rather good CD IMO, a good mix of killer melodic rock tracks and trademark ballads. Not as good as Foreigner 4 but recommended 8)
-
The Beatles 24 bit USB edition.
I may be some time..
-
The Beatles 24 bit USB edition.
I may be some time..
As in "The Beatles" double or the whole back catalogue?
Any good? I was a bit underwhelmed by the remastered Revolver CD.
-
Alannah Myles, eponymous and Rocking Horse. A great rock screamer. And a really durrty voice.....almost as sleazy as Hope Sandoval
-
Now playing Leslie West, "Dodging the Dirt"
-
Alannah Myles, eponymous and Rocking Horse. A great rock screamer. And a really durrty voice.....almost as sleazy as Hope Sandoval
Oh yes indeedy! :D
Always thought Black Velvet was a song to be interpreted horizontally with one's dancing partner.
Got her third album (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Alannah-Myles/dp/B000002J7A/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1268038827&sr=1-6) as well as the two you mentioned.
-
I Am The Golden Gate Bridge ~ Creature With The Atom Brain
Homme-approved Belgian stoners, with added Mark Lanegan. Good stuff :thumbsup:
-
The Supremes: The #1's
-
A maiden playlist on YouTube. The Clansman is on right now.
-
Led Zeppelin Remasters. Underworld next.
-
Madness - One step beyond
-
Handel - Italian Cantatas - Natalie Dessay and Emmanuelle Haim
-
Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate - Ali & Toumani (http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/ali-and-toumani).
A wished-for birthday present - sublime (poignant too, obviously).
-
Transylvania ~ Creature With The Atom Brain.
Big mistake to put your passport photos on the cover, lads. Nothing that ugly has been seen in public since that time Phil May appeared on TOTP with a huge boil on his nose.
-
Dusty in Memphis. Makes a change from prog and jazz.
-
Streetwalkers - Downtown Flyers
I love Roger Chapman's stuff, this is a wonderful recording full of warmth and great songs :thumbsup:
-
Messiaen, the Vingt Regards. It's the 1975 recording, of Yvonne Loriod.
-
Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate - Ali & Toumani (http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/ali-and-toumani).
A wished-for birthday present - sublime (poignant too, obviously).
I bought this earlier today. Very, very good. I saw Toumani Diabeate play in Liverpool last year.
Currently listening to Anouar Brahem, "The Astounding Eyes of Rita". More Oud.
I've a musical weekend lined up, tomorrow it's The Portico Quartet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM6hPuui-l8) , on Saturday it's Dhafer Youssef (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=30675.0) and on Sunday it's the RLPO Youth Orchestra (http://www.liverpoolphil.com/?lid=468) :D
-
Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music - The Platinum Collection (Triple CD)
I didn't appreciate him when I was younger but what an effortlessly smooth voice (and the coolest man on the planet).
-
Ali Farka Toure: Radio Mali
and earlier, Meredith Monk. Turtle Dreams.
-
........Rock Sugar - "Re-imaginator"
Excellent covers album of rock/pop hits that improve on alot of the originals IMO.
Not just bog standard renditions either. :thumbsup:
-
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - R. V. Williams.
-
Anton Webern, 6 Stücke für Orchester op. 6
Difficult and muscular stuff. Webern loved the Alps, and his music often seems to reflect the small and strange thoughts you might have on a long and lonely climb.
For me, when I am sweating, and worrying, sometimes I look down, and the sight of small alpine plants, the tiny flowers, or the crystals in the rocks, then Webern's intense music comes into my mind.
-
Elvis; The # 1's.
The neighbours both sides are out so the volume is up :)
-
Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.........
-
My Maiden collection on my HD. I blame the BBC; and Sky Arts. ::-)
-
Cat Power - The Greatest
Haven't listened to this for ages. It's really rather good.
-
Highlights from Don Giovanni, to be precise, "Madamina, il catalogo e questo", which is Leporello telling the jilted Donna Elvira about the Don's thousands of previous women (1,003 in Spain alone), and not exactly sparing her feelings.
-
Orbital - Live in Sydney on 6Music: 6 Mix (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rm291#p0070hnz)
-
Kraftwerk - Minimum Maximum
-
Orbital - Live in Sydney on 6Music: 6 Mix (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rm291#p0070hnz)
Thanks for the heads-up, first I knew of Phil & Paul doing these shows on 6Music (missed part one, grr).
-
Just listened to..
AC/DC - The Razors Edge.
Now Peter Gabriel - So.
-
Love is Blue (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPq2HSzgWR4). J. S. Bach meets Ferrero Rocher.
-
Bit of a Mike Oldfield day:
Tubular Bells II
Songs of Distant Earth
Ommadawn
-
Best of the Stone Roses.
"...I wanna, wanna, wanna be adored....."
Until recently I had not realised just how musically gifted some members of this band are/were, "I am the Resurrection" stands out as an absolute belter.
-
Der Hölle Rache (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERsjRsCBlBo). Erika Miklosa is just so glovely. :-*
-
Glopperly glovely.
-
That's why it's called a 'glop' glove.
-
Talking Heads are on the stereo. Again. Only me in the workshop so the volume is of my choosing.
I picked up Fear of Music in Vinyl Exchange recently, found 3 more bargains on Amazon and am wondering why I didn't do this years ago.
-
Would you believe the best of Kylie Minogue?
-
Would you believe the best of Kylie Minogue?
Regulator will be with you shortly.
-
A work colleague came up with what he considered to be a cast-iron "gay" test, which consisted of the simple question:
"Do you fancy Kylie Minogue?"
The idea was that any heterosexual male would reply "yes", but with hindsight, it was probably the most inaccurate test ever devised.
-
Ohhhh it's perfectly straight to fancy the antipodean pocket sex penguin that is kylie.
Buying all her albums and going to GAY to see her perform live - without the wife in tow.
That may raise eybrows.
-
Chris Wood: Handmade Life.
Complete with his folk song "Hollow Point". Following the folk tradition of recording history of the little man against the state by telling the tail of a fatal journey that only got as far as Stockwell tube.
I first heard the song live, without introduction, last year. You could hear the intakes of breath in the audience as each person realised what the song was about.
-
Ohhhh it's perfectly straight to fancy the antipodean pocket sex penguin that is kylie.
Buying all her albums and going to GAY to see her perform live - without the wife in tow.
That may raise eybrows.
Have you seen the advert she did for Agent Provacteur (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vk4RiEMLY8) ? Strewth !
-
Perennial favourites - OMD's 'Organisation' and the follow-up 'Architecture and Morality'.
On the former, I just love their version 'The more I see you' (made famous by Chris Montez in the 60's but dating back a lot further than that).
-
You Tube - nice!
Chuck Berry & Keith Richards - Oh Carol
-
Haq Ali Ali by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
-
Medieval Baebes http://www.mediaevalbaebes.com/ (http://www.mediaevalbaebes.com/)
Been a while since I listened to them, forgot how good they are.
-
Before work, Introduction to Eels
Afterwards, it will be Sigur Ros and Takk.
-
Don't laugh.
Please don't laugh.
The "Love Never Dies" cast recording. The show may or may not suck, but the music is fine at a first listening. At least one of the main themes is re-used from the Phantom film, though.
-
Don't laugh.
Please don't laugh.
The "Love Never Dies" cast recording. The show may or may not suck, but the music is fine at a first listening. At least one of the main themes is re-used from the Phantom film, though.
And you were complaining about Burt Bacherach being cheese the other day? Come on, Lloyd Webber has no soul. It's music for people who hate music. :demon: >:( ;)
-
Planet Rock on Digitial Radio
Just played Foo Fighters ~ Monkey Wrench, and todays Triology at Three is 3 songs from David Gilmour ;D
-
Planet Rock on Digitial Radio
Just played Foo Fighters ~ Monkey Wrench, and todays Triology at Three is 3 songs from David Gilmour ;D
On An Island : Fat Old Sun ( Live ) : There's No Way Out Of Here
-
The same annoying blues loop round and round in TablEdit whist I try and get my head around soundfonts so I can get a reasonably authentic acoustic guitar sound for midi.
-
Johnny Cash at San Quentin (jail)
the man had presence.
-
Still listening to Eels. A man with a real feel for words
-
Wire. Pink Flag.
Not normally lunch time listening for me. I'm obviously in a "Mood" :demon:
-
Fleetwood Mac,the early version with Peter Green.Magic stuff with a threat of nostalgia overload
-
Roxy Music ~ Flesh + Blood
Bought in FOPP for £4 on Sunday - what a bargain for an excellent album, haven't heard it for years ( used to own cassette ), not a bad track on whole album ;D
-
The Who - Ultimate Collection
-
The Edgar Broughton Band - Wasa Wasa
-
Hard Corps - "Metal and Flesh"
Pleased to find this
YouTube
- Hard Corps Dirty
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukh8il7kEs0)
-
Digging through some old CDs, so currently it's Selected Ambient Works Vol II, by Aphex Twin.
-
Just got back from the folk club, where I had a play on a very nice bouzouki. So now having a Kath Tickell binge....
-
Sister Ray...as my then dealer/mate said as he staggered from the room BEFORE it ended "...dangerous music, man....." The peak and drop off is better than White Rabbit - even without the grapefruit.
Takes me back to the good days like nowt else can...
-
Working my way through a pile of bargain (£18 the lot!) purchases from the excellent Scottish electronica label Benbecula (http://www.benbecula.com/index.shtml)
Christ. - Blue Shift Emissions
Christ. - Seeing & Doing
Frog Pocket - Moon Mountain of the Fords
Ochre - Lemodie
Ochre - Like Dust of the Balance
Prhizzm - Prhizzm e.p.
Reverbaphon - The Medium thru Which Sound Travels is No Longer Present
Reverbaphon - Our Heart Beats With Joy (The Curved World Outside)
V/A - Benbecula Music Vol 1 & 2
-
An acoustic (or at least, electro-acoustic) playlist I put together last night.
Everthing from Tim Hardin to Hawkwind, with a good sprinkling of Alannah Myles, Magnum and Robert Plant/Led Zeppelin... 8)
And a bit of ecoutez et repetez - Heart must have been maxing out on Led Zeppelin's 4th album when they recorded Little Queen ;D
Dream Of The Archer - Heart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsnBT3NofiQ)
The Battle Of Evermore - Led Zeppelin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTuzVZsKAhY)
Hmmmm....
-
Utopia - Deface the Music.
Very good Beatles pastiche.
-
40 Licks:The Rolling Stones
Mrs.Jogler was also listening to it,even though I am wearing headphones :o
-
The new album by Slash - and a cast of supporting artists.
I'm liking this one a lot - it's not all Guitar Hero III guitar pyrotechnics, and who would have guessed that both Fergie (Blackeyed Peas) and Nicole Scherzinger (ex-Pussycat Dolls) could do the rock thang with style? :thumbsup: 8)
-
Restless Natives soundtrack by Big Country
-
Gold Collection:Roy Orbison
-
High Violet ~ THe National
-
Right now, "The Way It Is" by Bruce Hornsby and The Range. It may be AOR, but the piano playing is brilliant.
-
Then & Now 1964-2004 : The Who
-
Thanks to the Tune Association thread, I is revisiting Ha! Ha! Ha! by Ultravox (pre-Ure).
Hiroshima Mon Amour, The Man Who Dies Everyday and Young Savage. All excellent, nice and spiky.
-
An old person responds.
Today, I are mostly listening to "Forever Changes" by Love.
Wow, what a trip down memory lane.
Edit:
I've just had a wander around You Tube. Here's That Track (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yVBMUXr4xo) for those of you who are old enough.
Warning: You do have to be quite old for this to be meaningful.
-
Like Bluebottle I'm mostly listening to the tunes from the tune association thread, suggestions coming in at just the right rate :)
-
Tubular Bells.
Don't ask why!
-
Tubular Bells.
Don't ask why!
Watching The Exorcist?
Oops sorry, you said not to ask.
-
spent the whole weekend wandering around with a couple of bars of unidentified tune on permanent loop in my head. Finally placed them to "somewhere" on the first side of TB, so I had to play it to be sure (and exorcise them).
Now I can't get rid of the bloody Piltdown Man bit ::-)
-
Debussy, Trio in G for violin, cello & piano. Jacques Rouvier, Jean-Jacques Kantorow & Phillipe Muller.
Lovely.
HMV are doing 4 CD box sets of major classical composers under the "Simply" title. Good value at £10 for 2.
-
Gas - Nah und fern boxset.
-
Gas - Nah und fern boxset.
That's still on my 'wants' list (one of many...)
Now listening to The Black Dogs mix: Sheffield vs Downwards via Ealing (http://www.theblackdogma.com/tbd/?p=1446), which may be of interest to those who enjoyed the Synth Brittania programme on BBC 4, followed by:
Muslimgauze - Babylon Iz Iraq
-
Won't Get Fooled Again seems appropriate for today :)
-
Currently have "Plastic Beach" by Gorillaz on....
Still not 100% wether I like it...
-
Martin Simpson,Smoke and Mirrors
-
Friend of a friend's music project - Walls which is out this week on Kompakt.
-
Drunk Girls by LCD Soundsystem
Makes me smile every time it's on the radio (which is nearly hourly on 6!)
At first it sounds like a dumb teenagers song, but then some of the lyrics are wonderfully sweet.
Drunk girls know that love is an astronaut
It comes back, but it's never the same
-
Broken Record Prayers by Comet Gain.
They're one of the few proper bands I saw play Darlington, and this compilation is a blend of marvellous nostalgia and startling discovery.
I thought they'd quit years ago, so I'm pleased to see that they're still going.
-
YouTube
- The National Bloodbuzz Ohio. LIVE.wmv
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQAF6gmh4qI)
As Wiki says - sort of Bruce Springsteen meets Joy Division. As seen on Jools last night.
-
This. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQCv97GtaFo)
Not forgetting "Shave 'Em Dry"
-
YouTube
- The National Bloodbuzz Ohio. LIVE.wmv
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQAF6gmh4qI)
As Wiki says - sort of Bruce Springsteen meets Joy Division. As seen on Jools last night.
Get the album! It's brilliant, my current favourite :thumbsup:
-
Infinite Arms - Band of Horses (preview on we7). Sounds great!
-
Rory Gallagher Bad Penny
-
http://beemp3.com/download.php?file=2328495&song=Little+Fluffy+Skies
A lovely spoof (by Alan Parker) of the equally lovely Orb record.
-
Thin Lizzy.
The neighbours are out & I have the house to myself so..it's VERY LOUD....
& when I have finished this estimate I am going to give the axe a thrash :thumbsup:
-
The Boys Are Back In Town, then? ;)
-
more importantly there's whisky in the
jar-o coffee :)
-
Innervisions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innervisions) - Stevie Wonder (1973).
The song 'Jesus Children of America' came into my head at work today, so I downloaded the album. It's been a while since I listened to it - was a favourite in my dad's vinyl collection.
-
Diana Ross & The Supremes:The #1's
nostalgia overload
-
John Adams: Shaker Loops
-
Karen Elson ~ The Ghost Who Walks
That's Mrs Jack White to you and me. As the reviews said "Supermodel marries rock star and records album is a formula unlikely to work but here it does". It's great stuff, rootsy Americana with a country twinge but always a sinister Nick Cave-esque undertone.
-
Powderfinger - Golden Rule
Their posters were EVERYWHERE whilst we were in Aus, didn't really catch up with them til we got back and I am loving the sound!
Now to root out the back catalogue :)
YouTube
- Powderfinger - All Of The Dreamers
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbjzE9wWuyY)
-
Kansas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB17uWuBrL0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB17uWuBrL0)
-
Radio 2: Tony Black
bumburn broadcasting The Top 60 of the 60's.
It's like being a teenager again :thumbsup:
-
Elephant9 - Walk the Nile
Norwegian jazz/prog trio. Keyboards (mostly Hammond), bass and drums. Wonderful stuff.
From a review on the Beeb:
It may only contain six tracks, but there’s no shortage of imagination on show throughout this second album from Norwegian show-stoppers Elephant9, favourites on the European jazz scene and purveyors of some of the most dazzling, dizzying instrumental music this side of a dance-world sub-genre yet to pass.
That said, this trio – Ståle Storløkken, Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen and Torstein Lofthus – might well be key players in whatever form any future dance designs may take, such is their delirious abandonment here, their delivery of propulsive percussion and thick organ guaranteed to set toes tapping. Truly, it’s a set that engages from the off and relents only briefly, during the opening minutes of the title-track, resulting in the sort of sensory onslaught usually reserved for the mightiest of metal acts, or the most affecting of post-rockers. Indeed, there are elements to Elephant9’s sound that echo the slow-shifting soundscapes of the post-rock elite; yet the package here is more vibrant of execution, a consistently high tempo demanding reaction where could-be peer groups would noodle their audience into a catatonic state.
Another excellent Emusic find!
-
Laura Jansen - Bells pretty damn good
-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sg0yk (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sg0yk)
I know it's not music but it is what i'm listening to :)
-
I stumbled upon this while researching my summer holiday destination!
Sad Day We Left The Croft bei MySpace Musik - Kostenlos MP3s anhören, Bilder & Musikvideos ansehen
(http://www.myspace.com/saddayweleftthecroft)
and the excellent documentary in three parts on youtube about the 1980's punk experience on the Isle of Lewis. Brilliant!
YouTube
- Sad Day We Left the Croft Part 1 of 3
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKqNinmZmro&NR=1)
Reminds me of the film "Local Hero".
Q
-
Julian Cope - Peggy Suicide
-
The Stranglers - The Men in Black
Really had forgotten what a great album this is 8)
-
Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti
Scabrously amusing, and not for the easily offended... I have TT to thank (or blame? :demon: ) for exposing me to Zappa's warped genius. ;D
Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know
Black Sabbath Mk.2 in all but name - full of power, brooding evil and - prior to his untimely demise - proof that Ronnie James Dio still had a good set of pipes at his age.
Just finished listening to a Blue Oyster Cult compilation, and now it's decision time - Budgie's magnum opus, or Ted Nugent's?
-
Howlin' Wolf , one hundred today.
Snake
My Library (http://www.yudu.com/library/6690/Snakehips-s-Library)
-
Buddy Holly
Don't know why, just felt like going: well-a well-a well-a....
It's a crazy feeling ;D
-
Les Paul and Chet Atkins
retro guitar tastic :thumbsup:
-
Tom Robinson - Atmospherics (Listen to the radio)
Completely sumptuous. And atmospheric indeed.
-
Reichenbach Falls ~ Ravens and Charms
A discovery from a magazine cover cd. Mellow American alt-rock
-
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Greatest Hits.
A fiver from Mr. Sainsbury's Emporium of Toothy Comestibles.
-
Jethro Tull- Thick as Brick (on Spotify).
Crap. Am I *that* drunk, on a Monday?
<checks Facebook for drunken rampage stats>
Oh bugger.
-
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
-
The Best of the Boomtown Rats, which I've borrowed from my elder sister after a conversation with Mr Nesbitt during the Snow Roads. I'm surprised at how many tunes I recognise, given that they had their heyday when I was a toddler.
-
Amy Winehouse - Frank
I have played this album a few times now since I got it. Each time it gets better and better, fast becoming a fav :thumbsup:
-
My new favourite band :), Blitzen Trapper
-
Watching Gosta Winbergh singing the famously hard "Il Mio Tesoro Intanto". He was one of the finest tenors of all time but he still looks as if he's going to pass out a couple of times.
-
One of those ten-a-penny various artists recordings.
This turns out to be a bit of a gem with
Santana
Eric Clapton
B B King
Jimi Hendrix
The Booze Brothers
Jimmy Paige
The Yardbirds
some terrific blues onna 'lectrick geeeetarrr :thumbsup:
-
Roxy Music
-
ZZ Top
-
Kath Tickell, "Strange but True"
-
Best of Stevie Wonder. Perfect for a sunny day.
-
recently acquired Let It Be - Naked
Hmmm :-\
-
Countdown. 5 shows per day.
Di-dum, di-dum, diddlydum, booo...
::-)
-
It's not the same without the Mayor of Wetwang.
-
Rachael's nice though.
-
Dead Man's Suit - Jon Allen :thumbsup:
-
The Smiths.
The Smiths.
might listen to Meat Is Murder next.
-
Small Faces
The Darlings of Wapping Wharf Launderette
Bloody hell, Marriott was good. What a loss.
-
Pearl Jam 'Ten'.
-
Kabalevsky cello concerto played by Daniel Shafran. Side 4 of a 2LP pack, 1,2 & 3 being occupied by Shostakovich 7, USSR Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yevgeny Svetlanov.
£2.99 on mint vinyl from Oxfam :thumbsup:
-
Pearl Jam 'Ten'.
Crikey that brings back the memories.
I can remember spending many an hour listening to that whilst sucking face with one of the very very early GFs.
-
£2.99 on mint vinyl from Oxfam :thumbsup:
I didn't realise you could get it flavoured . . .
-
Jean Michel Jarre.
Courtesy of those awfully nice Amazon people I received in today's mail a re-mastered CD and live DVD of 'Oxygene' and a CD of the follow up, 'Equinoxe'.
Oh My God! How good does that sound in the car? Dolby ProLogic and crank it UP!
I came home from Asda the long way this evening, TWICE!
-
Currently listening to Tom Ravenscroft (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00slvl3) on 6Music listen again.
He doesn't half sound like his dad (John Peel) at times - it's almost unnerving! He's plays the same sort of music mix as Peely too. Highly recommended.
-
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood- Summer Wine.
I caught part of the song on R2 last night (Stuart Maconie I think) so I looked on Youtube and I've played it several times since.
I'm going to try to find the CD at the weekend.
Plus, I've also listened to "Some Velvet Morning" and Siw Malmkvist duetting with Lee Hazelwood.
Don't you just love Youtube ? ;)
-
The Dead Weather. What a great racket :thumbsup:
-
Currently listening to Tom Ravenscroft (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00slvl3) on 6Music listen again.
He doesn't half sound like his dad (John Peel) at times - it's almost unnerving! He's plays the same sort of music mix as Peely too. Highly recommended.
Aha! I hadn't made the connection. Must have a listen.
-
D. Shostakovich - 7th Symphony.
-
My i-Pod is on Shuffle, and seems to be in melancholy mood today.
Until 'Sleep now in the Fire' by RATM came on. :thumbsup:
-
Blondie: Greatest Hits
-
The Dead Weather. What a great racket :thumbsup:
Is that Sea of Cowards? Good innit :thumbsup:
-
Horehound. I haven't got around to Sea of Cowards yet. I can't keep up with Jack White's output, bless 'im.
-
Lightning Hopkins, PIL and Public Enemy.
-
The Pretenders ; Greatestits
-
Johnny Cash : The Legendary
-
u ziq
-
Now, Galaxie 500. Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhh.......
-
Godspeed. leve ves skinny fists comme antennae to heavan
Maybe my fave Album ?
-
I prefer Yanqui U.X.O.
Marvellous band, though, and one I've never managed to see live. They're touring the UK in December, but coming nowhere near me :(
-
I prefer Yanqui U.X.O.
Marvellous band, though, and one I've never managed to see live. They're touring the UK in December, but coming nowhere near me :(
Wooooo! I missed Thee Silver Mt. Zion last year, so will be deffo going to this assuming it hasn't sold out already.
Edit: It hasn't sold out. I shall go to the ball :thumbsup:
-
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs. Well, this has been on heavy rotation all week. Great songs and it's actually an album (like their previous two were as well) rather than just a collection of singles and minor songs.
I hope they announce a proper UK tour and I'll be getting up at 3 in the morning to watch the webcast tonight! :thumbsup:
-
Gainsbourg on YouTube...
-
The sound of...baking :thumbsup:
-
Guitar Legends:Disc II
-
Guitar Legends : Disc I
-
Clapton : Complete Collection
-
Gotthard : Made in Switzerland Live :thumbsup:
-
Classic radio
-
The Shadows : 20 Golden Greats
I think I might be showing my age here ;D
-
On a bit of a 1980s tip today:
The Teardrop Explodes - Kilimajaro
Propaganda - A Secret Wish
-
Various waterboys stuff on you tube.
-
No your not showing your age, theres nothing wrong in music from back in the day, your just showing your poor taste in music lol
The Shadows : 20 Golden Greats
I think I might be showing my age here ;D
-
Bruce Springstein Greatest Hits
-
The Shadows : 20 Golden Greats
I think I might be showing my age here ;D
Were you doing the dance? ;D
-
Lennon Legend;The Very Best of John Lennon
-
Otis Taylor - Double V
and before that
Otis Taylor - Recapturing the Banjo (yes, I know, but it's actually rather good)
-
Stuff from this page:
smoke fairies bei MySpace Musik - Kostenlos MP3s anhören, Bilder & Musikvideos ansehen
(http://www.myspace.com/smokefairies)
(first heard on Tom Robinson)
God I hate MySpace pages.
-
The new Broken Social Scene album. Not bad.
-
The Singing Bowls of Tibet (Alan Presencer)
(http://images.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/drd900/d942/d94222v35g6.jpg)
Does what it says on the tin
-
Steve Wright in the Afternoon. I very much enjoyed the oldies half hour. I was chair dancing.
-
lucky chair :)
-
The Best of Bananarama
-
Just For Love - Quicksilver Messenger Service
I've just downloaded it. I haven't heard the album in at least 30 years but as soon as it started I felt utterly familiar with it. Why can't I remember what happened last week?
-
my way,the best of Frank Sinatra
-
Bombay bicycle club - I had the blues but I shook them loose & Flaws.
Arcade fire - The suburbs.
-
Rachid Taha - Rock el Casbah (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DbFYsi9iSg) my new favourite tune, Clash should have had added some Arabic flavour to this tune first time around.
-
U2
-
ZZ Top
-
Pig with the Face of A Boy: The Complete History Of The Soviet Union, to the tune of Tetris (http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=hWTFG3J1CP8&vq=large)
-
America ~ America Some great folky stuff there from before they went MOR. OK a couple of twee hippy dippy tracks too :)
-
The new Midlake album.
Pretty good, except; that guy's voice is real wrist-slashing stuff. I'd need to be in the right mood to fully 'enjoy' this stuff.
-
Flaming Lips take on Dark Side of the Moon. Gloriously barmy!
-
Isan - Glow In The Dark Safari Set
Ciaran Bryne - Galtrim + Nine Lives Causeway (Boards of Canada soundalike from Ireland)
Mary Ann Hobbs' show from last night on pvr (counting down to her last R1 show... :( )
-
Lots of Van Der Graaf Generator. Real Time at the mo.
-
The Felice Brothers - delicious americana.
-
Brand New Heavies - Heavy Rhyme Experience Vol 1.
-
World War Z by Max Brooks with a cast including Alan Alda, John Tuturro, Jurgen Prochnow and Henry Rollins.
Absolutely sodding brilliant!
-
These New Puritans - Hidden, found via The Britten Sinfonetta.
-
Riverside. Loud.
I'm in a prog mood again.
-
Pearl Jam ~ Ten
Recently bought this from Amazon for £4
What an excellent album, are all their albums this good ?
-
Elvis 30#1 Hits
-
Rafael Anton Irisarri - Hopes and Past Desires.
-
George Thorogood & The Destroyers : Who Do You Love (on repeat)
-
Mr. Thorogood & his Destroyers.Live at The Juke Joint Jam,Clarksedale, Mississippi.
Bad To The Bone.
6 mins of 4 chords & 3 licks :thumbsup:
-
World Party. Put the Message in the Box and Ship of Fools are two simply awesome songs - so different in feel that it's only really the timbre of Karl Wallinger's voice thjat they have in common. :thumbsup:
-
Clint Eastwood's jazz picks:
BBC - BBC Radio 2 Programmes - Jamie Cullum, 07/09/2010 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tmtvg)
I'm no jazz nut, but there was some really good stuff in there. And I could listen to Clint (talking) all day...
(Warning - contains traces of:
sycophancy,
Eastwood singing (only at the end) &
Cullum singing (possibly worse)
-
Richard Thompson - Dream Attic
-
Nirvana.
They do a remarkbly good cover of David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold Thev World".Nearly as good as Lulu's version
-
The Police Greatest Hits
-
Rue des Cascades by Yann Tiersen. Interesting mix of reflective piano pieces and jaunty accordian tunes.
-
Thin Lizzy
-
The Spencer Davis Group-Live
on Vintage TV,Sky 369
-
ABC - Lexicon of Love.
-
Fat Freddy's Drop... a fabulous gig tonight at the Troxy
-
Monteverdi, proms, now.
-
Monteverdi, proms, now.
Me too
-
Van Morrison. 8)
-
David Bowie ~ The Man Who Sold the World
-
Grinderman ~ 2 :thumbsup:
-
Grinderman ~ 2 :thumbsup:
Any good?
-
Ockeghem - Missa Mi-Mi :)
-
The Animals : The Most of...
-
Capture - Afro Celt Sound System :thumbsup:
-
Various Rolling Stones tracks on YouTube.One I've not heard before by them....
The Harlem Shuffle
Rock meets Soul with Blues :thumbsup:
-
Wilco, Wolf Parade, The Low Anthem, the Wilderness of Manitoba, Lantern and the Lake, Monotonix, The Mountain Goats, The Felice Brothers...
-
Wilco, Wolf Parade, The Low Anthem, the Wilderness of Manitoba, Lantern and the Lake, Monotonix, The Mountain Goats, The Felice Brothers...
I'm familiar with Wilco and The Low Anthem, are any of the others in a similar vein? Any album recommendations?
-
Wilco, Wolf Parade, The Low Anthem, the Wilderness of Manitoba, Lantern and the Lake, Monotonix, The Mountain Goats, The Felice Brothers...
I'm familiar with Wilco and The Low Anthem, are any of the others in a similar vein? Any album recommendations?
The Felice Brothers aren't a million miles away from Wilco, they play boozy Americana (much as I hate that term, but you get what I mean), with a hard lyrical edge and loads of down-to-earth New York attitude. The LP The Felice Brothers is a good place to start. Great live band, too.
Wilderness of Manitoba: quite delicate, folksy stuff, with lovely harmonies and excellent songs. I think they've only released one LP, the name of which escapes me. But it's gorgeous.
Wolf Parade play really anthemic pop (if that isn;t a dirt word these days): they're probably going to be massive before long. Expo 86 is a damn good LP.
The Mountain Goats are one of my favourite bands. You really need everything ;D But try Tallahassee or We Shall All Be Healed or, for something a bit earlier, Zopilote Machine (if you can find it). A lot of the earlier albums are just John Darnielle on his own, with some very basic recording equipment, whereas his more recent stuff is much more polished. I'm less keen on the more recent stuff for that reason, but those three LPs show off both aspects - the full band sound and the wonderful songs he pens. His songs can sound much the same, but I think that's cos he's managed to create quite a unique sound, his voice is quite striking, and his lyrics tend to have a particular crescendo-ing rhythm to them. I'm surprised you've managed to miss them.
The other two, I'm just learning to love myself. Monotonix certainly aren't like Wilco or the Low Anthem - they're a fucked-up Israeli punk band who only left Israel after their raucous, destructive live performances earned them bans from all the venues there. And Lantern on the Lake haven't released an LP yet.
I've recently bought a lot of music when I should really be saving my cash :-[ :D
-
I've recently bought a lot of music when I should really be saving my cash :-[ :D
Me too. But music feeds the soul, and who wants to starve to death?
Today I am listening to the St Matthew Passion, John Eliot Gardner, The English Baroque Orchestra.
-
I set my MP3 player to select all the songs in memory, then hit shuffle...
It's been a fun musical journey today.
Way Out West, Joe Satriani, Gun, Alannah Myles, Propaganda, Heart, VAST, Magnum, Astral Projectrion, Urge Overkill, BT, Diamond Head, Alice In Chains, Gary Numan...
I've recently bought a lot of music when I should really be saving my cash :-[ :D
Me too. But music feeds the soul, and who wants to starve to death?
This begs the question... what's the aural equivalent of the "wafer thin mints (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WaferThinMint)"? ;D
-
I've recently bought a lot of music when I should really be saving my cash :-[ :D
And now you're encouraging me to do the same - thanks :D
-
This begs the question... what's the aural equivalent of the "wafer thin mints (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WaferThinMint)"? ;D
Plinky-plunk lute madrigals, probably. Shakespeare opens Twelfth Night with a wafer-thin moment.
Music. Enter Duke, Curio and other Lords, Musicians attending.
DUKE CREOSOTE: If music be the food of love, play on;
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
The Early Music scene is full of concerts where, after an hour of dirges in mediaeval Italian, the Leader of the Consorte comes to the front of the stage and says "Those were some of Monteverdi's Songs of Gaiety And Happiness; now we move to some rarely played works from the thirtieth volume of his Songs Of Misery And Death", and the audience murmurs appreciatively as they reach to slit their wrists and really get in the mood.
-
This begs the question... what's the aural equivalent of the "wafer thin mints (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WaferThinMint)"? ;D
Plinky-plunk lute madrigals, probably. Shakespeare opens Twelfth Night with a wafer-thin moment.
Music. Enter Duke, Curio and other Lords, Musicians attending.
DUKE CREOSOTE: If music be the food of love, play on;
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
The Early Music scene is full of concerts where, after an hour of dirges in mediaeval Italian, the Leader of the Consorte comes to the front of the stage and says "Those were some of Monteverdi's Songs of Gaiety And Happiness; now we move to some rarely played works from the thirtieth volume of his Songs Of Misery And Death", and the audience murmurs appreciatively as they reach to slit their wrists and really get in the mood.
;D ;D POTD for my money. Oh you are so on the money!
-
Vinyl :thumbsup:
Yesterday, someone gave me a turntable, so I'm re-visiting the record collection. Last night:
Richard Thompson - Rumour and Sigh
Van Morrison - No Guru, No Method, No Teacher
CSNY - Deja Vu
Yes - Fragile
:) :) :) :)
-
This morning was Gardiner's Santiago a cappella - just the thing for a Sunday morning.
I've know changed to the Jordi Savall and the Hesperion XXI recording of Dimitrie Cantemir's Kitabu 'İlmi'l-Musiki 'ala Vechi'l-Hurufat or "The Book of the Science of Music". A fantastic recording of 17th C. Ottoman court music, which includes music from the Sephardic and Armenian traditions.
-
Wilderness of Manitoba: quite delicate, folksy stuff, with lovely harmonies and excellent songs. I think they've only released one LP, the name of which escapes me. But it's gorgeous.
It's called "When You Left the Fire" and is absolutely brilliant. Downloaded yesterday, think less saccharine Fleet Foxes.
Thanks again :thumbsup:
-
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
-
Just before I go to bed I'll listen to
Love - Forever Changes.
Sorry, you need to be really old for this to mean anything to you. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yVBMUXr4xo)
-
Wilderness of Manitoba: quite delicate, folksy stuff, with lovely harmonies and excellent songs. I think they've only released one LP, the name of which escapes me. But it's gorgeous.
It's called "When You Left the Fire" and is absolutely brilliant. Downloaded yesterday, think less saccharine Fleet Foxes.
Thanks again :thumbsup:
Great stuff :thumbsup:
-
Duane Eddy
-
Frankie Miller - Full House
-
Blue, All The Way To Canada - Moe Tucker.
Delightful (as indeed is Moe!).
-
Stornoway - Beachcomber's Windowsill. I especially like track 4: The Coldharbour Road, track 8: Watching Birds & track 9: On The Rocks :thumbsup:
-
DJ Random on my iPod is supposed to select tracks at random which have a play count of zero. What he appears to be doing is playing semi-random stuff starting with the most recently added and working backwards in time. The first morning here I got three hours of Seasick Steve. Yesterday afternoon was four hours of solid Hawkwind. And, Mr Random, if you're going to play an entire concept album, it's better start with the first track and got through to the last.
Rather than the other way round ???
-
Tales of Gill Scott Heron :)
-
I'm working my way through the Complete Works of Thomas Tallis with the Chappelle du Roi conducted by Alistair Dixon.
9 CDs with about 13 hours of some of the finest choral music ever written :thumbsup:
Mr R is hiding upstairs playing World of Warcraft... ;D
-
Ar Ceol's Ar Canan by Oi Polloi
-
Just received 'The Complete H2G2' 14cds. Remastered, documentaries, the works. Struggling to get into the 'Tertiary Phase' based on 'Life the Universe etc.' from 2005. Douglas Adams was undoubtedly a genius taken too early.
-
Versions of Dark Side of the Moon. Starting with Flaming Lips, then Easy Star Allstars and then maybe some Pink Floyd.
-
Now got Neil Young's Le Noise on repeat :)
-
Frankie Laine
-
Kuchen Kids With Sticks (http://www.emusic.com/album/Kuchen-Kids-With-Sticks-MP3-Download/10946971.html)
Shriekback Care/Tench (http://www.emusic.com/album/Shriekback-Care-Tench-And-Related-Tracks-MP3-Download/10602906.html)
Forest Swords Rattling Cage (http://www.emusic.com/album/Forest-Swords-Rattling-Cage-MP3-Download/12003816.html)
-
I'm working my way through the Complete Works of Thomas Tallis with the Chappelle du Roi conducted by Alistair Dixon.
9 CDs with about 13 hours of some of the finest choral music ever written :thumbsup:
I have to agree - I have the same box set.
I am, however, listening to The Suburbs by Arcade Fire, and revisiting whatever takes my fancy whilst we are gradually transfering all our CDs onto our new Mac Mini.
-
Fleet Foxes, heard on the kayaking clip linked by adamski:
http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=38032.msg731489#msg731489 (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=38032.msg731489#msg731489)
I hadn't heard of them before. Hmmm... :-\
Described by someone as Neil Diamond meets the Beach Boys. ???
I think they meant Neil Young. :thumbsup:
-
Hergest Ridge - Mike Oldfield.
Ah, I'm 15 again :).
-
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
If I had to leave all my other albums behind and only take one with me it could well be this one. Timeless 8)
-
U2
-
The Jim Jones Revue, and CW Stoneking.
-
Right now...Focus - "Hocus Pocus".
-
Mumford and Sons. :thumbsup:
-
the clash police on my back :thumbsup:
slade run runaway :thumbsup: go on noddy give it some ;D
-
Thomas Tallis (This Week's Composer, R3, on I-player).
Bloody marvellous what that chap could do with unaccompanied voices.
-
Assorted Jimi Hendrix Experience stuff from a four-CD box-set of previously unreleased stuff :thumbsup:
-
Don Letts' Big Audio Dynamite (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0072pzt) radio specials on listen again (he must need the PRS)
8)
-
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 second movement. Comparing different versions on YouTube before I buy one. Currently loving Helene Grimaud.
-
Ruddy hell. If you like Bach give this a listen. I tend towards the Canadians (Gould and Hewitt) but just ran across this version of the D minor concerto by Maria Yudina on YouTube. Bloody hell its amazing. Rubbish sound quality and not sure when it's from but still.
Maria Yudina (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb61-isWowA&feature=related)
-
Oh hell she does an outstanding Goldberg Variations too. This is getting expensive.
Don't you just love it when something in mono with crackles is still so good that it doesn't matter.
-
Oops a Bach jag and now it's 2:30am. I blame Rosalyn Tureck.
-
Aled Jones on Radio 2.
It's my weekly dose of "mmmm,is there or is there not a God?"
-
Ruddy hell. If you like Bach give this a listen. I tend towards the Canadians (Gould and Hewitt) but just ran across this version of the D minor concerto by Maria Yudina on YouTube. Bloody hell its amazing. Rubbish sound quality and not sure when it's from but still.
Maria Yudina (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb61-isWowA&feature=related)
Yudina has the distinction of being Joseph Stalin's favorite pianist. One night, Stalin heard a performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 on the radio performed by Yudina and asked for a copy. It was a live broadcast so officials woke up Yudina, drove her to a recording studio where a small orchestra had quickly been assembled, and made her record the concerto in the middle of the night, a single copy was pressed from the matrix and then presented to Stalin (the matrix has survived and the recording has been available on CD). It is said that he broke out in tears after hearing only the first notes of Yudina's playing. Despite the recognition from Stalin the pianist remained an uncompromising critic of the Stalinist regime with unprecedented impunity. She was awarded the Stalin Prize and donated its monetary portion to the Orthodox Church for "perpetual prayers for Stalin's sins". She died in Moscow in 1970.
Bloody hell! :o
Thanks, Phil. Good listening. Did you see the bit in Wiki where some have said that her style influenced Glenn Gould?
-
Sea shanties on a cd that I bought from nudists in York yesterday.
-
Thanks, Phil. Good listening. Did you see the bit in Wiki where some have said that her style influenced Glenn Gould?
I did. You can tell why.
Pat :)
-
The Smiths - a random mix via slimserver. For some reason, I find The Smiths enormously comforting when cleaning or doing DIY.
I was looking for a job and then I found a job...
-
I'm transferring CDs to my computer (I've only had it three years) - and the latest find from the depths of the attic is Free Peace Sweet by Dodgy.
OK, it has an unbelievably awful pun for a title, they're obviously taking themselves a bit too seriously in some of the lyrics and themes of the album, and overall it's dated, cheesy, generic indie with added pomposity, but there are still a couple of songs which are excellent, and the album has a lovely warmth about it - excellent harmonies and chiming guitars fighting with the drums for a bit of space in the mix.
I'm hoping to find Dodgy's Homegrown in the heap, which I remember being a much better album.
-
Badly Drawn Boy - It's what I'm thinking Part 1: Photographing Snowflakes.
It's :thumbsup:
-
Sea shanties on a cd that I bought from nudists in York yesterday.
I've just seen what the iPhone's predictive text does to 'buskers' :o :o
-
Nirvana
-
On the TV is MTv Classics, 90s classic mixtape, which is currently showing the Spice Girls :sick: but in the car I have the new Kings Of Leon cd, V. V. V. Good!!!!!!!!!!!
-
Sea shanties on a cd that I bought from nudists in York yesterday.
I've just seen what the iPhone's predictive text does to 'buskers' :o :o
I saw that, and didn't think anything of it. York's a fairly cosmopolitan place ;)
-
Well it was quite warm :)
-
George Thorogood & The Destroyers
-
The Orb - Metallic Spheres (feat David Gilmour).
Mmm... grooooovy man. Anyone got a spliff I can ponce?
-
YouTube
- Four Tet- This Unfolds
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWcmcSsry3E)
YouTube
- The Horrors - 'Who Can Say'
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNjcSgU0Nrg)
-
Hedonism.
-
Some new cds.
Hugh Hopper - The Gift of Purpose
Wyatt/Atzmon/Stephen - For the Ghosts Within
Members of Morphine with Jeremy Lyons - The Ever Expanding Elastic Waste Band
King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon (40th Anniversary Series)
King Crimson - Islands (40th Anniversary Series)
All thoroughly excellent.
-
The Orb - Metallic Spheres (feat David Gilmour).
Mmm... grooooovy man. Anyone got a spliff I can ponce?
........and me !
-
Hedonism.
Daughters having a party again?
-
A bit of Praetorius followed by some Susato.
-
Ministry - ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ
"...all of a sudden I found myself in love with the world, so there was only one thing I could do - was ding a ding dang my dangalong linglong" (http://bestsmileys.com/music1/18.gif)
-
Ministry - ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ
"...all of a sudden I found myself in love with the world, so there was only one thing I could do - was ding a ding dang my dangalong linglong" (http://bestsmileys.com/music1/18.gif)
Classic album!
-
Hedonism.
Daughters having a party again?
Indeed ,they can sup me under the table easy street.
Anyway I is listening to Liza Carth and her mums latest offerin .Im not sure about some of their song choice but the singing is wonderful. :thumbsup:
-
Ministry - ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ
"...all of a sudden I found myself in love with the world, so there was only one thing I could do - was ding a ding dang my dangalong linglong" (http://bestsmileys.com/music1/18.gif)
Ah, yes... good ol' Jesus Built My Hotrod...
The intro voiceover is perhaps only rivalled by that for Zodiac Mindwarp & Love Reaction's Prime Mover. ;D
-
Vince Taylor - Brand New Cadillac.
-
And...Lita Ford and Doro Pesch (oh to be young enough to be a groupie - Doro, I'm over here....).
-
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy sings Greatest Palace Music.
-
Earlier on, in a rare change from shuffled playlists, Third by Portishead.
Now, Superunknown by Soundgarden complete with sporadic outbursts of air-drumming.
-
Earlier on, in a rare change from shuffled playlists, Third by Portishead.
Now, Superunknown by Soundgarden complete with sporadic outbursts of air-drumming.
Good stuff!! I'm on Arcade fire, Funeral :)
-
Elvis
-
Bought the soundtrack from 'Cars'
James Taylor's 'Our Town' is really poignant. **Shivers**
On the upside Kevin 'Bloody' Wilson. '25 Years of Kev'. Some of the rudest, most sexist, bigoted lyrics I have ever heard in my life EVAH!
But, Christ! It's funny! So funny I was laughing so hard I had to stop the car!
Don't play it to yer granny.
-
Scott 4 by Scott Walker
-
Now i've moved on and I have Acperience1 by Hardfloor in my ears
-
1980s spotify playlist (http://open.spotify.com/user/jamieandrews/playlist/3pdoI42Yk0Y6S4ytEohW9J)
-
George Harrison
-
Mussorgsky's "A Night On Bare* Mountain"
*or "Bald" depending on your translation. Quite bonkers.
-
Julia Fordham. Deeply underrated.
-
Glen Campbell
-
Amadou & Miriam - Dimanche a Bamako. And now The Shed Sessions by the Bhundu Boys - fairly superb, really.
-
Peatbog Faeries - what men deserve to lose.
Ideal backing soundtrack for that audax film..
-
Glen Campbell
You are a Wichita Line Man and ICMFP.
-
Glen Campbell
You are a Wichita Line Man and ICMFP.
He did sing (but not write) Galveston, which is one of the saddest songs known to humanity.
Me, I had "BB King Live at the BBC" on earlier.
-
A ramble through Youtube starting with Glen Campbell and finishing up with Isaac Hayes nu way of Elvis and Dean Martin just by clicking on related videos.
-
And now Nina Simone. Great voice and a very underrated pianist.
-
And change again. Proof you don't need a fancy video to sell a song. Just a good tune (borrowed from Listz) and a genius lyrics and a performer who can make you believe he means them.
Jacques Brel - Ne me quitte pas (don't leave me) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za_6A0XnMyw) with subtitles. It's completely different and a lot darker than the English version (If you go away) that people think is a direct translation.
Brel was a genius.
-
The waterboys - A Pagan place :)
-
The Songs of Distant Earth - Mike Oldfield
-
The Songs of Distant Earth - Mike Oldfield
10/10 for atmosphere. Or lack of it ;)
Apollo 8 Genesis reading - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_8_Genesis_reading)
-
Aphex Twin. I Care Because You Do Album. Changed too The Beatles. A Hard Days Night Album. On Vinyl.
-
Gregory (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFrxQGxl1os)
-
RIP :(
-
One of the joys of living in Harlesden in the 70's was walking along the high road past a string of record shops pumping out reggae, dub, lovers rock...
Everyhing was ire. Of course, I was too young to appreciate it then, yeah man.
-
Beethoven 7th symphony. Picked up all 9 for a bargain £11 in a EMI classics boxed set on Amazon. It's the Karajan mono set from the 50s but excellent still.
Anyone got the 70s cycle on Deutsche Gramophone and like it ? I am thinking about getting it to contrast with this one.
-
Turin Brakes - The Optomist LP
Haven't listened to this in ages, still a great album.
-
The Songs of Distant Earth - Mike Oldfield
10/10 for atmosphere. Or lack of it ;)
Apollo 8 Genesis reading - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_8_Genesis_reading)
Sometimes when my i-pod is on 'shuffle', it will play the first track 'In The Beginning'. When the track takes me by surprise, the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. I love it.
Thanks for the link - 'lack of jurisdiction', heh.
-
Is There Anybody Out There
Pink Floyds The Wall - Live
-
Memories are made of this...
"Ain't no doubt about
We were doubly blessed
We were barely seventeen
And we were barely dressed..."
Christ, I hate being old. Especially on Saturday nights...
-
I`ve just bought The Harmonies voices of the WI
-
The best electronica album I've heard in ages:
Senking - Pong (http://www.boomkat.com/artist.cfm?a=4718) 8)
Very atmospheric, a bit like Murcof's Martes meets slowed down dubstep. And a tribute to the classic video game of the same name to boot. :thumbsup:
Sounds fantastic on headphones.
Video for V8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZToyrr4ckEg), probably my fave track off the album.
WARNING: video contains violent images, with lots of spurting blood, towards the end (from kung-fu/horror/Python film samples), although one might argue they're 'just flesh wounds'...
The knife-fetishists out there might like to play along to the images accompanying the drum beat :)
-
The Age of Adz, by Sufjan Stevens. Not sure what I think of this yet. Seems a bit lacking in something, which he's tried to cover with a lot of retro electronica, which makes a some it sound like Yellow Magic Orchestra (and not necessarily in a good way).
Plus Wake Up! by The Roots and John Legend. Love sixties and seventies black protest music, love The Roots, never thought much of John Legend - but this is really quite good.
-
The Orb and David Gilmour. On first listening I rather like it.
-
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
-
Cowgirl In The Sand ~ Neil Young & Crazy Horse.
This has been the Earworm of No-Choice for about a fortnight. I thought that by actually listening to it, it would go away.
I was this: wrong :(
-
A very old & eclectic playlist I created on Spotify a couple of years ago and forgot about.
And [drum roll] Half Man Half Biscuit are on Spotify now[/drum roll]
-
Write About Love by Belle and Sebastian. Forgetable. Their last one was far, far better.
-
George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Anthology. One for the bike mp3 cos I'm Bad to the Bone. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7VsoxT_FUY)
-
U2
-
Blondie - Parallel Lines
How come nothing written this decade has an intro like Hangin On the Telephone? It's not rocket-science - just some drums, a guitar and timing. Possibly perfect.
-
Everlong - Foo Fighters. Their best track IMO. Worth digging up the video on YouTube.
-
100 Hits Electric Eighties (http://www.amazon.co.uk/100-Hits-Electric-Various-Artists/dp/B0041PCNMS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289420638&sr=1-1). Five disc 80s compilation album on a bargain price from Amazon.
-
Now "This Guy's In Love With You" by Herb Alpert (OK, Bacharach and David).
-
666 - Aphrodites Child
Demis Rousos does prog / psychedeliia oh yes indeed.
-
Radcliffe & Maconie played some Aphrodites Child the other night. Really good.
-
Spem in allium. Tallis Scholars.
Big sighs.
-
Radcliffe & Maconie played some Aphrodites Child the other night. Really good.
I know I heard it. I knew about them but had never heard any. Bough the download from Amazon for £4.00. It's very of its time but some great guitar work and Vangelis sound effects.
-
666 - Aphrodites Child
Demis Rousos does prog / psychedeliia oh yes indeed.
It's a small step from this to playing Magma's Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh and learning Kobaïan... :demon: ;D :demon:
-
Blondie - Parallel Lines
How come nothing written this decade has an intro like Hangin On the Telephone? It's not rocket-science - just some drums, a guitar and timing. Possibly perfect.
Ahh, Debbie Harry, her posters lined my bedroom walls back in the day.
"Picture This" is one hell of a song.
Check out my former pin-up singing another great track The Hardest Part (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEjCDriXwnI) and tell me you don't get a funny warm feeling in your lower tummy parts.
Bit of a shock to find out she's got a Bus Pass now.
-
Debbie Harry.If she played her cards right she could have me ........again :demon:
There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle Lee. ;)
-
Kylie - X .
Sat in the car on driveway whilst Baby Dinamo is sleeping in the back.
Rain hammering down outside.
-
There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle Lee. ;)
I can't argue with that.
I also hear that a good wine matures with age.
However I still can't get worked up by the prospect of fiddling with the mature Debbie Harry.
-
f#a#infinity by Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Tis very good.
Also, I've been listening to/attempting to interact with... "Say Something in Welsh - Lesson 2". Which is less accessible than Godspeed ;)
-
Looking & listening to some old favourites on Youtube,
There's more to love than boy meets girl (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRm3TpxBFik&feature=related)
She Sells (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH0pt-wushc&feature=related)
Fast Car (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orv_F2HV4gk)
For My Lover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn01zVMX6Q0&feature=related)
-
Barenboim playing Schubert.
-
Hockey ~ mind Chaos
-
Because it's on Classic FM*, "Jupiter" fron The Planets. Clever chap, Holst, altough I'm sure he had the "I vow to thee, my country" theme kicking around from some previous abortive piece and decided to shoehorn it in.
*regular Sunday fixture on the radio, Radio 3 being too obscure by half.
-
Rhapsody in Blue.
And the soundtrack from 'Pal Joey', one of my very favourite films. :)
-
George Thorogood & the Destroyers
-
Neu 2
-
Beautiful South, four albums in a row!
-
Roy Harper. Lots of lovely Roy Harper.
-
Snap, by The Jam. 4LP* compilation , currently Eton Rifles and far too loud for the neighbours... ;D
* yes, I'm one of the strange people who haunt Oxfam buying old vinyl....
-
I've rediscovered Elvis Costello :)
-
Bourbon Soaked Gypsy Blues Bop 'n' Stroll, by The Urban Voodoo Machine (http://theurbanvoodoomachine.com/content/?page_id=982)
Does exactly what it says on the album cover. :thumbsup:
-
George Thorogood
-
Deadmau5
-
Saxon - 'kin 'sphistacated, me.
-
Queen,Greatest Hits
-
You can't beat a bit of Johnny Cash.
-
You can't beat a bit of Johnny Cash.
Which bit?
-
Explosions in the Sky.
(not literally - it's a band from Texas)
-
You can't beat a bit of Johnny Cash.
Which bit?
the bit that will Hurt
-
Explosions in the Sky.
(not literally - it's a band from Texas)
And a jolly good one too. TWFKAML and I went to see them last year and it was a Splendid Thing.
-
The superb Forest Swords (http://www.emusic.com/artist/Forest-Swords-MP3-Download/12774451.html) - Dagger Paths
Highly recommended post-rock for fans of Pan-American/GY!BE etc
Just re-released today including the very fine Rattling Cage single: here (http://daggerpaths.tumblr.com/)
-
Mozart's "Der hölle Rachte kocht in meinem Herzen" from The Magic Flute. Now, singing that would give you a sore throat.
-
Duffy
-
The superb Forest Swords (http://www.emusic.com/artist/Forest-Swords-MP3-Download/12774451.html) - Dagger Paths
Highly recommended post-rock for fans of Pan-American/GY!BE etc
Just re-released today including the very fine Rattling Cage single: here (http://daggerpaths.tumblr.com/)
Ooh, I'll investigate that one. I've just bought my first GY!BE album and like Yndi Halda so that sounds likely to up my street.
Currently listening to Become what you are by the Juliana Hatfield Three. A good ebay purchase for 99p + P&P from a charity. Recycling + helping a charity + great tunes = Win.
-
Janis Joplin. I forgot how good she was especially when she reigned it in a bit.
-
The superb Forest Swords (http://www.emusic.com/artist/Forest-Swords-MP3-Download/12774451.html) - Dagger Paths
Highly recommended post-rock for fans of Pan-American/GY!BE etc
Just re-released today including the very fine Rattling Cage single: here (http://daggerpaths.tumblr.com/)
Ooh, I'll investigate that one. I've just bought my first GY!BE album and like Yndi Halda so that sounds likely to up my street.
Currently listening to Become what you are by the Juliana Hatfield Three. A good ebay purchase for 99p + P&P from a charity. Recycling + helping a charity + great tunes = Win.
It's not as orchestral as GY!BE, instead having an almost Morricone-like twangy geetar as lead instrumentation. If you only want to try the odd track get the Rattling Cage (http://boomkat.com/downloads/317736-forest-swords-rattling-cage) single or try the opening track from the album.
From your past posts I thought this one might interest you!
-
Music for the Kilted Generation by the red Hot Chili Pipers.
-
New Pornographers ~ Challengers
-
Sweet on Youtube.
They really were rather good.
-
New Pornographers ~ Challengers
I saw them play here a few months back. Unfortunately Neko Case decided not to join them at the last minute... but they were still pretty damn good.
-
Properllerheads' "Spybreak". Best known as the backing music in the "lobby scene" of The Matrix.
-
But what I have been listening to today are two local bands from the area of Ontario where I live - one called The Gertrudes, who should be massive - wonderful, joyful music somewhere between Sufjan Stevens and The Fleet Foxes - and The Abrams Brothers, who are just the most awsome fiddle-driven folk, and they are about 15 and 17. Crazy.
Will have to check out The Gertrudes as I like the other bands you mention.
Finally managed to track them down! Toronto's HMVs didn't stock them but managed to buy online
Giving them a first listen now, as you say great band terrible name
-
Deacon Blue's Raintown album. I bet it's 15 years since I last heard it. I still love it.
-
Gotan Project: La Revancha del Tango
The Levellers: Levelling the Land
Ocean Colour Scene: Moseley Shoals
KT Tunstall: Tiger Suit
Next probably: The Raconteurs: Broken Boy Soldiers
-
Esbjorn Svensson
-
Silver and Gold - Neil Young. It was on Sky Arts the other day so it's on the telly but as I'm not watching I reasoned that it still counts.
-
One of the joys of living in Harlesden in the 70's was walking along the high road past a string of record shops pumping out reggae, dub, lovers rock...
Everyhing was ire. Of course, I was too young to appreciate it then, yeah man.
Lucky you, I love all that stuff.
-
Brant Bjork - Jalamanta
-
U2 the Joshua tree, I'd forgotten how good it is :thumbsup:
-
Madness, My Girl.
SmallestCub says 'I don't know this song' but is dancing anyway.
-
Guns N Roses, Appetite For Destruction.
It's the only cassette that will play in my car !
But a great album all the same, the final track 'Rocket Queen' being the highlight.
Then to the other end of the musical scale I'm off to see Faithless in Cardiff tonight :thumbsup:
-
Moby - Hotel including the Ambient disc which is great for an afternoon indoors after a pub lunch.
-
Properllerheads' "Spybreak". Best known as the backing music in the "lobby scene" of The Matrix.
Take California just came round on shuffle.
-
Stars of the Lid - Gravitational Pull Vs. The Desire For an Aquatic Life - nicely chilled ambient
And Don Letts on 6Music listen again.
-
One Minute Silence - I wear my skin
-
Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys. Makes me cry.
-
Ole Shakey Young, 'Reac-tor'
Forgotten how lovely and rocky it is
-
Biffy Clyro - Puzzle.
'Mon the Biffy'. (http://bestsmileys.com/music1/18.gif)
-
TMS
-
Leftfield's Phat Planet, going on inside my head at 125 decibels, much like it was going on live at 11 last night.
-
Biffy Clyro - Puzzle.
'Mon the Biffy'. (http://bestsmileys.com/music1/18.gif)
I am so stoked that they are supporting the Foos next year at Milton Keynes. Two top class bands in one night....
Anyways today I am listening to "The Dissent Of Man" by Bad Religion
Fantastic!
-
The Beatles "Rooftop Concert" on Youtube 8)
-
Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto ("Emperor"), 3rd movement. There's a little bit at about 5 minutes* which is quite reminiscent of the mad fast bit out of "Für Elise".
*Karajan conducting, so probably at 4 minutes on most other recordings ;)
-
u2 unforgettable fire :)
-
Thickfreakness - The Black Keys
Tiger Suit - KT Tunstall
Broken Boy Soldiers - The Raconteurs
Consolers of the Lonely - The Raconteurs
X&Y - Coldplay
-
Neil Innes :)
-
Tonight started with Leonard Cohen and ended up with Ben Webster.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsGrbvy871I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsGrbvy871I)
-
I raided the British Heart Foundation shop on the way home, a couple of decent compilations on mint vinyl, Oscar Peterson & Ella Fitzgerald, both very enjoyable. A change of pace at the moment, "Garlands", by The Cocteau Twins..
-
From one extreme to the other today....
Started out with Jack Johnson "To The Sea"
And now am listening to Metallica - "Master of Puppets"
-
Elvis
-
Now moved onto Green Day - "21st Century Breakdown", memories of June in Manchester, watching them play live. Doesn't make Corosync any easier, or any more interesting....
-
Dana Fuchs
-
Explosions in the sky; early "post-rock".
Just sussing them out on Youtube but I've liked everything I've heard so far.
This is especially chilled and beautiful
YouTube
- Explosions In The Sky - Inside It All Feels The Same
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY8BCgX0dwg&feature=related)
Microphonie will be along in a minute to tell me all I need to know. I think I have a music-twin ;)
-
Explosions in the sky; early "post-rock".
Just sussing them out on Youtube but I've liked everything I've heard so far.
This is especially chilled and beautiful
YouTube
- Explosions In The Sky - Inside It All Feels The Same
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY8BCgX0dwg&feature=related)
Microphonie will be along in a minute to tell me all I need to know. I think I have a music-twin ;)
Or you could go back a few pages ;D
Today I am Listening To... (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=27.msg779048#msg779048)
I've found Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever to be my favourite album. Such a big sound, considering there are only three of them.
-
Jeez, we're triplets!
Thanks Deano, I didn't spot that earlier post. </slapping myself awake>
-
Same here - I've just noticed Mr Larrington's reply below my post :facepalm:
They are a great live band - I saw them in some London dive about 8 years ago. Looks like they're touring next year, but only Manchester and London.
-
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
-
Same here - I've just noticed Mr Larrington's reply below my post :facepalm:
They are a great live band - I saw them in some London dive about 8 years ago. Looks like they're touring next year, but only Manchester and London.
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! We shall go.
When the Social Secretary and I saw them, though, there were four. Of them.
Edit: Social Secretary says 'spotter buys the tix', so Deano, you owe me some dosh ;D
-
Green Day again, I am afraid, this time it is "Bullet In A Bible"
-
Same here - I've just noticed Mr Larrington's reply below my post :facepalm:
They are a great live band - I saw them in some London dive about 8 years ago. Looks like they're touring next year, but only Manchester and London.
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! We shall go.
When the Social Secretary and I saw them, though, there were four. Of them.
Edit: Social Secretary says 'spotter buys the tix', so Deano, you owe me some dosh ;D
Ha! Them's not the roolz around 'ere ;D
Besides, I need my cash to get tickets for Mogwai in Gateshead come February.
..and they were a three-piece (drums, guitar, guitar) when I saw them, but it was several Whiles ago, so they must have gotten a new member.
-
The Seduction of Claude Debussy
-
Explosions in the sky; early "post-rock".
Just sussing them out on Youtube but I've liked everything I've heard so far.
This is especially chilled and beautiful
YouTube
- Explosions In The Sky - Inside It All Feels The Same
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY8BCgX0dwg&feature=related)
Microphonie will be along in a minute to tell me all I need to know. I think I have a music-twin ;)
Or you could go back a few pages ;D
Today I am Listening To... (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=27.msg779048#msg779048)
I've found Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever to be my favourite album. Such a big sound, considering there are only three of them.
Wow, I've never been considered to be a music guru before. Most family/friends think my musical taste is just weird... ;D
Actually - EITS are one band that's pretty much passed me by. I have a downloaded copy of 'All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone' but it seems to have got lost in deluge of other stuff I got at the same time. Will have to add it to the mp3 & listen at work. And add 'Those Who Tell...' to my save for later list on eMusic too.
More recommendations in addition to Forest Swords:
This Will Destroy You
65daysofstatic (latest album We Were Exploding Anyway is great)
Gentleman Losers
-
Inspired by the King Crimson thread, I've listening to a prog playlist on my Babbage Engine's MP3-a-tron.
Marillion, Porcupine Tree, Muse, Mostly Autumn, Panic Room, Alan Parsons Project, Rush, Queensryche and er... Opeth, to name but a few!
-
Wow, I've never been considered to be a music guru before. Most family/friends think my musical taste is just weird... ;D
Actually - EITS are one band that's pretty much passed me by. I have a downloaded copy of 'All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone' but it seems to have got lost in deluge of other stuff I got at the same time. Will have to add it to the mp3 & listen at work. And add 'Those Who Tell...' to my save for later list on eMusic too.
More recommendations in addition to Forest Swords:
This Will Destroy You
65daysofstatic (latest album We Were Exploding Anyway is great)
Gentleman Losers
Your tastes seem very wise to me. I haven't heard of half the bands you mention ;D
Of this lot, I know 65daysofstatic - I know their first album best, and they're very good, but it's much meatier than EiTS.
When I was trying to explain Explosions in the Sky to someone else, I described them as a less avant-garde Godspeed. And hopefully that doesn't sound too crap.
-
.. and currently I'm listening to the Twominutemen double 7" compilation, which is probably in a similar vein, except much much shorter. I'd forgotten how good it is.
ETA: Disc 1 seems to be in a similar vein (especially Grover) - but Disc 2 ain't. At all. But The Surf Creatures is a cracking name for a band.
-
Interpol: Antics. My fave album :thumbsup:
-
When I was trying to explain Explosions in the Sky to someone else, I described them as a less avant-garde Godspeed. And hopefully that doesn't sound too crap.
Did I mention that the Social Secretary and I are seeing GY!BE on Tuesday :D
-
The Beatles 1
-
The Eagles greatest hits
-
The Essential Neil Diamond; Disc 1
-
Tangerine Dream - Cyclone. :thumbsup:
-
Joni Mitchell -For the Roses.
-
Burlesque -Bellowhead.
-
Did I mention that the Social Secretary and I are seeing GY!BE on Tuesday :D
[gritted teeth] I hope you have a great time. No, I really do. [/jealousy] :'(
Your tastes seem very wise to me. I haven't heard of half the bands you mention ;D
I mostly listen to electronica so a lot of the artists I mention are anonymous & faceless Aphex/Autechre fan-boys with a limited audience! ;D
Electronica recommendation of the year: Senking - Pong (http://www.emusic.com/album/Senking-Pong-MP3-Download/12117844.html)
-
I mostly listen to electronica so a lot of the artists I mention are anonymous & faceless Aphex/Autechre fan-boys with a limited audience! ;D
Well, I quite like most of them too, so you aren't entirely alone...
-
A five CD 70s EMI compilation. A lot of the stuff is embedded in the heads of people my age, so it's good soundtrack material. One of my faves is this.
YouTube
- Brian Protheroe - Pinball
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s-KwsoZk0Q&feature=related)
It's a precursor to Al Stewart and Gerry Rafferty, but the imagery is Bowie and the post phrasing gives it a lovely weary quality.
-
When I was trying to explain Explosions in the Sky to someone else, I described them as a less avant-garde Godspeed. And hopefully that doesn't sound too crap.
Did I mention that the Social Secretary and I are seeing GY!BE on Tuesday :D
Git ;D
-
I mostly listen to electronica so a lot of the artists I mention are anonymous & faceless Aphex/Autechre fan-boys with a limited audience! ;D[/url]
Ah, Gantz Graf (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyJfHU4GoOQ&feature=related). One of my all time favourite music videos. You're not alone in the love of electronica (though I admit I'm a bit out of touch these days).
-
All Right Now : The Best of FREE
-
Biffy Clyro - Puzzle.
'Mon the Biffy'. (http://bestsmileys.com/music1/18.gif)
I am so stoked that they are supporting the Foos next year at Milton Keynes. Two top class bands in one night....
Not a huge fan of Foo Fighters (I'd rather see Dave Grohl behind a drum kit), but they're pretty good live from what I've heard from my brother. And Biffy are awesome live. This Milton Keynes shenanigans sounds like the making of a 'Good Day Out™'
-
Zu. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0FKoyUwjxM&translated=1) A bit of noise for Saturday morning.
-
Yet more elegant, filigree'd post-rock. This time, Things Shaped in Passing by the Six Parts Seven.
I'm working through a bunch of vinyl records: a bit of blissful Zimbabwean music from the Bhundu Boys shall be next :thumbsup:
-
Beat a Drum by R.E.M.
On repeat.
I think it's beautiful. It makes me think of the moments when I've been happiest.
-
The Skiffle Session, with Van Morrison, Chris Barber and Lonnie Donegan which was recorded live in Belfast. Dr John also comes on stage for a couple of numbers.
-
Red Box - Lean On Me - Ace. Brings back good memories of the 80's.
-
The Hollies.Best of
-
Thea Gilmore - Strange Communion. Last year's Christmas CD from the songstress.
-
My Chemical Romance - Dangers Days: True Lives of Fabulous Killjoys.
Not as good as "Black Parade" but still very good.
Followed by Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions
-
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
-
A very complicated quartet from Act I Scene 12 of Don Giovanni.
-
Zu. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0FKoyUwjxM&translated=1) A bit of noise for Saturday morning.
Cool. A new band I'll need to find out more about. I'm just back from visiting family in Ostia too!
Today, I have mostly been listening to Meshuggah's 'ObZen' album. Bleed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc98u-eGzlc).
-
If tou like Dub plate you should like playing these games
:: DUB SELECTOR 4 :: THE ECHO CHAMBER :: (http://www.infinitewheel.com/dubselector4.html)
-
My Chemical Romance - Dangers Days: True Lives of Fabulous Killjoys.
Not as good as "Black Parade" but still very good.
I take that back, it's as good as Black Parade, just a bit harder to get into. It's a slightly different direction for them (though not too far). Sing along tunes (Sing, S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W for two) and great musicianship
-
When I was trying to explain Explosions in the Sky to someone else, I described them as a less avant-garde Godspeed. And hopefully that doesn't sound too crap.
Did I mention that the Social Secretary and I are seeing GY!BE on Tuesday :D
Git ;D
Musically awesome, minus several million for presentation. You couldn't even tell how many of them were on stage coz they didn't turn the lights on once. I think there were seven.
-
Jaga Jazzist
-
The Animals
-
Radio 2 : Sound of the Sixties
-
Boris Trouplin (http://www.myspace.com/boristrouplin/music)
(http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/16/l_ca1208d27365b038658b8e56a4ba5ddd.jpg)
Ural Kunst started me on cycling bagpipers this afternoon
-
Dave Edmunds on Youtube. Utterly underrated musician.
-
Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds, amazed to find out that Mrs MB had never heard it all the way through.
-
:o :o :o :o :o
-
Mrs MB is remarkably privileged. Aoart from the first "WAH-WAH" noises and the Richard Burton voiceover, the record is an appalling wank-fest.
-
You don't like it then Deano??
-
I'd agree entirely with Deano.
Having had a seasonal party yesterday, I've been listening mainly to Christmas songs, and they are doing my nut...
-
The Cocteaus. Marvellous.
-
Right now, the theme from ghostbusters. We do seem to have a somewhat eclectic teatime playlist.
-
You don't like it then Deano??
I think I nominated it in the "worst albums you've owned" thread ;D
-
Phazing by Dirty South. :thumbsup:
-
Laura Marling ~ Blues Run the Game
-
Earth v's The Wildhearts, raucous rock n roll.
-
My favorite christmas music :
Tom Waits - Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12qBoy2rhVw)
-
Bad Religion - Stranger Than Fiction
To be followed by :
My Chemical Romance - Danger Days
Provided that the Squeezbox doesn't mess up, again...
-
Mike Oldfield - To Be Free from the album "Tr3s Lunas".
Quite thought provoking lyrics And if I had a wish, my wish would be...
To be free
To be
wild
And to be
Just like a child
And if I get lost
I really don't
mind
Cos I'm me
Doing just fine
:thumbsup:
-
Cream - Wheels of Fire
First album I ever bought.
Still sublime.
When Clapton could still play.
-
Slade's Greatest Hits. Anyone who contradicts my opinion that Noddy Holder is one of the top five rock'n'roll singers of all time will have to answer to The Bear.
I'm saving Amplifier's two-years-in-the-making magnum opus The Octopus for this afternoon's M25 adventures.
-
I really dislike this time of year, not least because of having to put up with all the work etc. I am compensating with some nice relaxing tunes: Slayer, Alec Empire, Einstuerzende Neubauten & Ministry so far...
-
I've been listening to Clifford Brown this week, tragic that he only lived until he was 26.
I don't think there has ever been anyone quite like him.
-
We were listening to Jake Thackray, but now catching up with the Now Show
-
Adagio for Tron - Daft Punk. From the soundtrack album.
-
Lunatic Soul
-
J. S. Bach - R3's "This Week's Composer" but they are concentrating only on the 6 years he spent at Anhalt-Köthen (1717-23). It was during this period that he was at his most free to do his own thing, since he had fewer obligations to the church. Lots of his best secular orchestral music was composed while he was at Anhalt-Köthen.
-
Motorhead's The World is Yours. Whilst its slow it does have a nice bluesy groove to it.
-
I've just listened to the Messiah and am about to listen to Brandenburg no 5. An astonishing piece of work.
-
And now the E major violin concerto.
There ain't 'arf been some clever bastards.
-
"The Magician's Nephew", to be followed by "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe". BBC 7 FTW! :thumbsup:
-
Beethoven's 9th while Helen is asleep on the sofa.
I'll check in a minute to see that she isn't dribbling ;)
Earlier, the lucky girl got to listen to "Christmas Wrapping", all of "Lexicon of Love" (see my other postings........), "Beauty Stab", most of "Last Night of the Proms", "Lt. Kije" (Prokofiev), "Gayaneh" (Khachaturian) then "Blue Lines", "Better Things", "Mezzanine" (all Massive Attack) and "Cure For Pain" (Morphine).
Top day :thumbsup:
I finally got around to moving the RH speaker (they're VERY heavy) across to the left about 30cm.
It's improved the imaging tremendously and the bass is much fuller because the spikes contact the floor better.
She's not dribbling :)
Question is, when do I wake her up and tell her it's bed-time ?
-
the Strolling Bones : 40 Licks :thumbsup:
-
U2
-
Sonny Stitt & Barry Harris, The Complete Late Quartets, 3cd's of bliss.... picked at random from the jazz section at HMV by my sister.
-
Mike Harding - One Night In Lincoln. On Youtube. ;D
-
Stevie Nicks.
Annie Lennox.
-
Mike Harding - One Night In Lincoln. On Youtube. ;D
That was brilliant. Eighteen segments of pure gold.
-
Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble, The Tide Has Changed.
-
The Cramps. Gothic surf rock :thumbsup:
-
Now, the Futureheads. From Sunderland to the world.
-
Motorhead's The World is Yours. Whilst its slow it does have a nice bluesy groove to it.
Slow? ???
Well I suppose it's all relative. ;)
-
ZZ Top
party music :thumbsup:
-
randomly onto Guns 'n Roses
-
Black, Comedy, Colin Vearncombe. Someone I've seen live multiple times. A seriously good performer & songwriter.
I remember being in the Stanley Arms in Huyton, early 80's when someone came to our table and asked if he could take a spare chair. Cue Ian falling off his and going, "That's Black, he's a star...."
-
Motorhead's The World is Yours. Whilst its slow it does have a nice bluesy groove to it.
Slow? ???
Well I suppose it's all relative. ;)
Compared to Overkill or even recent Albums like Inferno it is a slower album, still as heavy as a heavy thing though. ;D
-
Oy to the World (http://www.oytotheworld.com/), by the Klezmonauts (http://www.klezmonauts.co.uk/). Good fun! :)
-
That is hilarious! Literally crying with laughter. ;D
-
Diana Ross & The Supremes
-
Elvis Greatest Hits
-
I was listening to Porcupine Tree just now, but having just found out that Mick Karn died on January 4th I've just stuck Japan's "Quiet Life" on for a spin ... :'(
Not a good start to the day, really.
-
Nemone.
I love her. Best dissertation soundtrack ever.
-
Streaming 'Written On The Forehead' by PJ Harvey.
Wow.
-
Been a while since I pressed repeat for an entire album but Slash's solo album is most excellent. Tight as a drum and would love to know if Iggy Pop just ad libbed the lyrics for We're all gonna die. A great rock n roll record with lots of lovely riffs and did I mention how tight it is. Fantastic instrumental featuring Dave Grohl and Duff McKagan as well.
-
Animals - Pink Floyd.
Fuck, it's bleak :thumbsup:.
-
Animals - Pink Floyd.
Fuck, it's bleak :thumbsup:.
Wotesed. "Dogs" is one of the bleakest tracks evvah.
-
Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always
-
Kevin Bloody Wilson - 20 Years Of Kev ;D
Definitely not safe for kids, definitely not PC but bloody funny!
-
System 7 - Phoenix
Excellent turbo trainer Zone Out hypnochoons :thumbsup:
-
Lumberjack's Lament by Let's Talk About Trees, which seems to be a lovely little ditty about sqrls and beavers. So right up my street :)
-
It's the iPod pot-luck megamix today - just switched it into shuffle mode and I'll take my chances. Got a bit of everything, from Brian Eno to Slayer which should keep it interesting :)
Currently playing: "Collision" by Loop, a good earwax-shifting choon if ever there was
[EDIT: Now listening to the copy of "Diesel and Dust" by Midnight Oil which had been sitting in my pigeonhole at work since before Christmas and I was stricken with the pig plague]
-
Whole iChoones thingie on random has lead me to The Disposable Heroes of Hiphopricy's Television
haven't listened to in in years, and forgot how damn good it is!
-
jamiroquai - rock dust light star
First play of this album and its good :thumbsup:
-
Vincent Oliver & Supertalented — Ballad Of A Lonely Penguin And A Hungry Polar Bear :)
-
Die Zauberflöte.
-
Currently listening to Radcliffe & Maconie. They have just had the first segment of guests British Sea Power, which proved to be a somewhat ragged conversation. I think cannabis may have been involved. It may well be worth listening out for more golden embarrassment later.
Compliance issues so far include references to 'special cream', and having a Jodrell Bank.
-
Re-visiting the nineties here,
Started with Soulfly - Soulfly, especially the Bonus disc of re-mixes.
Then came Propellorheads with Decksanddrumsandrockandroll
Now it's Live with Throwing Copper.
Hmm, last album in my playlist, must add more....
Mechanical Animals - Marilyn Manson
NIN - Further Down The Spiral
Seperated by "Whiskey Drinking Woman" by Nazereth, just for the hell of it...
-
So far today:
Third Eye Foundation's new album - the Dark 8)
Murcof - The Versailles Sessions
Muslimgauze - Sandtraffikar
NP: Don Letts on 6Music listen again
-
Whole iChoones thingie on random has lead me to The Disposable Heroes of Hiphopricy's Television
haven't listened to in in years, and forgot how damn good it is!
That's a mighty fine tune!
Today, amongst other things I've been listening (hard) to "Say something in Welsh, Lesson 5". The word for milk appears unpronounceable!
-
Just been listening to "Snap", a 2 LP collection by The Jam.....
Going Underground was released in 1980, reading the papers seems like going back in time...
"What you see is what you get
You've made your bed, you better lie in it
You choose your leaders and place your trust
As their lies wash you down and their promises rust
You'll see kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns
And the public wants what the public gets
But I don't get what this society wants"
-
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Live Vol. 2.
Great stuff!
-
Ghost featuring Ian Astbury off Slash's solo album.
-
Mclusky - snotty, shouty, ranty indie rock from S Wales. Sadly now defunct.
It's hard not to like a band which came up with song titles like "Your Children Are Waiting for You to Die", "Whiteliberalonwhiteliberalaction", "The Gift of Slight" and "Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues".
-
Subbacultcha!
-
Hellbilly Deluxe - Rob Zombie
:o
Rob Zombie + Empty House + 5.1 Sound = Office-based Seismic activity :thumbsup:
-
Slave to the Rythm :thumbsup:
-
The James Taylor Quartet - Hammond-ology
Hammondastic! :thumbsup:
-
Mr TNT brought me a humungous box earlier. Carrying it 8 flights of stairs was a bit knackering...
A Michell Orbe..... Tecnoarm is fitted and it's now annoying the neighbours nicely..
Midnight Oil, "Diesel & Dust" at the moment, sounding good :thumbsup:
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5122/5355262886_88d4c95362_b.jpg)
-
Midnight Oil, "Diesel & Dust" at the moment, sounding good :thumbsup:
Ironically enough, I was listening to that on my iPod on the bus home.
Listening to it now - got my favourite track ('Warakurna') belting out at obscene volume whilst I fill in bloody insurance accident report forms. I suppose on a rig like yours, Peter Garrett will sound more like a strangled cat than he usually does :)
EDIT: Might still have my original (1986) vinyl copy of "Diesel and Dust" kicking around somewhere. Nowt to play it on, though ....
EDIT 2: Just occurred to me that "Beds Are Burning" is one of the first songs I learned to play on the bass. Not that it's difficult - the bassline to "Bullroarer" is surprisingly complex, however.
-
It's the only Oils album I've got on vinyl, the rest are on CD. Must check the charity shops again.....
We have Pete Garrett's double on the forum as well, a better singer than politician from my occasional reading of Australian news sites...
-
It's the only Oils album I've got on vinyl, the rest are on CD. Must check the charity shops again.....
We have Pete Garrett's double on the forum as well, a better singer than politician from my occasional reading of Australian news sites...
I've adopted Diesel and Dust as the 'theme album' of my planned ride across Western Australia in a couple of years time - kind of apt, since I'll be visiting some of the places mentioned on the album (including the Gunbarrel Highway1 and Warakurna/Giles - big, fat sand tyres FTW!)
I'd love to have my Surly frame redone in an aboriginal stylee, but sadly it would be considered offensive by some, and not just because it'd be ridden by a pasty Pom :)
Back on topic, I've got the iPod Genius feature picking some choons for me as I type ...
1 - Riding on sand is hard. Training for desert riding in the UK is even harder2 - several trips to hot and dusty places are planned between now and the Oz trip. If anyone knows how I can get copies of Len Beadell's books without having to sell a kidney, then please let me know
2 - Towing a trailer with a pair of water carriers on will be even more interesting.
-
Have you read "Cold Beer & Crocodiles" ? A good account of a circumnavigation by bike.
-
Have you read "Cold Beer & Crocodiles" ? A good account of a circumnavigation by bike.
It's on my Amazon wishlist, along with several other items of Australia-related reading material. Need to get my cashflow sorted out first though.
I'm not going for a circumnavigation (sadly) but more of a 'ride from the edge to the middle then turn right and keep going until you get wet feet' (ie. Perth to Alice Springs to either Adelaide or Melbourne, via lots of sandy bits)
-
PM me an address and I'll stick it in the post. Got Discovery Road as well, which has an Aussie section.
-
PM me an address and I'll stick it in the post. Got Discovery Road as well, which has an Aussie section.
Cheers - I'm happy to give you something for it, though.
I read "Discovery Road" before Christmas and it was largely the Aussie section which resulted in the book being donated to the British Heart Foundation - if they'd concentrated more on writing about the country and the people instead of bickering amongst themselves then it would have been good.
Currently playing: Brian Eno, "The Shutov Assembly" ... nice, floaty ambient choonage.
-
No worries, post it back when finished or pass it on to somebody else, there is a "lending library" on the forum http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?board=29.0 (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?board=29.0) and I've too many books for this tiny flat !
PJ Harvey, "Stories from the city, stories from the sea" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4kTMYhY2ds (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4kTMYhY2ds)
-
On Down the Road by Izzy Stradlin lovely and laid back and great to get slowly drunk to.
-
Detroit Social Club - Existence. A slice of atmospheric indie rock with echoes of Kasabian and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club...
EDIT: Now listening to Stephen Dale Petit's "Crave" - blues with a modern twist. Worth it for the cover of 2Pac's "California". ;D
-
The Best of Rod Stewart.
-
Wolfram Spyra - Live at Awakenings, Burton-on-Trent, 21st November 2009 :)
-
The Best of Rod Stewart.
You like Essex boys don't you? :P
-
'Lost voices of Afghanistan' on Radio 4 just now. Jonathan Powell appealed to BBC World service listeners in Afghanistan for poems, and he was literally inundated with them.
There was one called 'If I was the Queen of the whole world'. I just stood there in the kitchen sobbing myself silly, it was such a beautiful and moving piece.
-
Trinity Sessions ~ Cowboy Junkies
-
"Eden Rock", read by the man himself, Charles Causley.
Reading this out loud to myself, as I have often done, helped me get more out of this poem than listening to him. It was still worth doing tho'.
He wrote it at the end of his life, but somehow in my head it is spoken by a younger man.
Meh. Go figure.
-
Pink Floyd - Animals.
Gilmour's guitar soloing on "Dogs" is among his best.
-
Rattus Norvegicus ~ The Stranglers. J-J Burnel's bass is teh AWSUM.
-
Rattus Norvegicus ~ The Stranglers. J-J Burnel's bass is teh AWSUM.
Got to agree - I've tried for ages to replicate that tone but never managed to succeed (ditto for Simon Gallup's bass tone on the Disintegration-era Cure albums)
Mind you, you're not likely to Burnel his bass sounds like crap, are you? :)
Currently listening to "Diesel and Dust" by Midnight Oil ... again.
-
You like Essex boys don't you? :P
If you wrote me a song as beautiful as You're In My Heart (preferably not called I'm In Your Gob) I'd not only show you my tits, I'd let you have a go on them.
-
The Beautiful South - SuperBi
Smiling whilst listening to "Manchester" :)
-
Pink Floyd - Animals.
Gilmour's guitar soloing on "Dogs" is among his best.
Turn it up.
Preferably to 11!
-
In need of some ambient falsetto.
Sigur Rós - Takk
-
The R2 Gary Barlow 40th birthday concert. I was having a very long phone conversation earlier, so I recorded it. But the stupid digibox didn't record Corrie, so I've missed that.
-
Johhny Cash
-
System Of A Down. Like metal, only different :thumbsup:
-
Hawkwind, specifically the "Space Ritual" album.
Even more specifically I'm listening to it through the headphones I generally use for mixing/monitoring
Pure psychedic heaven. And Lemmy, of course 8)
-
All mixed up today:
The Black Crows - 3 Snakes and One Charm
The Counting Crowes - Across A Wire
The Beautiful South - SuperBi
Body Count - Body Count
Corinne Bailey Rae - Corinne Bailey Rae
Faithless - Forever Faithless
Did start listening to Amorica by the Black Crows and realised why I don't listen to it very much, it's 'cos it's shit....
-
We're All Gonna Die - Slash feat Iggy Pop (Great first line)
We're Here Because We're Here - Anathema
-
Tony Blackburn doing the 1989 chart countdown. He's just introduced Buffalo Stance by Neneh Cherry with "listen to the beginning of this, it's weird." ::-)
-
The Best of Rod Stewart.
You like Essex boys don't you? :P
Today, George Michael. Ladies and Gentlemen. For the Feet. I am dancing.
-
Hunky Dory haven't heard it in ages, takes me back to when I was much younger than I feel happy remembering.
-
And now The National's High Violet. Michael Stipe allegedly challenged them to produce a cheerful album and this is the result ??? Jeez but totally amazing all the same
-
Mark Knopfler on the BIO channel
-
The Whisky Priests: "Bloody well live".
-
Richard and Linda Thompson. A pleasure which never fades.
-
Cannonball Adderley
-
Aretha.
-
Vince Clarke's remix of Happy Mondays' W.F.L. Practising my Bez "treading water" dance.
-
Earlier it was Head Injuries, by Midnight Oil :thumbsup: Currently doing my ironing while listening to Jorge Bolet playing Liszt piano works..
-
Music : Oldies With Video enjoy
Music Videos Page One (http://www.my-3-sons.com/javascript-flv/flv-videos1.htm)
-
Madness - Night Boat to Cairo & One Step Beyond.
David Bowie - Scary Monsters & Super Creeps
This is how music should be, fun!
-
QOTSA - No One Knows
-
The soundtrack to "Fable III" ... largely because I've been playing said game on the 360 :)
Earlier: nothing, 'cos I left my iPod at home :facepalm:
-
Bruckner 5. Bernard Haitink, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Oxfam vinyl :thumbsup:
Relaxing after a fairly tense day.......
-
Tiny Tears - Tindersticks
-
Wolfram Spyra - Phonehead
-
Tiny Tears - Tindersticks
Ooh - I was listening to that an hour ago.
Now onto Warpaint - 4-piece female LA band, strangely reminiscent of 80s punk-inspired mimimalists Marine Girls at times.
-
The Burns Unit (http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/ddd7cf4a-6e7e-48a0-b679-4fce20865727#p00db14g)
They did a really good session on Marc Riley last week.
BBC - BBC 6 Music Programmes - Marc Riley, 19/01/2011, The Burns Unit live in session (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00dcx3r) (1 day left)
Round and Round was a superb new track.
-
Sparks ;D
-
This town ain't big enough for the both of us! Musical histrionics, I love it.
-
Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
So many great riffs. My absolute favourite little bit is when the guitar comes in after the first verse of Cowboy song just sublime.
-
Just seen the RLPO do a wonderful Prokofiev & Racmaninov set. Now rather drunk in a pub, listening to Marley Chingus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8izaASWK2cQ) who are regular performers here....
Review of Thursday's RLPO performance (http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-entertainment/echo-entertainment/2011/01/28/review-simon-trpceski-joins-the-rlpo-for-petrenko-s-glorious-rachmaninov-100252-28070014/)
-
Marina & The Diamonds.
-
Roger Waters trading as Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
I remain unconvinced of any Floyd album after "The Wall", and that was patchy.
-
Just seen the RLPO do a wonderful Prokofiev & Racmaninov set. Now rather drunk in a pub, listening to Marley Chingus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8izaASWK2cQ) who are regular performers here....
Review of Thursday's RLPO performance (http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-entertainment/echo-entertainment/2011/01/28/review-simon-trpceski-joins-the-rlpo-for-petrenko-s-glorious-rachmaninov-100252-28070014/)
Marley Chingus - niiice !
-
Roger Waters trading as Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
I remain unconvinced of any Floyd album after "The Wall", and that was patchy.
There were only two albums after The Wall: Momentary Lapse Of Reason and The Division Bell both of which were very good (The Final Cut although containing some superb tracks, is really just leftovers from The Wall). What a lot of people (and Waters himself) fail to understand is that Waters was not Pink Floyd.
-
Listening to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand.
-
Roger Waters trading as Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
I remain unconvinced of any Floyd album after "The Wall", and that was patchy.
There were only two albums after The Wall: Momentary Lapse Of Reason and The Division Bell both of which were very good (The Final Cut although containing some superb tracks, is really just leftovers from The Wall). What a lot of people (and Waters himself) fail to understand is that Waters was not Pink Floyd.
Well...I like Atom Heart Mother, and no-one else seems to ;)
-
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Hallelujah!
-
Roger Waters trading as Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
I remain unconvinced of any Floyd album after "The Wall", and that was patchy.
There were only two albums after The Wall: Momentary Lapse Of Reason and The Division Bell both of which were very good (The Final Cut although containing some superb tracks, is really just leftovers from The Wall). What a lot of people (and Waters himself) fail to understand is that Waters was not Pink Floyd.
Well...I like Atom Heart Mother, and no-one else seems to ;)
I only like Summer '68, Fat Old Sun, and If, from Atom Heart Mother. But then there are people who think Ummagumma is great, whereas I think it is a pile of self-indulgent crap. (and I'm a lifelong Floyd fan)
-
Elias, in German, by Mr. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.
-
Thelonious Monk mainly with a bit of Sarah Vaughen thrown in.
-
Roger Waters trading as Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
I remain unconvinced of any Floyd album after "The Wall", and that was patchy.
There were only two albums after The Wall: Momentary Lapse Of Reason and The Division Bell both of which were very good (The Final Cut although containing some superb tracks, is really just leftovers from The Wall). What a lot of people (and Waters himself) fail to understand is that Waters was not Pink Floyd.
Well...I like Atom Heart Mother, and no-one else seems to ;)
I only like Summer '68, Fat Old Sun, and If, from Atom Heart Mother. But then there are people who think Ummagumma is great, whereas I think it is a pile of self-indulgent crap. (and I'm a lifelong Floyd fan)
I always enjoyed "Several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a Pict", but I suspect that enjoyment lent much to chemical assistance :-[.
-
The Decemberists 'The King is Dead' and Kings of Leon 'Come Around Sundown'
-
Roger Waters trading as Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
I remain unconvinced of any Floyd album after "The Wall", and that was patchy.
There were only two albums after The Wall: Momentary Lapse Of Reason and The Division Bell both of which were very good (The Final Cut although containing some superb tracks, is really just leftovers from The Wall). What a lot of people (and Waters himself) fail to understand is that Waters was not Pink Floyd.
Well...I like Atom Heart Mother, and no-one else seems to ;)
Nope, I do as well, old hippie that I am. In fact I like all Floyd except The Wall and The Final Cut, as these mainly consisted of Roger Waters being angsty and gittish.
-
Roger Waters trading as Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
I remain unconvinced of any Floyd album after "The Wall", and that was patchy.
There were only two albums after The Wall: Momentary Lapse Of Reason and The Division Bell both of which were very good (The Final Cut although containing some superb tracks, is really just leftovers from The Wall). What a lot of people (and Waters himself) fail to understand is that Waters was not Pink Floyd.
Well...I like Atom Heart Mother, and no-one else seems to ;)
Nope, I do as well, old hippie that I am. In fact I like all Floyd except The Wall and The Final Cut, as these mainly consisted of Roger Waters being angsty and gittish.
No surprise that Roger Waters' solo albums (Radio K.A.O.S, Amused to Death, The Pros and Cons of Hitchiking) all have Echoes [sic] of The Final Cut, and to a lesser degree - The Wall, in them.
That said, being somewhat prone to angst and gittishness myself, I quite like his angsty and gittish stylee.
-
Courtesy of Interzen:
Dark Side Of The Moog 8 - Namlook & Schultze
I like this, particularly the long opening track - very spaced/dubby. The full-on drum & bass track towards the end took me a bit by surprise though :thumbsup:
Live @ Awakenings - Wolfram Spyra.
Not sure about this one - getting too close to prog noodling/Vangelis for my liking :-\
-
Courtesy of Interzen:
Dark Side Of The Moog 8 - Namlook & Schultze
I like this, particularly the long opening track - very spaced/dubby. The full-on drum & bass track towards the end took me a bit by surprise though :thumbsup:
Live @ Awakenings - Wolfram Spyra.
Not sure about this one - getting too close to prog noodling/Vangelis for my liking :-\
The final track of DSoM8 does catch you by surprise :) Apparently it was the 'encore' track rather than being part of the main set - definitely not the sort of stuff Herr Schulze is best known for ;)
As for the Spyra set, I guess you really had to be there - despite there not being many people there (40 tops, which was quite disappointing) there was a really good vibe which matched the music perfectly.
As for me, I'm listening to the soundboard recordings from the 2009 Hampshire Jam - absolutely sequencer-tastic (and it helps that I was actually there too) :thumbsup:
-
Surrender.
-
Courtesy of Interzen:
Dark Side Of The Moog 8 - Namlook & Schultze
I like this, particularly the long opening track - very spaced/dubby. The full-on drum & bass track towards the end took me a bit by surprise though :thumbsup:
The final track of DSoM8 does catch you by surprise :) Apparently it was the 'encore' track rather than being part of the main set - definitely not the sort of stuff Herr Schulze is best known for ;)
Ah, forgot it was live. Makes more sense as part of an encore.
Today's listening:
Bibio - The Apple & the Tooth
Pan Sonic - Gravitoni
-
Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
on Free Music, we7 (http://www.we7.com) - good site. :)
-
Freebird ~ Lynyard Skynyrd
possibly the best track ever
on Planet Rock Digital Radio :thumbsup:
-
The Decemberists 'The King is Dead' and Kings of Leon 'Come Around Sundown'
'The King is Dead' - that's really growing on me
-
The Proclaimers. I might have to be sitting here doing work spreadsheets (on predicted Olympics related station demand) but I can listen to something good while I do.
-
Baroque, assorted pieces.
-
Nessun Dorma, the only good thing in Turandot, or so I'm told.
-
Assorted Neil Young
-
Barton Hollow - The Civil Wars
You heard it here first folks, these are gonna be big
-
Barton Hollow - The Civil Wars
You heard it here first folks, these are gonna be big
So what are they like? Genre, references?
-
Barton Hollow - The Civil Wars
You heard it here first folks, these are gonna be big
So what are they like? Genre, references?
American Indie folk rock is probably the best description.
YouTube
- the civil wars
(http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+civil+wars&aq=0)
-
"Boots or No Boots" by the Bible Code Sundays. Like the Pogues, but with better teeth.
-
Barton Hollow - The Civil Wars
You heard it here first folks, these are gonna be big
So what are they like? Genre, references?
American Indie folk rock is probably the best description.
YouTube
- the civil wars
(http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+civil+wars&aq=0)
alt-country or Americana, I'd say... in that it combines old time with modern rock - interesting.
-
Barton Hollow - The Civil Wars
You heard it here first folks, these are gonna be big
yes thats a fair appraisal, interesting and i reckon has that white stripes new old appeal
So what are they like? Genre, references?
American Indie folk rock is probably the best description.
YouTube
- the civil wars
(http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+civil+wars&aq=0)
alt-country or Americana, I'd say... in that it combines old time with modern rock - interesting.
-
Barton Hollow - The Civil Wars
You heard it here first folks, these are gonna be big
yes thats a fair appraisal, interesting and i reckon has that white stripes new old appeal
So what are they like? Genre, references?
American Indie folk rock is probably the best description.
YouTube
- the civil wars
(http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+civil+wars&aq=0)
alt-country or Americana, I'd say... in that it combines old time with modern rock - interesting.
Sounds right up my street :thumbsup:
-
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Old MacDonald Zulu Style on Don Letts (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00y47gp#segments) 'Listen Again' (starts about 30min in).
Old MacDonald Had a Farm has never sounded so good ;D
Earlier: Dylan Ettinger - New Age Outlaws (http://dylanettinger.bandcamp.com/) - spacey, electronic with a slight edge. The track Crippler Crossface reminds me of early Cabaret Voltaire, which can't be bad...
-
Victor Jara.
-
Across The Plains ~ Little Miss Higgins
Anyone who can write a song called Bargain! Shop Panties must be doing something right.
-
Brighton band Anagrams debut "we form a shelter (http://anagrams.bandcamp.com/album/we-form-a-shelter)"
especially "red and green", "so stories go", "lost in space"
have a listen!
(declares interest as proud uncle of lyricist/guitarist Dave)
-
Kraftwerk - Concert Classics :thumbsup:
-
Nazareth on Youtube. Marvellously raucous. Manny Charlton is an under-recognised genius.
-
So far tonight Kate Bush "Hounds of Love", The Christians "Colour" and now Simply Red "Picturebook"
80's night ...
-
Bloody hell, "Holding Back The Years" , 1986, brings back lots of memories....lots of names..
-
Joan Osbourne
Spotted her on BBC4's Transatlantic Sessions and was reminded of her first (and, I think, only) UK gig back in 96 at the Borderline in London. Hers has been an interesting artistic journey.
Am also listening, courtesy of Michael at no 60, to Emily Portman. Now there's a songwriter to be reckoned with.
-
Started with early Motorhead Overkill, Bomber etc and have just switched to Testament.
-
Kraftwerk - Concert Classics :thumbsup:
Is that the one with Tanzmusik?
Me want. ;D
-
Obscured By Clouds, then Atom Heart Mother both by Pink Floyd ;D
Should help the night shift pass quicker !
-
More Little Miss Higgins. She has a voice which gives me goosebumps and, according to some oaf from Radville SK, "a nice dumper". From the sound of it, Radville is high on my list of places not to visit.
Until Wednesday I'd never heard of her, but Across The Plains was on repeat before and after Ben Weaver's set on Tuesday night, so I cranked up my Google-Fu...
-
Erik Satie - Gnossienne No.1
-
Yes - Big Generator, followed by Goldfrapp - Supernature
-
U2
-
Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, New York Philharmonic.
I hit the local Oxfam earlier and came away with a dozen LP's, Midnight Oil, Genesis, Oscar Peterson, Glenn Gould playing Bach, Isaac Stern & Lionel Rose playing the Brahms Double Concerto .... having a pleasant evening in :)
-
Radiohead: every album & Rainbows is the best :thumbsup:
-
Adele - 19
I love most of the tracks, but can only listen to her in small doses. She sounds like she's shouting after a while.
However, this feels like a 'just been dumped' set of songs, so the shouting may be entirely appropriate.
I think 'Don't You Remember' is just a gorgeous country song.
"I know I have a fickle heart
And a bitterness
And a wandering eye
And a heaviness in my head ..."
Lovely.
-
And now ... Ella Fitzgerald.
-
Adele - 19
I love most of the tracks, but can only listen to her in small doses. She sounds like she's shouting after a while.
However, this feels like a 'just been dumped' set of songs, so the shouting may be entirely appropriate.
I think 'Don't You Remember' is just a gorgeous country song.
"I know I have a fickle heart
And a bitterness
And a wandering eye
And a heaviness in my head ..."
Lovely.
Do you mean Adele - 21? The new one?
-
Working my way though a box set of Vaughn Williams symphonies....
-
Do you mean Adele - 21? The new one?
Er, yes :-[
-
The Wall - Pink Floyd.
-
The Four Tops
-
Public Enemy - He Got Game
One of their lesser known albums, but still good. Hard to believe that it is nearly 15 years old!
-
Code Monkey.
Jonathan Coulton » Blog Archive » Thing a Week 29 – Code Monkey (http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/04/14/thing-a-week-29-code-monkey/)
-
The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel.
On 12 inch vinyl.
-
Blondie in concert on R2.
-
Tom Robinson
-
Rumer. Perfect for a mellow Sunday.
-
Mettalheadz compilaTION. Limited edition vinyl 4 plate. not ya Sunday chill out kinda thing. No idea who the artist is ?.
-
Barclay James Harvest, after a wonderful concert by them last night in Buxton - I feel 21 again!
-
Barclay James Harvest, after a wonderful concert by them last night in Buxton - I feel 21 again!
go careful Paul
-
Joan jett & The Blackhearts
-
This:
Black Eyed Peas; Kylie Minogue; Blondie; Candy Dulfer; Pet Shop Boys; The Who; Little Boots.
-
Jethro Tull
-
Right now its 'R Kidds n Noize on the excelent Collission label on vinyl obviously for me
-
just gone totally difo from Noize to PJ Harvey 'Uh Oh Ah 'album
-
Alix Perez. 1984
-
Joan jett & The Blackhearts
again
-
Moby
-
George Harrison
-
Third Eye Foundation - The Dark
The Fun Years - Life-Sized Psychoses
-
A playlist which is a mix of recently added from CD and little listened to choices by the computer.
I finally got round to uploading The Rose of Avalanche yesterday. The computer has balanced this out with Bentley Rhythm Ace and Perfecto Allstarz. ;D
-
King of Limbs and Smart Flesh, jury's still out on both
-
King of Limbs (bit late, but I was away for a long weekend).
Definitely going to take a couple of listens, much like In Rainbows did, before I decide I do really like it.
Give Up The Ghost is the stand-out track for me on first listen.
-
Charlie Parr - King Earl.
Fingerpickin'-tastic stuff. Good banjo action.
-
My Last.FM stream, currently playing Pearl Jam - Save You.
This weekend is going to be a 90's-tastic mix of music to help us pick music for August.....
-
Hammock - Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow - mellow ambient/post-rock fare in the same vein as Stars of the Lid. And rather nice to have on the headphones whilst reading.
-
Bjork
Bachelorette
Wonderful
-
Jamie Lidell - Compass (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbVrlMNE7Qg). Great song and tune, surprisingly first brought to my notice in a video game.
-
Rain, on the conservatory roof.
-
On 6 music.: Ensemble Economique - To feel the night as it really is. Fantastic.
-
Deacon Blue - Raintown and Fellow Hoodlums.
-
MP3 player has been on shuffle for the last hour or so......
Kraftwerk - La Forme (King of the Mountains) mix
Suede - Asphalt World
Metallica - Whiskey in the Jar
Faithless - Insomnia
Men At Work - Down by the Sea
Pink Floyd - Echoes
......helps the night shift pass quicker :thumbsup:
-
King of Limbs - Radiohead. In particular Codex. Wonderful track.
-
Deacon Blue - Raintown and Fellow Hoodlums.
Noooooo! My wife used to inflict Deacon Blue on me when we first met.
-
Deacon Blue - Raintown and Fellow Hoodlums.
Noooooo! My wife used to inflict Deacon Blue on me when we first met.
That's grounds for divorce that is. Nearly as bad as Kenny Rogers. MiniQ seems to have developed a liking for that well known rhyming slang James Blunt. I'm convinced he's the 21st century equivalent of Chris de Burgh.
*shudders*
-
KT Tunstall, Tiger Suit. I like it.
We went to see her at the O2 Academy in Leeds at the weekend. She is (and bear in mind who is saying this) absolutely tiny. And extremely engaging and funny.
ETA - and anyway, she will always have a special place in this household because when the SmallestCub was a small and grizzly baby the one thing that would always calm him down was KT at loud volume.
-
Strange, TLD always calmed down to Rancid or RHCP..... :)
-
Mike Oldfield. In this order:
Hergest Ridge (reminds me of sitting in a park with my girlfriend, Summer of '76, when I was 16)
Ommadawn
3 Lunas
Tubular Bells 1 & 2 (but not 3 - thought that was pants, but the concert video is OK 'cos of the sexy woman playing bass)
Songs of Distant Earth ("Magellan" has just started - cranked up the 5.1 Sound so the pens on my desk are rattling :thumbsup:)
(still to come)
Music of the Spheres
Amarok
-
Bad Religion - The Dissent of Man
Fantastic, is all I'll say...
-
Pretenders 2 , Chrissie Hynde singing "Bad Boys Get Spanked" :P
-
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul.
-
Lots of different versions of The Great Gig In The Sky - by Pink Floyd and cover bands - and realising what an amazing achievement Clare Torry's vocal was for two takes (I think only the first was used). Only Sam Brown comes close, and some of the singers used by Floyd themselves have been a bit rubbish. At one time, they used three singers, which in itself is testament to Torry.
-
John Grant - Queen of Denmark
-
Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
-
Today, for me, is a Faithless day...
Currently have "Tarantula" blasting out :)
-
NEU! - Neu!75 - classic krautrock
Jakob - Solace - Mogwai-esque post-rock
-
Songs from the West Coast - Elton John.
-
Relics - Pink Floyd
-
Tracie Young.
YouTube
- The Country Code.wmv
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrgHltQW4II)
-
The Beautiful South - Dumb (possibly their best song, although their popularity was on the wane by then),.
-
NEU! - Neu!75 - classic krautrock
Jakob - Solace - Mogwai-esque post-rock
One day I'm going to pop round and borrow your record collection :-)
Today, I am listening to the new album by The Boxer Rebellion - The Cold Still. It's really rather excellent.
-
One day I'm going to pop round and borrow your record collection :-)
Today, I am listening to the new album by The Boxer Rebellion - The Cold Still. It's really rather excellent.
;D
I'm glad someone appreciates it: whilst at (heathen) friends' yesterday it was suggested that my cd collection was the reason the burglar who 'visited' recently buggered off without taking anything. ::-)
Today (all borrowed from the library):
V/a Deutsche Electronische Music (http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=18676)
Jonsi - Go
Klaxons - Surfing the Void
Latest eMusic downloads - i.e. soundtrack for the next month
Nicolas Jaar - Space is Only Noise
Direwires - Hearts in Stasis
Eluvium - Lambent Material
Hammock - Longest Year
Peaking Lights - 936
Rene Hell - Porcelain Opera
Spyra - Sferics
The Fun Years - God Was Like, No (ace title!)
-
Earlier today, Underworld - Second Toughest in the Infants, while walking to work. It's great walking music, so I could pretend to be a character in a grimy Britflick as I traipsed Darlo's murky streets.
Now, I'll go off and listen to something more esoteric, but probably not as esoteric as microphonie's collection.
-
Jan Garbarek Group - Twelve Moons
-
Paul Oakenfold's Goa Mix - pyschedelic trance, film scores and dialogue from Blade Runner.
First broadcast on Radio 1 in 1994, licencing issues meant that it took until last year before it was released on CD, albeit in a slightly updated form, with some film score tracks re-recorded. Back in the day it was a revelation.
It still sounds great today... 8)
-
Today is Roger Waters day.
Pros and Cons of Hitch hiking
Amused to Death
Radio Kaos.
Mmm... moody angst FTW.
-
Roger Waters? Head man of the "Sultans of Whinge"!
I am just rocking through the day with Joe Walsh and the James gang.
-
Stainer's Crucifixion.
-
Today's choice started with a duo of Black Crowes albums, Hard To Handle followed by Three Snakes and One Charm.
The current listening has moved onto Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
When that has finished I shall be listening to Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Souls for Rock and Roll.
After that I haven't decided yet...
-
I need a calm day after the whingefest of Roger Waters yesterday.
So today is Brian Eno day.
Ambient 1 - Music for Airports
Ambient 2 - The Plateaux of Mirror
Ambient 3 - Days of Radiance
Ambient 4 - On Land
Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks
I wonder far I get before I doze off...?
-
On the way to work, and on the return leg I shall be listening to Terrorvision - Rarities and B-Sides.
Notable by the omission of the most popular B-Side they did (as voted by the TV forum members) "Hard To Feel". It does however contain "What shall we do with the drunken sailor", "You really got a hold on me", "This drinking will kill me", "Glad all over" and my favourite "Too Stoned To Dance"...
-
Mr. Beethoven's C minor piano concerto.
Radio 3 are broadcasting all of his concerti this week (5 * piano, 1 violin, 1 triple) and next week all 9 symphonies will be aired.
Of all the bastards, Mr. B was indeed one of the cleverest.
-
I was enjoying Pitchshifter - ..:[ www.pitchshifter.com ]:.. (http://www.pitchshifter.com) (which had been preceeded by PSI) when Amarok crashed. Don't know if it's a comment on my musical taste or what.
So after re-starting Amarok I am now listening to Stereophonics - Word Gets Around and I have lined up The Style Council's Greatest Hits and Sugar - Copper Blue....
-
Elbow - build a rocket boys!
Listening for free on We7, but think I will shortly be buying as it's rather :thumbsup:
-
'Trout Mask Replica' - Captain Beefheart just finished, now listening to 'Rain Dogs' - Tom Waits.
-
Bach Cello Suites - Pablo Casals
Recorded in 1938 and 39. Mono and a tad scratchy even cleaned up and digitised but still sublime.
-
'The Big Time' by Tom Waits
Then 'Pet Sounds'
No, not that one. The one by the Hamsters.
-
Once Upon a Time - The Singles - Siouxsie & The Banshees
-
Battles -- Ice Cream
-
Wagon Christ - Toomorrow
Luke Vibert's first release under the Wagon Christ moniker for 7 years - and very, very good so far!
-
The Four Tops;The Definitive Collection
-
The#1 Hits : Diana Ross & The Supremes
looks like it's gonna be a Motown day 8)
-
The National's eponymous album, Smart Flesh by Low Anthem, next up Collapse into Now and The Suburbs
-
Changed the tempo with Thin Lizzy Greatest Hits
-
Wagner - Tristan and Isolde
The Furtwangler recording on EMI from 1952 with Kirsten Flagstad and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
Might not get through the whole thing today :)
-
Tangerine Dream - Monolight! :thumbsup:
-
The Quiet Lamb - Her Name Is Calla
Bit Explosions in the Sky-ish with added quiet piano/vocal/orchestral passages.
-
Is it any good then?
-
It's quite mellow. I think it depends on your mood. I'm liking it just now.
-
Kenny Loggin's cousin.
Loving the funky middle eight. :thumbsup:
http://www.we7.com/#/song/Dave-Loggins/My-Lovers-Keeper (http://www.we7.com/#/song/Dave-Loggins/My-Lovers-Keeper)
-
Davy Graham - Folk Blues and Beyond
Probably the most influential acoustic guitar player of the last fifty tears. Check out:
She moved through the fair (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvpTVn_Ltzc)
And
Anji (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n8cxvzol3E&playnext=1&list=PLFD4A17BF2D695A17)
-
Marion Raven. Just stumbled across her via Lennon & Meatloaf, but she's quite good.
Norwegian pop-rock. And she's quite an attractive young lady, too. Which is nice.
-
Layla and Other Assorted Love songs
-
U2
-
Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts
Yeah... I know... a bit angsty and emo, but what the hell - I like it.
-
On the way into work Duffy - Endlessly, dunno if that is the title track or a description of how long it goes on for...
At work
Biffy Clyro - Puzzle
and now
The Black Crowes - Hard To Handle
-
The Housemartins - "Now that's what I call quite good".
-
Taking a break from the folk, anti-folk and slowcore with a bit of the Nerve Agents.
-
Autobahn.
Genius.
-
Back to the '80's here with:
fIreHose - Ragin' Full On
to be followed by some Fishbone, quite what tho I haven't decided yet :)
-
Ended up being "Give A Monkey A Brain And He'll Swear He's The Centre Of The Universe"
Now I am all funked out I am listen to Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace :)
-
Following mention of The Levellers earlier, I'm having quite a folky evening. Show of Hands, Jethro Tull, Albion Band, Maddy Prior etc...
-
On vinyl
French Drum & Bass from 2001
-
Following mention of The Levellers earlier, I'm having quite a folky evening. Show of Hands, Jethro Tull, Albion Band, Maddy Prior etc...
Then loads of Lindisfarne...
Now I've discovered someone has uploaded a 1979 PSG Rockpalast gig to Youtube. They do almost the whole of Easter, which is my favourite album... :thumbsup:
By all the Goddesses, Patti Smith is an amazing woman.
-
The new Mountain Goats album. I'm a bit underwhelmed, to be honest.
-
Bellowhead - Eponymous then there will be some Kate Rusby
-
Wishbone Ash - Argus
-
Changed mind re Kate and am listening to The Imagined Village.
-
Was Dolphins - Tim Buckley but now Ashes of American Flags - Wilico.
-
Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle. Patchy, but the good patches are very good indeed.
-
Ive just found a copy LP of Jonny Cash At San Quentin in a crate of vinyl.
Ive never heard it before.
-
Ive just found a copy LP of Jonny Cash At San Quentin in a crate of vinyl.
Ive never heard it before.
Your in for a treat then. Everyone should have a copy of that.
-
Ive just found a copy LP of Jonny Cash At San Quentin in a crate of vinyl.
Ive never heard it before.
Your in for a treat then. Everyone should have a copy of that.
It was a great album. Im gonna keep it. :)
-
(http://www.stonesthrow.com/uploads/images/product/detail/madvillainy.jpg)
Sorry if it's a repost though I can't get enough of this Album
-
Yesterday was a day of listening to podcasts, in particular Preston & Steve (
Preston and Steve | 93.3 WMMR: Everything That Rocks
(http://www.prestonandsteve.com))
So today is going to musemick....
the day kicked off with a bit of Bloc Party in the car on the way into work, now I have fired up Amarok I think I will be listening to....
Don't laugh....
Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler - Neck and Neck....
-
Florence & the Machine - Lungs
-
Roy Orbison
-
Chet and Mark were followed by, in order:
When It Falls - Zero 7
Hold Me Down - You Me At Six
Only Revolutions - Biffy Clyro
Jack 'o' the Green - Jools Holland et al
the Soul Sessions - Joss Stone
So you could say I have had an eclectic music taste day
-
VINYL :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Snap, crackle, pop, er...jump :-\
-
Wheels of Fire.
Fuck yeah!
-
A selection of Andreas Scholl on Youtube. The Cold Genius (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7ESonXLbkk) song is particularly good.
-
ZZ Top
ETA mrs. jogler says
turn it down.
I'm wearing headphones ;D
-
Mme. BB (fiddle) and cous-in-law (joanna) César Franck's Sonata in A major. All sodding day.
-
viva la vida by coldplay :thumbsup:
-
On the way to work, Bad Religion - The Dissent of Man (don't you just love BR's play on words in there song and album titles?)
At work - Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams
On the way home from work - started with the last bit of BR, then the USB thingy changed to Lily Allen ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGHHHH so I re-selected and got the Iron Man 2 soundtrack, good ole AC/DC....
-
Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy. A wee bit of nineties nostalgia. It's held up pretty well, I'd say.
-
Was Gong but now the prelude to Tristan and Isolde.
-
Richard & Linda Thompson.
"Dimming of the Day" was just on. I love it. Soppy date :facepalm:.
-
Killing Joke : Pandemonium :D I'm back in my 90's time boble
-
Triggered by yesterday's little trip down nostalgia lane (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=10706.msg912347#msg912347), Dory Previn.
At this precise moment: Beware of Young Girls.
-
And now The Lady With the Braid.
Good lord, that brought back some memories of teenage angst. I may never plait my hair again....
-
Loudon Wainwright III, More Love Songs.
The album that meant I learnt what synchronicity means. And possibly my favourite instrumental break ever.
-
Living in the Past
Jethro Tull
-
Neu! (again)
-
Jónsi - Go (on We7)
It's like listening to Sigur Ros, but different. Quite like it actually.
-
Unhappy Anniversary.
Such a cheerful brass section, so at odds with the lyrics. Ouch. Forgot how much I like this album.
-
Now onto 6Music via R.E.M., Metronomy, Steely Dan.
-
And now onto a bit of Eartha Kitt.
Dearly_Beloved wandered in earlier and said 'so, you've finally bothered to work out the ipod and spotify then?'.
-
Um, Gary Glitter :-[
Although his tastes are vile and rightly criminal, he was a fantastic performer and produced some magnificent singles.
-
Now Dusty Springfield, by way of Slade.
My musical taste makes no allowances for logic.
-
Sam Cooke - Ain't That Good News.
-
The neighbours are out so U2 is playing at nuclear noise levels.Next up is ZZ top to herald ear-drum armaegeddon :thumbsup:
-
Inspired by the turntable-porn thread I dug out some old vinyl, stuff that doesn't come up on iTunes:
Lone Justice - the first album, a masterpiece of 80s country-rock;
Anhrefn - Defaid, Skateboards a Wellies;
Herp Albert & the Tijuana Brass - South of the Border, a classic I salvaged from my grandfather's collection.
-
And now The Lady With the Braid.
Good lord, that brought back some memories of teenage angst. I may never plait my hair again....
Fantastic lyric; I love the way her mind wanders: there's a comb on the shelf, I papered that wall myself etc
My favourite though is still Wake Up Slow on We're All Children of Coincidence.
Late last night, you said you loved me
I just thought 'he's just coming on
And by tomorrow, he'll have come, and gone
Gone and left me'...
STILL not available on CD >:(
-
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Not something I would have chosen myself, but my daughter's just bought it and put it on.
Not bad, actually.
-
The Beatles - The White Album.
I'm finding it a hard listen - to my ears, it's mostly quite poor or horribly dated. The headline tracks are still wonderful, though.
-
The Beatles - The White Album.
I'm finding it a hard listen - to my ears, it's mostly quite poor or horribly dated. The headline tracks are still wonderful, though.
Ah, but which ones would you say they were?
-
The ones that stood out :)
Basically, the ones that I remember as being good from the last time I listened to it:
- Dear Prudence
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
And especially Helter Skelter. I love the basic garage band effect.
-
Midlake - The Courage of Others. Thanks to Fopp in Edinburgh for playing some Midlake the last time I was in there, I'd never heard of them before.
-
The ones that stood out :)
Basically, the ones that I remember as being good from the last time I listened to it:
- Dear Prudence
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
And especially Helter Skelter. I love the basic garage band effect.
I still like the rather haphazard nature of it all. To your selections I'd add: Back in the USSR, Yer Blues, Happiness is a Warm Gun and, I probably shouldn't but I often find myself singing Savoy Truffle.
-
It is charming, in a way. I still like listening to albums as albums, and that certainly feels like the proper way to listen to it - I've just picked out the tracks which I thought worked in isolation.
I'll give it a few more listens, but I probably came to it too late. It must have made more sense (or failed to make sense in a more interesting way) in 1968.
-
The ones that stood out :)
Basically, the ones that I remember as being good from the last time I listened to it:
- Dear Prudence
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
And especially Helter Skelter. I love the basic garage band effect.
Blackbird is still pretty flawless, even though, like much of paul's work on that album, it isn't really a Beatles track.
-
Jónsi - Go (on We7)
It's like listening to Sigur Ros, but different. Quite like it actually.
This. Again. For on-the-bike motivation, Animal Arithmetic has to be The Choon of the album, but the lyrics are truly bizarre. However, the first verse1 does contain the line "riding bikes, making out" - so that's OK by me.
--------
1
Wake up, cut my hair
Making food disappear
Riding bikes, making out
Elephants run you down
:-\
-
WMMR's choice of music, this (USA) station and TripleM (Australia) seem to have the best playlists available on the web...
-
One channel on my venerable antique sound centre has failed. Arse. Now listening to Lucinda Williams, World Without Tears.
-
Dire Straits - Money for Nothing (Hits)
-
This month's eMusic downloads:
Demdike Stare - Tryptych (http://boomkat.com/downloads/366918-demdike-stare-tryptych)- very nice electronica
v/a - Generation Bass presents Transnational Dubstep (http://soundcloud.com/djumb/generation-bass-presents-transnational-dubstep-promo-excerpt-mix)- decent mix of 'ethnic dub' (crap term, I know) plus dubstep.
Sawako - Bitter Sweet (http://boomkat.com/cds/96396-sawako-bitter-sweet) - rather pleasant ambient/post-rock type stuff from Japan
Still to be listened to:
Bibio - Mind Bokeh
Bola - Mauver
Subeena - 23
Tholen - Sternklang
-
Jon and Vangelis - The Friends of Mr Cairo
If you don't mind Back To School, it's one of those No-Weak-Link Albums.
And the title song has got the cycling-related mondegreen: "Sam Spade's Sturmey Archer"... :thumbsup:
-
Trans-Europe Express - Kraftwerk
-
Supercollider / The Butcher, free from Radiohead :thumbsup:
Set guitars to kill by And so I watch you from afar. A band that Zane Lowe said made the Foo Fighters look like Justin Bieber. And they don't even have a vocalist. :o
-
Christy Moore.
-
The Stupids - Van Stupid.
-
Rachel Unthank & the Winterset. How lovely it is to hear North East England voices raised in song.
-
Eliza Carthy and the Ratcatchers ,Rough Music
The Gallant Hussar is in my opinion the best rendition of a tradititional english folk song ever, and there are plenty of contenders.
-
Rachel Unthank & the Winterset. How lovely it is to hear North East England voices raised in song.
There was a good article about them in the Observer a couple of months ago ,I saw them about 2 years ago and was quiet disapointed but I have heard them since as a duo and they seemed much better.
-
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
-
Rachel Unthank & the Winterset. How lovely it is to hear North East England voices raised in song.
There was a good article about them in the Observer a couple of months ago ,I saw them about 2 years ago and was quiet disapointed but I have heard them since as a duo and they seemed much better.
The Uthanks are on Later With Jools Holland tonight
-
The Wall - Pink Floyd
-
Tri Yann
-
And now a bit of Piaf.
-
Some utter tripe on the radio. In the office....
-
SomaFM: Listener Supported, Commercial Free Internet Radio (http://www.somafm.com) - the "Space Station Soma" channel, to be precise.
-
Still on WMMR, and Preston & Steve to be more precise.
Pure silliness to get me through the working day :)
-
Sketches (for My Sweetheart the Drunk) ~ Jeff Buckley
-
Gomez - Bring It On
-
Clannad in Concert, from 1978 - before they went all fey and ethereal
-
Psychedelic Furs eponymous first album to hear Wedding Song.
-
Today, so far:
Teo & Tea - Jean Michel Jarre
Destination Docklands - Jean Michel Jarre
La Revancha del Tango - Gotan Project
Lunatico - Gotan Project
Edit: now listening to: All Is Not Well - Manhole (now known as Tura Satana)
-
YouTube
- The Joy Formidable - 'Whirring' (The Sarm Sessions)
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF4t0hLHTFY)
You know a band is going to be good when the lead singer is called "Ritzy" :thumbsup:
A great live performance - they make a big noise.
-
Rubber Factor - The Black Keys
(among other things)
-
Gay music. Butterfly mentioned earlier that she only knew of two Village People songs, so we started with that, then moved on to Pet Shop Boys.
EDIT: Um, now Dusty...
-
Tyler Ramsey: A Long Dream About Swimming Across The Sea
-
Tehillim part IV by Steve Reich
I am reviewing a thousand abstracts, and it's mind numbing.
-
YouTube
- The Knack - My Sharona live (HQ)
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1T71PGd-J0) :thumbsup:
-
Aztec Camera ~ High Land, Hard Rain
-
Underworld: 1992-2002
Mmm... techno-tastic.
Currently, Spikee is on - and stuff is bouncing around on my desk. Good thing I work at home, alone :facepalm:.
-
Be careful what you listen to: McSweeney's Internet Tendency: What Your Favorite Classic Rock Band Says About You.
(http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/24peck.html).
Edit: Part 2 (http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/17peck.html).
-
Assorted Scorpions tracks from the mid 70s Uli Roth /
Michael Rudolph Schenker period. I am particularly liking "In Trance".
-
ZZ Top. loudly :thumbsup:
-
Guns n Roses
-
Dana Fuchs
-
The Mooney Suzuki.
-
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
-
Jools Holland on the TV
-
Suzi Quattro
-
Neutral Milk Hotel - In A Plane Over The Sea
-
Wild Beasts - Smother
-
Webb Sisters, Van Morrison, Electric Ladyland, Braids, some 6Music....
-
More selections from my latest eMusic downloads:
Grouper - A I A: Alien Observer
Grouper - A I A: Dream Loss
Both rather nice drifting ambient pieces. The rest, below, will be my listening for the rest of the month
Demdike Stare - Symbiosis
Direwires - There's Life After Winter
Lawrence English - Kiri No Oto
Geir Jenssen - Cho Oyu 8201m - Field Recordings From Tibet
Cluster - Sowiesoso
Belbury Poly - From An Ancient Star
Thomas Köner - Daikan
Oöphoi - An Aerial View
Vidna Obmana & Alio Die - Echo Passage
-
Just for a change, WMMR.
Currently playing Sublime - The Wrong Way.
Think I will have to check these guys out (Sublime).
-
The Soft Province
-
The Four Tops
-
Alice Cooper. It helps to be remided he/they wasn't just a pantomime character/band.
-
Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - "Rome" album. "Black", featuring Nora Jones, is particularly gorgeous.
-
Elvis.
-
Elvis.
The documentary on 6Music? I was woken by that after going to sleep with the radio on. Brilliant drumming on that live version of Suspicious Minds.
-
No,I missed that :(
I have The Pelvis on my mp3
-
Manu Chao.
And the little voice in my head telling me I need to do work instead of going out riding ....
-
The Beatles...the early stuff
-
His Bobness turns seventy1 today, thus it would be churlish to turn one's attention anywhere else. But WTF is Desolation Row about, eh? EH?? This has been puzzling me for about thirty years.
1 - All of a sudden I'm starting to feel Old :-\
-
Sandanista - The Clash
Was this really 1980 when this came out ??? where have all those years gone ???
-
Dear Messers. Yorke, Greenwood, Greenwood, O’Brien and Selway
I write as I have recently purchased your most recent disc: “Kings of Limbs” on the misapprehension that the said disc would contain “music.” Sadly, after a couple of listens, I have found no evidence of such. Indeed, to describe the wailing and disorganised sounds the 5 inch piece of plastic now sitting on my CD rack waiting a thick layer of dust to form contains as such would surely result in a knock on the door by the good burgers of Oxford Trading Standards.
This therefore is a request that you cease and desist from making such crap. May I remind you that you have not made a good album since The Bends some 16 years ago. Whilst it is accepted that bands can play on previous triumphs for a period of time and that an experimental period is acceptable, its now time to stop this nonsense and get back to making proper music.
Failure to do so will result in me ignoring any future recordings you may release.
Yours sincerely
Miserable of Stafford.
-
Ooh! If it's unlike the turgid shite they were wont to produce I might have to give it a listen. :thumbsup:
-
Slim Gaillard.
Crunchy crunchy crunchy crunch I don't want no lunch just bring me some potato chips... ;D
-
Iron and Wine's live album, Norfolk. A delicate joy.
-
SOUL music....
Motown
The Philly sound
-
The Shadows
-
Barton Hollow - The Civil Wars
You heard it here first folks, these are gonna be big
Can't get enough of these guys.
-
Gil Scott-Heron, with tears in my eyes.
-
Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate - puts me (thankfully) in a calmer spot
-
Gil Scott Herron LP's
-
Gil Scott Heron :(
-
Continuing my recent foray into spotify and down memory lane, Talking to the Taxman about Poetry. The Cubs seem to quite like it. I'm trying to remember if there's any inappropriate for smalls tracks on there, since I haven't heard it for the best part of 20 years....
And now they want to listen to the first song that SmallestCub ever listened to. Which I think was Macy Gray, although I'm not sure which track. So I shall look for that.
-
Lowell George - Thanks I'll Eat it Here
On vinyl :)
-
The new Bon Iver. Shimmering delicate stuff. Possibly his best yet
-
My Maudlin Career, by Camera Obscura. Perfect pop music, in the finest sense.
-
I Am Kloot - The Sky At Night and
The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts
All in prep for Deershed in July...
-
Riverside.
Progtastic! :thumbsup:
-
Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate - puts me (thankfully) in a calmer spot
Today mashed up with Kraftwerk and Neu! Hits the spot.
-
erm, Jean-Michel Jarre. There goes my street cred ;)
-
Now Gillian Welch - Hell Among the Yearlings.
-
The Orb - U.F.Orb
-
I've been watching some videos of Altered Images on Youtube.
This has nothing to do with how lovely Claire Grogan is ::-) :-*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkGk5q2lfMc&feature=related
YouTube
- Altered Images - See Those Eyes (TOTP)‏
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rEDCIiEFdY&feature=related)
-
Started with Seasisck Steve - Dog House Blues, now listening to Adele - 21, cued up after is Cee-Lo Green- The Lady Killer then I Am Kloot and The Go! Team (again :) )
-
Greg Wilsons edits on 12" vinyl : 80' Disco stuff
Yello, Lost Again
Mr Bloe, Groovin With Mr Bloe
Chaka Khan I Feel for You
Raw DMX. Do It To The Funk
Mike T. T' On The Mike
Onto some post millenium breakbeak
Nightmares On Wax. Smokers Delight
Then onto some IDM Experimental 1990's
µ-Ziq – Tango N' Vectif
Squarepusher- Music is One Rotted note
-
John Cale - Circus Live. Totally ace!
-
Maggot Brain now.
-
Um...Maggot Brain too.
-
Following a bit of Funkadelic, I got onto Woodstock live performances...
Currently Santana.
-
Ah. good idea.
I'm going home now.
-
All is not well - Manhole
-
George Thorogood & The Destroyers
-
We are the metalheads - Doro.
-
Duanne Eddy
-
erm, Jean-Michel Jarre. There goes my street cred ;)
+1 :thumbsup: Shame his CD's don't come with laser light shows :-\
-
Now Mogwai (or The Moggs, as they are known to their millions of fans).
-
G & S: Princess Ida.
One of their lesser-known comic operettas.
-
Show of Hands, at this exact moment their song about Chile and Pinochet, and dear gods the passion and the sheer humanity of Phil and Steve make me weep.
This is what folk used to be about, this is what folk SHOULD be about.
I am just a soppy old tart at times like this.
-
R&B - Billy Preston & Fats Domino
-
Boo Radleys - Giant Steps
-
Ian Dury & The Blockheads
-
Radio 4
-
The wife
-
Natural History - Talk Talk. It reminds me of some stuff, and I really like it.
-
Madness
-
Dianna Ross & The Supremes
-
Elvis
-
Natural History - Talk Talk. It reminds me of some stuff, and I really like it.
I haven't listened to that for years!!!!
Must dig it out and listen again.
today though it is Seether and Korn I am listening too, whilst trying to find some albums by Sublime.
-
Johnny Cash
-
Last night, I was feeling pretty grumpy, partly because of a selfish fuckwit I am having to deal with at work, partly because of the terribly dangerous left hook a few hundred metres from home, and partly because the Roadsafe website was playing up, so I played Madness. Lots of it, including three different versions of One Step Beyond (in a row - sorry Butterfly! :( ).
It improved things.
-
ZZ Top
-
Pressurehed
-
Ancient Cajun recordings.
-
A CD I bought from a boot sale in France a couple of weeks ago and haven't got round to playing yet. It's the best of the six I paid €5 for
L'arbre de Mai, by a group called Allégorie - songs and dances from the time of Dufay - good fun, but (probably) not at all historically accurate - they've only thrown about a quarter of Maximillians cart at it.
-
A bit of Dick Dale, after listening to Tom Ravenscroft's three-hour Surf Rock special on 6music.
-
Lots of stuff. Mainly artist on the Ram Records label. Its hardcore tecno from 2002/2003
Just gone through Ram Trilogy Vol 1 - 4
Going onto the Prince Album - Purple Rain. Then Maybe Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet. Could do some Northern Soul ? Mmm ?
Think I'll be tuned out by then. Back to radio 4 or somethink.
-
John Lennon
-
Still haven't properly listened to last months eMusic downloads and yesterday was renewal time already!
Warp Records have u/l a lot of e.p.s from their back catalogue so I've taken advantage.
So...this month I are be mostly listening to:
Aphex Twin - Girl/Boy & On
Autechre - Anti, Anvil Vapre, Envane
Disjecta - Looking For Snags
GAK - Gak
Polygon Window - Quoth
Seefeel - Starethrough
Non-Warp stuff:
Belbury Poly - Farmer's Angle
Kode9 & The Spaceape - Black Sun - really looking forward to hearing this
Peaking Lights - Imaginary Falcons
Burial - Street Halo
Also bought a couple of recent Muslimgauze releases: Beirut Transfer & Lazhareem Ul Leper making use of an HMV discount code - showing that HMV aren't completely useless/doomed!
-
Well reminded :D
Must dig out the Muslimgauze minidisc you gave me back in C+ days and convert it to mp3. Now, which post house move box is it in?
-
Johnnie Walker's Sounds of the 70's on Radio 2.
-
Brad Mehldau - Highway Rider
-
Well reminded :D
Must dig out the Muslimgauze minidisc you gave me back in C+ days and convert it to mp3. Now, which post house move box is it in?
Really? Did you use another forum name on C+ 'cos I can't remember sending you that? I assume it was all part of that music swap project that Phil (?) instigated?
Kode9 & The Spaceape - Black Sun - really looking forward to hearing this
On first listen: disappointing :(
-
Tangerine Dream: Dream Mixes 2.1
Forgot I had this album as it was tucked behind the rest of the cds! :thumbsup:
-
Led Zeppillin ~ Mothership
Bought in HMV last week for £6
-
On vinyl.
Saxon
Wheels of Steel.
And why not?
-
Tag's Trip on somafm.com
Trancy goodness ;D
-
On vinyl.
Saxon
Wheels of Steel.
And why not?
Turn it up LOUD! just before 747 (Strangers In The Night). Those opening chords blow your socks off.
-
Well reminded :D
Must dig out the Muslimgauze minidisc you gave me back in C+ days and convert it to mp3. Now, which post house move box is it in?
Really? Did you use another forum name on C+ 'cos I can't remember sending you that? I assume it was all part of that music swap project that Phil (?) instigated?
Yep, that's the one. I forget my user name then, either le chimiste or jean calvin.
Have found the minidisc, just not the minidisc player. More unpacking to follow.
In the meantime I has mostly been listening to Alejandro Escovedo.
-
Montrose
Rock the Nation
Vinyl....
Headphones and heavy, man.
-
Bruce Springstein : Greatest Hits
-
Frank Zappa
You are what you is
-
Yep, that's the one. I forget my user name then, either le chimiste or jean calvin.
Have found the minidisc, just not the minidisc player. More unpacking to follow.
In the meantime I has mostly been listening to Alejandro Escovedo.
Ah! It was Le Chimiste.
Today was Belbury Poly - Farmer's Angle (http://boomkat.com/cds/335450-belbury-poly-farmer-s-angle-revised-edition) & From An Ancient Star (http://boomkat.com/cds/281599-belbury-poly-from-an-ancient-star). So-called 'hauntological' music according to The Wire. Imagine the plinky-plonky/squelchy synth music that accompanied kid's tv or schools programmes in the 70s mixed with darker atmospheres & film samples. Rather fun :thumbsup:
-
B-52s. Just because
-
B-52s. Just because
**presses the big YACF invisible "Like" button**
-
Still listening to Dangermouse - Black (http://soundcloud.com/theaudioperv/danger-mouse-daniele-luppi).
-
Bruce Springstein : Greatest Hits
I gave the 75 - 85 live collection a blast the other day, sending good vibes to Clarence Clemons.
-
Al Stewart - Zero She Flies
A bit of nostalgia.
-
Not listening to, but watching, PJ Harvey's video album for Let England Shake.
She's so damn good.
-
Suffocation by Mass Obliteration via Map of Metal (http://www.mapofmetal.com), a nice brutal death ditty. Charming! :)
-
Leftism. Neighbours away. Mrs and mini-aos away. Celestion DL4 II. Cranked. ;)
-
Leftism. Neighbours away. Mrs and mini-aos away. Celestion DL4 II. Cranked. ;)
Oooiiiiii turn it down matey .....
-
Lots of YouTube stuff
The Faces
The Black Crowes
and then I ran into Saint Jude (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l40x_DCn_vw&feature=related) ! My she's got a set of pipes on her. They deserve to make it big. Needs some better songs of their own from what I could make out on YouTube but their playing is great and they do brilliant covers. Ronnie Wood has already done an impromptu guest appearance with them it seems.
-
a Depeche Mode concert which was broadcast on 6 Music.
It just struck me that it's been ages since I've listened to Depeche Mode. I have a cassette or two, but don't understand how I never bought any CDs. I will have to rectify this post haste!
-
Today I has da Funk !
Lots of Parliament and Funkadelic plus some swamp funk from JJ Grey and Mofro.
-
The Crystals,The Ronettes,The Supremes,Martha Reeves & The Vandellas....you get the picture I'm sure.
-
The Shadows
-
Alexander O'Neal and Luther Vandross.
Oh, baby. ;D
-
Amazon have just delivered a CD of Rostropovitch playing the Bach Cello Concertos. Hmm thats going on right now.
-
Still just waking up today (didn't get back here until after midnight last night, due to having to go to Portsmouth), but yesterday was:
Seether
Sublime
The Black Crowes
The Counting Crows
VV Brown
Korn
Plus random radio 4 stuff when I got sick of music. Must do 10 hours in the car again sometime :)
-
Sufjan Stevens - 'Michigan'.
-
Micah P. Hinson & The Gospel Of Progress
-
Finally got round to buying FSOL's Lifeforms on CD, although I've yet to get the whole way through.
-
Alestorm - Scottish Pirate Metal. Yaaarrrrrr!
YouTube
- ALESTORM - Keelhauled (Official)‏
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta-Z_psXODw)
-
Just got some Kraftwerk on, Trans Europe Express.
Got QOTSA Songs For The Deaf lined up next.
-
Currently "Bullet For My Valentine", sometimes you have to go with the Acoustic Spooky kid vibe :)
-
Now we've moved on to Finntroll - Scandinavian oompah death-metal ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3u86DPd7qc
-
Ah! No-body makes death metal like the Nordics, do they? Brings back memories of my youth, listening to Messiah Marcolin and Candlemass.
-
iPod on shuffle, means I don't have to make any decisions and am hearing loads of stuff I'd forgotten about
-
Started with Jack Johnson - Inbetween Dreams and now am onto The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts
-
Alestorm's "Black Sails at Midnight" - nothing like a few power shanties to kick off the day. Yarrr! ;D
-
Vinyl 12"
BC (aka Bad Company, not the band from the 70's) : Speed Ball. 1998 ?
Bushwacka: The Egyption. 2002 ?
Collapse - My Love. 1990 (Do not listen to the basic mix)
Debbie Deb : When I Hear The Music. 1983 TUNE !
A bootleg 12" inch
Daft Punk vs. Prince / Donna Summer - Kiss Da Funk / State Of Independence (Not On Label (Prince), Not On Label (Daft Punk), Not On Label (Donna Summer)
Collapse - My Love Ambient Drops (got a be a classic !??) 1990
and on to
King Curtis – The New Scene Of King Curtis
-
Rough Trade Shops Electronic 01. Currently Autechre - sounding like a C64 being chucked down the stairs, but rhythmically.
-
Give us a feedback , Avoid/want ?
1. Signals Brian Eno 02:45
2. I Hear A New World Rod Freeman 02:39
3. Kardamom Oval 01:00
4. Die Liebe Barbara Morgenstern 03:54
5. Hot On The Heals Of Love Throbbing Gristle 04:18
6. Marseille 2 Christian Zanesi 03:24
7. Dr Who BBC Radiophonic Workshop 02:21
8. Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass I-F 04:05
9. Bufferin:"Memories" Raymond Scott 00:59
10. The Light 3000 Kpt.Michi.Gan 04:04
11. Day Breaks, Night Heals Robert Rental 03:59
12. Basscadet Autechre 05:24
13. 586 New Order Engineers: by Bruno Ellingham and Andrew Robinson 07:29
14. Freak 'N' You Matmos 04:58
15. Between Kate And Naomi Uusitalo 02:30
16. Atelier Pierre Henry 03:32
17. Inkey$ Aphex Twin 01:18
18. D.C. D.O.A. Terre Thaemlitz 01:12
19. The Robots Kraftwerk 06:07
20. Radio Music John Cage 00:57
21. Out Out Out Non 03:33
Disc 2 1. Just A Second Faust 03:36
2. Cars To Rococo Rot 03:58
3. I Want More Can 03:31
4. Freestyle Dumping Stereolab 03:56
5. Arvio Pan Sonic 01:22
6. Tascel_7 Arovane 05:41
7. Superbad LB 03:15
8. Firspk D 02:16
9. Being Boiled The Human League 03:47
10. Direct Drive Aux 88 03:51
11. Mean Old Devil Bruce Haack 03:24
12. Peanuts Kevin Blechdom 02:42
13. Turn On Fischerspooner 04:23
14. Trixie Thomas Brinkmann 04:52
15. Warm Leatherette The Normal 03:22
16. Big Muff Depeche Mode 04:20
17. Senderwahl Dexter 03:53
18. 011 Fennesz 02:49
19. At The Golden Circle Stockholm Farben 06:11
20. Ended Coil
-
It's mostly very pleasing. But it covers a lot of ground!
The Schneider TM one is a cover of the Smiths tune. The Raymond Scott track sounds like an advert from a Philip K Dick novel. Obv. the Dr Who theme is a classic. If you like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing you'll like.
-
Just digging in the crates for the Human League , Being Boiled' lol. Im on this at the moment
(http://www.recordstore.co.uk/images/covers/mute/NOMU107-300.jpg)
Oh no. Ive just found 'Soft Cell, Tainted Love. poor tune tough the 12" is magic though annoying !
-
I have that album too ;D
Love the Richard BURTON version of Blake's Jerusalem (not that one).
-
Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
-
Ministry of Sound - Back to the Old Skool - Praga Kahn "Injected With A Poison"
I needz more powerz in my computer speakerz
-
The Zutons
-
The Penguin Café Orchestra
-
Peggy Lee - Is That All There Is?
-
Foo Fighters - In Your Honour
One of their lesser known albums, and one which they only played 2 songs off on Sunday (Cold Day In The Sun and Best Of You), would have like to see them play Virginia Moon, but then again they do have 7 albums worth of material (8 CDs, as "In Your Honour" is a double), so it must have been hard for them to choose.
That has just finished now, I think I will line up "Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace" then move onto The Go! Team
-
Rory Gallagher - Notes from San Francisco
-
Warren Zevon.
-
Bach Brandenburg no. 1. It was one of my O level set works more than 40 years ago. IIRC the others were ...
oh bugger! The radio's batteries have just died.
-
Lots of trancey goodness courtesy of somafm.com
Getting me in the mood for tonight's ride.
-
It just had to be this track News of the World (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAXeUKPwBj4) :)
-
Badly Drawn Boy.
Randy Crawford.
-
It just had to be this track News of the World (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAXeUKPwBj4) :)
Great track :thumbsup:
-
The Prince of Tecno
Blake Baxter ACID !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
-
Foo Fighters - In Your Honour
One of their lesser known albums, and one which they only played 2 songs off on Sunday (Cold Day In The Sun and Best Of You), would have like to see them play Virginia Moon, but then again they do have 7 albums worth of material (8 CDs, as "In Your Honour" is a double), so it must have been hard for them to choose.
That has just finished now, I think I will line up "Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace" then move onto The Go! Team
Echoes ... and In Your Honour are my two favourite FF albums. And by the way, I hated you for getting to see them live when me and Jane couldn't get tickets.
But after that great bike ride I forgave you. :-*
-
Tubas in the Moonlight - Bonzos
-
Ive had a vinyl night. Heres some
!!! (chkk chk chk) Louden Up Now , Album (Warp Label 2004 ?)
Lightin Hopkins with Earl Palmer & Jimmy Bond. Compilation ? (Boulevard Label
1971)
And this funk Album . Parlament. Funkentelechy. Maybe my fave funk album from 1977 ?
(http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-2321978-1276816035.jpeg)
-
Music. On proper headphones. Without being in either a) a train or b) a tent
I can't remember when I last did this. ::-)
-
Ive had a vinyl night. Heres some
!!! (chkk chk chk) Louden Up Now , Album (Warp Label 2004 ?)
Lightin Hopkins with Earl Palmer & Jimmy Bond. Compilation ? (Boulevard Label
1971)
And this funk Album . Parlament. Funkentelechy. Maybe my fave funk album from 1977 ?
(http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-2321978-1276816035.jpeg)
John, I'm pretty sure I've got the Lightning Hopkins album! Is it mostly white, with a black and white of LH mostly to the left and maybe a bit of navy blue somewhere? (All my vinyl's in store at the moment. If it is that one, it's amazing how they keep up with LH because he keeps on putting in a half-bar here and taking one out there! Great stuff!
-
Enjoy ! No music/bike, no life
-
Enjoy ! No music/bike, no life
True! Now answer the question!
-
Hi Peter
The one I was listening to was this
The original
(http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-1664163-1236006532.jpeg)
Repress
(http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-1383124-1258206575.jpeg)
(http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-1383124-1258206582.jpeg)
Maybe its this ?
-
Hi Peter
The one I was listening to was this
The original
(http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-1664163-1236006532.jpeg)
Repress
(http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-1383124-1258206575.jpeg)
(http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-1383124-1258206582.jpeg)
Maybe its this ?
Bit hard to tell!
-
Music is no good in store Peter. :) Maybe you could sell it to me ? Vinyl only, no 7" inch though.
yEAH Mr hOpkinS Is out there with the original blues guitar players in my opinion. Class !
-
Bingo - I'm pretty sure the one I've got's the original, so purple not blue. I agree, music is best not in store but I'm hoping it's only temporary!
See you soon.
-
Dire Straits happened. And now I'm reading about Francis Chichester. Such is the hazard of the internet. :thumbsup:
-
Good indication Peter on old Vinyl original albums is what they call 'flip back sleeve' Maybe pre 1970. I think after the 60's 'flip back sleeves' became redundant. If the Lightnin Hopkins original album/compilation was a flip back , I don't know ?
Here is a good example of a flip back sleeve from Bob Dylans: Freewheelins rear sleeve.
Notice how the front sleeve has flipped back bonding the rear card sleeve
(http://www.discogs.com/image/R-1280814-1236868399.jpeg)
-
Had a Manchester day today, listened to in rough yearly order:
Joy Division - Disc 2 of Heart and Soul
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Stone Roses - Stone Roses
Happy Mondays - Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
Doves - Lost Souls
Doves - Kingdom of Rust
Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys
-
Had a Manchester day today, listened to in rough yearly order:
Joy Division - Disc 2 of Heart and Soul
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Stone Roses - Stone Roses
Happy Mondays - Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
Doves - Lost Souls
Doves - Kingdom of Rust
Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys
Get well soon, Matt!
-
Radio 2.Sound of the 60's with Brian Mattews.
luvit :)
-
Hey funk fans, check out the Craig Charles Funk & Soul show on 6Music, Saturday evenings.
I enjoy this a lot, even though I don't think I've ever bought a funk record.
-
Massenet's Cendrillon (Opera on 3) from the Royal Opera House.
-
Hello Starling - Josh Ritter
Lift Your Skinny Fists.... - Godspeed You! Balck Emperor
-
Lift Your Skinny Fists.... - Godspeed You! Balck Emperor
Good call! Just inspired me to play it myself :thumbsup:
-
That has SO much potential for abuse Paul.I think you are very brave for posting that ;)
-
:facepalm: Not that anyone round here would ever dream of quoting a post out of context ::-) ::-)
-
Biffy Clyro - Puzzle
My favourite Biffy album, from the opening bars of "Living Is A Problem Because Everything Dies" to the closing bars of "Machines", it just encapsulates everything that rock should be.
-
Lambchop - I Hope You're Sitting Down.
Warm, delightful alt-country.
-
Joan As Policewoman on the way to Embra.
A little bit of Tortoise, followed by Trojan Dub now.
-
Asian Dub Foundation.
-
Coil - Musick To Play in the Dark Part 2
-
Got some cheap deals, so no apologies!
UFO, Best Of (three quid!)
Wishbone Ash, Argus
Procul Harum, Best Of.
-
Random Slade.
As loud as this crappy laptop can manage.
-
Iron and Wine
-
Voice of the Seven Woods
-
And now, TS Eliot. Burnt Norton.
-
Mr. Bach. Double violin concerto.
-
Best of The Human League. :D :D
-
Timbuk3
-
Bought some 'new' cd's yesterday. So,
Deerhunter - Microcastle
-
The National - Boxer
-
Deerhunter - Microcastle
Heard this yesterday. Is very good.
-
Just gone through two Seasick Steve albums, now listening to Foo Fighters - Medium Rare, a collection of cover versions.
-
Jeffrey Lewis and Peter Stampfel.
-
"The Drone Zone" on somafm.com - I've had a very stressful day and am trying desperately to chill out.
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DvXvq3sjyQ
-
Timbuk3
Yay! So you're the other person who bought that album?
-
Well, 20+ years ago I had Greetings From on tape. On the other side was More Love Songs by Loudon Wainwright III, if memory serves correctly. Present from a school friend.
Then just shy of 20 years ago my then boyfriend (an Irish bloke I met in France and split up with in Africa) gave me a tape with Christy Moore on one side (can't remember the album but it had Ride On on it) and Timbuk 3's Eden Alley on the other.
So I didn't exactly buy it.
And then I recently discovered spotify on the ipod and have been happily reminiscing :)
-
The Four Tops : The Difinitive Collection
-
The National - Boxer
My favourite album at the moment :)
-
Radio 2. Brian Matthews' Sound of the Sixties
:thumbsup:
-
Coltrane.
-
Gedge.
-
Sid Vicious - Sid Sings
Found this in a dusty crate. Ive got a lot of live albums of sid though not heard this before. His only album. It's a live album and sounds really poor lol. I mean the sound quality. Their is one studio track Franks Sinatras 'My Way (last track). That has some sound Quality.
Thought I'd post the sleeves for those who haven't seen it before, not sure which is the front sleeve ?
(http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-688146-1147869725.jpeg)
(http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-688146-1147869715.jpeg)
-
Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman. Bloody hell, he was good back then.
-
Verdi's Requiem (BBC Proms). Should have gone down to the Albert Hall but by the time I remembered it was too late.
-
Michael Yonkers Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfMLjrAOr74
-
Mainly 'Stiff Records'
Anyone over the age of 35 ? must have had some Stiff Records ?
This is Stiff Records first release
(http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-1208199-1304270159.jpeg)
Of what I did not know !!! I loved the 'Play Loud' text on the labels of what my parents disapproved
-
Verdi's Requiem (BBC Proms). Should have gone down to the Albert Hall but by the time I remembered it was too late.
What an apposite remark, Andrij!
-
Mainly 'Stiff Records'
Anyone over the age of 35 ? must have had some Stiff Records ?
This is Stiff Records first release
(http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-1208199-1304270159.jpeg)
Of what I did not know !!! I loved the 'Play Loud' text on the labels of what my parents disapproved
Thought you'd have been listening to "Climb Every Mountain" after yesterday!
-
Is walking a exception lol. It certainly was a stiff climb HA :)
-
I'm embarrassed to say that I only Stiff I had was a couple of Madness cassettes.
What does "mono enhanced stereo" mean?
-
John Lee Hooker - The Healer
-
Steely Dan: Can't buy a thrill. "Do it again" is just superb. The whole album is just jaw droppingly well put together.
Next year, it'll be 40 years since that came out. <Shakes head>
When I first got into music this was the sort of thing that my mate's big brothers had on the stereo.
-
Kraftwerk - The Man Machine
-
The Decemberists
-
Stranglers.
It's Martin's fault.
-
Boards of Canada - In a Beautiful Plce Out in the Country.
Wonderful, atmospheric electronica.
-
Sparks (again). Being astonished by creative originality.
-
The Tain - Horslips.
Edit: Now it's Magnum. This isn't good is it?
-
Edit: Now it's Magnum. This isn't good is it?
It depends... Kingdom Of Madness, Chase The Dragon and On A Storyteller's Night are classics, but they definitely got a bit meh post-Goodnight LA. ;)
-
Coltrane
-
Manu Chao (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScVvQ3ya46k). Fast forward it a bit to 1.30. IMO one of the best Glastonbury performances ever.
-
Medium Rare by Foo Fighters, an album of covers. they are just cracking through a Ramones cover, pretty damned good, if you ask me
-
Sometimes I browse through this thread, looking for new music to explore, and I swear I hear John Peel's voice reading stuff out.
Is it just me?
-
No. I often hear John Peel's voice in my head saying all sorts of things, not just connected with music.
-
Blackfield
-
Smart Flesh ~ The Low Anthem
Beautifully atmospheric
-
No. I often hear John Peel's voice in my head saying all sorts of things, not just connected with music.
Trouble is, that after seeing the Beeb's coverage of Glasto, my image of Peely quickly morphs into Mark Radcliffe.....
Back on topic, listening to Puzzle by Biffy Clyro. I love this album, it's happy, sad, angry and bouncy all at the same time....
-
The Tain - Horslips.
I thought I was the only person who ever listens to that nowadays! :o
I love Dearg Doom
-
Classic Rock presents: NWOBHM (http://www.planetrock.com/promotions/nwobhm-compilation/classic-rock-presents-nwobhm/) :thumbsup:
-
this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsqKH_VIrng&ob=av2e :thumbsup:
-
Talking Heads.
-
The Broken Family Band. Country-tinged folksy indie with bitter, heartfelt lyrics, led by Stephen Adams's wonderfully OTT US accent.
See also his current band, The Singing Adams. A little less country, a little more indie.
-
The Broken Family Band. Country-tinged folksy indie with bitter, heartfelt lyrics, led by Stephen Adams's wonderfully OTT US accent.
See also his current band, The Singing Adams. A little less country, a little more indie.
This sounds interesting. It shall be explored tomorrow :D
-
You really should. It's fabulous. TBFB also had a great quiet-loud vibe going on at times, like a country version of the Pixies. Good sweariness as well.
I can do you CDRs if you like (or a USB stick more like, as the CD drive is a bit temperamental).
-
Yes please! Why not? Love exploring new music :smug:
-
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci live at Clwb Ifor Bach, 2000. I taped it off the radio and just found the tape in a box - so I'm converting it to MP3. It's as enchanting as I remember.
-
Uncharacteristically, Gerry Rafferty.
-
Fields of the Nephilim - Dawnrazor
I'm in that kind of a mood tonight ...
-
Harvest - Neil Young
Speaking of Now - Pat Metheny
Blinking Lights & Other Revelations - Eels
-
Had the good fortune and connections to get guest tickets for WOMAD last weekend and managed to blag my way onstage with Booker T Jones.
Proper R 'n' B, not that stuff that's nicked the name.
Evidence that I speak the truth here. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=743sMXx6BhY)
Even better, while I was wallowing in nostalgia (yes, I am an old fart), I discovered that the latest episode (http://www.livefromdarylshouse.com/currentep.html) of the consistently wonderful 'Live from Dary'ls House' featured the man himself.
Hammond B-3 heaven.
-
Remain In Light - Talking Heads
The one with the scary album cover.
-
Just had The Soft Province's eponymous album
Currently Soft Bulletin - Flaming Lips
Next up another eponymous one from The National
-
Sigur Rós. Lots of Sigur Rós. It's that kind of day.
-
Sublime - 40oz To Freedom
Class ska punk
-
http://youtu.be/ES1RypBww_g
A little something my son introduced me to.
ETA: He showed me this too.
http://youtu.be/fc-V3NYckOI
-
Now that, LG, put me in mind for the perfect "song" for today....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGNgcRwKW4Q
-
Nevermind - inspired by the fact that I read about the 20th anniversary edition coming out soon.
20 years - where did it go?
I arrived at University just as Nirvana got huge - certainly part of the soundtrack of my first year there.
-
Spotlight Kid - Haunting Me (http://soundcloud.com/robmccleary1/spotlight-kid-haunting-me). Blatantly derivative of My Bloody Valentine - one of my very favourite bands - but that doesn't spoil my enjoyment.
-
EldestCub's "Music of the year, 1968" album. He knows every word, it would appear.
-
At the moment, Erik Satie - En habit de cheval.
-
Floyd - Wish You Were Here
-
The Stranglers Duchess (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXJfVXYL714)
"And the Rodneys are queueing up, God forbid"
God forbid indeed, they've taken over the world.
>:(
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMo6Ju8SJ8o
-
Ryan Adams "Heartbreaker". It's been a while since I've put it on, and I'm sure it's not considered cool, but it's one of my 'Desert Island' disks without doubt.
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAANdjxEKlU&feature=related
-
Tull. Aqualung, and Roots to Branches.
-
I love Aqualung - and indeed most early Tull.
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzHBxu4HR1M&feature=related
-
Casework deadline, ergo Ozrics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tKLuPDcOmY&feature=related
-
The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops
-
A bit of this. Lovely.
http://youtu.be/IFPTLfYeYtw
-
A song for the last few days.. >:(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCkNu9OxThc
-
A song for the last few days.. >:(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCkNu9OxThc
Or this (one of my favourite FZ songs, as it happens)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiVFfOOm_GI
Currently, I am listening to "Diversions" by Orbital - a much maligned (IMO) remix album.
-
F♯ A♯ ∞ ~ Godspeed You Black Emperor. Somehow appropriate at the moment
-
Mogwai
-
Or this (one of my favourite FZ songs, as it happens)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiVFfOOm_GI
The Deviants did a fine cover of that at one of their reunion gigs, with Wayne Kramer on guitar.
-
The amazingly naff-titled Glenn Miller Orchestra - In The Digital Mood. It's all the classics recorded in digital stereo. If I'm brutally honest, the musicianship isn't quite as good as the 1940s originals, but the sound is phenomenal.
-
10,000 Maniacs.
-
Flat Baroque and Berserk - Roy Harper
Timothy's Monster [Disc 4] - Motorpsycho
-
Dreams of Andalusia (http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2009/Oct09/Dreams_andalusia_metcd1062.htm)... a fantastic album. Great to plug into when working my way through ASI spreadsheets, as it calms the soul.
-
A 10,000 Maniacs cover
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnY88-MJSmU
(The singer's strained voice is very evocative for me)
-
I've been in raucous mode today - Love/Hate, Rammstein, Ratt, P.O.D., Scorpions, Pendulum, The Prodigy, White Zombie...
-
Whereas I'm feeling mellow and working my way through a variety of ambient gig recordings ...
-
Glasvegas - Euphoric /// Heartbreak \\\
-
Ives 2
-
Best of Lindisfarne (courtesy of Pedaldog).
-
It's film music night at The Proms; they're working through the John Williams canon.
-
A medley of Bond themes now. :thumbsup:
Not as good as Propellerheads' OHMSS, but close.
-
Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Intact
-
A medley of Bond themes now. :thumbsup:
Not as good as Propellerheads' OHMSS, but close.
I'm listening too and the Bond medley was ace! :thumbsup:
-
LOL at the guitarist, who looks like Mervyn King's assistant. Looks like a self-built Strat as it has no name on the headstock.
-
Listening (and watching) this excellent 'Literal version' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZaiB9jYCxI&feature=youtu.be) of the Men without Hats video to 'Safety Dance'
I've been giggling like a six year old all day.
-
This. (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x182kz_feeder-buck-rogers_music) All because of some new advert for some horrible sickly sweet linctus that used to aid recovery.
-
The Walkmen - Lisbon
-
An evening of Brian Eno.
'Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)' at the mo.
-
Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm with you :D
-
Very strange:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aqKA_2UUy4&feature=player_embedded
-
Madness NW5 (from The Liberty of Norton Folgate)
-
http://youtu.be/HqViJyweNV0
Beautiful. What would it be like, to make art like this? But thank God, someone does.
-
http://youtu.be/HqViJyweNV0
Beautiful. What would it be like, to make art like this? But thank God, someone does.
I love their stuff, especially Bright Lights Tonight and Dimming Of The Day. Not so thrilled by Linda singing You Raise Me Up - not her but the song is so derivative: the "You Raise Me Up" phrase is identical to Danny Boy but noone has acknowledged this.
Do you like Kate and Anna McGarrigle?
-
http://youtu.be/HqViJyweNV0
Beautiful. What would it be like, to make art like this? But thank God, someone does.
I love their stuff, especially Bright Lights Tonight and Dimming Of The Day. Not so thrilled by Linda singing You Raise Me Up - not her but the song is so derivative: the "You Raise Me Up" phrase is identical to Danny Boy but noone has acknowledged this.
Do you like Kate and Anna McGarrigle?
I'm afraid I've never heard of them.
-
I'm on a Bellowhead kick tonight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBE5ovRJQn8
-
http://youtu.be/HqViJyweNV0
Beautiful. What would it be like, to make art like this? But thank God, someone does.
I love their stuff, especially Bright Lights Tonight and Dimming Of The Day. Not so thrilled by Linda singing You Raise Me Up - not her but the song is so derivative: the "You Raise Me Up" phrase is identical to Danny Boy but noone has acknowledged this.
Do you like Kate and Anna McGarrigle?
This isn't bad either: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=payivmhyrII&feature=related
-
I love their stuff, especially ... Dimming Of The Day.
Peter, I only heard of Richard and Linda recently. I think Bunbury and Deano are fans, and I kind of followed their lead.
I just looked this up. Oh dear. It's really very good, isn't it.
-
This isn't bad either: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=payivmhyrII&feature=related
You're not wrong.
-
Linda, if you like Richard and Linda's harmony singing, then you must hear "I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight". You must also listen to Kate and Anna McGarrigle, probably their eponymous first album. But do it sitting down: if it's poignancy + harmony singing you like, then you might actually faint!
-
So much music in the world. Crusty needs to go back to work soon so I can waste my days off on the computer again :thumbsup:
-
Linda, if you like Richard and Linda's harmony singing, then you must hear "I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight". You must also listen to Kate and Anna McGarrigle, probably their eponymous first album. But do it sitting down: if it's poignancy + harmony singing you like, then you might actually faint!
I've dipped into Kate and Anna, and TBH their voices don't do a lot for me. However, the music I like best has often left me cold at first then with perserverance proved to be a (lifelong) keeper. So I haven't given up on them.
Thanks for the tips.
-
Fair enough, Linda, that's what makes the world go round! To be fair to K & A, most of the Youtube stuff is live performance from relatively recently when their voices have got a little shriller. Also Kate was very ill of a particularly horrible kind of total body cancer towards the end of her life. If you haven't heard it, try the "Go Leave" clip, it's about her break up with Louden Wainwright (she was Rufus's mother). If you have heard that, then I'm sorry to have gone on about it again!
All the best,
Peter
-
Started with Dr. Jeckyll and Dr. Hyde with their Genius Rap. Which have a sample from the group called Tom Tom Club, whom at first I couldn't remember who they were. So after some wiki'ing around I found out they started as a side project to Talking Heads. So much for listening to 80's old school rap.
-
The Gabrieli Consort and assorted soloists performing Mendelssohn's Elijah. The volume may be turned up a bit higher than absolutely necessary, but I'm enjoying it too much to care what others think. Besides, it's much more preferable to the noise that comes drifting in off the street.
-
Recorded spaghetti western orchestra prom. Made me smile, lovely theramin playing.
-
Various bits of fractally generated ambient/drone music - sort-of kind-of like Brian Eno's past experiments in 'generative' music with a side order of added overall strangeness. Not unpleasant to listen to by any means, but 'interesting' even given my rather wide tastes in sounds.
-
Bowie - Hunky Dory
Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
-
The Tragically Hip1 - have started with their first EP, which I discovered courtesy of a Canadian I worked with at university, and I'm about halfway through their discography now. I'd quite forgotten how good they are.
1- The other good band to come out of Canada ;)
-
A Tanya Stephens song 'No More' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vnigr6G1gU) that sounds eerily relevant to life in the UK right now.
Shame it was written about Jamaican politics 10 or so years ago.
:'(
-
The Tragically Hip1 - have started with their first EP, which I discovered courtesy of a Canadian I worked with at university, and I'm about halfway through their discography now. I'd quite forgotten how good they are.
1- The other good band to come out of Canada ;)
The other being?
the Band, Wilderness of Manitoba, Courage of Lassie, The Gertrudes, etc.?
-
I think he can only be referring to Godspeed You Black Emperor...
and I'm listening to The Beatles at the mo.
-
Guitar Wolf!
Shouty, raucous Japanese NOISE.
-
Patti Smith - Horses
-
Ben Howard
Under the Same Sun (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KrU1LY-pQU&feature=BFa&list=FLmoEA2ENAAVay7IichRdgYA&lf=plpp).
-
Swann and Dyer, "Thumb Twiddling"
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AYIL5CEHpw&feature=related
-
Mainly listening to Minisrty of Sound's Old Skool House compilation of late 80s/early 90s dance music (acid, rave etc). Bizarre how tracks that seemed so fast 20 years ago now seem a wee bit plodding. And repetitive. Still some classics in there though: Waterfall, Voodoo Ray, Papua New Guinea, Humanoid,....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBk6Qe_rQUA
Apols for the advert at the start of the video (if it flashes up for embedded links - it does if you view from YT directly). Youtube, innit.
-
Total 12 compilation by Kompakt arrived today - blimey. Real return to core values for the label - it's staggering good on first listen. Superpitcher and Coma tracks stand out on first go. Certainly sounds like Kompakt again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52C138DCkHs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52C138DCkHs)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q92LYAY4sZg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q92LYAY4sZg)
Next up - new Plaid album Scintilli - first proper output from them in 8 years, let's see if the wait was worth it?
-
Ulrich Schnauss & Jonas Munk - s/t collaboration for me. Rather nice it is too.
Next up - new Plaid album Scintilli - first proper output from them in 8 years, let's see if the wait was worth it?
I'm undecided about this one - I was rather underwhelmed by Spokes & was very close to walking out of their gig in Norwich last year. Like Autechre they seem to be more interested in showing how good they are at manipulating the software than producing anything resembling a tune. :(
Might still take a risk on the Norwich gig in October though... :-\
-
Ulrich Schnauss & Jonas Munk - s/t collaboration for me. Rather nice it is too.
Next up - new Plaid album Scintilli - first proper output from them in 8 years, let's see if the wait was worth it?
I'm undecided about this one - I was rather underwhelmed by Spokes & was very close to walking out of their gig in Norwich last year. Like Autechre they seem to be more interested in showing how good they are at manipulating the software than producing anything resembling a tune. :(
Might still take a risk on the Norwich gig in October though... :-\
Can understand the comments on Spokes for sure - after Double Figure (which I really loved), it got a bit up it's own arse.
Scintilli on now - and it sounds closer to Double Figure than Spokes - it's really rather good - Thank and Unbank caught my attention (I will admit, I've been rather distracted with some work stuff whilst trying to listen to it). Some of it is quite menacing though - but, all in all, sounds very good, sounds like Plaid should but without getting lost in technical somersaults!
-
Can understand the comments on Spokes for sure - after Double Figure (which I really loved), it got a bit up it's own arse.
Scintilli on now - and it sounds closer to Double Figure than Spokes - it's really rather good - Thank and Unbank caught my attention (I will admit, I've been rather distracted with some work stuff whilst trying to listen to it). Some of it is quite menacing though - but, all in all, sounds very good, sounds like Plaid should but without getting lost in technical somersaults!
That sounds promising (as did the samples on Scintilli.com) :thumbsup:
Might pop into the Arts Centre tomorrow & spend b/day cash on a ticket!
-
Ibizarre.
Balearic ambient-techno - some of it is very good indeed, whereas other tracks are too noodly even for my tastes. Overall though, it's a keeper.
-
Levelling the Land by the Levellers
Strange how much having heard this live affects listening. It's almost too much. They are an outstanding live band.
-
Loud sounds to drown out the office.
For calmness - OM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM22W_stXG4
And general overpowering of even our loudest Business Relationship manager - Sunn 0)))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIR1KfKXH6s
-
"Zeus EP" - British Sea Power. Fucking, fucking ace.
-
And general overpowering of even our loudest Business Relationship manager
That sounds like it could actually be the name of a Sunn O))) track :)
-
Detroit Cobras, Life, love and leaving. Appropriataly enough... I may be baking at the same time.
-
Spider In The Bath. Not a series I have ever seen on TV proper - I think it was broadcast between my childhood and my bairns - but we had a video of it for Our Kid. Such a sensitive and gentle programme. I still enjoy it, and it is making me smile :)
-
Fu Manchu - The action is go.
-
Just finished downloading my latest eMusic quota:
Currently playing
Gnod - InGnodWeTrust - not my usual sort of thing & downloaded on the basis of the review in The Quietus (http://thequietus.com/articles/06409-gnod-ingnodwetrust-review)
"With its oppressive array of krautrock rhythmic patterns, dub effects, electronic manipulations and bleak post-punk vibe, In Gnod We Trust is a concrete slab of quivering, disgusted urban psychedelic music, as ominous as it is compelling."
Jeez, they're not wrong: track 2, in particular, is rather intense and bordering on being extremely grating...listening on headphones might be interesting!
And in the queue:
Seefeel - Faults
wAgAwAgA - Mrepsican
The Field - Looping State of Mind
Thighpaulsandra - Rape Scene - dodgy title - bought due to low cost & Coil/Spiritualised connections
Svarte Greiner - Kappe
Autechre - Cichli Suite
Another Electronic Musician - Use (how long before there's Yet Another Electronic Musician?) :D
Clutchy Hopkins & Lord Kenjamin - Music is My Medicine
Sigur Ros - Ny Batteri & Svefn-g-englar eps
The complete Study Series (http://ghostbox.greedbag.com/dept/~study-series/) on Ghost Box.
And some 1-track ambience to use up my allocation:
DJ Olive - Buoy & Triage
Steve Roach - A Deeper Silence
BJ NIlsen & Stilluppsteypa - Passing Out
-
just been listening to Last Night of The Proms
:thumbsup:
-
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake - a brilliant album.
I don't mind admitting it was the Mercury nomination that got me back listening to PJ, after I thought I had lost interest.
-
Horslips. Started with Lindisfarne, and I'm beginning to realise that I like folk-rock much more than I thought.
-
Plastikman Arkives 1993-2010
Bloody expensive boxset, but worth every penny so far - he is a true musical hero of mine and this set gives many insights into how he works etc. Hearing some of the recording sessions for Spastik are fascinating - seeing how much he then chopped things down from his original session - no wonder he says his fingers are covered in scalpel scars!
The book in the box set is fascinating, especially about the impact of being banned from the US had on his music and mental state etc.
Great stuff!
-
I've been really getting into Small Town Eyes by Justin Sandercoe (of justin guitar website). Some great tracks including this . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj5IOk4UpHo&feature=player_detailpage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj5IOk4UpHo&feature=player_detailpage)
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NarL1RXtvBI
-
New Laura Marling album. Bit of a curate's egg. I mostly like it but there's at least one song I've really taken against - Salinas.
Of her three albums so far, it's probably her third best.
Oh well.
d.
-
Cure special on 6 music. Cracking stuff.
-
Brian Mathew's "Sounds of the Sxties" on Radio 2.
-
Edgar Broughton Band - Sing Brother Sing
Mainly because I had "Aphrodite" running through my head when I woke up this morning and it reminded me me I hadn't heard the album for ages.
-
Miming to Cocteaus; more enjoyable than the official videos:
http://youtu.be/s7tl7347qf8
http://youtu.be/vnB4_lTR2ew
-
All sorts of stuff - decided to live dangerously and put the iPod into 'shuffle' mode.
Makes for some interesting juxtapositions: the last four tracks I've had have been by The Beatles, Brian Eno, Slayer and Talk Talk, respectively. The seque from "Music for Airports" into "Angel Of Death" was quite interesting :)
EDIT: now we have Booker T. & the MG's with the awesome 'Green Onions' ...
-
U2
-
Bush
Reminded of them from the US station I listen to during the day playing their new single "The Sound of Winter", so plunging, head long, through their back catalogue.
Currently listening to "Glycerine" then going to listen to their remix album "Deconstructed"
It's the late '90's all over again :)
-
Lanterns on the Lake ~ Gracious Tide, Carry Me Home
-
"I'm With You" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
-
Now listening to my Last.FM station, started with Bloc Party, then the Foo Fighters and now it's playing "Folding Stars" by Biffy Clyro.
Pure Class!
Now it's on Audioslave - "One and the Same"
-
"I'm With You" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
I've got it - but not got into it yet. Struggling to find a track that hooks me in.
-
Ágætis Byrjun - Sigur Rós
-
Ágætis Byrjun - Sigur Rós
Nah, you're just showing off that you can do fancy accents and diphthongs and stuff. :P
-
Ágætis Byrjun - Sigur Rós
Nah, you're just showing off that you can do fancy accents and diphthongs and stuff. :P
Copy & paste, dear boy ;)
-
Free "4AD Sessions" compilation music download by signing up to mailing list:
http://www.4ad.com/news/22/9/2011/4adreleasesessionscompilationlpandfreemp3download (Page doesn't completely load properly with IE for me; does with Firefox).
-
Spent the day listening to R.E.M. :(
Now introducing my son to Nirvana - Nevermind is 20 years old tomorrow
-
Now introducing my son to Nirvana - Nevermind is 20 years old tomorrow
Feck me, time files.
-
Dandy Warhols - Come Down
Stoner music :thumbsup:
-
I was listening to
wank music classic rock gods Pink Floyd on the iPod on tonight's pseudo commute. I was shocked and appalled to discover I don't have Dark Side of the Moon on there.
That will have to be rectified.
-
Now introducing my son to Nirvana - Nevermind is 20 years old tomorrow
Feck me, time files.
You think time flies, I was also listening to Nirvana today, Rainbow Chaser, 7" single released in 1968 by the original British Nirvana not those transaltantic youngsters.
-
Tri Yann, inspired in part by the dulcimer in the Korg Kaossilator thread.
-
Last.FM has gone all old school on me, just had PWEI - 88 seconds.....and counting.
Now have Grandmaster Flash - White Lines :) :thumbsup:
-
Last.FM has gone all old school on me, just had PWEI - 88 seconds.....and counting.
Is sir aware of the current 'reform'? I'm in 2 minds about it. There's only 1 original member (Graham Crabb) involved, but it does also involve Mary from GBOA. So I'm sort of torn, but I'll no doubt buy the new album when it emerges.
As for my listening, as 10 shots of espresso don't appear to have roused me today, I'm having a last ditch attempt with some Anaal Nathrakh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rymgm3jcuWc
-
Last.FM has gone all old school on me, just had PWEI - 88 seconds.....and counting.
Is sir aware of the current 'reform'? I'm in 2 minds about it. There's only 1 original member (Graham Crabb) involved, but it does also involve Mary from GBOA. So I'm sort of torn, but I'll no doubt buy the new album when it emerges.
As for my listening, as 10 shots of espresso don't appear to have roused me today, I'm having a last ditch attempt with some Anaal Nathrakh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rymgm3jcuWc
No i wasn't, but obviously am now....
Nothing will ever top that hot, non-stop dancing, sweaty night at Bradford Students Union when I saw them play live....
Ah fondest of fond memories (apart from my younger brother's rant about students, he doesn't half know how to choose his places for his rants....)
-
I was listening to wank music classic rock gods Pink Floyd on the iPod on tonight's pseudo commute. I was shocked and appalled to discover I don't have Dark Side of the Moon on there.
That will have to be rectified.
Don't bother - it's shit.
"Wish You Were Here" is far, far better.
Currently listening to Ned's Atomic Dustbin :thumbsup:
-
the bread making machine...whirrr whirrr whirrrr
-
Nothing will ever top that hot, non-stop dancing, sweaty night at Bradford Students Union when I saw them play live....
Ah fondest of fond memories (apart from my younger brother's rant about students, he doesn't half know how to choose his places for his rants....)
Good chance I'd have been there as well. :thumbsup:
Favourite memory of Bradford SU gigs was an NMA one where we built a large pyramid with a young lady of my aquaintance on top holding on to the lighting bars. Said pyramid then collapsed leaving the young lady hanging. Fastet rebuild of a pyramid evar!!!
Having been back for a small festival since the refit 2 years I really don't like the layout for live gig. Though that seems to be the way for most SUs these days
-
Don't bother - it's shit.
"Wish You Were Here" is far, far better.
Well... maybe, maybe not.
I like Wish You Were Here a lot, but it's much less iconic.
Anyway - being a head case myself, I find myself swaying between the dismal hopelessness of Animals, and the down-right nuttyness of Dark Side of the Moon :).
For some reason, my copy of Animals is very faint - I have to turn it up to 10 to hear it. Of course, then I forget and melt my ears next time I put some Van Halen on...
-
Big Black: Songs About Fucking
-
Had to switch that off. Hardcore trash metal stuff is OK for one song nowadays >>>>>>>>>>>
-
Mazzy Star - So Tonight I Might See and Among My Swan albums.
Liked the music behind a very naff TV advert for some war game, looked it up and ordered the CD - Mazzy Star - Into Dust. Then found the CD already in my shelves - must have liked it before sometime then!
Anyway, got me back listening to it.
-
Mazzy Star with those war game visuals is one of the strangest juxtapositions I've ever come across. I have So Tonight That I Might See on vinyl :thumbsup:
-
I havent got much from Jazz or even much music from the 60's on vinyl though this has to be one of my faves and a absolutely classic from 1962. Its Charles Mingus – Oh Yeah LP on Vinyl obviosly and in my best kept :-)
-
Here is the vinyl album cover from Big Black. I know the title is not excacly right though it aint a bad album and I purchase vinyl sometimes only its artwork credit !!!!!!!!!!. Some will disagree(http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-1308627-1281826239.jpeg)
-
Meatloaf.
Lots of Meatloaf.
Not Understated.
-
Charles Mingus
(http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-1380950-1274515822.jpeg)
-
Talking Heads on the Old Grey Whistle Test on BBC4 :thumbsup:
-
I am realising, watching the same program, that I have a girl-crush on Debbie Harry in her prime.
-
She's extraordinary
I remember watching that in 1979 as a callow youth and being, erm, bowled over. It's still an incredible sight 32 years on...
-
Thats it. Blondie is on.
-
I'm listening to some weird stuff on 6Music at the mo, so am missing the Blondie. It's all on YouTube anyway, innit?
-
Im on AutoAmerian LP On vinyl obviously :)
-
Brian Eno looking like a hooker in *that* silver jacket. Never fails to amuse me.
Plus 6 Music will be on listen again :)
-
John Martyn & Ry Cooder* :thumbsup:
*Not together
-
What was the Ry Cooder? Vigilante Man, or maybe How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live??
He is a staggering talent, as much for his musical choices as his musicianship.
-
It was Vigilante Man.
-
Charles Mingus
(http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-1380950-1274515822.jpeg)
Just seen this YM. I was listening to Mingus Ah Um only yesterday!
Pete
-
It was Vigilante Man.
I love that, all the bangs and rattles of the slide. Not so sure about the bandana (if I remember correctly)!
-
]crush on Debbie Harry in her prime.
& ever since for me :D
-
Brian Mathew's "Sounds of the Sxties" on Radio 2.
again
-
Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show on 6 Music.
I always enjoy it a lot, but why have I never bought a funk record, and hardly any soul records?
Maybe it's because I buy records to explore the music more, whereas with funk and soul, you "get" it, all of it, immediately on first listen, so there's nothing left to get into afterwards?
EDIT: Does Mezzoforte count as a funk band?
-
The free CD given away with this months MOJO.....
.....Cover versions of Pink Floyds' Dark Side Of The Moon & Wish You Were Here albums.
Includes IMO great versions of Have a Cigar by John Foxx And The Maths, Wish You Were Here by Lia Ices and The Orb's Shine On You Crazy Diamond :thumbsup:
-
Lots of Nina Simone.
-
The new Wilco album, enjoying so far. More 'A Ghost is Born' than 'Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot'.
-
90 Bisodol (Crimond) ~ Half Man Half Biscuit
Not sure about this yet. Not as immediate as CSI: Ambleside or Achtung Bono.
-
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" was playing on the radio whilst I was in the dentists yesterday, which reminded me that I hadn't listened to it for a while (and I still think it's better than DSotM)
-
Johnny Marr and The Healers, on You Tube, as for one marvellous moment I thought I'd be able to go and see them with The Chief next week. But never mind ...
-
A selection of Beautiful South tracks. "Song For Whoever" may be the most attention-grabbing opening track of a debut album ever written, and the lyrics don't go where you expect them to. Mostly very dark stuff, though.
-
Sven Vath on somafm.com - just the sort of chill-out stuff I need right now.
-
Last night, I indulged myself with a Boomtown Ratsfest. Try it - you'll be surprised by the large number of good songs they did (and unsurprised by the stinkers ;D )
-
Graveyard, a Swedish rock band that sounds surprising like Led Zeppelin
-
Treating myself to this Nirvana feed
http://hypebeast.com/2011/09/nrivana-live-at-the-paramount-show-stream/
-
Trying to rescue my email from the smoking ruin of a DNS screwup >:(
I don't know that one, is it any good? ;)
Edit: Waaa? Where'd he go? :)
-
Trying to rescue my email from the smoking ruin of a DNS screwup >:(
I don't know that one, is it any good? ;)
Nah - it just sounds like a 56k modem shoved through a rack full of effects ;)
Obviously, it should have gone in the 'what are you doing ...' thread but my brain is totally fried. This calls for a bit of Slayer, I think :)
-
Trying to rescue my email from the smoking ruin of a DNS screwup >:(
I don't know that one, is it any good? ;)
Brain-fade ... been one of those days, so I think I'm going to treat myself to a bit of Slayer :demon:
:)
Would you like to borrow my Van Halen collection?
-
Trying to rescue my email from the smoking ruin of a DNS screwup >:(
I don't know that one, is it any good? ;)
Brain-fade ... been one of those days, so I think I'm going to treat myself to a bit of Slayer :demon:
:)
Would you like to borrow my Van Halen collection?
I don't think there's a polite answer to that one ;)
-
Pingu's cooking my dinner, listening to Explosions In The Sky - Last Known Surroundings.
It's really rather nice :)
-
My playlist at the moment is Led Zeppelin, No Doubt, Kraftwerk, Foo Fighters, Pink Floyd & Turin Brakes.
-
Official: 90 Bisodol (Crimond) is pants >:( With the possible exception of Tommy Walsh's Eco House there is nothing on this record which would make me even contemplate heading for the (sponsored) mosh-pit.
I am this: disappointed.
-
This morning was Terrorvision - Super Delux, thier first album in far too long.
this afternoon I have gone back to my Last.FM station as I really CBA to queue songs on amarok, I will let a computer choose what I listen to :)
-
Them Crooked Vultures
-
Brian Mathew's "Sounds of the Sxties" on Radio 2.
again
again;again
-
I only found out as of last year Ireland had a massive D+B scene of what is excellent. Mainly from the year 2006/2009 Excellent stuff though nothing you could called classic as its all been done before. Still good though. Got a crate of D+B last year, running through some of it
All vinyl 12" obviosly.
Why do people listen on mP3 wap ? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
-
Going a bit minimalist today:
Phillip Glass - Koyaaniqatsi
Steve Reich - Electronic Counterpoint
Fans of The Orb may recognise bits of the latter ;)
-
I only found out as of last year Ireland had a massive D+B scene of what is excellent. Mainly from the year 2006/2009 Excellent stuff though nothing you could called classic as its all been done before. Still good though. Got a crate of D+B last year, running through some of it
Dandelion & Burdock? ;D
-
Reload - A Collection of Short Stories.
Classic stuff - particularly like the track 1642 Try 621
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vreBUaS47s
The video doesn't enhance the music, sadly: should be set in a crippled spaceship with evil aliens robots chasing someone who's desperate to get through a PIN-protected door but can't remember the number.
-
nothing at all. no cds, no cd player, and no ipod.
i'm actually enjoying the quiet :)
but will probably be going shopping in the next few weeks, when i decide i feel like it.
-
Sound Factory- Understand This Groove.
Its a bit repetitive after track 3 side 2
Also I do understand the groove as I heard it loads since 1992
Top tune though one for the 'I don't want to hear this tune for another 10 year crate'
-
Pentangle - Reflection
Seems appropriate :'(
-
Venom - their early stuff reminded me of a joke that went around when I was a kid:
"What's the difference between Venom and a row of milk bottles?
You can get a tune out of a row of milk bottles"
(being based in Newcastle, they were a 'local' band for us)
However, despite the fact they were unspeakably crap in the early days, listen to any of the early NWOBHM stuff and you can hear their influence.
-
Plaid - Scintilli
I'm not overly impressed but probably requires a few listens. Looks like I'll be saving the price of a gig ticket!
My other eMusic downloads for listening to in the month ahead:
Biosphere - N-Plants
Bvdub - I Remember (Translations of Mørketid)
Container - Lp
Death In Vegas - Trans-Love Energies
Geomatic - Blue Beam
Ladytron - Gravity The Seducer
Mark McGuire - Get Lost
-
Chet Baker, in his mellow period
-
King Tubby - some righteous dub.
-
Got the music on random play today. Just had a Bach cantata followed by "I love your sexy ways" - Funkadelic.
-
Peter Gabriel and his amazing
Frog Chorus Pointless Orchestra (on the radio and on Jools, I should stress)
'king Hell. Does it have to be this way? If a musician reaches 50 without a car crash, overdose etc intervening, is he destined to become crap? Which is worse - cranking out albums that are just like the last one, just milder? Or "reworking" your Greatest Hits?
And how does
Stripping them down
translate into
Performing in front of a full orchestra?!?
Look, we're bored of the Unplugged thing - please don't try to sell us something even worse. :hand:
Don't Give Up was just about OK, but missing 90% of the original magic.
Solsbury Hill - Ok, but not worth the effort.
Just listened to Digging in the Dirt, which was a quietly disturbing, fascinating record - now it's just lift muzak :facepalm:
I wonder what that Presley bloke is doing these days ...
-
Every piece of music I ever owned if I keep this up - new system set up and sounding rather tasty already - I am busy listening to all my favourites- currently Island by Whitest Boy Alive.
It's going to be hard to motivate myself to get out on the bike tomorrow - I just want to listen to so much stuff currently.
-
Johnny Cash
-
Boiled in lead-Orb.Is it folk music?Is it rock music?I don't know but I like it.
-
"Duel Of The Fates", by far the best thing about The Phantom Menace.
-
On the train this evening:
Black Cherry - Goldfrapp
Happy Songs For Happy People - Mogwai
Black Holes & Revelations - Muse
-
ZZ Top
intraveinously(sp)
-
It's A Fast Driving Rave-Up With The Dandy Warhols Sixteen Minutes
-
On this evening's train:
True Stories - Talking Heads
-
O2's call waiting muzak.....for the past 20 minutes :(
-
On this evening's train:
True Stories - Talking Heads
And for me, Naked - Talking Heads.
-
Show of Hands, several albums in sequence. Then an Eels compilation.
-
Gives me goosebumps, this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfJmGpaL18k
-
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
-
Atari teenage riot
-
Communards, dancing around my living room in a most undignified manner as well...
-
TTIUWP
;D
-
TTIUWP
;D
TMTLTBMG :D
It's a long time since I saw Jimmy Somerville sing at the Mountford Hall in Liverpool..... feeling old..... :o
-
Which lead me on to this Bronski Beat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcRnMfZyYrw&feature=related)....
I never liked "The State" very much, too trendy, but they had cheap booze.
The hotel in "Letter to Brezhnev" is still there, I walk past it most days. If you ask you can have the Margi Clarke suite......
-
Foo Fighters....Rage Against The Machine...
Another boring saturday night....boy do I wanna drink.
-
Janet Baker - Bach Cantatas
It's a thinking day.
-
Mezzanine - Massive Attack
No Such Place - Jim White
-
A CD I found in the picnic area at Dryslwyn Castle yesterday and gave a bit of a polish with some Meguiar's ScratchX (a very gentle cutting polish for cars) so it plays. "The Best Pub Album CD 1". ;D
-
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto.
It's a lot like Coldplay. But quite good, nevertheless.
-
^^^^I thought it was only me from this place that went mooching about dryslwyn castle some of my favourite routes pass there :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
-
Brahms Violin Concerto in D Minor. Yehudi Menuhin and the LSO.
And now Sibelius 4. Berlin Philharmonic under von Karajan. Working my way through the latest charity shop vinyl :D
-
Tindersticks - Harmony Around My Table
sounds like he's singing in Vic Reeves Club style
-
Devo's greatest hits
-
Got bored of Tindersticks, now on Dengue Fever - Cannibal Courtship
-
A CD I found in the picnic area at Dryslwyn Castle yesterday and gave a bit of a polish with some Meguiar's ScratchX (a very gentle cutting polish for cars) so it plays. "The Best Pub Album CD 1". ;D
What's on it ?
- Country Pub - Roaring log fire, darts, dominoes clacking, clinking glasses and charming rustic accents followed by the sound of a door opening then a dark pregnant silence ....
- Town Centre Pub - Loud music, people shouting over it., sound of fist hitting face followed by angry bouncers
- University Bar - Teenagers talking pretentious bollocks with a rugby team chanting "down in one" in the background with the unmistakable sound of throwing up.
-
Things We Lost In the Fire ~ Low
-
Grinderman - Grinderman
Obscured By Clouds - Pink Floyd
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=943sWfkveD0
Thanks for this YACF. Loving it.
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWMqgeIDJs8
And, indeed, for this.
-
Sensational Alex Harvey Band at the BBC
-
Spending spree at the bargainous Fopp in Cambridge, so all of these:
Hup - The Wonder Stuff
The Eight-Legged Groove Machine - The Wonder Stuff
Nicola - Bert Jansch
End Times - Eels
Let Them Talk - Hugh Laurie
Good Morning Spider - Sparklehorse (paging Juan Martin...)
-
Dinosaur Jr. - Bug
-
Dinosaur Jr. - Bug
A fantastic album, trufax :)
Today I am listening "I Am With You" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Nice, chilled out music to stop me killing stoopid PMs....
-
Now listening "Super Delux" by Terrorvision
Good old uplifting rock'n'roll from those idiots from Keighley....
-
New Order - Substance
-
Kraftwerk again - The Man-Machine (picked up 2nd hand this afternoon for £3 :))
-
Bad As Me - The new Tom Waits (arrived in the post tioday) :thumbsup:
-
Spending spree at the bargainous Fopp in Cambridge, so all of these:
Hup - The Wonder Stuff
The Eight-Legged Groove Machine - The Wonder Stuff
Nicola - Bert Jansch
End Times - Eels
Let Them Talk - Hugh Laurie
Good Morning Spider - Sparklehorse (paging Juan Martin...)
Can I borrow Good Morning Spider?
(You knew I was going to say that)
-
Tonight on the train I will be listening to Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot :thumbsup:
-
I did too! And then Tiny Cities: Sun Kil Moon.
-
Mmm seems it's Dinosaur Jr. week for me. Today it was "Beyond" on repeat on the bus in and out of work.
-
And today Illinoise: Sufjan Stevens
-
a clickclickclick noise...in my left knee ::-)
-
The Cure - Mixed Up
Think I fancy some Depeche Mode next.
-
After a day trip to Manchester yesterday it was these in the car on the way home
Milburn - Well Well Well
This Mortal Coil - It'll End In Tears
The The - Infected
-
On the train today, nothing. Because I forgot my MP3 player. It's not a bloody i-pod. OK.
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSN4dSJrba4
They're coming to a club near us soon, trying to decide what I think about going to see them. I think I like them.
-
It's real by By All Means.
Release Date 1992, Label Motown, Genre: R&B/Soul
-
Pixies - Surfer Rosa whilst walking the dogs this afternoon.
-
Afrocelt sound system. Want to dance.....
-
After a day trip to Manchester yesterday it was these in the car on the way home
Milburn - Well Well Well
This Mortal Coil - It'll End In Tears
The The - Infected
I've got the last 2. Wonderful albums.
Tonight has been Dvorak's Cello Concerto in C Minor & Tchaikovskys Variations on a Rococo Theme performed by Christine Walevska and the LPO, followed by Rachmaninov 2, performed by the Halle Orchestra. Currently listening to "Blue Saxophones", Ben Webster & Coleman Hawkins.. :thumbsup: Sunday Morning at the Montmartre will be next..
-
...the ipod on random song shuffle while doing some DIY.
Sometimes it throws up some interesting juxtapositions - earlier this morning I had I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard and Linda Thompson followed by The Arctic Monkeys' Riot Van :-).
-
Con Otro Aire: Chambao
-
Wish-bloody-ful thinking...."I Drink Alone" George Thorogood.
-
Soft Cell - Tainted Love, imo one of the best songs from the 80's, or ever 8)
-
The Bee Gees.
Marvellous.
Now you can tell by the way I use my walk ...
-
40 Licks : The
Strolling Bones Rolling Stones
-
Tonight (Wednesday) I went to see Throwing Muses for the first time, at the Shepherds Bush Empire. They were faultless and played plenty of the hard and fast and catchy stuff I like. Superb. I didn't lose myself in the music, though, and get insanely excited, like I do with the records. It needs to be a private experience for that.
There were no young people in the crowd. All were middle-aged like me (technically!). It's sad that a new generation hasn't discovered the Muses. Going to indie gigs in the nineties, even when the band was getting on a bit, there would always be plenty of teenagers as well as old codgers.
(http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k59/iceblinker/--Various/IMG00033-20111102-2206.jpg)
-
Dory Previn, Mythical Kings and Iguanas.
-
The new Florence + The Machine song, "Shake it out". Really good.
Also, have been listening to an artiste called Jane Taylor and her album "Compass". Top notch singer/songwriter stuff. One of a handful of great groups/singers that my girlfriend has introduced me to. Alas, her Spandau Ballet/Let Loose/Westlife collection is getting a miss. She had to have a flaw somewhere ::-)
-
Have finally got around to putting some tunes on my phone, so have my headphones listening to "Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys" by My Chemical Romance.
-
Sparklehorse ~ Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain
Forgotten how brilliant it was!
-
Frank Sinatra
-
Now listening to Gorillaz - The Fall
An album I hadn't come across before, and much more laid back than other by them.
Quite nice really.
-
April - Sun Kil Moon
-
Philip Glass - Powaqqatsi soundtrack
-
April - Sun Kil Moon
I love this :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I've never 'met' anyone else who likes Sun Kil Moon before :D
-
Quiet Little Voices by We Were Promised Jetpacks.
Another band I may be tempted to go and observe in the flesh.
-
Eels - Useless Trinkets
-
Now it s"The Decemberists" "The Crane Wife".
I've had this a couple of years and never really got round to listening to it. Playing with Ruby Ripper at the moment and using it as a test.
-
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
-
Skinny Puppy's new one, HanDover (sic). Another cracker.
-
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.
I like Oasis, I always preferred Noel's voice to Liam's (even when covering Liam's songs when Liam went AWOL at gigs) so, unsurprisingly, I really like this album.
I guess the only complaint you may have is that is sounds similar to a few existing Oasis tracks but that's no different to any Singer/Songwriter going solo.
-
Twice Upon a Time/The Singles - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Back in the Punk days today 8)
-
MBV - Loveless
Released 20 years ago tomorrow!
Blimey, back end of 91 was a pretty interesting time in music - we've just had the 20th anniversary of Nevermind and Screamadelica as well. I was a little fresh-faced 18 year old fresher at university. Life-time ago now.
-
April - Sun Kil Moon
I love this :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I've never 'met' anyone else who likes Sun Kil Moon before :D
Well there are at least three of us then! Someone in the office put me on to them. April is my favourite I think, have you heard any others?
On the train tonight: My Songs and a Poem - Estrella Morente
-
After watching the Creation Records night a week ago, The Weather Prophets' "Mayflower". On cassette (ask your parents).
<goes off to google what Pete Astor has been doing all these years>
-
April - Sun Kil Moon
I love this :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I've never 'met' anyone else who likes Sun Kil Moon before :D
Well there are at least three of us then! Someone in the office put me on to them. April is my favourite I think, have you heard any others?
On the train tonight: My Songs and a Poem - Estrella Morente
Ghosts of the Great Highway. One of my favourite albums evah.
-
Yup, that's great too, although I think April is probably my favourite evurrr. I can also recommend Tiny Cities (that are versions of Modest Mouse songs I think), the live album (Lost Verses Live - Mark Kozelek on his own) and the latest: Admiral Fell Promises. Spread the word!
J
-
This afternoon I have been listening to some Palestrina masses - it's like having your mind flossed!
-
This afternoon I have been listening to some Palestrina masses - it's like having your mind flossed!
Oh yes. Wonderful noise.
Are you me?!
-
The hotel background music is some great Americana. Wilco, old school R.E.M. I think the cool kids have hijacked the sound system but I'm not complaining!
-
This afternoon I have been listening to some Palestrina masses - it's like having your mind flossed!
Oh yes. Wonderful noise.
Are you me?!
You might be. We're never seen in the same room together, am I.
-
and watching also......
Nirvana Live at the Paramount.
Featuring Lithium, Polly, Breed, Smells Like Teen Spirit and Jesus Wants Me As A Sunbeam.
AWESOME
-
Tracy Chapman, for the first time in years. Isn't it funny when you realise that you can still remember all the words....
-
and watching also......
Nirvana Live at the Paramount.
Featuring Lithium, Polly, Breed, Smells Like Teen Spirit and Jesus Wants Me As A Sunbeam.
AWESOME
Got the blu-ray, haven't got round to watching it all yet but the bit I did see looked fab. The Reading DVD brought back a lot of happy memories...
-
and watching also......
Nirvana Live at the Paramount.
Featuring Lithium, Polly, Breed, Smells Like Teen Spirit and Jesus Wants Me As A Sunbeam.
AWESOME
Nope, I just don't get nirvana. They're just a pile of meh.
-
Kaiser Chiefs, Ruby, and Barry Manilow, Copacabana.
SmallestCub's choice of breakfast music. Because his very best friend at school is Ruby, and his very best friend at nursery was Lola.
-
Florence & the Machine - Ceremonials.
I can find her voice a bit waily sometimes; but I'm enjoying this. Doubly in fact - as Ubuntu Rhythmbox seems to be listing every track twice :thumbsup:.
-
April - Sun Kil Moon
I love this :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I've never 'met' anyone else who likes Sun Kil Moon before :D
Downloaded this on the basis that Lindagordinho and Juan Martín seem to like similar stuff to me. It really is rather good.
In a spirit of reciprocation and in the style of "people who bought x also bought y" Songs:Ohai and Great Lake Swimmers are in a similar vein
-
April - Sun Kil Moon
I love this :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I've never 'met' anyone else who likes Sun Kil Moon before :D
Downloaded this on the basis that Lindagordinho and Juan Martín seem to like similar stuff to me. It really is rather good.
In a spirit of reciprocation and in the style of "people who bought x also bought y" Songs:Ohai and Great Lake Swimmers are in a similar vein
I am very, very flattered :D and shall explore your recommendations forthwith.
-
Kaiser Chiefs, Ruby, and Barry Manilow, Copacabana.
SmallestCub's choice of breakfast music. Because his very best friend at school is Ruby, and his very best friend at nursery was Lola.
Still too young for The Kinks?
-
Ladytron - Gravity The Seducer for about 10 min until the battery ran out on my Sansa Clip :(
Bit underwhelmed with this album so far anyway...
Yesterday was eMusic subscription renewal day so listening for the month ahead is:
The Advisory Circle - Mind How You Go
Gnod/White Hills - Gnod Drop Out With White Hills II
K-X-P - Easy ep
Rapoon & Black Faction - New Cult of the Sun Moon
Regis - In A Syrian Tongue
Walls - Coracle
Also, I might even have a listen to the 3 Mike Harding albums I downloaded for my dad, who's seeing him tonight in Doncaster on his last ever tour.
-
Show of Hands -Roots
-
Kaiser Chiefs, Ruby, and Barry Manilow, Copacabana.
SmallestCub's choice of breakfast music. Because his very best friend at school is Ruby, and his very best friend at nursery was Lola.
Still too young for The Kinks?
No, that's another fave :)
-
April - Sun Kil Moon
I love this :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I've never 'met' anyone else who likes Sun Kil Moon before :D
Downloaded this on the basis that Lindagordinho and Juan Martín seem to like similar stuff to me. It really is rather good.
In a spirit of reciprocation and in the style of "people who bought x also bought y" Songs:Ohai and Great Lake Swimmers are in a similar vein
I am very, very flattered :D and shall explore your recommendations forthwith.
Me too, I'll try to take a listen at the weekend!
-
April - Sun Kil Moon
I love this :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I've never 'met' anyone else who likes Sun Kil Moon before :D
Downloaded this on the basis that Lindagordinho and Juan Martín seem to like similar stuff to me. It really is rather good.
In a spirit of reciprocation and in the style of "people who bought x also bought y" Songs:Ohai and Great Lake Swimmers are in a similar vein
I am very, very flattered :D and shall explore your recommendations forthwith.
Me too, I'll try to take a listen at the weekend!
Hope you enjoy!
-
Watched Tuesday's edition of Imagine on iPlayer last night. Simon & Garfunkel in general and the Bridge Over Troubled Water LP in particular. Ironically, the title track is about the only one which grates a bit - the massive finale is a bit too Jim Steinman for my ears. It's on iPlayer for another seven weeks, give or take, and is excellent.
-
Big Bad Sun - Big Bad Sun, via Magnatune
-
Everything Has To End Somewhere - Things in Herds
(go on, check them out!)
-
Greetings from Michigan - The Great Lakes State: Sufjan Stevens
-
Anything I can by Adam Ant/Adam & the Ants, as I'm off to see him play in Oxford tomorrow evening, woo hoo. ;D
My first gig was Adam & the Ants... No pressure for it to be a good gig then or anything....
-
I Can Dancing and Walking: Things in Herds
Sometimes folky, sometimes synthy, sometimes rocky, sometimes simultaneously. Odd Stuff but good. :thumbsup:
-
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands album. Superb, except for the drum machine or drumming that sounds like a drum machine. I don't always dislike drum machines (eg Cocteau Twins), but gotta have a compatible sort of drum sound for the rest of the music.
-
Roadrunner - Once and Twice. Modern Lovers.
And I'm back, ton ten in the pouring rain, bottle of whisky, midnight, M62, 35 years ago. Bad.
-
There was an absolutely splendid piece on R3's "Sunday Morning" programme today - Variations on "Lambeth Walk" by Franz Reisenstein. He had written each of the variations in the style of a different composer and they had me laughing out loud.
If you want to search on "Listen again" it must have been on at about 9.30 or 9.45.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017cgd9 refers.
-
Possibly my favourite band of this week - their new single Allergies (http://soundcloud.com/too-pure-singles-club/the-lovely-eggs-allergies) is great - the marvellously bonkers The Lovely Eggs :D
Don't look At me (I Don't Like It) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uuMy2ZN7A8) - starring John Shuttleworth as The Man With The Sausage Roll Thumb
Nice use of a rotating bike wheel as an instrument 8):
Oh Wierd Heart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP0iJ3RkCNM&feature=player_embedded)
Not sure about the sentiments in this song though:
I Wanna Fall Off My Bike Today (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUvh1BOg5vU&feature=related)
Nice to hear a singer's regional accent in full effect too :thumbsup:
More videos here (http://www.thelovelyeggs.co.uk/videos.php), including the rather sweary Fuck It & People Are Twats :)
-
Old Ludwig's "Emperor" piano concerto, to which the little Zs are dancing and we are enjoying in a crapulent haze.
-
I've just found the Glorious 9th on Iplayer.
I may be some time.
-
Phantasm by Biosphere.
#We had a dream last night.
#We had the same dream.
Stunning.
Followed by
Vibratoire and then Circulaire by Biosphere.
Shattering.
Glorious.
Unforgettable.
-
Fine choices Jaded - Biosphere is a favourite artist of mine. Substrata is easily one of the best albums of the genre. And Patashnik really does take me back - will have to give it another listen again soon.
Cass is away, so yesterday was frittered away listening to my new Linn system whilst playing video games (Skyrim).
I had a marvellous time rediscovering my music collection and hearing it on a good system. It was rare for me to listen to full albums, in order - but a real treat.
The morning started with mainly vocally rock/folk stuff:
Jody Wildoose - Afterlife
Beta Band - The 3 EPs
Calexico - The Black Light
Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue
James Yorkston - The Year Of The Leopard
By the afternoon, I went far more electronic:
Tim Koch - Faena
Eno, Moebius, Roedelius, Plank - Begegnungen
The Field - Looping State Of Mind
Tim Koch - islandtones (I was so overjoyed hearing Faena, that I had to really - he's an artist I know little about and his output seems limited to these two albums only)
Superpitcher - Kilimanjaro
Before ending with an all-time favourite - Global Communication's 76:14
A really wonderful day of the sort I don't tend to get with Cass around! Been a long time since I've played games all day whilst listening to music!
-
For the first time in many years, I went to a shop to buy an album on the day of release. I shall be listening to Kate Bush's 50 Words for Snow soon.
Interesting that HMV didn't have it in a special display stand. It was just in with the main lot of rock & pop CDs. Marketing fail!
They also offered my a loyalty card, priced at £3. This gets you two quid off after you've acquired ten-billion-trillion points.
-
Fine choices Jaded - Biosphere is a favourite artist of mine. Substrata is easily one of the best albums of the genre. And Patashnik really does take me back - will have to give it another listen again soon.
Before ending with an all-time favourite - Global Communication's 76:14
Absolutely...I can highly recommend the new Biosphere album N-Plants too.
Cho Oyu 8201m - Field Recordings From Tibet is worth a listen too but I have to be in the mood for pure ambient sounds
GC 76:14 - classic stuff 8)
-
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong on YouTube.
-
1000 Years of Popular Music - Richard Thompson
-
The new Kate Bush album. Enjoying it far more than the rehash one.
Edit: but WHY Reg Dwight? His voice just jarred on me, that horrible cod-Yank accent.
-
Hawkwind. Wind of Change, Lost Johnny etc. Yes, I know, pap really, but ah the memories of Crazy Pauline from The Valleys with whom I spent an interesting speed crazed few weeks in Plymouth many years ago....
It's a bugger when all one has is memories.
-
The National, my favourites songs of theirs as a playlist.
-
Hawkwind. Wind of Change, Lost Johnny etc. Yes, I know, pap really, but ah the memories of Crazy Pauline from The Valleys with whom I spent an interesting speed crazed few weeks in Plymouth many years ago....
It's a bugger when all one has is memories.
That'll be the "Masters of the Universe" album, then, with the Roger Dean-alike cover. It's so Easy and Lost Johnny are two rarities on that. I go through heavy phases of Hawkwind every now and again, and recently found the very 'eavy version of 'Shouldn't Do That' from Roadhawks on Youtube. Gettin' aware.....
-
Hawkwind. Wind of Change, Lost Johnny etc. Yes, I know, pap really, but ah the memories of Crazy Pauline from The Valleys with whom I spent an interesting speed crazed few weeks in Plymouth many years ago....
It's a bugger when all one has is memories.
That'll be the "Masters of the Universe" album, then, with the Roger Dean-alike cover. It's so Easy and Lost Johnny are two rarities on that. I go through heavy phases of Hawkwind every now and again, and recently found the very 'eavy version of 'Shouldn't Do That' from Roadhawks on Youtube. Gettin' aware.....
Lost Johnny & Wind Of Change may be found on Hall Of The Mountain Grill easily enough; It's So Easy was the B-side of Psychedelic Warlords.... I can't remember where I got it but yes, I have the single. There's a bangin' live version on The 1999 Party too.
As to that version of You Shouldn't Do That, guess what I'll be looking for this evening :thumbsup:
-
I have discovered YouTube mix lists. Yesterday, I feasted on Django Reinhardt. Today, I'm in a John Coltrane kind of mood…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6WwuxqXPOg&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=AVGxdCwVVULXdAOWdLfJqreSUZRJ3kUoqm
d.
-
"Lost Johnny & Wind Of Change may be found on Hall Of The Mountain Grill easily enough; "
Indeed - I do have the album, but I was spotifying!
-
The shuntdothat Roadhawks version is the one that starts with "Who loves ya baby?" before a choppy riff that launches into a most delightful wall of utter distortion, so very, very different to the original on "In Search of Space"
Mmmmm braincelltastic! Think I shall dig out "Warrior OTEOT" for some head distortion later this morning....
-
Rinsing my ears out with some Howells. Now that's better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmtsuJvp7YU
-
The Velvet Underground, "I'm sticking with you". At the request of SmallestCub. I think we will follow it with some Detroit Cobras, which usually works as wakey-up music.
-
Carbon Glacier - Laura Veirs
-
the very 'eavy version of 'Shouldn't Do That' from Roadhawks on Youtube. Gettin' aware.....
(Observes Stacia. Has moment.)
-
Random play on my MP3 seems to have a bias for tracks from 'Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica' at the moment
-
(Observes Stacia. Has moment.)
[/quote]
I remember seeing Hawkwind at the Fairfield Halls, that Mecca of culture, when I was very young. Stacia was present. I was probably psychologically damaged.
Wouldn’t be allowed nowadays of course. Health & Safety. She could have had someone’s eye out.
-
On the train tonight: Space Ritual
(I left work early for an appointment to have my ears syringed. I'm not sure I would have risked it in full power glowing stereo.)
-
Upto a few minutes ago I was listening to the ARG* who lives next door thrashing his axe.
*apprentive rock god
-
Rachid Taha - Made in Medina
-
Just had Grinderman 1st album & now onto Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever by Explosions in the Sky.
-
Rachid Taha - Made in Medina
Your the only person other than me I have ever heard refer to that album. Tis good though.
-
Sixteen Horsepower, think Nick Cave but without the cheery optimism
-
John Tavener - Eternal Memory.
Hmm, might be a bad sign this.
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z6TbO7LpEU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkpTHK2FzUc
Ruddy norah!!
-
Tonight it's the Squeezebox on song mix, let's see what we get:
Eels - Agony
David Bowie - The Width of a Circle (at the Beeb)
Goldfrapp - Pilots
Starsailor - Tie Up My Hands
Eddi Reader - Aye Waukin-O
Hothouse Flowers - Hallelujah Jordan
Pat Metheny Trio - (Go) Get It
Derek & the Dominos - Little Wing
Talking Heads - Stay Hungry (live)
The Ruts - You're Just A...
The King - New York New York
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Lou Reed - Wagon Wheel
Muse - Endlessly
White Stripes - A Martyr For My Love For You
Pat Metheny Trio - Lone jack
Finn Brothers - Homesick
Bob Marley - Exodus 8)
Robert Johnson - Milkcow's Calf Blues
Stiff Little Fingers - Tin Soldiers
Radiohead - Bones
Fat Freddy's Drop - Dark Days
REM - Circus Envy
REM - Let Me In
Eels - Theme For a Pretty Girl
Fat Freddy's Drop - Roady
Neil Young - Barstool Blues (live)
Heliopause - dead ends
Skinhead o'Connor - Mandinka
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Arabian Knights
Radiohead - Codex
Joy Division - Incubation
Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl (live)
Her Name Is Calla - Interval One
Divine Comedy - Mastermind
The Cure - The Weedy Burton
Motorpsycho - Taifun
Paul Weller - Broken Stones
Little milton - Sneakin' Around
Fun Lovin' Criminals - Methadonia
-
Rather a lot of Miles Davis..........I indulged in 2 box sets from Amazon, 20 CD's worth...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0035KGWRC (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0035KGWRC)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004LR5JZO (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004LR5JZO)
I mentioned this to one of our apprentices, early 20's. He'd never heard of Miles... :o
-
John Tavener - The Protecting Veil
(Reminded by Lindagordinho)
-
John Tavener - The Protecting Veil
(Reminded by Lindagordinho)
The first Tavener piece I ever bought. It's great isn't it?
-
I hadn't listened to it for years, I'll move it towards the top of the pile - thanks for reminding me!
-
Famille Nombreuse by Les Negresses Vertes (on loan from Juan ^ - merci!)
-
And now for something completely different...
Next - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
What can I say, it's sensational.
I am listening to all sorts of different things at the moment because since I mentioned Oops I Did It Again on another thread I cannot get the bloody tune out of my head, probably because I spent an hour or so playing along with my guitar on YouTube. Claiming at work that I am humming the Richard Thompson version cuts no ice.
-
Trans global underground - diaspora - a masterpiece-IMHO
-
Oded Kafri - The druMachine project
Wandering around Bristol's Broadmead shopping centre this afternoon in a half-hearted attempt to do some xmas shopping, I got sidetracked by the sound of some amazing drumming coming from this (http://youtu.be/0O45pWDRTGg) busker in the middle of a large crowd. Good enough to persuade me to part with £5 on the spot for a CD - not something that's ever happened before ;)
-
La Revancha del Tango - Gotan Project
-
Trans global underground - diaspora - a masterpiece-IMHO
Set up by two of the ex-Furniture guys.
-
Nine Objects of Desire - Suzanne Vega
-
Amy Winehouse.
I've never been a fan of hers BUT this morning I heard her version of "Tomorrow".
Absolutely stunning
-
Manic Street Preachers - Forever Delayed
Martha and the Muffins - Far away in time
-
Ben Webster, "Saturday Night At The Montmartre". I bought "Sunday Morning" in a charity shop last year, and then realised it was the last one of a 3 LP set. After missing a couple on Ebay last month I got lucky a week ago and "Saturday Night" & "Midnight" turned up today :D
Recorded almost a month after I was born at the Montmartre Jazzhus in Copenhagen. Ben Webster on tenor sax, Kenny Drew on piano, Alex Riel on drums & Nils-Henning Orsted Pedersen on bass.
Rather fine.
-
Last night, doing ironing, I was listening to and enjoying BBC 6 Music through the TV digital service. I then thought "This is strange, this is a bit off the wall even for 6Music, a bit surreal, I wonder what group released this? It's all spoken and about competition." Until I looked up and realised it had changed to BBC1 and Masterchef :facepalm:
-
Started the day with "I'm With You" by RHCP
Now moved onto what is becoming a favourite, "Super Delux" by Terrorvision
After that is some Seasick Steve.
-
I never realised I was such a fan of jazz until very recently. Lot of catching up to do. Today is Project Mingus...
This track is blowing my mind right now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxz9eZ1Aons
d.
-
Golden Age of Radio - Josh Ritter
-
Chamber Music - Francis Poulenc
-
My dinner is bubbling away on the hob and "Cookin" with the Miles Davis quintet is on the CD player :P
-
Felt - Primative Painters (with Liz Fraser), on 6 Music now. Delicious.
-
Neutral Milk Hotel. No specific album, just been reccomended them so checking YouTube. I like so far. If you like Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver etc they're worth a listen.
-
Small children singing Christmas carols. Welcome to the soundtrack of my life for the next 2annahalf weeks.... Mind, this lot are fairly tuneful. And we haven't had little donkey. Yet.
-
I never realised I was such a fan of jazz until very recently. Lot of catching up to do. Today is Project Mingus...
This track is blowing my mind right now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxz9eZ1Aons
d.
I'm glad there's someone else on this forum who likes jazz. Try listening
to Stomp radio on the web (www.stompradion.com), Wednesday 10pm - 1am,
with host Nick Hoisier. Top class modern jazz and some re-recording of "standards".
I also find listening to classical music on R3 and Classic FM very relaxing.
-
Small children singing Christmas carols. Welcome to the soundtrack of my life for the next 2annahalf weeks.... Mind, this lot are fairly tuneful. And we haven't had little donkey. Yet.
Oho, you should have said, TLD could have given you a rendition of it last night, as her school choir is doing that song as part of their Xmas show :)
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJYUSdX-Rps
Not bad... ;)
-
Ana Popovic's latest - Unconditional.
Nice bit of blues.
Here's a bit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSeR0Z2NFBs
-
I never realised I was such a fan of jazz until very recently. Lot of catching up to do. Today is Project Mingus...
This track is blowing my mind right now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxz9eZ1Aons
d.
d. I've just seen your post. That was an incredible year for jazz: Brubeck's Time Out, Miles Davis's Kind Of Blue, Ornette Coleman's Shape Of Jazz To Come, Mingus's Mingus Ah Um (from which your track) all released in 1959. Have you got all of these? They are all still available. Kind Of Blue has never been out of print.
I listen to all sorts of music and I came to this lot late as collections but I'm really glad I did!
Cheers!
-
Never Too Much nby Luthewr Vandross.
God I'm so pissed.
But that song says exactly how I feel about Crusty.
So there hyou go.
-
Menhuin playing the Tchaikovsky recorded in 1949. So different to current playing - v. exciting because you have the feeling it's all going to go horribly wrong. Not like a modern "performance" that's perfect, after god knows how many takes.
-
Con Otro Aire - Chambao
(While doing my Spanish homework)
-
Show of Hands Backlog 2
We went to see them thurs night they are fab.
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
-
Build A Rocket Boys! - Elbow.
I love his voice.
-
Propaganda ~ A Secret Wish
-
Sandy Denny, a mix of recordings. One more sadly missed.
-
I'm glad there's someone else on this forum who likes jazz.
Liking jazz is very much a recent development for me. I mean, I've always been quite happy to listen to stuff from the easier end of the spectrum, but now I'm "discovering" stuff like John Coltrane and Charles Mingus.
I'll definitely give Stomp a go. Sounds interesting. :thumbsup:
There's a ten-part series on the history of jazz that started on PBS on Saturday. Narrated by Wynton Marsalis, apparently. Haven't started watching it yet but I've got the first four parts recorded. Might be interesting.
I like Radio 3 very much, though there's too much singing for my taste.
d. I've just seen your post. That was an incredible year for jazz: Brubeck's Time Out, Miles Davis's Kind Of Blue, Ornette Coleman's Shape Of Jazz To Come, Mingus's Mingus Ah Um (from which your track) all released in 1959. Have you got all of these? They are all still available. Kind Of Blue has never been out of print.
Haven't got recordings of any of them (yet!) but have been listening to a lot of the stuff you mention at my desk at work via YouTube (and finding it does wonders for my mood). Mingus is the one who's really grabbed my attention so far.
d.
-
Started with Seasick Steve, and now am onto Korn - Unplugged
-
Korn - Unplugged
Currently on the track done with Robert Smith, outright brilliant. "Without You"
the one with that woman from Evenesence is hauntingly brilliant too....
-
Korn - Unplugged
Currently on the track done with Robert Smith, outright brilliant. "Without You"
the one with that woman from Evenesence is hauntingly brilliant too....
The trouble with Korn is THOSE HORRIBLE MASKS.
My daughter had a Korn doll and it was a really, really nasty thing.
Ewww.
But after your endorsement I shall try and listen to them again. Without video.
-
You may be mixing them up with Slipknot...
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQz5Z1ctPqc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQAj-GSV_VI
Enjoy :)
-
You may be mixing them up with Slipknot...
Ah, you are correct. Silly me. The three years of being unable to live in my house without ear plugs and a blindfold, has made all that stuff blend into one. But there was definitely a Korn dolly. And it was, definitely, a nasty nasty thing.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10898247@N00/393119117/
-
Whilst poking around YouTube for those Korn vids, I found one from their new album.
Korn does dubstep.
Sound unlikely? Sounds like it should be a complete car crash? Not in the slightest. Korn Ft. Skrillex - Get Up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK8YSsjIaDs
-
The first two are brilliant. Her voice sounds wonderful with the band.
-
The first two are brilliant. Her voice sounds wonderful with the band.
I have to admit I had it palying in the background whilst I was working earlier and I had one of those shivery moments when she started singing....
-
Ed Reardan on R4 replay thingy.
-
Today is starting well, with Korn - The Path of Totality.
Metal meets dubstep (as mentioned upthere^), some of the tracks sound like one of my favourite bands of all time, Pitchshifter, which is no bad thing :)
-
The Greatest - Cat Power
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyZsDeHn920
Another Korn one, I am afraid, really enjoying their Unplugged, nearly, but not quite, as good as Nirvana's unplugged.
-
Kamakiriad - Donald Fagen
-
Now, as Mrs T is out at a birthday party, I am having a musical review of the year, Tiermat style.
So it is solely bandsI have seen play live this year.
This includes:
I am Kloot
The GO! Team
Terrorvison
Kings of Leon
Foo Fighters
Biffy Clyro
Mrs T should go out more often :)
-
Christmas Carols
-
Singing Adams. Right now, 'The Old Days'. I do like.
(I need to free my head of carols and christmas songs. And, in particular, of '5 mince pies in a baker's shop', which the SmallestCub has been practising A LOT this week in preparation for his starring role as, shockingly, a mince pie in the show today. On the bright side, only a week to go and so far so no-Little-Donkey....)
-
(I need to free my head of carols and christmas songs. And, in particular, of '5 mince pies in a baker's shop', which the SmallestCub has been practising A LOT this week in preparation for his starring role as, shockingly, a mince pie in the show today. On the bright side, only a week to go and so far so no-Little-Donkey....)
All together now....
Little Donkey
Little Donkey....
Oh well, suit yourself :)
This reminds me, must find our "Christmas Around The World" CD.
Perfect antidote to Bing and Co. Christmas songs from around the world (who would have guessed that from the title, eh?), including Zydeco, blues and African beats.
-
@ CL and Tiermat
Carols as opposed to Christmas songs! I'm a peri. in schools so we've had Little Donkey, Rudolph et al since October! T, I like a man who likes his Zydeco - do you know Rockin' Doopsie?
Happy Christmas to all of you! :)
-
The Shadows : 20 Greatest Hits
-
Pick of the Pops on Radio 2.
However I'm trying not to hear TB
-
Decided to get minto the festive spirit so put on Christmas by Low. About the only acceptable Christmas album IMO.
-
This Is Tunng Live From The BBC - lovely collection of their sessions etc. from over the years.
Byetone - Symeta in 24 bit - was named as Bleep's album of the year yesterday and worthily so - very early Pan Sonic is the best pointer I can think of (even back to the short time they were called Panasonic beforethey got told that this was not an acceptable name for a band by a certain large japanese electronics manufacturer) Really rather good (especially in that there 24 bit).
-
Where's my funk? I was hoping to be listening to Push - Band on a Mission!, but the CD ain't arrived yet.
-
St Matthew Passion - JS Bach
-
And now, Norma (Callas) - Bellini
-
Bon Iver's eponymous album. Sublime!
-
Planxty - After the Break
-
Have recently been exploring the delights of random play on my mp3 player. However, having just completed my next load of eMusic downloads, it'll be a selection from the following for the next couple of weeks:
Autechre - Move Of Ten
Bvdub & Ian Hawgood - The Truth Hurts
Beak> - Beak>
Chris Watson - El Tren Fantasma (The Signal Man's Mix)
Ku-Ling Bros - Creach (expanded edition)
Legowelt - Classics 1998-2003
Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
Vatican Shadow - Mural Of Saddam
Vatican Shadow - Pakistan Military Academy
Vatican Shadow - Washington Buries Al Qaeda Leader At Sea - Decks 1-3
-
The Unthanks - The Songs of Robert Wyatt and Antony And The Johnsons
Beautiful.
-
After an afternoon of relatively laid-back tunes whilst writing Crimble cards, I am now having a bit of a Joe Satriani blow-out.
-
Bon Iver.
Guess I'm a little behind the game in this, but I like it. Really really like!!
-
My Christmas Song For You - The Mills Brothers (tune by Hoagy Carmichael)
-
Motley Crue. Not bad.
-
This morning it was On The Beach by Neil Young followed by The Scream by Siouxsie & The Banshees.
-
Various albums by Eric Burdon, ex of the Animals. The guy is obviously out of his tree but it is really good listening to music, as opposed to played in the background whilst doing stuff.
Also "From the Underworld by the Herd. Poetry that somebody made a tune to go with! I've been trying to find who wrote it and the closest I can find ios that it was the groups management, two people who I hope have a long and happy life based on the creation of a thing of beauty.
-
Various albums by Eric Burdon, ex of the Animals.
Also "From the Underworld by the Herd.
2x :thumbsup:
-
Glasvegas.
"I’m feeling so guilty about the things i said to my mum when i was ten year old
I’m feeling so guilty about any old shit
and how i think my missus is fucking every guy that she looks at
this is it, this is it, this is it, this it
the end was always coming and now its here"
Quality lyrics :thumbsup:
-
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. Really very good.
-
Special Moves - Mogwai
<gazes at shoes>
-
A 5xCD compilation,100 Essential Carols & Hymns for Christmas,purchased this morning whilst doing the TescoTango
-
Stuff starting with V; started with Veteran of the Psychic Wars and am now on to piano studies by Villa-Lobos
-
Korn, again.
The one that is playing now is an interesting mix of Korn, Pitchshifter and Candlemass....
Off to the pub in about 30 mins so listening this to get in the mood :)
-
My funk has arrived at last. Push - Band on a Mission! Undemanding and mainstream, but it cheers me up. Need a break from gloomy stuff. Also got some Go! Team on order.
-
Also got some Go! Team on order.
Rolling Blackouts?
-
Also got some Go! Team on order.
Rolling Blackouts?
Yep. I've heard a bit on the radio - a lot of joyous sounds all at once.
I'll get the previous album too.
-
Also got some Go! Team on order.
Rolling Blackouts?
Yep. I've heard a bit on the radio - a lot of joyous sounds all at once.
I'll get the previous album too.
They are one of TLD's favourite bands, having seen them at Deershed last year. Favourite songs from Rolling Blackouts are "The Secretary Song" "Buy Nothing Today" and "T.O.R.N.A.D.O"
-
Toe Knee Black Bum :sick:
& Pick of the Pops :thumbsup:
-
Rickie lee Jones (http://www.rickieleejones.com/lyrics/chuck.html)
What a great song/rendition.
-
Something a bit festive...
http://soundcloud.com/singing-adams/i-got-you-a-book-for-christmas
-
Dropkick Murphys ~ Going out in style
-
Ezio - Just To Talk You Again. Such a sad, melancholy, song. "I would die just to talk to you...again." And there is a lady for whom I WOULD.
The only song that brings me near to tears.
-
Ezio - Just To Talk You Again. Such a sad, melancholy, song. "I would die just to talk to you...again." And there is a lady for whom I WOULD.
The only song that brings me near to tears.
oncemore, have you heard Darling Be Home Soon by The Lovin' Spoonful? It contains the lovely line: For the great relief of having you to talk to.
Also, Go, Leave by Kate and Anna McGarrigle (actually just Kate) is unbearably poignant, as is Love Has No Pride (Koz and Titus) as sung by Bonnie Raitt. Also poignant but slightly studenty, is Flowers and Wine by Pete Atkin (lyrics by Clive James). Why do I know all this (sniff....)?
-
I'll try and have a listen. Thanks.
-
A selection from The Jethro Tull Christmas Album
-
Dobie Gray, from the 'Drift Away' album, Rocking Chair. Strange blend of soul, funk, rock and country that works really well. Another loss of 2010. :(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_FJBRbvddI&list=UUwmKd-ePE_y0qTu0f_1A3Rg&index=1&feature=plcp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_FJBRbvddI&list=UUwmKd-ePE_y0qTu0f_1A3Rg&index=1&feature=plcp)
-
ICA, I wasn't aware Dobie had died :-\ I haveDrift Away on an Old Grey Whistle Test album which includes Ry Cooder singing Guthrie's Vigilante Man and Bonnie Raitt doing Love Has No Pride. Those were the days!
-
Yeah. 6th Dec, age 69, or 71, depending on source. Amazing voice and some great musicianship on that particular album.
I'm feeling old right now.
-
Come on you 62 year olds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNcXFy8QTC4&feature=related
Wasn't that just great?
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc3u4dxx-pI
:demon:
-
*clicks with trepidation -prepared to hate it and Biggsy for ever*
Fuck. That's great.
Thanks Biggsy.
Sort of misses the Summer of Love thing, but still - Great. :thumbsup:
Thanks. You've made a happy man very old.
-
Cool! :thumbsup: Think I first heard them do that on a Peel session. The Boos early music so different from their later "Wake Up Boo" smash hit. The melodies were just as sweet, but were buried under incredible walls of sound.
Alone Again Or: I love the original Love version as well, and you don't have to be 62 to know it! ;D
-
OK, we're going Wire - Pink Flag now.
Just me?
-
I don't know that one. I do know a Wire cover I like!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACRvJLtIdCQ
-
Sick joke on YouTube comments: "I like Gary Glitter's version of this song, called "Outdoor Minor'".
-
Nah. Sorry.
And not Wire's greatest moment either.
*wanders off Beefheartwards*
And why the * does youtube keep asking me if I would like to meet "singles into cycling"? This interweb thingy is getting worrying.
-
Neil Young - Live Rust
-
6 music. Round Table special edition. Some wonderful stuff, remind me to listen to the whole thing when I get up on Xmas Eve. Really hard to get off the sofa and go to work.
-
Portobella
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQIrH8EgLHQ&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQIrH8EgLHQ&feature=related)
-
Hummel Piano Trios. I have just found this on my PC and cannot remember listening to it before, curious.
-
Roky Erikson ~ True Love Cast Out Evil
Actually unintentionally seasonal. In an offbeat way :)
-
Currently Eddi Reader is whispering "Barcelona Window" in my ear......
-
Roots:The Best of Show of Hands. sort of folk with attitude ;)
and just has it's Christmas Steeleye Span "Gaudete" has been playing quite a bit.
-
Cashier No. 9 - To The Death of Fun introduced to me by my son this morning. :thumbsup:
-
The fantastic Christmas playlist I spent ages compiling, with Kate Rusby, Annie Lennox, Otis Redding, Billie Holliday ...
And which everyone else hates. Hence headphones while they all watch Corrie.
Sweet bells, sweet chiming Christmas bells ...
:)
-
múm - Summer Make Good
Salmonella Dub - One Drop East
Connan Mockasin - Forever Dolphin Love :thumbsup:
-
I forgot about:
North Atlantic Oscillation - Grappling Hooks :D
-
Nazareth. Just awesome.
-
Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking
£2.68 from Amazon, bargain :thumbsup:
-
Listen, buy/donate if you're as moved by this as I was: Little Starling by Phily K (http://philyk.bandcamp.com/)
-
The Maccabees
-
John Martyn - Solid Air
1973 :o
-
Marj coughing her lungs up like a 100-a-day-smoker :(
-
Sorry to read that.
-
Currently Olivier Messiaen's Turangalila Symphonie.....
OMG :o
-
http://hypem.com/#!/zeitgeist/2011/songs
Curerntly listening to The Go! Team's mix, then I shall move onto other ones....
-
My The Go! Team Rolling Blackouts CD arrived yesterday and I instantly love it. (I'd only heard two tracks from it before). It's highly original and highly joyous. It's loads of fun all the time.
-
Safety advisory:
Order an oxygen tank at the same time as your Go! Team album. It's hard to breathe when music is this exciting.
-
Family - Old songs New songs
Whoo 1971 timewarp :D
-
I always remember someone describing Roger Chapman's voice as being like a goat being plugged into the mains...
I think I'll listen to some Family on the train home. Thanks for the reminder :thumbsup:
-
I always remember someone describing Roger Chapman's voice as being like a goat being plugged into the mains...
It's er... unique, isn't it? ;D
-
Radio 2,Brian Matthew's" Sounds of the Sixties"
terrific stuff :thumbsup:
-
Hawkwind - Space Ritual
Good old-fashioned space rock with Lemmy on bass. What's not to love?
-
Have you seen "Lemmy The Movie", interzen?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012p5vv
-
Have you seen "Lemmy The Movie", interzen?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012p5vv
No, but his autobiography (White Line Fever) is well worth a look, especially as it doesn't concentrate entirely on Motorhead. He comes across as a really intelligent and interesting sort of guy.
I still think it's hilarious that he got turfed out of Hawkwind for doing too many drugs though ;D
-
The Hawkwind guys in "Lemmy The Movie" blamed the problems on the fact that they were all doing different drugs. :)
-
Whitney Houston : The Ultimate Collection
-
Yesterday was Chris Watson's - El Tren Fantasma (http://thequietus.com/articles/07512-chris-watson-el-tren-fantasma-review): a field recording taken from along a now defunct Caribbean-Pacific rail route across Mexico
Today was Explosions In The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
And the following latest eMusic downloads will be my listening for the next month:
Dälek - Abandoned Language
Lee Scratch Perry - On-U Sound Presents...Nu Sound & Version
Lee Scratch Perry & Bill Laswell - Rise Again
Pye Corner Audion & The Advisory Circle - Ghost Box Study Series 07: Autumnal Activities
Senking - List
The Field - Sound Of Light
Throbbing Gristle - Greatest Hits: Entertainment Through Pain
-
I always remember someone describing Roger Chapman's voice as being like a goat being plugged into the mains...
I think I'll listen to some Family on the train home. Thanks for the reminder :thumbsup:
Good ol' Roger! I once saw him so bombed that he simply fell backwards off the front of the stage. Guitarist wandered to the edge, looked down, shrugged .... band kept playing...Chapman just kept on twitching flat on his back. Proper bands then!
Listening to Hotel Room, Edgar Broughton. Every drunks' song...
-
I like Explosions In The Sky :thumbsup:
Currently it's the Tomasz Stanko Quintet..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5_KsNKTBZU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5_KsNKTBZU)
-
North Atlantic Oscillation: Grappling Hooks, again.
-
Imelda May - Love Tattoo. She's actually really good and I am surprised as I had heard her name and assumed she was just another whining 24 notes per second type!
-
I like Explosions In The Sky :thumbsup:
Ten days until TWFKAML and I attend their gig at the Brixton Academy :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
-
Was listening to an old Tindersticks gig on 6Music last night. Wow. It's hard to get that voice and those songs out of my head this morning.
-
I like Explosions In The Sky :thumbsup:
Ten days until TWFKAML and I attend their gig at the Brixton Academy :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
GIT!
-
I like Explosions In The Sky :thumbsup:
Ten days until TWFKAML and I attend their gig at the Brixton Academy :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
GIT!
Double GIT! :)
-
I like Explosions In The Sky :thumbsup:
Ten days until TWFKAML and I attend their gig at the Brixton Academy :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
GIT!
Double GIT! :)
Triple Git! Not playing anywhere convenient for me :(
-
Cowboy Junkies. Sweet Jane. Oh yes.
-
Richard Thompson, Old Kit Bag. Some heavy stuff there.
-
I like Explosions In The Sky :thumbsup:
Ten days until TWFKAML and I attend their gig at the Brixton Academy :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
GIT!
Double GIT! :)
Triple Git! Not playing anywhere convenient for me :(
Arithmetic fail. It's actually 14 days from today.
-
I like Explosions In The Sky :thumbsup:
Ten days until TWFKAML and I attend their gig at the Brixton Academy :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
GIT!
Double GIT! :)
Triple Git! Not playing anywhere convenient for me :(
Arithmetic fail. It's actually 14 days from today.
That doesn't exempt you from GITdom :hand:
-
Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne. Exquisite, and always makes me think of the summer. It's bloody freezing outside.
-
Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne. Exquisite, and always makes me think of the summer. It's bloody freezing outside.
Lovely isn't it. Who's performing it ? I have the Veronique Gens version.
-
This is Kiri Te Kanawa but I have heard that the Veronique Gens version is superb...can I justify two copies?
-
Since it's on Naxos and thus dirt cheap I am sure you can.
-
The Vaccines :)
-
Animal Collective ~ Merriweather Post Pavillion
-
Bernard Butler: people move on :)
-
The Orb ~ Blue Room
-
Boys Town Gang, Patrick Cowley, Sylvester... :-[
-
Down to Eartha, Earth Kitt.
It makes me smile :)
-
Down to Eartha, Earth Kitt.
It makes me smile :)
She stayed with my wife's auntie once and she really was down to earth!
-
Tenuous (but cool) claim to fame!
Was she just an old-fashioned girl? ;)
-
Just for a change, Korn - The Path of Totality
Will set the iPod to random after this.
-
Ace - How long
-
Various tunes I've been extracting clips from for use as ring tones*. Everything from The Prodigy's "Voodoo People" to the theme from Dangerman. ;D
* Hours of fun with the Audacity utility. :thumbsup:
-
Various tunes I've been extracting clips from for use as ring tones*. Everything from The Prodigy's "Voodoo People" to the theme from Dangerman. ;D
* Hours of fun with the Audacity utility. :thumbsup:
BTDTGTTS, spent far too long working out optimum length of clip* then finding suitable source material**.
* 9 seconds
** my favourites being the opening bars of "the MAn Who Sold The World" from Nirvana Unplugged, and the chorus from "New Breed" by Fear Factory.
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHZHhVovHN4&ob=av2n :thumbsup:
-
Chairlift - Met Before (http://soundcloud.com/chairlift/met-before). Pure happy pop like this will always be my favourite kind of music.
-
Re Chairlift: Once again, I heard the band before seeing them, and only afterwards realised that the singer is stunningly beautiful. Music comes first; looks are just a bonus. Honest!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6dZeurk4qQ
-
Tom Robinson - from early stuff to the most recent stuff available. Probably annoying Butterfly, but I like it.
-
A lot of Clark.
He just sneaked out a little snippet of his new album:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6nq4M7QBxt4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6nq4M7QBxt4)
Ever so exciting - he's just my cup of tea. Seems a little calmer than other output of late, but top notch stuff once again.
-
Sounds very similar to the sort of thing Tangerine Dream have been doing for years.
-
I see from the BBC that Etta James has popped her clogs so I'll listen to some of hers on the way home.
(goes home)
-
Sounds very similar to the sort of thing Tangerine Dream have been doing for years.
Definitely a lot of influence there - he tends to have a lot more going on rhythmically than TD though, and quite an aggressive edge that TD never really had.
-
Sounds very similar to the sort of thing Tangerine Dream have been doing for years.
Definitely a lot of influence there - he tends to have a lot more going on rhythmically than TD though, and quite an aggressive edge that TD never really had.
I liked the middle eastern influenced beats that came in in the second half.
-
If you look out for him on Spotify or whatever, don't miss out on his earlier stuff under the name Chris Clark - he changed him name as there is a Chris Clark soul singer - but three good releases under that name as well - Clarence Park (one of the best), Ceramic Is The Bomb and Empty The Bones Of You. Good stuff all in all.
-
That Clark track is great - might have to check out the album if that's typical. For some reason I never got around to buying any Chris Clark, despite buying a lot of Warp Records stuff in the past.
-
Echoes.
David Gilmour live in Gdansk - must be one of those days
-
The Marshall Suite by The Fall. Fucking excellent. All things considered.
In-in-in-in-in-evitable...
-
Damn you random play...
I've just been rickrolled by my own stereo!
Moved on to Al Green now, though.
-
Some Debussy and Ravel string quartets.
-
Scorn - Evanescence: doomy dubtastic 8)
-
Moar Cowboy Junkies
<object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fFaPgRGOqqU?version=3&hl=en_GB&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></embed></object>
I never, ever thought I'd listen to country music but I can't get enough of this band at the moment.
It's definitely country, because someone shoots his dog in the middle of a field.
And how the bollix do you do that embedding stuff proply?!?!
-
Something by Chairlift getting it's first listen, verdict so far. Great!
-
Something by Chairlift getting it's first listen, verdict so far. Great!
An album or the latest single "Met Before"? See Reply #2700 for a link to listen again.
-
The album! And very good it is!
-
The new one?! Is it out yet?
-
Released today, was on my iPhone shortly after midnight
-
:thumbsup:
-
Oh, I didn't realise the album was called "Something". I thought you were just listening to something (you didn't know) by Chairlift!
I don't think much of the name "Chairlift", by the way. Reminds me too much of a Stannah stairlift!
-
Oh, I didn't realise the album was called "Something". I thought you were just listening to something (you didn't know) by Chairlift!
I don't think much of the name "Chairlift", by the way. Reminds me too much of a Stannah stairlift!
Stannah would be good. Stannah Tease even better?
-
Chairlift album is on the way :thumbsup:
In the meantime: Heavenly vs. Satan. I've known Marine Research/Tender Trap for years, but only just found out about their earlier stuff.
-
John Peel used to play Heavenly a lot. Lovely.
-
Today I am listening to The Black Keys - Brothers.
I took my dad to the hospital in Sheffield yesterday, which gave me a chance to visit my favourite record shop, Record Collector on Fulwood Road in Broomhill.
Whilst there I purchased the above mentioned CD, El Camino by the same and Chris Cornell's Songbook.
I am looking forward to today.
-
Well Brothers was a mixed bag, some LOVELY songs, some not so.
Chris Cornell's Songbook though is outstanding! Acoustic versions of Soundgarden and Audioslave songs mixed with new stuff. "Wide Awake" is the stand out track so far, but I haven't finished the CD yet, it has just changed onto "Black Hole Sun"
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_426RiwST8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnzIrRykilA
AND
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_PrT25o8Vs
(read the scrolling text :))
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1dryYIeomM
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_NUtIqfTBo
EDIT: and this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZcJO8cL0CM&feature=related
(pure, ambient awesomeness)
-
Lisa Knapp, 'Bold and Undaunted'
Fey, subtle, brilliant.
-
Guided by Voices - Let's Go Eat The Factory
I was intrigued when the 'classic' mid-90s line-up reformed. Intrigued and concerned as these things often tarnish the legends you've built up.
They're a wee bit tighter than you were in the 90s, not quite as frantic - but the song-writing still shines through. Typical GBV style - there are only a couple of songs longer than two minutes. Funny listening to an album recorded in this day and age on a 4-track (though I believe some tracks were recorded in real studios).
Alright, it's not quite Alien Lanes, but it's a fine album all in all so far.
-
Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Sessions :D
-
Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Sessions :D
Never heard of the Cowboy Junkies before. Listening now.
So - a bit like The Waifs then. But Canadian, not Australian.
Easy listening - but I'm not a huge Country fan.
-
Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Sessions :D
(... a very excellent choice)
Me, the last couple of days:
Ali Farka Toure - Savanne
(genius)
-
Zarif.
Who?
Off the back of being reminded of a vid I took on HMS Bristol a few years back using a compact camera
http://vimeo.com/5255630
-
Listening to Chairlift's Met Before again, via a single-track promo CD won on eBay for 99p. The album is on the way from the VAT-free Channel Islands. Hurry up!
-
Diamond Mine - King Creosote & John Hopkins
Can't believe it's taken me so long to discover this superb album. Tbh, I didn't even know it existed until it got the Mercury nomination. But I bloody love it. I've had it on constant repeat for the past three days.
d.
-
Emy Dragoi - jas hot club Romania. Folk influenced jazz, with amazing piano accordion playing.
-
The Doors - Queen Of The Highway
-
Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Sessions :D
Never heard of the Cowboy Junkies before. Listening now.
So - a bit like The Waifs then. But Canadian, not Australian.
Easy listening - but I'm not a huge Country fan.
Never heard of the Waifs before ...
-
http://youtu.be/VO63vb1S7Cw
On Battleship Hill, and the rest of this album. It's powerful stuff.
-
Far Far Away - Slade.
-
Analysing Baker Street on R4 Soul Music 11.30 this morning. Forgotten what a fantastic song that was!! :thumbsup:
-
It's a song that makes me :'(
I think most of us have felt this.
Windin' your way down on Baker Street
Light in your head and dead on your feet
Well another crazy day
You'll drink the night away
And forget about everything
This city desert makes you feel so cold.
It's got so many people but it's got no soul
And it's taking you so long
To find out you were wrong
When you thought it had everything
You used to think that it was so easy
You used to say that it was so easy
But you're tryin'
You're tryin' now
Another year and then you'll be happy
Just one more year and then you'll be happy
But you're cryin'
You're cryin' now
Way down the street there's a lad in his place
He opens the door he's got that look on his face
And he asks you where you've been
You tell him who you've seen
And you talk about anything
He's got this dream about buyin' some land
He's gonna give up the booze and the one night stands
And then he'll settle down there's a quiet little town
And forget about everything
But you know he'll always keep movin'
You know he's never gonna stop movin
Cus he's rollin'
He's the rollin' stone
And when you wake up it's a new mornin'
The sun is shinin' it's a new morning
You're goin'
You're goin' home.
And an interesting programme, too.
-
Portico Quartet's latest one, cleverly entitled "Portico Quartet". Perhaps a bit bolder than the others and still jolly good.
-
Last night, following the Radio 4 Soul Music about Baker Street, I was listening to some Gerry Rafferty. His output was patchy, to say the least, but some was sublime.
-
Currently listening to Radcliffe & Maconie, but I was a bit baffled by the Teatime Theme Time, and someone came in to talk to me when the link was explained. Can anyone enlighten me please?
-
Last night, following the Radio 4 Soul Music about Baker Street, I was listening to some Gerry Rafferty. His output was patchy, to say the least, but some was sublime.
Clarion, do you know "Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway"? It's an early one but I think it's great. I love "Star", too.
-
Got my copy of Chairlift's "Something" album at last. Tracks 1-6 don't do anything for me; tracks 7-11 are good to brilliant.
-
Slightly OT, but there's a great clip of Billy Connolly on youtube, recounting an elaborate prank call Gerry Rafferty made whilst waiting backstage, bored, at some Humblebums gig. Very funny and worth spending a few seconds searching it out.
-
The Godfathers.
Cracking politi-rock from the '80's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO5dcW0P75M
-
Wednesday evening, Nightwaves on Radio 3, after 10 p.m. There was a discussion on the changes in sexual attitudes during The Enlightenment. One of the participants quoted Wilkes:
"Life can then little else supply but a few good fucks and then you die"
for which the presenter saw fit to apologise. Thereafter, another presenter, Peggy Reynolds, continually referred to the sex act as "doing things", as portrayed pictorially and in the written word after print became cheap to produce.
Sometimes I think The Enlightenment totally passed by some people on Radio 3. On the other hand, some of the lyrics of ancient music that they play is very forthright indeed.
-
The Godfathers.
Cracking politi-rock from the '80's
Ah cracking stuff indeed. One if the first gigs I ever went to sans parents, international 2 in Manchester 89.
-
Last night's Classic Albums on BBC4 on Black Sabbath's "Paranoid". It'll be on BBC iPlayer if you missed it.
"Paranoid" is one of the very few heavy metal albums I've bought; this programme made me realise (again) how good musically it is, as well as attitude and style wise.
-
Tri Yann, 'Portraits'.
-
The Pixies, Live, on Sky Arts 1.
What better way to start a Sunday? TLD is watching it, I don't think she knows what to make of it though....
-
Well, I'm not going out on a bike today - snow and a cold have put the kibosh on that. I'll try and get on the turbo later, but breathing is hard work, so we will see.
So, a last listen to my current linn digital streamer before it leaves me and a new one arrives to take it's place in a couple of weeks.
Started with nick drake - five leaves left (man in a shed - how awesome a song?)
Trying to decide what is next. I like mornings like this. Rare I get to sit and listen to music for a couple of hours.
-
Gung Ho by Patti Smith. Such an artist, such a band, and acquired at a bargain price.
-
The The.... The Violence of Truth, what a brilliant band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84o3LLXxfGk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84o3LLXxfGk)
-
A selection from my latest eMusic downloads:
65daysofstatic - One Time For All Time
Andy Stott - Passed Me By & We Stay Together
Raime - Hennail
This Will Destroy You - Tunnel Blanket
King Midas Sound - Without You
Bill Laswell & Nicholas James Bullen - Subsonic 2
Vatican Shadow - Byzantine Private CIA, Kneel Before Religious Icons & Yemeni Commandos
Scorn - Gyral
But mainly the Andy Stott stuff so far...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHweamNAkjY&feature=related
-
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Area 52.
Not enuff guitar and too much other stuff so far...
-
Heard this on 6music the other day and it's been buzzing round my head ever since...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY
I thought that being on the 6music playlist, it wouldn't be a mainstream hit, but turns out it's No.1 on iTunes. Nice.
-
Also prompted by 6Music Soul Mining by The The*
*And how is The The pronounced? Thee The, The Thee, The The, Thee Thee?
-
Steve Wright on Radio 2
-
Also prompted by 6Music Soul Mining by The The*
*And how is The The pronounced? Thee The, The Thee, The The, Thee Thee?
T'T'
'appen ;)
-
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Area 52.
Not enuff guitar and too much other stuff so far...
About right.
It's good so far - but the horns get a bit much and don't allow you to focus on their unfathomable talents on the guitars.
-
Just for a change - more saxophone stuff. This time it's the wonderful Jan Kopinski - "Earth".
-
Richard the Thompson, Old Kit Bag. Blistering guitar, savage lyrics. "God never listened to Charlie Parker; Charlie Parker lived in vain"
-
Heard this on 6music the other day and it's been buzzing round my head ever since...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY
I thought that being on the 6music playlist, it wouldn't be a mainstream hit, but turns out it's No.1 on iTunes. Nice.
Cheers. I rather liked that. Never come across him before.
-
ZZ Top
-
Heard this on 6music the other day and it's been buzzing round my head ever since...
I thought that being on the 6music playlist, it wouldn't be a mainstream hit, but turns out it's No.1 on iTunes. Nice.
I liked that. Quite reminiscent of the first bit of XTCs Senses Working Overtime
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyX75NpibdU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyX75NpibdU)
-
Richard the Thompson, Old Kit Bag. Blistering guitar, savage lyrics. "God never listened to Charlie Parker; Charlie Parker lived in vain"
Oh yes she did; that's why she took him early (and John and Bix but, oddly, not Miles!).
-
Ray Manzarek's interpretation of O Fortuna ??? Jury's out on this one.
-
Unreleased Bonnie Raitt and Lowell George version of Steve Winwards "cant find my way home" . Slide tastic. The talk finishes and the song begins 3 minutes in here: Now I am off to see if the whole sessions is on the Intrent Archive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4tJiyU_gjY&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4tJiyU_gjY&feature=related)
-
First listen of This Will Destroy You (http://www.myspace.com/thiswilldestroyyou) - Tunnel Blanket
Totally unlike the other album by them I've got, which is more mellow post-rock.
This is one for all of you who are into Mogwai/Explosions in the Sky. Very big on the quiet/LOUD angle...as are 65daysofstatic for that matter.
Opening track live at SXSW:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYr3c-mUFnU
Surprisingly they were dull as ditchwater when I saw them live 18 months ago
-
Half Man Half Biscuit. I have been told to sit on the sofa and not move till I have listened to the whole of Four Men Who Shook The Wirral. Apparently this will make me cheer up.
It's working ;D
-
Heard this on 6music the other day and it's been buzzing round my head ever since...
I thought that being on the 6music playlist, it wouldn't be a mainstream hit, but turns out it's No.1 on iTunes. Nice.
I liked that. Quite reminiscent of the first bit of XTCs Senses Working Overtime
I hadn't made that connection but now you mention it... I also thought there are hints of Talk Talk about it, or maybe The Police.
Today's playlist is majoring heavily in the new Django Django album. Bloody marvellous. Early contender for album of the year.
Here's the opening track, Hail Bop, which gives a pretty good flavour of the album - very Beta Band-esque:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVdvdxKeeiw
d.
-
My own favourite from the Django Django album is Default, I can't stop playing it, it's brilliant.
-
You owe me the money for a Django Django album, Citoyen and Crusty's favourite primate. I wouldn't have heard of them if it wasn't for you. My PayPal address is pb [at] mm [dot] st. I'll let you off, LindaG, if you wouldn't have mentioned it if Citoyen hadn't prompted you. :)
-
Nah, sorry Biggsy. It's been on my Facebook page for days so I so would've mentioned it.
Your cheque is in the post ;)
-
Unreleased Bonnie Raitt and Lowell George version of Steve Winwards "cant find my way home" . Slide tastic. The talk finishes and the song begins 3 minutes in here: Now I am off to see if the whole sessions is on the Intrent Archive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4tJiyU_gjY&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4tJiyU_gjY&feature=related)
Wow.
Thanks for that pc. Brilliant.
-
My own favourite from the Django Django album is Default, I can't stop playing it, it's brilliant.
Yes, brilliant. I can't decide what my favourite track is but that's certainly a contender. Waveforms and Life's A Beach are also amazing.
Default:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDjpOrlfh0Y
Waveforms:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2dOW3ztvfs
Life's A Beach:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w981vZVpqA
Biggsy, consider it your fee for my musical recommendation service. It's a small price to pay. ;)
d.
-
Actually, I think Zumm Zumm might be my favourite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLvdI34yn_I
Dammit, the whole album is brilliant.
d.
-
Kimbra, the woman on the Gotye film, is a pretty fine artist in her own right. Look up 'Settle Down', it makes me shiver.
-
That is good. She has quite a voice on her.
d.
-
:) Glad you like it.
-
Duane Eddy
:thumbsup:
-
The Rondels
-
Mike Curiak posted a new video on his blog, with a good soundtrack.
http://vimeo.com/36612474 (http://vimeo.com/36612474)
This led me to google the artiste... Zoe Keating ...it's cello Jim, but not as we know it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYrcXX4nWOA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYrcXX4nWOA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmM13E6oxzY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmM13E6oxzY)
-
The Shadows
-
Thanks to a crossword: The Wall, Pink Floyd.
-
tune yards. She makes me go wiggly woo
-
This led me to google the artiste... Zoe Keating ...it's cello Jim, but not as we know it...
I love Zoe Keating. My favourite track of hers is Optimist:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqOj36h7AIk
edit: of course, her stuff sounds very different live to how it does on record. Here's the album version of Optimist:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIdgNJ4ufkU
-
Another one hot off the 6music playlist that I'm loving right now...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=722dDnXtkgA
For a flavour of what to expect, here's a quote from her Wikipedia page: "Mary Epworth is a singer and songwriter who makes music influenced by traditional English song, 60s west coast Psychedelia, and Greek Progressive Rock."
-
Joan As Policewoman - Flash
-
Joan As Policewoman - Flash
Thanks for that one MrsP :)
-
You're welcome :)
-
So far today
Radiohead - tkol rmx
Chiddy Bang - peanut butter and swelly
Bonobo - black sands remix
The silver mt Zion orchestra - the West will rise again
Shigeto - lineage
-
Sly & Robbie - Late Night Tales
and
Groove Armada - Late Night Tales
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
-
Lambchop - Mr M.
Yes it's nice, chilled out, laid back music, but not really my cup of tea.
-
El Camino ~ Black Keys Just getting into them
-
El Camino ~ Black Keys Just getting into them
I like that one, "Brothers" is good too
-
El Camino ~ Black Keys Just getting into them
I like that one, "Brothers" is good too
That was the last thing that I played yesterday :d Probably my preferred album, but I've got Rubber Factory cued up next
-
Groove Armada
-
El Camino ~ Black Keys Just getting into them
I like that one, "Brothers" is good too
That was the last thing that I played yesterday :d Probably my preferred album, but I've got Rubber Factory cued up next
I've just listened to Attack & Release - seems to be a bit rougher and readier than El Camino.
-
The radio is tuned to Radio 2. I can almost forgive this, because Steve Wright :sick: is playing The Weather Girls.
-
The radio is tuned to Radio 2. I can almost forgive this, because Steve Wright :sick: is playing...
You must have done something very, vey bad indeed.
-
Radiohead's Kid A on Youtube.
Never heard it before :-[ , and I love it already.
-
ZZ Top:via inyerearpods.Loud enough to be almost intravenous :thumbsup:
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZoThmaBSog
-
Charlemagne Palestine's 'Strumming' - never knew you could get sounds like that out of a piano ... despite being very loud in places, it's also very relaxing.
-
Mama Cass
Dunno why Dream a Little Dream popped into my head earlier.... but it did. So now I'm seeing what else I like.
-
So much to choose from Crinkles!
My dad used to have some sort of greatest hits album of theirs, I must have nearly worn it out. The Mamas and the Papas, I mean. Did Mama Cass have a solo career?
Try Dedicated To The One I Love, and My Girl, and Go Where You Wanna Go.
Dream a Little Dream is my favourite though :)
-
I have a Mamas & Papas Greatestits but I ain't your daddy ;D
-
Kid Creole and the Coconuts.
Oops, wrong thread ;)
-
The Ting Tings "Sounds From Nowheresville" - pure pop - properly fun.
-
Talking Heads on random play :)
-
Liz Green.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoyBugTTrTY
Where has she been all my life?
-
Elvis
-
A random mix on my iPod, which seems to work, so far I have had (in no particular order):
Green Day
Cowboy Junkies
DJ Shadow
Korn
Slipknot
The Beautiful South
Tricky
Anastacia
Anthrax
Billy Talent
My chemical Romance
Fear Factory
Jack Johnson
plus many many more </Ronson record advert>
-
Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds!
Still gives me the willies - used to terrify me as a child.
-
Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds!
:thumbsup:
<jogler wanders off to dust off his copy of same:not heard for too long>
unfortunately I was very much not a child when it was originally released
-
Dvorak, Rusalka. The Vaclav Neumann version. I've had the CD for too many years unplayed. Part of a job lot of ex BBC library CDs and vynil I picked up ages ago. It shouldn't have been ignored for so long.
-
Harvest Moon by Neil Young. Three times, end to end now. :) A great way to spend an afternoon when you can't ride a bike.
-
I think that's one of Marj's favourite albums,if not THE favourite :)
-
She has good taste in music ;)
-
She likes a whiny old Canadian. ;) So do I sometimes. Only sometimes.
I heard Lily Allen in Wilkinson's yesterday. No, she wasn't working on the tills; "The Fear" was playing on the tannoy. I do love a catchy tune and great production.
-
She likes a whiny old Canadian. ;) So do I sometimes. Only sometimes.
I heard Lily Allen in Wilkinson's yesterday. No, she wasn't working on the tills; "The Fear" was playing on the tannoy. I do love a catchy tune and great production.
Me too, that's a good song. The video's fun too.
-
And now, Song For Athena by John Tavener.
-
I find myself listening to Forever Dolphin Love by Connan Mockasin - again.
-
Voyageur by Kathleen Edwards. Not surprisingly a strong Bon Iver influence in the production
-
George Thorogood & The Destroyers
-
Madness.
There is nothing like this around any more, the songs or the videos. So much talent. They started in the 70s and Woody still looks about 14.
-
Madness.
There is nothing like this around any more, the songs or the videos. So much talent. They started in the 70s and Woody still looks about 14.
You're not wrong. Are you listening to a particular album? Or spotifying/youtubing?
One Step Beyond (Deluxe version!) was my present to myself last year. I'm sure I had a good excuse - a broken fingernail or some such.
-
Just playing Ultimate Madness or whatever the 1990s compilation was. I felt compelled to order the DVD collection.
"My Girl", "Baggy Trousers" and "Return of the Los Palmas 7*" bring a tear to my eye simply through nostalgia, and "Night Boat To Cairo" is one of those songs that you can't resist dancing to. If you're a bloke.
*the very, very low-budget video has a lot of short clips, mostly very British scenes but with some Star Wars thrown in. Someone has bothered to catalogue them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_the_Los_Palmas_7
-
"Night Boat To Cairo" is one of those songs that you can't resist dancing to. If you're a bloke.
Er, actually, not just if you're a bloke :-[
O:-) O:-) O:-)
I honestly don't think it's dated at all. OK, the whole two-tone thing was very much of a time, but on the other hand - it came back in again last year, along with most of my clothes.
And it's still damn good stuff isn't it.
The Prince is my personal favourite.
-
Complete Madness was one of my favourite cassettes. It's still seems incredible to me that one band had so many so very great singles. Their later stuff still had great tunes, but they let their melancholy side dominate.
This evening I've been listening to Rhys W! (on guitar):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7oxpFi4GB4
-
I ought to buy the 2009 album "The Liberty Of Norton Folgate". It is supposed to be the best thing they've ever done.
-
I ought to buy the 2009 album "The Liberty Of Norton Folgate". It is supposed to be the best thing they've ever done.
Never heard of it till now. Thanks Roger.
-
Now playing the new Grimes album, Visions. It's like an edgier version of Goldfrapp - early Goldfrapp, but with more of a beat and less of the weird noises. I like it lots.
"Night Boat To Cairo" is one of those songs that you can't resist dancing to. If you're a bloke.
At uni, a few mates and I started the "Two Tone Society", which was really just an excuse to hold regular nights in the bar where we played all our favourite records - and fritter union funds on old stuff from Prince Buster and the like at record fairs.
Night Boat To Cairo was always a guaranteed floor filler. We had a regular crowd who when it got to the slow bit, always ended up on their backs on the floor, wiggling arms and legs in the air, before leaping up and pogoing around like loons for the finale.
Booker T's Soul Limbo was another favourite.
Ah, happy days...
d.
-
Graceland by Paul Simon.
Twenty five years. Blimey.
Memories of national express bus journeys and my 22 inch waist ::-)
It's good though.
-
Adele - good ain't she!
-
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food
Tindersticks - Falling Down A Mountain
-
Good Morning Spider - Sparklehorse.
I just love strange stuff like this!
-
The Trombone Shorty album 'For True'.
Here's 'Do for me' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnC2wV-l6bI) 'Do to me' on Later with Jools Holland. Excellent stuff.
-
Today's post included the new remastered 2CD set of Human League's Dare, which is now blasting out on the office stereo.
Nostalgiatastic!
d.
-
Pale Seas
Tupelo
Pip Mountjoy (who I swear I have met, just can't remember when)
Saint Etienne
All spurred on by getting an email telling me of the next lot of bands being added to Deershed's lineup (www.deershedfestival.com)
My fave so far? Tupelo....
-
Tina Turner ,Amsterdam Arena
Sky Arts 1HD
The Wildest Dreams Tour
-
The Faming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Particularly enjoying "It's Summertime".
-
Random Angry Loud Music on the way here, and Mama Cass now I'm at a desk.
I think this is in the appropriate order.
-
Queen, best of, albums one and two.
Marvelling at Freddie's vocal range.
-
Grah. Spotify no-worky. Back to the MP3s....
Quite liking Vampire Weekend. And who does, indeed, give a fuck about an Oxford Comma? Must remember not to singalong....
-
Watching Madness videos, specifically "NW5". It's amazing to see a load of fifty-something guys writing and performing as well as they did in the 1970s.
-
Simon and Garfunkel ~ Live New York 1969
Essentially the "Bridge Over Troubled Water" album 'unplugged'. In my view much better with the sparser, less produced performances.
-
The Beautiful South
Started with the unquestionably dark Quench and have now moved onto the much happier Superbi.
-
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
We Were Exploding Anyway - 65daysofstatic
Yanqui UXO - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
-
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
Finally got a copy yesterday though it's been out for a few months. Wish I'd got it sooner. It's very good. Very good indeed.
d.
-
An American in Paris
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIpqP-ZVdCM&feature=related :facepalm:
-
The Beautiful South
Started with the unquestionably dark Quench and have now moved onto the much happier Superbi.
They've always been dark. "0898" is quite sinister throughout.
-
Hue and Cry Duty to the debtor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KarI-9Vpd38) 'Duty to the debtor'. Always liked their stuff back in the day - just never enough to buy any. Don't even need to think about buying it these days. ;)
They've matured pretty well, this is right funky.
-
John Lennon - Double Fantasy, Walls and Bridges, Plastic Ono Band ...
Nice. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LzNNgctnbs
-
how about this classic recieving the Lennon treatment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtFg417oF_A
-
That is, quite honestly, one of my all time favourites jogler. Absolutely great.
but I prefer this: because I am, at heart, a solitary soul.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moCf_pghM-U
It's so beautiful :)
My dad cried, the day John Lennon died. It took me years to understand why, but I think I do, now. What an extraordinary artist he was.
-
My dad cried, the day John Lennon died. It took me years to understand why, but I think I do, now. What an extraordinary artist he was.
Mine too, for a man who never cried it was a shock to see him do so.
I remember, as a teenager, having a copy of "Rock 'n' Roll" on tape that I played so much it wore out.
-
That is, quite honestly, one of my all time favourites jogler. Absolutely great.
It's a marj-anthem.
Lennon's death is one of those occassions when so many folk can recollect exactly where they were & what they were doing.I was so shocked I had to stop the car.
-
Okay, so here's one of my all time, top ten, favourite song lyrics.
"before you cross the street, take my hand. Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans"
Do you remember the feeling of that tiny warm hand, finding yours, before you crossed the road? The absolute trust? Damn but he was good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt3IOdDE5iA
Beautiful boy. John Lennon.
Everybody stand up.
-
The Animals
-
The Supremes
-
Red Fang.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U48nRVL9Q4k&list=FLmoEA2ENAAVay7IichRdgYA&index=4&feature=plpp_video
-
Hopes & Fears - Keane
-
More eMusic downloads to dive into. Only listened to the first couple so far. I was surprised how many of the 2 Bears tracks I recognised: I thought I'd only heard Bear Hug :thumbsup:
The Shangaan Shake compilation is a set of remixes of tracks from the compilation Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa done by the great & good of the current underground dance scene. On first listen it's another :thumbsup: and means I'll d/l the original album next month.
The 2 Bears - Be Strong
Various Artists - Shangaan Shake
Belbury Poly - The Belbury Tales
Burial - Kindred
Django Django - Django Django
Emeralds - Emeralds
Sandwell District - Feed Forward
Haxan Cloak - Observatory e.p.
Young Hunting - The Night of the Burning
-
Okay, so here's one of my all time, top ten, favourite song lyrics.
"before you cross the street, take my hand. Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans"
Do you remember the feeling of that tiny warm hand, finding yours, before you crossed the road? The absolute trust? Damn but he was good.
For balance, my father said on hsi death that he was once a good Liverpool comedian, who had been ruined by that Ono woman.
-
@ Jogler, LindaG and Tiermat
I, too, am I big John Lennon fan. The Rock and Roll album is great but I just wondered, have you heard Ry Cooder's version of Stand By Me? He does it in a Tex-Mex style with Flaco Jimenez and the King brothers. But then, I love Ry Cooder!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7LxCRJC4Kw
-
Messiaen's Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jesus.
Courtesy of Spotify. I keep forgetting I've got this. I should use it more often.
-
@ Jogler, LindaG and Tiermat
. But then, I love Ry Cooder!
I reckoned so from Tune association :thumbsup:
RC doesn't do it for me.Having said that I think Lennon's cover of Ben E. King's classic is even better than the original.
-
A fair bit of Bobby Whitlock, should be much more well known than he is. Here with EC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZNL0wvIj78 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZNL0wvIj78)
-
And one from Bobby's first solo album in 1972 again with EC on guitar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__hy5OZJlmY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__hy5OZJlmY)
-
Documentary on the history of 6Music - on 6Music now, til 1pm. I'm sure it'll be repeated if you missed the start.
-
A disco version of Anarchy in the UK.
-
@ Jogler, LindaG and Tiermat
But then, I love Ry Cooder!
There's a big Ry Cooder shaped hole in my collection!
Got any reccomendations of where to start? A playlist? Or a good "Introduction to"?
-
Mrs. Wow and I went to a very fine concert at the Cliffs Pavilion, a mere half-hour walk form our house. The players were the EU Chamber Orchestra (http://www.etd.gb.com/index.htm) and the soloist was Julian Lloyd-Webber. The works we heard were Handel's Entance of the Queen of Sheba, a Mozart Divertimento (although apparently this wasn't a proper divertimento on account of having the wrong number of movements), a Haydn 'Cello Concerto, a Sibelius Romance and Mozart's 29th Symphony. My pal Frank was also there. and we had a natter before the concert started.
It's gratifying that the money we give to the European Union is sometimes spent on something worthwhile. :P
-
@ Jogler, LindaG and Tiermat
But then, I love Ry Cooder!
There's a big Ry Cooder shaped hole in my collection!
Got any reccomendations of where to start? A playlist? Or a good "Introduction to"?
Paul, I'll get on to it - there's just so much! I'll be back as soon as I've got a miinute.
-
Thanks, much appreciated!
-
My favourite is Bop Til You Drop. Ry Cooder and Chakla Kahn on the same record, what's not to like ?
-
@ paulf and pcolbeck
Yes, I'd definitely recommend Bop Til you Drop; Ry's version of All Shook Up is astonishing.
I confess to not really knowing his recent output (post Buena Vista Social Club) but I'd suggest starting with his first, Into The Purple Valley, then maybe Boomer's Story, obviously Chicken Skin Music, with the great Flaco Jimenez, and Borderline, which contains the poignant "Across The Borderline" (about Mexican immigrants) and the equally haunting "This Is The Way We Make A Broken Heart".
paul, I hope you enjoy Ry. He's not everyone's cup of tea but that's what makes the world go round. I can't think of another artiste who casts his net so wide when looking for material.
(He also wrote the soundtrack for Paris, Texas, starring the great Harry Dean Stanton.
-
Veronica Falls - My Heart Beats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAQ0R9DB8Qk
Veronica Falls - The Fountain (live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vah_ZTiJn4
-
Big Fox.
An accidental Spotify find. I likee.
-
Sigur Ros. Enough said.
-
Ian Drury.
-
Is anyone else impressed by Veronica Falls? You could say it's unoriginal indie pop, but I don't care when it's this very nice. And there's some sadness in some of the lyrics to contrast with the pretty tunes and voices and upbeat tempo, like much of the best pop music has.
I'd never heard of them before last night on 6Music. I should have taken more notice of everything on Bella Union, run by a Simon Raymond of the Cocteaus.
-
Avishai Cohen(s).
First heard as a v brief moment on Jamie Cullum's show (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b01d5qgl starts at about 0:25) but it appears that there are two Avishai Cohens (Cohanim?) and this trumpeter version of Avishai Cohen is entirely different and separate http://www.avishaicohenmusic.com/live/
Enjoying both
-
Electrelane. Girls with guitars, and also swirling keyboards and driving bass, with occasional choirs and other stuff. Always a great listen.
-
The Well-Tempered Clavier.
-
Careless Whisper
Sometimes you just have to.
-
Careless Whisper
Sometimes you just have to.
Because they were forcing splinters under your fingernails?
-
Tired Pony, a bunch of musicians haing fun.
-
The Vaccines - What did you expect from the vaccines?
And singing along. It's grand, jolly stuff.
As passed on to me by my mate TheChief.
-
And now, The Editors, just because they sound a bit like The Vaccines :)
-
Faithless - The Dance
-
The Lift Men - Cloudy O - a song about dooring a cyclist.
-
The Smiths
-
Radmac. To avoid Osbo.
-
The Best of Stevie Ray Vaughab - Vol 1
Well at least I will be when I have ripped it. It was yesterdays bargain. £1.99 in a second hand CD shop. Now to find vol 2 ...
-
Lost Verses Live by Mark Kozelek, as provided by Juan Martin of this parish. It's brilliant, absolutely great. What a lucky find :)
The live version of Tiny Cities is exceptionally fabulous :D
-
Jools Holland - Jack 'O' The Green, I was reminded of this album by Tune Association.
Currently Prince Buster is exulting me to "Enjoy Yourself" :)
-
Jools Holland - Jack 'O' The Green, I was reminded of this album by Tune Association.
Currently Prince Buster is exulting me to "Enjoy Yourself" :)
It's later than you think!
-
It sure is LG!
-
And just to change the tone after JH, I have lined up Slipknot "All Hope Is Gone" :D
-
I have lined up Slipknot "All Hope Is Gone" :D
I hope you are not suicidal :hand:
-
Jogler, no, not in the slightest, and TBH that album is actually quite uplifting....
-
Jogler, no, not in the slightest, and TBH that album is actually quite uplifting....
Whaaaa .... ????
-
North Atlantic Oscillation, again. I think that and Tindersticks are my fave albums of the mo.
-
everything everything and tune yards
-
Oldies, but goodies. The Ruts...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJYS0b6pG4o&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJYS0b6pG4o&feature=related)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCkNu9OxThc&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCkNu9OxThc&feature=related)
-
Ranarim, "Till Ljusan Dag"
Female duet vocal, nyckelharpa and mandola/guitar. Swedish lyrics with a Norge border accent (they say 'ikke' a lot)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ranarim_TFF2005_05.JPG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-N1glkrnUw&feature=related
No, I don't fancy the singers. Well, I do, but the music is the thing.
-
Their Law - The Prodigy
-
Lots and lots of Rory Gallagher tonight. "Walk on Hot Coals" from the Irish Tour 1974 is doing it for me right now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Hsu-A-WYM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Hsu-A-WYM)
-
At long last I've bought some Beach Boys albums: Pet Sounds, Sunflower and Surf's Up. Listening to Pet Sounds now.
Modern bands could at least learn one lesson from the old boys: keep your songs short if there's not a good reason for them to be long. Don't bore us. Leave us wanting more!
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDAh19tms4U&feature=related :thumbsup:
-
At long last I've bought some Beach Boys albums: Pet Sounds, Sunflower and Surf's Up. Listening to Pet Sounds now.
Pet Sounds is genius but I have never been convinced by the rest of the Beach Boy's catalogue. Pet Sounds was a bit of a one off (it was a Brain Wilson solo project rather than a Beach Boys one).
-
Scotch Mist - Radiohead
-
Hearing Surf's Up (the song, Brian Wilson's) on the radio recently was what prompted me to buy the albums, so it's not just Pet Sounds I'm going to like.
(The Sunflower and Surf's Up albums are available on a single CD).
-
The rather wonderful new album by Belbury Poly: The Belbury Tales (http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/xrnv)
-
The Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A, K581.
Alles ist in ordnung.
Aaaahhhhhhh ....................
-
Veronica Falls - Veronica Falls (album).
-
Without this lot punk would never have happened. Anyway, they were all good mates of mine back in the day and I went on to play with one of the original members till he died. Then I stopped playing for a while cos I was going the same way.
The Pink Fairies 'Do it' (Does that count as a minor claim to fame? ;))
do it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nagC41Pe4c4)
-
I always though the mighty MC5 where credited with being the proto punk band. I like the Pink Fairies too.
Teenage Lust - MC5 1970
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAQ2vIdydSA&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAQ2vIdydSA&feature=related)
-
There is actually a connection between the MC5 and the Pink Faries in that Wayne Kramer guitarist for the MC5 wrote a musical with Mick Farren of the Deviants in the 80s (who spawned the Pink Fairies when they broke up) and played live with the reformed Deviants sometimes. Here he is on the excellent "Police Car" live in the 80s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWqt9boKKVo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWqt9boKKVo)
-
ftr, that's a Austin Mini Cooper MkII and probably belonged to the Liverpool force.
-
The Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A, K581.
Alles ist in ordnung.
Aaaahhhhhhh ....................
Selbstverstandlich!
Have you heard the Brahms Quintet?
-
The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show on http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/
-
The Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A, K581.
Alles ist in ordnung.
Aaaahhhhhhh ....................
Selbstverstandlich!
Have you heard the Brahms Quintet?
No. Not yet.
Aber ich muss das prufen.
Danke, Peter.
-
Bestimmt. Kegelstatt Trio ist auch wunderbar. Wirklich, alles von Wolfgang!
What do you reckon about Alice From Wolfgang as a group name?
-
What do you reckon about Alice From Wolfgang as a group name?
Hmm. What genre?
-
Yesterday, I was listening to Rodrigo's Fantasia para un Gentilhombre, a piece by John Ireland, & a couple of Bach piano concerti, in St Lawrence's church, West Wycombe.
The music was good. Not quite a professional performance, apart from the guitarist (double starred first in music at Cambridge, but now works in derivatives sales for a major bank :facepalm:) & pianist (a professional), but good enough. The church is mediaeval, but was rebuilt with a spectacular interior in the 18th century (paid for by Sir Francis Dashwood), & its setting is stunning. We arrived in just enough light to enjoy the view, with a kite on its last patrol of the day wheeling overhead, & numerous noisier birds letting everyone know of their presence before settling down for the night.
A glass of wine in the interval & an amiable chat with Mrs B's new boss (mother of the guitarist). What's not to like?
It's been too long since I last did something like that.
-
What do you reckon about Alice From Wolfgang as a group name?
Hmm. What genre?
Digger-Kraut rock, maybe?
-
Just got back from a performance of Stainer's Crucifixion given at the cathedral in Manchester. I'm not keen on the story because it ends badly, but it's a wonderful piece. Many will know the central "God So Loved The World", but the whole thing is so moving and there are five hymns incorporated which give the audience a chance to take part. A great afternoon, capped by Newcastle's defeat of Liverpool!
@ Bledlow, that sounds like a good one, too!
-
Stanley Clarke - basstastic
-
Davy Knowles and Back Door Slam. Bluestastic!
-
Currently, my brother blowing people up on Call of Duty.
Have had Lenka - The Show stuck in my head much of the day, though.
-
The Boomtown Rats' "Rat Trap". They don't write them like that anymore.
-
The new Dr John album (released today)produced by the guy from the Black Keys. Swampfunktastic. Never thought I would walk into HMV and hear Dr John over the PA and it be a recommended allbum of the week but there you go. £10 well spent.
-
The Fruity Bits Of Ivor Biggun.
I'm truly sorry.
-
Pendulum
-
Just back from the RLPO with Petrenko conducting the St Matthew Passion. Over 3 hours, plus the interval in a packed, overly warm hall. I was nodding off for a bit. Absolutely superb performance though.
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3Vs4pHHARI
-
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM0mjukDGRw
-
After being reminded of her existence last weekend, Tanita Tikaram. Ah.... nostalgia!
-
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinasours
-
More eMusic downloads:
Demdike Stare - Elemental
Clark - Iradelphic
African Head Charge - Voodoo of the Godsent
Harmonious Thelonious - Listen
Nickolas Mohanna - Transmission Hue
Kareem - Noctocromäs
Emeralds - Solar Bridge
Burial Hex - Initiations
Shrag - Tendons in the Night
Only got through the Clark, AHC & Harmonious Thelonious so far.
The HT album has made the biggest initial impression - funky electonica that takes you on a journey round the world, with influences from Africa & South America via Balinese gamelan: a few samples & a glowing review are here (http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/album/harmonious-thelonious/listen/12970878/:). If this doesn't have you shaking your rump you must be dead. Recommended.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk_6ab2rYIo
A bit underwhelmed by the AHC album: nothing immediately stands out apart from the track I heard on Don Letts that got me to try out the album: Badman Plan. Probably requires repeated listening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqFsvsa5YCk
Iradelphic is pretty lush electronica, with Com Touch being the stand-out track:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nq4M7QBxt4
-
Erykah Badu - Annie Don't Wear No Panties
I wish she did more funk, this is gorgeous.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d9eydCfTdw&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d9eydCfTdw&feature=related)
-
Embarrassingly, C W McCall's "Convoy" which is one of the worst earworms possible. Someone at work actually has a "chartreuse microbus".
-
On the same compilation, Thin Lizzy's "Whiskey In The Jar" (must work out the guitar riff) and Sparks' "This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us" which is quite unearthly.
-
Esbjorn Svensson.
I'm in that sort of mood.
-
Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)
-
Elbow followed by Múm
-
Mum's more armpit than elbow, wouldn't you say?
-
An iPod mix, again, today has thrown up, so far, Arrested Development, Jane's Addiction, Seasick Steve and Rancid....
-
That's a good mix.
-
Mum's more armpit than elbow, wouldn't you say?
Ball or aerosol?
-
No, it's for my armpits...
</for the sake of completion>
-
No, it's for my armpits...
</for the sake of completion>
Not the Nine O'Clock News wasn't it ?
-
Eagles - Journey of the Sorcerer.
-
Rowan, is that The Eagles? Bit of a poncey title for them. What's it all about?
-
Was that the one used as the theme for "Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy"?
-
Clawfinger
-
Clawfinger
DeafDumbBlind ?
-
Was that the one used as the theme for "Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy"?
Yup.
The "Original Radio Scripts" narrates the incident after HHG2G was first broadcast, with people writing or phoning into the Beeb (no Email in those days) asking what the theme music was, then finding out they already had it in their album collections (no MP3s in those days).
-
4 Ever Floyd
An Internet radio station playing Pink Floyd !
Plays random/requested tracks from all Floyd albums inc solo work.
Now playing Celestial Voices from A Saucerful Of Secrets !
-
Something brand new from Saint Ettienne. :thumbsup:
-
Something brand new from Saint Ettienne. :thumbsup:
Is it out now? Must toddle off to get it, as we are seeing them @ Deershed in a couple of months time :)
-
The "Original Radio Scripts" narrates the incident after HHG2G was first broadcast, with people writing or phoning into the Beeb (no Email in those days) asking what the theme music was, then finding out they already had it in their album collections (no MP3s taste in those days).
FTFY
-
Something brand new from Saint Ettienne. :thumbsup:
Is it out now?
Probably not yet. I was listening to it on 6Music.
-
Early Elvis Presley, circa 1956, all the Crudup and Lieber and Stoller stuff. Just Great. I suppose God will have forgiven Tom Parker - I'm finding it next to impossible. :-[
-
Tindersticks - Falling Down A Mountain
-
6Music all day.
-
4 Ever Floyd
An Internet radio station playing Pink Floyd !
Plays random/requested tracks from all Floyd albums inc solo work.
Now playing Celestial Voices from A Saucerful Of Secrets !
Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast right now - it's been a ruddy long time since I heard that :D
-
4 Ever Floyd
An Internet radio station playing Pink Floyd !
Plays random/requested tracks from all Floyd albums inc solo work.
Now playing Celestial Voices from A Saucerful Of Secrets !
Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast right now - it's been a ruddy long time since I heard that :D
I've just got back from the US of A, and I'm about to Set the Controls for the Heart of my Bed...
NN all.
-
The Gun Club and the Soledad Brothers. Rowdy white boy blues.
-
Ashes and Fire - Ryan Adams
Latest album. On the whole very good if a bit patchy as all of his stuff is (he writes a lot of songs !)
This one contains one of his best love songs "I love you but I don't know what to say":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IUPrTgwiak (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IUPrTgwiak)
We belong here, we belong here
Ain’t nobody that can tell us we’re wrong
Help me say, say this to you
I’ll stand by your side, to see you through
I promise you that I’ll keep you safe from harm
I’ll love you all the rest of my days
When the night is silent and we seem so far away
Oh I love you but I don’t know what to say
I was lost, I was lost
Tried to find the balance, got caught up in the cost
Let it go, when I met you
All the clouds parted, all that light came shining through
I promise you I will keep you safe from harm
And love you all the rest of my days
When the night is silent and we seem so far away
Oh I love you and I don’t know what to say
I promise you that I will keep you safe from harm
And love you all the rest of my days
When the night is silent and we seem so far away
Oh I love you and I don’t know what to say
Oh I love you and I don’t know what to say
-
Philip Glass
-
Linton Kwesi Johnson
-
When it all goes wrong (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM-fWmMMydk)
"Well, it's tough shit baby, you gotta hold on"
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQhDwChloIw&feature=channel&list=UL
...amongst http://www.youtube.com/user/paulinasinaga#g/u
-
Eels - Electro Shock Blues
-
Kareem: NOCTOCROMÄS (http://www.junodownload.com/products/noctocromas/1456949-02/)
The Boomkat review:
"...Kareem has deemed the time right to unleash his darkest material yet 'Noctocromas'. Puffed full of caliginous aural clouds, 'Noctocromas' can at first seem wilfully unpenetratable as the first two tracks ('Doom' and 'HaCks 1') blur past in a steely mask of electronic drone. Just when you're thinking it's a beatless headmash throughout, 'HaCks 3' introduces a heartbeat rhythm of soulless depth that drags you in to the aural tar ever deeper, with the violent pounding remorselessly drilling you against the wall. Bleeding into one another, the individual pieces soon become one turbulent beast, as the granite beats begin to take their toll on the surrounding structures. Very dark and awfully proud of it."
And pretty spot-on it is too. It's like an alternative soundtrack to Alien. A release made for listening to on headphones. :thumbsup:
-
Just had Music from Big Pink, now simply The Band
R.I.P. Levon Helm
-
Deepchord - "Hash Bar Loops"
Massively chilled-out dub techno - sounds like The Orb on valium ;D
-
Ozric Tentacles - Paper Monkeys.
FirstBorn (8 ): "Funky space rock!" Not wrong ;)
-
Ozric Tentacles - Paper Monkeys.
FirstBorn (8 ): "Funky space rock!" Not wrong ;)
Personally, I think their last couple of albums have been utter crap - was listening to "Strangeitude" on the way in to work, though ;)
-
Another iPod mix, this time, so far, I have had Metallica (Enter Sandman), Uncle Kracker (Follow Me), Placebo (Follow The Cops Back Home), Stevesick Steve (Ain't My Dog), Stereophonics (A Thousand Trees) and it has just moved onto The Godfathers (Someone Like You).
-
Ozric Tentacles - There Is Nothing
"Thrashing Breath Texture" has to be the best track name in the history of history itself ;D
-
Moved onto a Mackem vibe now, 3 Colours Red, Ginger and Dogs D'Amour (maybe this should be in the pop quiz thread, or is it too easy? :) )
-
Shifted - Crossed Paths
(http://beatsperminute.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/shifted-crossed-paths-300x300.jpg)
Dark, disturbing, minimal, Berlin-influenced techno at it's very best.
His identity is a mystery - apparently someone who's been around a while, but not in electronic music possibly.
Tracks like Leather are rather brilliant if you're into sparse 4/4.
-
White Stripes - Icky Thump. Only one track I dont like.
-
It's a great album. I think my favourite track is Conquest, just cos it's so preposterous.
What's the track you don't like?
-
Shifted - Crossed Paths
(http://beatsperminute.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/shifted-crossed-paths-300x300.jpg)
Dark, disturbing, minimal, Berlin-influenced techno at it's very best.
His identity is a mystery - apparently someone who's been around a while, but not in electronic music possibly.
Tracks like Leather are rather brilliant if you're into sparse 4/4.
Just listened to more tracks on YouTube from the upcoming album - very good :thumbsup:
-
It's a great album. I think my favourite track is Conquest, just cos it's so preposterous.
What's the track you don't like?
Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn
My favourite is 300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues.
-
Fair enough. I really like the folksiness of Prickly Thorn.
Today, Amerasia by Terry Allen.
Now, Among My Swan by Mazzy Star *swoons*
-
I had to 'Google' Mazzy Star. And I can see why you would too. Oo-er missus.
-
It's all about the music, Riggers.
-
… and Mazzy Star.
Went to see the Civil Wars a few week's ago. Very nice close harmony.
-
It's all about the music, Riggers.
And sniffing the vinyl.
-
New Jack White album. Excellent!
-
Katrina and the waves on r2, with an instant flashback to them playing at our college ball in 1993 (or 4, cant remember) - I think they played this about 10 times!
-
Powderfinger.
Perfect chilled out counterpoint to my stressed out work day....
-
Geddy Lee's solo album - OK, it's a few years old and it manages to sound a lot like a Rush album, but it's still damned good.
-
(http://media.warp.net/images/WARPCD055_Packshot_1000.jpg)
Little that can be said about it - one of the finest albums ever.
It's on my main Linn system rather loud today - suits the melancholy I am feeling today nicely.
-
Alabama Shakes - last night on Later and today on Youtube. Excellent. She sings much better than the other Brittany :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUpXO_9gyrc&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUpXO_9gyrc&feature=related)
-
(http://media.kompakt.fm/01/assets/releases/fitted/rn130-symeta.jpg)
Byetone - Symeta
I forget just how good this album is - relentless, driving with a hefty nod towards the likes of Pan Sonic - hypnotic stuff.
-
This
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbiYv_lNfFA
& more
she could ride my tandem anytime she wants to...
-
Think so? She might make her hair a bit untidy.
Veronica Falls. Not bad on a first listen.
-
Slayer - Reign In Blood :demon:
-
Joni Mitchell - Aisles of Smiles. A live album from 1974. Famous for its excellent production values, apparently. My mate burned it for me.
It's marvellous.
-
Complete opposite end of the spectrum to LG, I am listening to Anthrax - Attack of the Killer B's.
Late '80's/90's rap/rock. FANTASTIC :)
-
Byetone - Symeta
I forget just how good this album is - relentless, driving with a hefty nod towards the likes of Pan Sonic - hypnotic stuff.
Ta for the recommendation: just added this to my eMusic 'save for later' list. Have you tried Senking's 'Pong', also on Raster-Noton?
-
. . . a blackbird.
He usually performs about this time of day. He likes improvising round themes, putting in lots of variations & bits of verbal trickery, but sometimes he just sings a simple tune, rather sweetly.
-
Blackbird here as well.
Recording from a few minutes ago: http://soundcloud.com/iceblinker/birdie003
-
One of my favourite albums of all time.
Hair Of The Dog, by Nazereth
Currently on "Son of a Bitch"
-
Deepchord - Liumin
Ambient dub-techno inspired by a trip to Japan (apparently) - 'tis good.
-
One of my favourite albums of all time.
Hair Of The Dog, by Nazereth
Currently on "Son of a Bitch"
And singing it at the top of your voice, gritty Dan Mccafferty-style, I trust? ;D
-
One of my favourite albums of all time.
Hair Of The Dog, by Nazereth
Currently on "Son of a Bitch"
And singing it at the top of your voice, gritty Dan Mccafferty-style, I trust? ;D
Of course! The cats are currently hiding, I wonder if the two things are linked?
-
Is Manny Charlton the most underrated lead guitarist of all time?
-
Show of Hands ~ Witness
Really enjoying it after a tip off from the St George's day thread.
-
Is Manny Charlton the most underrated lead guitarist of all time?
Bloody brilliant, IMHO. then again, I am not the average CD (or LP) buying public :) The range of styles he shows, just on this album is fantastic.
-
ZZ Top
-
The Rolling Stones
-
U2
-
John Cooper Clarke DJing on 6 Music - Week 1 of a "Month of Sundays", Sundays 4 - 6pm.
-
Can't quite work out whether I think this is genius or a good idea not quite executed to perfection:
Richard Burton reading Under Milk Wood mashed up with King Tubby's Caught By The River:
Under Dubwood (http://soundcloud.com/caughtbytheriver/sets/rivertones-1/)
-
Can't quite work out whether I think this is genius or a good idea not quite executed to perfection:
Richard Burton reading Under Milk Wood mashed up with King Tubby's Caught By The River:
Under Dubwood (http://soundcloud.com/caughtbytheriver/sets/rivertones-1/)
It's working for me. :thumbsup: Just what I need on a bank holiday Monday morning.
-
Lemon Jelly - Lost Horizons
-
This Is For The Whites In Your Eyes - Choir Of Young Believers
They did Hollow Talk, the theme song for The Bridge, the Scandicrime drama currently airing on BBC4. Tbh, the rest of the album mostly isn't up to the standard of that one track...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy7yuj-UrNI
-
Peter and the Wolf narrated by Dame Edna Everage. I didn't think it was possible for that piece of music to be more annoying...
-
Dr Dee ~ Damon Albarn
Until the 6Music special a couple of Sundays ago I didn't realise how great he is.
-
Byetone - SyMeta - thanks again for the recommendation to marcusjb: the comparison to Pan(a)sonic was spot on.
The video for Black Peace is rather good: Transformerlikemechanoidbuddingcoralbodyparts-tastic (or something) 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j09AO2n9tnM
-
A Folk Song A Day
http://www.afolksongaday.com/2011/07/12/mercedes-benz/
-
Byetone - SyMeta - thanks again for the recommendation to marcusjb: the comparison to Pan(a)sonic was spot on.
The video for Black Peace is rather good: Transformerlikemechanoidbuddingcoralbodyparts-tastic (or something) 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j09AO2n9tnM
I'd never seen the video - it is very good.
If you like Symeta, the earlier LP "Death Of A Typographer" is well worth a listen
-
Someone Purer by Mystery Jets. Played lots on 6 Music this week and I really like it.
-
The Shadows Greatestits
-
If you like Symeta, the earlier LP "Death Of A Typographer" is well worth a listen
I added that to my 'save for later' list yesterday!
You might like Kareem - NOCTOCROMÄS (http://www.junodownload.com/products/noctocromas/1456949-02/), which I was listening to today - particularly HaCks 5
-
Fleetwood Mac : Rumours
Next up is.... Tango In The Night
-
& now
Fleetwood Mac
-
& now
Tusk
-
Jogler - I don't know what you've done but I think that's more than enough punishment.
-
Melanie - Candles in the Rain
Yes, I am an old hippy.
I can even remember seeing her at the Rainbow in about '71.
-
It's May and it's sunny :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlCS-qf7yaM
-
Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground album.
-
this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjdkjGwGJQc
-
The Rolling Stones
40 Licks
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9CD05QvhcM
Having seen him on Later last night I thought I would hunt down some more of his work, very very good.
-
I realise it's a bit early in the day but:
Opeth
-
Right now, Nothing But Noise (featuring Daniel B. from Front 242, his friend and ex-bandmate Dirk Bergen, and Erwin Jadot). Analogue synth wafty ambience....lovely.
-
Vangelis.
various tracks on Youtube
-
Loads of Donna Summer RIP
-
John Lennon
allstandup
-
which has led to George Harrison
I expect you all to remain standing
-
Allo Darlin
A new band (to me) recommended to me by my b-i-l, the world's biggest music geek. I really like them, a bit like The Sundays, a bit like Camera Obscura. Marvellous! It's like meeting a new friend :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDM_DyoGGSA
-
Don't laugh.
Promise you won't laugh.
OK, today I am listening to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSZVYZTze74
-
I like the iPod's random playlist, straight after Jessie J it played John Cougar Mellancamp - Big Daddy and now it's Black Sabbath - N.I.B.
-
Well, Nobody's Perfect.
-
And it has just moved onto one of my favourite relationship songs EVER....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNrQOUtXYOo
-
I see what you did there, Clarion, very funny...
-
'I wanna sex u up' - the joys of commercial radio in the workplace.
When I get home, it'll be time for some noise whilst I fettle- Converge I think.
-
Sheep on Drugs - Greatest Hits.
Streamed from their website, yet: http://www.sheepondrugs.net/pages/discography.aspx?idAlbum=34 :thumbsup:
-
Paperback Writers, today hosted by Alain de Botton (6 Music).
The fact that a really clever person likes some of the same music as me makes me feel very clever by association. Also, some new stuff - particularly Blood Of Eden by Peter Gabriel and Sinead O'Connor.
He's fully indulging himself here, very obviously this music means something real to him. And I'm enjoying it so much :)
-
Paperback Writers, today hosted by Alain de Botton (6 Music).
The fact that a really clever person likes some of the same music as me makes me feel very clever by association. Also, some new stuff - particularly Blood Of Eden by Peter Gabriel and Sinead O'Connor.
He's fully indulging himself here, very obviously this music means something real to him. And I'm enjoying it so much :)
You beat me to it :)
He's playing a good selection isn't he?
-
Yes, he really did. I may have to 'listen again' to that. And he enunciates so beautifully.
I'd never heard that Peter Gabriel track before. Wow.
-
The Shangri Las
The Crystals
The Ronettes
The Marvelettes
&
The Shirelles
The Chiffons
-
The various recordings made at the 2009 Hampshire Jam - knowing that I was actually there makes them all the more awesome :)
-
T Rex
-
Pussycat - 25 Jaar Na Mississippi - current track Rio
-
Today I had;
Linton Kwezi Johnson
Eagles of Death Metal
Mad Professor
This Will Destroy You
-
George Thorogood
-
Neil Young ~ Everybody Knows this is Nowhere
Perfect for a languid summer's day
-
Two new ones
The Cult - Choice of weapon
Walter Trout - Blues for modern daze
Both really rather good
Also been listening to Slash's new one recently, but I really do wish he would find another singer. Myles Kennedys voice really grates with me
-
A very familiar voice on Woman's Hour. :D
Cross-post: https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5506.msg1240493;topicseen#msg1240493
-
Listening to Hawkwind at the moment, but at around 11am I shall be switching to the cricket commentary.
-
Today is officially a laid back day so I am listening to:
The Black Crowes - Warpaint
Powderfinger - Footprints (best of)
Caro Emerald - Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor.
Any more laid back and I may well fall asleep.
-
The Shadows
-
Wilson Pickett. Mustang Sally. Perfect sixties soul.
-
The completely stunning Musick To Play in the Dark Vol 2 by Coil. I can never quite decide what my fave track is, but it's probably this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijBT-__O4co&feature=related
The line 'I'll wrap my last kiss in a bandage' is just gorgeous.
-
Diana Roos & The Supremes
-
Diana Roos & The Supremes
I hadn't realised she'd moved to Australia ;)
I'm being nostalgic with Workshy by Animals that Swim. I especially love Roy, a track about meeting an embittered Roy Orbison in a bar. The b-side to the single was a lovely cover of a Roy Orbison tune.
-
Diana Roos & The Supremes
I hadn't realised she'd moved to Australia ;)
AIUI she's known down under as Sheila Supreme ;D
-
Simon & Garfunkel
-
The Trout Quintet.
-
Disobedience: Chris T-T Sings A.A. Milne.
Just downloaded, partly cos I've been craving new music, and party cos I googled Chris T-T put of whatever-happened-to-him curiosity. It's charming. Shame I'm going to miss his tour - I've seen him live a couple of times, most memorably on a cold November evening in Cotherstone village hall, where we all brought our own beer and snacks, and I kipped on the floor afterwards as I thought I was a bit too pished to ride the 20-odd miles home.
-
KT Tunstall. New to me - like it!
And getting back into the Byrds at the moment...
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGrnXEBq3QE&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=ALYL4kY05133q9X9lbSwiAVLCNRpXYx2sN
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u4Md_aXVJE&ob=av2e
-
Public Service Broadcasting also did a track called "Lit Up" - which has reminded me of this beauty:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2qbMP4YSu0
-
This is PIL. By PIL :-)
Think it's a grower
-
Biggsy - love that PSB track: puts me in mind of La Luna by Plank!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMVrj630xzA&feature=fvwrel
-
Just caught out of the corner of my ear ??? that Public Service Broadcasting will be on 6Music Mark Radcliffe show this lunchtime.
-
This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mUmdR69nbM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mUmdR69nbM)
-
Just caught out of the corner of my ear ??? that Public Service Broadcasting will be on 6Music Mark Radcliffe show this lunchtime.
Downloaded 'War Room' their EP on the strength of that. Great stuff in a similar vein, but each track has it's own distinct identity
Also downloaded Americana from Neil Young & Crazy Horse. Exactly what our expect from their interpretation of American traditional songs. Bit of a disappointment really: in the background it sounds like any Neil Young or a competent bar band playing American traditional songs.it lacks the energy or passion of say Le Noise.
-
Neil Diamond
-
Duffy
-
Pinski Zoo
-
Game of Thrones audiobook.
-
Jeff Buckley, the Mystery White Boy live album. Currently "Kangaroo" :thumbsup:
-
(http://static.boomkat.com/images/564640/333.jpg)
Nathan Fake - Iceni Strings
Man, it's great to see him back and back with something so strong - can't wait for another full album.
-
The Sabres of Paradise .... Haunted Dancefloor.
-
iPod mix again, had Seasick Steve, Billie Holliday, Christina Aguilera, My Bloody Valentine, and currently on The Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm, truly one of the most beautiful song EVER, it's fact!
-
http://soundcloud.com/memphisindustries/frankierose_applesforthesun_thegoteamremix
-
Magma - Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré
-
Dana Fuchs
-
Dana Fuchs
which led to Chicken Shack/Christine Perfect/Christine Mcvie & then Fleetwood Mac of the Peter Green era.
-
Hazel O'Connor - Eighth Day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBkvcQEGq9k
They don't write stuff as crazy as this any more.
-
Free
-
on random play
The Yardbirds
The Animals
The Searchers
The Kinks
The Zombies
-
Eric Clapton
-
Motherland by Natalie Marchant. Such a voice she has.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFchSzzvszE
-
Goth Trad - New Epoch (http://www.discogs.com/Goth-Trad-New-Epoch/master/406913) album of rather good Japanese dubstep.
And in stark contrast:
Gnod - InGnodWeTrust (http://www.discogs.com/Gnod-Ingnodwetrust/release/2809375) - plodding psychedelic spacerock
-
Mostly Public Service Broadcasting
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u4Md_aXVJE)
-
Wanting to expand my immersion in krautrock/kosmische I've just had my first ever listen to an album by Can: Tago Mago.
I won't be doing that again in a hurry - whilst some of the music is fine I just can't stand Damo Suzuki's 'singing'. :hand:
Give me Neu! any day.
-
Beatsongs by The Blue Areoplanes.
Very underrated IMHO
-
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Trouble.
First listen through, think I'm going to like this one for a while yet!
-
David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes.
He claims he was so stoned that he can't even remember recording it.
-
John Cale - Venus in Furs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=15GGl7vvGVg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=15GGl7vvGVg)
-
Queen.
-
Today I am listening to the Specials' Ghost Town over and over in my head. It's a great track, but I've had enough now.
Doooo doo doo dum dummm...
(Can't find the earworm thread).
-
Mostly Public Service Broadcasting
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u4Md_aXVJE)
Ruddy marvellous!
-
Mostly Public Service Broadcasting
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u4Md_aXVJE)
Ruddy marvellous!
That they are!
Now listening to another 6Music find, First Aid Kit. In session today on the morning show they play beautiful Swedish country tinged melancholic pop. Could be part of the soundtrack to Wallander or another of those Scandanavian crime thrillers. In some ways a little like aemily Barker.
-
Byetone - Death of a Typographer album, particularly like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3SLAYjF9VA&feature=fvwrel
-
Roy Harper : Songs of Love and Loss
Just beautiful - although I would have preferred the live version of Another Day....
-
David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes.
He claims he was so stoned that he can't even remember recording it.
bowie night on tv channel ??? last night. Classic stuff.
-
The High Fidelity soundtrack. Mostly marvellous.
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_LwSU1s5ww
-
Sinead O'Connor's version of House of The Rising Sun.
excellent stuff :thumbsup:
-
Right now, RadMac. Teatime Theme Time has been Intergalactic by The Beastie Boys (one of their very best, to my mind) and Iron Man by Black Sabbath, which (Ozzy's poor singing aside) is a great track. I wonder what's next?
-
Today has been another eclectic mix, courtesy of Mr i. Pod.
Started with Rancid
then Black Sabbath
then Duffy, Caro Emerald, Queensryche, The Go! Team, Powderfinger, Prodigy and now is on Faithless....
-
Thin Lizzy
-
The Beach Boys
-
Nirvana
-
Quadrophenia
After watching the making of the record on BBC4 last night. Worth catching if available on I-Player if only for Pete Townshend's comments on Keith Moon's drumming but also many 'blimey I remember that' moments.
-
Can - The Lost Tapes
Jolly good it is too.
-
Sham 69
-
Sham 69
Oh c'mon. Nobody listens to Sham 69.
-
Rod Stewart,The Small Faces,The Faces
-
Scientist
Prince FarI
North Atlantic Oscillation
Deerhunter
Dengue Fever
-
The Beatles Rooftop Concert.
A video of the full gig
:thumbsup:
-
Natacha Atlas
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=fvwrel&v=HPkTGm4RtVM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgPvRSAdK6o&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg
-
In the car on the outward journay and on the return, Johnny Cash.
It was TLD's choice, and I didn't argue :)
-
A load of Black Sabbath and Ozzy via the "God Bless You Ozzy" documentary, produced by Jack Osbourne. It's bound to be repeated on BBC4 soon if you missed it.
-
Atlantic Gold - 75 Soul Classics from the Atlantic Vaults.
Currently, the Coasters.
-
^^^^^
just had a looksee at the track list.
That's a marvellous album
-
It really is.
60s and 50s soul is good. 70s, not so much
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL9o2a2VRsY&feature=related
-
The nice thing about grown-up children, is when they start showing and teaching you stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLFLrTnue9s
-
If I could ride my bike like Morello plays his guitar...
that's just what you need at 3am on a night ride when the dozzies become manifest :thumbsup:
-
Thanks to an LG post elsewhere I have been reminded that I own this
http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/300658343367?var=lv<yp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&adtype=pla
so....
-
Simon & Garfunkel
-
Elvis: 30 #1 Hits
-
The Welsh Arrow ~ Pierre Bensusan
-
The Greig Cello Sonata on an LP that came from a charity shop and will be recycled to one. It's a piece that I can't remember ever hearing before and listening to it gave me the impression that Greig all sounds the same. That's based on the fact that there are common quotations from the piano concerto and the lyric suite, and also isn't really fair as Greig's a composer who's music I don't know very well.
-
The Fall - 458489
-
KT Tunstall, Acoustic Extravaganza.
-
A loooong list today:
Saint Etienne
Cashier No 9
Club Smith
Dutch Uncles
Janice Graham Band
Moody Gowns
Tupelo
The Glendale Family
Arthur Rigby And The Baskervylles
Villagers
Los Campesinos!
Beth Jeans Houghton
& The Hooves Of Destiny
The Staves
Treetop Flyers
Washington Irving
School Of Seven Bells
Very special guests Field Music
Paul Thomas Saunders
Laki Mera
Woodenbox
AKϟDK
Ellen And The Escapades
Rachel Sermanni
The Lost Brothers
Pale Seas
Gary Stewart
Pip Mountjoy
Cherry Ghost
Human Don't Be Angry
We Were Evergreen
Rae Morris
Sam Airey
R M Hubbert
Monument Valley
Grant K Fennell
Beccy Owen
Boat To Row
Annie Dressner
Why all these? 'cos we are going to see them at the weekend so want to catch up with the sound of the weekend :)
-
Alfie, If You Happy With You Need Do Nothing. A gentle classic.
-
John Lennon
all stand up
-
Fats Waller, Jazz Piano Master.
Fats Waller's Original E Flat Blues at the moment. Wow.
Spotify's great sometimes.
ETA: I Just Wanna Hear Swing Songs! Lovely :D
The word I would have used if I could have remembered it, is swing. This stuff really swings, which is much much harder to do than it sounds, ISTR from my sax days.
-
Graceland, remastered.
Still a great album.
-
Every Kingdom by Ben Howard. Not sure what to make of it on first listen, but this song's nice. I like this video too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAMZ9k8PR-E
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jspBeVa0sTs
-
So far:
Scientist - Rids The World Of The Curse Of The Vampires
Quantic Soul Orchestra - Tropidelico
Tindersticks - Waiting For The Moon
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coj9nWh80Sk
-
Just for a change, The Janice Graham Band (my Amazon order has just turned up), then I have 3 Los Campesinos! CDs to work through :)
-
After spending all day wrestling TJG and LC! mp3s onto my iPod I am now listening to Led Zeppelin, in a touch of musical serendipity....
I apologise to my neighbours in advance, 'cos it's getting turned right up :)
-
The Beatles Rooftop Concert.
A video of the full gig
:thumbsup:
Available where? Macca has said that Let It Be won't be available during his lifetime but I've never seen film of the whole performance in any case
-
21 by Adele.
Saw a clip of her singing Someone Like You and thought it was pleasant, if derivative, so bought the album to see what the fuss was about. Have to say I'm still nonplussed. One or two interesting arrangements but the songs themselves, apart from the aforementioned, are pretty mediocre. She has the potential to be a great singer but she sounds like a 20 year-old trying to sound 35 (a bit like the guy in The Commitments film, for those with long memories).
Maybe I'm missing something - in which case can someone tell me what it is, but it rather feels as though she is being lauded as the new Besse Smith when she's actually the new Joss Stone.
-
Every Kingdom by Ben Howard. Not sure what to make of it on first listen, but this song's nice. I like this video too.
OK - I'll give it another go ...
Meanwhile, my Kraftwerk binge continues with Computer World.
-
A Passion Play - Jethro Tull
The Undertones first album
-
21 by Adele.
Saw a clip of her singing Someone Like You and thought it was pleasant, if derivative, so bought the album to see what the fuss was about. Have to say I'm still nonplussed. One or two interesting arrangements but the songs themselves, apart from the aforementioned, are pretty mediocre. She has the potential to be a great singer but she sounds like a 20 year-old trying to sound 35 (a bit like the guy in The Commitments film, for those with long memories).
Maybe I'm missing something - in which case can someone tell me what it is, but it rather feels as though she is being lauded as the new Besse Smith when she's actually the new Joss Stone.
Do not be hesitant about your opinion - you are right. She is better than most but it has to be said that "most" just aren't very good at the moment!
-
Various bits of Belle and Sebastian
-
French "musique" radio :sick:
-
Warchild - Jethro Tull
Rated R - Queens Of The Stone Age
Finally We Are No One - Múm
-
James! :D :D :D
-
Joni Mitchell again :)
Some really nice sax impro on there.
-
Toots and the Maytals
-
The Black Crows, their newer stuff, reminds me a lot of how they were on "Shake Your Moneymaker"
Also Hard-Fi, The Janice Graham Band (again) and Los Campesinos!
-
The Sundays "Static And Silence", which never dulls and should make the shortlist for Best Album Ever. It's a tragedy that they never recorded any more, but Harriet is 49, so probably can't carry off the little girl vocals any more :o
Not to be confused with The Saturdays, God no.
-
The Sundays "Static And Silence", which never dulls and should make the shortlist for Best Album Ever. It's a tragedy that they never recorded any more, but Harriet is 49, so probably can't carry off the little girl vocals any more :o
Not to be confused with The Saturdays, God no.
I love that album Rog. My mate Steve named his daughter after Harriet.
-
Having aLOUD morning, started with The Stereophonics (their first album, the only one worth listening to), then Green Day (Bullet In A Bible) and am now on Placebo (Meds), Mrs T and TLD are out :D
-
On the frankly bizarre Jack FM - Stan Ridgway's "Camouflage" ;D
-
Beck - Guero
Had it on repeat in the car over the last week. It grows on you and there are some killer base lines on some of the tracks.
-
'The War Room' by Public Service Broadcasting. As introduced to me by 6 Music.
-
'The War Room' by Public Service Broadcasting. As introduced to me by 6 Music.
Brilliant isn't it?
-
@PaulF. It sure it, I've had it on repeat for the last few days.
-
Previously Enigma "Mea Culpa". I actually had to turn the volume down a bit ;D Currently Stan Getz, "Interpretations" from 1953.
I hit Oxfam earlier & walked out with a load of LP's, including a 12LP set of Barenboim playing the 32 Beethoven piano sonatas
-
The playlist I made for my friend, ready for when he gets back from the States. Trying to work out if the tracks are in an acceptable order. Can you juxtapose '60s pychedelia with guitar-heavy strummy folky stuff and 'cello music? We'll see.
-
The Christians, "Happy In Hell", a good local group.
-
David Holmes' Free Association. Shame he seems to do mostly film work nowadays.
-
Deepchord's "Hash Bar Loops"
I've been listening to it a lot recently, particularly when I've been building electronicky things. Dunno why I like it so much, but I do.
-
Tintinyana by Dollar Brand - Township Jive at its best. All my Hugh Masakela is in store at the moment, worse luck!
-
Dark Dark Dark on spotify. I didn't like them at all on first listen, but now they're beginning to sound like a keeper :)
-
David Bowie:The Best of. Disc 1
-
Don Letts on 6Music. Version excursion, reggaeified versions of classic songs. If the weather's not going to be summery at least the soundtrack can be.
-
The Everley Bros..youtube mix
-
The Duke by Joe Jackson. JJ and a cast of extras that includes Iggy Pop interpret Duke Ellington pieces. Had it for about a month and it's growing on me.
-
foofighters playing live at Reading, unfortunately from my armchair in Wales (via the TV) thought I'd better add the last bit :)
-
Jackie Greene, specifically, Silver Lining
(http://vimeo.com/46331177)
Going to see him on Thursday at a little club in Bristol. Only found out yesterday that he was touring 'cos someone left a comment on my YouTube channel. I've been listening to him for years after being introduced to his music by a friend in San Francisco. His brand of Americana has been my driving soundtrack in the States ever since. Apparently he hasn't been in the UK for 6+ years. He's only doing about 5 nights in the UK supporting The Deep Dark Woods in some very small and strange venues. Excellent!
-
AphexTwin / Selected Ambient Works 85 - 92
:thumbsup:
-
AphexTwin / Selected Ambient Works 85 - 92
:thumbsup:
:thumbsup: indeed. At least, until you're just dozing off and Come to Daddy comes on :o.
-
Elvis
-
Use Your Illusion I & II - Guns N Roses
-
Bits & pieces from recent downloads:
Beak
This Will Destroy You
65daysofstatic
Goth Trad
Senking
Tomas Barfod
Shriekback
Four Tet
Nathan Fake
Clark
Cyclobe
The Advisory Circle
Marconi Union
Tangerine Dream
Ulrich Schnauss & Mark Peters
-
Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante K.364. I don't know if it's just its association with "Drowning By Numbers", but the second movement is both moving and deeply sinister at the same time. It's probably the viola that does it.
-
∆ (http://soundcloud.com/alt-j/sets/alt-j-tessellate-sarm-acoustic/)
-
Zero 7
-
Joe Jackson's "Jumpin' Jive"
-
All seven They Might Be Giants albums I own, on shuffle. Lovely silly fun. :D
-
SRV - Texas Flood
On full blast in the car for 150 miles yesterday. SRVs first album and stunning. Just a Strat with hot pickups a bit of overdrive and a tube amp.
-
All seven They Might Be Giants albums I own, on shuffle. Lovely silly fun. :D
Ooooo, I think I will dig out Flood. TMBG are responsible for my love of live music, my very first gig was them playing at Redcar Bowl (sounds grander than it is) in 1990.
-
This afternoon is a Bad Religion marathon. I'm hoping some of their energy will miraculously transfer over to me.
-
Andrij, STOP LOOKING THROUGH MY CD COLLECTION!!! :D
Put 21st Century Digital Boy on, turn it up to 11 and bound around the room like a loon, guaranteed to make you feel better.
Failing that, put the Dissent of Man on.
-
Andrij, STOP LOOKING THROUGH MY CD COLLECTION!!! :D
Put 21st Century Digital Boy on, turn it up to 11 and bound around the room like a loon, guaranteed to make you feel better.
Failing that, put the Dissent of Man on.
;D This could be a fun game.
I have been known to put Generator on shuffle and repeat for a few hours. Doubt they neighbours were impressed but it was the music for my mood.
-
I am managing to annoy my family today by listening to Rancid and NOFX...
I seriously need something to keep me awake enough to complete some builds, as the caffiene just ain't working (I know why I feel like this, I have cleared up after the BBQ and seen the amount of Calvados, rum, vodka and the like that was consumed last night!)
-
For a change (not), Low.
-
Gravenhurst - The Ghost in Daylight. As doom-laden and dark as the earlier records that I know, slightly folky and atmospheric, and I'm off to see him next week. I did see a bit of his set at the End of the Road festival last week, but he had the bad luck to be playing about five minutes after Patti Smith finished, and I heard most of his set reverberating through the wall of the tent. Sounded bloody good, though.
Also, some early (sparse and beautiful) Songs:Ohia.
Interspersed with Pulp and The King.
-
Scribble Beats by Locust Toybox (http://www.fat-pie.com/locust/) aka David Firth of Salad Fingers animation fame
All 9 albums can be had for free & if you're into Warp Records stuff they're well worth having
-
Hymns of Love and Spirits ~ The Wilderness of Manitoba
-
Hymns of Love and Spirits ~ The Wilderness of Manitoba
Any good? I still listen frequently to When You Left the Fire.
-
Valtari - Sigur Ros.
It suits my mood tonight.
-
Hymns of Love and Spirits ~ The Wilderness of Manitoba
Any good? I still listen frequently to When You Left the Fire.
As good I'd say but not a massive departure, has some acoustic versions of songs from When You Left the Fire and feels a little less produced.
-
Hymns of Love and Spirits ~ The Wilderness of Manitoba
Any good? I still listen frequently to When You Left the Fire.
As good I'd say but not a massive departure, has some acoustic versions of songs from When You Left the Fire and feels a little less produced.
And their new album is streaming here (http://music.cbc.ca/#/blogs/2012/9/The-Wilderness-of-Manitobas-Island-of-Echoes-Full-album-stream). Haven't listened yet.
-
Cheers! I quite preferred the live versions of a few of their songs, too. They were excellent live when I saw them a couple of years ago.
-
Just got back from the RLPO. A superb Tchaikovsky’s 2nd piano concerto by Simon Trpčeski who is now a regular in Liverpool followed by a dramatic performance of Stravinsky's Firebird.
Rosalyn Tureck playing Bach to wind down for the evening.
-
Valtari - Sigur Ros.
It suits my mood tonight.
They've just announced a few tour dates for next year:
2 March - Glasgow
3 March - Manchester
5 March - Wolverhampton
7 & 8 - London
And a Sigg water bottle (http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/valtari/buy/) with Valtari boat design!
-
Scott Walker on Youtube. Most get the vinyl out again. Check out the base line on this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-zgdGQB4S4&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-zgdGQB4S4&feature=related)
-
Colossal Youth - Young Marble Giants.
-
Rant by the Futureheads.
It's fabulous. A cappella versions of their own songs (with Sunderland accents shining through), plus a few north east folk tunes and a Sparks cover. They sing wonderfully together.
-
And it comes with a free beermat!
-
Fairport Convention.
Sandy Denny :'(
-
George Harrison
-
Arvo Part. Spiegel Im Spiegel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8qg_0P9L6c&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8qg_0P9L6c&feature=related)
-
Andrew, do you know the O Antiphons?
-
I have them on the De Profundis CD with Theatre of Voices, though I've not listened to it in ages. Got lots of his other work as well.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/P%C3%A4rt-De-Profundis-Arvo/dp/B0000007FL/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348144276&sr=8-1
I'm seeing the RLPO perform Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantus_in_Memoriam_Benjamin_Britten) in February, which will be the first time I've heard any of Part's work performed live.
-
The Black Keys - El Camino
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v29I0srhPwg
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mai74sr1Ds1qdl86po1_500.jpg)
http://melosechochamber.tumblr.com/
Whole album: http://www.npr.org/2012/09/16/160881907/first-listen-melodys-echo-chamber-melodys-echo-chamber?sc=tumblr&cc=tumb_music#playlist
-
Thee Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler.
Discovered last night on t'young Peel lad's show.
-
I haz just bought some Thee Oh Sees and some Quantic Soul Orchestra off amazon, cos our local record shop didn't have them :(
-
Tim Garland's Lighthouse Trio (Tim Garland, Gwilym Simcock, Asif Sirkis) whom I saw for a very enjoyable gig on Friday night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro3rYCqyJgM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro3rYCqyJgM)
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP-2VLQEv4c
-
Today is most definitely a Seasick Steve day...
-
"Last Exit"
Laswell, Brotzmann, Sharrock and Jackson at their best. Stunning.
-
Velvet underground. Perfect.
-
Hymns of Love and Spirits ~ The Wilderness of Manitoba
Now listening to the new one, Island of Echoes. More mainstream than the earlier stuff and reminiscent of Crosby, Stills & Nash. In a good way :)
-
Python Lee Jackson (with Rod Stewart earning some new seat covers for his car) - In A Broken Dream
-
Man: 2oz plastic with a hole in the middle.
God help me- I'll be getting the Uriah Heep stuff out next. Good job Mrs m is coming back soon to save the magnoliettes!
-
It's A Fast Driving Rave-Up With The Dandy Warhols Sixteen Minutes.
You can't have more fun with two chords and a one-string guitar riff.
-
Radio 6 Music.
I thought I would never see the day when you could hear NIN being played on UK daytime radio.
How wrong I was....
Thank you LG for telling me about R6M playing Black Keys a lot today, haven't heard them on there yet, but have heard loads of other good stuff (including the aforementioned and PJ Harvey)
-
You're welcome :D
-
^^^^
it's vey very nice to "see" you on the forum again.
I've not forgotten that I have a rain cheque on a ride date with you ;)
-
Thee Oh Sees - Putrifiers II. Great :)
-
Hank Williams Junior makes a nice contrast to Die Hunns which was a bit earlier.
-
Thea Gilmore. I haz tix for next month :D
-
DJ Shadow.
It's one of those days....
-
Quantic. Nice.
-
Right now, I'm listening to Mike Harding on Radio 2.
I do like Mrs 'Arding's lad, but I often find folk music irritating. However, what he is playing this evening is just beautiful.
-
I've just realised I'm listening to a latino style cover of Portishead's Wandering Star. I like it :)
-
Sugar
Husker Du
Dinosaur Jnr
Yes, today is a Sub-Pop day, I had honestly forgotten how good some of this is (and how dire the rest is :) )
Brings back memories of being a leather-jacketed, long haired greebo in my late teens.....
-
Greg Allman Band in concert 1974 curtsey of YouTube. Fantastic ! Not sure who;s playing on this but its a great recoding off the mixing desk. Southern Soul rather than Southern Rock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbuCAbMNOIg&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbuCAbMNOIg&feature=related)
-
A very eclectic mix.
I've finally (after over a decade) got around to setting up a record deck again, now I've got some room in my office. Opening the boxes of vinyl that have been in storage for all that time is like a window into my past. Lots of stuff that I think "Did I really buy that?", others that despite having many, many thousands of mp3s I haven't got in digital format or heard for all that time and had completely forgotten existed even though they were the soundtrack of my teens.
All with that genuine crackle and pop too :)
-
Just found the 7" of this forgotten masterpiece, in the "Hooked on Classics" mould
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgKDKyl-EKE
-
Simple Minds.
-
David Byrne & St. Vincent
-
Oh, and this morning Shaun Keaveney played Editions Of You by Roxy Music. Fuck me I love that. Orgasmic saxophone. Cheers Shaun :thumbsup:
ETA: With added badgers for Andy Gates :)
-
Gold by Ryan Adams which is back where started here (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=27.0;topicseen)
-
Roxy Music.
-
Roxy Music.
70-s-tastic isn't it jogler! :-*
-
It certainly is "Alan Freeman" pop-tastic :thumbsup:
:-*
-
Sleep's "Dopesmoker" - fookin' awesome.
-
'The War Room' by Public Service Broadcasting. As introduced to me by 6 Music.
Brilliant isn't it?
Heh, heh. Just booked tickets to see them later this month :thumbsup:
-
Aretha Franklin.
For the same reason that I rediscovered Mama Cass a bit back. Because CBeebies are using Think (and were using Dream a Little Dream) as the music for one of their in-between-programmes bits.
See, having small children around doesn't _always_ rot the brain....
-
Aretha Franklin.
For the same reason that I rediscovered Mama Cass a bit back. Because CBeebies are using Think (and were using Dream a Little Dream) as the music for one of their in-between-programmes bits.
Her rendition of 'Think' in the Blues Brothers comes fairly close to being Crowning Music Of Awesome.
More stoner metal for me today: Om's "Conference of the Birds" - pretty amazing what you can do with a bass guitar, drums and colossal quantities of recreational herbage.
-
U2
-
U2
Still not found what you're looking for?
-
That's playing right now :thumbsup:
-
'The War Room' by Public Service Broadcasting. As introduced to me by 6 Music.
Brilliant isn't it?
Heh, heh. Just booked tickets to see them later this month :thumbsup:
Am debating whether to see them on Saturday - I'm not convinced that the other 3 bands on the bill make it worth the effort (e.g. one is a grime artist straight outta Thetford!) :-\
Just d/l the War Room Remixed album for lunchtime listening tomorrow & am enjoying new track 'Everest' (http://publicservicebroadcasting.net/) (because it is there)
-
Dire Straits
-
Terrorvision, currently on the whole of "Super Delux" and going to go back *cough**cough* years to "Formaldehyde" and "How To Make Friends and Influence People". We'll try and forget about "Shaving Peaches" and "Good To Go", shall we?
-
"Pilgrimage" by Om - more stoner metal, but now being piped through the hi-fi now that I've found the appropriate cableage to hook the laptop up to the amp.
Since my neighbour has gone out, this is being played at mind-melting volume :)
-
Bob Dylan.
-
Haunted Man by Bat for Lashes. Think that it will reward repeated listens.
-
Showaddywaddy, the news lately put me in the mood. I may move on quite soon though.
-
The new Deepchord album, "Sommer" ... it's identifiably Rod Modell's work, which is to say it sounds like it was produced in a room stuffed with mattresses (but in a good way), but somehow it's not really doing it for me at the moment.
I suspect that it'll improve with repeated listenings, but it's still nowhere near as good as "Hash Bar Loops"
-
Various versions of 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down' to determine the best.
I don't know why I bothered, it's obviously The Band. But the Black Crows are a respectable second. Joan Baez and others commit unacceptable mondegreens. It's 'Stoneman's cavalry', woman - read a history book.
-
Melody's Echo Chamber - on US-import CD cos I couldn't wait for the UK release. Lovely and dreamy.
-
Various versions of 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down' to determine the best.
I don't know why I bothered, it's obviously The Band. But the Black Crows are a respectable second. Joan Baez and others commit unacceptable mondegreens. It's 'Stoneman's cavalry', woman - read a history book.
You didn't mention Jimmy Witherspoon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYIoU0BOl7g
I think it's also up there
-
C'mon - Low.
On first listen I like it. That's not always a good sign mind, but so far so good :)
I didn't even know I had it. It was under a pile of random shite on my desk that I moved to find some random shite. I think it's part of a pile of CDs someone lent me. I like nice surprises.
-
Klaus Schulze and Pete Namlook - Dark Side Of The Moog Vol.8
Live Berlin School electronica with one of the 'old masters' (Schulze) ... 'kin awesome.
-
Amy Rigby.
I may have snorted unattractively with laughter several times. And had to skip the odd track rather quickly, due to Cubs in the room and not wanting to explain, for example, what "Are we ever going to have sex again" is about :D
-
The Animals
-
etta james
-
etta james
which linked me to this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA1nw-CF_x0
:thumbsup:
-
Orbital's 'Brown Album' (or 'Orbital 2' as it is sometimes known) because, dammit, I'm in the mood for some bangin' techno.
-
Nina Simone
-
The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show
-
Tom (the Voice) Jones
-
Tom (War Baby) Robinson
-
Various cover versions of Ghost Riders In The Sky
The visuals on Debbie Harry's version have made me fall in lust :demon:
-
A compilation of Squeeze singles. I cannot get 'Tempted' out of my head now!
-
A compilation of Squeeze singles. I cannot get 'Tempted' out of my head now!
'No Place Like Home' is one of my favourite tracks ever!
I'm listening to the Unthanks. Northern lasses are the best.
-
R2: When Will Young starts to sound like Annie Lennox, time for a hearing check :-[
[Edit: or more sleep...]
-
Alizée - Moi Lolita
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDwKPGUIVME)
Well, you've gotta get in the mood for Panorama later, innit? </jk>
-
The death metal compilation I've just put on to my iPod - I've had a shitty day so I'm going ride off the anger whilst listening to various people sing/shout/scream about Satan, death and other wholesome topics.
-
Die Antwoord - Fatty Boom Boom
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIXUgtNC4Kc)
:o :o :o
-
Natalie Merchant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1XgsS9CjyI
Purely for her voice.
-
Due to general fogginess and lack of wind I have not gone sailing today. Instead, I'm sat indoors listening to Godspeed You! Black Emperor's latest - "Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!". Excellent.
-
I'm listening to the Unthanks. Northern lasses are the best.
Unthanks here an'all, with Brighouse & Rastrick brass band. How northern can you get? ;D Gorgeous atmospheric music, reminds me of Kate Rusby singing with Grimethorpe Colliery band.
-
I'm listening to the Unthanks. Northern lasses are the best.
Unthanks here an'all, with Brighouse & Rastrick brass band. How northern can you get? ;D Gorgeous atmospheric music, reminds me of Kate Rusby singing with Grimethorpe Colliery band.
I have that album. It's fabulous isn't it?
-
Who is the nearest recording artist to the North Pole? (Wondering how northern you can get).
Today I will be listening to Melody's Echo Chamber again.
-
Nine Tenebrae Motets - Edmund Rubbra. Which I bought after I enjoyed hearing exerpts in one of ESL's Audax Highlights Videos. It's an education on 'ere, it really is!
-
OK Computer by Radiohead :thumbsup:
-
New Donald Fagen.
-
Nonsuch - XTC
-
Kevin Coyne on 6music :thumbsup:
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=koq9ypm2soA#at=801 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=koq9ypm2soA#at=801)
"Time Out" by The Dave Brubeck Quartet.
The video is of the full album, with sleeve notes and added kittehs :D Really well done.
-
I was in a vinyl kind of mood today and the album I dug out was Olympian by Gene. Great band that burnt out too soon.
-
For some reason (maybe the cover version thread?) I decided I had to listen to Blind Faith today. Dug it out and it's brilliant!
-
Mike Oldfield - Giving it another airing... T'is great. :thumbsup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVL6bRvEs6E&feature=related
-
This
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-312lVPnhY
& similar on the youtube Jett stream
Despite the fact that I'm wearing headphones,Marj is listening to it too ;D
-
I got side tracked onto this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwwJzNzRAZQ&NR=1&feature=endscreen
can you see the attraction?
-
George Benjamin - Shadowlines
having bought a cheapie ticket to see his first opera at the roh purely on the basis of the brochure.
Fortunately he studied with Oliver Messaien and Yvonne Loriod and music sounds of that school so I should be happy.
If not - it was a cheapie ticket in the gods so I should be able to see the stage with the help of a small telescope
-
Lute Songs by Thomas Campion. All the rage in the late 16th century, and some of the lyrics quite ribald. But the countertenor does make it sound a bit camp to my 21st century ears.
-
Plank! - Animalism
One for fans of Mogwai & similar. Shame the album version of La Luna has been messed around with though. The (far superior) original version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMVrj630xzA
-
English Settlement - XTC
Chants d'Auvergne - Canteloube
And now, some piano grooves by Debussy and Ravel
-
Delgados - Universal Audio. In particular track 6 ("Sink or Swim") although most of the playlist is tops.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiOnd1huQqA
-
Sonny Rollins, "Saxophone Colossus"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onPyI9yzag8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onPyI9yzag8)
-
Paper Aeroplanes.
Sweet acoustic stuff. Nice for an autumn evening in front of the fire.
-
listening/watching a Sigur Ros dvd (Heima).
-
Last Friday's Later...
Soundgarden are sounding way past their best, other, younger, artists are showing them up.
-
Craig Charles on 6Music
-
Craig Charles on 6Music
Me too. :thumbsup:
Don't forget his Funk & Soul Show on Saturdays as well.
-
Craig Charles on 6Music
Me too. :thumbsup:
Don't forget his Funk & Soul Show on Saturdays as well.
Usually listen to that when cooking dinner.
-
The Best of Quantic :D
-
Ran in listening to Monk by Thelonious Monk, and home to Kids and Animals by Mike Ladd.
-
The Magnetic Fields, for the first time in aaaaaaaages.
-
Aaaah Prefab Sprout....
<rummages>
-
Nazareth.
I've long been convinced of the best rock guitarist* - Jimi Hendrix, the best rock drummer - John Bonham, and the best rock bassist - Noel Redding, but I've not been sure who I'd have on vocals in my ideal rock band. I think Dan McCafferty gets the gig.
* Although it's astonishing that Manny Charlton is sooooo underappreciated.
-
"Time Changes" by The Dave Brubeck Quartet. From this rather good £14 box set (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-Album-Classics-Countdown-Further/dp/B003924NZ4/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1351976861&sr=1-1)
Probably a little too loud for this time of night though ;D
-
Now Golden Earring. A one(ish)-hit wonder with a fifty year history. :-\
-
Horses in the Sky ~ A Silver Mt. Zion
Described by the band as "6 busted 'waltzes' for world wars 4 thru 6"
-
A bit late to the party, I know, but I have lately discovered LCD Soundsystem and I flipping love them.
This is my favourite (great vid too):
http://youtu.be/i2V_ZT-nyOs
-
The Magnetic Fields, for the first time in aaaaaaaages.
Funnily enough, re previous post, I was just thinking how LCD Soundsystem remind me a bit of Magnetic Fields and that I've not listened to any of Mr Merritt's work for a while...
-
Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (one of the quintessential 80s albums).
-
Harvest Moon. Again. :)
-
I've just discovered Dirty Rider by Mikill Pane and his Read My Lips isn't bad either
Videos on You Tube - lots of bikes in first
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdfiVwsLeVY
-
Henry Lim & his String Quartet - Where is My Mind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zpqset00iE&feature=youtu.be
-
Fleetwood Mac.
The early years band,the Peter Green era.
:thumbsup:
-
Henry Lim & his String Quartet - Where is My Mind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zpqset00iE&feature=youtu.be
I thought that was going to be a bit high brow for me but I looked anyway and it was excellent. Thanks for sharing.
Off to iTunes now :)
-
^ I like the backing singer. :thumbsup:
-
The Hallelujah chorus. It's actually a bit magnificent y'know.
-
rather like yourself then ;)
-
Carmina Burana
I'm still not a big fan of classical music, but there are times when it just fits perfect in to my life.
I find my self listening more and more to it, must be a sign that I'm getting older and more understanding. ???
-
rather like yourself then ;)
So smooth ...
Carmina Burana
I'm still not a big fan of classical music, but there are times when it just fits perfect in to my life.
I find my self listening more and more to it, must be a sign that I'm getting older and more understanding. ???
I find myself more and more open to new things as I get older, it's great isn't it?
I'm listening to Saint Saviour's Union album. This Ain't No Hymn is lovely, and I can see why the crowd were baying for 'Horse' when we saw her last week. Not at all my usual thing but I'm enjoying it. I have a post it note covered in the names of new bands for me to check out, from talking to a mate earlier.
-
Saint Saviour (if I've remembered the name right) makes an appearance in a lovely docu film about a record shop repeated late tonight on BBC4.
-
Rolling Stones - Paint It Black (the perfect ending to Full Metal Jacket).
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHUr7KfD8WY
-
The totally superb new Godspeed You! Black Emperor album - Don't Bend! Ascend!
Best track is the opener, Mladic, which almost defines the word 'epic':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXdF9uhVrI0
-
The totally superb new Godspeed You! Black Emperor album - Don't Bend! Ascend!
Best track is the opener, Mladic, which almost defines the word 'epic':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXdF9uhVrI0
It's good but, for me, doesn't match F# A# ∞
-
Golden Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy8Y3R4dXyc
-
The totally superb new Godspeed You! Black Emperor album - Don't Bend! Ascend!
Best track is the opener, Mladic, which almost defines the word 'epic':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXdF9uhVrI0
Try to hear Cantus Arcticus by the Finnish composer Rautavaara. A completely different intention but you might hear similarities, especially when the guitars spar, early on in the Mladic piece!
-
Tuesday night's Later.. Live.
That Sinaed woman still has a fantastic voice, aged much better than her contemporaries.
And the Blue Grass/Zydeco band were brilliant, not enough whooping though...
-
Hendrix on Spotify.
-
Be-Bop Delux
-
The totally superb new Godspeed You! Black Emperor album - Don't Bend! Ascend!
Best track is the opener, Mladic, which almost defines the word 'epic':
It's good but, for me, doesn't match F# A# ∞
That's still my fave too - Dead Flag Blues in particular 8)
Try to hear Cantus Arcticus by the Finnish composer Rautavaara. A completely different intention but you might hear similarities, especially when the guitars spar, early on in the Mladic piece!
Had a brief listen on Spotify but didn't get it - don't think my ears are tuned to 'modern classical'. Ta for the suggestion though...
-
I've got the vinyl out :)
Listening to Richard Thompson - Rumour and Sigh
-
Snarky Puppy. My word they're ever so proficient. 21st century, top-class noodlers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eZBlRkF0-to
-
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute. Haven't listened to it in ages and had forgotten how good it is. :thumbsup:
-
I've got the vinyl out :)
Listening to Richard Thompson - Rumour and Sigh
Progressed to
Roy Harper - Flat, Baroque and Berserk
10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe
-
Rolling Stones - Paint It Black (the perfect ending to Full Metal Jacket).
I saw Vixen do an excellent cover of this at the Milton Keynes Bowl in about 1990
-
Richard Hawley
'Standing on the skys edge '
Family not amused.
-
Marj is playing some of her Clanned stuff so that is what I'm listening do.I'm expecting a marching band to pass thru' the lounge ;D
-
Górecki No 3. Parts of this have been going round in my head all week but I haven't listened to it for years, so I thought I would look it out.
The recording took a bit of tracking down in the media player filing system as I couldn't remember what it was called but remembered the soloist was Dawn Upshaw...(actually I remembered the soloist was Gwen Upjohn which didn't help)...
-
Frank Sinatra
-
Elvis
-
More Grip - Sidestepper
-
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky.
-
Foals
-
The Chapman Family. Defined as punk-influenced indie folk. Blimey. I like them anyway, lots of bass, rhythm-driven stuff, guitar's not great, but good songs.
-
LG, have you heard/heard of Gogol Bordello? Sounds like you would like them if you like The Chapman Family. They describe their sound as "Romanian Gypsy Punk". I especially like "Start Wearing Purple" as much as anything as it reminds me of my late mother in law :)
-
No I haven't heard of them. I'll put them on my list :)
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gEVaniPOmU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gekHV9DIjHc
-
I'm having a lot of trouble getting out of this Snarky Puppy hole.
Binky - this is just ace.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ99OMlI5cg&feature=related
-
The newer* Black Crowes stuff, nice, quite mellow stuff it is...
*for a certain, given, value of newer, one of the albums is from 2008**
** Warpaint
-
Krystle Warren, as recommended by Crinklylion OTP. It's rather nice :)
ETA: The Infamous Stringdusters. Name says it all ...
-
Scott Walker, he never gets stale, weird but never stale.
-
Led Zeppelin, by accident.
I started listening to the Kinks, then The Who, then Eddy Cochran (bypassing The Who's Summertime Blues, which was actually the mental link), Little Richard, Jimmy James (Hendrix), then a vid of a terribly young James Page playing in a skiffle band on Huw Wheldon's show.
A happy accident, though. :)
-
The family has gone to bed, the house is quiet. I'm sitting in a darkened room, cans on so I don't disturb them, listening to some great jazz.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFFarIS7Gyc
-
The family has gone to bed, the house is quiet. I'm sitting in a darkened room, cans on so I don't disturb them, listening to some great jazz.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFFarIS7Gyc
Thanks that's brilliant. Might have to buy that CD.
-
If you do, the later re-issue is worth getting - it has alternate takes of what was a 12 hour recording session with no prior rehearsals. The Duke's band on the right, Count's on the left makes some interesting stereo imaging at times, but helps to separate out who is playing what.
-
Today, I am listening to emergency vehicles. Again.
I live on the main drag in Diss, between where all the blue lit vehicles live, and the killing zone that is the A140/A143/B1077. So it's really obvious when something is kicking off over there :(.
It's only a few days since this tragedy: http://www.dissexpress.co.uk/news/latest-news/woman-who-died-in-brome-a140-collision-is-named-1-4539637.
Given the amount of ice out there today (the paramedics were looking after an old dear who was on the ground, between here and Tesco), it's not really a surprise that clearly there has been another "incident".
Time to put some music on loud and drown out the sirens. Ah - Underworld - that'll do.
-
Early Hawkwind and mid-1970s Tangerine Dream ...
Yeah, I know ...
-
Allo Darlin' - Europe
-
Bach Partita No.2 for Solo Violin - Viktoria Mullova
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8ClFfVnw8o (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8ClFfVnw8o)
-
The Four Tops
-
Rush, "Clockwork Angels"
-
Snarky Puppy. My word they're ever so proficient. 21st century, top-class noodlers.
They were in Liverpool last week, I had a ticket for Amira Medunjanin and didn't feel like a 2nd gig that night. Must be getting old :(
-
Joni Mitchell, first "Blue", now "Hejira".
-
Black Uhuru, nice to remember how good they are (and Sly & Robbie, natch)
-
On my commute this week I've been listening to various tracks from Balkan Beat Box (http://balkanbeatbox.com/). It's been perfect - the beats match my cadence almost perfectly. The commutes have been nice, but the music has made them even more enjoyable.
The track that got me hooked on BBB was Bulgarian Chicks (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZDyOswzL2E).
Now if I could only find somewhere to get some Gypsy Sound System tracks...
-
Eric Clapton - Backless
On vinyl. I'm giving the Thorens a workout today.
-
Admiral Fallow.
I quite like 'em.
-
Mogwai
-
What, you can hear her snoring all the way from Toytown?
*impressed with LG's superhero hearing powers*
;)
-
Right now, the school choir performing in the hall.
They're good.
Right, back to work....
-
Still listening to the new Rush album.
It's a keeper, for sure.
-
Laura Cantrell, Trains And Boats And Planes. Right now, Howard Hughes Blues.
-
Diana Krall - Glad Rag Doll
Its produced by the splendiferous T-Bone Burnett and is a lovely dark reworking of old songs. Not like Mrs Costello's usually output at all.
-
The very wonderful Tunisian Oud player Anouar Brahem playing Astrakan Cafe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MjZqSBuLc8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MjZqSBuLc8)
Live video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ph3wSuDjpc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ph3wSuDjpc)
Full album
-
Listening to Arthur Smith sing Leonard Cohen.
-
Amy Rigby, 18 Again - An Anthology.
I may follow it with Til The Wheels Fall Off. Partly because "Are We Ever Going To Have Sex Again" makes me snort, deeply unattractively, with laughter every single time I listen to it.
She's playing in Glasgow in March. But it's onna school night and I can't go :( Fingers crossed for more dates getting added.
-
Nirvana
-
Madness - One Better Day. Superb xylophone/piano combination.
-
Roy Orbison
-
Currently Daniel Barenboim, playing Beethoven. I've been feeling crap all day, so have been drinking tea and listening to music. Bach, Beethoven, This Mortal Coil and Springsteen.
-
Johnny Marr and the Healers. Very '90s that.
-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01213yq
Dermot O'Leary interviewing Johnny Marr.
With a song from the new album, and a re-working of Please Please Please.
Oh yes. Can't wait to see him live in March :thumbsup:
-
And now, a hilarious podcast interview with Tom Butchart of Sound It Out Records.
http://allbacknofront.com/podcasts/all-back-no-front-6/
-
Charles Mingus, "Blues & Roots".
-
Susan Tedesch
If you like soul, R&B with a bit of southern fried rock rather then you should like this. She plays a mean Telecaster (but a Les Paul here)as well as being a great singer. Also married to pne of the best blues / slide guitarists around.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9I6lQNK6Ok (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9I6lQNK6Ok)
-
The very wonderful Tunisian Oud player Anouar Brahem playing Astrakan Cafe.
Ooh! Inspired by andrewc, another oud player: Rabih Abou-Khali. Specifically A Chocolate Love Affair, from the wonderful Songs For Sad Women album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=M9iOA1dxWPA
-
Melody's Echo Chamber by Melody's Echo Chamber, yet again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEtgRtZ1fD0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v29I0srhPwg
-
The very wonderful Tunisian Oud player Anouar Brahem playing Astrakan Cafe.
Ooh! Inspired by andrewc, another oud player: Rabih Abou-Khali. Specifically A Chocolate Love Affair, from the wonderful Songs For Sad Women album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=M9iOA1dxWPA
By an utterly amazing coincidence I've just read your post and am listening to the same piece!
I was camping in Southern Ireland and listening to a local jazz programme when I heard "Songs For Sad Women" for the first time. I made a note of the name and bought it when I got home.
Dhafer Youseff ?
-
:D
Dhafer Youseff ?
Nope - new one on me, but thanks for the tip! Long been a fan of Anouar Brahem. Who wouldn't be, with album titles (and content) like The Astounding Eyes of Rita?
-
Kompakt Total 1 through 12 on random play on the study system - 212 great tracks!
Got a stack of code to write tonight and this will go down a treat to help with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2N5y4Mlnhk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2N5y4Mlnhk)
-
Courtesy of 6 Music, Luke Sital-Sing's version of God Rest ye merry gentlemen, free MP3 download here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p012dh9r
-
Anastacia.
Just 'cos I can :)
-
Anastacia.
Now she'd be a good'un to take down to the gym... Thanks for the reminder, T!
-
Itunes has decided I want all of "The Salsa Funck Experience" when I asked for Scott Walker. I haven't worked out the new iTunes yet ...
-
Krystle Warren, Love Songs - A Time You May Embrace
Specifically, right now, I Worry Less.
-
This afternoon is a Bad Religion marathon. I'm hoping some of their energy will miraculously transfer over to me.
Just a few random tracks from Bad Religion, having learned they have a new CD coming out in January!
http://youtu.be/OKflTc_RT6U :thumbsup:
-
(http://www.thesirenssound.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Burial-Truant-Rough-Sleeper.jpg)
New Burial EP - a real cracker.
-
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
Perfect for 2:00 in the morning.
-
This afternoon is a Bad Religion marathon. I'm hoping some of their energy will miraculously transfer over to me.
Just a few random tracks from Bad Religion, having learned they have a new CD coming out in January!
http://youtu.be/OKflTc_RT6U :thumbsup:
I don't need an excuse to buy more CDs...
BesidesI am still enjoying "The Dissent of Man"
-
Yesterday's bus home: Jayhawks - Tomorrow the Green Grass. An alt-country gem.
This morning in the 9am semi-dark semi-rain: Ali Farke Toure - Savanne
-
Since I pulled an all nighter last night to finish a report I need something lively to keep me awake. So its:
The Supersuckers - The Evil Power of Rock and Roll
-
Wilderness of Manitoba, I need calming down...
-
(http://www.thesirenssound.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Burial-Truant-Rough-Sleeper.jpg)
New Burial EP - a real cracker.
Aha, this is out now. Thanks for the heads up. I really like the Kindred / Street Halo recent EPs.
I'm mostly listening to Chromatics - Kill for Love, which I missed when it came out in April, but it is right up my street.
-
Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting - Elton John
-
The Kill Bill soundtrack.
The film is OK I suppose, as it goes; the usual Tarantino splatterfest - but set against the soundtrack, it's not arf bad. Music is a powerful thing.
-
The Christmas playlist I just burned. Bearing in mind how much I fucking loathe the tyranny that is Christmas. I think it's not half bad.
- Sweet Bells Kate Rusby
That'll Be Christmas Thea Gilmore
Christmas Is Really Fantastic Frank Sidebottom
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Annie Lennox
White Christmas Teddy Thompson & Rufus Wainwright
The Powers and the Glory of Love Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat
The Christmas Orphan John Shuttleworth
Empire State of Mind Alicia Keys
Wires Athlete
Two Thousand Years Billy Joel
January Hymn The Decemberists
White Winter Hymnal Fleet Foxes
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Rufus Wainwright
Winter Joshua Radin
Don't Stop Believin' Journey
-
The Christmas playlist I just burned. Bearing in mind how much I fucking loathe the tyranny that is Christmas. I think it's not half bad.
- Sweet Bells Kate Rusby
That'll Be Christmas Thea Gilmore
Christmas Is Really Fantastic Frank Sidebottom
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Annie Lennox
White Christmas Teddy Thompson & Rufus Wainwright
The Powers and the Glory of Love Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat
The Christmas Orphan John Shuttleworth
Empire State of Mind Alicia Keys
Wires Athlete
Two Thousand Years Billy Joel
January Hymn The Decemberists
White Winter Hymnal Fleet Foxes
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Rufus Wainwright
Winter Joshua Radin
Don't Stop Believin' Journey
Nice!
-
This time last year I think I would have heard of two of them lot, LG. Now I've heard of more than half of 'em, and have seen 4 of them (all ones that I hadn't heard of before) performing live this year!
-
Jeff Buckley "Grace", possibly a little too loud to be a good neighbour ;D
-
Jeff Buckley "Grace", possibly a little too loud to be a good neighbour ;D
I don't think that's possible :thumbsup:
-
Lisbee Stainton, intermingled with Karine Polwart. Very melodic.
-
The Christmas playlist I just burned. Bearing in mind how much I fucking loathe the tyranny that is Christmas. I think it's not half bad.
Can I suggest an addition?
http://open.spotify.com/track/7DRAvCg13BE8GHCXRrUbDP
-
Oy to the World! A Klezmer Christmas (http://oytotheworld.com) :D
-
Craig Charles - a perfect antidote to 'Strictly'
-
I quite enjoyed Strictly, actually....
Anyhoo. Singing Adams, Moves. Now on Spotify! Hurrah!
-
Corey Taylor of Slipknot :demon:
-
Jilted John - Jilted John ;D
-
Radio 6 Music - Joe Strummer Playlist. Tom Robinson presenting a series of tracks suggested by DJs and the public related to Joe. Excellent radio.
-
The Crossing -- Sophie B. Hawkins. Came as a bit of a surprise that she had a new album out.
-
After listening to a lot of delicate, lovely folksy stuff recently, I'm breaking it up with the righteous hatred of Dead Kennedys' Plastic Surgery Disasters.
-
Gershwin's "Embraceable You" performed by Andrew McCormack & Jason Yarde.
A brief interview with music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af1v14debeU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af1v14debeU)
I saw them play in Liverpool a year or so back. I don't recall Jason's hair being quite so impressive..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eesgl5EBZiU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eesgl5EBZiU)
Andrew McCormack solo.
-
Aled Jones on Radio 2.
-
Ed "Stewpot" Stewart. Radio 2. Junior Choice Christmas Special.
approaching nostalgia overload :D
-
Stewpot started to play something unbearable so we are listening to Absolute who are currently playing Fairytale of New York :D
-
"The Foggy Dew" as performed by The Dubliners from The Dubliners at Their Best.
-
The Handsome Family - so much wine.
Perfectly Christmas....
-
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily.
I love her voice. Just right for winding down after work.
-
Classic FM
-
Everything's Getting Older by Bill Wells and Aidan Moffatt. This was a mistake, I'm maudlin enough as it is today. Then it was Lanterns on the Lake, Gracious Tide, Take Me Home. Again, a bit wistful to be listening to when you're sorting the laundry and a bit spaced out.
So, next. King Creosote and Jon Hopkins Diamond Mine?
Or, I Was a Cat from a Book by James Yorkston?
I shall have a coffee break while I ponder ...
-
Currently "In the Reins" by Iron & Wine and Calexico. Perfect antidote totes grey we have here.
-
Neil Young - Mirrorball
-
Working through my collection of Sir Pterry audiobooks - tonight I am mainly listening to "Feet Of Clay", having just finished listening to "Interesting Times".
"Feet Of Clay" is read by BaldrickTony Robinson, so it's better than most, although still not as good as the books read by Stephen Briggs.
-
Vampire Weekend - a random charity shop purchase.
-
If it's the eponymous album, I find Oxford Comma is a good track for fast angry cycling....
-
It is! And I'm enjoying it so far!
-
When Wiggins met Weller: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pgq27
-
Heavy Electrics - Eat Lights, Become Lights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju3wOKgSlwI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8fSnHZk2j4
-
Scorpions , Rock Me Like A Hurricane
Long time since I saw them live..
-
Heavy Electrics - Eat Lights, Become Lights:
Oh yes! Like a cross between 65DOS & Holy F*ck. Now first in line for d/l when my eMusic sub renews on NYD. Cheers! :thumbsup:
-
When Wiggins met Weller: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pgq27
I enjoyed listening to it, even though there wasn't anything surprising musically. It's got potential as the basis of a drinking game whereby a drink is taken whenever Sir Wiggo says 'really'. Really!
-
Heavy Electrics - Eat Lights, Become Lights:
Oh yes! Like a cross between 65DOS & Holy F*ck. Now first in line for d/l when my eMusic sub renews on NYD. Cheers! :thumbsup:
I thought you'd like that. I'm glad to return the favour :)
-
Daniel Roth playing Cesar Franck's Trois chorales on the organ of St Sulpice, Paris.
Managed to resist using more than a quarter of my 100w per channel, but only because the next door neighbour was in. Oh god that is good... the dog disagreed, and the cats hid.
Having heard M Roth playing other Franck pieces on that very same organ, it brings it to life for me a bit more.
-
Simon & Garfunkel live, 1969. Essentially the "Bridge Over Troubled Water" album but without, what I consider, the overproduction. The songs stand up far better on their own with a small band
-
Placebo on the radio.
-
Firefly by Lisbee Stainton. Thanks for that one Crinklylion. It's a bit wistful and it's really annoying, being preached at by children, but still her voice is lovely and something in the music is chiming with my mood tonight.
-
You up for going to see her in March then, rotas and Life permitting?
Btw, can I suggest Sophie Mac (http://open.spotify.com/album/2XRCC2Ar8AadxlXFBISQ7W) and Lotte Mullan (Plain Jane http://open.spotify.com/album/2XRCC2Ar8AadxlXFBISQ7W) if you're liking Lisbee. Also frighteningly youthful.
*Qs up a playlist of those three*
-
AphexTwin Selected Ambient Works 2
Of all his works, this is the one I listen to the least.
But it is always a pleasure when I do but it on.
-
Currently Duanne Eddy,next up The Shads..
-
HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy Live, recorded at Hackney Empire (see: http://www.hitchhikerslive.com/shop-audio.php)
It involves a fair number of the original radio series cast1 and is actually rather good. In this particular show, Terry Jones provides the voice of The Book, but I'm not quite sure it works for me2
1 - except those who are dead, of course. Which means no Peter Jones as the Voice Of The Book :( OTOH, Simon Jones, Geoff McGivern and Mark Wing-Davey are all present and correct :)
2 - although, admittedly, Peter Jones was a hard act to follow.
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZThquH5t0ow
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZThquH5t0ow
Ah, so you've heard ;)
-
The Rolling Stones
-
The Now News Show Quiz on R4. The gags turn to Lance Armstrong and cycling and Rory Bremner asks Hugh Dennis 'You cycled in the Tour de France didn't you?' 'Er, no, it was a stage separate from the race itself which they let members of the public have a go on.' Or words to that effect. :facepalm: anyway.
-
Mr Tom Ravenscroft. Because I'm a pseud, apptly.
-
On TOTP, the Boomtown Rats doing "Rat Trap". They don't write symphonic classics like that any more :thumbsup:
-
They don't play chandeliers like that, either (if it's the clip I'm thinking of).
-
They don't play chandeliers like that, either (if it's the clip I'm thinking of).
It is. Who'd have thought you could get such a tune from one?
-
The Ragpicker's Dream - Mark Knopfler. Another random purchase from the hospice shop in the village when I dropped in some stuff this morning. Not as trad as I had imagined it would be but I am enjoying it.
-
https://soundcloud.com/ingroovesmarketing/sets/tame-impala-lonerism
Tame Impala - Lonerism. "Psychedelic hypno-groove melodic rock music". Yeah, man.
-
Los Campesinos whilst wrangling networks, it seems to work for me :)
-
Deadmau5 - > Album Title Goes Here <
He might be a bit cheesy - but he makes good music to code to!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52Nla2rMuvA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52Nla2rMuvA)
-
Led Zeppelin because I picked up a copy of Hammer of the Gods (the infamous biography of the band) at a cheap bookshop the other day. I keep forgetting how blindingly good Led Zep were.
-
The Decline of British Sea Power.
-
I saw them a couple of years ago at Latitude - a really interesting and fun band.
-
It's a terrible song but I love it anyway. So damn catchy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm8xIo_2Aok
-
The Strolling Bones circa 1967
-
The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
Good, isn't it.
-
Fade, the new Yo La Tengo
-
Fade, the new Yo La Tengo
Oooh!
-
Fade, the new Yo La Tengo
Oooh!
Think that it counts as a "return to form". The last 2 albums I found a bit dull but this is more classic YLT more in the mould of "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out" or "I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One"
-
Ruth Theodore - reminding myself of the brilliance of her last album ahead of the new one that's coming out soon...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW1aO1psjIE
-
Just for a change, Los Campesinos.
-
Daft Punk - Discovery.
(I accidentally tuned into Radio 1 the other evening and found them remixing One More Time. It was so bad I nearly crashed the car. Bloody savages.)
-
Oren Ambarchi - Sagittarian Domain
Loscil - Coast/Range/Arc
Don Letts' 6Music show
And over the weekend lots of stuff from my collection that I haven't listened to for ages: Baked Beans, Black Dog Productions, Bowling Green...yep, I'm ripping my alphabetically stored cds (again) this time to FLAC.
-
A 1980s extended remix - Sleepwalking by Instinct.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPqSVkko7Ag
It was recorded in 1985 by a group formed by the breakup of Pigbag, but not released until recently on a ZTT compilation CD; I suspect it would have done well in the clubs back then.
All the hallmarks of the ZTT 12"s (over)produced by Trevor Horn -
- Massive Sound
- Extended instrumental section lasting about four minutes (from about 4:15)
- Wacky stereo imaging on the break (e.g. listen to the change in the hi-hats at about 5:00)
- Deconstruction of the track into it's components, with each instrument performing a solo that isn't about showing off technical musicianship and skill but simple repetition of the theme
- Gradual reconstruction of the track before
- The false climax
- and the final end one verse later
Not highbrow at all, and a very formulaic treatment, but good for riding to.
-
The Stones do Motown.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=nAkMTu6q2pY
-
& with a little help from Bowie they do a bit more Motown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G4jnaznUoQ
-
Amy Rigby. Who is touring in a couple of months. Currently the track "Are we ever going to have sex again?"
*crosses fingers for a cooperative calendar and a cheap travelodge or similar 'cos otherwise I'm selling the Cubs to the circus and kipping in a bus shelter in either Gateshead or Hull one night in early March*
-
Faith No More - specifically their first two albums ('Introduce Yourself' and 'We Care A Lot')
Granted, Chuck Mosely couldn't sing for shit but for some reason I like these two albums a lot more than the majority of stuff they recorded with Mike Patton who is, without a doubt, a monumentally talented vocalist - he just really doesn't 'do it' for me.
-
Streetcore - Joe Strummer & his Mescaleros
Not entirely sure why I didn't own this till the day before yesterday, but am glad I do, as it's really rather good.
-
The gorgeous new Junip track - Line Of Fire, which sounds like it ought to be the soundtrack to a new Swedish crime drama...
http://youtu.be/9iBgxJQ4oqY
(Junip is Jose Gonzalez's band, if that means anything to anyone.)
-
St Etienne - Words and Pictures
The first disc is good, as it is all the original songs, but the second disc is not very good at all, all remixes, some of which sort of work and others that fall flat on their arses.
-
Radio Ethiopia by that Patti Smith. I wore my Patti shirt to the dentist this morning cause I knew my dentist would like it but he wasn't on for emergencies so it was a waste.
-
The Stones do Motown.....
fantastic - ages since I've listened to that - might as well do the Metropolitan Glide now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgs0AnxmAxM
-
Girls Aloud (various hits).
-
Faith No More - specifically their first two albums ('Introduce Yourself' and 'We Care A Lot')
Granted, Chuck Mosely couldn't sing for shit but for some reason I like these two albums a lot more than the majority of stuff they recorded with Mike Patton who is, without a doubt, a monumentally talented vocalist - he just really doesn't 'do it' for me.
I love all the albums. Patton is of course a much better singer, but the first two albums have some of FNM's finest work. They played plenty of the Chuck-era material in the two London shows last year. Saw the Hammersmith one and was delighted they aired 'Pills For Breakfast'.
-
Joe Stillgoe (Richards son), a good singer & pianist as you'd expect.
His cover of "Waterloo Sunset".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKnAFRzmppc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKnAFRzmppc)
-
On a bit of a Half Man Half Biscuit tip today. Always guaranteed to raise a smile...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg69oE_K-so&list=AL94UKMTqg-9DIpB8hgEYuPzuQ-bDzmK_o
-
The Chiffons
The Ronettes
The Toys
The Crystals
-
The The?
-
Vinyl revival. Currently employing Audacity to convert the following to digital...
Natural History - The March Violets
Gun Shy - The Screaming Blue Messiahs
Viva - Xmal Deutschland
-
Tina
Turnon Turner
-
British Sea Power again. This time 'Do You Like Rock Music?' I am really enjoying this stuff at the moment but have given myself some serious earworms!
-
Whitney Houston : The Ultimate Collection
-
Fear Factory: The Industrialist
P.s. Damn, this is a good album.
-
A Drive by Truckers playlist. Particularly enjoying "When the pin hits the cap" and "Your Daddy hates me".
-
James Yorkston and the Athletes, Moving Up Country.
Sluvly it is.
-
Fear Factory: The Industrialist
P.s. Damn, this is a good album.
I am on a mix of Manufacture and ReManufacture.
Ooo "New Breed" has just started, sometimes I wished I didn't work in an office...
-
Robin Guthrie, mainly 'cos I'm going to see him play in York on Feb. 15th.
Guitar ambient? Yes please ...
-
Now hunting out music from the first batch of bands announced for our annual musical pilgrimage.
So far I am enjoying:
PSB
Darwin Deez
The Milk
The Unthanks I also rate, but in a different manner to the above. Not 100% sure how their sound will go down at a festival!
-
James Yorkston and the Athletes, Moving Up Country.
Sluvly it is.
One of my favourite albums.
-
Public Service Broadcasting - The War Room
Gloriously mad, as only British music can be. Pathe newsreel voiceovers mashed with guitars. "Spitfire" is brilliant. For the full effect you need to see the accompanying video, which is what I was doing this morning whilst trying to get my head around a server build! Their channel, on YouTube is PSBUK, worth checking out.
I have also lined up some Willy Mason, The Unthanks and Darwin Deez...
-
This morning was going back to an old favorite,
Dark Tranquillity: Fiction
Followed by, Dark Tranquillity: We Are The Void
Currently on,
Adept: Death Dealers which contains the superb song 'No Guts, No Glory'
-
Fear Factory: The Industrialist
P.s. Damn, this is a good album.
I am on a mix of Manufacture and ReManufacture.
Ooo "New Breed" has just started, sometimes I wished I didn't work in an office...
Ah, both great albums. :thumbsup:
-
Public Service Broadcasting - The War Room
Gloriously mad, as only British music can be. Pathe newsreel voiceovers mashed with guitars. "Spitfire" is brilliant. For the full effect you need to see the accompanying video, which is what I was doing this morning whilst trying to get my head around a server build! Their channel, on YouTube is PSBUK, worth checking out.
New album due in May too and numerous live dates to support the new single & album (Inform – Educate – Entertain ):
http://publicservicebroadcasting.net/
:thumbsup:
-
Public Service Broadcasting - The War Room
Gloriously mad, as only British music can be. Pathe newsreel voiceovers mashed with guitars. "Spitfire" is brilliant. For the full effect you need to see the accompanying video, which is what I was doing this morning whilst trying to get my head around a server build! Their channel, on YouTube is PSBUK, worth checking out.
New album due in May too and numerous live dates to support the new single & album (Inform – Educate – Entertain ):
http://publicservicebroadcasting.net/
:thumbsup:
And, ahem, playing at Deershed in July (www.deershedfestival.com), which is gradually turning into a YACF camping/beer/music meet up :)
-
Public Service Broadcasting - The War Room
Gloriously mad, as only British music can be. Pathe newsreel voiceovers mashed with guitars. "Spitfire" is brilliant. For the full effect you need to see the accompanying video, which is what I was doing this morning whilst trying to get my head around a server build! Their channel, on YouTube is PSBUK, worth checking out.
New album due in May too and numerous live dates to support the new single & album (Inform – Educate – Entertain ):
http://publicservicebroadcasting.net/
:thumbsup:
And, ahem, playing at Deershed in July (www.deershedfestival.com), which is gradually turning into a YACF camping/beer/music meet up :)
Ooh - sister & b-i-l may be interested in that - clashes with last 3 stages of the TdF though...
-
Public Service Broadcasting - The War Room
Gloriously mad, as only British music can be. Pathe newsreel voiceovers mashed with guitars. "Spitfire" is brilliant. For the full effect you need to see the accompanying video, which is what I was doing this morning whilst trying to get my head around a server build! Their channel, on YouTube is PSBUK, worth checking out.
New album due in May too and numerous live dates to support the new single & album (Inform – Educate – Entertain ):
http://publicservicebroadcasting.net/
:thumbsup:
Yay!
Buggrit, we're in Rome when they play Furrybootoon :'( We really enjoyed the last gig.
-
Public Service Broadcasting - The War Room
Gloriously mad, as only British music can be. Pathe newsreel voiceovers mashed with guitars. "Spitfire" is brilliant. For the full effect you need to see the accompanying video, which is what I was doing this morning whilst trying to get my head around a server build! Their channel, on YouTube is PSBUK, worth checking out.
There are a couple of pubs in a short walk of the site for watching such things ;)
New album due in May too and numerous live dates to support the new single & album (Inform – Educate – Entertain ):
http://publicservicebroadcasting.net/
:thumbsup:
And, ahem, playing at Deershed in July (www.deershedfestival.com), which is gradually turning into a YACF camping/beer/music meet up :)
Ooh - sister & b-i-l may be interested in that - clashes with last 3 stages of the TdF though...
-
Today I have been processing payments to the genteel strains of Insense: The Silent Epidemic
Our clients have been fucking PAID! ;D
How do you tend to listen to music? I have always done a whole album, then maybe another of the same band. I don't like to mix songs up.
-
Mostly, I listen to mixed up music on the radio. Secondly, I listen to albums (unless I only got the single or EP), skipping tracks I don't feel like.
I'm still frequently playing the latest albums by Melody's Echo Chamber and Tame Impala.
-
Interesting, I am always amazed (and a little envious of) by people's capacity to listen to all sorts of music, jumbled up. Also, their ability to not have an unpleasant, visceral reaction to music they don't like. Very similar to the intense, skin-crawling, aggravation of hearing someone chewing and swallowing.
-
If the music was written to be listened to as a whole, then that's how I prefer to listen to it (e.g. most concept albums) as otherwise it's a bit like putting on a film DVD and only watching the best scenes - they may be good, but without the build up and context setting then they are missing something.
Otherwise it's pretty much random play, with a bias towards favourites and a finger on the skip button.
Today I've been listening to some Tangerine Dream - Underwater Sunlight and Miracle Mile. Interesting soundscapes for background noise whilst tapping away at the computer.
-
Like Matt I listen to those albums that are meant to be listened to as a whole, as a whole (Operation: Mindcrime spring immediately to mind), but the rest of the time I have my iPod on random and just listen to whatever jumps into the queue. Most times this works, sometimes it doesn't.
-
New Model Army, specifically 'Thunder and Consolation' (which I often find difficult to listen to for purely personal reasons) and 'Impurity' (a crowning moment of musical awesome)
In addition, both of these albums feature Ed Alleyne-Johnson, who can often be found busking in York (and is, by himself, a pretty awesome musician)
-
I remember doing the lighting for a New Model Army gig back in the 80s. It was quite scary. Mainly because the building was full of NMA fans, who didn't tend towards the conservatively dressed wallflower type, and the band had got held up with a delayed ferry from Ireland. No-one was looking forward to telling them it was cancelled, and with no things like mobile phones we had no idea how the band were getting on after a call from a payphone to tell us they'd finally arrived on the mainland - albeit Liverpool, a couple of hours drive on a good day.
Luckily the band arrived only about 30 minutes after they were due on stage (about 7 hours later than they were supposed to have arrived), and went straight on with only a cursory soundcheck.
-
Maria McKee's "You Gotta Sin To Get Saved" on vinyl. Her finest post-Lone Justice album for sure. I believe her backing band was practically the Jayhawks at this time. This, along with Uncle Tupelo is what got me into the whole alt-country thing.
-
This:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKqoNrZ00Bg
Drum and bass done right :demon:
-
Gogol Bordellos "Transcontinental Hustle".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtLjyRq2waY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtLjyRq2waY)
-
Bruce Springsteen
-
Cheesy latin-american covers by Senor Coconut (courtesy of Tom Robinson).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Puc0ZiVRESU
-
NEW My Bloody Valentine !!!! (via Radio 6).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21312898
http://www.mybloodyvalentine.org/
-
Muzsikás és Sebestyén Márta, Szép hajnali csillag.
*may have finally called up something tiermat doesn't have in his collection*
-
Muzsikás és Sebestyén Márta, Szép hajnali csillag.
*may have finally called up something tiermat doesn't have in his collection*
CORRECT! ;D
-
Muzsikás és Sebestyén Márta, Szép hajnali csillag.
*may have finally called up something tiermat doesn't have in his collection*
CORRECT! ;D
Some might consider that cheating. (Be glad I went for something using the Latin alphabet!) Next challenge will be to find something in English...
-
Trawling through my collections I've rediscovered this gem (http://patrz.pl/mp3/klezmer-narodna-ajde-jano-mp3), a Serbian folk tune done klezmer stylee.
-
Andrij, That will be the real challenge! :)
-
The way tonight is going, doubt I'll make any serious attempts. But the challenge will not be forgotten!
ATM, losing myself in red wine and Ukrainian music. Don't expect I'll get anything else constructive done this evening.
*stares menacingly at server*
-
Admiral Fallow. Still quite liking 'em.
-
As I am in the office, and have forgotten to update my iPod, I am once again on a mix.
So far today I have had:
Asian Dub foundation - Buzzin'
The Cowboy Junkies (dunno which one, I don't know enough of their stuff yet to say "That track")
Pantera - Walk
Chris Cornell - Doesn't Remind Me
-
The two Om albums ('Advaitic Songs' and 'God is Good') that arrived this morning courtesy of a certain tax-dodging, river-themed Internet emporium.
The more I listen to them the more I want to sell a relative (or two) and get myself a Rickenbacker bass and a metric fuck-ton of effects pedals.
-
The two extremes of the new MBV album:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpoOjoiYcWY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWyRfqfEC2s
-
Coincidentally (because I've reached 'M' in my ripping to Flac marathon)...more stuff from Ukraine albeit post-rock/experimental rather than traditional:
The Moglass - Уходящие Вдаль Телеграфные Столобы Становятся Всё Меньше И Меньше (which apparently translates to something like 'telegraph poles are getting smaller and smaller as the distance grows').
Plus the two Eat Lights Become Lights albums and finally an amazing track/video from Gnod:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdi2tuz_SM4
Will have to explore the new MBV album - I was a bit unsure of the one track I've heard so far but think it'll be a grower
-
Hmm, must look for the other Eat Lights Become Lights album...
Just heard Exits by L Pierre on Gid Coe. Must investigate further....
-
MBV
It's not Loveless, it shouldn't have taken 20 years to make, but it's still very very good.
-
Soilwork: The Panic Broadcast
-
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds ~ Push the Sky Away. First impressions are good....
-
Er, Saxon :-[
-
Diamond Mine by King Creosote and Tom Hopkins. It's great.
-
Moved on to Scar Symmetry: The Unseen Empire
Now listening to As I Lay Dying: Decas
-
Korn - The Path of Totality
Their album recorded with a number of Dub-Step artists such as Skrillex, Noisia and Excision. Proving that they can easily move across gendres.
Rock and Dub-Step sounds like it shouldn't work, but it does!
-
Korn - The Path of Totality
Their album recorded with a number of Dub-Step artists such as Skrillex, Noisia and Excision. Proving that they can easily move across gendres.
Rock and Dub-Step sounds like it shouldn't work, but it does!
That sounds like a pretty good combo to me, I must check it out.
I've abandoned As I Lay Dying, it is a bit too driving for my current mood. Gone back to Scar Symmetry: Holographic Universe
-
Scratch that, I've taken your recommendation, Tiermat.
It's far too long since I last listened to Korn and, damn, I need a better bass range!
-
Scratch that, I've taken your recommendation, Tiermat.
It's far too long since I last listened to Korn and, damn, I need a better bass range!
Yes, that album NEEDS to be played LOUD and with LOTS of bass.
My laptop doesn't cut it, it sounds flat. Maybe time to sit in the car and crank it out :)
-
Scratch that, I've taken your recommendation, Tiermat.
It's far too long since I last listened to Korn and, damn, I need a better bass range!
Yes, that album NEEDS to be played LOUD and with LOTS of bass.
My laptop doesn't cut it, it sounds flat. Maybe time to sit in the car and crank it out :)
I'm listening through a pair of mid-range Sony over ear headphones. Unfortunately, whilst their tonal range is really good, they can't produce the required bass at a low volume that I'm happy to listen at.
-
Hmm, must look for the other Eat Lights Become Lights album...
It's called Autopia & on first listen isn't as good as Heavy Electrics. They've already recorded the follow-up to HE - Modular Living - & is "coming soon-ish", apparently
-
Not an attempt to out-do Andrij (I would never do that, honest :) :demon: ), today I am listening to Ojos De Brujo - Corriente.
Flamenco pop, for the win :)
ETA: Depending on whether you go for Catalan or Castillian, the band's name means Eyes of the Warlock or Eyes of the Magician, respectively. The band is from Barcelona...
-
Catgroove by Parov Stelar
I don't know why. Chambermaid Swing has already become an annoying earworm. Fixing it with more of the same may be a mistake.
-
MBV
It's not Loveless, it shouldn't have taken 20 years to make, but it's still very very good.
OK
It's on heavy rotation here.
Bloody hell it's good. Really really good.
-
Ojos De Brujo, again.
Seems appropriate as I day dream of touring in Catalonia, whilst I am sat in the sun here today.
-
Re MBV:
OK
It's on heavy rotation here.
Bloody hell it's good. Really really good.
+1
I ordered the vinyl and CD as well as the top-quality download. I don't really know why.
-
Re MBV:
OK
It's on heavy rotation here.
Bloody hell it's good. Really really good.
+1
I ordered the vinyl and CD as well as the top-quality download. I don't really know why.
I have really hardly listened to anything else this week - sucks you right in and blows you apart.
Quite some piece of work.
-
A Complete Introduction to Northern Soul, borrowed from the local library.
I also borrowed The Best of Show of Hands.
Six CDs altogether - for £1.
-
Phantom of the Opera.
http://youtu.be/PqLAdbtfJbs
I may have pushed the volume control up a little and tapped my feet in time with the music whilst this was on.
-
The sounds of my co-workers working late (as am I).
-
Mrs B playing a Benjamin Britten CD, starting with The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra.
She'd never heard of Britten until a few minutes ago, but she's played this CD several times recently.
Hmm. Centenary of his birth this year. I suppose there will be Events, certainly at Snape.
-
Even As We Speak - 1993 Peel session.
-
Ojos De Brujo
I wonder who is to blame for that?
They are rather good.
-
Ojos De Brujo
I wonder who is to blame for that?
They are rather good.
I couldn't possibly comment :)
-
The Crystals
The Shangrilas
The Ronnettes
The Shirelles
-
The Crystals
The Shangrilas
The Ronnettes
The Shirelles
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
...but will you love me tomorrow? ;D
-
I'm afraid I've been been untrue to you Eck.I've promised myself to Cindy Birdsong.
-
The Supremes
-
Kate Rusby, 20. It's a bit like someone wrapping you up in a cosy blankie and feeding you chocolate, I find.
-
Is she going to pop round for tea? ;)
-
I'm listening to Alice Cooper on Planet Rock. I love him. He played Rock Bottom by UFO. There should be lots more UFO on the radio.
-
Is she going to pop round for tea? ;)
I wish. Specially in red-shoes-with-bows-on. She so should. I've even got official Yorkshire Tea.
-
I *really* love this one!
-
This Is She: This Is She
Easy to listen to, electro-metal with a female singer.
They were superb live, better than the recorded album. Somehow the album hasn't captured the power of her voice, it sounds quite synthetic whereas live it is abundantly clear that she doesn't need her voice modified!
I suspect that because they are such a new band, the album was recorded before they quite 'got' their sound. Aside from the difference in her voice, it is also missing the depth of bass.
-
Today's band of choice, for the whole Tiermat family, is The Milk and the ambum is "Tales from the Thames Delta"
Cracking bop-along soul.
-
Get cape, wear cape, fly.
-
Ned's Atomic Dustbin (the band, as opposed to the Goon Show episode1)
1 - although I do have it. I may even listen to it later :)
-
Re MBV:
OK
It's on heavy rotation here.
Bloody hell it's good. Really really good.
+1
I ordered the vinyl and CD as well as the top-quality download. I don't really know why.
I have really hardly listened to anything else this week - sucks you right in and blows you apart.
Quite some piece of work.
I'm not getting it I'm afraid :( Got halfway through and gave up. Will try again later but now got Low on to cheer me up :D
-
... now got Low on to cheer me up :D
The Invisible Way is pretty amazing - a far more organic feel than the recent albums, more piano and acoustic guitar - it may be down to Jeff Tweedy's production but it's less aggressive and just creeps up on you. Mimi sings a lot more too which is nice :)
-
I'm not getting it I'm afraid :( Got halfway through and gave up. Will try again later but now got Low on to cheer me up :D
Do you like MBV's previous album?
-
I'm not getting it I'm afraid :( Got halfway through and gave up. Will try again later but now got Low on to cheer me up :D
Do you like MBV's previous album?
Don't really know it. I missed it when it came out - or my tastes have changed! But given their influences, band who reference them etc. and the fact that my tastes lean towards the 'unconventional' I expected to. I'm going to give it a few more listens, I suspect it's not one of those albums that is immediate, and to be fair I didn't hate it, or even dislike it I just wasn't grabbed by it the first time round.
-
Some of the tracks were absolutely immediate for me, some required work.
-
To Kill a King. Research for Deershed festival.
Liking it so far.
I also have the new Low album to listen to. I hope it's a return to form after C'mon, which I thought was the weakest of theirs I've heard.
-
Tonight I am mainly admiring Derek Triuck's amazing fingerstyle slide playing. Check out the solo from 4:50. Pretty good trumpet solo before it too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxaineCMv38 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxaineCMv38)
-
To Kill a King. Research for Deershed festival.
Liking it so far.
I also have the new Low album to listen to. I hope it's a return to form after C'mon, which I thought was the weakest of theirs I've heard.
Don't think that lull be disappointed. On further listens it's definitely a return to form.
-
Cheers, Paul. It'll be good prep for going to see them at the Sage in April.
-
Tonight I am mainly admiring Derek Triuck's amazing fingerstyle slide playing. Check out the solo from 4:50. Pretty good trumpet solo before it too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxaineCMv38 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxaineCMv38)
I enjoyed that! I think that's one of those cases where the instrumentalists (esp. Derek) eclipse the rest of the song. I liked the song better when it was in D - when it gets into the F section it just becomes a bit too stadium-rock anthem for me.
-
To Kill a King. Research for Deershed festival.
Liking it so far.
I also have the new Low album to listen to. I hope it's a return to form after C'mon, which I thought was the weakest of theirs I've heard.
Don't think that lull be disappointed. On further listens it's definitely a return to form.
It is good, isn't it?
-
To Kill a King. Research for Deershed festival.
Liking it so far.
I also have the new Low album to listen to. I hope it's a return to form after C'mon, which I thought was the weakest of theirs I've heard.
Don't think that lull be disappointed. On further listens it's definitely a return to form.
It is good, isn't it?
Definitely - it's on 'alternate play' at the moment :)
-
I'm on a bit of a Low fest at the moment - I'm listening to the A Lifetime of Temporary Relief box set. The new album definitely holds up.
-
Pekka Pohjola, Mathematicians Air Display. On VINYL
Mike Oldfield on Guitar, Pekka on bass.
Just sorted out the connection from my amp to line in, for the l-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ong deferred project to transfer vinyl to PC. While I was having a bit of a grump, thought I'd see what was on youtube. Sure enough, Mathematicians Air Display is there, but compared to the vinyl it is truly shite, if you hear it you will wonder why anyone bothered.
As a Small Unimportant Thing hardly worth mentioning, the grump came about because I couldn't make Audacity behave. I was about to post a query for help, then I thought me to check the version...... 1.2 :-[
(anyone interested, I can make the digitised track available)
Oh, it's also on the Love Records Label
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Iet72wQ-j9I/TPE_SZtUW0I/AAAAAAAAA0s/n1SS2app46U/s400/Love_Records_logo_ed.jpg)
-
Maze now.
This is fun. I think my mono Disraeli Gears might be next.
Think I might need a new stylus, amazingly still available http://www.stylusplus.co.uk/index.asp?function=CART&ECD=2114&productid=1533
-
Rachid Taha.
-
Plej - Electronic music from the Swedish leftcoast 8)
-
The Chapman Family.
By coincidence I also encountered this article:
<grauniad alert>
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/the-northerner/2013/feb/12/north-south-divide-music-industry
-
Foals live on 6Music. Totally awesome.
-
A package was collected earlier , Studio-Albums-1968-1979-Joni-Mitchell (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Studio-Albums-1968-1979-Joni-Mitchell/dp/B0097AQEOK/ref=pd_ys_qtk_fr_2?pf_rd_p=217325991&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_t=1501&pf_rd_i=home&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=10CNKJGA8WDE5S3TQ77B) , 10 CD's. I've only heard 3-4 of them previously. Currently discovering "Song to a Seagull" :thumbsup:
-
Ride, "Nowhere" - in particular, this gem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF0FO5riglY
Mark Gardener (ex-Ride guitarist) was supporting Robin Guthrie last night doing an acoustic set - he did a couple of Ride songs, but they do sound much better with the feedback ;) (although his version of "In A Different Place" did sorta-kinda work in an acoustic context)
"Nowhere" is one of the best albums of the 90s, IMO - the follow-up, "Going Blank Again" was OK and the third album is commonly referred to as "Carnival of Shite" for very good reasons.
Edit: Now this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74mT5ABGsKY
:demon:
-
Good News For People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse
-
I was going to listen to Tom Robinson on 6 Music but ICBA listening to his guest wittering on for hours, so instead, North Atlantic Oscillation - Fog Electric.
Would really like to see them live.
-
Chicago Transit Authority - first album aka Chicago I
The band that later changed it's name to Chicago - yes that Chicago of the FM friendlily love songs. Their first album though was a different beast altogether !
Not sure what it should be called really, perhaps "progressive funk" ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V41bEZPo-J4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V41bEZPo-J4)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxIRZ7qJwkc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxIRZ7qJwkc)
-
Public Service Broadcasting
The Milk
Los Campesinos!
-
Made in Japan
Just because ...
-
Public Service Broadcasting
The Milk
Los Campesinos!
I shall be at PSB's transmission at Moles Club, Bath next wednesday evening. Only a fiver. I'm expecting a jolly spiffing show. Tix still available.
J. Willgoose, Esq. and Wrigglesworth sample old public information films and archive material and set them to new music. Live, the films are screened simultaneously as laptops are fiddled with, drums are pounded, theremins are wafted at, guitars are bashed and banjos furiously plucked. Teaching the lessons of the past through the music of the future.
-
I decided to relive my youth so I tapped a few keys into Amazon and the first four Angelic Upstarts albums appeared on my desk at work today. I used to own some of them on vinyl now on CD.
Such joyous cacophony. Currently listening to second album "We gotta get put this place" Makes me very happy.
-
Bach BWV 56,4 and 82 - Karl Richter 1970 - Munich Bach Choir with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Not an authentic period interpretation but a lush romantic one on modern instruments which paradoxically makes it a out of date and unfashionable these days.
Still it's absolutely ravishing.
You can't have too much Bach.
-
I shall be at PSB's transmission at Moles Club, Bath next wednesday evening. Only a fiver. I'm expecting a jolly spiffing show. Tix still available.
Bargain at a fiver - my Norwich ticket was double that...
New single is out soon: https://soundcloud.com/psbhq/signal-30-public-service and it rocks far more than the War Room stuff
-
The Wave Pictures, performing the songs of Herman Dune. Now there's an agreeable combination.
-
I shall be at PSB's transmission at Moles Club, Bath next wednesday evening. Only a fiver. I'm expecting a jolly spiffing show. Tix still available.
Bargain at a fiver - my Norwich ticket was double that...
New single is out soon: https://soundcloud.com/psbhq/signal-30-public-service and it rocks far more than the War Room stuff
It's ok, but I still prefer "Spitfire"
Today, though, I am listening to Willy Mason - Carry On
Good it certainly is :)
-
I've placed the classical & jazz to one side today and am entertaining my neighbours with a nice box set.
Black Sabbath, The Complete 70's Collection ;D
-
Once the cycling coverage is finished, I will play Lambchop - Is a woman.
Stunning.
-
Once the cycling coverage is finished, I will play Lambchop - Is a woman.
Stunning.
Damn, I haven't listened to that in years. I think I have it on minidisc ;D
I'm off for a rummage.
-
I don't own any Lambchop. I must put that right.
When not listening to 6 Music, I'm still listening to Tame Impala - last couple of albums.
-
Cerys Matthews on 6 nusic. Always an education.
-
Jimmy Smith Trio
Cool and groovy Hammond organ !
-
Tubular Bells - an album forged from pure awesome.
-
Best of Johnney Winter.
Picked this up in the HMV sale this morning. Was quite surprised at some of the more low key horn backed tracks on there as well as his more trademark high energy blues rock. If you've never heard any of his stuff imagine if Rory Gallagher had a Texan cousin.
-
More Deershed stuff, so far this morning:
Smoove and Turrell - Eccentric Audio (nice funk/soul)
Moulettes - Moulettes (rather good, they are!)
Alasca - Actors and Liars
Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep
Novella - Surrounded by Monsters.
I have a feeling it is going to be a good day, music wise.
-
Did you hear Edwyn on Radmac?
-
Did you hear Edwyn on Radmac?
Unfortunately, no. I rarely get chance to listen to the radio, and when I do it is usually as I am cooking, so don't actually get chance to follow what is happening :(
I was really surprised, though, reading up on his recent history, to find he had suffered from a double haemorrhage and lost the ability to speak. Apparently, in his rehab, he found it easier to sing than speak.
-
As usual, I am listening to Radmac. I was developing a tendency to look back fondly at acid house music as an artform which I did not understand at the time, but could grow on me. Fortunately, the dross they have been playing has cured me of this tendency.
-
Did you hear Edwyn on Radmac?
Unfortunately, no. I rarely get chance to listen to the radio, and when I do it is usually as I am cooking, so don't actually get chance to follow what is happening :(
I was really surprised, though, reading up on his recent history, to find he had suffered from a double haemorrhage and lost the ability to speak. Apparently, in his rehab, he found it easier to sing than speak.
Edwyn does still have a lot of speech problems, but can be lucid for a decent length of time to manage an interview. Despite a few trips, he got through the discussion, but struggled when they were talking about the track he'd selected, and the woman from his band who was with him had to help him through. Painful to listen to, as it must be so frustrating for such a witty and erudite person being trapped by his own inability to communicate.
-
Ah, that's much better - straight back from some crud called Washing Machine by Mr Fingers into Ever Fallen In Love? by Buzzcocks. :)
-
The Rolling Stones 40 Licks
Via headphones,rather loudly :thumbsup:
-
My MBV vinyl has arrived. Hmmm, shall I play it, sniff it, or sell it? (Already got the double-CD-quality digital. Already sold the CD).
-
Etta James
-
Well, I'm not really listening to it yet but courtesy of this post http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=38032.msg1429590#msg1429590
I followed to Patax here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuztNpi2tns
and bought it here http://www.youkalimusic.com/index.php/es/catalogo/133-patax-live-from-infinity now I can't wait for it to arrive.
If you like real Flamenco and real music, a sort of fusion between classic flamenco and Chick Corea this is effing fantastic stuff I can't recommend it highly enough. The CD/DVD is 16 Euro including shipping paid by Paypal. (the "buy" page lets you listen to more
-
Actually there is quite a lot of stuff on phewtube so I am listening to them http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfhILSbQjU8
.... have to go and drive a hundred miles or so now for work. Bore.
-
Deershed prep, redux, thusly:
AlasCa - definitely growing on me
Smoove and Turrell - very very good, can see us sat in a field, drinking beer, the sunshining, talking rubbish whilst these guys play their little hearts out.
Moulettes - I normally shy away from folk, or folk tinged, music, but these guys remind me, in some small way, of bands like The Levellers (sans clogs and attitude) and the ilk, mixing, as they do, folk and other gendres.
Public Service Broadcasting - seem to becoming a forum favourite, is it because they are bonkers? On paper their style is. Take old newsreels, sample them and play guitar and keyboard riffs over the top. Doesn't sound that good, does it? Somehow, though, it just works. Admittedly they work better if you have the video on too.
-
Emmylou Harris & Mark Knopfler
-
Did someone mention PSB?
Once, there was a mountain called Peak 15. Nothing was known about it...
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhgfzEm3CWU)
-
This
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbiYv_lNfFA
-
& now this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=s-312lVPnhY&feature=endscreen
-
James Yorkston.
-
Thom Yorke
Oh! Isn't this Tune Association? Well I'm still listening to Thom Yorke. Who probably qualifies as my stalker as he not only went to the same school, the same university but also lives in the same county!
-
This evening, due to forumte and fb friend recs, we have been enjoying an evening of (in no order other than when I remember them):
Patax (see above)
Malalma (from Colombia)
Nortec Collective (Mexico)
Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafters (Seattle, and you can tell)
-
Two albums from Brave Combo: Kiss of Fire and Polkatharsis.
-
Loadsa stuff since I fired up my stereo for the first time since 2000!
The one album I listened to all the way through was Klinga Mina Klockor by ABBA's Benny Andersson. He made it in the mid-80s and went back to his folk roots. Beautiful. About as far removed from ABBA as it's possible to be.
-
Buena Vista Social Club Presents: Omara Portuondo
-
Juan, I've seen quite a lot of BVSC stuff - all of it good. Is Omara the amazing female singer?
-
The Definitive Leadbelly (a box set containing 3cds + a dvd) :)
-
The Definitive Leadbelly (a box set containing 3cds + a dvd) :)
Excellent, Windy - does it have "Lining Track" and "On A Monday"? I love Leadbelly songs.
-
Wagner's Parsifal, 'live' from the Metropolitan Opera.
-
Juan, I've seen quite a lot of BVSC stuff - all of it good. Is Omara the amazing female singer?
Yes, she's the one. Highly recommended if you like the BVSC stuff.
-
Agreed!
-
Retribution Gospel Choir, a Low side project
-
The Definitive Leadbelly (a box set containing 3cds + a dvd) :)
Excellent, Windy - does it have "Lining Track" and "On A Monday"? I love Leadbelly songs.
Unfortunately no. A few other notable omissions ('Gallis Pole' and 'Black Betty') that would have been nice to be included too IMO - but overall a great collection (http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Definitive-Leadbelly-Anniversary-Edition/dp/tracks/B001QU9RNY/ref=dp_tracks_all_1#disc_1)
-
Amy Rigby.
Currently "cynically yours".
-
Talking Heads - Remain in Light.
Ahhhhh.....
Album cover still gives me the heebie jeebies though.
-
The Winston Giles Orchestra. Uplifting and full of joy.
-
Winny Puhh. This was so nearly Estonia's Eurovision entry. Gloriously bonkers.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dllo85ZSUk)
-
Robin Guthrie - trying to recreate the atmosphere of his York gig by cranking the volume all the way up to 11 and beyond.
Fortunately, my neighbour has gone out ;D
-
Yup ELO... :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRjPpRuBZ_o
-
That bloody dog next door - yap yap yap.
Still, Motorhead's Ace of Spades at max volume plus one should put it right.
A 1, a 2, a 1 2 3 4.......
-
Reminds me of being at uni. The girl in the flat above us played a Jason Donovan song on repeat (Sealed with a Kiss - it goes on about being apart for the summer, which obviously appealed to her teenage angst) for the last couple of weeks of term.
Our part of the house was occupied by stage crew. We saw her out at the summer ball (where we were crewing) and she was seen staggering into her house shortly after the end at 5am. Once we'd done the pull down, we thought it'd be a good idea to test some of the audio gear before putting it into storage for the summer. A several of kW of amps and PA cabs made their way into the room below hers, to be tested at about 8am using Motorhead's Overkill played on a CD player a safe distance away :demon:
-
In a similar vein to Matt, but using domestic hifi equipment, not pa.
One year the couple next door went on holiday and left their 18 yr old daughter to look after the house. On the Saturday night she decided to have friends round after kicking out time. Loud music and loud voices, both in their house and outside. It was a lovely warm night so our windows were open and we heard it all. It died down about 4am, when I guess they crashed out. Ndn's daughter's bedroom shared a wall with our spare room. We got up Sunday morning, turned the speakers to face that wall and put Sepultura on VERY LOUD. We then went out for the day :)
-
Home - Peter Broderick
-
Eddie Izzard - Glorious.
I'd forgotten how bloody funny his old material is.
-
Err... The Band (http://www.openculture.com/2013/03/watch_the_band_play_the_weight_up_on_cripple_creek_and_more_in_rare_1970_concert_footage_.html) :-[
-
Home - Peter Broderick
Such a great album. Not listened to it in ages. It may be given an outing today!
-
Baldilocks, who lived downstairs from some of my mates during the 83-84 drinking season, used constantly to complain about the noise. On the final day of the 84 innings, Steve turned his amp up to 11, struck a Mighty Chord on his Rickenbacker 4001 and leaned it against the amp. Then we went to the pub.
It was still going five hours later :demon:
-
Smoove and Turrell
AlascA
The Mulettes
The House of Love
-
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
-
This guy's video
http://vimeo.com/43426940
I should have got bored before the end, I didn't.
As far as I can work out he just works in a music store. And that guitar? a '58 Sunburst? Can be yours for $33K.
-
Did someone mention PSB?
Once, there was a mountain called Peak 15. Nothing was known about it...
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhgfzEm3CWU)
Thats a discovery for me - Love the PSB stuff.
-
Hannah Cohen.
Johnny Marr.
More Johnny Marr.
Joined by George, playing percussion on the bottom of the laundry baskets, and George's dad, jamming on an out of tune Mandolin.
Absolutely brilliant.
-
... and Radiohead ...
-
Dub Xtra (UK) internet radio station.
-
Back to 6 Music. You can have too much dub.
-
A man in a pink furry suit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUiUx4c6Imk
-
Laura Cantrell. Currently "The Whiskey Makes You Sweeter".
-
Tubular Bells.
Live.
From 1973.
With, amongst others, Steve Hillage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7VHRyQDMTM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7VHRyQDMTM)
Words can't even begin to describe how awesome this is.
-
This Spotify playlist:
http://open.spotify.com/user/supercuteinasuit/playlist/4lJ1kJuMOKV91zSKS2UenY
Good it is...
-
Tubular Bells II - it's really rather good, although it does sound rather more dated than the original, if indeed that were possible; there's a lot of synth stuff which just screams 'late-80s, early-90s' (it was released in 1992)
Best of all, the Master Of Ceremonies is Severus SnapeAlan Rickman ;D (nowhere near as good as Vivian Stanshall on the original, but an adequate substitute)
-
Some Balearic Trance stuff. :thumbsup:
-
Some Balearic Trance stuff. :thumbsup:
Strangely enough, there are hints of that in TB2 - think Mike Oldfield was living in Ibiza during the 90s.
I uploaded a pile of stuff onto the Nexus 7 last night, but bangin' techno is notable by its absence. Think I'll have to remedy that.
-
Low. Things We Lost In The Fire.
Culturally interesting, among other things.
-
Low. Things We Lost In The Fire.
Culturally interesting, among other things.
Which reminds me...
*phones the Sage to chase why I appear to have been charged for three tickets nearly a month ago but still have no Low tickets in my little_stash_of_future_fun_evening_plans*
Yup, tix being posted out tomorrow :D
-
Today I am rocking out to the brilliant Halestorm.
I may have a thing for the singer, whose voice cuts right through me (in a good way) that makes my spine tingle.
-
Today I am rocking out to the brilliant Halestorm.
I may have a thing for the singer, whose voice cuts right through me (in a good way) that makes my spine tingle.
Thanks for that - they are rather good. In the Roundhouse tomorrow, eh? (no, I know I won't go - I would have once upon a time)
-
Primal Scream - 2013
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdCraT9_wk4)
-
I'm listening to my friend Chicky and Jason from San Francisco in their incarnation as La Fin Absolute du Monde. If you like your music dark, trip-hoppy, experimental ... you might just like them.
They're touring the UK on a budget, using Megabus FFS!
Here's Leave Me In Detroit
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gyRHEJFsKw)
And, as a shameless pimp for the poor merkins tryin' to live the dream, here's a list of their dates. Quite a few in Scottishland. Then back down to me and Jaded's neck o' the woods. I expect they'll be staying at mine to save money before they get back to That London.
http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/artist_shows/801740
If you google around, you can find some of their more, errr, 'experimental' and NSFW video stuff.
They're really lovely people, the gigs are cheap as chips, go on, take a punt on 'em.
-
Great Lake Swimmers
-
Very much enjoying the new album from Woodkid - really quite different to anything else out there at the moment. Very interesting, both lyrically and musically. This is probably my favourite track:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCSOUOhgoe8
-
Mélanie Pain.
I rather like.
-
I Am The Resurrection - The Stone Roses. Still sounds as good as it did in 1989, especially when the song opens up and Ian Brown finally breaks into "I am the resurrection and I am the life".
-
Aphex Twin - the ON EPs on the smaller hi-fi quite loudly. Really about my favourite era of his and that fat distorted kick drum is something else.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1RBnRLp9LM
(video directed by Jarvis Cocker of Pulp by the way!)
-
Lots of George Carlin. Here's some. I really, really miss him. :(
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5gCuLac)
-
Madeleine Peyroux 1996 - 2011
-
Madeleine Peyroux 1996 - 2011
Gosh, she wasn't very old was she?
-
^ hehehe
-
... a selection of recordings issued between 1996 and 2011.
-
... a selection of recordings issued between 1996 and 2011.
;)
-
Trans Europe Express
-
Nigel Kennedy on R4, Front Row, plugging his latest album. Really *interesting* music - but god, he's an arse! Like yeah, man, I was wearing Hendrix's bandana and had this like out-of-body experience innit... He really shouldn't do interviews, they're having to translate his faux cockney into english.
But, having said that, I'll definitely get the new album - Brubeck infused with Bach (or was it vice versa?) sounded fantastic
-
Brubach?
-
That's the chappie. Dave Sebastian, innit yeah
-
That's the chappie. Dave Sebastian, innit yeah
Es geht noch weirder, Wilhelm: JS went to hear the great organst Buxtehude at LUBECK! Mayb this is where he got the idea for Nehmen Sie Funf?
-
A Hawk And A Hacksaw on 6 Music just now. I rather liked that....
-
Green Day - Uno
It is different than the other stuff, although a little like "21st Century Breakdown", but moves forward.
-
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense.
Have not played it in years. One of the very few live albums I like.
-
Ghosts, the latest album from Simon Joyner. Released as vinyl-only, and recorded using only analogue equipment.
It sounds very good, too - more of a big band feel than his earlier lo fi stuff, which is just fine.
-
The The - Dusk
-
ZZ Top
-
PSB - The War Room
trying to block out himself playing Tull in the kitchen (sideshow bob shudder)
-
Quantic Soul Orchestra - Tropidelico
-
Paco de Lucía - Cositas Buenas
-
Earlier, North Atlantic Oscillation - Grappling Hooks, followed by Parliament- Gold.
Now, Talking Heads- Fear of Music. Almost as good as TNOTBITH.
-
Paco de Lucía - Cositas Buenas
Excellent choice! (Presumably you are aware of your namesake?)
-
Yes! I have a couple of JM's records and one of his was probably the last gig I went to see, a terrific performance in Lewes a few years ago.
-
Four new releases on Gnod's new label - Tesla Tapes (http://teslatapes.bandcamp.com/):
Druss
Dwellings
Negra Branca
Raikes Parade
And Gnod's own recent release Chaudelande, including the amazingly epic and ear-cleaning Genocider (https://soundcloud.com/spectrejan/gnod-genocider)
-
Urban Hymns, apparently
-
Ghosts, the latest album from Simon Joyner. Released as vinyl-only, and recorded using only analogue equipment.
It sounds very good, too - more of a big band feel than his earlier lo fi stuff, which is just fine.
He's touring, as well!
http://aglimpseofparadise.wordpress.com/2013/02/15/simonjoynerinnc/
:thumbsup:
-
Stop Making Sense
http://youtu.be/-pCZ5E5tn4I
http://youtu.be/xzORu1dqEE0
http://youtu.be/anjT71N4PGM
-
http://youtu.be/BV0qTTzCsrI
-
http://www.openculture.com/2012/06/live_in_rome_1980_the_talking_heads_concert_film_you_havent_seen.html
-
http://www.openculture.com/2012/06/live_in_rome_1980_the_talking_heads_concert_film_you_havent_seen.html
*Like*
-
Full Sundown Assembly by Bell Gardens. Tom at Sound it Out made me buy it, he's a bugger for that, but he was spot on as usual. Pretty songs and reminiscent of someone from the sixties whose name I can't remember.
-
Joe Walsh - Live from Daryl's House.
http://www.livefromdarylshouse.com/currentep.html?ep_id=75
-
Earlier, Mélanie Pain. Got tickets to see her in Leeds on Wednesday....
Then there was a bit of Lotte Mullan.... that'll be Manchester in May.
Then a spot of Low. April, Gateshead.
Then some James Yorkston. Still haven't found a gig I can get to....
Now Jeffrey Lewis. Leeds, because a gig and a Very Late Train will be perfect preparation for control-assisting the following day on a 600 :D
-
Watching old videos on Youtube, Stiff Little Fingers, Undertones, Buzzcocks, The Jam, Squeeze, Skids, Elvis Costello ...you can tell my age..
I found this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYQ_MBFmpi8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYQ_MBFmpi8)
I don't know where it was filmed, but I saw them on the same tour at the Liverpool Empire. 1st gig I ever went to, 1979 so I'd have been 14.... :o
-
Still on a nostalgia kick I went googling for something from my dim & distant past...... and found it ! Welsh language rock! I heard this on either The Friday Rock Show or The Great Easton Express (Liverpool radio prog which got me through school) and had a recording of it on a knackered C90.
I never knew anything about the band or the singer though... Omega, fronted by Delwyn Sion who appears to be a stalwart of Welsh language music http://www.glanceri.com/history.htm (http://www.glanceri.com/history.htm)
"Adferwch Y Cymoedd" (Return to the Valleys)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xAI9Ur444k (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xAI9Ur444k)
-
John Lennon.
-
Still on a nostalgia kick I went googling for something from my dim & distant past...... and found it ! Welsh language rock!
Ah, that reminds me of
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaOLsrFGLKM
We had a real love-hate relationship with them back in the 80s. I remember on one gig them threatening to smash my lighting rig with one of their guitars unless the bouncers let some of their mates back in, who'd been thrown out for fighting on the dance floor...
-
Judy Collins
-
Cloud Cult - Love
Some nice jangly hanging cadences, thumping rhythms and rather less funeral music than the previous album. One or two good overnight-cycling choons :thumbsup:.
-
The Shadows
-
Movie soundtracks,eg
The Magnificent Seven
The Last of the Mohicans
Once Upon A Time in the West
A Fistfull of Dollars
& more.
There is a theme there,innit ;D
-
The one you really want is The Harry Lime Theme from The Third Man.
-
Valtari by Sigur Ros. Not as memorable as many of their other works, in that there isn't any single standout anthem or indeed anything you could hum afterwards, but it's quietly beautiful like staring into a clear lake, and all the tracks hang together very well. There's no discord like some of their work - instead it shimmers with beautiful sounds. Definitely one where you need to pull up a chair, turn up the volume and just sit and listen. You will be rewarded.
-
After repeated mentions of some band or other called Low, and David Bowie's
second third umpteenth self-reinvention, it was inevitable:
David Bowie, Low.
-
The National being interviewed and in session on 6Music, previewing some of their new album. Sounding good!
-
Some local group called Girl.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0jP84ZT-1gY
*snorts, deeply unattractively with laughter. But in a good way*
-
Once again, Smoove and Turrell, simply 'cos, due to an email received from CL earlier this week, I have tickets to see them tonight in York!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq4RW4PGfSA
-
Luke Sital-Singh - Old Flint EP
-
The Who
-
The Who
Ah bliss. "Who's next" - The Who.
Quite simply the most powerful and strident rock music ever produced by a 4 piece band.
-
Laura Mvula - Sing to the Moon.
Saw her on ...Later and liked what I heard. Hopefully it marks a return to ...Later doing what it should do, that is showing established artists (this week it was Suede, reformed after 10 years) but also giving acts like this air time.
Lovely voice, gorgeous songs, well worth a listen.
-
The Polyphonic Spree performing songs from the Rocky Horror Show.
Whoever thought this was a good idea was a lunatic. And brilliant. I've always like the Polyphonic Spree's way of chucking themselves with enormous gusto into their performances, and that's exactly what they do here, and yeah, it's good. Bonkers, of course, but it works.
-
The Who
& again
-
Kate Rusby, 20.
Currently "Awkward Annie" on repeat, at the request of the SmallestCub who is dancing round the living room dressed in a towel and looking unbearably cute. If I was a properly mean mummy I'd be taking photos with which to embarrass him in his late teens.
-
Van Halen - Van Halen
I had forgotten how good they were before all the hairspray and spandex. Apparently Eddie used to audition Marshall amps to find ones that were just on the edge of actually blowing up and then use those to record and tour with. Here that lovely Marshall overdrive on the beginning of "aint talking about love"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBOLf2UyzU8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBOLf2UyzU8)
-
Vianna Da Motta
Piano Concerto in A Major
-
Got my tickets to see Snarky Puppy in Bristol in July in the post today. So ... 'Slow Demon'. Oh my, I love this band - listen all the way through.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67PMG2nVs4k)
-
Moved on to another CD.
Robert Fuchs Piano Concerto in B flat minor Op 27.
I used to own a piano made by Fuchs-Mohr.
-
Even As We Speak - Feral Pop Frenzy album, including...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwGmuHgmcyc
-
Dolfish. "I'd rather disappear than stay the same" from the album of the same name.
-
Cher
-
Purcell - Dido and Aeneas
With Jessye Norman as Dido. This was recommended by WoW and is indeed exclenent though I still prefer Janet Baker as Dido.
-
Neck and Neck - Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler
-
Country Gothic today: Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Sixteen Horsepower and Blitzen Trapper
-
Natascha Rogers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAZbskYyMQs
"A mix of Afro Cuban, pop & jazz"
Worth a listen if that sounds interesting to you.
-
Dolly Parton
-
A Hawk and a Hacksaw - You Have Already Gone to the Other World.
Look, it's got a goat on the album cover, what's not to like?
-
The Beatles
-
Emmylou Harris.
-
Currently listening to a Seasick Steve interview on R6 - just heard the opening track off his new album :thumbsup:
-
Currently listening to a Sea Sick Steve interview on R6 - just heard the opening track off his new album :thumbsup:
Oh, yes, just remembered that "Hubcap Music" is out today...
Shall have to drop by a shop on my way to Leeds this PM.
-
Radio 2:Brian Mathews
currentlyspinning "Knights In White Satin".A true classic from pop's golden era
-
Van Halen - Van Halen
I had forgotten how good they were before all the hairspray and spandex. Apparently Eddie used to audition Marshall amps to find ones that were just on the edge of actually blowing up and then use those to record and tour with. Here that lovely Marshall overdrive on the beginning of "aint talking about love"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBOLf2UyzU8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBOLf2UyzU8)
Agreed - have just dug this out and played it for the first time in ages.
Awesome the impact that it had at the time, beacuse Eddie was doing things never been done before.
Apparently (here we go again, a Littlesox Wikimyth) they came over here to support Queen, and after 3 shows were politley asked to leave the tour because they were upstaging the main act.
I also still like Fair Warning.
As Bill and Ted would say - most excellent !
-
Mr. Blue Sky by ELO, one of the best and most quirky songs ever.
The vocoded bit at the very end is actually "Please Turn Me Over", not "Mr Blue Sky, why?". The track was at the end of one side of the Out of The Blue LP.
-
Just got the beautiful 2013 CD album from The Besnard Lakes: Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO.
Not sure taking pills from strange men is a good idea, though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvJzzq5LkSo
-
Just got the beautiful 2013 CD album from The Besnard Lakes: Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO.
Not sure taking pills from strange men is a good idea, though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvJzzq5LkSo
I liked that :thumbsup:
-
Working my way through my latest eMusic downloads: it seems I've gone for mainly (dark) ambient/experimental this month with a touch of 'chillwave' (ToC), African polyrhythm-influenced dance (HT) & BoC-esque electronica (Freescha) to lighten things up...
Tropic of Cancer (https://soundcloud.com/camellalobo) - 4 eps
Harmonious Thelonious (http://www.harmoniousthelonious.com/) - Talking
Miles (https://soundcloud.com/modernlove/sets/miles-faint-hearted) - Faint Hearted
Celer - In Escaping Lakes (https://soundcloud.com/slowflowrec/celer-in-escaping-lakes-ww1001) + Tightrope
Freescha (https://soundcloud.com/bitcandy/sets/freescha) - Freeschaland
The Haxan Cloak - Excavation (https://soundcloud.com/experimedia/the-haxan-cloak-excavation)
Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement (https://soundcloud.com/blackest-ever-black/rainforest-spiritual) - 4 eps
But currently revisiting some old industrial electronic stuff courtesy of Terror Against Terror's Psychological Warfare Technology Systems
The Only Good God is a Dead God:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38tDgcjqGk8
-
Mr. Blue Sky by ELO, one of the best and most quirky songs ever.
The vocoded bit at the very end is actually "Please Turn Me Over", not "Mr Blue Sky, why?". The track was at the end of one side of the Out of The Blue LP.
Jeff Lynne's productions are always immaculate, and I love his own songs. i saw a (MTV?) programme about him quite recently and he comes across as one of the most ego-free and thoroughly nice blokes you could imagine. So ELO are excellent in my book.
-
So the Stones are reducing ticket prices on their US tour cos they're having some trouble selling 'em. About fucking time, they've been getting away with murder for years. Greatest Rock'n'Roll band in the world - do me a fucking favour. I couldn't be happier that they've finally been rumbled. Does anyone here know anyone who owns a Stones album post-Exile on Main Street? Thought not.
Apropos of all the above
Rhythm and Blues Alibi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZIhD-dbXQM)
-
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain. Brian Eno on keyboards, apparently with a wah-wah pedal.
-
A frightener from totp 1978, automatic lover. Beyond parody.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTFCwKvlKZo&feature=youtube_gdata_player (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTFCwKvlKZo&feature=youtube_gdata_player)
-
Faith No More - King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime
An underrated album, I feel, even though it isn't nearly as good as 'Angel Dust', and the title track is an absolute belter live:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQWux5vd8zI
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Mike Patton is totally batshit crazy but they guy can sing ...
(and that bass sound is one I'd absolutely kill for)
-
Fwiw, interzen, I still think you cannot beat "Introduce Yourself" as far as FNM go, but then Mr Patton only joined after it was released, so he doesn't feature on the album, but does in the videos and, obviously on any live performance of the tracks.
-
Fwiw, interzen, I still think you cannot beat "Introduce Yourself" as far as FNM go, but then Mr Patton only joined after it was released, so he doesn't feature on the album, but does in the videos and, obviously on any live performance of the tracks.
I prefer Chuck Moseley's vocals on the early stuff - not sure why, it just suits the music better.
For me, the first two albums ("We Care A Lot" and "Introduce Yourself") are classic skate music - probably because I was still doing a fair bit of skateboarding when I first got into FNM at university. Just wish I knew where my copy of "We Care A Lot" was :-\
I feel a trawl through the archives coming on ...
-
XTC - a singles compilation
-
Summer Special by Euros Childs.
I recognise a lot of the songs from seeing him live at the Westgarth in Boro. Lovely summery pop.
and it has a fabulous cover:
(http://media.thelineofbestfit.com/wp-content/media/2012/09/euros-childs-summer-special.jpg)
-
The Strolling Bones
-
Today (other than occasional forays into Dolfish and Melanie Pain because they do creep into the playlists a lot by default at the moment) has mostly been Lotte Mullan and Allo Darlin' since I'm off to see 'em both this weekend.
Funnily enough I haven't listened to the ones I'm off to see tomorrow!
-
Alf's back in superb style! And I recognise that place… ;)
Alison Moyet's new single, When I Was Your Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-wtJyh2Co4
(Note to Adele: This is how it's done.)
-
Pete Drake and his Talking Guitar. Forever. Eat your hearts out Peter Frampton and Joe Walsh.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dTFajHVyHo)
-
My God, that's a scary video. Chap at the start looks like America's version of Effing Davis with those eyes.
-
I'm glad it wasn't just me found it scary. I was after some validation. ;D
-
Kiki Dee. Blimey.
-
… well, listening all week actually, to A sting in the tail by Dave Goulson on R4's Book of the week. Bloody fascinating stuff. He's doing terrific stuff. I wish there were more chaps like him, helping to save the bee.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Sting-Tale-Dave-Goulson/dp/0224096893
-
New stuff from The National, think that it's a grower :)
-
Delving into the depths of my MP3 collection, I came across this - a Bob Rivers parody of One of Us.
http://youtu.be/iiZwrRLS2-A
-
Dr Dre - The Chronic.
-
something new to me - The Lake Poets
http://thelakepoets.bandcamp.com/music (http://thelakepoets.bandcamp.com/music)
Playing at Galtres festival this year, looking forward to seeing and hearing them live.
-
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain. Brian Eno on keyboards, apparently with a wah-wah pedal.
When Ferrry says "Virginia Plain" at the end of the song he sounds just like Weebl from Weebl and Bob.
-
Ships by Sweet Baboo.
Yet more Deershed prep.
-
Mark E Smith interview with Radcliffe & Maconie. Radio gold!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p018pxfy
BTW, I thought the new Fall single was absolute crap on first listen, but it's growing on me. I now think it's quite bad but sort of good.
-
Started with Jools and Friends, now listening/watching last week's Later...
So far QoTSA and Texas, next up Peace.
-
Free
a sort of requiem
:(
-
John Grant - GMF.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekFWPsXXcg0
-
The Handsome Family. Honey Moon.
-
Ruth Theodore. Jazz-folk whimsy par excellence. New album out 10th June. Tickets bought to see her at St Pancras Old Church. Very excited.
http://www.ruththeodore.com/
-
http://youtu.be/80If-JYGsWw
-
Neko Case with and without The New Pornographers.
-
Jeffrey Lewis. End Result. It's a good song, it sums up how I feel today.
-
Earth - Pentastar: In The Style of Demons.
-
Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps.
-
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
I can take or leave their later stuff, but this ranks alongside Orbital's 'Brown Album' as one of the top 10 albums to exercise to.
-
Now, Cradle of Filth - Cruelty and the Beast. I don't think I've listened to it in over a decade.
-
Dreadzone - Biological Radio
-
There was an absolutely breathtaking performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee" on R3 this morning, with the main part played on the xylophone by Heather Corbett, principal percussionist with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01slmnz/Breakfast_Tuesday_Petroc_Trelawny/ at 1h 59m 20s. It's mind-boggling to think about the amount of practice required to produce such dexterity.
-
Currently on "Death Walks Behind You" - Atomic Rooster
Preceded by "In Hearing Of Atomic Rooster" and "Atomic Rooster".
Before that it was "Emerson, Lake and Palmer" and "Pictures At An Exhibition".
It's one of those evenings.
Hammonds rool ok!
If it wasn't for Arne Dahl in a few mins I'd probably get onto Brian Auger, Medeski Martin and Wood, James Taylor Quartet and Elephant (.
-
Primal Scream in concert live on Radio 6. Ok, but not really great, so far.
-
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Master PColbeck bought this and has been playing it death in the house. Its really is very good. Nile Rodgers on some tracks.
Sounds like a mash up between Chic, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk and the Flaming Lips if you can imagine that.
-
Wolfram Spyra - Gasoline 91
Sequencers + Rhodes piano1 = WIN!
1 - the real thing, too, not a VST. At least, he was playing a 'real' Rhodes when I saw him live a few years back.
http://youtu.be/2_NUtIqfTBo - this is the first track off the album.
-
I seem to be somewhat incapable of taking Mazes' "Ores and Minerals" off my turntable. Big helpings of anglo-flavoured Krautrock. As if Neu! came from Doncaster instead of Dusseldorf.
Track off album here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwy8LXEr7uM
-
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0IMOfQSzuE)
-
A Young Persons Guide - a compilation of Mark McGuire (of Emeralds) stuff: multi-layered guitar/electronica instrumentals:
clicky (http://www.youtube.com/embed/Fabt4-UyvM8?)
-
Lescop. Supercool French electro pop noir. Like Daft Punk but waaaay more chin-strokey and gauloisesque.
This is how to make a pop video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezeyIGnKIKY
-
Dreadzone - Biological Radio
Damn you! I have "Moving On" stuck in my head now... :D
-
Om - Advaitic Songs. Bass guitar plus drums plus a metric fuckton of effects = epic WIN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKqoNrZ00Bg
I wish I could make my bass sound like that - but it's not a Rickenbacker and it's fretless :(
Earlier on we had Sunn O)))'s 'Monoliths and Dimensions' and Sleep's 'Dopesmoker', both played at suitably ear-pummelling volumes.
"Maximum Volume Yields Maximum Results" indeed ...
-
Powderfinger - The Golden Rule.
Perfect Aussie vibe for a sunny day :)
-
Rush - Clockwork Angels
First time I've listened to it in a while, so I decided to run it through my B&W speakers and crank the volume a bit.
Jesus. H. Tapdancing. Christ. That's a bass tone you could shave with ...
-
Paul Simon - Graceland
The only album of his that I like, and this guy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakithi_Kumalo) makes it really special (for me, at least), particularly on 'The Boy In The Bubble'
-
Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps.
Again!
-
Radio 2,Pick of the Pops with Tony Blackbum.
right now The Animals:Don't Bring Me Down.
Marvellous stuff
ETA & now Percy Sledge:When A Man Loves A woman.
marj music :thumbsup:
-
Type O Negative - World Coming Down
-
On the radio, that 80s classic "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats or, as my friend's father called them in a memorable malapropism, "Men With No Heads".
The video, IIRC, features a dwarf and is rather odd.
-
On the radio, that 80s classic "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats or, as my friend's father called them in a memorable malapropism, "Men With No Heads".
The video, IIRC, features a dwarf and is rather odd.
It was the 80s, man ... given enough Bolivian Marching Powder it probably seemed quite sensible at the time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCUm3yUhlfo
EDIT: That bloody tune is stuck in my head now ;D
-
A bit of Googling shoes that the trippy blonde dancer in the video is now the editor of Cosmopolitan ("SEX!") magazine,.
-
I've been a big fan of Todd Rundgren for over 40 years now. He's always managed to challenge me with his various leaps. I'm going to see him at Bristol Academy tomorrow night, touring his new album 'State'. I don't think I'm going to be disappointed. ;D
I may need to choose my enhancement with care.
COLLIDE-A-SCOPE.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGIGK7TpxxQ)
-
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile. Possibly my favourite album ever.
-
I'm having an ELO revival. I thought I was a fan in the late 70s, but I've just bought A New World Record and Out Of The Blue and I realise that I had just touched the fringe with Discovery and a Best Of.
While, I think my Best Of wasn't too wide of the mark, there's a lot of stuff on Out Of The Blue that I'm really enjoying. I'm especially delighted to find that Mr. Blue Sky is only the 4th of a whole 'concerto'.
I remember being excited and nervous about coming out as an ELO fan at school. I liked disco, mod, ska, Pink Floyd and even some Motorhead. But it seemed important to belong to a particular musical genre at the time, so it was difficult then)
But I do love some of their stuff still, especially Mr. Blue Sky. I was thrilled by the first Madness album (I learned all the words very quickly and invented a dance to each track), and Regatta De Blanc was fantastic. And I still cherish a glorious summer listening to Steel Pulse's Handsworth Revolution.
But given the middle-aged opportunity, the first song I wanted to own again was Mr. Blue Sky and it still touches something in me, reminds me of a childhood that I had almost forgotten.
:)
-
Re-discovering random on my iPod (which I haven't used since before my last holiday, in fact I think the last time I used it was in Catalonia in April).
So far today I have had, in the playlist:
The Milk
The Beautiful South
Tool
The Go! Team
Sugar
Green Day
The Black Crowes
Yes, a lot of bands with "The" in their names! :)
-
Adam Tomlinson presents Act 3 of Wagner's Siegfried from Leeds Town Hall :-\
-
North Ten, by Blue Rose Code.
-
Ska Trek - Hold Down. A cover of an old Kingstonians track by a German ska band. Sweet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWHgefX3Jzc&feature=youtu.be
-
One Of These Days by Gaz Coombes which is so appropriate it's quite eerie.
-
Rush - Vapo(u)r Trails.
Underneath the terrible production (the dynamics are compressed to Hell and back) there's an absolute cracker of an album trying to escape. I'm even more convinced of this having heard a couple of remastered tracks off Retrospective 3.
I still live in the hope that a remastered version of the album is released and that they'll hunt down Paul Northfield (original producer), shoot him through the lungs, stick red-hot knives up his jacksie1 and then bury him in quicklime as a warning to all the other wingnuts who think Louder Is Better.
1 - Handle first, so he cuts his fingers trying to pull them out.
-
A spectacular thunderstorm. So good I switched off John Lennon and opened the windows for the full effect.
-
Today, catching up on stuff I first heard when in that Catalonia.
First up, Els Amics de les Arts http://elsamicsdelesarts.cat/english/
and then, Imagine Dragons http://www.imaginedragonsmusic.com/Default.aspx (I know they are not spanish, but I heard them over there, ok?)
and finally Macaco http://en.macaco.es/
-
"Us" by Peter Gabriel. Great stuff.
-
A band from last year's Deershed - Los Campasinos.
-
The Black Keys
Currently on "Psychotic Girl"
-
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Master PColbeck bought this and has been playing it death in the house. Its really is very good. Nile Rodgers on some tracks.
Sounds like a mash up between Chic, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk and the Flaming Lips if you can imagine that.
I can't quite decide whether to file this under Pure Genius, or Guilty Pleasure - but I'm enjoying it lots.
-
Ride - Dreams burn down. VERY LOUD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5zTuVhNs5c (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5zTuVhNs5c)
-
Snake Wagon :D :D :D
-
Bob Dylan. Damn but he's good.
And not unlike Snake Wagon.
-
Seasick Steve @ Glasto
-
Me to. JPJ is laying down some amazing lap steel slide with him ATM.
-
The Artic Monkeys are playing an absolute blinder. Alex Turner doesn't like playing it safe.
-
Arctic Monkeys were excellent & what was shown of Portishead was fantastic too (loved the David Cameron with lazer beam eyes video)
-
Pick of the Pops:Radio 2
Tony Blackbum spinning the discs
-
The Crystals
The Shirelles
The Ronettes
The Dixie Cups
ETA & The Chiffons
& The Shangri-Las
& The Poni-Tails
-
Pixies - Bagboy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGdSYPh5_BI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGdSYPh5_BI)
-
Bad Brains, currently on one of my favourite tracks of all time, "Banned in DC"
-
Devo
-
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. Got to love a girl who rocks a Flying V.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1PpRwRsDZc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1PpRwRsDZc)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Ov8uT8DTvlw#t=98s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Ov8uT8DTvlw#t=98s)
-
Pixies - Bagboy
Good call!
Currently listening to Pixies Live at Brixton Academy
-
Joe Jackson at the BBC. A 2 CD set from an under appreciated artist. (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Live-The-BBC-Joe-Jackson/dp/B001NKQI8O)
Rocking good stuff, I hope the neighbours like it :D
-
Continuing my southern rock / funk theme from yesterday with a nice laid back summer tune
JJ Grey - Sweetest Thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6J-SBfMP5A (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6J-SBfMP5A)
-
Joe Jackson at the BBC.
Ordered! Thanks, Andrew ;) Blimey, Look Sharp feels a long, long time ago now...
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AdfZ2rhZmc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AdfZ2rhZmc)
-
Starting to work my way through Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531). The top 50 especially is a list of "why don't I own a copy of that?" albums.
The latest delivery from Amazon has included Marvin Gaye's What's Going On, The Beatles' Revolver and David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust album. I am a very happy lad.
-
I know the Rolling Stones made a lot of albums, but 500? Blimey! *cheesey face*
-
I know the Rolling Stones made a lot of albums, but 500? Blimey! *cheesey face*
Clearly you've been listening to...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oShTJ90fC34
:facepalm:
-
... http://youtu.be/ZThquH5t0ow
YouTube videos aren't embedding any more.
eg > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZThquH5t0ow
:'(
-
Bit of a Simon Posford-oriented day today:
Shpongle - Tales of the Inexpressible
Hallucinogen - Twisted ('LSD' is possibly one of the best trance tracks evah ...)
-
Dhafer Youseff "Abu Nawas Rhapsody" http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=36405 (http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=36405)
A brilliant fusion of North African oud & modern jazz.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPIXeZWs0NI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPIXeZWs0NI)
-
Camper Van Beethoven, "Telephone Free Landslide Victory"
Haven't listened to it for ages - I don't normally do the folk/rock/ska/crossover thing but this is sufficiently weird that that I'm prepared to overlook that. Generally speaking, if someone's heard CvB before then its probably been "Take The Skinheads Bowling" or "The Day Lassie Went To The Moon" (both on this album)
Their folk-inspired cover of Black Flag's "Wasted"(!) is worth the price of admission alone ...
-
Palma Violets - 180
-
A sunny mix of Powderfinger and Ojod De Brujo.
Looking out of the window and wishing I wasn't sat here :(
-
As suggested by my niece.....
Show of Hands and The Spooky Men Chorale singing Don't You Want Me Baby
Strange but good.
-
Various versions of "Ghost Riders in the Sky" ranging from the original thru' to the film track/theme version with Nicolas Cage.
-
Broadcast - Berberian Sound Studio
Haxan Cloak - s/t
Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca
And... eagerly anticipating the release of the new Eat Lights Become Lights album, Modular Living
-
Downloaded the two latest JJ Grey and Mofro albums from Amazon.
Currently listening to "Your lady she's shady". Excellent, dirty funk at 6:00am what could be better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6k6upczAHA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6k6upczAHA)
-
I don't even care that it's My Chemical Romance, this is still catchy as f**k.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egG7fiE89IU
-
Roy Harper - HQ
"There'll be one mad dog and his master, pushing for four with the spin
On a dusty pitch, with two pounds six of willow wood in the sun"
:)
-
Happy Mondays - Dennis and Lois (a brilliant piece of funk - they really did have talent despite being stoned the whole time) and Bring A Friend (which has possibly the most dubious lyrics of any song, ever).
-
Right now I'm earwigging the Old Grey Whistle Test showing Cher & Greg Allman doing a Lieber & Stoller
composition called Love You Only.
I have nevr associated any of those four folk with the Blues but it's very :thumbsup:
Recorded in 1977.She was hothothot.
-
& now Blondie :thumbsup:
-
Right now I'm earwigging the Old Grey Whistle Test showing Cher & Greg Allman doing a Lieber & Stoller
composition called Love You Only.
I have nevr associated any of those four folk with the Blues but it's very :thumbsup:
Recorded in 1977.She was hothothot.
Well, they wrote Hound Dog and Kansas City, which are 12-bars.
You might be interested in this, A. They are all-time greats.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Leiber_and_Mike_Stoller
-
Thanks for that Peter.
I do associate L&S with the Elvis stuff & have,unfairley,pigeon-holed them into pop music.
-
Cheers A. I'll probably be whistling some of their stuff at Eskdalemuir. Listen to the wind at Moffat!
-
The soundtrack to '24hr Party People' - like the film itself, the soundtrack is pretty good slice of the Manchester scene in the 80s/early-90s.
I still think Steve Coogan is a twat, though ...
-
Giles Peterson on 6 Music playing jazzy dance stuff. Bit soporific for this time of day. Talking of soporific, the new Daft Punk and Camera Obscura albums I got and listened to last night were unexpectedly down beat. I love sleepy music, but it's about time that I had an upper.
-
The cooling downpour outside had me playing "Take Me Dancing Naked In The Rain" by Blue Pearl. This led me to play a load of stuff by Durga McBroom
who did lots of work backing Pink Floyd.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXCQuyaDpmE&list=PL6A92ABCBEFDC4A9B (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXCQuyaDpmE&list=PL6A92ABCBEFDC4A9B)
-
Listened to 57 different tracks on the drive from Calais home last night, all of them good ones. The surprising thing is that the play list was put together by my son. Well done Boy Wunja.
-
Joy Division session on 6 Music. Dodgy-lo-fi-goodness :thumbsup:
-
Ah, the magic that is the Commendatore scene in Don Giovanni. Translating from da Ponte's libretto:
Statue: Listen up, I'm here to seal your doom, you philandering scrote
Leporello: We are sooo fucked (hides)
Don Giovanni: You don't scare me. I am the ultimate alpha male.
Statue: This is your last chance to repent, scumbag, before you go to the fires of hell
Don Giovanni: Piss off, you old fart
Statue: Please yourself (disappears).
Don Giovanni: Ah, bugger, he wan't shitting me.
Demon chorus: Yummy!
(fin)
-
The Charlatans - Some Friendly
-
ELO - Discovery (or "Disco Very", as it's known). My O-Level geography teacher's favourite album.
-
ELO - Yours Truly, 2095 (from Time). Great lyrics.
I drive the very latest hovercar
I don't know where you are
But I miss you so much till then
I met someone who looks a lot like you
She does the things you do
But she is an IBM
...
She is the latest in technology
Almost mythology
But she has a heart of stone
She has an IQ of 1001
She has a jumpsuit on
And she's also a telephone
-
Ministry - The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste
"Burning Inside" fits my mood quite nicely at the moment. Perhaps too nicely ....
-
Sweet Thing by Bowie. On repeat. Wow.
-
Nicola Conte - Love and Revolution
-
10,000 Maniacs. Unplugged, in the Natalie Marchant era. Brian out of Placebo was on the radio and cited the Maniacs and, specifically, Natalie, as musical influences 8)
-
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead.
Morrissey may be, in the immortal words of Viz, a daffodil-arsed miserabalist but him and Johnny Marr sure as hell knew how to write a tune. Or, indeed, several tunes.
-
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead.
Morrissey may be, in the immortal words of Viz, a daffodil-arsed miserabalist but him and Johnny Marr sure as hell knew how to write a tune. Or, indeed, several tunes.
*nods in agreement
-
10,000 Maniacs. Unplugged, in the Natalie Marchant era.
I didn't know there was any other era. Surely 10,000 Maniacs without Natalie Marchant is like the Smiths without Morrisey?
-
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead.
Morrissey may be, in the immortal words of Viz, a daffodil-arsed miserabalist but him and Johnny Marr sure as hell knew how to write a tune. Or, indeed, several tunes.
*nods in agreement
It's their studio masterpiece but it's only 80% great because there's a bit of filler on there. I put it slightly below Hatful of Hollow (which isn't a "proper" album).
The Smiths' favourite album was apparently Strangeways, Here We Come, but that may just be "we never lost it" hubris.
-
Terry and Gerry on Youtube.
-
Defined lines (http://youtu.be/s2M6JUFCCSA)
-
Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different kind of Fix.
Really, rather good.
-
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
-
Rose Melberg - Homemade ship
-
The Sundays. Brill.
-
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
+1. Splendid stuff.
-
Oh joy. MOAR Snarky Puppy. This is a new one and an absolute corker. Gone Under (http://youtu.be/gsGHkUeTc_w).
Takes my breath away, such power.
-
Martin Stephenson and The Daintees ~ Boat to Bolivia. Takes me back...
-
The Janice Graham Band and The Black Keys, back to back, very uplifting it is...
-
Nancy Kerr and James Fagan. Right now, she is playing one of my fave tunes, at about Warp 9. I could give up.
Decent singing, astonishing fiddle-playing, including an awful lot of LH pizzicato in the middle of fingering notes for the bow. I watched them at Shrewsbury, and she was utterly relaxed while she did the fireworks. I hate her....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miNaVKnOm-U
-
This very nice version of "isnt it a pity"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paTpQx3fJ-E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paTpQx3fJ-E)
Entire gig available free (and legally) as a VBR MP3s, FLAC or Ogg Vorbis here (http://archive.org/details/ttb2012-08-30.sbd.dvdrip-axstv.t-flac16)
-
The new Forest Swords album - Engravings - and very good it is too. Here's The Weight of Gold (https://soundcloud.com/forestswords/theweightofgold) and Thor's Stone (https://soundcloud.com/forestswords/thors-stone) for your aural delight...
-
For no particular reason, Gary Byrd and the GB Experience "The Crown" on YouTube. One of the earliest mass-market rap songs, produced by Stevie Wonder with a bit of singing by him. The lyrics are great - a ramble through black history with jarring 80s pop culture references.
-
HQ - Roy Harper
-
Boab - disco special on BBC4 now.
-
Tony Blackburn's Pick of the Pops; 1972 & 1985.
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofNR_WkoCE
-
Hidden Orchestra - Archipelago
-
This Mortal Coil.
Contrasted occasionally with Blackbeard's Tea Party.
-
This Mortal Coil.
Contrasted occasionally with Blackbeard's Tea Party.
That's a nice contrast. Thought I was the only person who'd heard of Blackbeard's Tea Party. Saw them busking in York a year or so back and bought the cd. Great band!
-
This Mortal Coil.
Contrasted occasionally with Blackbeard's Tea Party.
That's a nice contrast. Thought I was the only person who'd heard of Blackbeard's Tea Party. Saw them busking in York a year or so back and bought the cd. Great band!
Live on a big stage they are even better. A real performance rather than just a bunch of musicians standing on stage playing instruments. It helps that the fiddle player is terminally cute.
We have 3 of their CDs, mostly bought on the basis of liking to support local bands. Much prefer seeing them live.
(http://www.blackbeardsteaparty.com/thumb.php?file=gallery/Cambridge_Folk_Festival_2012/221499_347457445331643_662624148_o.jpg&size=176&quality=80)
-
In the car, Master of Puppets, the remake issued by Kerrang! (I think) a few years ago to mark the anniversary of the album being released. All the tracks are covered by the likes of Bullet for My Valentine, Chimera and the like.
At my desk I am back to a random iPod mix of music, too many to mention.
-
Jim White on Tom Robinson, 6 Music :thumbsup:
-
Jim White on Tom Robinson, 6 Music :thumbsup:
That was a great show in every way, I think I'll listen to it again.
-
On the way down here this morning, I revisited another old album (old being a relative term, this one being only 2 years old)
The Janice Graham Band - It's Not Me
-
As I have done so many times, I heard a great track in a record shop and bought the album, years ago. The band split after two records, and I could never find the other one. By chance, I saw that a certain online mega-retailer had a copy of the two albums and one disc. It arrived a few days ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1fDqX3-9aU
The album has the track that caught my ear, a song about a stalker:
"It's me that follows after, it's my step you hear... It's me!"
In Swedish, of course.
-
Snarky Puppy feat. N'Dambi - Deep.
http://youtu.be/0d2zOrebuwM
-
You're not London based are you? http://www.timeout.com/london/music/snarky-puppy
-
Don Letts' Sound of Cinema programme from last week. Just got past the Blaxploitation stuff.
'You're damn right...'
And earlier today: Oren Ambarchi's Sagittarian Domain:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_hVhqw9c48
-
Laura Cantrell.... new album :)
-
I caved in and bought the remastered version of "Sandanista" on vinyl.... :thumbsup:
-
On vinyl, you can still hear, in crystal-clear detail, every nuance of the disappointment that album turned out to be.
-
On vinyl, you can still hear, in crystal-clear detail, every nuance of the disappointment that album turned out to be.
They've remastered all the studio albums . Sound quality is excellent, better than my old CD copy. Must be topping up the pension fund..
http://www.theclash.com/gb/news/gb/2013-09-09/the-clash-5-studio-album-box-set-vinyl
-
Bill Bryson - Down Under (Audiobook)
Once again, I'm thinking "We should have a 'What audiobook are we listening to today?' thread". Audio books are not reading, so don't qualify for the "What are we reading today?" thread, and yet - listening to an audiobook is very different to listening to music.
Meh...
-
Once again, I'm thinking "We should have a 'What audiobook are we listening to today?' thread"
A radical thought: why don't you start one?
Meh...
Ah...
-
Disagree. Audio books are quite appropriate in the 'What books etc' thread. Although the activity is different, the content is
the same mostly similar. And someone listening to the audio book can have a meaningful discusion with someone reading the wooden or digital version of it.
Fboab recommended something in the book thread she had been listening to on LEL (I think) and I thoroughly enjoyed it on the Kindle.
-
Mark Radcliffe's Folk Show on R2.
He just played a shitty song called Dance The Dark Morris, from an album called The Wintersmith, by Steeleye Span. Are they really writing songs about Pterry novels?!
-
Jo Whiley. Fabulous. Has she always been on Radio 2?! I love her.
-
Mark Radcliffe's Folk Show on R2.
He just played a shitty song called Dance The Dark Morris, from an album called The Wintersmith, by Steeleye Span. Are they really writing songs about Pterry novels?!
Not just songs ... a whole album: http://www.progrockmag.com/news/steeleye-span-terry-pratchett-collaborate-on-album/
-
You're not London based are you? http://www.timeout.com/london/music/snarky-puppy
Sorry, been away from this thread. No, we're not London-based but we are going. Mind you we'll be surrounded by Shoreditch hipsters.
Meanwhile, the Pups are dribbling out tracks from their #1 iTunes jazz chart album.
Listen to Lalah Hathaway sing chords, starting at about 6.13. Stunning vocal.
Mark my words, these guys will be walking away with a Grammy next year.
http://youtu.be/0SJIgTLe0hc
I may have mentioned I'm going to their next live album recording on Monday. In that Holland. Should be a good combination.
-
Scorn - Anamnesis (compilation) and Whine (live-ish album)
Dark ambient as done by Napalm Death's original drummer(!) - actually rather good in a dubby, extremely bass-heavy sort of way.
-
The Black Crowes. I am particularly liking this cover of the Velvet Undergrounds "Oh Sweet Nothing". It's not often Rich Robinson sings instead of Chris but his voice really suits this song. Also Luther Dickinson's guitar work is awesome on this track.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf9-BCix4io
-
The Black Crowes. I am particularly liking this cover of the Velvet Undergrounds "Oh Sweet Nothing". It's not often Rich Robinson sings instead of Chris but his voice really suits this song. Also Luther Dickinson's guitar work is awesome on this track.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf9-BCix4io
I have always been a big BC fan, but really went off them after "Amorica". I, just recently, got "Warpaint" then "Before The Frost ... Until The Freeze" and I am impressed.
-
Yes they lost it a bit in the late 90s early 2000s. There is loose (good) and then there is confused rambling mess (not good).
-
Conflict - a nice bit of anarcho-punk to get things moving.
-
Japan - Quiet Life. David Sylvian has a horrible voice but it's a good song.
-
Clearing out my office room today and now I can get to the record deck again. So Delaney Bramlett "Something's Coming" - gospel and soul infused rock with big arrangements. Vanetta Fields is the backing vocalist on this one, she was also on "Wish you were Here" and "Exile on Main Street". A nice slice of early 70s rock.
-
Japan - Quiet Life. David Sylvian has a horrible voice but it's a good song.
It is.
And the bass line is an absolute bastard. DAHIKT - but then, Mick Karn (RIP) had the sort of talent most people can only dream of.
-
John Coltrane, The Heavyweight Champion (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Heavyweight-Champion-Complete-Atlantic-Recordings/dp/B00E5R5TAA/ref=pd_zg_rss_nr_m_h__231201_4?tag=pinkfishmedia-21) a 7CD box set of all his recordings on Atlantic.
Wonderful stuff, and at a lightweight price.
-
The Smiths - Handome Devil. A bit of S&M sex and the immortal line "there's more to life than books, you know, but not much more".
-
The Smiths - Handome Devil. A bit of S&M sex and the immortal line "there's more to life than books, you know, but not much more".
All hail the daffodil-arsed miserablist ;D
-
After the short conversation, up thread, regarding The Black Crowes, I am listening to "Warpaint" by the aforementioned Southern Rock group.
-
After the short conversation, up thread, regarding The Black Crowes, I am listening to "Warpaint" by the aforementioned Southern Rock group.
There are two versions of that, studio and live. I have the live.
-
:) I have both...
But at the moment I am listening to the studio version, as that is the one I put on the iPod.
-
Scorn - Anamnesis (compilation) and Whine (live-ish album)
Dark ambient as done by Napalm Death's original drummer(!) - actually rather good in a dubby, extremely bass-heavy sort of way.
Anamnesis was yesterday's soundtrack.
Today was Severence - Hidden Ceilings (https://soundcloud.com/severence) - really nice microdub/glitch in a similar style to Pole
-
Until Colours Run, the new one from Lanterns on the Lake
-
Bach Motets - The Montiverdi Choir - John Eliot Gardiner
Just beautiful. The way the mutiple harmony lines intertwine is just hypnotic.
I'm a little pigged off though as I bought it on iTunes and have just found out I could download it direct from the Montiverdi web site as a FLAC for the same cost :(
-
Sleepmakeswaves:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZw6mUxSvJM
-
Abba - The Day Before You Came.
-
Twelve year-old Jayna Brown sing with (guess who? - Snarky Puppy!!) and a very young Gabriel on Gibson guitar. Stick yer 'X Factor' kids, if you want to really learn your craft, the only way is hard work and dedication - which the SP boys enable by putting their hands in their pockets and giving their time.
I'll do me (http://youtu.be/bTx7lNr9uBw).
-
This. Wow.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p01jzvrs/6_Music_Live_at_Maida_Vale_October_2013_Sigur_Ros_6_Music_Live_Highlights/
-
This. Wow.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p01jzvrs/6_Music_Live_at_Maida_Vale_October_2013_Sigur_Ros_6_Music_Live_Highlights/
I was listening to this too Steph. Wow indeed.
-
Currently listening to dance music on 6 Music.
I heard all of the Sigur Ros session live this morning on the radio. Fine performance, but their music doesn't quite do it for me. The highlight was one of the guys saying "shit faced" in the interview. :)
-
Lucille Bogan - Shave 'em dry (http://youtu.be/gkPCmIxv-3k). Certainly NSFW.
-
the new Government Mule album "Shout"
has grown on me slowly over the last week, sufficiently bluesy and hard to not be dinner jazz but not so harsh as to demand your undivided attention.
Very pleasant listening.
-
Best of Mountain. Felix and Leslie were the perfect pairing.
-
the new Government Mule album "Shout"
has grown on me slowly over the last week, sufficiently bluesy and hard to not be dinner jazz but not so harsh as to demand your undivided attention.
Very pleasant listening.
I quite fancy getting that as I like Warren Haynes. Which disc do you prefer the one where he sings or the one with guest singers ?
-
Los Campesinos' new album, No Blues.
-
Lucille Bogan - Shave 'em dry (http://youtu.be/gkPCmIxv-3k). Certainly NSFW.
:o
Goodness gracious!
-
Lucille Bogan - Shave 'em dry (http://youtu.be/gkPCmIxv-3k). Certainly NSFW.
:o
Goodness gracious!
The Asylum Street Spankers do a decent version of that and many other lewd ditties.
However, I've got Jagged Little Pill on at the mo. Nice and loud.
-
Just listened to "The Ghost Of Tom Joad" with the lights down, & the volume slightly higher..... ;) what an awesome album. I've owned it for years & it's still amazing.
-
Sleepmakeswaves:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZw6mUxSvJM
This, while waiting for the spag bol to cook. Preceded by Mr Scruff - Keep It Unreal (or at least the bits without the warbling on)
-
Just for a change like - Snarky Puppy feat. Chantae Cann -Free Your Dreams. (http://youtu.be/n7qMu_9v4P4)
That rhythm section is as tight as a ... tight thing with a wedgie.
-
I'm tuned in to Radio3 for some
... proto-fascistic caterwauling.
-
The new Throwing Muses album: Purgatory/Paradise. 32 tracks on one CD! http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0007525443/
I'm up to track 21 so far. The album will need a lot of getting-to-know. Don't think it's going to be one of my favourites, to be honest.
Track 23 now already.
-
Sara Baras. One of those occasions when the sound synch issues on Youtube are really really frustrating. Any way of fixing, short of downloading and playing through VLC?
-
Real Life by Joan As Policewoman. Absolutely fabulous. Something of the k.d.lang about her voice, I think, but there's a real wordsmith behind these songs.
Great stuff :)
-
An older Throwing Muses song: Ruthie's Knocking (http://youtu.be/j6BbK3Knfm4)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6BbK3Knfm4
-
Sara Baras. One of those occasions when the sound synch issues on Youtube are really really frustrating. Any way of fixing, short of downloading and playing through VLC?
I only get this with a minority of YouTube videos (including the one I posted above, sadly). I doubt there's any (other) way of fixing it. :(
Try finding alternative videos of the same artist.
-
An older Throwing Muses song: Ruthie's Knocking (http://youtu.be/j6BbK3Knfm4)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6BbK3Knfm4
:D :D :D :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
-
Steely Dan. Various tracks on Youtube.
-
Stellardrone - "Invent The Universe" album
;D
Needs a decent amp & headphones I think, rather than tinny computer speakers!
An amazing album!
http://stellardrone.bandcamp.com/album/invent-the-universe (http://stellardrone.bandcamp.com/album/invent-the-universe)
-
Not Very Much.
Stupid ears.
-
Leonard Cohen "Death of a ladies man".
Current track, "Don't go home with your hard on" :o
-
Britten's War Requiem, live from the Royal Albert Hall.
I'm sure I've heard bits of it before, but never the whole piece. While I won't be rushing out to buy a copy, I can honestly say it's a perfect match for the new Coventry cathedral, where it was first performed.
-
Miles Davis - Round about Midnight. I never realised I like jazz this much. It's such a fresh change from the rock and pop I normally listen to (despite being 56 years old).
-
Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin, Mynd. http://philliphenry.bandcamp.com/album/mynd (http://philliphenry.bandcamp.com/album/mynd)
Superb. Understated Indian-influenced guitar from him; she has a lot of June Tabor about her. This must be that New Folk thing, I suppose.
-
On a long drive yesterday I had Dr John's "Locked Down" CD on repeat. In the end it becomes completely hypnotizing. Nice guitar work on it too from Dan Auerbach (Black Keys)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko38kSd1its
-
Connan Mockasin. Like Prince on drugs and helium underwater! Heard the new stunning album last night, now listening to this track again: http://youtu.be/B-JDih6hTA0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-JDih6hTA0
-
Radio Flaixbac, by the wonder of the Internet.
It's a radio station from Barcelona, and it is weird....
-
Level 42 - It's Over; the only song where Mark King's whingy voice suits the material, and there are some great chords and dynamics. The lyrics are very very sad.
-
Earlier Branka Parlic, followed by the Cleveland Orchestra playing George Gershwin. Currently PJ Harvey "Stories from the City"
-
Lots of Nancy Kerr's fiddling. Amazing stuff.
-
Bach St Matthew passion. Playing that as background music during a stats workshop was described as 'creepy'
-
Holst's Planet suite after being reminded by yesterday's 'Friday night is space music night' thread over on Cyclechat
-
Elton John - Rocket Man
(yes, really)
-
From the sacred to the profane.... Most of the day has been spent listening to the compete works of Thomas Tallis. Now it's "Kind of Blue".....
-
Stellardrone - "Invent The Universe" album
;D
Needs a decent amp & headphones I think, rather than tinny computer speakers!
An amazing album!
http://stellardrone.bandcamp.com/album/invent-the-universe (http://stellardrone.bandcamp.com/album/invent-the-universe)
Ooooh, now that's good stuff.
I like.
A lot.
-
Nadine Shah. Heard her on R4 earlier, was impressed enough to buy the album. Good stuff.
-
Clara Hill - Walk the Distance (album), including:
http://youtu.be/VEASKNsh8to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEASKNsh8to
The rest is more chill-out.
-
The Punch Brothers - Just what I needed. (http://youtu.be/Yxgr-Ebpidw)
-
Sara Watkins - Sun, Midnight Sun (album)
One of the better ones :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJY4asP8lT4
-
Been having a play of some memories...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR3nKgju4ho
-
Today's old treasure, recently re-discovered is:
fIREHOSE : Ragin' Full On (1986) and Fromohio (1989)
-
Lully Lulla Lullay by Philip Stopford
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6o0amydcLU
http://youtu.be/C6o0amydcLU
Apparently I'm singing this at Christmas - which could be interesting without getting to practice with the choir beforehand.
-
I liked that very much, M. I also like the usual version but get irked by the way so many of the "posh" choirs sing "tin-eh" instead of "tiny".
Good luck
P.
-
The Psalter, chanted.
I find it calming and soothing, and I need that right now. Also, I'm hoping wearing headphones at my desk will discourage people from interrupting me / giving me even more work to do
-
For the same reasons as Andrij, I am listening to Smoove and Turrell - Eccentric Audio
The headphones thing is not working for me, though, my cow-orker who sits at the next desk keeps asking me about an Oracle install (yes he is the DBA, not me!)
-
I've had this sublime live version of one of my favourite Roxy Music songs on near constant repeat since I came across it a couple of days ago...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SN4aqXCE0Y
Just brilliant. If the tambourine moment doesn't fill your heart with joy, that's probably because you don't actually have a heart.
-
All day I have been playing Kate Rusby.
What a voice.
-
NIN - Further Down The Spiral, currently on one of my favourites, Hurt (Quiet)
-
Cate LeBon's latest LP, Mug Museum. Hints of a Welsh, psych-folk-flavoured Nico, with a smidge of early Stereolab throw in for good measure. I fuffin' love it!
Oh, in case you were wondering, she's not related to the plump-featured 80's glam-pop, Armani-suited, foremast-hanging, Brummie & D Duran front man, Simon of that ilk. Which is nice.
-
Sallie Ford. Who has rather, erm, clearer and more distinct lyrics on the recording than live. She's ever so slightly rude. Must remember not to play when the small people are around...
-
Last night, a crappy week was made slightly better by a hefty dose of Tim Minchin.
-
Hints of a Welsh, psych-folk-flavoured Nico, with a smidge of early Stereolab throw in for good measure.
Interesting. Sounds right up my street. I shall check her out.
-
"Snap" by The Jam. A really good greatest hits album.
Angry , bitter lyrics & great music.
-
"Baron Von Bullshit Rides Again" by Modest Mouse, the official bootleg, AKA a live album :)
-
So far today... Blue Rose Code. Dolfish. Sallie Ford. Polly and the Billets Doux. Now Laura Veirs.
Couldn't be bothered to head out to the Random Pick gig I'd been thinking about, so am listening to 5 of this year's earlier Random Picks on Spotify instead.
-
Today I am rocking out to the brilliant Halestorm.
I may have a thing for the singer, whose voice cuts right through me (in a good way) that makes my spine tingle.
Thanks for that - they are rather good. In the Roundhouse tomorrow, eh? (no, I know I won't go - I would have once upon a time)
Glad to be of service.
Today is, yet another, day of Tristania. Well worth a listen if you liked Halestorm.
-
Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs' Tears
(why is it Levi Stubbs' Tears but Bridget Jones's Diary?)
-
As those who have FB have seen, I am really really enjoying the work of Lucy Spraggan. It might sound a bit odd, but Saturday, when I played "Tea and Toast" was the first time, in the 13 years or so that I have known her, that I have seen Mrs T reduced to tears by a song.
Then again, I do have a soft spot for "1 woman, one guitar"* type of arrangements.
*Sandi Thom and Kate Nash** are in that group
**Yes, I know, KN doesn't always just use a guitar, but you know what I mean!
-
Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs' Tears
(why is it Levi Stubbs' Tears but Bridget Jones's Diary?)
Because the former is wrong, in my opinion!
-
Josh Osho, he's good!
-
Josh Osho, he's good!
Osho good?
IGMC
-
http://youtu.be/aopKk56jM-I
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8)
-
The Smiths - Pretty Girls Make Graves. What an uplifting piece :)
In his autobiography, Morrissey agrees with me that "The Smiths" was a very crappily produced album, with all the zing and attack taken out of the sound; that's mainly why they wanted "Hatful Of Hollow" released, because John Porter hadn't ruined all the tracks.
-
Listening to SFA 'cos the wife's out and I wouldn't hear the (/% postie.
-
Listening to SFA 'cos the wife's out and I wouldn't hear the (/% postie.
Super Furry Animals?
-
Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs' Tears
(why is it Levi Stubbs' Tears but Bridget Jones's Diary?)
Because the former is wrong, in my opinion!
Oxford style is to write the S if you would pronounce it with the S, so both are "correct" if you regard Oxford as the arbiter. I would normally add the S in both cases. However, it would sound ugly and ruin a beautiful song if Billy Bragg sang "Stubbses", so I'm happy for him to go against the citoyen style guide on this one. Especially as it really is a sublime song.
-
We've got the new Toy album on the office stereo today. Right up my alley. Like a mash-up of Stereolab, Spacemen 3 and New Order. In a good way.
http://youtu.be/fOePTEelxp8
-
F**k Buttons :thumbsup:
-
Enigma , "The screen behind the mirror" , it samples "Carmina Burana" a lot, so that may be on next!
-
Mrs Dan has just discovered the Hackney Colliery Band. We currently have Africa playing.
-
The Boxer Rebellion. Going to see them next February :thumbsup:
-
And Placebo's album. Loud Like Love. I love it.
Had a really good conversation with the guy in the record shop about Brian Molko.
-
Sara Cox's 80s show on R2. I did not enjoy the 12" of Sussudio (who would?) but I am very much enjoying Zoom by Fat Larry's Band.
-
Zoom - that's such a nice song.
-
PWEI vs The Moral Minority
It's 1988 all over again...
-
Orpheus in the Underworld (http://youtu.be/oPQcFkFwxC0).
-
Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs' Tears
(why is it Levi Stubbs' Tears but Bridget Jones's Diary?)
Because the former is wrong, in my opinion!
Oxford style is to write the S if you would pronounce it with the S, so both are "correct" if you regard Oxford as the arbiter. I would normally add the S in both cases. However, it would sound ugly and ruin a beautiful song if Billy Bragg sang "Stubbses", so I'm happy for him to go against the citoyen style guide on this one. Especially as it really is a sublime song.
Just seen your reply, citoyen. I haven't actually heard the song (though I did see BB do a good solo version of Tracks Of My Tears at a sound-check, once!). However, I don't think for me that singing "Stubbs's tears" would detract from any sublimity that might be involved. If I came to the recording without a knowledge of Tamla, I'd just think the bloke was called Stubb and think no more about it. Anyway, OT, how are we going to cope without Araucaria's Christmas double - or do you think he left one for us as a farewell gift?
Peter
-
Patax again.... their flamenco take on Billie Jean http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHD7_TU8PK4
-
The Moulettes - Horses for Hearses.
Takes me back to lovely weekend I spent this summer in a field near Thirsk, great company, great food, great beer and fantastic music!
-
Delving into the box of LP's it's been the Modern Jazz Quartet and is now Marillion. "Script For A Jesters Tear" all of a sudden I'm 18 again.... :o
-
Delving into the box of LP's it's been the Modern Jazz Quartet and is now Marillion. "Script For A Jesters Tear" all of a sudden I'm 18 again.... :o
I had one of those moments y'day in a taxi when they played Deacon Blue on the radio. Took me right back to 4th yr Xmas party...not somewhere I was in a hurry to get back to!
-
John Lydon picking the tunes on 6music just now.
-
Delving into the box of LP's it's been the Modern Jazz Quartet and is now Marillion. "Script For A Jesters Tear" all of a sudden I'm 18 again.... :o
When touring France last year, Misplaced Childhood was BH lasted out, regularly.
-
Dum Dum Girls - Lost Boys and Girls Club
https://soundcloud.com/subpop/dum-dum-girls-lost-boys-and
(This presses my buttons, really hard).
-
The Muppet Christmas Carol reminded me of this. :smug:
http://youtu.be/PN-8JpgmA0s
-
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions.
Mrs T bought it for I for Xmas. I like it, they are like The Killers before they went pretentious.
-
A fabulous day of Richard Briers on BBC 4Extra. I've laughed out loud, and I've cried. A brilliant and lovely man.
-
Lindisfarne and Alan Hull, a variety of recordings. Wonderful.
-
Slade!
-
A recording of last night's Hootenanny.
For once he seems to have got a good mix of music.
-
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
-
GY!BE - 'Alleluja! Don't Bend Ascend
-
The Tord Gustavsen Ensemble. Just booked a ticket to see them at RNCM in March
Video below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCTlABhj0qA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCTlABhj0qA)
-
The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads, Disc 2. Which, IMO, is one of the finest items out there.
-
Old NME cover tapes from here:
http://pressplayandrecord.wordpress.com
-
The Black Chord - Astra*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjF3fyPc-kc
*Warning: contains traces of prog.
-
Liz Green.
Bloody brilliant album. Had it on repeat all afternoon whilst wrangling Ikea with a dodgy screwdriver.
-
The Haxan Cloak - Excavation
Particularly love The Drop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65368wvMUOk
-
Friend put me on to John Grant. Lovely voice. This track is GMF. (Greatest M***** F*****) so a few naughty words … but beautifully sung nonetheless
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekFWPsXXcg0
-
A friend I've spend hours with while riding.
http://youtu.be/eHja2ePozK8
-
Today I am listening to "The Only Way is Bioethics" by Sniff my Cabbage.
(In my mind)
-
CDs I bought yesterday.
First was Electric Six - Fire
Its the one with Danger High Voltage and Gay Bar on it, excellent !
Zero 7 - Simple Things
Loving this excellent chill out music.
Still have a Robert Johnson CD to go.
-
Tom Lehrer, via a rather circuitous route ...
For some strange reason, I had Ponchielli's 'Dance of the Hours' stuck in my head which, in turn, led me to listening to Allan Sherman's "Hello Muddah Hello Fadduh" and then Mr. Lehrer's version (which he calls 'Camp Granada') ... it was downhill from there.
I'd forgotten how much Tom Lehrer makes me smile which, at the moment, isn't necessarily a bad thing - wish he'd do an updated version of "The Elements Song"1 though.
1 - for the two people who don't know about this, it's the Periodic Table (as it was in the Fifties) sung to the tune of "I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYW50F42ss8
-
Woman's Hour, & an interesting segment on body hair.
I've never understood why removal of all body hair is considered attractive. From eyebrows shaved to almost nothing (look at Imogen Stubbs if you want proof of why this is silly) downwards, it seems to me a lot of work for no purpose.
-
The same reasons people style the hair on their head, because we can.
-
Unacceptable answer, because it denies reality. How many women remove body hair only or mainly 'because they can'? They can shave their heads, but how many do?
-
Why do men shave their beards ?
-
Do they? Some do, certainly, but far from all. It varies with fashion & personal taste.
What baffles me is the attitude I often read, & occasionally hear, expressed, that body hair (particularly on women) is disgusting, insanitary, etc.. That's not in the same class as choices of hairstyle.
-
What baffles me is the attitude I often read, & occasionally hear, expressed, that body hair (particularly on women) is disgusting, insanitary, etc.. That's not in the same class as choices of hairstyle.
True. It should be a personal choice thing but some of it is obviously driven by fashion. Nothing wrong with fashion so long as you have a choice whether to follow it or not.
-
Mogwai's newest- rave tapes. Actually it was delivered on Friday but I didn't get listening time at the weekend. I am also a bit sad as I am having to listen to the cd rather than the vinyl as my thorens td150 mk2 is a little poorly at present!
-
Made in Japan - Deep Purple
Not that unusual but I had it on quite loud during dinner (Mrs n was not likely to object - she loves it too) and during Space Trucking the tears started rolling down my face. I know I can get quite emotional about music, but Space Trucking for heaven's sake?
-
Nico (Christa Päffgen) of Velvet Underground fame. The Classic Years.. What a voice. Very pretty. A sad end.
-
From the sea to the land beyond - British Sea Power
-
Rush - Vapo(u)r Trails
The remixed/remastered version.
I always maintained that there was an awesome album struggling to fight its way out from the godawful production of the original.
I was right.
Also, Pearl Jam - Ten.
There are some top songs on there (Even Flow, Jeremy etc.) but fuck me the lyrics are depressing.
-
Presto (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk) were offering large reductions on box sets last week, so I ordered Clifford Curzon: The Complete Decca Recordings (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Decca/4784389) , 23CD's of masterful piano playing. It arrived this morning and I'm currently up to disc 4.
-
Also, Pearl Jam - Ten.
There are some top songs on there (Even Flow, Jeremy etc.) but fuck me the lyrics are depressing.
What do you expect? Pearl Jam are the Beautiful South of Rock (without the happy sounding tunes).
Doesn't stop me liking them though.
Do yourself a BIG favour and listen to "Live on Two Legs", especially "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town".
-
Also, Pearl Jam - Ten.
There are some top songs on there (Even Flow, Jeremy etc.) but fuck me the lyrics are depressing.
What do you expect? Pearl Jam are the Beautiful South of Rock (without the happy sounding tunes).
Well, quite.
It's perhaps unfortunate that that particular album is inextricably linked with a particularly difficult time in my life, and even 20+ years on some of it is incredibly hard for me to listen to. Even now, I still can't listen to "Black" all the way through.
That said, lyrical content aside, "Even Flow" is an awesome song.
-
Exile - again
Not a happy record but probably the greatest example of a rambling piece of rock melancholy and world weariness ever recorded:
Who's that woman on your arm ?
all dressed up to do you harm
And I'm hip to what she'll do,
give her just about a month or two.
Bit off more than I can chew
and I knew what it was leading to,
Some things, well, I can't refuse,
One of them, one of them the bedroom blues.
She delivers right on time,
I can't resist a corny line,
But take the shine right off you shoes,
Carryin', carryin' the bedroom blues.
In the bar you're getting drunk,
I ain't in love, I ain't in luck.
Hide the switch and shut the light,
let it all come down tonight.
Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger,
Some face you'll never see no more.
Let it all come down tonight.
Keep those tears hid out of sight,
let it loose, let it all come down.
http://youtu.be/j2k_KfvxBW8 (http://youtu.be/j2k_KfvxBW8)
-
After reading what IZ is listening to, I have just put on "Rearview Mirror, the best of" by Pearl Jam.
It kicks off with "Even Flow"
I may have to skip over "Black", like IZ I have issues with listening to it all the way through, that and "Daughter"
-
I'm interrupting my listening to the St Matthew Passion to browse around this http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/waterways/ - environmental recordings around the lost and not so lost waterways of London.
-
Nico (Christa Päffgen) of Velvet Underground fame. The Classic Years.. What a voice. Very pretty. A sad end.
Somewhere, I have a cassette of June 1 1974, & Mrs B still has something that plays cassettes. I'll have to dig it out.
-
(slight threadcromancy ... )
Drunk Girls by LCD Soundsystem
Makes me smile every time it's on the radio (which is nearly hourly on 6!)
At first it sounds like a dumb teenagers song, but then some of the lyrics are wonderfully sweet.
Drunk girls know that love is an astronaut
It comes back, but it's never the same
One day I shall create a blog dedicated to groovy, dumb-yet-clever nonsense songs.
It may start with "Drunk Girls", and will certainly include
http://theburninghell.bandcamp.com/track/amateur-rappers
" tags: folk doom gospel folk rock hawaiian neo-swing indie folk Canada " - I think that says it all ...
-
Ravel.
I wanted something classical and different while I was working on a proposal document in the office. I'd never knowingly bought anything by the French composer Maurice Ravel but it turned out that I had 41 "songs" composed by him from various compilations of artists that I followed.
Very good it was too. Makes me wonder if I should invest in some more of his music, or whether by getting what favourite artists picked from his canon maybe I have heard the best.
-
Carly Simon.
Let The River Run reminded me of this place, because of all the chord changes. Not one is gratuitous though. Fabulous, fabulous recording.
I love Carly.
-
Making the most of being home alone
Mogwai - Rave Tapes on the good system.
Belting stuff.
-
New band to me, but London Grammar - impressed :)
http://youtu.be/6drfp_3823I
-
Just downloaded the soundtrack from "Chasing Legends". The guy who takes our club turbo sessions used it a couple of times. It's superb.
But the Chemical Brothers' "The Sunshine Underground" is still the best turbo workout in a single track:
:D
-
New Bombay Bicycle Club album. rather good.
-
New band to me, but London Grammar - impressed :)
http://youtu.be/6drfp_3823I
I quite liked this. Good thing I have an amazon ban on at the moment as was tempted to make a purchase. But then remembered future budget commitments and was no longer tempted.
-
Weekday afternoon, so it's Rad(mac), with a lack of Stuart in between Mark's random burbling.
And I think they've just usurped Radio 2's crown as home of middle-aged, middle-class listening by having an extended discussion of powerwashing drives and fences ::-)
-
This weekend I will be throwing myself at Touched (http://touched.bandcamp.com/album/touched) - 123 tracks of electronic music (over 11 hours!). All for the princely sum of £6 - all of which goes to Macmillan Cancer Support.
Features such luminaries as 808 State, Future Sound of London, Arovane, Plone & Christ.
Bargain.
-
Andy Twyman (http://andytwyman.com/).
One man band blues from just down the road. Seen him a couple of times and noticed he's got a new album out, so did the Paypal thing on his website on Thursday, CD on the doormat on Saturday, with a note from the man himself thanking me.
-
The Low Anthem. I got a sudden fancy for hearing "Keep On The Sunny Side".
-
Rediscovered a passable-quality remaster of The Grey Album (http://www.weallwantsomeone.org/2012/11/29/download-a-remastered-version-of-the-grey-album/)*, which I hadn't heard in years.
Seems like not too long ago that The Grey album came out and caught the internet by storm. For those of you who need a refresher, The Grey Album is a mashup of The Beatles White Album with Jay-Z’s Black Album. It was done by a young Danger Mouse, pretty much launching his career. It was a great concept, and one that launched hundreds of album mashup imitators that never quite matched.
(* Warning for folksy yacf'ers with sensitive dispositions - contains strong rap music and sampling of The Beatles which some listeners may find heretical.)
-
The Low Anthem. I got a sudden fancy for hearing "Keep On The Sunny Side".
Can't beat the Carter Family's version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbmQQ4RfzVE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
And now I've established my folky credentials - I love the Grey Album :D
-
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Wigga in da house, y'all! ;)
But seriously, it's pretty damned good - "She Watch Channel Zero" is particularly awesome on account of sampling Slayer (the half-time riff from "Angel Of Death", to be precise)
-
I am very much enjoying the 70s funk stylings of the new Paloma Faith single "Can't Rely On You". Good use of cowbells too :)
-
IZ, that's a good one, but I prefer:
Fear of a Black Planet and
He Got Game.
the second one is a bit of an "outfield" one, as it wasn't really a solely PE release, but is the soundtrack to a Spike Lee movie of the same name. Has some fantastic blast out loud PE tracks, though.
As for what I am listening to, today, it's Chris Cornell - Songbook.
-
I am very much enjoying the 70s funk stylings of the new Paloma Faith single "Can't Rely On You". Good use of cowbells too :)
As good as "Concrete and Clay"?
-
I am very much enjoying the 70s funk stylings of the new Paloma Faith single "Can't Rely On You". Good use of cowbells too :)
As good as "Concrete and Clay"?
Well no but it does have a completely mad video to compensate.
http://youtu.be/imi9Smkt_cI
cowbells at 3:00 minutes in.
-
Fear of a Black Planet
... is up next.
-
And back to funk:
Erykah Badu - Annie Dont Wear No Panties
http://youtu.be/9d9eydCfTdw
This has flute instead of cowbells.
-
And back to funk:
Erykah Badu - Annie Dont Wear No Panties
http://youtu.be/9d9eydCfTdw
This has flute instead of cowbells.
Oooo, Baduism is one of my all time fave albums, going to dig it out of the digital cruft on my home PC so I can listen to it again...
-
Block Out the Sirens of this Lonely World by Chip Taylor.
It's not exactly a toe-tapper, as the title suggests, but he has a great lived-in voice and whispery delivery like a gnarly American Jarvis Cocker (though that should really be the other way around), and it's growing on me.
-
MC 900ft Jesus - Welcome To My Dream
Contains one of my favourite rap/hip-hop style tracks, "The City Sleeps", which is all about a serial arsonist ...
-
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Anthology
Very loud ! Good straight forward rock. I particularly like the early stuff.
-
I meant to dip into Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers after watching that Sound City film. Must remember to do that.
-
Start with:
Refugee (http://youtu.be/fFnOfpIJL0M)
American girl (http://youtu.be/12_RbUfdpW0)
Don't do me like that (http://youtu.be/yJuuqh57qC4)
Here comes my girl (http://youtu.be/GOOiZAHFvfc)
-
Glam rock.
Well, specifically, Gary Glitter atm :-[
But he produced some cracking songs!
-
Latest album from one of my favorite Columbian bands....Systema Solar - La Revancha del Burro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeHwgbCT0do
-
This evening's soundtrack is courtesy of a nice and varied little delivery from Mister Amazon at work today:
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Bellowhead - Broadside
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
:thumbsup:
-
Pull Up The Roots - live Talking Heads track that didn't make the cut for Stop Making Sense:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbnQJmtFKHg
-
Gary Byrd and the GB Experience - The Crown, finally found the full 12" version at over 10 minutes. The guy virtually invented rap.
-
The Rezillos
-
ZAZ - Recto Verso
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDRaWmgTG6Y (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDRaWmgTG6Y)
-
Well, I was listening to the Rutles, but a Tune Association link has prompted me to seek out some classic Abba! Discotastic!
-
An Accidental Memory in the Case of Death - Eluvium.
-
"How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" by Al Green.
<waves lighter in the air>
:'( :'( :'(
-
I've been pilfering in my dad's CD collection.
Currently enjoying Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads :thumbsup:
-
I've been pilfering in my dad's CD collection.
Currently enjoying Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads :thumbsup:
Great album that ;D
-
I've been pilfering in my dad's CD collection.
Currently enjoying Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads :thumbsup:
Great album that ;D
I've been pinching a bit of everything - some Talking Heads, some Dire Straits, an Otis Reading album, some Bowie, some REM and a couple of others :D
-
Alice Cooper - Schools Out. The first album I ever bought.
Remember singing along to this (http://youtu.be/_iPHmjHnbuE) at the age of 11. No wonder I got funny looks from my mum ::-)
-
A song about Spring :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cydWN_-0Qb0
-
Juliana - Walkin'
http://youtu.be/SNe6GyQ2vlQ
-
Birds outside my office window. We have sparrows & pigeons nesting up in the eaves and wrens in the ivy on the far side of the house. Redstarts too, somewhere - we're always seeing them round the place.
But now I'm going downstairs to listen to bangers & chips doing what they do best.
-
Senking - Enduro Bones
A really good match of downhill MTB footage to Senking's music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPhu2JEHTYo&feature=youtu.be
-
Bastille - Bad Blood
http://youtu.be/F90Cw4l-8NY
-
Probably not the first time in this thread, but:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnJFhuOWgXg
-
I've been pilfering in my dad's CD collection.
Currently enjoying Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads :thumbsup:
Your dad's? :facepalm:
-
Talking Heads - 1-2-3 Red Light - Live 1976 Max's Kansas
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5qRT8NDXQw)
-
I've been pilfering in my dad's CD collection.
Currently enjoying Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads :thumbsup:
Your dad's? :facepalm:
Not any more! :demon:
(At the ripe old age of 29 I do seem to be somewhat of a young'un by yacf/auk standards.)
-
Crowded House.
A band Crusty introduced me to oh so many years ago. I have thought of them as a corny pop band for all this time, but for some reason they have songs that are hitting the spot right now, Four Seasons In One Day most particularly.
-
A rather scratchy copy of Handel's "Messiah". (Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers). Lovely stuff.
-
Crowded House.
A band Crusty introduced me to oh so many years ago. I have thought of them as a corny pop band for all this time, but for some reason they have songs that are hitting the spot right now, Four Seasons In One Day most particularly.
I don't normally knock people's musical tastes, but, REALLY?
You'll be listening to The Lighthouse Family next, at which point you will most definitely be off the Xmas card list!
MY choice today is Imagine Dragons, Emili Sande and Tom Odell.
-
Orbital - with particular emphasis on the Brown Album (aka Orbital 2) and Diversions
The latter is a remix album which isn't quite as crap as most of their later stuff.
The Brown Album is still a techno masterpiece IMO.
-
Remain in Light, Talking Heads… on slightly crackly vinyl. Still can't work out if anyone is actually playing the tune on Once in a Lifetime.
Cueing up The Curse of the Higsons (also on vinyl) next….
-
In view of the fact that:
a. Fboab's not here this evening (She'd dump me if she were, and I put this on)
b. I may be venturing into Geordie land on this year's York Arrow
I'm listening to Dire Straits.
-
In view of the fact that:
a. Fboab's not here this evening (She'd dump me if she were, and I put this on)
b. I may be venturing into Geordie land on this year's York Arrow
I'm listening to Dire Straits.
I'm hoping for more of an Alex Glasgow (http://www.mawson-wareham.com/artists.php?artid=30&sename=Alex+Glasgow) vibe. Sadly, he doesn't seem to have written a song called Ferry Across the Tyne - I thought if anyone had...
We'll also pass through Futureheads territory, of course.
-
Crowded House.
A band Crusty introduced me to oh so many years ago. I have thought of them as a corny pop band for all this time, but for some reason they have songs that are hitting the spot right now, Four Seasons In One Day most particularly.
I don't normally knock people's musical tastes, but, REALLY?
You'll be listening to The Lighthouse Family next, at which point you will most definitely be off the Xmas card list!
MY choice today is Imagine Dragons, Emili Sande and Tom Odell.
I quite like The Lighthouse Family.
-
Four Seasons in One Day reminds me of dance classes in PE at school. :hand:
-
Four Seasons in One Day reminds me of dance classes in PE at school. :hand:
I never was one of the cool kids ::-)
-
Really like this sort of thing ATM
For those at work or without flash, it's And The Rainfall's 'Blank Pages'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkOdbNppaOU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkOdbNppaOU)
-
Crowded House.
A band Crusty introduced me to oh so many years ago. I have thought of them as a corny pop band for all this time, but for some reason they have songs that are hitting the spot right now, Four Seasons In One Day most particularly.
I don't normally knock people's musical tastes, but, REALLY?
You'll be listening to The Lighthouse Family next, at which point you will most definitely be off the Xmas card list!
MY choice today is Imagine Dragons, Emili Sande and Tom Odell.
I quite like The Lighthouse Family.
OH. DEAR. :) :D
It's ok, I'll still be your friend :)
-
In view of the fact that:
a. Fboab's not here this evening (She'd dump me if she were, and I put this on)
b. I may be venturing into Geordie land on this year's York Arrow
I'm listening to Dire Straits.
I'm hoping for more of an Alex Glasgow (http://www.mawson-wareham.com/artists.php?artid=30&sename=Alex+Glasgow) vibe. Sadly, he doesn't seem to have written a song called Ferry Across the Tyne - I thought if anyone had...
We'll also pass through Futureheads territory, of course.
Alex wrote a song called "All In A Day" about shipbuilding on the Tyne, so that would do. It's a great song.
-
In view of the fact that:
a. Fboab's not here this evening (She'd dump me if she were, and I put this on)
b. I may be venturing into Geordie land on this year's York Arrow
I'm listening to Dire Straits.
I'm hoping for more of an Alex Glasgow (http://www.mawson-wareham.com/artists.php?artid=30&sename=Alex+Glasgow) vibe. Sadly, he doesn't seem to have written a song called Ferry Across the Tyne - I thought if anyone had...
We'll also pass through Futureheads territory, of course.
He sang this (http://www.8notes.com/scores/6831.asp).
I'm picturing you all singing mournfully, realising you've missed the last ferry.
That's now I've cleared the horrible audio of chez-Chris-last-night out of my ears.
-
this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebtC3ORg9fU
ETA & now this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLhculGmGn0
-
Crowded House.
A band Crusty introduced me to oh so many years ago. I have thought of them as a corny pop band for all this time, but for some reason they have songs that are hitting the spot right now, Four Seasons In One Day most particularly.
I don't normally knock people's musical tastes, but, REALLY?
You'll be listening to The Lighthouse Family next, at which point you will most definitely be off the Xmas card list!
MY choice today is Imagine Dragons, Emili Sande and Tom Odell.
I quite like The Lighthouse Family.
OH. DEAR. :) :D
It's ok, I'll still be your friend :)
I'll pass on TLF, but Crowded House are woefully underrated. I will admit, however, that I don't think that Woodface is one of their better albums....
Temple of Low Men and Together Alone are much better, IMO :)
And, I'm going to see the rather wonderful Neil Finn in May. In Brussels :P
-
At the risk of ridicule, today has been a mix of:
Imagine Dragons
Tom Odell
Emili Sandé and
Lorde.
-
A bit of K's Choice
-
Altered Images! Including Kochanski!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfqPJp7Q7qE
-
And, I'm going to see the rather wonderful Neil Finn in May. In Brussels :P
Me too, but in London. His gig with Tim a few years ago was one of the best I've been to.
Not sure about the new album, though. I got it at the weekend and have only listened a couple of times, but it has a slightly unfinished feel to it, a bit like the last few peter gabriel albums. I'll keep at it….
-
I love Amazon Auto-rip. I get proper CDs in the post AND MP3s to listen to in the meantime.
Today's impulse purchases, and therefore office headphone entertainment, were Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti and The Dave Brubeck Quartet's Time Out.
-
American IV - The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash
Just beautiful, I don't know what else to say about this really. All covers bar a couple of re recordings of his own songs. If this doesn't make you cry you have no soul.
-
Some very soothing ambient electronica: Reflector (http://entropyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/coppice-halifax-reflector-2)by Coppice Halifax
-
The Glamoury by Emily Portman. If Angela Carter could have sung and written songs, this is probably what she would have produced
-
Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
-
Tom Odell - Long Way Down, and singing at the top of my voice whilst sat in traffic on the A14 (oh! the glamour!), especially to "Grow Old With Me"
-
Aneka - Japanese Boy. Marvellous 80s one-hit wonder.
-
Crowded House.
A band Crusty introduced me to oh so many years ago. I have thought of them as a corny pop band for all this time, but for some reason they have songs that are hitting the spot right now, Four Seasons In One Day most particularly.
I don't normally knock people's musical tastes, but, REALLY?
You'll be listening to The Lighthouse Family next, at which point you will most definitely be off the Xmas card list!
MY choice today is Imagine Dragons, Emili Sande and Tom Odell.
I quite like The Lighthouse Family.
OH. DEAR. :) :D
It's ok, I'll still be your friend :)
I'll pass on TLF, but Crowded House are woefully underrated. I will admit, however, that I don't think that Woodface is one of their better albums....
Temple of Low Men and Together Alone are much better, IMO :)
And, I'm going to see the rather wonderful Neil Finn in May. In Brussels :P
Together Alone, quite loud, onna a decent hi-fi - 'nuff said.
-
Random stuff on i-Tunes at the moment, but this morning 'Lifetime Piling Up' by Talking Heads was on the radio when I was getting ready for work, and it was the best fucking earworm ever, all day.
Cry, cry, cry, it's just you and I
Like an automobile with no one at the wheel
Spinning out of control
We're all over the road
In our sexy machine
All the passengers scream
Scream, scream!
I can see my lifetime piling up, I can see it smashing into yours,
Damn it's good. Specially at 0630 on a Friday :)
-
The very wonderful Abdullah Ibrahim (formerly Dollar Brand) has a new album out called Mukashi (http://gerryco23.wordpress.com/2014/03/07/once-upon-a-time-abdullah-ibrahims-new-album-mukashi/)
There are no videos or clips yet, so here's an extended performance from Poland in 1984
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENmYxyccwm0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENmYxyccwm0)
-
Sensational Alex Harvey Band.
It's not my fault, honest. Blame ESL.
-
I'm having a '60's dose of nostalgia
The Chiffons
The Crystals
The Toys
The Shangi-Las
The Ronettes
The Shirelles
There is a theme there.Can you see it?
-
& by way of a contrast this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0q8Oho_RjM
& the rest of the album
-
Tim O'Brien's Dylan covers album, Red On Blonde.
It's absolutely fabulous. He gives good mandolin.
-
Random stuff on i-Tunes at the moment, but this morning 'Lifetime Piling Up' by Talking Heads was on the radio when I was getting ready for work, and it was the best fucking earworm ever, all day.
Cry, cry, cry, it's just you and I
Like an automobile with no one at the wheel
Spinning out of control
We're all over the road
In our sexy machine
All the passengers scream
Scream, scream!
I can see my lifetime piling up, I can see it smashing into yours,
Damn it's good. Specially at 0630 on a Friday :)
:thumbsup:
-
There are no videos or clips yet, so here's an extended performance from Poland in 1984
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENmYxyccwm0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENmYxyccwm0)
I think that's the tour when I saw him & Carlos Ward at the Arts Centre in Aberdeen. Great stuff.
-
Belle and Sebastian- The Boy with the Arab Strap.
-
Mixture of Euro pop covers and remixes in a Greek hotel bar. Just had a cover of Seven Nation Army preceded by a remix of Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight" (which is probably where his solo career peaked
-
The Black Crowes
The Milk
Smoove and Turrell
then
back to The Black Crowes....
-
Dan Auerbach - Keep it hid
Pounding rhythmic rock and blues from the Black Keys frontman.
-
Front man? I thought there were only two of these excellent chaps anyway?!
-
Front man? I thought there were only two of these excellent chaps anyway?!
True but he stands in the front singing and playing guitar the other chap sits behind the drums :)
-
I am totally gorging myself on Beethoven. I have recently bought a new "smart" phone and have put all 9 symphonies on it, along (so far) with Bach's 'cello suites and some Beethoven string quartets. I have to say that the quality of the sound is incredible.
I'm currently in the first movement of the Pastoral. This is the first piece of classical music I became familiar with, over 50 years ago, and it's as wonderful now as it was then. It's quite odd to think that, for 25% of this masterpiece's existence, I have been listening to it.
The world was not compete until Beethoven improved it.
-
Well, I think that's a first for me - all 9 symphonies in one day. I don't think I would have attempted it if I didn't feel totally shit though.
-
I've had the a Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic set to work my way through when I get round to it. Only listened to the 5th so far.
-
'Lost in the dream' album by 'the war on drugs'
Americana - sometimes a bit springsteenish - without the annoying sax solos.
Truly superb. the first album in years I've played over and over
-
Ben Harper - Diamonds on the Inside.
The fella can really play guitar !
-
Well, I think that's a first for me - all 9 symphonies in one day. I don't think I would have attempted it if I didn't feel totally shit though.
Didn't Crowded House write a song about that? Oh, sorry, I think it was actually about Vivaldi. ;D
This morning's non-musical listening has been Fit The Second of Hitchhiker's on iPlayer, followed by The Eagles' Hotel California.
-
This morning's non-musical listening has been Fit The Second of Hitchhiker's on iPlayer, followed by The Eagles' Hotel California.
Bit harsh on the Eagles, don't you think? But fair.
-
Was the Journey Of The Sorceror broken by an overnight stop at the Hotel?
-
This morning's non-musical listening has been Fit The Second of Hitchhiker's on iPlayer, followed by The Eagles' Hotel California.
Bit harsh on the Eagles, don't you think? But fair.
You are a cad, sir! Hotel California contains so much that is excellent: acid trip words, great guitar riffs and solos and one of the best bass lines in pop music, which is also very easy, if you know your 5 chords! I shall make a point of whistling it all the way from Ingleton!
-
Vivian Stanshall - English as tuppence. On R4Extra now, and for the next 3 hrs. And I'm already pmsl. It's gonna be a good evening.
-
Vivian Stanshall - English as tuppence. On R4Extra now, and for the next 3 hrs. And I'm already pmsl. It's gonna be a good evening.
<fx: belts downstairs to put the radio on>
-
*sings* "I'll dismember you-ooo..."
-
Confession: I much prefer Neil Innes. But, when he's not being silly in a pathetically forced way (see Vic Reeves), Viv could be very funny.
-
Innes is presenting, with,at the moment, Ade Edmonson. Loads of Bonzo stuff so far.
-
A compilation album of Lindisfarne. Wonderful jug band sounds, excellent and insightful lyrics; passion and hope.
-
The sound of Northern 2 carriage trains passing by the window. My new office is right next door to Prudhoe station and those trains make a strange "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" sound as the come into, and leave, the station....
-
Tanya Donelly - Whiskey Tango Ghosts
Might have to lookup some of her work in Throwing Muses and Belly as this is really good.
-
The new Wilko/Daltrey/Sweaty Norman album, on Chess!
Absolutely raw; apparently done in quick-as sessions over a very short period. Rock and roll the way it should be, and hopefully not the last thing Mr Wilkinson can manage to give us.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Going-Wilko-Johnson-Roger-Daltrey/dp/B00HZX0IM0/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1395746377&sr=1-1&keywords=wilko+johnson+roger+daltrey+going+back+home
-
Smoove and Turrell trailing their new album on 6Music:
https://soundcloud.com/smoove-and-turrell/bbc-radio-6-music-in-session
-
A compilation album of Lindisfarne. Wonderful jug band sounds, excellent and insightful lyrics; passion and hope.
Has it got Winter Song on it? A wonderful song from a wonderful, compassionate man.
-
Oh indeed. I did the song at the folk club this winter. Lovely, lovely song. I can in now ay do justice to the music, so I read the words as a poem.
"Do you spare a thought for Jesus, who had nothing but his thoughts?
Who got busted just for talking and befriending the wrong sorts...
When Winter comes howling in"
-
Now its:
Little Feat - The Last Record Album
The funkiest slinkiest rock band ever.
-
They should have done a Christmas album; could have called it "The First Lowell".
-
They should have done a Christmas album; could have called it "The First Lowell".
Aaargh !
-
Happy to help!
-
Carlos Santana. Mostly old stuff such as Live at the Fillmore.
-
Some old Genesis - 'cause The Times lists Tony Banks as being 64 today and I'm finding that thought a bit unsettling.
-
The Who
ETA & now Queen to be followed by U2
-
Bit different, being an acapella choral folk piece, but I'm liking this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX6dJgmof0E
No more fish, no fishermen sung by Finest Kind
-
I seem to basically have this on repeat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNpKjmNaJpQ
-
Elbow on the red button.
-
Diana Ross & The Supremes
-
The Classic, by Joan As Policewoman.
Oh, my.
-
The Fall - The War Against Intelligence.
Cracking compilation.
-
Doc Hollywood was on the other day, this was on the soundtrack, tenor sax FTW:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGB-5ZmjSz8
-
DJ Shadow - Entroducing
It appears to be very good at stimulating the document writing process.
-
French Psyche-Punk.
La Femme - Psycho Tropical Berlin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y_nP8GGGdY
-
I-pod on random play. Am perturbed at the number of times I have to get up and look to see what the hell I'm listening to.
-
The Black Keys new one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZZUY32iCzU
-
Sleep Makes Waves, And Then We Destroyed Everything
-
The rather wonderful Somnambulist's Tale (http://gnod.bandcamp.com/album/the-somnambulists-tale) by Gnod.
A mellow ambient tribal drone psychedelic offering that can be had for a 'name your price' rate (i.e. free if you're a bit tight/skint...) 8)
-
Dinosaur Jnr.
Just to annoy Mrs T and TLD :) :D
-
Joni Mitchell, moved onto Court and Spark from Hejira
-
A Winged Victory for the Sullen, because someone returned the CD to me.
It's just so lovely and amazing and beautiful.
-
Last.fm
I love the (I forget the term) way that you start with one band, and you wynd your way through numerous other, different, bands and can end up somewhere completely different. Finding new (to you)bands on the way is a major bonus!
Today's stream started with Ojos De Brujo - Ventilaor R-80
-
Townes van Zandt's first album, inspired, like a lot of recent listening by True Detective
-
As mentioned above, I love the way you end up hearing stuff you might not come across otherwise, by using Last.fm.
This just played, I love it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dv4bBSQ_7A
-
Spacegoat! http://spacegoatmx.bandcamp.com/
-
Townes van Zandt's first album, inspired, like a lot of recent listening by True Detective
Saw him live at a pub in York years ago. A genius song writer.
-
Jake Thackray
Live at the Lobster Pot.
-
Waking myself up with strong coffee and a bit of Led Zeppelin - first Physical Graffiti, then Led Zep IV.
-
Radio 2: Sounds of the Sixties with Brian Mathews
-
It's the Classic FM annual hall of fame and they've got to the top four; no.4 is Beethoven's "Emperor" piano concerto, which is deservedly there (if only for the few bars in the last movement when it unexpectedly goes all baroque). The tedious Mozart clarinet concerto has already been and gone, thank goodness. Suspect no.1 will be Rachmaninov's no.2 piano concerto (the Brief Encounter/All By Myself one) or one of Vaughan Williams' pastoral efforts. I don't think they've had Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis (the Master and Commander one) or The Lark Ascending yet.
-
I thought The Lark Ascending got in every time?
-
Nah, Mozart's clarinet concerto has won, as has Rachmaninov's no.2. The Fantasia is much better than the Lark anyway IMO.
-
Radio 2.
Dolly Parton
-
Ah...that bloody lark again >:( Last no.1 in 2010.
The only winners since inception have been The Lark Ascending, Rachmaninov's no.2 piano, Bruch's no.1 violin (can be excellent dependiing on the soloist, as it contains a bit of improvisation) and the only Mozart piece I don't like, the clarinet concerto.
-
Various versions of Ghost riders in the Sky...
Burl Ives
Johnny Cash
The Shadows
Duanne Eddy
The Ramrods
Frankie Laine
-
Carly Simon.
I still love her :)
-
Drive-By Truckers
I need to buy the rest of their albums ...
-
I am baking, so I am listening to George Michael's Ladies and Gentlemen, (For the Feet). Sometimes when I bake I listen to ABBA or Stevie Wonder, but it's usually George.
-
Whilst building TLDs bike I was listening to The Go Team then swapped to the best Unplugged album ever made, that being the one by Nirvana.
-
A colleague has put me on to Karl Jenkins 'The Armed Man', a piece I had never heard before. Currently listening to a poor youtube recording but even that is stunning.
-
A colleague has put me on to Karl Jenkins 'The Armed Man', a piece I had never heard before. Currently listening to a poor youtube recording but even that is stunning.
Before I YouTube that DM, can you put a genre on that piece for me?
Ta x
-
Choral mass with orchestra + extras.
-
Hocus Pocus – (Best of) Focus. The intricate guitar, the Hammond organ, the yodelling. What, as they say, is not to like? Well, the yodelling obviously.
-
Rodrigo y Gabrielas new LP more of the same but maybe a touch less frenetic in places . I like.
-
Tool - aenima.
I love the way mp3 players allow you to listen to subversive music whilst sat in an open plan office!
-
The Who - The Ultimate Collection
I hope I die before I get old ! oh hang on it's too late for me and even later for Pete and Rodger.
-
Today I am having all my boxes ticked by Tuff Love.
http://youtu.be/suK8dfql8U0
-
I've just been dabbing tears of joy and pride from my eyes while watching/listening to the opening seven minutes of last Saturday's performance of Rachmaninov's Vespers, feat. Mrs R on the alto line: http://youtu.be/kZB4P7l90Wg (http://youtu.be/kZB4P7l90Wg)
-
Radio 2: Sounds of the Sixties with Brian Mathews
& again
Fortunate Son : Creedance Clear Water revival :thumbsup:
-
Some old-school Beastie Boys this morning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhqyZeUlE8U
-
Etta James
-
The Everley Brothers
-
I picked up a big stack of CDs (ten, I think) from That's Entertainment over the weekend, and surprisingly I think deadmau5's 4x4=12 might actually be my favourite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEQMkzjcLEA
-
Pinkunoizu - "The Drop".
Danish Psychedelic Rock, eclectic with a big dollop of motorik for good measure.
Caught a track of theirs, being played on 6 Music recently, so had to go and investigate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91X7kJ8dsYs
-
Listening back to Simon Joyner, interspersed with the International Karate Plus!!!
-
The 5 6 7 8's and shonen knife.
For when only trash is good enough
-
Stevie Wonder's Definitive Collection. 38 tracks, only two are dross, and one of those is Paul McCartney's fault.
-
The first and third episode of this season's ...Later.
Ep 1 was utter crap.
Ep. 3 rocked.
-
Just has an Amazon splurge so I'm listening via Cloud Player and the CDs are in the post.
First up is:
Blessed - Lucinda Williams
Such a beautiful and emotive voice.
Then it will be:
Turn Blue - The Black Keys
-
Ooh "Weight of Love" the first track on the new Black Keys album is epic. 7 minutes of tortured lead guitar great funky bass and ambient synth. My new favourite Black Keys track.
http://youtu.be/ycvKhsuG7qE
-
Postmodern Jukebox (https://www.youtube.com/user/ScottBradleeLovesYa/videos)
-
After a prompt from Mrs Pingu here's a list of recent purchases that have been forming my listening over the last few weeks:
Lots of ambient/electronica by Coppice Halifax (http://coppicehalifax.bandcamp.com/) - particularly Reflector (http://entropyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/coppice-halifax-reflector-2) & Soft Shelter (http://coppicehalifax.bandcamp.com/album/soft-shelter)
Mogwai - Rave Tapes
Lots of Muslimgauze digital releases, including Tandoor Dog & Madrass Sitar Burner
Some Ukrainian electronica courtesy of Zavoloka & retro electro pop from Blancmange (albeit a recent re-recording of the Happy Families album).
Looking forward to new Plaid, Eat Lights Become Lights, Wrangler and Fujiya & Miyagi over the next week too.
And finally, another plug for the Macmillan Cancer Research fund raiser Touched (http://touched.bandcamp.com/album/touched) - 123 tracks for £6 and I'll also be downloading this new album by Noboru Watanabe (http://touched.bandcamp.com/) - also raising money for Macmillan.
cheers
Lee
-
Motorpsycho's latest - Behind the Sun. It's jolly good.
-
Lemon Bucket Orkestra.
-
The Very Best of The Everly Brothers
They don't make 'em like that any more:absolute class.
-
Huw Llloyd Langton rarities. Sad loss.
-
The Kelzmatics.
-
'Lost in the dream' album by 'the war on drugs'
Americana - sometimes a bit springsteenish - without the annoying sax solos.
Truly superb. the first album in years I've played over and over
Rather good, isn't it? Lots going on; not just "Americana", but also krautrock rhythms and non-linearity and some fine musicianship.
Random review: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19094-the-war-on-drugs-lost-in-the-dream/
And an interview: http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/interviews/the-war-on-drugs-142586/2
-
"Simon Evans goes to Market", in the Radio 4 6.30pm comedy slot. Intelligent comedy that R4 does so well, on occasion, and this is definitely one of those. Last in the series, this one was on the economics of oil (I know, I know! But honestly, it really is very funny); previous ones were on gold and food economies. iPlayer it while you can.
Sample: you know those little plastic dinosaurs? Well, given that they're made of plastic, and plastic is made from oil, and oil is made from dinosaurs, they probably contain real dinosaur..... (the disillusioning reality is that that sort of oil is mostly made from plants, but that doesn't make it less funny / thought-provoking).
-
Radio 2,PotP.
1965 :thumbsup:
-
Classic Genesis , Suppers Ready ..... :D
Video below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M58wE8GTGp4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M58wE8GTGp4)
-
One for Andrij, really. Heard on 6 music earlier, just revisiting
Paprika, Caje Sukarije
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gihsO7N7P7Y
-
Psychedelic folk-rock isn't my usual bag, but I'm gradually getting more & more into the motorik-influenced new album, Entropicalia (https://soundcloud.com/ghost-box/sets/entropicalia), by The Soundcarriers - released by the wonderful Ghost Box label.
Particularly good are Boiling Point & This is Normal (feat. Elija Wood) (tracks 3 & 5 of the linked album sampler)
-
Various random tracks from various random albums by Stereolab
-
http://youtu.be/fDBcxEMHNMs
Still a class act. First album in over a decade.
Plastikman - EX
-
Bugs Bunny on Broadway (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugs_Bunny_at_the_Symphony)
-
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Sadly not a substitute for sleep.
-
A quite entertaining hour with Bob Dylan:
http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Bob+Dylan+s+Theme+Time+Radio+Hour/4739912
-
A blackbird holding forth on the gutter over my window. Cars going by. The neighbour's kids playing at police-cars (EEEEEEEooooo EEEEEEEooooo EEEEEEEooooo). The neighbour bawling at them to shut up (EH! OH! HOLTS MAUL!!!)
Aaaaah, the peace and quiet of the country!
-
Stravinsky.
-
^^^you'd probably like it here, then
-
Not even a little bit sorry :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2FPQvwhSDY
-
Hope & Social - All Our Dancing Days. Currently on Long Way Home.
Feel like listening to Lucy Spraggan - Tea and Toast, but I don't want to cry...
-
John Coltrane "Live in Paris"...... on vinyl .... through valves.... :D
-
Vladimir Ashkenazy playing Chopin. It's stunning. Part of a 54 CD box set (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Decca/4785437) I got for less than half price on Ebay last week. Going to take me a while to listen to all of them ;D
-
John Mayer. He's got a nice voice.
-
This
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/watmmofficial/cat023-caustic-window-own-the-legendary-record-by
Quite a fascinating story and goes to show what crowdfunding can do in unusual circumstances. This is music by one of the most important electronic artists ever, that would have remained unheard without this.
Of course, it being Richard James, he could have played us all for fools and recorded this music recently, rather than 20 years ago.
So far, it's a good piece of work, not as aggressive as other Caustic Windows pieces. An interesting addition to the myth.
-
I love the Caustic Window Compilation album but couldn't bring myself to go for that. Maybe at half the price but I'm just not 'completist' enough to take the plunge...
-
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker.
Yesterday it was Eat Lights Become Lights - Into Forever
-
This
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7T8wrrZ9Ug
-
Classic NWOBHM ! Girlschool from 1980..... Saw them live twice, a very decent band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6TOZep2nOU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6TOZep2nOU)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg_ar-p-Nrw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg_ar-p-Nrw)
-
MOAR classic British rock, from the days before I got seduced by classical & Jazz!
UFO - Lights Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS9lRO4clEo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS9lRO4clEo)
I'm a Loser
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF99NpzPfxM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF99NpzPfxM)
Whenever I travel to London I'm playing this in my head...
"Euston station and it's cold as ice
All night specials, they move you on
But me and Ginger over there
We got this thing where we really take care"
-
Mary Chapin Carpenter.
A true contralto voice isn't that common, and I think hers is an especially lovely one.
Her new album, 'Songs from the Movie' is so good.
-
Handel's Messiah. I'm amazed how much I've forgotten since we sang it last year and I need to get practicing again.
-
Handel's Messiah. I'm amazed how much I've forgotten since we sang it last year and I need to get practicing again.
Mary Chapin Carpenter.
A true contralto voice isn't that common, and I think hers is an especially lovely one.
Her new album, 'Songs from the Movie' is so good.
mcshroom, come see Mary at the Sage at the end of September with me? And, indeed, any other forumites who might be reading this? Because she's so damn good. I have my ticket already but am always glad of company :)
-
If she's as good as she sounded on the Transatlantic Sessions then yes please :)
When is it?
-
September 30th. It's a Tuesday :D
-
Should be able to make that :D
-
Nirvana
-
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
-
More eMusic downloads:
Fatima Al Qadiri - Asiatisch
Final - Solaris
Ben Frost - A U R O R A
Fujiya & Miyagi - Artificial Sweeteners
Rhythm & Sound - See Mi Yah Remixes
Salaryman - The Electric Forest
Shackleton - Freezing Opening Thawing
Swans - To Be Kind
Yazoo - Reconnected
and at long last:
Warm Leatherette (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5QErPDNcj4&feature=kp)
-
Not for the first time...
Radio 2,PotP.
-
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - Past Sixty Blues
Somehow appropriate. :(
;D
-
John Jenkins
-
The Shadows
-
Radio 2 Sounds of the Seventies with Johnnie Walker
-
Dolly Parton & Kenny Rodgers
-
Parton and Nelson :-)
-
rock chicks...
Blondie
Suzi Quattro
Joan Jett
Pat Benatar
The Pretenders
Cher
-
Let It Roll : George Harrison
-
3 versions of Love Hurts
the Everly Brothers
Nirvana
Joan jett
-
Not Nazareth?
-
No,my taste in Nazareth is limited to This Flight tonight & Broken Down Angel.
Anyhow I'm still in love with Joan Jett :D
-
Dolly Parton
-
The Pretenders Greatest Hits
-
Brad Paisley - Wheelhouse.
Specifically, Death of a Married Man.
-
The Who
-
Johnny Cash
-
The Infinite Monkey Cage. Well, I will be at 16:30 this afternoon1. New series. Hurrah :thumbsup:
1 - well, I may have to listen to a recording as I intend to pop out to watch some bike race or other for a bit
-
Nowt at the moment. But I can predict with confidence that I'll be listening to John Shuttleworth's Lounge Music on R4 on Sunday at 7.15pm.
-
Eno and Hyde's High Life.
-
Thank you, DJ Random, for being in a Monster Magnet mood this morning. Cheered me up no end.
-
Currently randomly selecting tracks to try out my newly arrived DAC/headphone amp from Epiphany Acoustics (http://epiphany-acoustics.co.uk/products-page/dacs/ehp-o2di-desktop-headphone-amplifierdac-3/). Big improvement in sound quality noticeable already (from my laptop). :thumbsup:
This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren
Advisory Circle - Now Ends the Beginning
Lamb - Gorecki
Land Observations - From Nero's Palace
Muslimgauze - Iranian Female Olympic Table Tennis Team Theme
GYBE - Dead Flag Blues
LFO - Snot
Lowlife - Ramafied
Milanese - Caramel Cognac
Public Service Braodcasting - Spitfire
Reload - 1642 Try 621
Stereolab - French Disko
The Sundays - Here's Where The Story Ends
-
Sharon Jones (Dap Kings) and Daryl Hall "Do what you want to do"
http://www.livefromdarylshouse.com/currentep.html?ep_id=47
-
Morrissey- World peace is none of your business.
Oh you lucky people.... I'll be back with a full review when I have listened to it a few times..... I know, I bet you can hardly wait ;D
Morrissey, you either love, or hate him. Me? Love at first sight. It might seem trite but its true you know.
-
ZZ Top,rather loudly :thumbsup:
-
Elvis : 30 #1 Hits
-
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
on my headphones.
loud?
marj says she can hear it across the living room 8)
-
Johnny Winter :'(
-
etta james
-
Robert Cray
-
Vaughan-Williams, followed by Pink Floyd...
There are worrying signs of new occupants in the flat next door though! I hope they're music lovers ;D
-
Squirrel Nut Zippers
-
Rewind : The Rolling Stones
-
Can.
-
Tracy Chapman
-
Der Rosenkavalier.
Should have gone to the RAH this for it. :(
-
Nothing at all.... it's sweltering & turning on my valve amp would be like turning on an electric fire...... :(
Perhaps I need a summer amp ......... :D
-
A lightweight racing amp...?
-
Dire Straits
-
Nothing at all.... it's sweltering & turning on my valve amp would be like turning on an electric fire...... :(
Perhaps I need a summer amp ......... :D
It cooled down & I gave in...... some Gilad Atzmon. Which led me to check Amazon & order his last album, and another one by Tord Gustavsen ...... :facepalm:
-
Finest Kind - No more fish, no fishermen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX6dJgmof0E
-
Bon Jovi
-
Eurythmics
-
The Big O, a.k.a. Roy Orbison.
-
A box of around 200 albums that I unearthed while clearing out the loft. I'd forgotten they were up there or, indeed, what half of them were.
I may be some time.....
-
The end of a crackin' series just finished on radio4, It's a Fair Cop. Alfie Moore, an ex-copper, I dunno how much to believe him(!) doing the R4 6.30 comedy slot... No, honestly, it is quite believable - he's v radio 4 comedy, and in a good way. From Sheffield, was based as a copper in Skegness and Scunthorpe (and that bit's obviously true), takes the piss out of the Met a lot (always a good sign); v funny and educational with it.
Previous episodes on iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b048nkd4
-
The end of a crackin' series just finished on radio4, It's a Fair Cop. Alfie Moore, an ex-copper, I dunno how much to believe him(!) doing the R4 6.30 comedy slot... No, honestly, it is quite believable - he's v radio 4 comedy, and in a good way. From Sheffield, was based as a copper in Skegness and Scunthorpe (and that bit's obviously true), takes the piss out of the Met a lot (always a good sign); v funny and educational with it.
Previous episodes on iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b048nkd4
Heard a couple of these. Agree - quite good.
-
I enjoyed them very much.
-
The distinctly sub-Saharan soundtrack to the party currently in effect at next door-but-one.
-
The distinctly sub-Saharan soundtrack to the party currently in effect at next door-but-one.
I saw one of my neighbours the other day, and mentioned that it looked like someone might be moving into the flat nest to mine (previous occupant is now in an old peoples home). I might need to turn my music down a bit......
Music, oh, that's _you_ !! Playing music until 11 ?
Yes, the lease says I can.......
But I go to bed at 10:30........! and the U shape of our block acts as an echo chamber....
Still. at least you play decent music......
Gilad Atzmon is middle eastern jazz, not quite sub-sarahan.... I've got Toumani Diabate or Youssou N'dour for that ;D
-
Bach. Brandenburg concertos.
-
The Magnetic Fields.
Music to bake to...
-
Tenuous claim to fame: I used to know Stephin Merritt's half-brother.
-
Not for the first time...
Radio 2,PotP.
deja vous
-
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts - Brian Eno and David Byrne
-
New eMusic purchases:
Witchman - Heavy Traffic
Vatican Shadow - Death Is Unity With God box set
Clock DVA - Post-Signs
Anaxaton6 - Juju Grid (side-project of Barry Andrews of Shriekback ahead of a new Shrieks album sometime soon)
and the coldwave-with-a-Morricone-twang of DVA Damas -
Nightshade (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBdCVg2fIR8)
-
UFO live "Strangers in the Night" Superb stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCWLM4U6vwg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCWLM4U6vwg)
-
Blondie
-
Todd Rundgren.
-
ZZ Top
-
DJ Random decided that Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band's "God Bless Our Dead Marines" would be a fitting accompaniment to the walk into town today.
A pity he then spoiled things with Zeke, who sound more like Monster Magnet than Monster Magnet do...
-
The 'Oo - Odds & Sods
-
Hang On To Each Other ~ Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra
No guitars. Very different to their normal fayre :-\
-
Ms Jett again.
I think I'm in lust
-
The simply wonderful dark ambient drones plus chants of Lustmord's The Word As Power (http://www.juno.co.uk/products/lustmord-the-word-as-power/495034-01/)
The tracks Babel & Grigori in particular are just gorgeous
-
Rim Banna - Seasons of Violet. Gorgeous, sultry singing, in Arabic, of Palestinian love songs, while a bunch of Norwegians lay down a western - middle eastern fusion kinda thing behind. No, really. Try After You Left (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAj8TA8fBHo), for instance.
Was led to her by the wonderful Lullabies from the Axis of Evil album.
-
Music for Airports - Brian Eno
-
Looking at the biblical weather outside my window a couple of old favourites seem appropriate
"Rain" by The Cult
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3DgAJwVeVU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3DgAJwVeVU)
"Naked in the Rain" by Blue Pearl, Durga McBroom on vocals. I danced to this many times in a variety of hot, sweaty Liverpool clubs :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLSGYZpsg9k (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLSGYZpsg9k)
-
Haley Bonar - Kill The Fun
http://youtu.be/nkrKKk1VL9s
-
Rim Banna - Seasons of Violet. Gorgeous, sultry singing, in Arabic, of Palestinian love songs, while a bunch of Norwegians lay down a western - middle eastern fusion kinda thing behind. No, really. Try After You Left (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAj8TA8fBHo), for instance.
Ta, I like that a lot.
-
Rim Banna - Seasons of Violet. Gorgeous, sultry singing, in Arabic, of Palestinian love songs, while a bunch of Norwegians lay down a western - middle eastern fusion kinda thing behind. No, really. Try After You Left (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAj8TA8fBHo), for instance.
Ta, I like that a lot.
Yes, thanks Bill. You've probably cost me money.... ;)
Rim Banna "The Absent One"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHsxFpZBtfE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHsxFpZBtfE)
-
Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills
I cant believe I never heard this before. Clapton and Hendix on guitar, Booker T on the organ, Ringo Starr on drums. Backing vocals from David Crosby, Graham Nash, Mamma Cass, Rita Coolidge and Claudia Lennear amongst others.
How could it not be great !
http://youtu.be/AYQjxZURQwE
-
A live recording of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus (http://www.bandura.org), who I used to perform with before I moved to London. I've performed most of this repertoire.
I'm almost in tears. I miss performing, and I really miss performing with these guys.
-
Black Mountain. Once I'd persuaded a slightly flaky CD player to work that is.
-
Willie Nelson
-
Rim Banna - Seasons of Violet. Gorgeous, sultry singing, in Arabic, of Palestinian love songs, while a bunch of Norwegians lay down a western - middle eastern fusion kinda thing behind. No, really. Try After You Left (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAj8TA8fBHo), for instance.
Ta, I like that a lot.
Yes, thanks Bill. You've probably cost me money.... ;)
Rim Banna "The Absent One"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHsxFpZBtfE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHsxFpZBtfE)
CD arrived today, a German seller but dispatched from Switzerland ?
Very good. The track above is by Palestinian poet Rashed Hussein. I can't find an online translation, but it's rather angry.
Here is another of his poems.
Without a Passport
I was born without a passport
I grew up
and saw my country
become prisons
without a passport
So I raised a country
a sun
and wheat
in every house
I tended to the trees therein
I learned how to write poetry
to make the people of my village happy
without a passport
I learned that he whose land is stolen
does not like the rain
If he were ever to return to it, he will
without a passport
But I am tired of minds
that have become hotels
for wishes that never give birth
except with a passport
Without a passport
I came to you
and revolted against you
so slaughter me
perhaps I will then feel that I am dying
without a passport
-
Somewhat less profound than that.
'Long Gone Before Daylight' by the Cardigans.
It's a couple of years since I listened to this album, but I just remembered how much I love it. Cheesy? Yeah, well, so what. I like cheese.
And Nina Persson's voice is great, those first few notes of 'Communication' still make me melt.
-
Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Burned all my .mp3s to a CD to listen to in the motor-car.
-
A playlist that starts:
July Morning - Uriah Heep
Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
Why Are They Watching Me - Dio
Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
Zuton Fever - the Zutons
Persuasion - Santana
Hold Your Colour (Live at Brixton) - Pendulum
Still I'm Sad - Rainbow
The Rhythm Method - Rush
Felt a lot better after that ;D
-
Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills
I cant believe I never heard this before. Clapton and Hendix on guitar, Booker T on the organ, Ringo Starr on drums. Backing vocals from David Crosby, Graham Nash, Mamma Cass, Rita Coolidge and Claudia Lennear amongst others.
How could it not be great !
http://youtu.be/AYQjxZURQwE
Yep, that's a bit of a gem. Love The One You're With is one of the great opening tracks of that era, although I think I prefer this cover version by the Isleys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bo-PCf5Y0o (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bo-PCf5Y0o)
-
Smoove and Turrell - Broken Toys to be followed by Nirvana - MTV Unplugged.
-
"Until the End of the World" soundtrack.
-
Today DJ Random seems to like:
- Robert Calvert
- System Of A Down
- Iron Maiden's first album
-
My Chemical Romance
-
My Chemical Romance
My chum Dai Infidel once met them in a poolside bar at an hotel in Bangkok. She says they're very nice young men to the extent that it took her quite a while to twig that they were a band.
-
Bad Religion
1) select all albums {nearly their entire discography}
2) click 'random play'
3) enjoy
-
Bad Religion
1) select all albums {nearly their entire discography}
2) click 'random play'
3) enjoy
DAM YOU! I am going to have to do that this PM.
If I get fired for signing along, I know who to blame!!!
-
Bad Religion
1) select all albums {nearly their entire discography}
2) click 'random play'
3) enjoy
DAM YOU! I am going to have to do that this PM.
If I get fired for signing along, I know who to blame!!!
Your music teacher, obviously! ;D
-
Bad Religion
1) select all albums {nearly their entire discography}
2) click 'random play'
3) enjoy
DAM YOU! I am going to have to do that this PM.
If I get fired for signing along, I know who to blame!!!
Your music teacher, obviously! ;D
Nah, they both gave up on trying to teach me how to sing, as a hopeless case!
-
Today it's Korn Unplugged.
They have some guests on this and they make it sublime.
Robert Smith and Korn doing "Make Me Bad/Inbetween Days" is excellent, but the star of the album is "Freak On A Leash" featuring the gorgeous Amy Lee.
-
Peter Hammill, Ph7
-
Like Hearts Swelling ~ Polmo Polpo. CD has been in hiding since at least 2008 and possibly longer than that, but was located today nesting with Kyuss, Nirvana, Samson and Bob Dylan...
-
Гайдамаки (Haydamaky) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haydamaky_%28band%29)
-
Shackleton: Music For The Quiet Hour/The Drawbar Organ Eps:
MFTQH Part Three (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQs9NWrXDVQ)
-
Space Ritual.
-
DJ Random's faves today appear to be Slint and Jackson C Frank.
-
New Ruth Theodore. Squee!
http://shop.ruththeodore.com/album/volume-one-earth-to-shovel
-
Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase.
A 50p punt from the charity shop in the village. I noticed it as I think it had been recommended to me by Amazon. Well Jeff, your algorithm is correct; it’s sublime. The best 50p I’ve spent in a long while.
-
Last several days really:
over and over (good for the endorphin rush): Peter Gabriel - In your Eyes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWvbu5K7MBM)
and working out chords etc on guitar for Glenn Campbell's versions of Jimmy Webb's Witchita Lineman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbTCTbGjfck) and If These Walls Could Speak (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnVkRonN9cY)
... digging around on Twitter: Oxfordshire country musician Ags Connolly (http://agsconnolly.com/) (my goodness, I do like a good old twang every now and then!)
and finally my nephew's band Dark Horses (https://www.facebook.com/darkhorsesmusic?ref=ts) - who're out touring their new album pretty well now
Happy days...
-
Cleveland Browns vs. Pittsburgh Steelers.
-
Steven James Adams - House Music.
Likee. Which is handy, since I have tix to go see him.
-
The Rails - Fair Warning
Falling the right side of that tricky dynastic musical knife-edge (Kami Thompson is Richard and Linda Thompson's daughter), particularly as The Rails are a husband-and-wife folk duo, I'm really enjoying this album. Strong material, freshly sung and played - and the title track is one of the most desperately heart-breaking new songs I've heard in I'm-not-sure-how-long. Recommended.
Review: http://www.violentsuccess.com/2014/05/19/the-rails-fair-warning/
-
When I bought tickets for Robert Plant via ticketmaster, I had to agree to buying his new cd. I wasn't very happy about that. It duly arrived yesterday and have had a listen. I hope its a slow burner, on first listen I didn't like it much.
-
The Rails - Fair Warning
Falling the right side of that tricky dynastic musical knife-edge (Kami Thompson is Richard and Linda Thompson's daughter), particularly as The Rails are a husband-and-wife folk duo, I'm really enjoying this album. Strong material, freshly sung and played - and the title track is one of the most desperately heart-breaking new songs I've heard in I'm-not-sure-how-long. Recommended.
Review: http://www.violentsuccess.com/2014/05/19/the-rails-fair-warning/
Gosh you can tell she's Linda's daughter both in the way she sings and the way she looks.
-
Yesterday … I was listening for a short while to: Judee Sill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0feFedDW_iQ
-
Transmission currently being played on R6 :)
-
Tool, courtesy of DJ Random this morning.
-
Mostly Jonathan Richman - but now The Burning Hell, in anticipation of the gig on Thursday. Never listened to them before, and I already have the tickets, so it's probably a good job I'm enjoying it.
-
DJ Random was in a drum solo mood today. Moby Dick, Toad and Rat Salad all came up.
-
Seasick Steve, currently he is wanting to drive his tractor...
-
Jennifer Crook, Carnforth Station (http://music.jennifercrook.com/). Wonderfully downbeat and wistful, just as it should be with that title.
-
whilst at work we have R2 on as it's the only thing that nobody really objects to....
at home however - yesterday evening was spent listening to Karl Jenkins' "The Armed Man - a mass for peace" in an attempt to learn my part for november 8th, when I'll be singing it with Yarm Choral and the Black Dyke Brass Band :D I'm so excited (and slightly geeking out about it too!)
-
Kate Bush*
*OK not for about 10 hours but getting ready to leave :smug: ;D
-
The Rails - Fair Warning
Gosh you can tell she's Linda's daughter both in the way she sings and the way she looks.
You can indeed. I like.
-
New CD just delivered from Amazon today.
Véronique Gens - Tragédiennes, Vol. 2: mainly Gluck, Sachinni and Rameau.
I think I have a bit of a thing for French sopranos, i have quite a bit of Sandrine Piau and Natalie Dessay in my collection as well.
-
Good choice by DJ Random: Somewhere In Texas ~ The Raveonettes (shortly after entering Texas)
Bad choice by DJ Random: Feel Good Hit Of The Summer ~ Queens Of The Stone Age (while negotiating foot-deep puddles brought about by the arse-end of a Pacific hurricane)
-
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/99/Aphex_twin_syro.jpg)
-
Nice one by DJ Random this afternoon.
Oedipus Rex ~ Tom Lehrer, immediately followed by
Number One Son ~ Amplifier
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fl5HLQxhME
Peter Knight.
And lead break in this one on his awesome electric octave violin. Letting rip at 2:16.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQXLrvTe54c
-
Courtesy (once again) of "Later with Jools Holland" I am introduced to bands new to me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mhgfXgwdls (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mhgfXgwdls)
-
Ryan Adams on Later with Jools on iPlayer - Hammond organ and slapback echo tastic !
-
Ryan Adams on Later with Jools on iPlayer - Hammond organ and slapback echo tastic !
Brill, wasn't it? Very Neil Young, in a good way.
-
A newly re-mastered release of Jam Science (http://shriekback.bandzoogle.com/store) by Shriekback.
Comes with additional tracks & an additional cd - Live at Hatfield.
:thumbsup:
-
Perhaps I am partly to blame for having six versions of Jimi Hendrix' take on See My Train A-Comin' but really, DJ Random, did you have to play three of them on the same day?
-
After a week of Syro being on near constantly, time to go backwards - Drukqs, Analord and The Tuss records are all cued up for today's coding marathon.
A quick look back at Syro's origins:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnVRp6SXSk4&list=RDPnVRp6SXSk4
-
deadmau5
Impressed so far.
-
deadmau5
Impressed so far.
If you ever get the chance - see one of his shows. Great fun.
He's my default choice for riding through the night on Audax events - very uplifting!
-
At the other end of the scale, I am listening to Los Campesions, Alasca and The Moulettes.
-
Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three
I'm not a fan of cover albums, even if they were cut for a good cause like this one was, but oh dear God this is pure, unadulterated awesome as befits the people performing on it, amongst others: Henry Rollins (naturally ...), Tom Araya, Mike Patton, Iggy Pop and ... Lemmy.
I could easily see me listening to this during turbo sessions.
Definitely :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
-
Regardless. Thea Gilmore in fine form.
-
Teenage Fanclub - Songs From Northern Britain.
Bought on a whim (one of those for for a tenner jobs), promptly forgotten about, and spotted at random on the shelf. It's definitely a grower.
-
Mahler 2, Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado.
-
Not even sorry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM
-
I hate you Dibdib !
I clicked on that and now its stuck in my head. Very good pop.
-
The first four Sibelius symphonies, the Helsinki conducted by Berglund. I wanted something powerful while I worked on my books, and, well, I can say no more. Wonderful.
-
Leon Fleisher (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Fleisher) playing 5 Beethoven piano concertos with the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell in 1959/61. Beautiful stuff to unwind to after a hectic day in front of a PC.
-
Social Distortion.
-
Today: Die Walküre. Yesterday: Das Rheingold. No prizes for guessing what's lined up for tomorrow and Friday.
-
Today: Die Walküre. Yesterday: Das Rheingold. No prizes for guessing what's lined up for tomorrow and Friday.
A geezer with a double-necked guitar telling tales from topographic oceans?
I have to say that at first listen Mystoria, the latest from the greviously-awsum Amplifier, does not appear to be up to snuff. Sounds more like sub-Sabbath bludgeon riffola and the last thing they needed was a second guitarist .??
-
Stevie Wonder's performance of Superstition on Sesame Street, followed by Jeff Beck joining him to play same in 2009, then Billy Gibbons, Beck & the phenomenally talented Tal Wilkenfeld playing Foxy Lady, a bit of a Beck/Wilkenfeld jam, then Blockheads (Wilkenfeld and Watt-Roy are not a million miles apart).
-
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
-
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker.
Tried listening to the new album last night and didn't like it as much, seemed a bit too poppy.
-
Been listening to Joni Mitchell all day........ best female artiste ever.. ?
Just been playing Keith Jarrett, "The Survivors Suite" , with the volume up & the lights off :thumbsup:
-
With the very untimely passing of Mark Bell announced today; LFO, rather loud on my main system.
Some of you may not be familiar with his work as LFO and other aliases, but are possibly more familiar with his work with Bjork, as he produced around 5 of her latest albums (and Depeche mode Exciter amongst other things).
A true talented innovator and a thoroughly nice man. RIP Mark.
http://youtu.be/PGDTTiBvYW0
-
Azam Ali, Elysium for the Brave. Sample at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRT7L3913BU
Atmosphere, in spades. One amazon reviewer describes it as "...closet Goth...a wonderful mix of darker progressions of techno-middle-Eastern Farsi...along with overtly Gothy Western New Age/pop/rock with English", which pretty well covers it.
Her earlier stuff has a lot of Monserrat Figueras about it. This doesn't.
-
Opposites - Biffy Clyro
Took me until T in the Park this year to realise that they had released another album after "Only Revolutions".
It's taking a bit of getting used to, it's not "Puzzle", that is for certain, but contains a few good tracks, "Stinging Belle", "Biblical" and "Black Chandelier" among them.
-
Patti Smith. Goddess.
-
Tokyo String Quartet, playing Beethoven beautifully. A package arrived earlier with the Complete String Quartets (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Complete-Quartets-Tokyo-Quartet/dp/B00L5J4PYC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413662306&sr=8-1&keywords=beethoven+tokyo) in.
Wonderfully recorded, the discs are SACD hybrids & play perfectly on my standard CD player.
-
Radiohead.
Genius stuff. :thumbsup:
-
Monster Magnet. Loud. Excellent.
-
Not today, but last night I was listening to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmdzIWZbsLw
by Anouar Brahem. Hadn't heard of him before, but a friend gave me the album for my birthday. I'm hooked!
-
Not today, but last night I was listening to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmdzIWZbsLw
by Anouar Brahem. Hadn't heard of him before, but a friend gave me the album for my birthday. I'm hooked!
He's wonderful. I went to Brussels earlier in the year to see him play the entire album live. If you like him also check out Rabih Abou Khalil (http://www.rabihaboukhalil.com/) and Dhafer Youssef (http://www.dhaferyoussef.com/)
-
:thumbsup: for those two. Just listened to a bit of 'Birds Requiem' album by Dhafer Yousef. Marvellous.
-
Lots of Lucinda Williams on Youtube
Some good some great and some shoddy (she looks out of it on some of the videos).
This one is excellent though and worth a listen to just for Doug Pettibone's blistering guitar.
http://youtu.be/P-Fhf6nlQHI
-
Gerry Rafferty - City to City. I must be going soft.
Interesting that Baker Street was sped up a bit for the single, as well as edited, to make it more radio friendly and the sax in tune, allegedly.
-
Various episodes of "Live from Daryl's House" on YouTube. If you want an antidote to X-Factor et al then give this a try. Nearly all of them are utterly brilliant, fantastic musicianship and singing.
Shelby Lynne - Leaving
http://youtu.be/E0kSDM19BLg
Rob Thomas - She's Gone (does it count as a cover of Daryl is on it ?)
http://youtu.be/b_YRDMcYjoM
Nothing But A Miracle - Diane Birch
http://youtu.be/H9lyrOETXao
-
Finally got around to listening to City Forgiveness by the ever-wonderful Wave Pictures.
It does seem to be that rarest of beasties, a good double album! Though the first disc is more ear-grabbing so far, probably cos it has more songs on it that I know.
Off to see them live next week, where I think they'll be playing a set of mostly Daniel Johnston tunes :thumbsup:
-
Lots of recent downloads in the queue on the new Digital Audio Player (the ace iBasso DX90):
The Bug - Angels & Devils, Exit ep
Vince Clarke & Martyn Ware - Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle
Cut Hands - Festival Of The Dead
Electronic Eye - Autoshark
Richard H. Kirk - Intone Unreleased Projects Vol. 4, Reality Is Opposite & Sonic Reflections (Unreleased Soundtrack Project 1994)
Kode9 & The Spaceape - Killing Season
Lamb - Backspace Unwind
Vasco De Mento - Burning The Words (Part One)
Vasco De Mento - Burning The Words (Part Two)
Bit Crackle - Afro Digital
Demdike Stare - Testpressings #005 & #006
Function & Vatican Shadow - Games Have Rules
Lee Gamble - Koch
Muslimgauze - Deceiver Vol 3 & 4
R.Seiliog - Shuffles E.P.
-
'Going Back Home' from Wilko and Rog.
'Nantucket Sleighride' as I was posting about Felix and Leslie. Looking up Leslie's work on Am*zon, I came across this inspired if utterly non-PC record cover, following the amputation of part of one of his legs.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Guitarded-Leslie-West/dp/B0002QI626/ref=sr_1_8?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1414510286&sr=1-8&keywords=leslie+west
-
Punk
Loud
Neighbours have gone away for half term :thumbsup:
-
Jools Holland - Jack'O'The Green
An oldie, but a goodie :)
-
Listening to the new North Atlantic Oscillation album. I'm a bit underwhelmed :(
-
We've listened to an edition of TOTP from 1980 - cracking stuff, including Selecter, Madness, Dexy's, Pretenders etc. Now on a 1968 edition with The Move, Manfred Mann, Alan Price etc. Not quite so good, but there are some gems in there.
-
A blast from the past for me (though not too far in the past)
Uncle Kracker - Double Wide
-
I haz an MP3 CD in the motor-car with five Tool albums on it. Will this be enough for the journey from Larrington Towers to Crystal Palace?
-
Squeals and squawks and thumps of two Cubs playing upstairs and (I think, it's a bit unclear due to it being a Cub-choice on their stereo upstairs and the intervening sound insulation-and-pollution) Kirsty MacColl.
-
Back in the here and now with Biffy Clyro - Opposites
It's a grower, that is for certain.
-
Physical Graffiti (Oooooooooooooooh Yeyeah!! And so on)
-
Back to Front by Peter Gabriel, which is an official CD of his concert at the O2 last October, to which I went. Apparently you can buy a copy of every show on the tour (this was a gift from a well-meaning friend). There's even a box set with the whole lot in, which seems a bit excessive.
Sad to say, apart from the odd moment (an acoustic version of Shock the Monkey, for example), it's only serving to remind me how boring the concert was and why I was happy to leave before the end. I don't think it'll be getting a second play. :(
-
Broken Social Scene.
-
'Going Back Home' from Wilko and Rog.
'Nantucket Sleighride' as I was posting about Felix and Leslie. Looking up Leslie's work on Am*zon, I came across this inspired if utterly non-PC record cover, following the amputation of part of one of his legs.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Guitarded-Leslie-West/dp/B0002QI626/ref=sr_1_8?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1414510286&sr=1-8&keywords=leslie+west
I bought it. Leslie West turned up to 11. Loud, grunty, wailing and shouting blues rock, Da-DUm, da-DUM, gorgeous stuff. Sod subtlety.
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=leslie%20west%20stormy&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=leslie%20west%20stormy&sc=0-15&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&mid=7EE38C15994EE49CB2987EE38C15994EE49CB298
-
http://www.krautrock-world.com/Radio/playing.php
-
John Mayall and his Bluesbreakers - at this very moment, "Crawling up a Hill".
-
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager
-
....a lot of rain on the conservatory roof, and being pleased it is no longer on me.
-
...Sad to say, apart from the odd moment (an acoustic version of Shock the Monkey, for example), it's only serving to remind me how boring the concert was and why I was happy to leave before the end. I don't think it'll be getting a second play. :(
Oh, poo :( We're going to see him in December.
-
'The Grape and Grain' show, Gideon Coe, 6Music :)
-
Magyar Dalok & Magyar Rapszodiak by list played by Leslie Howard on Hyperion CD. (CDA66851/2)
-
Jez Lowe. Sweet man.
-
French jazz radio on FIP, which seems to be doing jazz covers of Michael Jackson at the moment.
-
Godspeed You! Black Emperor ~ Lift Yr. Skinny Fists...
The Mollycat seems to like it too
-
Godspeed You! Black Emperor ~ Lift Yr. Skinny Fists...
The Mollycat seems to like it too
They've announced some UK dates next spring, you know.
-
Ooh, ta! I shall Investigate...
Edit: April, 17th - Albert Hall, Manchester. 20th - Shepherds Bush Empire, That London.
np: Masters Of Reality. I don't understand these arj-fangled "networks", that they have now, but my iThings Library has appeared on Mr Sunshine's Babbage-Engine so it would be wrong not to. Also, Chris Goss can do a spookily-accurate Jim Morrison.
-
UK dates, chiz....
-
UK dates, chiz....
It's marginally better than two nights in London, though (I'm looking at you, Cat Power), and doesn't merit being called a tour.
-
They're doing two shows in Canada this month. That makes it a tour...
...by Half Man Half Biscuit standards :D
-
Mrs P, Chris T-T's playing Aberdeen, despite skipping almost the entire north of England:
http://christt.com/live/
Highly recommended.
-
UK Subs.
Went to see them last Saturday in Ipswich. Sad to say the sound quality wasn't that great. The warm up bands, Jack The Lad and Red Flag 77 were a bit better. Still, got in for free as managed to get on the quest list courtesy of a friend who's BiL is the bass player with the Subs.
-
UK dates, chiz....
It's marginally better than two nights in London, though (I'm looking at you, Cat Power), and doesn't merit being called a tour.
They have added a date in Glasgow. Though this is not much of an improvement, it's a bit closer to Furryboottoon. Londonton tickets not now on sale until midday tomorrow chiz, after I'd set the alarm cat an'all.
-
Going off to my RT appointment this morning from St Paul's a busker (I suppose we must call her) at the bottom of the escalator was singing ‘Voi che sapete’, Cherubino’s aria from Le Nozze di Figaro. I realised just as I reached the platform that her voice was sending shivers down my spine so I looped back to the escalator to make a donation. Listening now, it doesn’t have the same effect; must be the acoustics.
-
A collection of Bach fugues.
-
Following a post, and conversation on bookface, I am having a Primus splurge.
Tommy the Cat is top of the list :)
-
Not today, but being mid November it won't be long before the old Jethro Tull Christmas selection comes out again.
-
Not today, but being mid November it won't be long before the old Jethro Tull Christmas selection comes out again.
That reminds me, must find the "Christmas Around The World" CD, ready, as Mrs T will insist on the decos going up on 1/12.
-
Grace - Jeff Buckley. I had forgotten how good this is!
-
Beth Hart Live at Paradiso.
Whole Lotta Love.
-
Roy Harper - Stonehenge, UK. 1984
On YouTube and looking for myself in the audience. It seems a lifetime away.
-
Bad Religion
It's the sort of music which begs to be cranked up to 11, but I doubt the neighbours (left, right and/or below) would appreciate it so stereo set at a 'sensible' volume. *sigh*
-
Bad Religion
It's the sort of music which begs to be cranked up to 11, but I doubt the neighbours (left, right and/or below) would appreciate it so stereo set at a 'sensible' volume. *sigh*
Agreed, you need a detached house, or deaf neighbours!
Which CD was it you were listening to?
-
Most of them. :smug:
I suppose I could have transferred tracks to the ipod, plugged in the ear buds and cranked the music, but 1) it's not quite the same, and 2), ICBA.
-
The Protecting Veil, by John Tavener. It's perfect.
-
In the Land of Grey and Pink - Caravan
-
The Eccesium Choir's 'Christmas Blessing'. Bit early for Christmas stuff but wonderful choir :)
-
Tricky, starting with "Maxinquaye" then onto "Angels with Dirty Faces" and ending with "Juxtapose", the last of which I can only get away with playing out loud when no one else is in the house.
-
Warming up for this evening with a Fields of the Nephilim marathon as background to work.
-
DJ Random is in a Kyuss mood today, though on Wednesday he played three consecutive John Lee Hooker tracks. I think this is some kind of record.
-
Nick Drake
-
Elizabethan Lute Songs. Peter Pears & Julian Bream
-
Working my way through a box set of Jacqueline Du Pre's recordings for EMI. 17 CD's, I'm up to number 6 which is the Beethoven Cello Sonata's.
If you are looking for a Christmas present for someone who likes classical music then Presto have it for £26.50 which is an utter bargain.
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/EMI/0919342 (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/EMI/0919342)
-
O, Devotion - Liz Green's album from a couple of years ago. Top moody Saturday night stuff.
-
Kate Rusby - Little lights Was introduced to me by an ex girlfriend who has the same style curly hair. Still quite fancy the ex and kate rusby.
-
The 13th Floor Elevators :thumbsup:
-
Repeat of … "Blue Jam… Blue Jam… Blue Jam…"
-
KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope
-
DJ Random, he say "Today you will listen to A Perfect Circle"
-
Chairs Missing ~ Wire
I'd forgotten how Aces this record is.
-
Midnight Oil, "Diesel & Dust" , an old favourite.
-
Midnight Oil, "Diesel & Dust" , an old favourite.
:thumbsup:
-
Sigrid und Marina
I do not understand the words but lovely voices.
-
God Is An Astronaut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfv1IWHPNnU
-
Alfred Deller - Music for a while (Henry Purcell)
Simply exquisite.
http://youtu.be/NiDNS1eGpLM
Music for a while
Shall all your cares beguile.
Wond'ring how your pains were eas'd
And disdaining to be pleas'd
-
Ye Olde Talkynge Heds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25XLlpAigWw
-
Thank Christ For The Groundhogs - a three-CD compilation of the 1968-72 works of TS McPhee and the boys.
Wait! Is that a Hammond organ I hear? For shame!
-
You inspired me to dig out their "...for the bomb"
My garden is now all overgrown.
-
Vashti Bunyan's new album, Heartleap. Her third: the previous one was 7 years ago, and the first was, ridiculously, in 1970. And she's even more wonderful than ever this time round.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPXj1hlHuTs
-
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
http://youtu.be/4-9Ab-vYs08
Apparently I'm singing this on Wednesday but I haven't got a copy of the score yet :-\
-
Josh Homme-endorsed Belgian stoners Creature With The Atom Brain. And Neil Young.
-
Good Omens, the Pterry adaptation/radio series in collaboration with Neil Gaiman. Spot the cameos by the authors!
Most enjoyable when you're cooking.
-
Tonic for the troops. (On original vinyl)
I'm so modern !
-
Verdi's Requiem. ANd when I am done wiht that I have the complete cycle of Shostakovitch symphonies to work through.
-
Bow Thayer, an astonishing guitar talent in that cool, country-blues laid back style that makes it sound so easy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmZ9g9LlQio - accompanied by a bass uke, at 12:00-ish he starts playing his bojotar - a smashing together of banjo, dobro and electric guitar. I'd reckon the Mississippi blues he plays at about 32:00 are as good as anything.
-
Owen Pallett In Conflict album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KNDXQUJ9BI
-
Bow Thayer, an astonishing guitar talent in that cool, country-blues laid back style that makes it sound so easy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmZ9g9LlQio - accompanied by a bass uke, at 12:00-ish he starts playing his bojotar - a smashing together of banjo, dobro and electric guitar. I'd reckon the Mississippi blues he plays at about 32:00 are as good as anything.
Excellent. He's new to me, thanks Ham.
-
Lana del Rey's 'Ultraviolence'..... repeatedly.
-
Verdi's Requiem. ANd when I am done wiht that I have the complete cycle of Shostakovitch symphonies to work through.
Excellent!
For me, this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8LyuMSrJmA
-
Samaris - Silkidrangar (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv92z0OCwy8) - 19th C Icelandic poetry backed by clarinet & electronics. Wonderful...
-
Good Omens.
Brilliant ;D
-
Good Omens.
Brilliant ;D
Oh goodie! This plezh still awaits but I have a copy on the PVR, another on the Babbage-Engine, a third on a USB memory stick and a fourth on a CD in the car. I do not want to miss this ;D
-
Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0029XIWCY?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00) , this turned up in the post today. 10 CD's for £20, not bad at all.
-
Well … after seeing my very first Broadchurch last night on the telly (yes, I missed the first series thanks) I am listening to Ólafur Arnalds - So Close. Icelandic chappie composer with Arnor Dan vocals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XXd_KPShjE
-
Various yewtoob clips of Kate Davis (http://www.katedavismusic.com/).
One is impressed (and smitten).
-
BBC R4 "From Our Own Correspondent" yesterday had an item about an African cycle team.
I just spotted it on the BBC website.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30838464
It's an inspiring story.
-
The Calm Blue Sea.
Bloody hell - they sound quite a lot like Explosions in the Sky, don't they? :o
Have I missed something - are they actually the same band? Did they get bored with one name and change it?
-
Biify Clyro - Opposites followed by Bad Religion - The Dissent of Man
Later there shall be NOFX and Rancid.
It's one of those days...
-
The Calm Blue Sea.
Bloody hell - they sound quite a lot like Explosions in the Sky, don't they? :o
Have I missed something - are they actually the same band? Did they get bored with one name and change it?
They're also from Austin TX. Something in the water?
Mind you, Stevie Ray Vaughan was from Austin too.
-
Trees.
-
Trees. Blimey, they're years old they are.
-
As I'm off work I can listen to the Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert. The Emerson Quartet playing Shostakovich String Quartet No 15 in E Flat Minor Op 144. Recorded at St Georges Hall, Liverpool last year. I was in the audience for this one & it's just as good the 2nd time. Listen carefully & you can hear the huge chandelier tinkling...
-
Shostakovith 15th symphony.
-
The football :o
Chelsea 2 Bradford 4
Man City 0 Boro 2
-
And currently enjoying Matthew E. White.
Chris, I'll have to give Calm Blue Sea a listen - ripping off Explosions in the Sky is no bad thing, in my book!
-
Verdi's Requiem. (Radio3)
-
Earlier I was listening to Haydn's "Creation Mass" and practising the bass line. The dog kept joining in, which was off-putting to say the least.
-
Bit of a Van Morrison Day: Astral Weeks, Hard Nose to the Highway and St Dominic's Preview
-
Bloc Party and My Chemical Romance (not both together, obviously)
Teenage Angst 'R' Us
-
Capercaillie
-
Had a day of immersion in Judee Sill's music...I remembered her from 1973 or so, on OGWT, then browsing found this documentary (http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/unfictional/the-lost-genius-of-judee-sill). Glad to have found it (good old BBC!)
-
The 2014 Reith Lectures.
-
A review on R4 of Bob Dylan's new album, Shadows in the Night, consisting of covers of Sinatra-sung standards.
It's not April 1 already, is it?
-
Last night, I was listening to Whispering Bob Harris's 'Country' programme on R2 at 7pm. Hadn't listened to it before, but it was on by chance as I was chiseling and planing some wood on the kitchen table, and it was very entertaining. Yes, there was the inevitable sliiiiiiiiiiiide guitar and overly emphasised surrrrtherrrrn accent (as they're good 'ol country girls 'n' boys), but overall, I was pleasantly impressed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0505rr1
-
The Green Rock River Band. (http://www.greenrockriverband.com/)
Wonky Tonk, Doom Folk Band.
-
I have resurrected a certain number of albums from a dying hard drive and the sound qualitynthereof is pleasingly less crap than I feared it might be. Hence I am now listening to NWOBHM also-rans Vardis :thumbsup:
-
Inspired by the release of the names of the first acts on the bill @ Deershed 6, I have been listening to:
The Felice Brothers
Ibibio Sound System
John Grant
Honeyblood
Black Rivers
Menace Beach
Curtis Eller
My favourites, at the moment, are The Felice Brothers and Curtis Eller.
-
The Felice Brothers are fantastic.
I'm currently listening to the very indie, quite sweary and incredibly Lancastrian The Lovely Eggs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYyYqhxxHYY
-
http://xkcd.com/1482/ ;D
-
Khan academy lectures on linear algebra.
-
Working my way through a Chopin box set (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chopin-Complete-Martha-Argerich/dp/B002NFCHBA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1423264878&sr=8-1&keywords=chopin+complete)
Just got to disc 13 . Piano sonata 2 in B flat minor, this includes the "Marche funebre", which had me sitting upright in my chair feeling rather sad....
-
Parallel Universe. 3CD collection of Hawkwind's 1970-74 Stuffs including, apparently, twelve previously unreleased ones. It is this: teh aces :thumbsup:
Now, has anyone got a backup copy of New World's Fair by Michael Moorcock & The Deep Fix? (Dons stupid hippie hat with strings hanging down the sides)
-
The Felice Brothers are fantastic.
I'm currently listening to the very indie, quite sweary and incredibly Lancastrian The Lovely Eggs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYyYqhxxHYY
I knew, upon listening to them, that you might be a fan...
Curtis Eller is gloriously mad.
-
I'm currently listening to the very indie, quite sweary and incredibly Lancastrian The Lovely Eggs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYyYqhxxHYY
I knew, upon listening to them, that you might be a fan...
(Sausage roll) :thumbsup:
-
Piano sonata 2 in B flat minor, this includes the "Marche funebre", which had me sitting upright in my chair feeling rather sad....
I love it. Sometimes it has me doing the sad sitting upright thing; but at other times I can detach it from all the cultural references, and then it just sounds glorious
-
The choir of King's Colege, Cambridge, singing Rachmaninov's Vespers.
[liturgicalpedant]
The title is a misnomer. The music is actually for an All-Night Vigil (http://orthodoxwiki.org/Vigil), which is a combination of Vespers and Matins.
[/liturgicalpedant]
-
'Man or Myth', Roy Harper. Sublime.
-
Turista Terry & Gerry on spotify. Trying not to sing along (crowded office, innit)
-
Today is a Slipknot type of day, in this case "All Hope is Gone"
-
Sex Farm - Spinal Tap (yes, really)
-
Mogwai, why did nobody ever tell me how brilliant they are!
-
"When you're smiling and astride me" - Father John Mistry
Rather lovely really.
-
"When you're smiling and astride me" - Father John Mistry
Rather lovely really.
The whole album's a treat.
-
Royal Blood. The singer sounds quite a lot like Wolfmother's Andrew Stockdale; overall sound is a bit White Stripes, a bit early QOTSA and really rather splendid. Not the sort of thing I expected to find behind an advert for a CBBC app either.
-
The Hillmans (Barn Dance Music for Plumbers, according to their moribund website)
I saw them at Crawley Folk Festival a couple of years ago. Why someone thought it a good idea to book a psychobilly band at a folk festival I'm not sure.
-
Jorge Bolet playing Liszt. Jorge Bolet: The Complete RCA and Columbia Album Collection (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00J57KHUC?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00)
10 CD's of beautiful music, Liszt, Chopin, Rachmaninov & others for £17.
-
I seem to be having a Patax moment again... the new album of Michael Jackson covers. It really shouldn't be as good as it is.
eg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSn9rwS4JJs
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU0Z-ATEYEA
-
Electrelane. God, they were good.
-
The Crusaders :-\
http://youtu.be/YqDF-wL3VXM
I sought of got there thro' a youtube chain starting with Seasick Steve and have stuck with it.
-
I've just invented a new game, turn any video into Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody ( TMPratchettGaiman) using the youtube suggestions on the side of the page - not including multi track mixes or "show more")
From the Crusaders, to Randy Crawford, Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Bon Jovi, Queen with Elton John, Bohemian Rhapsody.
-
(took me 22 steps from Mahler's 4th)
-
I seem to be having a Patax moment again... the new album of Michael Jackson covers. It really shouldn't be as good as it is.
eg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSn9rwS4JJs
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU0Z-ATEYEA
<Jazz Club>
NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE
</Jazz Club>
Seriously, though, it is very good. The video is only spoilt by the bass player looking like he was going to make a mess of his grots at one point.
-
Chista Ludwig singing Mahler's Der Abschied.
http://youtu.be/Q_bwuSK7U34
Strange dark beautiful music. No wonder Mahler was virtually ignored as a composer until forty years after his death.
The sun departs behind the mountains.
In all the valleys the evening descends
with its shadow, full cooling.
O look! Like a silver boat sails
the moon in the watery blue heaven.
I sense the fine breeze stirring
behind the dark pines.
The brook sings out clear through the darkness.
The flowers pale in the twilight.
The earth breathes, in full rest and sleep.
All longing now becomes a dream.
-
The Hillmans (Barn Dance Music for Plumbers, according to their moribund website)
I saw them at Crawley Folk Festival a couple of years ago. Why someone thought it a good idea to book a psychobilly band at a folk festival I'm not sure.
Crawley was always a sort of bit of music attached to a beer festival. It's now a beer festival.
-
Public Service Broadcasting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY-kAnvOY80
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHIo6qwJarI
-
Harvest - Neil Young. I'd forgotten how many good songs there are on this album.
-
Harvest - Neil Young. I'd forgotten how many good songs there are on this album.
Neil Young - The most brilliant terrible guitar player and singer in the world. It really really shouldn’t work but when you hear it it's just glorious.
-
Morgan James
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuSO5KpdUic
Came across her via The Postmodern Jukebox. Ace voice, I ordered the CD.
-
Korn - Unplugged
-
Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde
Otto Klemperer and the Philharmonia Orchestra recorded in 1967 with Christa Ludwig and Fritz Wunderlich.
This is an absolute bargain. Boxed set on Warner Classics that also includes Symphonies 2,4,7 and 9 and some other lieder. Recorded over a year with either Christa Ludwig or Elizabeth Schwartzkopf on mezzo duties. It's been remastered into 24-bit/96 kHz from the original master tapes and sounds lovely. About £12 which for six CDs of such great recordings is stupidly cheap.
-
Fear Factory - ReManufacture
It just seems like a day for this...
-
Amplifier. Miss von Brandenburg and I are going to see them in a couple of weeks so I thought it wise to refamiliarise myself with some of their lesser-listened-to output.
I ordered a T-shaped shirt from their webby SCIENCE last week and as a result of it being out of stock have been having an e-mail conversation with drummer Matt Brobin today. I have also had a nice chat with singer/guitarist/songwriter/producer/photographer/git (delete as applicable) Sel Balamir concerning a double payment for a download. Nice peoples :thumbsup:
You don't get that with One Direction or U2.
-
Helping a friend...
Anyway, right now I have just finished listening to Wire's Pink Flag and have now loaded Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails.
-
;D
-
Youtube videos of the Tiger Lillies, off to see them in Salford tomorrow night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEq_ZIxHz_M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEq_ZIxHz_M) This has my eyes tearing up.
Lyrics http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/ewart-alan-mackintosh-in-memoriam.htm (http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/ewart-alan-mackintosh-in-memoriam.htm)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3xmfqMj8s8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3xmfqMj8s8)
-
Slipknot - All Hope is Gone
The sun is shining, work is easy and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Life is good, so this CD is the one to listen to!
-
Gov'T Mule - The Deep End, Volume 1
If you like classy guitar rifs and Hammond organ you'll like this one. Its really a tribute album to their base player who died (it's all songs he liked) and has a stellar set of guest musicians especially base players: Jack Bruce, Bootsy Collins, John Entwistle, John Scofield, Roger Glover and a host of others.
https://youtu.be/ijsritrkiAA?list=PL94gOvpr5yt0-BZp98E94UpgKRdTzZ5X8
-
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida -
Carbon Iron Butterfly.
At least I was. It's boring.
-
I've had Fiesta by The Pogues (and a few other Pogues tracks) in my head all day. No idea why.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pYI9t-I6qo
And now I'll be spending all evening thinking of my Dad.
-
Augustines : Augustines. :thumbsup:
(bounces up and down in chair)
ETA: Augustines - Mashup of U2 and Bruce Springsteen.
-
Radiohead
-
Deep joy when I got up this
morning afternoon to find upon the doormat a cardboard Thing from Nozama, and nestling within its wood-pulpy folds a shiny shiny copy of 'Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress', being the latest offering from undisputed Champions of the Post-Rock Wurrrrld Godspeed You! Black Emperor. I could have had it for less money and tax-dodging direct from Constellation Records but I wanted it NOW and they weren't doing pre-orders for addresses outside Canuckistan chiz.
Quite short for them, four tracks adding up to a little over forty minutes. On first listening I give it :thumbsup: :thumbsup: though there's definitely some recycling of earlier tunes in there. Usually arty sleeve goodness you expect from Constellation.
-
Today I will be listening to the new album from The Go! Team, released yesterday.
http://www.thegoteam.co.uk/
-
Today I will be listening to the new album from The Go! Team, released yesterday.
http://www.thegoteam.co.uk/
It is good, I got it yesterday and am impressed.
-
Waylon Jennings - The Final Concert
https://youtu.be/1D5nYb74fVk
Fantastic cover of the Marshall Tucker Band classic.
-
Joni Mitchell, whilst sending healing thoughts California-wards.
-
Allison Moorer's new album "Down to believing"
It's a breakup album (she just got divorced from Steve Earl) but she doesn't do crying into her beer - it's searing.
Highly recommended !
https://youtu.be/29ApPZg6b88
-
And today its John Mayall's Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton
A classic album but I have never heard t before somehow. Had a splurge on Amazon cheap CDs the other night and am currently listening to them on the Amazon Player as they haven't been delivered yet.
-
Bugs Bunny on Broadway
-
One More From The Road ~ Lynyrd Skynryd. Aten't listened to it for years.
What song is it you wanna hear?
-
I now have a works car with DAB and have started listening to 6 Music, particularly Mary-Anne Hobbs standing in for someone in the morning this week, playing loads of stuff that I don't know but quite like. Public Service Broadcasting's 'Go!' has been played a few times - absolutely love it.
Listening to some of their other stuff on youtube at the moment. I am slow to bands and tend to get into them and go backwards chronologically...
-
Deep joy when I got up this morning afternoon to find upon the doormat a cardboard Thing from Nozama, and nestling within its wood-pulpy folds a shiny shiny copy of 'Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress', being the latest offering from undisputed Champions of the Post-Rock Wurrrrld Godspeed You! Black Emperor. I could have had it for less money and tax-dodging direct from Constellation Records but I wanted it NOW and they weren't doing pre-orders for addresses outside Canuckistan chiz.
Quite short for them, four tracks adding up to a little over forty minutes. On first listening I give it :thumbsup: :thumbsup: though there's definitely some recycling of earlier tunes in there. Usually arty sleeve goodness you expect from Constellation.
Mine came as bike, chunksome vinyl sauciness (along with download codes), tis flipping awesome.
-
Public Service Broadcasting - The Race For Space
Shriekback - Without Real String or Fish
and ploughing through the Aphex Twin archive tracks that he put up on Soundcloud for free download. They're available here (1-157) (https://archive.org/details/aphextwinsoundcloud2015-1) and here (158-175) (https://archive.org/details/AphexTwinSoundcloud158-175). There's also a useful reference spreadsheet here (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11ouNaaVrNp60Ib34Kp0TO1n1XSc7-9DvfiZ9ZiTiD2c/htmlview?sle=true#gid=0)
-
A moment of nostalgia, playing one disc of the Space Ritual a few times, the one that starts with 'Orgone Accumulator' and ends with 'Master of the Universe'
Proper thundering melodic bass, surprisingly subtle in detail. Go, Lemmy! I'm off to get my "eyeballs integrated" and make sure that I bring all bodies to orgasm simultaneously.
-
Cream this afternoon. Where can I get some of whatever Ginger Baker was on?
-
Cream this afternoon. Where can I get some of whatever Ginger Baker was on?
In the Afghanistan area, mostly.
-
I thought you needed to have just come off opiates to have that much energy ???
-
Then I would suggest a word with the bass player I mentioned upthread...
-
"The First Time" with Kevin Rowland on Radio 6 Music now (interview and music choice).
-
A moment of nostalgia, playing one disc of the Space Ritual a few times, the one that starts with 'Orgone Accumulator' and ends with 'Master of the Universe'
Proper thundering melodic bass, surprisingly subtle in detail. Go, Lemmy! I'm off to get my "eyeballs integrated" and make sure that I bring all bodies to orgasm simultaneously.
Oh yes !
Da da da dah, da da da dah, da da da dah, dah dah dah dah - I am the master of this universe and the wind of time is blowing through me ...
-
Rilo Kiley - Does He Love You?
https://youtu.be/QWfn2Y7ghWM
A proper grown up song about love, marriage, affairs and children.
-
Continuing with the Rilo Kiley theme this time Jenny Lewis solo:
https://youtu.be/JHl2rWnG1Co
With Ryan Adams doing guitar duties for her.
-
Russian Circles- Memorial. Bloody awesome!
-
Laura Nyro
She really should be better known. There are a lot of similarities with Carol King but then Laura would switch it up and it had more funk.
https://youtu.be/7HhJRxRxOQo
https://youtu.be/EfW41eKUkKE?list=PL265914523AA80295
-
Billy Bragg- Tooth & Nail, what a bloody cracker too!
-
Here's something to get you through the last working day of the week. I challenge you not to tap your foot to this and it's recorded in a bike shop !
https://youtu.be/BC6hMZLd91Y
JD McPherson
Old time rock and roll complete with upright base, saxaphone and telemacaster goodness.
-
Mogwai.
Slint meets Explosions In The Sky. I do not think I will be ponying up to see them in June.
-
Mogwai.
Slint meets Explosions In The Sky. I do not think I will be ponying up to see them in June.
Shame, greatest band in the world, making me deaf since Young Team! Superb live band too, adds a dimension to the recorded stuff.
-
Mogwai.
Slint meets Explosions In The Sky. I do not think I will be ponying up to see them in June.
Shame, greatest band in the world, making me deaf since Young Team! Superb live band too, adds a dimension to the recorded stuff.
In fact I am now listening to Mogwai- Young Team.
-
They just don't grab my attention in the way that for e.g. EITS do.
Also, it was quicker to use Audacity to cut out that ten minutes of silence from the end of "Secret Pint" than to let it play. Another scalp in my crusade against silence-based ponciness :thumbsup:
-
They just don't grab my attention in the way that for e.g. EITS do.
Also, it was quicker to use Audacity to cut out that ten minutes of silence from the end of "Secret Pint" than to let it play. Another scalp in my crusade against silence-based ponciness :thumbsup:
Listen to some of the other stuff too, Young Team is the classic but their maturing style really comes through as you listen to the albums chronologically.
I am listening to the latest Godspeed YBE on the beautiful black stuff at present. May move on to Russian Circles after.
-
Listen to some of the other stuff too, Young Team is the classic but their maturing style really comes through as you listen to the albums chronologically.
I am and it does, but not enough to persuade me to fork out my unearned. Yet.
-
Listen to some of the other stuff too, Young Team is the classic but their maturing style really comes through as you listen to the albums chronologically.
I am and it does, but not enough to persuade me to fork out my unearned. Yet.
I guess my love for them comes from when young and easily influenced (or under the influence). ;)
-
It might have worked if I'd heard them before Slint & EITS rather than the other way round...
-
They certainly preceded Explosions in the Sky! Slint, not so much.
I've never seen 'em live (yet). Not for want of trying, just the stars haven't aligned correctly.
Always love their version of Sweet Leaf:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q72na528kLo
-
EITS are later, mogwai themselves certainly acknowledge the influence that Slint had on them. The Post Rock genre is certainly a broad church including many things.
If you like it a little more electronic (eg Mogwai's most recent stuff) then I can highly recommend the Errors and Fuck Buttons (awful name but great music).
-
Slint broke up about five or six years before Mogwai Young Team was released, but I didn't hear them until ~2004. Saw the reformed version in 2005 at the Forum in Kentish Town and jolly splendid it was too, although I think the drummer was pretending to be asleep for the first three numbers.
EITS' first album dates from 2000, so well after.
Edit: I keep missing whatever A Silver Mount Zion are calling themselves this week for much the same reason as Deano chiz.
-
Slint broke up about five or six years before Mogwai Young Team was released, but I didn't hear them until ~2004. Saw the reformed version in 2005 at the Forum in Kentish Town and jolly splendid it was too, although I think the drummer was pretending to be asleep for the first three numbers.
EITS' first album dates from 2000, so well after.
Edit: I keep missing whatever A Silver Mount Zion are calling themselves this week for much the same reason as Deano chiz.
I find the whole Godspeed YBE and the subsidiaries quite confusing. The music is often great but sometimes it can be rather impenetrable. It would make a great episode of Rock Family Trees though!
-
I blame hearing the Constellation Records sampler "Song Of The Silent Land" at an impressionable age (40).
-
First couple of listens to the new GY!BE album today & it's a big :thumbsup: - although I think I prefer the previous album.
On a similar feel the latest This Will Destroy You album - Another Language - is pretty decent too
-
First couple of listens to the new GY!BE album today & it's a big :thumbsup: - although I think I prefer the previous album.
On a similar feel the latest This Will Destroy You album - Another Language - is pretty decent too
Will see if it is on Napster when I do some mindless drone computer work later, thanks!
-
WMMR, specifically Preston & Steve. Must. Not. Laugh.
-
Glenn Gould: Bach - Partitas 1-6
Incredible.
https://youtu.be/o6AVYXxR6-U
-
And now the same thing by Maria Tipo
https://youtu.be/-IeD0xW9404
Wow that's different. I think I like it though.
-
Gillian Welch
You don't need a huge budget and dancers to make a great video. A good song and a steady cam will do:
https://youtu.be/jdYG-Nh_AxU
-
Having a Prog day: Van der Graaf Generator, King Crimson, Genesis and Yes so far
-
Heard this last year, but keep coming back to it. The lovely Laura Doggett.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwh-YfWAlFo
-
Refamiliarising myself with Masters Of Reality's back catalogue, as we are to see them next month.
-
Dance Hall Crashers: Lockjaw and Blue Plate Special.
-
Whatever spotify are sending to Mrs Dan's laptop. Could do with some quality control!
-
Kyuss. Perfect for the days when you find early Sabbath a little too twee.
-
Gilles Peterson on 6 Music - playing stuff too soporific for this time of day, as usual. Craig Charles on shortly should perk us up.
-
Best not to mention that I've got Sigur Rós on, then.
-
The Young'Uns - Another Man's Ground
Very highly recommended
-
Streets of LAhore followed by Between the Wars - brilliant
-
Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear – Silent Movies (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts2aARA1dwQ)
wait for it... wait for it...
yeah, let's do some more
-
Vampire Weekend.
Because I lost the SmallestCub in the 40 seconds that it took to get the tandem in the front door yesterday, but eventually (2 minutes, felt like an hour obv...) tracked him down at the SmallestSuperHeroNextDoor's place, where I reminded him that you can't go play round your mate's without telling me first then got distracted by the music playing Quite Loud - which was the reason the Superhero's mam hadn't heard me knock the first time, since she was enjoying a new charity shop find. Realised who it was, and that I haven't listened to 'em for ages. Makes me want to ride my bike... which I just worked out is because their 2008 offering was an album I listened to a fair bit while cycling a couple of years back and discovered is jolly good for riding-fast-while-grumpy to and ending up a bit more zen as you park your bike at t'other end of the journey.
-
Glenn Gould: Bach - Partitas 1-6
Incredible.
https://youtu.be/o6AVYXxR6-U
This arrived the other day. I can forsee a lot of relaxing evenings ahead.
Glen Gould Bach Edition - 44 disc boxset (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0086WQNZ0?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=od_aui_detailpages00)
-
Glenn Gould: Bach - Partitas 1-6
Incredible.
https://youtu.be/o6AVYXxR6-U
This arrived the other day. I can forsee a lot of relaxing evenings ahead.
Glen Gould Bach Edition - 44 disc boxset (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0086WQNZ0?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=od_aui_detailpages00)
Ooh that's nice. I have about five Glen Gould Bach CDs but maybe I could get this and sell the ones I all ready have ....
-
Tom Ravenscroft on iPlayer playing Rema Rema :o :thumbsup:
-
Dead Ringers on R4. As many lolz as ever, but with added heartbreaking pathos.
-
Sixto Rodriguez's Coming From Reality album. Enough to make you cry.
-
Tinariwen. Why has it taken me so long ???
-
Tinariwen. Why has it taken me so long ???
Thanks for the recommendation - listening now.
-
A bit of teenage reminiscing with a little Mighty Mighty Bosstones (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIGMUAMevH0) and a little Rancid (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BWBrcF7sWQ).
-
Slipknot - All Hope is Gone
Like My Chemical Romance, Slipknot are one of those bands that I don't usually either a) get to hear or b) am allowed to admit I like. I like them both for pretty much the same reason. Their music can take a little getting used to, but has a certain subtly to it (in Slipknot's case, you have to look past the loud guitars and drums to realise just what it is).
I likes it.
-
The Liberty of Norton Folgate by Madness
I missed this when it was released. Very different but at the same time similar to their 80s output
-
FFS - they make me LOL
Been hearing the single Johnny Delusional a lot on 6music recently. There's a strong chance it's the catchiest tune you'll hear all year...
http://youtu.be/3tyVcS8jWHk
Is it just me or is Ron Mael looking increasingly like Simon Brint from Raw Sex?
This one is hilarious:
http://youtu.be/9Itq9MAg9FU
-
"Motorcycle Emptiness" - Manic Street Preachers
One of the best guitar riffs ever, Surprisingly it was done on a telecaster not a Les Paul.
-
Nina Simone - "Little Girl Blue"
https://youtu.be/zTFhADgKxi0
Her first album. Listen to this for her fantastic piano playing as well as her voice. Lovely Bach inspired counterpoint.
-
Assorted electro-swing via Soundcloud.
-
Inspired by our catch up with ...Later, last night, today I am listening to "Hot Sardines"
http://hotsardines.com/
-
Hank Crawford.
-
Curtis Harding
Pukka soul with a bit of funk/disco and even a dash pop. Surprisingly good.
-
Curtis Harding
Pukka soul with a bit of funk/disco and even a dash pop. Surprisingly good.
He was on the same ...Later, thanks for reminding me, must look up some of his music.
-
Mélanie Pain
-
Steely Dan - assorted tracks
A marmite band. I like marmite. Great lyrics, great playing and fantastic obsessive production values.
They always make me think of 70s silver HiFi separates with glowing blue VU meters.
(http://www.audioclassic.org/uploads/1/8/8/9/18899713/6532172_orig.jpg)
-
Iron Maiden, "Hallowed be thy name" played very loudly on a jukebox.
What Eurovision ?
-
Be-Bop Deluxe. Bill Nelson = the guitar hero you could like without losing any punk credentials you pretended to have.
-
Courtnet Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit.
Very reminiscent of L7/Elastica and the like of that era.
-
The final of the 500 words competition, the winner of the 5-9 age group when asked how she wanted Kenneth Brannagh to read her story...
"Well".
-
Tool.
I want some of what Danny Carey has for supper.
-
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sin-%C3%89/dp/B000024JH3/ref=pd_sim_15_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1JNKP9ZEEBZK3RNEDWCM
Nuff said. Pure delight.
-
DJ Dero, Electrosamba!
-
Started with Arrested Development - Best of
Then I moved onto Biffy Clyro - Opposites.
This has nearly finished, so shall need to choose something else. Watch this space :)
-
The Mighty Mighty Boostones
followed by
Mephiskapheles
-
discovered 1 Mike 1 Take, a veritable cornucopia https://www.youtube.com/user/1mic1take/videos
If you like jazz, try Robert Glasper's take on Teen Spirit, complete with minor fluff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WudaLBOCrBE
-
Assorted Tim Buckley
-
The Wedding Present - Bewitched.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fDqFPATgFI
One of the best "kerangs" in music when the guitars kick back in at 5 mins. Great bitter sweet lyrics too.
-
Leave No Star Unturned ~ Hawkwind. Live at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, January 1972, so likely one of Lemmy's first gigs.
-
Art Blakey - gulping down as much of his stiff as I can find on YouTube. I cant believe I had never really listened to him before. Amazing hard bop.
-
Massive Attack - Mezzanine. Subwoofertastic.
-
John Shuttleworth on
Mark and Lard Radcliffe and Maconie.
Shall have to turn it off in a minute as I am laughing too much, especially the bit about Lady Gaggia...
-
BB King in his pomp, not the old guy on a chair from his later years. Live in Africa 1974.
https://youtu.be/UOnzDKvn7YI
-
Seemed like a good moment for some of Queen's more raucous moments.
-
Via Bad Company to Trust.
Did you know that even Trust have a tribute band now? Les Grands Gueules.
-
Gin Wigmore - Gravel and Vine
Inspired by a whisky advert that uses Kill of the Night
-
Nantucket Sleighride, the album.
-
Deep Purple - Made in Japan
Best live rock album eva?
-
Deep Purple - Made in Japan
Best live rock album eva?
I got that for Christmas when I was about 13 from my Aunty. Plaid it to death :)
-
Deep Purple - Made in Japan
Best live rock album eva?
I got that for Christmas when I was about 13 from my Aunty. Plaid it to death :)
"My woman in Cumbernauld"
-
Mixed stuff: SAHB, Love Story
Oysrerband, various
Pink Floyd, Echoes
-
The Burning Hell - Live Animals
https://theburninghell.bandcamp.com/album/live-animals
It really captures the joy of their live performances.
-
Terry & Gerry (and therefore the wonderful turista OTP) on Spotify. Tapping my feet and trying not to sing (my orquers des vache might not appreciate it)
-
Last.FM's "Artists like Terrorvision" '90's Brit-poprock abounds, currently on "Sherriff Fatman"
-
Leftfields newest, Alternative Light Source. Despite the universally glowing reviews so far it's been a bit meh. Ok I'm listening in the car, but there's nothing like Phat Planet or Afrika Shox to get you winding up the volume. And only 2 tracks to go. :-\
-
Pink Floyd: "The Wall"
Remind me not to listen to this album when I am feeling a bit miserable, er like I am today.
Bad choice Ian. Great Album, wrong topic area.
Next up: Carter USM 101 Damnations.
-
Here is what to do if you are tempted to listen to the super-duper deluxe edition of Deep Purple's Made In Japan in its entirety: anything at all. It's the original 1972 album, and the 2014 remaster of same, and all three shows from which the original album was assembled. The main entertainment comes from spotting the different twiddly bits Jon Lord put into his keyboard solos, and Ian Gillan trying to explain " Smoke On The Water" to an audience who probably don't understand a word he's saying.
-
The Sundays. Just perfect music for a summer day.
-
Deep Purple - Machine Head. Has to have the best first three tracks of any album... probably
-
Does The Wall make anyone feel anything other than miserable (regardless of how you start off feeling)? I like having a copy in my collection, but I can't listen to it.
Today I am listening to 6 Music, as usual.
-
Cycling and/or Holland themed Gideon Coe show on 6 Music via iPlayer :thumbsup:
-
Seemed like a good moment for some of Queen's more raucous moments.
Rarely, if ever, listen to Queen these days. With one or two exceptions most of their material post 1976 is dross.
Meanwhile I have re-acquired and become re-acquainted with Natural History - a Talk Talk compilation. Lots of jangly piano & harmonica. By God he could hit those drums!
-
Kathryn Williams's new album Hypoxia. Marvellous. I'm sure she was supposed to be playing round here this week, but maybe the gig got cancelled.
Hmph.
-
Yesterday at the Cluny, wasn't it?
-
Yesterday at the Cluny, wasn't it?
According to her website she was playing Durham on Saturday, but that gig is no more.
-
Launderette fb page had her down on the 11th June...
It's a cracking album, isn't it?
-
Motörhead. All of it. Filling in the shameful gap in my post-1985 knowledge of the 'head.
Acoustic guitar? Keyboards? WTF ???
-
I always wondered if the fictional supergroup DeathTongue (with generous sprinkling of umlauts) was a Motorhead tribute...
-
The Hillman's debut album "Kings of the Weald Frontier" on Spotify. I may have to buy it. Foot tapping psychobilly.
-
Sleaford Mods - Divide and Exit.
NSFW music, a bit sort of like PiL, all piss and vinegar.
<y favourite line, so far "Chumbawumba weren't political, they were just shit"
-
I stumbled across Mozart's Clarinet Quintet on R3. It is a wonderful piece. He also used the last movement for a set of piano variations, which I used to play. Quite hard not to sing all g in the railway carriage.
-
Quite hard not to sing all g in the railway carriage.
Quite boring though, I should think? I would put some other notes in as well, if I were you.
-
Today, and Friday, is ADF - The Signal and the Noise.
FAntastic album, kind of like "RAFI's Revenge", but with a softer, more grown up, edge.
-
I stumbled across Mozart's Clarinet Quintet on R3. It is a wonderful piece. He also used the last movement for a set of piano variations, which I used to play. Quite hard not to sing all g in the railway carriage.
Yes, Mozart wrote particularly superbly for the clarinet. Obviously, you'll know the Concerto but the Trio (Kegelstatt) is excellent, too. I'd love to hear his Ave Verum arranged for woodwind quartet, preferably three clarinets and as bassoon - wonder if it's been done?!
-
Kings of the Wild Frontier- Adam and the Ants :thumbsup:
-
Blue Rose Code, studio demo with the McCrary Sisters
https://soundcloud.com/bluerosecode/blue-rose-code-feat-the-mccrary-sisters-grateful-studio-demo
-
Iain M Banks - The State of the Art (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hv1dz)
-
Wheatus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCKkE2sM1Uc)
-
Sabbath. The last couple of albums before they sacked Ozzy were this: shit.
-
Soulfly, as I am going to see them tonight.
Followed that with Sleaford Mods.
-
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material
-
I just can't get this track out of my head at the moment.
SL2 - On a Ragga Tip (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9hpeVwx1Ug)
-
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=which+side+are+you+on&FORM=VIRE5#view=detail&mid=399DDAC60282F8D69530399DDAC60282F8D69530
-
Pesky! 12-year-olds signed to Fierce Panda!
https://play.spotify.com/album/2lXHt4KRlxi8VL2z49Vc6X
-
The Race For Space by PSB. Really enjoying it.
-
Marlene Dietrich at the moment. There's something mesmeric about her voice...
-
'Murmurs', by Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting and Nancy Kerr. Some wonderful stuff there.
-
Lady's Bridge by Richard Hawley. Flawless album (IMHO). Mini Legs loves it at bathtime.
-
Rainbow. The late Ronnie James Dio at full throttle. By 'eck, he had a set of pipes on 'im!
-
Neu!
Bit of a gap in my musical knowledge that needs filling, so I've downloaded the first three albums. Very much enjoying them so far. Being a fan of Bowie/Talking Heads/Eno, it all sounds strangely familiar - in a good way.
-
Epic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8PeZ3A2oKc
-
Rainbow. The late Ronnie James Dio at full throttle. By 'eck, he had a set of pipes on 'im!
I've been a RJD fan since about age 14. He could sure belt it out; a proper rock god. Stargazer and Kill the King still cut it for sure.
-
Sadly only got to see him when he was a member of Geezer Butler & The Three Italians. "Heaven And Hell" is a terrific album but it's nowhere near gloomy enough to be Proper Sabbath.
-
After waiting what felt like an age for it to come from an eBayer in Japan, I got home tonight to Joe Hisaishi's soundtrack to My Neighbour Totoro. I've been smiling like a child ever since.
Unfortunately now I have to sort out all of the track names in iTunes, as the ones from the CD are all in Japanese and I can't read them!
(edited to add: obviously I would have paid half the price, had it immediately and it would have all been tagged in English if I had just bought it from iTunes in the first place, but where's the fun in that?)
-
H2G2 - the radio series. Reached about Fit the Fifteenth.
-
Anthems for doomed youth, the new album by The Libertines.
Was it worth waiting 9 years for this album.....on first listen very much so.
-
I'm not really listening, but Mrs. Wow is, to some R4 reading. Every so often the background music breaks through and grabs my attention. It's Bach's "Italian Concerto" played on a harp. Absolutely stunning.
-
Tangled Up With You by Eliza's Uncertainty (https://soundcloud.com/nickgoodwinmusic/tangled-up-with-you), inspired by quantum mechanics. Amazon (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tangled-up-With-You/dp/B00QTFU7EO).
-
Lana del Rey's 'Honeymoon'.
Less raw, more produced than previous works but works just as well. In a day or two, I might even say better. Think gangster's moles, film noir, Bond movies, movie soundtracks, slow rap back beats and soaring choralesque vocals.
My God, she's a women I could blow my brains out with.
-
DJ Random, he say "Today is a day for Bob Dylan".
-
Cracked Rear View by Hootie and the Blowfish. I think I have a bit of a mancrush on Darius Rucker.
-
Peter Hammill's Chameleon in the Shadow of Night
-
Screaming Trees- nearly lost you. Such a tune!
-
Peter Hammill's Chameleon in the Shadow of Night
Not one to listen too if your feeling a bit down I suspect. Not a little ray of sunshine Mr Hammill is he ?
-
Low - What Part of Me.
Lovely, lovely song. Took me a few listens to realise that it's not a break up song, but the opposite.
-
The new album from Julia Holter (http://www.juliashammasholter.com/)
-
Ani DiFranco and Quicksilver Messenger Service.
-
On repeat: Carter Tutti Void - f(x) (http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=carter+tutti+void+f(x)&FORM=HDRSC3#view=detail&mid=099132D4F1E5DDAD2B86099132D4F1E5DDAD2B86) - dubbed-out industrial techno
-
George Ezra. Good voice, easy tempo.Very nice.
-
Bossa Nova ............ Charlie Byrd 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
-
Is there a better album than Talk Talk, Spirit of Eden for this time of night when the families gone to bed ?
-
13 ~ Black Sabbath. After thirty-odd years of studio albums ranging from mediocre to bloody awful this is top stuff. Brad Wilk does a terrific Bill Ward impression too,
-
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - Eponymous.
Brilliant STAX sound, odd really as that's the label it on.... :)
-
Moulettes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmJkEJw4jEU&index=2&list=PL4Sc0XIfmQRr7mxK9QZYRfBNHAljv80Lc
-
System Of A Down. I'm sure they feel very strongly about something but I can't make out what it is half the time.
-
"A Canticle for Leibowitz: Fiat Homo" on Radio 4extra
Sadly, I don't think parts two and three have been recorded.
-
System Of A Down. I'm sure they feel very strongly about something but I can't make out what it is half the time.
Horses and Chinese takeaway.
I think..
-
Moulettes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmJkEJw4jEU&index=2&list=PL4Sc0XIfmQRr7mxK9QZYRfBNHAljv80Lc
Good choice! Worth seeing live, if you can.
-
Mogwai collection/retrospective/best of/rarities Central Belters. And yes, it is a belter.
-
"A Canticle for Leibowitz: Fiat Homo" on Radio 4extra
Sadly, I don't think parts two and three have been recorded.
Damn, a long time since I read that.
Glen Gould, humming over the Goldbergs...
-
R-A-M-O-N-E-S Ramones!
There is a time and a place for guitar virtuosity, multi-layered soundscapes, soaring wossnames and Keith Emerson knifecriming a Hammond L-100. And there are some days when four chords is at least one too many.
(Does the Cretin Hop)
-
I started watching a programme of Artists' covers of Dylan songs. When it got to Cliff and some young Nolans doing a cover of something or other, horribly*, I turned it off.
Am now listening to the real McCoy.
Bliss.
(*They were covering the song horribly. I turned it off magnificently.)
-
Portugal. The Man, in particular "All Your Light"
Brought to it by watching this: http://kaleidoscope.redbull.com/ which is a bit of a headfuck, as far as cycling videos go...
-
I started watching a programme of Artists' covers of Dylan songs. When it got to Cliff and some young Nolans doing a cover of something or other, horribly*, I turned it off.
Am now listening to the real McCoy.
Bliss.
(*They were covering the song horribly. I turned it off magnificently.)
(Tries to imagine what The Nolans doing Desolation Row would be like. Fails)
There's probably a whole new parlour game in there. "Unlikely Cover Versions You'd [Like|Hate] To Hear".
-
Found it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNrdeOOefGU).
Don't click on this without an antidote very nearby.
-
That's not so bad! At least they're in tune.
-
Pixies.
Because it's Children in Need and there's fuckall on the telly.
-
Katy Perry - Fuck You, on repeat.
Boss is listening to happy music to distract us both from how shitty the world is.
-
DJ Random's in a Hendrix mood tonight :thumbsup:
-
I-player, Gideon Coe cake night. Just played Neil Young followed by Devo :thumbsup:
-
Elgar, Enigma Variations & Greensleeves, Boult & the LSO.
-
… Rain (http://www.rainymood.com)
-
Rusted Root.
-
The King's College Choir singing the Horst-Wessel-Lied.
-
I suppose it's just a song, when all's said and done. (I may have just written a poem....)
-
Billie Holiday , "You're My Thrill" ... I must get that "Lady Day" box set into regular play again.
-
And now it's "Lover Man". I think Jimmy Somerville's version has a bit of extra bite than this one.
-
A tinny second-hand rendition of barakta's beepy euro-pop essay-writing playlist. It occurs to me that I should be careful not to get stranded on another planet with this as my only music.
-
Wishbone Ash - Argus. first time for many years, and I'm right back in 1972! I'd forgotten how similar to CSN&Y they
were are* in many ways.
* I didn't realise they are still around and touring!
-
10cc - Rubber Bullets. 10cc were rather silly but their talent was amazing. Disturbingly, Eric Stewart these days looks just like Ian Faith from "This Is Spinal Tap"
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8fd6AprXZW4/hqdefault.jpg).
-
Sorabji's Trascendental Studies - like Scriabin on LSD.
-
Queen: Jazz.
-
Byrd: Mass for 4 voices, Mass for 5 voices, Infelix ego.
-
Simon and Garfunkel Live in New York followed by Bridge Over Troubled Water
-
Having found the streaming audio on amazon prime I have been very much enjoying John Rutter. A bit unsophisticated but very relaxing spiritual music. The Beatles concerto was fun, but a lot like a bloke vamping off on a piano in the pub. Still good fun though.
-
From Rutter onto Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Which I just described as being 'very Tom and Jerry'. Probably because it has been used as the background for many of the cartoons.
-
Brahms, first piano concerto, and Bruckner, 3 and 8. Still get to me, all three of them
-
Slade: Alive.
-
Oy to the World! A Klezmer Christmas (http://oytotheworld.com) :D
Again. :thumbsup:
-
Gideon Coe's Xmas eve show, when the Internet allows....
-
K563, with passion and finesse.
-
Wishbone Ash: Argus.
The Essential Alan Parsons Project
One Republic: Native
-
Gave DJ Random the afternoon off and instead had:
Space Ritual ~ Hawkwind
The 1999 Party ~ Hawkwind
On Parole ~ Motörhead
Motörhead ~ Motörhead
Bit of a theme here...
-
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
-
Deacon Blue "Raintown" , I just looked up the lyrics to "He Looks Like Spencer Tracey Now" , I never knew the history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Agnew (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Agnew)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co-wHEtnSDE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co-wHEtnSDE)
-
Gideon Coe's Obit show
-
Aretha Franklin at 73 http://mic.com/articles/131477/with-one-performance-aretha-franklin-reminded-the-world-what-a-real-singer-sounds-like
-
Absolute Radio's top 100 movie songs. Pretty good mix so far :)
-
This http://www.aidanmoffat.co.uk/index.php/site/news_detail/the_island_come_true_by_l_pierre/
Just what I was looking for to finish off the night. Not too loud, just nice.
-
David Byrne - Rei Momo
-
Beth Hart
https://youtu.be/mx6YWVaU_AU
Smokin !
Just ordered the CD of this gig. She was on Jules's Hootanany but was quite restrained compared to this.
-
Mogwai!!!
Hardcore will never die, but you will.
-
SYR8: Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth
You know "LA Blues" off The Stooges' "Fun House"? Like that, but lasts for 57:32 instead of a touch under five minutes.
I am glad I didn't actually pay any actual cash money for this.
Edit: ZOMFG, it was live! And people actually applauded and cheered afterwards :o
-
Errors- Come down with me.
-
Wishbone Ash.
Omnes: Clear off, hippie!
-
6 Music played the album version of Interstellar Overdrive just before midnight. 9 minutes.
I was impressed, but secretly hoping for Astronomy Domine and Syd Barrett intoning the names of galaxies.
-
Shortly after Syd died we went to see Robyn Hitchcock. Mr Hitchcock plus band played "Arnold Layne" as near note perfect as made no odds. "Good," said Mr Sunshine, "it's meant to be LOUD!"
-
The new Ozric Tentacles album, 'Technicians of the Sacred'
-
Bad Religion - Best Of...
Wow, they have a huge back catalogue to choose from, don't they? the Best Of is >2h30!!!!!
-
Eighth Blackbird- Filaments. Its a rather good jazzy modern classical type of thing.
-
Me again- Chemical Brothers and Dig Your Own Hole. Dancing in my head.
Edit: And now Sugar- Copper Blue. Its a cracker!
-
Fast Forward - new-ish album by Joe Jackson
I've been a fan from the days of Look Sharp and I think I have seen JJ live more times than any other artist. I wasn't too impressed with his last album of original songs but about 75% of this one is a return to form and a couple of tracks are quite sublime.
I'll be seeing him live next month and have no doubt that it will be a good night. Like Dylan, he dips into his back catalogue and presents his older songs in completely new ways. Unlike Dylan, he let's his band know what he's going to play in advance ;)
-
Picked up a couple more David Bowie albums in town today, Low and Let's Dance. So much of the Bowie I grew up with was around the Ziggy Stardust... era, so it's nice to explore some of the other parts of his career.
-
Picked up a couple more David Bowie albums in town today, Low and Let's Dance. So much of the Bowie I grew up with was around the Ziggy Stardust... era, so it's nice to explore some of the other parts of his career.
Interesting link between two of the RIPs is that on "Lodger" and other stuff Bowie was joined by Simon House, the violinist from Hawkwind.
-
Steel Panther - Brilliant. If you remember bands like Poison and Motley Crue these guys will make you smile.
-
Dave Rawlings Machine - Nashville Obsolete
Brilliant dark Americana. Gillian Welch on harmony vocals and second guitar.
-
The Velvet Underground. The live CDs included in the 45th anniversary box sets ran out before Win 10 on Slow Dempsey (the laptop) had finished cleaning up post-upgrade rubbish, in spite of a 37 minute version of "Sister Ray" :o
-
A box set of von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic, all the Beethoven symphonies (1977 version)
-
Turandot, live from the Met.
Well, delayed, Started listening live, but was interrupted by a phone call.
-
Fuck Buttons. I think they only have two songs (three if you count their cover of "Mogwai Fear Satan") but they're quite good at disguising it.
-
This afternoon, funnily enough, both Dark Side of the Moon and Brothers In Arms.
See the Terry Wogan thread . . .
-
Ooo... Good idea. :thumbsup:
-
Lateduster- Easy Pieces. Its rather good jazzy/post rock/instrumental twiddlery from the mid noughties.
-
Shelby Lynne, lots and lots of Shelby Lynne. The older she gets the better she gets.
https://youtu.be/6NM4Aqmx-iI
https://youtu.be/QOif0fKLb1M
-
And now the new album from the Tedeschi Trucks Band - Let me get by.
Excellent ! Two drummers, a brass section, two great singers and the worlds best slide guitarist, what's not to like.
-
And now the new album from the Tedeschi Trucks Band - Let me get by.
Excellent ! Two drummers, a brass section, two great singers and the worlds best slide guitarist, what's not to like.
The brass section, if you want my op!on.
-
Fuck Buttons. I think they only have two songs (three if you count their cover of "Mogwai Fear Satan") but they're quite good at disguising it.
I likes Fuck Buttons :)
Tonight - Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter :)
-
"Sandinista" , played rather loud. 😀
-
Australian post rock :thumbsup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZw6mUxSvJM
-
The Shooting Of.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRuY099sYqw
Absolutely kicking myself for not buying the album at his gig.
-
Fancy a bit of Kate Bush today..... Might even try to listen to the unlistenable "50 words for Snow" later!
Wish me luck with that!
-
Theme tunes shifted major->minor, or vice versa.
https://soundcloud.com/laztozia
-
Recently purchased two Supertramp albums, both remastered, 'Crime of the Century' and 'Breakfast In America'.
The latter sent particular shivers through me, having bought it 30 odd years ago.
I am a dreadful 70s throwback . . .
-
I remember listening to "Breakfast in America" on the radio while getting ready for school. A few years later I had a copy recorded from an LP from the local library (remember them ?) Only got a compilation CD now :(
Just been listening to Zoe Keating playing at the WEF in Davos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iep2N6nP5JE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iep2N6nP5JE)
-
Just collected Hunky Dory and Ziggy 2012 remasters from my local Sainsbury's for a fiver each. I normally try to resist buying things that I already have on vinyl but at that price it seemed churlish not to take advantage.
HD is playing right now
-
Steely Dan - Gaucho
On headphones, is there any other way to listen to Steely Dan ?
The production is something else.
-
Sonic Youth- Dirty.
-
Tricky - Skilled Mechanics
-
Blackbeard's Tea Party- Reprobates. Off to see them on Saturday- beer and raucous folk ahoy!
-
Pitchshifter - www.pitchshifter.com It's an oldy, but a goody. My biggest regret, from our days living in Northampton, is that I never got to see them play live on home ground...
-
Trev Gibb. I think I actually like him quite a lot. He's clever and he makes a nice noise.
-
Bach Cello Suites. First by Stephen Isserlis, then Yo-Yo Ma, now Pierre Fournier :D
-
Blackbeard's Tea Party- Reprobates. Off to see them on Saturday- beer and raucous folk ahoy!
2 tickets spare if anyone is interested.
-
The Spirit of Man (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJAVFZxNgAA) on the jukebox at the Moorings :thumbsup:
-
Miss Dan the Elder has discovered ROCK, so on an if you can't beat them basis, I've put Led Zep II on.
-
'Lodger'.
It doesn't date.
-
Steely Dan - Gaucho
On headphones, is there any other way to listen to Steely Dan ?
The production is something else.
I totally love Steely Dan, and it's a toss-up between Gaucho and The Royal Scam for my favourite album. Fagen's solo album The Nightfly is also pure production genius.
-
Postmodern Jukebox. Some of it works really well, other bits are a bit contrived or need a bit more careful arranging.
-
Blackbeard's Tea Party- Reprobates. Off to see them on Saturday- beer and raucous folk ahoy!
I looked after an abandoned/forgotten case I found at Shrewsbury Festival for half an hour, hoping the owner would return before I finished my meal. It turned out to be BBTP's box of CDs-for-sale, much to the relief of the gent who reclaimed it, and I was rewarded with a free copy of their disc.
-
Gov't Mule - The Deep End vol 1
Smashing. Saving vol 2 for another day.
-
The Wilderness ~ Explosions In The Sky
New album, released today. is teh Aces :thumbsup:
-
Jackie Leven (https://youtu.be/APNVVMp0AF0)
-
The Drive by Truckers
Sometimes funny and often dark. Have been described as Southern Gothic.
"When the pin hits the shell" is a particularly dark example.
Me and you, we liked our pills
And our whiskey
But you don't want your head full of either one
When the house gets quiet and dark
...
And the same God you were so afraid
Was gonna send you to Hell
Is the same one you're gonna answer to
When the pin hits the shell
https://youtu.be/X4DYgOre02s
-
Weaving my Ancestor's Voices by Sheila Chandra.
-
The Wilderness ~ Explosions In The Sky
New album, released today. is teh Aces :thumbsup:
I've heard bits of this and it is indeed good. You may also therefore like my current choice - Yndi Halda's 2nd album Under Summer. A little different to their first effort some 10 years ago but every bit as good. Classic "post rock" with added violin.
-
The Wilderness appears to have - gasp - keyboards on it :o I'll keep an eye out for Yndi Halda; sounds interesting.
-
Radiohead No Surprises. I thank you!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V40_GkVOLqE
-
Tedeschi Trucks Band
This video made me laugh. Two drummers in a small studio that's OK but the horn section get banished to another room, maybe they had been very naughty :)
https://youtu.be/NwgEELSShrU
Superb guitar solo from 5:18, Derek Trucks amazing as usual never over does it.
-
I've heard bits of this and it is indeed good. You may also therefore like my current choice - Yndi Halda's 2nd album Under Summer. A little different to their first effort some 10 years ago but every bit as good. Classic "post rock" with added violin.
Have just bought both. Only halfway through the first track of Enjoy Eternal Bliss but am liking what I'm hearing thus far.
-
Bach Cello Suites. First by Stephen Isserlis, then Yo-Yo Ma, now Pierre Fournier :D
Heard the David Watkin (http://www.thestrad.com/cpt-reviews/bach-six-cello-suites-bwv1007-12-2/) recording on the radio at the weekend & ordered it straight away. Utterly beautiful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMsdQMgu3dE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMsdQMgu3dE)
-
You need the Pablo Casals recording as well. Its the reference for all others. Its pre WWII and mono but the Naxos restoration of the original recording is excellent and relatively cheap too.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bach-Suites-Transcriptions-Johann-Sebastian/dp/B00004VXD2
-
Vintage Trouble
Sort of a 60s soul / R&B vibe. Just heard of these guys and they are really good. Apparently they have been on tour supporting AC/DC which seems an odd match but there you go.
Vintage Trouble - Pelvis Pusher (https://youtu.be/ZMCutWGTHSU)
-
Vintage Trouble
Sort of a 60s soul / R&B vibe. Just heard of these guys and they are really good. Apparently they have been on tour supporting AC/DC which seems an odd match but there you go.
Vintage Trouble - Pelvis Pusher (https://youtu.be/ZMCutWGTHSU)
Saw them supporting Paloma Faith. I concur- they are good.
-
I've heard bits of this and it is indeed good. You may also therefore like my current choice - Yndi Halda's 2nd album Under Summer. A little different to their first effort some 10 years ago but every bit as good. Classic "post rock" with added violin.
Have just bought both. Only halfway through the first track of Enjoy Eternal Bliss but am liking what I'm hearing thus far.
You're welcome. The first half of Dash and Blast is awesome. For years I thought A Song for Starlit Beaches was the weakest track on the album but now I've come to realise it is never a wasted 22 minutes of my life.
-
I've heard bits of this and it is indeed good. You may also therefore like my current choice - Yndi Halda's 2nd album Under Summer. A little different to their first effort some 10 years ago but every bit as good. Classic "post rock" with added violin.
Have just bought both. Only halfway through the first track of Enjoy Eternal Bliss but am liking what I'm hearing thus far.
You're welcome. The first half of Dash and Blast is awesome. For years I thought A Song for Starlit Beaches was the weakest track on the album but now I've come to realise it is never a wasted 22 minutes of my life.
Nothing on the telly last night except soggy foopballers so I listened to The Lot. Thanks for the recommendation :thumbsup: Though with a name like that they ought to be from Seyðisfjörður rather than Canterbury.
-
Sir Henry at Rawlinson's End.
-
Are you lollygagging over the syllabub?
-
One of my favourite people and musicians goes daft...
https://soundcloud.com/jonnyjazz/bach-goes-bananas
-
The Wilderness ~ Explosions In The Sky
New album, released today. is teh Aces :thumbsup:
Yeah, its very good. Off to see the 1st date in their tour tomorrow in Glasgow and looking forward to it a ton !
-
Marianne Faithfull
The stuff from the late seventies onwards. Some really quite beautiful and haunting songs. I particularly like "There is a ghost" and "Flaming September".
-
The Wilderness ~ Explosions In The Sky
New album, released today. is teh Aces :thumbsup:
Yeah, its very good. Off to see the 1st date in their tour tomorrow in Glasgow and looking forward to it a ton !
Git! I have another week to wait :(
-
Jonathan Richman :D
-
Bob Dylan.
Yeah ...
-
Opened the windows and listened to the blackbirds singing.
-
Gwegle have offered my a month's free music.
So, yes thank you. I'll have a month of that.
So I'm listening to Lloyd Cole and the Commotions. Nostalgia, yup, that's me.
Yesterday was The Waterboys.
Today will be Midnight Oil, Diesels and Dust album. Best songs ever sung by someone utterly incapable of singing.
-
Sticky Fingers.
-
Having a binge on This Mortal Coil. Only problem with this warm weather is that the amp doubles as a room heater !
-
Having discovered the Vevo app on our new smart TV, I am binging on '90s and new millennium rock, starting with System of a Down.
-
In Search Of Harperfield - the very lovely new(ish) album by Emma Pollock.
Standout track:
https://youtu.be/6I6MkgtIaXE
(The bit where she starts singing in Scottish makes me go weak at the knees.)
Tenuous cycling link: she used to be in the Delgados.
-
Bruce. Revision for tomorrow innit. Doesn't "The Ghost of Tom Joad" sound a lot like "Nebraska".
-
Michael Rosen, on R4's My Teenage Diary. Granted, I'm a long-standing fan, but what a lovely bloke. Warm-hearted, intelligent, and hilarious - best thing I've heard for ages, on what can sometimes be a damp squib kinda programme. How could you not love someone who calls his communist father Pater? He'd fit in well here, in fact, with his general excellence, idiosyncratic sense of humour, grammar pedantry, (I'll stop there)
-
uriah heep demons and wizards:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btDHH3tRqR8
-
Michael Rosen, on R4's My Teenage Diary. Granted, I'm a long-standing fan, but what a lovely bloke. Warm-hearted, intelligent, and hilarious - best thing I've heard for ages, on what can sometimes be a damp squib kinda programme. How could you not love someone who calls his communist father Pater? He'd fit in well here, in fact, with his general excellence, idiosyncratic sense of humour, grammar pedantry, (I'll stop there)
The bit where he related his mother trying to dissuade him from going on a demo was knicker wettingly funny.
-
Sleep. USAnian stoners from the early 1990s. Think Black Sabbath tribute band but with a singer who makes Ozzy sound like Pavarotti. It's absolutely hysterical but I have an horrible suspcision that they actually meant it.
Their last album was called "Dopesmoker"; the title track is 63 minutes long :o
-
Preternatural, by Moulettes, followed by Aqualung and Minstrel in the Gallery by Tull.
-
For the past few days I've been-a-listening to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gphiFVVtUI&feature=share
A very talented chap is Estas Tonne. Check out his other stuff.
-
Sonic Death - Early Sonic Youth, 1981-83. If they got a record deal on the back of that then there was even more cocaine floating about the industry than was previously thought possible.
-
Prom - Ludwig van's Glorious 9th, my droogies!
-
Back to The The. Matthew Johnson's got new material brewing. The London East End visionary will soon be hitting the road. Infected and Mind Bomb still send shivers up my spine.
-
I needed something to get free postage on an Amazon order. Gidon Kremer playing the Bach Sonataa & Partitas. 2 CD's for £4.99. :thumbsup:
-
Beethoven's Waldstein sonata. More than any other Beethoven sonata I have attempted to play, this one has highlighted my utter inadequacy. It is lovely to hear it played properly. I don't know who the pianist is yet.
-
At the moment, The Yardbirds. I shall, if MrsLurker doesn't kill me first*, follow that with some John Mayall.
*You'd think that after nigh on 30 years of blissful *cough* cohabitation with myself that MrsL would have learnt to love such things, but it seems not. Hey ho.
-
Ludovico Einaudi. An Italian with a melancholic piano.
-
Ludovico Einaudi. An Italian with a melancholic piano.
Edit: He's just cropped up behind Matthew Syed's piece about wiff-waff in the PRC.
-
A week or so ago I took delivery of a box set of 50+ mono CD's originally recorded in the mid 40's to mid 50's. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Decca-Sound-Mono-Years-1944-1956/dp/B00QHL0V3C/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1471124757&sr=1-1&keywords=decca+mono
"THE BIRTH OF HI-FI
Today we take high fidelity sound quality for granted, but how did it start? When was the moment when compressed and scratchy sound gave way to natural, realistic sound that captured the whole picture of a performance?
Decca Sound ‘Mono Years’ seeks to answer that question and shows how, 70 years ago, amidst war-time privations, a small team at Decca made technological breakthroughs that brought hi-fi to the world.
This latest cube explores Decca’s earliest high-fidelity history, and restores some restores critically acclaimed albums from ensembles such as the Trio di Trieste, Quintetto Chigiano and Griller Quartet which have not been available since their original LP release more than sixty years ago. An equally impressive array of soloists includes pianists Clifford Curzon, Julius Katchen, Friedrich Gulda and Moura Lypmany and violinists Ruggiero Ricci and Alfredo Campoli. Several generations of cellists are represented with recordings by Pierre Fournier, Maurice Gendron and Zara Nelsova."
I'm now up to disk 12 & so far there hasn't been a duff one. Some familiar tunes but also a lot of stuff I've not heard before. Recommended :thumbsup:
-
Wiggins mit Weller on 6 Music :thumbsup:
-
Currently listening to:
http://www.rainymood.com
-
Verdi's Requiem.
I am very tempted to turn it up to 11.
-
Opposites - Biffy Clyro
-
levelling the land, got my ticket through for their 25th anniversary tour this week.
-
Sorabji - Opus Clavicembalisticum recorded by John Ogden.
Because I am stuck working in a hotel in Sao Paulo and have the time to do so. A remarkable composer and an equally remarkable pianist, a recording after he was recovering from a long mental breakdown and not long before a tragically early death from diabetes complications.
-
levelling the land, got my ticket through for their 25th anniversary tour this week.
Oh heck that makes me feel old.
Nearly as bad as hearing that Primal Scream did the whole of Screamadelica at Glastonbury in 2011 tto celebrate its 20th anniversary and then realizing that I saw them do it at Glastonbury the year it was released ....
-
The Tom Robinson Band, recorded live at Golders Green Hippodrome in 1978, courtesy of the 6 Music website.
-
levelling the land, got my ticket through for their 25th anniversary tour this week.
Oh heck that makes me feel old.
Same here. We saw them on the original tour, I still remember the digeriedoo (sp ?) solo with the massive bass. Fantastic.
Tonight, Laurie Anderson, Big Science. (on vinyl, bought in the eighties)
-
Every now and again Youtube "recommendations" throw up something worth listening to: Cream on US TV in 1968 doing Sunshine of your love (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY-aAYl259k) - It's an excellent version, worth it for Ginger Baker alone
-
Tom Rush, The Circle Game. Urge For Going seems very apt on a day like today, and the title track always has me close to tears.
-
For the first time in decades, Marillion's Misplaced Childhood. Bloody hell, it's pretentious. ;D
-
For the first time in decades, Marillion's Misplaced Childhood. Bloody hell, it's pretentious. ;D
I had the misfortune of hearing part of Marc Almond's rendition of Jackie on R2 a few evenings ago. I'm sure Brel would have been positively spinning in his grave. The 80s were truly different times...
-
Marc Riley on 6Music. He's playing a session from something called 'Plastic Mermaids'. I think I like it.
-
Trembling Bells. They're a bit like Deep Purple crossed with Fairport Convention.
-
Marc Riley on 6Music. He's playing a session from something called 'Plastic Mermaids'. I think I like it.
Caught parts of it as I was cooking and downloaded some stuff this morning. Enjoying it so far. Similar in some ways to more recent Mercury Rev.
Based on what I think you like from your posts I think you may like it! :)
-
A strange mix, today.
Nathaniel Ratliff (our tickets for Leeds arrived today)
Followed by Terrorvision - Super Delux
Then onto Tool - Aenima.
I did wait until Mrs T had gone out before I put the last one on, though.
-
Just home from town with Billy Bragg's latest CD, "Shine A Light", in my pocket. It's him and Joe Henry(*) traveling across America by train, in a bit of a Woody Guthrie stylee. It's subtitled "Field Recordings From The Great American Railroad", and has stuff like Rock Island Line, Midnight Special, John Henry. It works for me.
* I'd not heard of John Henry, but Wiki tells me he's got a pedigree as long as your arm ( an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer. He has released 13 studio albums and produced multiple recordings for other artists, including three Grammy Award-winning albums). He's also Madonna's brother in law.
-
Just found Ancantha Lang, a big blues voice, worth keeping an eye on, methinks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clz5LyOUorY
-
Have just dug out a "Best of Chess" double album and am listening to Buddy Guy at the moment cos Phil Chess' death has been announced.
-
Radio 3...
No words, just music. But a fascinating, ear-opening collection of familiar pieces by performers with a very different approach from the mainstream, the usual romantic stuff and some intriguing pieces (at a guess) from the last half century. I can't place the work with an oriental flavour - quarter tones at a guess - but probably a European composer. Nor the piece that seem to owe a lot to the minimalists but had something different to say. The whole of the Dr Who theme raised more questions than answers.
The team at R3 obviously had fun with the programming. How do you wind down from an organ symphony (I think)... to the monumental chaconne from Bach's D minor partita? How do you choose a violinist whose approach to the solo partita fits in with the final work of the day, that can only have been Wagner?
I know the details are available on the BBC website, but somehow that's not quite the point.
I have a suspicion that R3 may have been subtly taking the piss out of Classic FM. There was some cherry-picking of movements - the Bach chaconne for example, but the programming was joined-up.
-
It's the words on R3 which I find more off-putting than the music. I can usually tune out the Stuffs by modern composers who make early Sonic Youth sound like Cole Porter but the grate ponces wittering on between pieces make me want to throw things at the wireless. And I only ever hear R3 at Fort Larrington, so it's not my wireless.
-
I've just played an old vinyl record I've not played for years.
Little Feat: Feats Don't Fail Me Now.
I'd forgotten just how good it is. I need to take the Rock n Roll Doctors advice more often.
Lowell George.
Two degrees in be-bop, a PhD in swing
He's the master of rhythm, he's a rock and roll king.
-
John Shuttleworth, on the wireless.
It's my time to shine,
Not the moon's, or the sun's,
Or Martin Clunes'
Chris Difford making a valiant, but inevitably doomed, attempt to be the straight man.
-
I've just played an old vinyl record I've not played for years.
Little Feat: Feats Don't Fail Me Now.
I'd forgotten just how good it is. I need to take the Rock n Roll Doctors advice more often.
Lowell George.
Two degrees in be-bop, a PhD in swing
He's the master of rhythm, he's a rock and roll king.
That very lyric pings into my head every time someone in the house mentions a degree or a phd. They sometimes are sung aloud rather than internally.
-
Gretchen Peters - Blackbird
Once of the best albums I have heard for a while. It's somewhat dark.
https://youtu.be/a5hIn569qMQ
last thing I remember was your footsteps in the hall
whisky in your voice and a shotgun on the wall
now there’s shadows in the shadows, there’s trouble in the cane
and there’s things you do that you just can’t explain
-
Rory Gallagher - I fall apart
This is a beautiful song from his first solo album. Lovely guitar work (of course) with some interesting insertion of Celtic chords and progressions. I love the production as well, not sure anyone would release an album with such loose and sloppy production these days, it was deliberate apparently and I like it.
https://youtu.be/pjxhwNrhIgA
-
Gretchen Peters - Blackbird
Once of the best albums I have heard for a while. It's somewhat dark.
It is a good album, also try out Hello Cruel World. I think the lyrics of Five Minutes are excellent.
-
Terrorvision - Super Delux
Maybe it will banish the ear worms I have in my head after the knockout gig I went to on Friday night!
-
Rory Gallagher - I fall apart
This is a beautiful song from his first solo album. Lovely guitar work (of course) with some interesting insertion of Celtic chords and progressions. I love the production as well, not sure anyone would release an album with such loose and sloppy production these days, it was deliberate apparently and I like it.
https://youtu.be/pjxhwNrhIgA
I usually love Rory Gallagher but I found this a little wearing in places (not that he'd ask me!). In the first verse he rhymes "apart" with, wait for it, "apart" and in the second he just fails to reach the top note (the tonic) in his vocal on each of the four lines and I kept wanting to shout "push!" like a midwife!
-
Angel Olsen
A new discovery for me. Great headphone music.
-
The Floyd, man.
-
Manon Lescaut, live from the Met. Makes for rather pleasant background music.
-
Thee Oh Sees - Plastic Plant
Came free on a CD with Uncut. Garage psychedelica and oh my god the base !
The base doesn't seem so loud, driving and amazing on Youtube but in the car cranked up - drool.
-
Various Robyn Hitchcock live recordings of dubious provenance. Well, alright, bootlegs. (Re-)Ripping them from cassette.
-
Live music making in all its glorious diversity.
In the morning Mrs N's U3A (University of the Third Age, aka crumblies) ukulele group performed Christmas songs with audience participation. Amazingly it was all pitched so that even my decrepit voice could cope, though I did wonder how the soprano voices managed the low notes at the end of "White Christmas". The ensemble playing & singing was excellent.
Lunch on a train to the city was followed by a glorious performance of wind music by eight CBSO musicians. A wind octet is not exactly chamber music, but they knew the acoustics of the CBSO Centre and they played as a chamber ensemble. Lots of communication by body language. They opened my ears to the complexities of a wind band. I had no idea that a bassoon (Margaret Cookhorn) could alter a simple dance rhythm into ensemble music with a bounce worthy of Tigger. The finale, one of Dvorak's slavonic dances transcribed (superbly) for wind band was both a super virtuoso piece and huge fun. There were quite a few others in the grey brigade audience who joined me in laughing at the end, before the formal applause started. The performers grinned.
-
Doyle Bramhall II
Can sing, produce and play guitar well enough to be hired by Clapton amongst others - I hate him.
Doesn't release enough of his own stuff in my opinion.
Here he is is live in 2014 playing with Sheryl Crow. Skip to 5:30 for a brilliant version of Doyle's "I'm leaving" with Sheryl singing backing vocals.
https://youtu.be/rFflPzgQSnM
Or what about this from his new album. Its got a hell of a groove.
https://youtu.be/2gYfXL4rOto
-
A Matter Of Life ~ Penguin Café. Features Arthur "Son of Simon" Jeffes, hence the abbreviated name. Similar enough to to the Penguin Café Orchestra to keep fans happy, different enough to make them say "that's a bit different from the Penguin Café Orchestra and, moreover, really rather good." Why has it taken me five years to get round to buying this album?
-
Fairport's Jewel in the Crown, Sin E's Deep Water Dropoff, Kath Tickell's Strange But True* and the new mixed-bag-compilation of older Floyd followed immediately by Wish You Were Here.
* Contains a great version of Jimmy Allen/Salmon Tails that I simply can't help playing along to on the mandolin.
-
Paris 1919 - John Cale
-
Iffy Pop on 6 music. He's playing some class Christmas music :D
-
Just discovering Dagmar Krause. Wow.
https://youtu.be/WOGwxhZDCUA
-
Early AC/DC.
Saw this under one track on Youtube, made my spill my coffee :)
Everytime I listen to Bon Scott, I feel like I have to take a shower and get an STD screen afterward. He's my hero.
-
Radio 4 Extra broadcast "Beryl : A love story on two wheels" by Maxine Peake.
Mixture of actors and family recall parts of Berry Burton's amazing racing career.
Available on BBC iPlayer for 30 days.
-
Radio 4 Extra broadcast "Beryl : A love story on two wheels" by Maxine Peake.
Mixture of actors and family recall parts of Berry Burton's amazing racing career.
Available on BBC iPlayer for 30 days.
Almost by accident, I listened to the "Sporting Witness" episode about Beryl yesterday. Much shorter, but real interviews. I think all the SW's are on the iPlayer for eternity, there's some good stuff in there.
Right now?
Rock Wi T'yew by Mr Mike Jackson on Rockin' Radio 2. With toons like that, I reckon he'll go far.
-
A new live album by Hawkwind which contains this:
The original:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go0JMX3zNeA
The new and, er, rather different version. Oh dear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8pGS4cWbHo
-
A new Hawkwind live album, you say? Tell me more!
-
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Space-Ritual-Live-2014-Deluxe/dp/B00SMP4150
-
Ta!
-
Not watched the DVD. Some of the performance is ace, some of it irritating, like the howling on Steppenwolf.
-
A new live album by Hawkwind which contains this:
The original:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go0JMX3zNeA
The new and, er, rather different version. Oh dear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8pGS4cWbHo
I saw the remake a while ago. BRIAN BLESSED !!!!!!!!1!!! hamming it up kind of destroys the sense of impending apocalypse that the original reading had.
OTOH, the KLF remix of Silver Machine on the Epoch: Eclipse compilation was just shite.
-
The original Sonic Attack is profoundly disturbing, the vocals almost sneered at the listener. BB seems to be laughing all the way through.
-
Yoicks! What is it that they have done to Orgone Accumulator that brings it down to only six minutes?
(Awits firther listening with degree of trepidation)
-
So, it's new money for old
rope patchouli censer wicks? :demon:
-
Being the good dad I am, I have just subjected TLD to "Valley Girl" by HRH Frank
-
Being the good dad I am, I have just subjected TLD to "Valley Girl" by HRH Frank
This unit endorses the above post. :thumbsup:
Like... totally... for sure
-
I'm listening to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=565tXd1UyYI
But be warned! Viewing this might compel you to 'Prancercise', or just be sick.
-
Today I am a little more up to date, listening to "Wolves" and "Human" by Rag and Bone Man.
-
Elwan, the freshly-minted new offering from Tinariwen. Like! Big ups to Scott otp for tipping me off to its release.
-
...The Suffering Song...RIP Robert Fisher
-
Longplayer, Live!
A 1000 year long musical composition. http://longplayer.org/
-
Longplayer, Live!
A 1000 year long musical composition. http://longplayer.org/
We've been able to visit on a few of my Thames Path Meanders.
-
Gottundammerung.. Wagner's ring cycle is all about some git who wouldn't pay the builders for creating a wall whilst doing dodgy deals with a theif from a different land.
-
I'm listening to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=565tXd1UyYI
But be warned! Viewing this might compel you to 'Prancercise', or just be sick.
My eyes! I am reminded of Lamia's sister in Greg Bear's 'Serpent Mage', or TP's 'Witches Abroad' and its ugly sisters. The ones with too many joints in their limbs...
-
Thank you DJ Random for playing Sleep's "Dopesmoker" this afternoon. All sixty-three and a half minutes of it. Yes, it is just one track, and not a live recording either.
-
The Maccabees :D
-
voces8 - various choral albums.
-
A rather wonderful Mahler box set. £18.99 via https://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Mahler-Symphonies-Leonard-Bernstein/dp/B005SJIP1E
Just finished No3 , highly recommended if you like Mahler :thumbsup:
-
Keef - Crosseyed Heart.
-
A rather wonderful Mahler box set. £18.99 via https://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Mahler-Symphonies-Leonard-Bernstein/dp/B005SJIP1E
Just finished No3 , highly recommended if you like Mahler :thumbsup:
Thanks that looks interesting and cheap. I hadn't really thought about Bernstein for Mahler, all my recordings are Klemperer or Walter.
[EDIT]
Bought it and have listened to the First Symphony - very good.
-
Michael Nyman's Decay Music
-
Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood - Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007
Blimey they were on fire for this. Cool backing band as well including Derek Trucks and Doyle Bramhall II.
https://youtu.be/6DYC61HzmtM
Dear Mr. Fantasy play us a tune
Something to make us all happy
Do anything, take us out of this gloom
Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy
-
I am about to have a Traffic marathon as Amazon have just delivered a boxed set of five classic Traffic albums, a bargain for £9.99. No it doesn't include "Hole in my shoe" (thank god) but you do get "Dear Mr Fantasy", "John Barlycorn must die" and "The low spark of high heeled boys",
-
Izo Fitzroy (https://soundcloud.com/izo-fitzroy), found first on the Blues Kitchen
-
Stanley Brinks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOIHV8iyzfU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y1DJ-ysS24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8unrOg4HquU
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4Tls9bWwMU
-
Programme about Edward Thomas. Radio 4 right now!
And the Afternoon Play about him tomorrow afternoon on R4 at 2.30pm.
-
Love: Alone Again Or (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X3HKEC68EM).
-
Frak! Midnight Oil are touring, but the only available gig is a Sunday night in That London. That's an expensive evening, ticket, train & hotel :(
-
In the workshop this morning I got fed up listening to France Info's repetitive pre-election waffle and put Aaron Copland on the mifi**. The left channel had dropped out for some reason but I was using whirry electrics so I decided the one channel would do and bumped up the volume to compensate. About two minutes into Appalachian Spring, the loud bit with triumphant brass and mucho percussion, the missing channel cut in. The shop has concrete walls, roof & floor so the effect was rib-rattling, very like being inside one of the speakers.
But it was bloody wonderful so I left it that way until I needed to think.
** in this case half-buggered 1981 Sony music centre with still-good amp & hefty separate CD deck, playing through speakers with 8" woofers.
-
Frak! Midnight Oil are touring, but the only available gig is a Sunday night in That London. That's an expensive evening, ticket, train & hotel :(
Bah. I saw them in Glasgow on the beds are burning tour. It was a fantastic gig. I've often looked to see if they were touring since but never have. No chance I can make that Hammersmith date.
-
UFO
The bridge between early 70s rock and NWOBHM. Some great songs.
-
Warsaw Village Band, better known as Kapela ze wsi Warszawa.
You'll probably like it if you like Hawk and a Hacksaw, Gogol Bordello, Taraf de Haidouks and similar.
There's loads on youtube.
-
Warsaw Village Band, better known as Kapela ze wsi Warszawa.
You'll probably like it if you like Hawk and a Hacksaw, Gogol Bordello, Taraf de Haidouks and similar.
There's loads on youtube.
Dziękuję bardzo!
-
The Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds", which comes off the shelf once a year or so. It's not, perhaps, quite the perfect album that it's sometimes made out to be but it's still an impressive recording. I'd love to have heard what Brian Wilson would have done with those arrangements had he been able to hear with both ears and recorded the album in stereo.
-
L.P. - Saw her performing (lip-synching, I think) this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn3wJ1_1Zsg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn3wJ1_1Zsg) a couple of times at the recording of Later last week and the CD dropped through the letterbox while I was off riding the London-Wales-London on Saturday with the damn song going round and round me head as an ear worm for 400km.
-
U2. They're doing tour rehearsal in the stadium across the street!
-
My 37 year old vinyl copy of Crocodiles by Echo and The Bunnymen, bought on the day it was issued. I'd been dragged along to see them a few weeks earlier at The Lyceum (with a new band called U2 third on the bill) by a schoolfriend of mine who had come down from Liverpool especially. I didn't know what to expect and was completely blown away. I've not listened to it for years and forgotten just how good it was/is.
-
Murray Perahia playing Chopin. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00KV191WG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
6 CD's of lovely music for less than a tenner !
-
If you want to chill, listen to some music that doesn't interfere, or require any special attention, then listen to The Necks's SEX (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaTyHFo3kns).
Brilliant.
-
Caetano Veloso - Legendary Brazilian singer / guitarist apparently. I hadn't hear of him until I followed a link from Riggers. Most excellent.
-
Marillion ~ Misplaced Childhood. Yes, yes. I know it's 30 some years old but I hadn't seen the disc since
2012's French Odyssey. Tiermat saw it amongst my cd collection and said 'oo, haven't heard that... etc.'
It struck me that , at the time, everyone compared them to Genesis (bring back Peter Gabriel...[cont p.94]) listening now with fresher ears, it's definitely channeling the later Pink Floyd.
-
Lavender's Blue, dilly dilly...
Oh look, a squirrel!
-
All of the Bela Fleck. Why do I even bother trying to play the banjo???
-
Led Zeppelin, lots and lots of Led Zeppelin.
-
All of the Bela Fleck. Why do I even bother trying to play the banjo???
I get the same feeling when I hear Chris Thile on mandolin. Incidentally the pair o ft hem have apparently just announced an album together
-
Little Feet. All my Little Feet was on vinyl but I just picked up the boxed set Rad Gumbo: The Complete Warner Bros. Years 1971-1990.
All the albums up to 1990 in remastered form including the deluxe version of Waiting for Columbus. 13 CDs for £35 a bargain.
Just looking the personnel listing for Dixie Chicken . Apart from Little Feet themselves there are Bonnie Bramlett, Bonnie Raitt and Gloria Jones as backing singers. Not too shabby!
-
Jim Croce. It's in the CD player in the car for moments when there's something rubbish on R2. Because Suzi Perry's on Drivetime this week, Jim's had a lot of playing. Thursday (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97jIQGbGql0) is such a beautiful song.
-
All of the Bela Fleck. Why do I even bother trying to play the banjo???
I get the same feeling when I hear Chris Thile on mandolin. Incidentally the pair o ft hem have apparently just announced an album together
More of those inadequate feeling upcoming then! ;)
-
Yesterday, as I was cleaning the bike, the whole of Herb Caravan's version of Turandot. Fairly wallowed in it I did. Need a better sound system in the workshop, though, the choruses and tutti were a bit muddy on a 35-year-old music centre and left-over speakers from god knows where. Concrete walls probably don't help, either.
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8DmK-Z5kEQ
^^^This beautiful work^^^ [Don't You Go Rushing by Lisa Knapp]
-
http://youtu.be/4c3BCWx5Rpg (http://youtu.be/4c3BCWx5Rpg) the lyrics remind me what I think about politicians.
-
"Nowadays everybody wanna talk like they got something to say
But nothing comes out when they move their lips
Just a bunch of gibberish
And motherfuckers act like they forgot about Dre May"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFcv5Ma8u8k (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFcv5Ma8u8k)
Eminem, Dr. Dre - Forgot About Dre (Explicit) ft. Hittman
-
Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead
https://youtu.be/rHJoj9IqeKg
-
http://youtu.be/4c3BCWx5Rpg (http://youtu.be/4c3BCWx5Rpg) the lyrics remind me what I think about politicians.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxN1STgQXW8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsGVghRBdKI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIRKjogt3-4
-
Vintage Genesis. No change there, then...
-
Ozric Tentacles, 'Pungent Effulgent'.
-
Gimme Some Lovin' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko3m0NBbq1o)
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je8brwUWOew
On Thursday night I heard 3 of the lead players from Liverpool Philharmonics string section playing the Goldberg variations arranged for strings, which was absolutely lovely.
http://www.liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/goldberg-variations
-
Kraftwerk.
Me and MiniQ are off to see them in that there Londinium on Friday. One off the bucket list. :thumbsup:
-
Trinity Ward - "Hymns for Machines" album.
http://trinityward.com/album/hymns-for-machines (http://trinityward.com/album/hymns-for-machines)
I stumbled upon this artist on facebook. A great find. Lovely retro sci-fi ambient artist! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Kraftwerk.
Me and MiniQ are off to see them in that there Londinium on Friday. One off the bucket list. :thumbsup:
Enjoy! :thumbsup:
-
Doors - L A Woman. There's filler on it but it's still the best Doors album. The CD has bonus tracks on it: "Orange County Suite" is a druggy lament with some startling lyrics and a tempo shift halfway through, finally recorded by the band and mixed years after Jim Morrison recorded the vocals, and one of the best things on there.
-
Tried the new Fleet Foxes the other day. Wasn't impressed.
Just bought the new Roger Waters - If you liked Amused to Death, you'll like this. Very similar. I like it.
-
The much-hyped new stereo mix of Sgt Pepper.
:-\ :-\ :-\
-
The guitar playing accountant Joe Bonamassa and Tina Guo playing acoustic at Carnegie Hall. check out the state of her bow by the end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQBkV7s0sV0
There are several more videos from that gig, all quite exceptionally good.
-
"Trippin' With Dr. Faustus", the fresh-today new album from the lovely chaps of Amplifier. This Unit hereby endorses this product, service or sentiment.
-
Journey - Any Way You Want IT.
I miss those kind of songs.
-
David Bowie's "Pin-ups". Haven't listened to it for about 30 years. Now I remember why. It was a bit of a career low, wasn't it?
-
Illusion & Doubt (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpTYrvO29m2PwDZ9W0XEt-DfZxtrCcZpB) by The Dead South, thanks to stumbling across this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9FzVhw8_bY).
-
Raspberry in Glue by Geo. Gerschwin. And got superglue under a fingernail the while.
-
Illusion & Doubt (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpTYrvO29m2PwDZ9W0XEt-DfZxtrCcZpB) by The Dead South, thanks to stumbling across this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9FzVhw8_bY).
And now Good Company (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpTYrvO29m2MBaxEB4QeCVVDDJcdCXdiL).
-
Thanks to Deano of this parish in Tune Association I discovered this beauty:
Design your own container garden - The Mountain Goats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JggpfFRZmc0
Reminded me of this:
Losing all my hair by Babybird.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxwvDTjy87o
-
Neil Young 'Decade'
-
Should come as no surprise to anyone who knows me but in the course a near 12 hour day I listened to most of Genesis' back catalogue. Because Vanessa Feltz. Ended the day with 'Animals' and 'The Wall'. Rogerzilla commented a long time ago about Dave Gilmour's guitar work. It really is sublime.
-
Er... ITYM Pink Floyd. ;)
-
Public Service Broadcasting (otherwise known as Purple Sprouting Broccoli in my head).
-
The new Fall album. Much drunken shouting as is to be expected, but not half bad...mostly.
-
Er... ITYM Pink Floyd. ;)
Read it through again and you'll get it . . .
-
I’m having a Scott Walker phase, what with the recent Prom (most excellent, if you have not watched it - it’s on iPlayer) and further exposure on Stuart Maconie.
On a completely different tack, I found this earlier today - one man techno, without the tech:
https://youtu.be/fhKUhaeyb18
-
Stellardrone - Rendezvous with Rama from his new album Between The Rings.
An ideal soundtrack / album if ever Rendezvous with Rama The Movie was made!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxOVms9dE9g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxOVms9dE9g)
-
Thievery Corporation. Going through the whole lot.
Again.
Boy, do these folks know how to do melancholy.
Lovely.
-
Slightly randomly, Tableau of a Lithotomy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZEv_6NsJj8). Something reminded me of it last night...
"The surgeon maketh his first incision."
"The forceps is introduced."
"The blood, it floweth."
"Relief and rejoicing."
I've got it on vinyl somewhere, and the B-side, called something like Visit from a Norgine Representative, is hilarious.
-
Songhoy Blues. Will brighten up even the darkest days!
-
LP's 'Lost on You'. It's one that is also constantly playing in my head. Played it to my eldest, who said it was "Rubbish." Youth huh?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoqSYM4ZS-E
-
The Imperfect Sea by Penguin Cafe.
Worthy successors to the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Try this for a taster:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILrIEKaC450
-
The Imperfect Sea by Penguin Cafe.
Worthy successors to the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Try this for a taster:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILrIEKaC450
Ooh, a new one! There will be a Shopping when I get back from me holibobs :thumbsup:
-
The Imperfect Sea by Penguin Cafe.
Worthy successors to the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Try this for a taster:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILrIEKaC450
Ooh, a new one! There will be a Shopping when I get back from me holibobs :thumbsup:
The album includes a cover of Kraftwerk's "Franz Schubert" which has a nice circularity about it, since PCOs first major gig was as support act for Kraftwerk themselves. There's also a cover of Simian Mobile Disco's "Wheels within wheels" which is one of the album's highlights.
-
New Mogwai Albumin. Tis v, v good.
-
Me and Bobby McGee, which has been performed by the band inside my skull for the last week and I wish they'd effing well shut up. I've tried listening to other stuff but it won't go away. Arse.
-
LP's 'Lost on You'. It's one that is also constantly playing in my head. Played it to my eldest, who said it was "Rubbish." Youth huh?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoqSYM4ZS-E
The album's not bad either - a little bit of filler and nothing quite as catchy as the title track, but enough to make it worth picking up.
I prefer this video though - for an obvious reason :demon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn3wJ1_1Zsg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn3wJ1_1Zsg)
-
Steely Dan today. And there might be another album purchase on the horizon too.
-
LP's 'Lost on You'. It's one that is also constantly playing in my head. Played it to my eldest, who said it was "Rubbish." Youth huh?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoqSYM4ZS-E
The album's not bad either - a little bit of filler and nothing quite as catchy as the title track, but enough to make it worth picking up.
I prefer this video though - for an obvious reason :demon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn3wJ1_1Zsg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn3wJ1_1Zsg)
Ah. Now, you see, that does nothing for me. Each to their own and all that, as they say. Where's Penelope Cruz, when you want her!
-
Dead Blonde Stars, a beat combo endorsed by Amplifier front man and all-round Top Chap Sel Balamir. Sound a bit like Audioslave which, IMHO, is no bad thing.
-
Goodbye Jumbo (World Party) :thumbsup:
-
Martin Simpson's new album, Trails and Tribulations :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
-
Martin Simpson's new album, Trails and Tribulations :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Good isn't it? Recommended it to my boss who liked it who in return recommended John Prine's Fair & Square which is on at the moment
-
JJ Grey and Mofro
Swampy southern soul infused rock. Hammond B3 - check, saxophone - check, nasty guitar - check. Wish they would tour in the UK.
https://youtu.be/SzIHr1U0zA8
On Fire
-
Goodbye Jumbo (World Party) :thumbsup:
I enjoy that album from time to time.
Downloaded the new OMD album, the Punishment of Luxury: will be listening to that properly later. 1st listen seems good.
-
Downloaded the new OMD album, the Punishment of Luxury: will be listening to that properly later. 1st listen seems good.
From what I've seen so far on Teh Youtube it certainly has some highpoints which are more akin to their heyday than some of post-Crush commercial tosh they churned out like Liberator.
I'm currently listening to Daughter's new album. Elena has a beautiful voice and they make a jolly good noise.
-
Martin Simpson's new album, Trails and Tribulations :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Good isn't it? Recommended it to my boss who liked it who in return recommended John Prine's Fair & Square which is on at the moment
It is. I love his interpretation of Bones and Feathers (having also loved the original) but what's most striking is how his own songwriting has matured and absorbed elements of the other music he has been playing for years. Many of his compositions on this album sound as though they could have been around for a century already. It's nice to hear Joshua Gone Barbados again too. Martin used to play at my club regularly in the early '80s when that was a fixture in his set.
(Worryingly, I went to put the CD in the appropriate place on the shelves only to discover that my copy of his Sad or High Kicking seems to have vanished. That's the 3rd CD to do so this year ??? ??? ???)
-
Tried the new Fleet Foxes the other day. Wasn't impressed.
Just bought the new Roger Waters - If you liked Amused to Death, you'll like this. Very similar. I like it.
The new Fleet foxes , "Crack Up" is growing on me. Background stuff for later at night, its not bad.
-
Chet Baker. I know he was predominantly a trumpeter but there's an androgynous quality to his voice that I adore.
-
New Steeleye album, 'Dodgy Bastards'---a nice example of how acceptable language has changed over their five decades of work.
Some cracking rockers on it, and Maddy's voice of course, and a rather good new fiddle player, but:
RAP? WTF?
-
Chet Baker. I know he was predominantly a trumpeter but there's an androgynous quality to his voice that I adore.
He was great, wasn't he? His version of Funny Valentine is one of the best standards ever; the words are a bit suspect, though!
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jRbK5nykm8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jRbK5nykm8)
-
After seeing her on Later with Jools at the weekend and being reminded how good (and odd) she is I am listening to loads of Camille on YouTube.
I am going to have to dig out the CD I bought in France about 10 years ago.
https://youtu.be/qGNmFrhK7E0
-
Grace Slick, Dreams (the album) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjqiWyQOyIM). :demon:
-
Legs: I will have to investigate.
Redlight: Oh yes. First time I ever heard him live was at my old folk club in Luton, where Joshua Gone... was a highlight indeed.
-
Live at Pompeii (2017).
-
Alice In Chains - Facelift
-
Martin Simpson's new album, Trails and Tribulations :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Part way through it as I type this.
-
Rush: 'Best ever intro....' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSToKcbWz1k
With of course, one of the best ever drummers, & bassist, and a very good guitarist.
-
Luciferian Towers, the latest offering from Godspeed You! Black Emperor. It's rather good.
-
Luciferian Towers, the latest offering from Godspeed You! Black Emperor. It's rather good.
Me too! Anthem for no state part III is totally awesome. Tippity top notch.
-
Apropos GY!BE, two thumbs up to Don at Constellation Records in Montréal for sorting out the problem with online ordering and including a handwritten note with the CD. You don't get that from Beardy Branson.
-
Daughter's A Hole in the Earth. Makes me tingle in all the good places.
(In other news, I'm starting to like the new Taylor Swift stuff. I know you were all concerned about this.)
-
The new Robert Plant is brilliant. I didn't have high hopes after Lullaby and the ceaseless bore, but Carry Fire is right up my street, with plenty of eastern and african influences. I didn't bother getting a ticket to see him in glasgow next month, that was a mistake.
Also really liking Justin Adams (guitarist from robert plants' space shifters) new album, Ribbons.
-
Gone back a few years, and doing the 'M and B's on my CD rack. Bruckner 3, 4 and 8, Brahms 4 and Mahler 5 and 10.
-
The new Robert Plant is brilliant. I didn't have high hopes after Lullaby and the ceaseless bore, but Carry Fire is right up my street, with plenty of eastern and african influences. I didn't bother getting a ticket to see him in glasgow next month, that was a mistake.
That's one of the reasons I like Plant, he keeps changing it round and trying different things. Some work some don't but at least its interesting. A lot of people become their own tribute band but not Percy.
-
Mazzy Star
https://youtu.be/SiO_7LhPZFM
beautiful but I might have to switch to something more up tempo to get the Friday work out of the door.
-
New Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn. Tis very good.
-
Eastpointers - saw them last night in a village hall a few miles away. Great Celtic band from PEI, they're touring the UK at the moment, in Manchester tonight. If that's your thing try to go to see them.
@menthel if Bela Fleck's your thing you might enjoy them.
-
Eastpointers - saw them last night in a village hall a few miles away. Great Celtic band from PEI, they're touring the UK at the moment, in Manchester tonight. If that's your thing try to go to see them.
@menthel if Bela Fleck's your thing you might enjoy them.
I will give them a listen!
-
Mazzy Star
https://youtu.be/SiO_7LhPZFM
beautiful but I might have to switch to something more up tempo to get the Friday work out of the door.
That is one of my all-time favourites. Sandoval's voice is just so vulnerable.
In another take on their music, this one is a song that sums up an awful lot of alcohol-related experiences of my youth: The limping, stumbling guitar is perfection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OicEoJwJYMk
-
Bluegrass covers of Radiohead songs.
-
The wonderful, the amazing John Kirkpatrick. As English as an English thing. 'Blue Balloon', including the lovely little love song Laundroloverette, and 'Black against the snow'.
-
Radio 3 and a performance of Shostakovitch's 6th. I had almost forgotten how wonderfully bleak the opening movement is; reminds me of Sibelius' 4th.
-
Refreshing my memory of the loudest band in the world - Manowar.
-
The John Lewis advert* song – The Beatle's Golden Slumbers song, sung by Guy Garvey from Elbow. What a group!
* £7m apparently to make!
-
* £7m apparently to make!
One wonders if discounting all their stock to a total of £7m would work just as well.
-
Volume 13 of His Bobness' "Bootleg Series". Do not be fooled by the reviews; Bob's gospel period was mostly dire.
-
Only mostly?
-
With the exception of his recentish covers albums, which are uniformly dreadful, even the least well-received Bob album has one or two decent tracks on it. But even the live recordings from this era are a bit suspect; things "Like A Rolling Stone" doesn't need include backing singers.
-
There are bad times just around the corner (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCZCv98XKFs), running in my cerebral hifi. Strikes me that, with a few minor tweaks, it might be re-issued as "The Brexit Song".
-
There are bad times just around the corner (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCZCv98XKFs), running in my cerebral hifi. Strikes me that, with a few minor tweaks, it might be re-issued as "The Brexit Song".
Maybe this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHptB-BVemE) is a suitable antidote? (Also, Dennis DeYoung is the greatest rock balladeer of all time - at least on a par with Messrs Bulsara, Dwight and Barrett - and this is one of his very best.)
-
I'd never heard of Styx (I'm not American), so I looked them up. Here is what they (or a Styx acolyte) say about themselves on Wikipedia:-
"They are best known for melding the style of pop rock and hard rock with the power of a hard-rock guitar balanced with acoustic guitar, synthesizers mixed with acoustic piano, upbeat tracks with power ballads, and incorporating elements of international musical theatre."
Snappy, no? Another way of saying, "We are not particularly distinctive." And so it proved on listening, to me at any rate! Very competent and a good live act, obviously, but anything less like their name, it's hard to imagine!
-
Styx is a band of two halves, really - the moderately-hard rock act that Tommy Shaw and James Young wanted to pursue, and the purveyors of power ballads as exemplified by Babe, Come Sail Away and The Best Of Times. They had 'artistic differences' in the 80s which resulted in something of a schism. I'd definitely agree that the rock ballads are not very Stygian!
-
Peter if you didn't rate Styx you are really not going to rate REO Speedwagon :)
-
Peter if you didn't rate Styx you are really not going to rate REO Speedwagon :)
...whereas I'm going to keep on loving them.
-
Peter if you didn't rate Styx you are really not going to rate REO Speedwagon :)
...whereas I'm going to keep on loving them.
:)
-
Styx were described in "Sounds" back in the day as "pomp rock". And REO Speedwagon's "Back On The Road Again" has a terrific guitar solo. In it.
-
Styx were described in "Sounds" back in the day as "pomp rock". And REO Speedwagon's "Back On The Road Again" has a terrific guitar solo. In it.
I quite like a bit of REO Speedwagon or Journey. Always makes me think of silver 70s Pioneer stereos for some reason.
Just remember kids too much of that kind of soft rock and your brains will liquefy and drip out of your ears.
-
An Eric Bogle collection, with a box of tissues ready. What a lovely writer, and lovely man.
-
Not Dark Yet - Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer
If you like harmonies you'll like this. They are sisters but have never released an album of duets before.
Covers everything form the Merle Haggard to Nirvana and Nick Cave.
They make "My List" by the Killers sound like it was written by Van Morrison which is odd. Lovely but odd.
-
The only song on Not Dark Yet that isn't a cover is "Is it too much?" which they wrote together.
Their parents were killed in a murder suicide in front of them when Shelby and Alison were teenagers:
Is it too much to carry in your heart?
Is it too much to carry in your heart?
No one else sees the rain fall
No one else hears the ghost call
Is it too much to carry in your heart?
Is it too much hurtin' in your eyes?
Is it too much feelings to try to hide?
No one else works upon the toes
No else there to share the load
Is it too much to carry in your heart?
Bring it here to my side
Tell me about the tears you cry
Lord know you must be tired enough
Whisper what you never tell
Don't you know you ain't by yourself
I'm right here to help you , lay it down
Is it too much to carry in your heart?
Is it too much to carry in your heart?
No one else sees the memories
No one else lives it with me
Is it too much to carry in your heart?
Is it too much to carry?
-
Screaming Trees Sweet Oblivion. Great, great album. Shame its on spotify at work and not at home off the flame coloured vinyl version I have.
-
Yesterday, finished listening to Max Richter's Sleep (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_(album)).
-
A random playlist of Gov't Mule.
Warren Haynes is a genius with a Les Paul.
-
Middle period Joni Mitchell
Currently "The Hissing of Summer Lawns"
-
Moved on to "Shadows and Light".
Pat Metheny on lead guitar and Jaco Pastorius on base, remarkable!
-
Yesterday I binged on Bach but today its Samantha Fish.
-
Hans Zimmer classics - "Gladiator" Rhapsody Lang Lang on piano. Tis great.
-
Hidden Treasure playlists (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09lsgpg) on Radio 2 iPlayer - broadcast at oh-too-early on Tuesday mornings but well worth a listen. I'd forgotten how good Romeo's Tune is... and where else can you hear Steve Forbert alongside Clarence Carter and Devo?
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZTibl44hNg
-
The Cure - Mixed Up
Superb, extended dance flavoured remixes of some of their best songs, my favourite Cure album. I can't believe its nearly 30 years old though (1990) makes me feel really old.
-
The Runaways and Shonan Knife. It's a girl band day !
-
Friday Night is Music Night on Radio 2
I normally hate this and most of Radio 2s output in general. However tonight Mrs Pcolbeck left the radio tuned to radio 2 and its Michael Feinstein with an orchestra doing tunes by Hollywood composer Harry Warren (42nd street etc) and it's brilliant.
-
Dream Tröll, Leeds' finest purveyörs of swörd-änd-sörcery heavy mêtal nonsense :thumbsup:
-
Dream Tröll, Leeds' finest purveyörs of swörd-änd-sörcery heavy mêtal nonsense :thumbsup:
Ride, Darkhorse, Ride by Three Inches of Blood came up on my ride today. It starts with the sound of a sword being unsheathed :)
-
Spotify.
I've been persuaded to pay a tenner a month for hearing the music without ads but - and here's the big BUT - I am sceptical about the business model and what it means for artists. I'm of the generation that bought records and then bought some of them again on CD, so in my mind there is a direct connection between my having the pleasure of listening to an artist's work and them receiving some financial benefit. But how does Spotify work? I'm sure the artists must get a royalty but how does it compare with what they would get if I made a physical purchase?
As it happens, I have gone out and bought a couple of albums that I've first listened to on Spotify but there are several that I've listened to more than once but not purchased. And I feel a bit bad about that. Am I freeloading?
-
No your not its just the modern way. Loads of kids don't buy anything but a Spotify subscription or similar ever.
I have recenty signed up for Amazon Prime unlimited music or whatever its called. Seems to have about everything,
I have 500+ CDs and 300+ vinyl albums. The subscription is letting me listen to stuff I wouldn't bother buying and then I will still buy the stuff I really like to get the higher bit rate versions.
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=45&v=npgdUGXjtAU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=45&v=npgdUGXjtAU)
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=14&v=29uruM5-VYo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=14&v=29uruM5-VYo)
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=80&v=iOU_7WZEK8A (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=80&v=iOU_7WZEK8A)
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz53tEaJsa8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz53tEaJsa8)
-
Sibelius, symphonies 3,4 and 5, yet again. Utterly sublime.
I always find myself mouthing along to the tune, and when I was at a live performance of the 3rd, I realised that so were two-thirds of the audience.
-
^^^ So am I, as of now. Best idea I've heard so far today. :thumbsup:
-
Träume Wesendonck Lieder - Wagner
On Radio3 In Tune mixtape tonight. A new one for me. Superb though it was a male voice rather than female.
The Sea by Maya Youseff earlier was lovely too.
-
The Skids - Burning Cities.
Their new album. It is good. Looking forward to seeing them in June
-
The Skids - Burning Cities.
Their new album. It is good. Looking forward to seeing them in June
Peas sure sound divine!
-
Hookworms. New faddy music for the youngsters. Actually very good psychpop type stuff that reminds me of the coral, cooper temple clause etc. And also probably older bands than that...
-
John Coltrane - a random playlist courtesy of Alexa. Can't beat a bit of bebop. Nice.
-
NOT listening to:
Nick Knowles, 'Every kind of people'
The comments on Amazon are nearly as good as those for Price and Andre.
"Pound shop Chris Rea"
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075VMZP7X/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_apa_MM4EAb4DZ2M3P
-
The BBC Singers: Mendelssohn's arrangement of Bach's St Matthew Passion on Radio 3 tonight.
I thought I wouldn't like it, I thought I would think it was a bowdlerized version of something sublime but you know its really rather lovely if not historically accurate in any shape or form.
-
Daughter's A Hole in the Earth. Makes me tingle in all the good places.
Considering Music From Before the Storm is a soundtrack to a game it is an excellent album, and A Hole in the Earth is one of the highlights for sure. Elena Tonra has a beautiful voice. I listened to that in the car last night, and then Luciferian Towers by Godspeed You! Black Emperor (mentioned upthread by Mr Larrington). That GY!BE album gets better with every listen.
-
A recording of a recent performance of Wagner's Parsifal, from the Met.
I may be some time...
-
BWV 1052 on BBC Radio 3 in concert.
How did I miss this one. its lovely.
-
A pile of old cassette tapes that have been in a storage box in the loft for years. When the girl who is now Mrs Redlight was at uni, there was guy who must have had the hots for her as he made her a whole bunch of compilation tapes. Some of the tracks are pretty good. I only wish they were labelled as I haven't a clue who many of the artists are (and nor does she) ::-)
-
A pile of old cassette tapes that have been in a storage box in the loft for years. When the girl who is now Mrs Redlight was at uni, there was guy who must have had the hots for her as he made her a whole bunch of compilation tapes. Some of the tracks are pretty good. I only wish they were labelled as I haven't a clue who many of the artists are (and nor does she) ::-)
Shazam?
ETA - or Google the lyrics.
-
Hmm - that might be fun, although very time-consuming. Sometimes it's as much fun to continue in ignorance and wait for a random moment of revelation.
For example, the first time I heard Van Morrison's song "Moondance" was when I was about 18 and heard it played at a festival by an American fingerpicking guitarist named Dan Crary. He must have assumed everyone knew the song because he didn't introduce it, but I carried that tune in my head for another three years before a friend whose flat I was visiting put the original album on and I had a 'eureka' moment.
-
P.W.E.I
-
Monster Magnet. Loud and stupid. Perfect for a soggy March Thursday.
-
CD grabbed at random from my rack: Dvorak 7 and 8. Forgotten how delightful they are.
-
Supersonic Blues Machine - Californisoul
I had missed that they had released this second album. Its very good if you like their kind of thing. Has stellar guests like the first album.
-
A random selection of Quireboys tracks chosen by Alexa.
I remember them as being very Faces influenced but there's a lot of late 70s Stones in some of this stuff too.
A lot better than I had remember, should have been more successful than they were really.
-
A random selection of Quireboys tracks chosen by Alexa.
I remember them as being very Faces influenced but there's a lot of late 70s Stones in some of this stuff too.
A lot better than I had remember, should have been more successful than they were really.
Like a lot of their contemporaries, they were just getting in their stride when along came grunge...
-
Tom Walker's "I'll leave the light awwn" used as hold music by the bunch who should be delivering stuff this pm.
-
Neil Diamond, the "Jewish Elvis".
-
DJ Random was in a Rory Gallagher mood yesterday. This Unit hereby endorses this product, service or sentiment.
-
Some noisy bugger outside with an eternal fucking combustion-engined instrument of bucolicism demolishing innocent vegetation.
-
The first two Jeff Beck albums with Rodders on vocals and Ronnie Wood on base plus Madeline Bell, John Paul Jones, Keith Moon and Jimmy Page on some of the tracks. Not bad at all.
-
Daniel Lanois - Acadie.
The Maker has one of my favourite baselines evah.
-
This morning first thing, and yesterday too actually. It may not be everybody's 'uplifting' type of music, but I revel in maudlin music; so thank you The Unthanks with their Mount The Air:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPnDO4gJk84
Yummy. In fact I've listened to it 5 times already this morning!
-
. . . and this morning too!
-
A random selection of Quireboys tracks chosen by Alexa.
I remember them as being very Faces influenced but there's a lot of late 70s Stones in some of this stuff too.
A lot better than I had remember, should have been more successful than they were really.
Like a lot of their contemporaries, they were just getting in their stride when along came grunge...
This should maybe be filed under "Bands you really shouldn't like but do", I really enjoy both The Quireboys and The Dogs D'Amour to the point of finding myself singing their songs on a regular basis. I have also seen the both play live, in the '90s.
-
Last night was the last Jo Whiley show on Radio 2. I am sad. It was great early evening listening with an eclectic mixture of music.
She's being moved to co presenting the drive time program with Simon Mayo, can't see that lasting. Square peg, round hole. Mayo is good at what he does but his thing is talking not playing music and the music at that time of the day is whatever the BBC has on rotation not what a DJ chooses.
-
Another Music in a Different Kitchen - Buzzcocks
Definitive Punk album.
Young Person - "What's Punk Rock?"
Me - "Listen to this Album"
-
DJ Random decided to play "Fast Cars" yesterday.
-
Assorted works of the Moulettes (mentioned here previously by others). YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMoulettes) ǀ SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/moulettes)
-
Jenny Lewis - on random. The girl tries on plenty of different hats.
-
Cruel Winds by the Night Flowers. I'm liking it a lot.
-
Rubbish by Carter USM, one of the few songs to include the word "chlorofluorocarbon" and make the line scan.
-
The incomparable Nina Simone.
I love Alexa, I thought I fancy listening to Nina Simone so "Alexa play Nina Simone" and there you go. Brilliant.
-
And today its a woman who in some way reminds me of Nina Simone, Erykah Badu. I'm working my way through all her albums.
Great covers as well. With a definite nod to 70s album art work:
(https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51XEldF7rUL._AC_US218_.jpg)
(https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51z11goJ2OL._AC_US218_.jpg)
-
Seasick Steve playing a broomstick and two Morris Minor hubcaps:
https://youtu.be/S-vSZFEWHlo
-
Van Morrison - TB Sheets
-
Today gentlemen, I am listening to: The Cinematic Orchestra - Arrival of The Birds & Transformation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n88MReEC27k&start_radio=1&list=RDn88MReEC27k)
and . . .
Christine Perri's '1000 years' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvV1IOAmzYw)
Why? I love maudlin music.
-
Assorted works of the Moulettes (mentioned here previously by others). YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMoulettes) ǀ SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/moulettes)
I have photos! Come back Ruth Skipper!
Anyway, tonight: The Proms on R3, shouting along to that ecstatic outburst of joy that is the finale of Beethoven's 5th, and then they treated the audience to an encore--the finale of the 7th. Little Moment indeed; damp-eyed and grinning now.
-
This morning first thing, and yesterday too actually. It may not be everybody's 'uplifting' type of music, but I revel in maudlin music; so thank you The Unthanks with their Mount The Air:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPnDO4gJk84
Yummy. In fact I've listened to it 5 times already this morning!
Radio 3 . Now. What sounds rather like the Unthanks and Felton Lonnen.
-
Lots of Kinky Friedman, after a mate shared a link.
-
A Prom. The second half tonight is A German Requiem by Brahms. We sang in that a couple of years ago. It's excellent stuff.
As a factoid of no value whatsoever, I would like to point out that I was once in the same room as someone who played a piece of Brahms. In the company of the composer.
-
This morning first thing, and yesterday too actually. It may not be everybody's 'uplifting' type of music, but I revel in maudlin music; so thank you The Unthanks with their Mount The Air:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPnDO4gJk84
Yummy. In fact I've listened to it 5 times already this morning!
Radio 3 . Now. What sounds rather like the Unthanks and Felton Lonnen.
They were on a prom a few nights ago. Almost certainly still available on Listen Again.
-
A Southern Rock Opera - Drive by Truckers
Excellent concept album based on Lynyrd Skynyrd and racism in the Southern USA in the 70s.
If you like your concept albums to sound like Yes and involve songs about elves then this isn't one for you. Think swampy triple lead guitar and dark lyrics about George Wallace.
IT also has possibly the best song about a teenager desperate to escape a small town since Born to Run in Zip City. Has the same desperation but less of the hope and joy of Spingsteen's song:
Maybe it's the twenty-six mile drive from Zip City to Colbert Heights
Keeps my mind clean
Gets me through the night
Maybe you're just a destination, a place for me to go
Keeps me from having to deal with my seventeen-year-old mind all alone
Keep your drawers on, girl, it ain't worth the fight
By the time you drop them I'll be gone
And you'll be right where they fall the rest of your life
-
DJ Random is definitely in a Janis Joplin mood today :thumbsup:
-
J. S. Bach.
-
The Captain Pugwash signature tune, triggered by the kitchen timer and playing inside my head.
-
These two:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ir6QosIGMY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv2OHYI6Y4M
-
R3, Proms. Just started. Sibelius 5. Sighs happily.
-
Captain Beefheart's "Electricity".
There are times when you need a certain.... "Musical Slap round the head".
-
"The Enid" on Youtube. I saw them live back in the 80's at a place called the Bierkeller in Liverpool. They played this .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NENYunMB8Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NENYunMB8Q)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdU5MQKDXsk&frags=pl%2Cwn
-
I went to Deezer to listen to The Weight by The Band.
Its first hit was a 60s compilation, and I gave it a listen.
Jeez, 60s music was terrible. A few gems, but mainly really awful ballads, terrible covers (does anyone want to hear Cilla Black cover You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling?) and Beatles wannabes.
It was like listening to Dave Travis on GNR. But I couldn't stop, cos when it was good, it was amazing.
-
This Unit recommends the compilations Nuggets, Nuggets II and Mindrocker for lesser- (or un-) known 60s tunes.
-
And today its a woman who in some way reminds me of Nina Simone, Erykah Badu. I'm working my way through all her albums.
Great covers as well. With a definite nod to 70s album art work:
(https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51XEldF7rUL._AC_US218_.jpg)
(https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51z11goJ2OL._AC_US218_.jpg)
She is very weird!
https://youtu.be/4cfmEgpOOZk
-
Morgana King
https://youtu.be/Y1VVJ5B5u-c (https://youtu.be/Y1VVJ5B5u-c)
-
In the court of the krimson king - King Krimson
Hadn't heard this for ages. I remembered it for the mellatron but hearing it again my god what drumming!
-
This:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyZ6Bobga2U
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j58V2vC9EPc
-
PING! PING! PING! PING! PING! PING! PING! PING! PING! PING!
-
The remastered Led Zep live album The Song Remains the Same; just getting to the end of the 29 minute version of Dazed and Confused. :)
SWMBO doesn't get rock and roll ::-)
-
Bleak Expectations. Quite amusing in a sub-Goonish kind of way.
-
Cornershop's Handcream for a Generation.
Lessons Learnt From Rocky I To Rocky III is a real classic
-
Can you see - Marshall Tucker Band
Great intro and best use of a flute in a rock song no 2 - Kept of the top spot by something by Jethro Tull
-
Great intro and best use of a flute in a rock song no 2 - Kept of the top spot by something by Jethro Tull
How about Thijs van Leer's flute stylings for Focus?
-
Mrs P Colbeck put the radio on Radio 2 and its been stuck there all evening. There was a terrible show tunes show but now we have sounds of the 80s and its been mainly good sounds of the 80s. Gloria Estefan Dr Beat anyone ?
-
Even better the Go Go's-We Got the Beat !
-
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
-
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Just listened to that on Radio 3 in concert - BBC National Opera of Wales
Always strange to hear a non English orchestra play this probably the most English peace of classical music there is.
-
Doyle Bramhall II's new album Shades.
Pretty good and Eric Clapton guests and solos on one track.
-
Type O Negative. I'd forgotten how good they were.
-
Ellie King:
https://youtu.be/YJudLBRIvS8
warning may contain banjo.
-
BBC R3, Rachmaninov second piano concerto, right now.
I don't care how overdone it is; it still leaves me weeping.
-
What I did this Summer...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8sWPjYe1tw
ETA: go to about 26 mins to hear the 'Can't Win' solo. Awestruck.
-
"Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas"
An album which is a collection of live performances from 1972-1975 by the Allman Brothers Band.
I've had this for decades on vinyl but mainly ignored it really. The sound is a bit ropey on some of the tracks but its worth persevering as some are stunning and show why the Allmans were such a live draw in the early 70s.
"Aint wasting time no more" recorded at a nightclub New Year's eve 1972 is outstanding. Great vocals from Gregg and fantastic guitar from Dickie Betts.
When they hit the groove they make all the other Southern Rock bands that came after them sound one dimensional and plodding. The had real soul and a groove as well as some good tunes.
-
Brass Against.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JrlKcoD1Qw
-
Primal Scream - The Original Memphis Recordings
https://youtu.be/XlscpTz5xWc
This is essentially what should have been the next album to Screamadelica which it is nothing like. Produced by Tom Dowd in Memphis and featuring the Muscle Shoals rhythm section and The Memphis Horns. Primal Screams record company hated it and sent the masters off to other producers to get it completely remixed. That's what was released as Give Out But Don’t Give Up a particularly scrappy album.
This album though released from the newly discovered original Tom Dowd masters is fantastic. It's a far better album that the one that was released in 1994. I can see why the record company hated it though as this is Primal Scream trying to emulate all their 60s and 70s heroes rather than a mid 90s dance / rock cross over album.
Their was a rather good documentary about this on BBC4 last night as well.
-
Eric Idle - Fuck Christmas. Decorations are already up round the village. :facepalm:
-
Jimi Hendrix - 3rd Stone From The Sun
"And you'll never....hear....surf....music....again"
-
The first Ultravox album, I’d forgotten how much I enjoyed it.
-
Hold music, mostly, interspersed with "press 1 for...". Trying to make an appointment to get our French ID cards.
-
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Deja Vu
One I’ve heard before;)
-
And warming it up a bit - Neil Young - Live Rust
-
2 hour ride with Iron Maiden this morning.
Seventh Son followed by Live after Death.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181125/d4e7668adcd1986005188abbc45452b7.jpg)
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
-
A new artist, to us, first seen on ...Later (so it is still, occasionally worth watching):
Fantastic Negrito - Last Days of Oakland.
If you like Led Zep, Rainbow, etc mixed back with a whole load of blues (he covers "In the Pines" on this album), give it a try.
-
A new artist, to us, first seen on ...Later (so it is still, occasionally worth watching):
Fantastic Negrito - Last Days of Oakland.
If you like Led Zep, Rainbow, etc mixed back with a whole load of blues (he covers "In the Pines" on this album), give it a try.
Not bad that, I'll give it a better listen tomorrow in the gym :thumbsup:
-
Robben Ford - Keep on running
Excellent bluesy album
-
I really should listen to "The The" more often. I've got out of the habit.
The The - Pillar Box Red (Letterbox Version) - YouTube (https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiF18rclILfAhXE_qQKHbitCGQQyCkwAHoECAkQBQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dm0EDX_lylgE&usg=AOvVaw0Pa7DCgNgOMRKfyAXIqZFr)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo0cZRaZs6c&frags=pl%2Cwn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXaEAoRUkfE&frags=pl%2Cwn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ustXRPke9lM
-
During my recent trip this was playing in my head a lot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJeWySiuq1I&frags=pl%2Cwn
https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewclark/albums/72157702549648541
I keep listening to this, despite never having seen the film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou96vLl--e4&frags=pl%2Cwn away to that bay of pirates then..
-
New Dawn Fades, Joy Division, Live 1980 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G19ak4Nh294&fbclid=IwAR34iEQAtZY10mKpwkQ0PgQDIyyG0iytZxwghBHdUlz58a20Tl10NLefT_Q
Now that's a bass line...
-
Frak! Midnight Oil are touring, but the only available gig is a Sunday night in That London. That's an expensive evening, ticket, train & hotel :(
Bah. I saw them in Glasgow on the beds are burning tour. It was a fantastic gig. I've often looked to see if they were touring since but never have. No chance I can make that Hammersmith date.
Announced a couple of UK dates in 2019. Swithering about a trip to manchester.
-
A new artist, to us, first seen on ...Later (so it is still, occasionally worth watching):
Fantastic Negrito - Last Days of Oakland.
If you like Led Zep, Rainbow, etc mixed back with a whole load of blues (he covers "In the Pines" on this album), give it a try.
Hadn't heard of them either: Its very good :thumbsup:
-
Can't find any posts relating to Gerry Mulligan on YACF - and surelize there's enough of us old enough?
https://youtu.be/Qk--ReORZCc
Personally I really go into internal gut/soul melt at around 3.30
-
Haitink and the Vienna Phil thundering out Bruckner's 3rd and 8th. Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhh…..
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqI_tAATkFo&fbclid=IwAR0lYgyzVxrAxq0fEECnACm0gHO62Oi3SnB3EDyr6cskplO1MNPKXEeC4Sk
One of the world's greatest guitarists, doing Amazing and Subtle Stuff, with some rather disturbing lyrics.
-
,,,and now, via Roy harper's Loony on the Bus, to Tom Waits' sublime Heartattack and Vine.
-
Warren Zevon's Excitable Boy. Superb album, not a duff song there. The title track cracks me up every time.
-
At the prompting of BBC's Sound of 2019, I am listening to, and really enjoying, Rosalia. She is a Flamenco performer from Catalonia who is fusing hip hop with traditional Flamenco, thus making her unpopular in her homeland.
-
It's intensely satisfying to be listening to the Stranglers' Rattus Norvegicus when at work. How else would I have a huge grin on my face while installing Billysoft's SharePoint 2016? Your system needs to restart to continue. Press Finish to restart your system. Who cares when there's an 18-year-old jumping around in your head!
-
Jenny Lewis's "Red Bull and Hennessey" the first song released from her new album. A grower I think.
A stella bunch of musisions on this:
Don Was - Bass
Ringo Starr - Drums
Ryan Adams - Guitar and piano
https://youtu.be/rINs_GRLAVs
-
"Sorry, is this the right place? I can't read the sign as I don't have my reading glasses with me."
"The right place? Oh, I mean the right place to register a complaint."
"It is....good. Right, my complaint. I want to know how on Earth it can be 27 years since Boss Drum was released. Are you trying to make me feel old or something. Come on, it was hardly last week."
"What do you mean... the computer says September 1992? That's impossible!"
"Who are you calling Granddad. Why I'll take my belt to you, you young whippersnapper."
Sigh.
Just been listening to Boss Drum by The Shamen in the car. It still sounds as fresh and exciting as it did back then....sadly, I am no longer able to party beyond 10pm :facepalm: Youth, it is wasted on the young!
One final thing.... when I was young, our seniors used to say that music from their time was better than it is today. They were right. Music now is crap compared to the 50's to late 90's!
-
Ahem! Teh Rant Thread is over there -->>
-
Ahem! Teh Rant Thread is over there -->>
True... but I've not got my reading glasses with me..... ;D :facepalm:
-
;D :thumbsup:
-
Brandi Carlile
https://youtu.be/5r6A2NexF88
Lovely voice and great songwriting.
-
Thomas Larcher "Alle Tage" on Radio 3 in concert.
I'm not usually a fan of modern classical music but this is good !
-
Max Richter's 'War Anthem'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLIpWLLPnu4
I could listen to maudlin music all day long thank you very much.
-
Tonight mostly Bonnie Raitt
-
Now Sandy Denny.
-
Scarlatti played by Racha Arodaky (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=039oHv1D61k&list=OLAK5uy_mkKTVseioZdgnDbt3OnQdloC5tgoaaQVs)
-
The Comet is Coming. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlpg-iyiEv0)
-
Son just forwarded this: rather splendid:
André Waignein - Missa Solemnis - Orchestre d'Electricité de Strasbourg (https://youtu.be/REwLM6PLzXI)
-
In 1988, I hit 30, and I was in a down period. Gender issues were really, really hurting, and I was looking at all sorts of... solutions. I will leave that one there.
An album came out, and I am listening to it as I type, but at the time I found it incredibly personal. This was an out lesbian singing some gorgeously crafted love songs. It gave me hope, in an odd way.
Tracy Chapman's eponymous first album. 'Baby, can I hold you...'
-
Local-ish band named Martha. I'm quite enjoying the classic indie pop vibe.
https://marthadiy.bandcamp.com/album/love-keeps-kicking
-
Rory Gallagher. Man, he could play.
-
Rory Gallagher. Man, he could play.
Journo: What's it like being the best guitarist in the world?
J Hendrix: Dunno. Ask Rory Gallagher.
Allegedly.
-
Indeed. Whatever, it makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Plus the voice. Sublime.
-
Rory Gallagher. Man, he could play.
I saw him at a Kent Custom Bike show.
"Let's have everything louder than everything else!"
-
Was that before or after Ian Gillan asked for the same thing on "Made In Japan"?
-
Rory Gallagher. Man, he could play.
I saw him at a Kent Custom Bike show.
"Let's have everything louder than everything else!"
Me too Steph. We must have been in the same crowd. That was a long time ago.
-
Vltava by Smetana played on the harp by Valérie Milot.
https://youtu.be/TnYCW8eWqQo
-
Vltava by Smetana played on the harp by Valérie Milot.
https://youtu.be/TnYCW8eWqQo
Smetana is great. I love Má vlast.
-
Tonight its Grand Funk Railroad "We're an American Band"
They are quite interesting in that they were huge stadium fillers in the 70's, bigger than Aerosmith, Van Halen or any of teh other bands that are still famous but have been just about forgotten now.
Listening to this now I can see why. They fall between two stools, sort of a bit proggy and a bit rock but not a really distinct sound. The songs aren't on the whole memorable either though the musicianship is good. Sort of between the early and the late seventies.
The title track of the album "We're an American Band" is blindingly good though.
https://youtu.be/Zc_JcGuH5Z8
-
Since Friday, when it was released, "Balance not Symmetry" by Biffy Clyro. A bit of a departure for them as it is a soundtrack album. However it isn't just a commercial cash in album, the film inspired the music and vice versa.
As one review put it, its a return to pre-puzzle Biffy. Fantastic!
-
GoT on gits, rather splendid:
https://youtu.be/6i0a7RDPkM8
-
Just heard Fauré's choral version of his Pavane on the car radio. Unfortunately the piano accompanist was a heavyweight boxer on his bran break so the choir was only occasionally audible. Or maybe the sound guy needed a suppository.
-
Damn. Flicking through the CD rack I put on Rim Banna's "Revelation Of Ecstasy & Rebellion" , that prompted me to Google her & I find that she died last year aged 51. Fuck cancer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STKPfA9xpaY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rim_Banna
-
What a voice, how sad.
-
French pop music :sick:
My 15 yo French god-daughter is staying with us for the week :)
Love her to bits but....
-
Fanny
https://youtu.be/fWQnCN-MWFg
Never heard of them before today but it seems they were the original all girl rock band. 1970-74. Preceded the Runaways by a fair bit.
Not bad at all.
-
Liszt orchestral music. Picked up this 5 volume CD pack on Amazon for £4.99. Kurt Masur conducting. Shameful that his Symphonic Poems are hardly ever recorded let alone performed. Brass sections around the world would be queuing up to thunder audiences with Mazeppa.
-
10,000 Maniacs
Definitely well over a decade since I've had a listen.
-
Deep Purple - Made in Japan.
At max vol. Old Chopsuey AU215 going flat out into a pair of Monitor Audios. Doors and windows wide open. Stuff the neighbours. I have to put up with the rap on one side and the shit R&B on the other.
Best rock album eva!
-
Right now I am listening to Tom Jones performing in, I guess, Eastville Park for Bristol Pride. Ironically events there come in through the window loud and clear but stuff in St Paul's, like Carnival last week, (or say Lakota any night), we don't hear at all despite it being much closer. I'm quite enjoying Tom, I wasn't so keen on Love Saves the Day a couple of months ago.
-
Tom has finished. Sounds like the crowd are bellowing for an encore but I don't think they're going to get one. Apparently he was at the County Ground (cricket stadium) not Eastville.
-
The sound check from some bash over in Lloyd Park. Highly-educated bunch of soundmans they have over there; this one could count up to seven!
-
Deep Purple - Made in Japan.
At max vol. Old Chopsuey AU215 going flat out into a pair of Monitor Audios. Doors and windows wide open. Stuff the neighbours. I have to put up with the rap on one side and the shit R&B on the other.
Best rock album eva!
I have it on my MP3. Remind me to tell you about chatting to Mr Paice about our ...different experiences of Knebworth. In the meantime,
LET'S GO SPACE TRUCKING!
-
Deep Purple - Made in Japan.
At max vol. Old Chopsuey AU215 going flat out into a pair of Monitor Audios. Doors and windows wide open. Stuff the neighbours. I have to put up with the rap on one side and the shit R&B on the other.
Best rock album eva!
Firat LP I ever got of my own (thanks Aunty Anne). Top rock.
-
Frightened Rabbit (RIP Scott Hutchison)
The new Biffy Clyro cover of The Modern Leper is a good one, but Scott's solo performance here is brilliant - especially his hilarious audience dialogue at the start:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob3X77TwqEw
-
Bowie and Tin Machine. I even enjoyed much of "Tonight".
-
Bach cello suites, played by Paul Tortelier. a 3LP box set from Oxfam.
-
A cardiologist on YouTube describing Russian experiments on grafting two dogs' foresections together. (https://youtu.be/i6eLnERsOdY) :sick:
-
IRTA foreskins, and my mind was truly boggled.
-
I think mine just did too.
-
Sorabji’s 100 Transcendental Studies somehow made understandable by Fredrik Ullen. He recorded 72 - 83 in 2015 and have been waiting ever since for what will presumably be the last CD of this extraordinary set.
-
David Watkin playing the Bach Cello Suites. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMsdQMgu3dE
A glass of chilled rose while dinner cooks.
-
Listening to Elgar on the proms and its making me feel better.
-
A compilation of Bowie Duets/bit-parts. His backing vocals to Scarlet Johanson's Tom Waits cover ...
-
Radio Tarifa
Spanish / Arab fusion. The idea of teh band was that this is what an imaginary radio station at Tarifa on the Straights of Gibralta would have played over the centuries.
-
Amadjar, the latest from Tuareg guitar gods Tinariwen. No surprises except perhaps the inclusion of Stephen O'Malley of Sunn O))) as a guest on the final track.
-
I like this live video from Sheryl Cow and Chris Stapleton (who he I have no idea?).
https://youtu.be/aOuVw9x-PHs
It's not the best song in the world but it's OK and sometimes that's just fine. There is pleasure in watching a group of really competent musicians and a singer performing something really well and doing the best they can with it.
-
Liszt's Orchestral suites, played by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Kurt Masur - large scale structures that anticipate much of 20th century film music amongst other things. Picked up a 5CD set for a song.
-
Marianne Faithfull, 20th Century Blues et al, at volumes that get past the biscuit joiner and my earplugs.
-
New Pixies album. Welcome back 80/90s - the world of "not sure about this" sedgwaying into "addictive listening"
-
Right now: Richard Dawson's 'Two Halves' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkSvn23fbAg) A new find for me. Witty lyrics, though some may find his vocals challenging.
-
New self-titled album from Michael Kiwanuka. Very highly recommended.
-
After finding her on Twitter I've been watching a few videos by Tanita Tikaram, getting nostalgic for my mid 20's I suppose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbXsbGSoIWk&frags=pl%2Cwn 1988...... :jurek:
a bit more recent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXePfBKjbek
-
Masterpiece, by The King's Singers:
https://youtu.be/JXhAz0DOpMU
The first bit is for Wowbagger.
-
I like this live video from Sheryl Cow and Chris Stapleton (who he I have no idea?).
https://youtu.be/aOuVw9x-PHs
It's not the best song in the world but it's OK and sometimes that's just fine. There is pleasure in watching a group of really competent musicians and a singer performing something really well and doing the best they can with it.
https://youtu.be/4bU3awqJ-GY (https://youtu.be/4bU3awqJ-GY)
-
TMBG. Not just a black Friday 20% off sale, but downloads for $5 (and the latest two albums got 20% off on top of that). I now have four albums for just under £13.
-
Spiral Guru.
Was going through the Classic Rock free sampler when this combination of stoner guitar riffs and crystal clear vocals grabbed my attention and forced me to download their album "Void".
-
Beth Hart singing some astonishingly personal songs off her new album, stripped back to her and a piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q45R7VoKIeY
-
Today I found Jenny and the Mexicats, the Tiny Desk is a good entre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yng5CTT8Ogk or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuM7jzv6io8
Sounds as if she - Jenny Ball - is British. I haven't looked her up (snarf snarf) but I can't help wondering if she's related to Kenny (sure she isn't a daughter)
-
Max Richter's 'On the nature of daylight'. The more maudlin the music, the happier I am.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUMc_-Bcunk
-
Billy Joel Live From Long Island 1982, particularly this wonderful performance of Until The Night (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikWH9k_39po&list=PL-HzNWxgD9K5t9DCGWt-VVMaY7jBAXD39&index=12).
-
Michael Kiwanuka, I was introduced to him via 6Music and Later.
His radio friendly unit shifters are good but his other stuff is better. So much so that I thought my playlist on Spotify had swapped from him to Pearl Jam!
-
This is both sad and moving. A tribute to Keith Emerson, with Rachel Flowers on piano, and you can see how it has affected her soon after she starts to play:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb7G_K5iRBk
-
Alanis Morrissette, the angry one.
-
Jacob Collier, whoms existance I was unaware about until about a week ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPBirt1YhuM
The NPR Tiny Desk Concert Series is absolutely awesome.
-
Jacob Collier
He’s a very gifted musician, a terrific talent. He was picked up by Quincey Jones at one point. As a listener, I find him a little over-reliant on the technical side of things; hopefully, when he’s a little older, he’ll allow more feeling to come into play. But whichever way you look at it, doing something like this at the age of 17(?) is pretty special:
https://youtu.be/pvKUttYs5ow
-
Just heard this on the radio. Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Texas Sun. Don't known anything about them but it's lovely:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSWNWWREtsI
-
Yeah, Khruangbin is my other new discovery!.
Re: Collier: He's playing locally in April, but I want to know which version turns up!.
-
...
The NPR Tiny Desk Concert Series is absolutely awesome.
...
and
...the Tiny Desk is a good ...
yes it is...and also their "All songs considered" (https://www.npr.org › podcasts › all-songs-considered) pod
to whom I owe a small addiction to Jason Isbell, the incredible LIZZO and most of all Gillian Welch/Dave Rawlings (https://www.npr.org/2010/02/01/123086467/david-rawlings-and-gillian-welch-tiny-desk-concert)
-
Fancied something new. I dont get to listen to R6 so much now I bike to work. So I checked out Fopp's albums of the year 2019.
Bought Sharon Van Etten, Remind Me Tomorrow.
Very highly recommended. Have not bought an album I'd describe as a grower in a while, this def is. Enjoying it more each night.
-
Drive by Truckers on a random play on Amazon
Some of the best lyrics ever. Sad love songs then angry screaming triple guitar attack. Smashing.
Drag the lake Charlie
Our best case scenario
Is Lester turns up dead
I'm almost out of Valium
Courage and self-respect
Birthday Boy
The pretty girls from the smallest towns
Get remembered like storms and droughts
That old men talk about for years to come
Goddam Lonely Love
And I could find another dream,
One that keeps me warm and clean
But I ain't dreamin' anymore, girl, I'm waking up
So I'll take two of what you're having and I'll take everything you got
To kill this goddamn lonely, goddamn lonely love
-
The Berlin Philharmonic under Simon Rattle. "The Rite Of Spring" is terrifying.
This is a very good box set for the money. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06W2M9SGY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/619RcGkaaFL.jpg)
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uScIqt9au30 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uScIqt9au30)
Tanita Tikaram , I had a cassette of this in my Sharp Sound System , which was stolen from my Fiat >:(
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uScIqt9au30
Tanita Tikaram , I had a cassette of this in my Sharp Sound System , which was stolen from my Fiat >:( [size=78%] 80's.[/size]
I have a couple of hers on my play list, Good Traditions and Twist of Sobriety, never tire of hearing them - love her voice.
Used to very much fancy her back in the day, she looks like she could be my daughter now.
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEzoWe3saQE&frags=pl%2Cwn (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEzoWe3saQE&frags=pl%2Cwn)
Tracy Chapman. Only ever seen her play live once, Human Rights Now! at Wembley back in the day....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzLCfvYEvmE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzLCfvYEvmE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3I1HLbqIkE&frags=pl%2Cwn (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3I1HLbqIkE&frags=pl%2Cwn) Full gig with Sting, Springsteen, Gabriel etc :thumbsup:
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lV21J75vFE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lV21J75vFE)
Sinead O'Connor . Bloody hell :jurek:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzPyhIp-Gk4&frags=pl%2Cwn
-
Atom String Quartet. I saw them in Liverpool a while ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-n912qgEQY :thumbsup:
From the comments "'I'm high as a kite on meth, and this is exactly what I needed!"
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lV21J75vFE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lV21J75vFE)
Sinead O'Connor . Bloody hell :jurek:
Thanks I hadn't heard that for a couple of decades. Takes me back.
-
Schubert on random play from Amazon Prime.
It switches from saccharine oh god make it stop to absolutely sublime. I don't know any other composer that elicits two such different emotions in me depending on the piece.
-
Schubert on random play from Amazon Prime.
It switches from saccharine oh god make it stop to absolutely sublime. I don't know any other composer that elicits two such different emotions in me depending on the piece.
Also every third track Amazon serves up is a version of Ave Maria. I was raised a Catholic but still FFS "Alexa skip"
-
Stuff from the new Bowie EP. Half of it is filler and the good stuff is studio versions of stuff I have on bootleg.
-
Jeff Buckley "Grace" . Far too long since I listened to this , what a record.
-
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Simon-Rattle-his-Soloists-Years/dp/B01BW4FDB8/ref=sr_1_1 Working my way through this. Currently Cecile Ousset playing Ravel's Piano Concerto in G.
A very good buy at the price. :thumbsup:
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/711N4z6EPSL._SL1425_.jpg)
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61j9SazJCRL.jpg)
-
Mostly to Air.
-
Los Bitchos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPp2fdHMxTM
-
Ahead Rings Out - Blodwyn Pig
-
Grace Potter. New album came out and I missed it.
https://youtu.be/XxZIT75-XJU
Its pretty good.
-
You know that feeling when you heard something new and wanted to rush out and buy an album? Possibly the most wonderful new performer I've heard since .... Amy Winehouse? (nothing like her, but you know what I mean)
Taimane, doing a Tiny Desk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXUCJKto68Q
-
Big Science.
Brilliant album
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNeoWuknHXw
A choir rehearsal on Youtube!
Brahms Requiem for those who like that sort of thing.
-
The Handsome Family.
-
Netherlands Bach Society, St. John Passion.
Very appropriate for Good Friday. An extra little frisson because this wonderful performance was recorded at the Grote Kerke, Naarden, in 2017. I went there in May 2013 for my nephew's wedding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMf9XDQBAaI
-
Thanks Wow. That's lovely.
The very wonderful Steven Isserlis is tweeting a daily piece to camera during the lockdown. Today's recital was by John Tavener. https://twitter.com/StevenIsserlis/status/1248731120386084865?s=20 (https://twitter.com/StevenIsserlis/status/1248731120386084865?s=20)
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZaJO0PGeAg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZaJO0PGeAg)
A recent discovery. Matthew Halsall & the Gondwana Orchestra.
-
McCartney
Paul McCartney's first solo album from 1970.
I have never listened to it before, of course I know some songs like Jet and Maybe I'm Amazed but have never listened to the album.
Quite amazing really. He plays all the instruments himself using overdubbing on a 4 track with no mixing desk (and thus no meters) and is in th emiddle of depression and probably a nervous breakdown and still working on Let it Be with the fragmenting Beatles.
It got slammed by the critics.
Most people would be happy if it was the only thing they every recorded!
The man's a musical genius.
-
https://youtu.be/JBLtU0mG8qY
Grace a Citoyen. I don't even understand it and it's giving me chills.
-
Hope@home.
Violinist Daniel Hope is streaming daily concerts from his Berlin home in lockdown.
https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/097148-002-A/hope-home-episode-16/ (https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/097148-002-A/hope-home-episode-16/)
I'm not sure he is doing the social distancing quite like me.
-
Thanks Helen :thumbsup:
Beethoven Piano Concerto no 3 1st Movement - Isata Kanneh-Mason (Recording of Facebook Live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syhm27w68no&feature=youtu.be
-
Thanks Helen :thumbsup:
Beethoven Piano Concerto no 3 1st Movement - Isata Kanneh-Mason (Recording of Facebook Live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syhm27w68no&feature=youtu.be
Thanks!
Superb!
-
Our very own Dez is 'shielded' for medical reasons and posted this on Facebook.
A man of very many talents...
Further to recording Bertha last week, I've done four theme tunes this week!
Last of the Summer Wine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJwlsyE1gw4 (Thanks to David Woodcock for the guitar part)
Mr Men - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV46ctV3pyg
Raggy Dolls - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxYKV0KpGWI
Woof - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtJLFJxfFO4
All these and more were in this weeks The Railway Hotel Open Mic Night at https://www.facebook.com/RailwayHotelSouthend/videos/239667153945456/
-
Frank Sinatra & Count Basie , Live At The Sands. I'm officially middle aged. Chap could carry a tune though.
-
Kodaly Cello Sonata. I found it when tidying up stuff in my parents' house.
-
In Search of the Lost Chord and On the Threshold of A Dream by the Moody Blues. My wife was buying some stuff on Amazon and I added these on the spur of the moment because she was talking about her late mother, who (before she was born) went out with one of the band.
When I was in the sixth form I shared a house with two older guys, one of whom was a massive MB fan, so I heard them a lot in those days but haven't heard any of those albums since. They're very dated, of course - laughably in places - but it's good to listen to them again.
-
Paul Crossley playing Poulenc. It's very lovely, but I've found Poulenc reuses his musical ideas quite a lot so perhaps listening to three CDs straight is not the best idea and it would be best in bite-sized chunks. The ideas themselves are distinctive and great fun.
-
The freshly-minted and eponymous debut album by DeadBlondeStars. Rubbish name, terrific noises. Not dissimilar to Soundgarden.
-
Rory Gallagher, Live at Montreux 1975. How have I not discovered this before?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpxRsohTGAA
-
Rory Gallagher, Live at Montreux 1975. How have I not discovered this before?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpxRsohTGAA
I’ve no idea. It’s brilliant.
-
Rory Gallagher, Live at Montreux 1975. How have I not discovered this before?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpxRsohTGAA
Excellent.
Did your man ever play a duff gig? Saw him several times in the 80s and 90s riveting every time.
Irish Tour '74 is probably the best live album ever. Great documentary as well.
-
Stumbled across US band Skating Polly recently. Sort of Nirvana meets Alanis Morrissette angsty grunge. Here is a good example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B4Nn9_9YHg
Also, I've no idea how I missed this banger from Arcade Fire for the last 9 years. Where was I?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awHWColYQ90
-
Charlotte Barnes. Wot?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qso4MRfidrw
AKA Lianne La Havas, aka Lianne Charlotte Barnes
-
Finally got around to listening to the orchestral CD from Nightwish Human II Nature. It's interesting but wouldn't go rushing back to it. Unlike Rosalie Cunningham, who is up next.
-
I've decamped to a different room, as I'm totally nerding out here.
Who the fuck would have thought you could do an acoustic version of Pink Floyd's "Echoes". Well, if anyone can, Gabriela y Rodrigo can...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2vIPnzY90w
-
The complete* works of Bad Religion.
Now that I've got Banshee working properly, it's much easier to play through my collection. I will confess I miss using iTunes on my old PC.
* all 17 albums I own.
-
Monks. Not that Strawbs spin-off from the 1970s, the one from the mid-1960s formed by USAnian servicemen in Germany. Released one album before disappearing into almost-obscurity, but are endorsed by the likes of Jack White, Iggy Pop, Jello Biafra, Mark E. Smith-ah and Ade Blackburn ["Who he? – Ed.]*. Apparently they were influential in the development of Krautrock, though I can't hear it myself.
* frontman of creepy oddballs Clinic; sounds like he's singing through clenched teeth.
-
Hans Zimmer live in Prague. Loud on the KEFs . :thumbsup:. Neighbours are out.
-
Joni live - Shadows and Light
Just listen to Jaco's bass!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArhQHt4Y55g
-
Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd/Ron Geesin. Doesn't have the critical acclaim of Echoes. But I like it.
-
Delius - Over the Hills and Far Away. Royal Phil with Thomas Beecham.
-
https://www.folkonfoot.com/festival?fbclid=IwAR1d3TSeVIfe3xze0V8b4Paygq7Ri2PajBdxb580fStBBJelaBrtImdM6Fs
-
https://www.folkonfoot.com/festival?fbclid=IwAR1d3TSeVIfe3xze0V8b4Paygq7Ri2PajBdxb580fStBBJelaBrtImdM6Fs
Thanks for the heads up on this! Just caught the end of Cara Dillon, looking forward to the Kitty Macfarlane.
-
Rusted Root, When I Woke (https://www.discogs.com/Rusted-Root-When-I-Woke/master/667738).
-
Sleaford Mods, All That Glue.
-
This morning, instead of listening to Biffy Clyro*, I did my bike ride to the notes of DJ Shadow - Our Pathetic Age.
*which you might have guessed if you look at my ride names on Strava :)
-
The postman brought me a nice present yesterday. "To Drink The Rainbow" by Tanita Tikaram. Lovely stuff. I had her first album mumble years ago & she'd dropped of my radar, but have been following her on Twitter @tanita_tikaram recently so bought this, an anthology of her work between 1988 - 2019.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkE2fhZq7FI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjgVBvgQKpM
-
Carrie & Lowell, Sufjan Stevens. Good for having in the background while working.
-
Townes Van Zandt - Live at The Winning Post York 1990
https://youtu.be/BthRLYDTFPY
Just found this on YouTube. I was at this gig. 30 years ago, doesn't seem that long. A brilliant night at what is basically a big pub with a function room.
I had no idea it was recorded.
Try "To Live is to Fly" - 48m 10s in its a lovely song. The man was a genius.
-
Grace Potter's streams from home.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKgVl6E2PRSb1MHpw88ib-cAbWstFWDi1
A mixture of her own songs and covers.
Dead Flowers is great and "Nothing but the Water / Foxy Lady" is fun with Wayne and Garth on drums and base.
https://youtu.be/WltSLPTBtuA
-
Various versions of Rainbow's Stargazer, listening to Ritchie Blackmore's solo which apparently is based on a Phrygian scale (yes I had to look it up). Not your average rock musician, Mr Blackmore.
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUXahDmsVdU
"Mountains O' Things"
The life I've always wanted
I guess I'll never have
I'll be working for somebody else
Until I'm in my grave
I'll be dreaming of a life of ease
And mountains Oh mountains o' things
To have a big expensive car
Drag my furs on the ground
And have a maid that I can tell
To bring me anything
Everyone will look at me with envy and with greed
I'll revel in their attention
And mountains Oh mountains o' things
Sweet lazy life
Champagne and caviar
I hope you'll come and find me
Cause you know who we are
Those who deserve the best in life
And know what money's worth
And those whose sole misfortune
Was having mountains o' nothing at birth
Oh they tell me
There's still time to save my soul
They tell me
Renounce all
Renounce all those material things you gained by
Exploiting other human beings
Consume more than you need
This is the dream
Make you pauper
Or make you queen
I won't die lonely
I'll have it all prearranged
A grave that's deep and wide enough
For me and all my mountains o' things
Oh they tell me
There's still time to save my soul
They tell me
Renounce all
Renounce all those material things you gained by
Exploiting other human beings
Mostly I feel lonely
Good good people are
Good people are only
My stepping stones
It's gonna take all my mountains o' things
To surround me
Keep all my enemies away
Keep my sadness and loneliness at bay
The life I've always wanted
I guess I'll never have
I'll be working for somebody else
Until I'm in my grave
I'll be dreaming of a live of ease
And mountains, Oh mountains o' things
-
Moon River, sung by Audrey Hepburn. From the film Breakfast at Tiffanys.
Such a nice song, full of warmth
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpqo_6jpe08
Valentina Lisitsa taking a very serious look at Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
-
Norah Jones - Live from Ronnie Scotts
https://youtu.be/A4xSumIINCg
Nice piano playing !
-
New Bob Dylan and Neil Young albums
-
Bauhaus is the soundtrack of lockdown. Pondering a playlist of all their little known experimental tracks.
-
Brothers and sister rock and roll !
https://youtu.be/h8ggSs7G3J4
Perfect !
-
Brothers and sister rock and roll !
https://youtu.be/h8ggSs7G3J4
Perfect !
I'd like to know who is on the mixing desk on these as they are doing a remarkable job.
-
The Interrupters, saw them live a couple of years ago when we took TLD to see Green Day at Leeds Arena. I liked their music then and it's even more relevant now.
https://open.spotify.com/artist/25Maank76ry2Tmbi2Ql1SF
-
John Ogdon playing Liszt's Funerailles. No one gets close to exploring the opening chords the way that he does.
-
Not listening , but I've just read this in the Grauniad, https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jun/30/girlschool-heavy-metal-pioneers-drugs-groupies-lemmy-motorhead
I saw them play at the Royal Court in Liverpool when I was a long haired teenage oik.. 1980 something.....
-
Not listening , but I've just read this in the Grauniad, https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jun/30/girlschool-heavy-metal-pioneers-drugs-groupies-lemmy-motorhead
I saw them play at the Royal Court in Liverpool when I was a long haired teenage oik.. 1980 something.....
If that article is accurate then I must have seen them supporting Motörhead in 1979, though my recollection is that Nutz were the support at the Lyceum. Getting old sucks.
-
Never saw Motorhead play live. Did see Lemmy in the audience at the Marquee Club for a Lee Aaron gig in 1990
-
Never saw Motorhead play live. Did see Lemmy in the audience at the Marquee Club for a Lee Aaron gig in 1990
You missed out. I don't have any of their records but live they were a force of nature. Brilliant.
-
Never saw Motorhead play live. Did see Lemmy in the audience at the Marquee Club for a Lee Aaron gig in 1990
One of my Tenuous Claims to Fame is having been elbowed out of the way at the bar in Dingwalls by a thirsty Lemmy intent on obtaining further supplies of drinkohol for himself and Wilko Johnson at a Deviants reunion gig.
-
Today's band is Beast in Black. They were support for Nightwish on their Decades tour at Wembley Arena. They came on to Judas Priest's Nightcrawler and launched into that era heavy metal. Naff riffs. Naff songs. Except the lead singer Yannis Papadopolous is a trained opera singer rather than just a wannabe, they nailed all the riffs, and it just somehow sort of works.
-
Shack: HMS Fable
https://open.spotify.com/album/0waCN9Dzq28sIxCSVYwPHO?si=Fq8WQ5R_Q_6zoAMUCstmsQ
It's a grower this. 1999 album from band led by Mick Head, former Pale Fountains front man, and his brother John. I'd never come across it before. Great songwriting really authentic and raw. Thought it was a bit hackneyed first time thro...but keep coming back to Streets of Kenny, Comedy, Cornish Town and others yep... a keeper.
Sent from my STF-L09 using Tapatalk
-
Exile on Main Street - again.
It just gets better every time.
-
Lots of SCALA radio (my daughter's fault). It's generally a nice mix, but a little heavy on showtunes and classic covers of fuckingcoldplay.
-
Feeling nostalgic & browsing videos on pootube,,,
https://youtu.be/ahTUBOzKjVI
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x30et3h
Poor Kirsty :'(
-
Just discovered bancamp (yea, I know, total dinosaur - I even buy my own music).
Hunt Sales (Ex Tin Machine of Bowie infamy). Not my usual thing.
-
He (and his brother) were also in Iggy's post-Stooges band for a while.
-
Steel Panther
Its ironic when a band satirizing hair metal bands are actually better than most of the original bands.
-
Oh god I've moved on to Mötley Crüe now.
-
(Sings)
Help me Mrs Medleycott
I don't know what to do
I've only got three bullets
And there's four of Mötley Crüe
-
He (and his brother) were also in Iggy's post-Stooges band for a while.
Aye, I think that's where Bowie met them in the first place.
-
A CD reissue of the Moody Blues' On The Threshold of A Dream. I think the last time I listened to this was when I was 17 and sharing a house with a massive Moodies fan.
Of course, a lot of it hasn't aged well, particularly the 'poems' but what is most striking about this, and a couple of their other albums from that period, is how much more interesting the songs written by Mike Pinder are than the more well-known Justin Hayward and John Lodge offerings. This CD contains a bunch of alternative takes of songs from the album, including a complete version of his Have You Heard, which has to be one of the most gorgeous songs in the band's whole back catalogue. (On the original album, it was split into two parts, with a rather overblown instrumental piece dividing them.)
-
Bourbon House - Wild Abandon
Nothing to do with the family well connected amongst crowned heads of Europe but something far more down to earth. Has a sense of a band experimenting with their boundaries and encourages me to hope that they will continue to do so.
-
Dept of Disappearance, Jason Lytle
:thumbsup:
-
Mrs Pcolbeck has had radio 2 on all day and they have played Katie Melua's new single A Love Like That several times.
I'm not a big fan of Ms Melua's oeuvre but I like this, its got a bit of a Zero 7 vibe to it.
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cokCgWPRZPg&fbclid=IwAR1ELVREUJ7_lIeJU9uTq9rqeq9hFmWxaXhqRB92l2HIe8_vCl5KPoPwlIg
This.
-
Just found out NIN gifted out two albums at the start of lockdown Ghosts V&VI - instrumental tracks.
Also, The Cure's Join the Dots (B-sides), which I thought was a bargain @ £14 for 4CDs.
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAawm4OhQJU&list=PL8a8cutYP7fohtC8ZZRDbFM7Xe6BdgKzK
Ella Fitzgerald singing the Cole Porter songbook. A good CD purchase.
-
DJ Random: Roadrunner (Twice) ~ J Richman & The Modern Lovers
[Four songs later]
DJ Random: Roadrunner (Once) ~ J Richman & The Modern Lovers
And it's not as though I have fifty versions of each, either.
-
A new discovery for me last night, Brother Dedge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bd6PjKDj5s
Difficult to describe. Sort of dark acoustic Americana folk.
-
The Cure - Join the Dots. It's like getting four new albums that you know will be as good as the old stuff - because it is the old stuff.
In so doing I just discovered that Google Play sell mp3 downloads (in fact that it exists) and that some of their albums are significantly cheaper than amazon.
-
Arild Andersen, as in this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTOJGGdr_Hs).
Children and granddaughter are with us for a few days so some education is in order.
-
Lynne Jackaman (ex St Jude) has finally recorded new material vs Blues Pills (Holy Moly) - first recording without their iconic guitarist Dorian Serriaux. Neither added much to the world, but I felt that Holy Moly was the Blues Pills back to form.
-
Today I am listening to Birds Do It, Bees Do It, Even Little Educated Fleas Do It running round and round inside me 'ead. I don't know where it came from but I wish it would bugger off. My parents hadn't yet met when that torture device was thrust upon the world.
-
Blue Oyster Cult
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVQ1_sSr2RU
At a drive in show in July this year. Unstoppable. And they still rock despite Eric Bloom and Buck Dharma being older than Noah.
-
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000m6s5
Anoushkar Shankar on the Proms. That would get the gammon foaming at the mouth if they listened to any more than the Last Night.
-
I like a bit of chanson and blimey this is good:
https://youtu.be/DjLEVtm00-0
Lara Fabian - Je suis malade (I am sick)
-
More Lara, possibly the best audience sing along I have ever heard.
https://youtu.be/IYnFwUbC9A8
Apparently she was having a very rough time in her personal life and it had been in the French media. Before this gig in Paris her pianist had secretly suggested to one of her fans that it would be nice if they sang along. Watch the shock in her eyes when they start. The audience also changed the lyrics from "Je t'amine" (I love you) to "On t’aime" (we love you).
-
Schubert string quintet in C.
-
Having a bit of a talk-box-fest on the old playlist: Haitian Divorce, Livin’ On A Prayer, Beverley Hills, Show Me The Way...
-
Open country on R4. With Claire Balding and Alice Roberts, fascinating.
-
The sound of motor engines at 24 heures de Le Mans with my petrol-head son.
-
Public Image.
Getting rid of the Albatross
-
All Them Witches - Nothing as the Ideal. I should be working on a last-minute proposal document and have so far written 40 words with 3 typos in 25 minutes. It is not helping with my productivity but it is sure bending my mind in appropriate directions. It is a bit like the Doors discovering Hawkwind, bingeing on Pink Floyd and then heading off whatever direction took their fancy.
-
DJ Random is currently belting out a live version of “Brainstorm” from 1978, so that lot ^^^^ might attract some of my attention next week. Ta!
-
Sex Bomb by the Red Army Choir
https://youtu.be/MNacQaHJqEs
-
Mozart. Mass in C minor. Berlin Phil, under Abbado. With Bonney, Auger, Blochwitz & Holl
-
My new eBay bargain HiFi:
NAD 3130 amp
NAD 5425 CD player
NAD 5120 record deck
KEF Coda III speakers
About £280 for the lot. Sounds brilliant so far (haven't tried the record deck yet).
The CD player was supposed to have a dead display (its easy to replace the small bulb with an LED so I wasn't bothered about that) but it just burst into life all by itself.#
The volume pot on the amp is a tad crackly so I will need to break out the contact cleaner and probably blow out the internals as it looks dusty as hell in there.
For a supposedly 30W amp the 3130 has got some oomph, I cant turn the thing up past about a quarter without it being deafening and those KEF speakers are 8 omh!
-
Tom Waits
Heartattack and Vine
I don't think I will ever tire of this album. Such a wonderful work of art.
-
Bob Seger. Must have heard Night Moves hundreds of times in my life, but only just realised how awesome a song it is.
-
Pendulum
Because.
-
Komitas Vardapet: Patarag, Armenian Divine Liturgy (https://youtu.be/XtPfE6mHA_s)
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4POF9AQKQk
Anna von Hausswolf. partly because of the mesmerising video that accompanies the music and opens out the imagination without ever giving any answers. A pipe organ as you have never heard it before and yet making the instrument relevant for vast new genres of music.
-
Starcrawler
Grunge rock. Ridiculously young band, good sound.
-
Yussef Dayes & Alfa Mist: Love is the Message
Got here via Yussef Kamaal, Black Focus.
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4POF9AQKQk
Anna von Hausswolf. partly because of the mesmerising video that accompanies the music and opens out the imagination without ever giving any answers. A pipe organ as you have never heard it before and yet making the instrument relevant for vast new genres of music.
Most of the images in the video come from "Sacro Bosco," the 16th century Gardens of Bomarzo in Italy. The garden was her inspiration for All Thoughts Fly, the album that this track comes from. "The organ on All Thoughts Fly is situated in Gothenburg and is a Swedish replica of the Arp Schnitger organ in Germany. It is the largest organ tuned in Quarter-comma meantone temperament in the world. With its four manuals, one pedal and 54 stops, it was built as part of a ten-year research project reconstructing 17th Century North German organ building craft."
It's a really good album and certainly puts the Goth in Gothenburg...
-
Roaring Jack. Australia's answer to The Pogues.
-
Roaring Jack. Australia's answer to The Pogues.
(Makes a note)
-
Roaring Jack. Australia's answer to The Pogues.
(Makes a note)
They’re rather good, especially if you like your Celtic punk seasoned with left-wing politics.
-
The HHGTTG again.
Maybe in these Covid times, sending all the telephone desanitisers off on the B Ark wasn't such a great idea
-
Yesterday's 6 music shoegaze special. Some old favourites in there ;D
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000nln8 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000nln8)
-
Love and Rockets - their "not actually Love and Rockets" ambient stuff.
Neither their nor my usual stuff.
-
Love and Rockets - their "not actually Love and Rockets" ambient stuff.
Neither their nor my usual stuff.
Ooh. Interested in that. Anywhere you’d suggest to start listening, if I dipped in on Spotify / whatever?
-
I'm on my 4th Anouar Brahem album in a row. It's that sort of evening. ICBA to do anything much.
-
Enjoyed listening to Go Go Boots by Driveby Truckers last night for first time in ages.
-
Enjoyed listening to Go Go Boots by Driveby Truckers last night for first time in ages.
I had Southern Rock Opera on the other day. I have tickets for DBT in Leeds which has been postponed until some time next year :(
-
Love and Rockets - their "not actually Love and Rockets" ambient stuff.
Neither their nor my usual stuff.
Ooh. Interested in that. Anywhere you’d suggest to start listening, if I dipped in on Spotify / whatever?
I'm not on Spotify. I got "Lift" of the bay as it isn't readily available on the usual sites and am listening to "hot trip to heaven" on youtube. It sounds (to me) like they are trying to channel Tom Waits on "hot trip to heaven" (the track not the album).
If you pm me I can post you "Lift".
-
Love and Rockets - their "not actually Love and Rockets" ambient stuff.
Neither their nor my usual stuff.
Ooh. Interested in that. Anywhere you’d suggest to start listening, if I dipped in on Spotify / whatever?
I'm not on Spotify. I got "Lift" of the bay as it isn't readily available on the usual sites and am listening to "hot trip to heaven" on youtube. It sounds (to me) like they are trying to channel Tom Waits on "hot trip to heaven" (the track not the album).
If you pm me I can post you "Lift".
I found lift on YouTube, and rather liking it so far - though it probably counts as my usual stuff :) Thanks though.
-
Well, the offer on "lift" is still open.
-
Bought the new Bruce Springsteen album, Letter to You. Quite good. Better than a lot of his more recent solo stuff imho, I was glad to see the return of the E Street Band.
-
Parliament - Mothership Connection
Sometimes you just need a bit of funk.
-
Front242
Apoptygma Berzerk (on bandcamp)
-
Tracy Chapman's first album, yet again, mainly for one of the finest love songs ever written. I can be really soppy at times.
-
Tracy Chapman's first album, yet again, mainly for one of the finest love songs ever written. I can be really soppy at times.
I heard Fast Car on the radio the other day, first time in a long time, and it made me want to dig out the album. It’s a really fine piece of work and has stood the test of time very well.
-
I always cry to that one and 'Baby Can I Hold You'
-
Tracy Chapman's first album, yet again, mainly for one of the finest love songs ever written. I can be really soppy at times.
Did you see https://www.npr.org/2020/11/03/930696519/tracy-chapman-returns-to-sing-of-revolution-on-the-eve-of-election-day ?
-
I did indeed!
-
New AC/DC album https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB0JSO6d5ysH2Mmqz5I9rIw
-
Emily Cappell's latest(?) album, Combat Frock.
I first heard her supporting Terry and Gerry and the Hundred Club in the days when we could go to gigs. A bee hive sporting, guitar toting bundle of fantastic lyrics and attitude.
From some website somewhere:
Emily Capell is a singer/songwriter from North West London and has been affectionately described as the adopted daughter of Jamie T and Billy Bragg.
More please.
-
Before I listened to that, I listened to my grate frend Nic's latest release. Here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6yZYxv3NTM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6yZYxv3NTM)
-
Sun Electric - Present
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kJZngpy1F5_I-JZYLNkaQvdytzQKWBYEU (https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kJZngpy1F5_I-JZYLNkaQvdytzQKWBYEU)
-
I've had Katy J Pearson's album on repeat since it was released (yesterday).
https://katyjpearson.bandcamp.com/album/return
Something gorgeously old-fashioned about it. Just great pop songwriting. And there's something about her singing voice - can't quite put my finger on what it is but I love it.
She also does lovely, uplifting videos:
https://youtu.be/WG0lKOKkb1I
Late contender for album of the year.
-
The Nick Turner Conspiracy. Angry in Fremantle. Mildly topical.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7OJcUK0qHA
-
Coleman Hawkins earlier , now it's Courtney Pine.
-
The 2020 album from Cornershop, England Is A Garden. Thumbs up from here. :thumbsup:
-
Russian Circles - Live at Dunkfest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qICEymUL0Vo&t=6s
-
Sophie Menter - Concert in a Hungarian Style
Sophie Mentor was a 19th century pianist. She was one of the last Liszt pupils. He encouraged her to compose. She in turn chose Hungarian style to please him. Liszt told Sophie to take it her friend Tchaikovsky for orchestration. So we have a piece of music that is better than the Tchaikovsky concertos and is not Liszt.
-
DJ Random seems determined to make me listen to “Embryonic Journey” by Hot Tuna today.
-
Today is five hours of Sufjan Stevens' festive music (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20D0zPiF654).
-
"Me & Magdalena" from The Monkee's 2016 album "Good Times!"
Vocals by Mike Nesmith and Micky Dolenz and it's lovely. Ran into this after it was linked in a newspaper article. I might have to try the rest of the album now.
https://youtu.be/FNbNYA_rh_E
-
Access Denied by Asian Dub Foundation
https://asiandubfoundation.bandcamp.com/album/access-denied
-
Access Denied by Asian Dub Foundation
https://asiandubfoundation.bandcamp.com/album/access-denied
Cracking album and one that brought them back onto my radar. They still haven't managed the tour de force that was "Rafi's Revenge" though.
Meanwhile I am listening to a retrospective of 2020 music, all the stuff I "missed". Mostly I can see why I missed it
-
Just got up from the floor, Asian Dub Foundation just retweeted a tweet of mine ?!?!?!
Which makes me happy that I put an extra few coins in the tin when I ordered the CD well the .zip of the album :)
-
DBT - Quarantine Together
A song for the times.
https://youtu.be/j0D-UghxJU8
-
another (well a collection) song of our times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zi0MYQK5k8
-
Having just watched "A Fat Wreck", a documentary about Fat Wreck Chords and Fat Mike, I have been listening to some of said label's output. Most surprising track is NoFX vs Frank Turner "Thatcher Fucked the Kids", I love it!
-
Bowie’s Gouster. Less eclectic than Young Americans (which it would eventually become). The internet has really helped to explain this period which was a mystery to me when I first bought Young Americans in the early/mid 90s, with no internet to explain to me wtaf was going on.
-
His Bobness' "Desire", whci I realised I hadn't listed to for at least a decade. I do enjoy Scarlet Rivera's violin-ing.
-
Interesting how you can have an absolutely awesome album and not listen to it for years - I think it’s down to both not having the time to sit down with an LP like what we did back in the days and having many more albums than what we did back in the days.
-
Funke and the Two Tone Baby.
Here he is (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSumaFMdZr8) at one of my favourite boozers doing 'Bella's Kiss' - which seems appropriate for what's coming on Boxing Day.
-
Long Time Passing. The Kronos Quartet does Pete Seeger. Er, interesting…
-
Blackstar by Bowie.
I will be contentious and say that it is his best album.
-
"Black Man Ray" by China Crisis. What a tune.
-
Less favored Bowie albums:
Space Oddity aka David Bowie
The Next Day
... hours
Both of them really rather good.
Happy Bowie Day
-
Sorabji, Transcendental Studies 84 - 100, which arrived courtesy of an Amazon elf today. Fredrik Ullen has completed his recording of the 100 Transcendental Studies, by one of the most reclusive and idiosyncratic composers in history. The first set was recorded in 2005 and it has been a 5 year wait since the last. Ullen, a Swedish pianist and neuroscientist, does a remarkable job in turning the incomprehensible into something that merely bewilders my poor brain and transports me to some other world where this bizarre music somehow makes sense. It is brilliantly recorded and produced by BIS, and deserves to be a candidate for the recording project of this century, even if it will never enter the heady heights of the top 1000 albums in classical music.
-
UmmaGumma. Which, according to the scribble on the liner, I bought at Sheffield in March 1980.
-
So this year I plan to try and listen to more of the music I have on the ipod, as opposed to the same thing again and again.
Breeders - last splash : better than expected, not actually a one hit wonder.
New Model Army - no rest for the wicked : not quite sure what the point of this is. I wasn't into them back in the day so only know them for "Vagabonds" and I don't think I will listen to them again.
PIL - album (live at Brixton) : Strop spitting you London Cunts.
Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars : makes the rest of my record collection shuffle their feet with embarrassment. Most artists would retire after an album like that, how do you do better than this? Potentially top five Bowie material.
-
So this year I plan to try and listen to more of the music I have on the ipod, as opposed to the same thing again and again.
Breeders - last splash : better than expected, not actually a one hit wonder.
New Model Army - no rest for the wicked : not quite sure what the point of this is. I wasn't into them back in the day so only know them for "Vagabonds" and I don't think I will listen to them again.
PIL - album (live at Brixton) : Strop spitting you London Cunts.
Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars : makes the rest of my record collection shuffle their feet with embarrassment. Most artists would retire after an album like that, how do you do better than this? Potentially top five Bowie material.
I set it to shuffle in the car - so its like a radio station that only plays music I own.
-
^ I want to avoid the kids' music though. (Also, there's an uneven distribution of music and probably a 10% chance that the song will be "Rebel Rebel" by Bowie.)
-
Today I have mostly been listing to these two lads, nice angry music :) https://www.sleafordmods.com/videos
-
DJ Random's been in a Bonzos mood this afternoon :thumbsup:
-
I don't know why I bother, no one listens to me anyway; i might as well be a Leonard Cohen record! You want it Darker.
-
Ivan "Booglaoo Joe" Jones - Pyschedelic Soul Jazz Guitar. Does what is says on the tin. Greatly appreciated just now.
-
The Velvet Underground & Nico. Up until now I knew the songs, but only as covers.
-
Now you have to go out and form a band. Apparently it's compulsory, or so says Brian Eno.
-
... this
(https://i.ibb.co/LRFgD97/Animals-Compilation01.jpg)
-
Now you have to go out and form a band. Apparently it's compulsory, or so says Brian Eno.
Indeed, especially as I also listen to the Pixies and the Pistols. I am continually amazed that not only am I not in a band, I don’t even own an instrument I can’t play.
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf-eIgFJg4w
25 years after his last live performance, apparently
-
Glorious. There aren't enough people like that on the planet.
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf-eIgFJg4w
25 years after his last live performance, apparently
I was thinking about some of his lyrics just yesterday - immensely subversive, no way you'd let your kids listen to that these days (I must have been ... 6?).
Oh, and Pink Flag by Wire (it's before my time, but it just seems like paint by numbers punk) and PTF by VNV Nation (only 23 years old though).
-
Today I have mostly been listing to these two lads, nice angry music :) https://www.sleafordmods.com/videos
When you tire of the Post-punk angry, swearyness try these local lads. Same style, just not as sweary and better tunes https://yardact.bandcamp.com/
-
Rock Candy Funk Party - does what it says on the tin.
-
Might as well put this here, stream radio stations from all over the world
http://radio.garden/
-
DJ Random's been in a Bonzos mood this afternoon :thumbsup:
"Do you like soul music?"
-
Today will be known as Daft Punk day - https://daftpunk.com/ :(
Thanks for the last nearly 30 years of TUNES
-
Sandy Denny, and Oysterband.
Separately, of course.
Followed by Captain Beefheart explaining how he is going to zip up his guitar.
Sun zoom spark.
-
An album of Gert Wilden's themes from 70s German pornos.
-
An album of Gert Wilden's themes from 70s German pornos.
The fact that such a thing exists makes me smile.
-
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Schulmadchen-Report-Gert-Wilden-Orchestra/dp/B000003SZL
COVER NSFW
-
Croatian post rock, proggy, slightly metallic, East European folk influence: Daliborovo Granje (https://daliborovogranje.bandcamp.com/album/hainin)
-
Croatian post rock, proggy, slightly metallic, East European folk influence: Daliborovo Granje (https://daliborovogranje.bandcamp.com/album/hainin)
Liek!
-
Croatian post rock, proggy, slightly metallic, East European folk influence: Daliborovo Granje (https://daliborovogranje.bandcamp.com/album/hainin)
Liek!
H/t Scott ex-otp.
-
Croatian post rock, proggy, slightly metallic, East European folk influence: Daliborovo Granje (https://daliborovogranje.bandcamp.com/album/hainin)
Liek!
H/t Scott ex-otp.
Ah, the æcellent Mr Clark.
-
Completing online training at work on a dead night shift, and running YT audio as I work through the modules, and this came up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt7-W-ARf6w
I have always had a love of John F's stuff, but he actually surprises me by his technical tricks in this. Some of his takes on songs don't work for me (Lodi in particular), but it is a solidly rocking performance.
-
Steph, I'll watch the concert later but you mentioned Lodi and it reminded me of this version. I have it on an album by Freddie, produced by Don Nix and the incomparable Leon Russell (he's on keys, here).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fCbIl-PGSs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fCbIl-PGSs)
And this just came on next - Etta at her best, with an old country classic:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMjXmnfNUO8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMjXmnfNUO8)
You tube can shorten your life - but what a way to go!
peter
-
Steph, I'll watch the concert later but you mentioned Lodi and it reminded me of this version. I have it on an album by Freddie, produced by Don Nix and the incomparable Leon Russell (he's on keys, here).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fCbIl-PGSs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fCbIl-PGSs)
And this just came on next - Etta at her best, with an old country classic:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMjXmnfNUO8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMjXmnfNUO8)
You tube can shorten your life - but what a way to go!
peter
Mmmmmm to both!
-
Good-o!
-
Steph, I'll watch the concert later but you mentioned Lodi and it reminded me of this version. I have it on an album by Freddie, produced by Don Nix and the incomparable Leon Russell (he's on keys, here).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fCbIl-PGSs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fCbIl-PGSs)
And this just came on next - Etta at her best, with an old country classic:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMjXmnfNUO8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMjXmnfNUO8)
You tube can shorten your life - but what a way to go!
peter
That Etta James track is fantastic.
-
I've tried a few off the album, P, and I can't wait for my local second-hand CD shop to re-open (call me old-fashioned)!
it's called "Love's Been Rough On Me" - which sadly is true (but fortunately not for me!).
-
Today is Alexa feeding me her random selection of John Coltrane tracks.
I am home alone (well bar the dog and the cat), jazz seems to be physically painful to Mrs Pcolbeck given her expression should I play it when she is around.
-
^ It's tough when your other half doesn't like your favorite music. In our house my wife doesn't like Siouxsie and the Banshees and I don't like musicals. (this is a rare case of me being righteous and her being wrong - I must be right because my daughter having a screaming fit whenever a musical comes up on the radio).
I have always had a love of John F's
I read this and assumed you were talking about Monopuff, John F's side project from they Might Be Giants.
-
...doesn't like Siouxsie and the Banshees...
Nope, does not compute ???
-
The Beatles (White Album). God, there's some shite on it.
-
I have no idea why it's viewed as one of their best albums.
-
Inspired by a Teams thread (that's what you get for working for a company that makes equipment for musicians), I am listening to this:
<iframe src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/7qlZpMib7D0riFPQ5JHDT8" width="300" height="380" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allow="encrypted-media"></iframe>
-
That link is a bit Tricky :)
-
Television - Marquee Moon. Arrived s/h from eBay today. Yes, I do have a CD player.
-
My neighbours have been doing lots of renovations over the last few days. Hammering, power tools, the lot.
They'll be tired now, so I'm helping them to relax & unwind by playing The Cocteau Twins, "BBC Sessions" at an appropriate volume. :demon:
-
10cc - I'm Mandy, Fly Me
-
Dandy Warhols - Not Your Bottle
A typically sotto-voce ditty about drink and drugs
-
The Bicep set from the 6music festival. This is awesome...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000tpy0
They remind me so much of Future Sound of London - Apricots in particular is an homage to Papua New Guinea. But that’s no bad thing.
Makes me feel very old though - PNG came out 30 years ago. 30 years! FFS!
Also: the sub-editor in me has to fight the urge to add an S to their name...
-
Tubes - White Punks On Dope
-
DJ Random, what did I say that sounded like “play me drum solos”. Toad followed immediately by The Mule. Surprised he didn’t give me Moby Dick as an encore.
-
The Bicep set from the 6music festival. This is awesome...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000tpy0
They remind me so much of Future Sound of London - Apricots in particular is an homage to Papua New Guinea. But that’s no bad thing.
Makes me feel very old though - PNG came out 30 years ago. 30 years! FFS!
Also: the sub-editor in me has to fight the urge to add an S to their name...
Thanks for sharing this
-
We are belatedly listening to Gideon Coe's International Women's Day program and being pleasantly surprised that it's not wall to wall worthy guitar strumming breathy ladies.
Bit surprised he didn't manage to squeeze any Savages or The Breeders in there though.
-
Bevis Frond seems to have caught DJ Random's attention today.
-
Not music, but A. L. Kennedy casting a pod about Essex.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000h6wc
Very good indeed, although I don't think Billericay gets a mention.
The house she lives in, in Wivenhoe, she bought from my son and his partner. Her basement was their basement.
-
Psychic Lemon -Freak Mammal.
This may be up your street, Mr Larrington.
-
:thumbsup:
It rather is.
Edit: They haz lots of Stuffs on Bandcamp. That will keep me busy tomorrow.
-
Today I are mostly listening to Psychic Lemon. Crap name, glorious racket.
-
Jolly good :)
After a silly conversation with Pingu about asparagus wee (https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=61324.msg2612351#msg2612351), we are listening to the fab Crowded House - Together Alone.
I've forgotten how much I love that album, and miss a good harmony.
-
Hello Radio - TMBG Covers
Where is my Mind - Tribute to the Pixies (SKA? version of Holiday song anyone?)
-
For a total change of stylee, the Mermaid Avenue Sessions by W. Guthrie arr. Wilco/W. Bragg. From which I conclude that Bill's got the politics but Jeff Tweedy et al have the actual tunes.
-
Peloton Pelican. Post-rock? Experimental metal? Instrumental shoegaze? New noise? Sunn O))) with a recognisable beat? I still ent decided.
-
Angele - Balance Ton Quoi
https://youtu.be/Hi7Rx3En7-k
I love the dissonance between the delivery and the message.
-
Thanks for sharing that
-
Bog Standard - Save Your Life
-
The Bevis Frond, for e.g. Preservation Hill (https://youtu.be/1UjCor2qDBM) in which Nick Saloman channels his inner Neil Young.
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK3NhVr0PV8 Judas Priest "Take On The World"
Dear Bog, did the 12 year old AndrewC really buy this as a single. (Yes, yes you did :-[ )
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK3NhVr0PV8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK3NhVr0PV8) Judas Priest "Take On The World"
Dear Bog, did the 12 year old AndrewC really buy this as a single. (Yes, yes you did :-[ )
This led me to Robert Fripp & Toyah Wilcox, Breaking The Law, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzIz8utU1xU
Which segued into a version of a favourite song I'd not heard before. Robert Fripp & Peter Gabriel "Here Comes The Flood" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weSQcz-UyDM
-
I read that last title and thought of the Oysterband's song of the same name.
We always know when Fripp is at my workplace, because we see Toyah. The man himself refuses to speak to anybody at all.
Meanwhile, I am listening to this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0ktxs43ezA&list=OLAK5uy_nH1tKPI9uxrsepRWzM9P5U6Zs-VjXOJwY
and this slow boiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzxrmIwjI8M
then
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fEkYxRCl_chen
-
So I gave DJ Random New!'s Hallogallo as a starting point and said: "Do your würst..."
And we've been on a fun voyage to the outer reaches of Krautrockistan. Lots of stuff I'm more or less familiar with - some fairly predictable offerings from Can, La Dusseldorf, Harmonia, Amon Düül II, Stereolab etc, and some slightly less expected ones from Soft Machine and Throbbing Gristle among others. Plus some nice post punk - Pere Ubu, This Heat, Magazine...
Most interesting was a track from Kosmischer Läufer, which is a new one on me. Supposedly composed to accompany training for the GDR athletes, which is a great story, even if it's not true. https://observer.com/2016/08/this-krautrock-olympics-soundtrack-will-blow-your-mind/
This was the track:
https://youtu.be/7YEtKa8ABwM
Another one I've never heard of before was Brainticket - a Belgian jazz-krautrock outfit from the early 70s, it says here. Intriguing.
https://youtu.be/_pfTNujvYUo
-
Most interesting was a track from Kosmischer Läufer, which is a new one on me. Supposedly composed to accompany training for the GDR athletes, which is a great story, even if it's not true. https://observer.com/2016/08/this-krautrock-olympics-soundtrack-will-blow-your-mind/
https://kosmischerlaufer.bandcamp.com :thumbsup:
-
Most interesting was a track from Kosmischer Läufer, which is a new one on me. Supposedly composed to accompany training for the GDR athletes, which is a great story, even if it's not true. https://observer.com/2016/08/this-krautrock-olympics-soundtrack-will-blow-your-mind/
https://kosmischerlaufer.bandcamp.com :thumbsup:
I reckoned on a couple of yacfers being already in the know about Kosmischer Läufer - you were one of them. ;D
-
Most interesting was a track from Kosmischer Läufer, which is a new one on me. Supposedly composed to accompany training for the GDR athletes, which is a great story, even if it's not true. https://observer.com/2016/08/this-krautrock-olympics-soundtrack-will-blow-your-mind/
https://kosmischerlaufer.bandcamp.com :thumbsup:
Relevant to my (fiction writing) interests, thank you!
Sam
-
So I gave DJ Random New!'s Hallogallo as a starting point and said: "Do your würst..."
And we've been on a fun voyage to the outer reaches of Krautrockistan. Lots of stuff I'm more or less familiar with - some fairly predictable offerings from Can, La Dusseldorf, Harmonia, Amon Düül II, Stereolab etc, and some slightly less expected ones from Soft Machine and Throbbing Gristle among others. Plus some nice post punk - Pere Ubu, This Heat, Magazine...
Most interesting was a track from Kosmischer Läufer, which is a new one on me. Supposedly composed to accompany training for the GDR athletes, which is a great story, even if it's not true. https://observer.com/2016/08/this-krautrock-olympics-soundtrack-will-blow-your-mind/
This was the track:
https://youtu.be/7YEtKa8ABwM
Another one I've never heard of before was Brainticket - a Belgian jazz-krautrock outfit from the early 70s, it says here. Intriguing.
https://youtu.be/_pfTNujvYUo
Thanks for this. I hadn't heard them before, but there's a sort of Neu, Vangelis, Jean Michel Jarre vibe I really like. I also love the fact that it#s 172bpm. My favourite Podrunner track is Velocity Angels at 172bpm, which is perfect for me, and it at least starts with some nice orchestral stuff before leaning into the psygoa trance. Most of the Podrunner output leans heavily on the percussion and doesn't do anything interesting in terms of melody and soundscape. This is going straight into my training mix for running away from zombies.
Sam
-
Thanks for this. I hadn't heard them before, but there's a sort of Neu, Vangelis, Jean Michel Jarre vibe I really like.
Basically a Neu! pastiche, but a very accomplished one, so that's no bad thing.
I also love the fact that it#s 172bpm. My favourite Podrunner track is Velocity Angels at 172bpm, which is perfect for me, and it at least starts with some nice orchestral stuff before leaning into the psygoa trance. Most of the Podrunner output leans heavily on the percussion and doesn't do anything interesting in terms of melody and soundscape. This is going straight into my training mix for running away from zombies.
Excellent! I don't pay attention to that level of detail, but I know what you mean about running playlists - too much focus on the function rather than worrying about whether it's something you actually want to listen to.
Meanwhile, yesterday afternoon's random playlist to accompany making the dinner took me even further down the prog wormhole... featuring the likes of Steve Hillage, Ashra, Edgar Froese, Cluster, Faust... my wife was not impressed. Came into the kitchen, said "Are you listening to progressive rock?" and left. ;D
Not entirely sure I liked it all, but I was in the right kind of mood to indulge it anyway.
Today I'm back to my current obsession - Squid - who are quite simply the most exciting new band out there right now, and part of the reason I've been delving into the prog archives - there are so many influences running through their music (they cite Neu! and This Heat in particular), and they sound like so many things that have gone before, you'd have to say there's nothing remotely original about their shtick and yet... they still sound new and fresh and genuinely thrilling.
This is a recent live performance of their current single, Paddling, which gives a pretty good impression of what they're about:
https://youtu.be/ZqLjqRUwsZw
And here's their last single, which is nothing short of breathtaking - the video is pretty cool, too:
https://youtu.be/__zmVSREvxY
They even do cool Robert Wyatt covers (I've mentioned this one previously in the covers thread)...
https://youtu.be/DktZtQbo-YU
-
Every so often I find something prog in our vast collection and stick it on, then yell, "WAS THIS YOU?" at Mr Bait. He always gives me the side-eye and tells me if it's prog, it's my fault. I don't remember acquiring half the stuff we've got. I would swear blind that Hemispheres is nothing to do with me.
I discovered Willowglass a few years ago. I really like their Book of Hours album, and The Dream Harbour is quite good, too.
Sam
-
Try Abel Ganz. Their latest (The Life of the Honey Bee and Other Moments of Clarity) is lovely. A good friend of mine joined them a year or two ago, and it seems he's been a positive influence!
-
Every so often I find something prog in our vast collection and stick it on, then yell, "WAS THIS YOU?" at Mr Bait. He always gives me the side-eye and tells me if it's prog, it's my fault.
Own it! ;D
A friend just shared this link with me - a new Black Midi KEXP session, featuring a few tracks off their forthcoming new album. It's incredible. Also quite "progressive"...
https://youtu.be/ebrpRKUMcss
I can't get over the fact that they look so young though.
-
Mr von Brandenburg's latest opus (https://youtu.be/Bb-NV4NKXH8).
-
The late great Ronnie Lane
Debris - live:
https://youtu.be/ar3uIUv-874
-
Just watched an old Whitesnake video for a rather sad reason. https://variety.com/2021/film/news/tawny-kitaen-dead-whitesnake-video-bachelor-party-1234969193/
-
Live Peace in Toronto (side 1).
-
Real Musicians. Real Music, Superb voice, Self released Album.
What is not to like. I give you : When Rivers Meet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsZQ8iH6klo&list=PL5TCzoDtbtVpgNDHglap3JWJHF_rS2rUW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbgwjdRGA5M&list=PL5TCzoDtbtVpgNDHglap3JWJHF_rS2rUW
It is a long time since I've been this excited about new music. (New to me at least)
-
Just watched an old Whitesnake video for a rather sad reason. https://variety.com/2021/film/news/tawny-kitaen-dead-whitesnake-video-bachelor-party-1234969193/
I'd let youtube just play random stuff as background music a couple of days ago whilst I was working. Here I go Again came on, I did wonder what she was up to now - but didn't read the comments :(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyF8RHM1OCg
-
Factory Showroom by TMBG.
I came across an outdated blog rating al ltheir albums and was utterly confused as to how this album got such high ratings, I barely listen to it. On re-examination, yes all the tunes are independently solid - good to excellent even. While not as disjointed as a compilation album it isn't as good as the sum of its parts. If I listened to the tracks in random order I don't think there would be a significant difference - which is not how albums should be constructed.
-
The new Danny Elfman album
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=H8S223Mwlqc&list=OLAK5uy_k0vg100ZR4h4hKK3OllvoIeUUQ4AHDIVY
It's somewhat eclectic!.
-
Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake by the Small Faces. A work colleague made a typo on a Microsoft Teams message - "in the Azurey cloud" and I immediately thought of Prof. Stanley Unwin, which led to aforesaid album. Excellent.
-
The new Danny Elfman album
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=H8S223Mwlqc&list=OLAK5uy_k0vg100ZR4h4hKK3OllvoIeUUQ4AHDIVY
It's somewhat eclectic!.
I think the word you're looking for is 'shit'. I lasted halfway through 'Sorry', and, since you'd said it was eclectic, thought I'd give 'True' a chance. That was exactly the same sort of noisy, tuneless shit - not really eclectic in my book.
Still, variety's the spice of life and all, and I suppose it's got to float some people's boats...
-
Boom radio. Suits a boomer like me.
-
Pingu has put Pat Metheny - Imaginary Day on, which is the soundtrack to me doing my homework for my day release degree, about mmm 1997.
-
Resits?
-
This https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE1hf2nhi0s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE1hf2nhi0s)
then this (while Lou Rawls was getting the drinks!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYdX4_9VbBA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYdX4_9VbBA)
How to cover your own original!
-
Mono. Japanese post-rock. Although they, like Mogwai, claim they ent post-rock. And, like Mogwai, they are this: wrong.
-
Mono. Japanese post-rock. Although they, like Mogwai, claim they ent post-rock. And, like Mogwai, they are this: wrong.
I've heard them on Gideon Coe and keep meaning to check them out.
-
Mono. Japanese post-rock. Although they, like Mogwai, claim they ent post-rock. And, like Mogwai, they are this: wrong.
Sounds like Goff bands. Never truly Goff until they deny being Goff. ("We're not Goffs, just we dress like Goffs and all our fans are Goffs and ...").
Lots of live recordings of tmbg on the youtube, as this means much less ads.
-
Every so often I find something prog in our vast collection and stick it on, then yell, "WAS THIS YOU?" at Mr Bait. He always gives me the side-eye and tells me if it's prog, it's my fault.
Own it! ;D
A friend just shared this link with me - a new Black Midi KEXP session, featuring a few tracks off their forthcoming new album. It's incredible. Also quite "progressive"...
https://youtu.be/ebrpRKUMcss
I can't get over the fact that they look so young though.
I obviously don't follow this thread enough. I watched that vid the other day (a friend alerted me) and on the strength of it I purchased their latest album, Cavalcade. It's jolly fine.
-
Mono. Japanese post-rock. Although they, like Mogwai, claim they ent post-rock. And, like Mogwai, they are this: wrong.
I've heard them on Gideon Coe and keep meaning to check them out.
So I bought an album and listened to it while making dinner tonight. If that's not post-rock then I don't know what is :)
-
All Them Witches - ATW : https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kBTbgQb6iFXKX5GH0Vn5UIM_WRpRXkKLQ
Songboy Blues - Music In Exile : https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l9XWaftoY_H1itPrCbRYzOiNhXe-I6VM4
-
Bowie: Blackstar/No Plan. Still Fucking Awesome.
-
Mono. Japanese post-rock. Although they, like Mogwai, claim they ent post-rock. And, like Mogwai, they are this: wrong.
Remember seeing them supporting Neubauten some years back, they were excellent.
-
Hearken To The Witches Rune.
Sam
-
I obviously don't follow this thread enough. I watched that vid the other day (a friend alerted me) and on the strength of it I purchased their latest album, Cavalcade. It's jolly fine.
Me neither - only just seen this reply. But yes, Cavalcade is superb. And surprisingly accessible.
If you followed the great cover versions thread too, you'd have seen my post about their live take on Hall & Oates' I Can't Go For That, which really is quite something:
https://youtu.be/4ZfEVqM7FVk
-
I've just purchased a new record deck.
I am now seriously working my way through my back catalogue of vinyl. Some of it not played since at least the early 80's. This includes a lot of Beatles, Kate Bush, ELO, Supertramp (borrowed never returned), Eagles, Pink Floyd, Jeff Wayne (WOTW). I also have some new stuff.
At least one (I'm looking at you Altered Images) should have remained deeply buried where I last played them.
I have one Michael Jackson album that I can't bring myself to listen to.
I need more new (to me) music. I might browse my way through this thread for inspiration.
-
Bowie: Blackstar/No Plan. Still Fucking Awesome.
I've been thinking about that. How difficult is it to get into?
-
I can't objectively answer that for a number of reasons
* My favorite Bowie albums (other than Blackstar) are Outside and Low
* I already heard a couple of the tracks before hearing the album, which makes a big change
* It's the best album ever made, anything that detracts from this or is in any way in disagreement is HERESY
If you haven't listened to Bowie since the 80s, I'd suggest "Buddha of Suburbia" is a better bet (as it's the closest to a sequel to his Berlin Triology and is why Eno got back to do Outside). If you prefer his more straightforward rock albums then "The Next Day" or "Reality" are a safe bet (though "Heathen" is an order of magnitude better - it is less of a rock album though). If you were happy with "Outside" then "Blackstar" isn't a challenge to get into. (apologies if any of this is an excessive discussion about how to suck eggs).
IMO
-
Based on my previous outburst, I'm listening to a bootleg copy of what may well be "Leon" by Bowie.
-
Sumer Is Icumen In (The Pagan Sound Of British And Irish Folk 1966-75). A three disc compilation from Grapefruit that contains a few tracks I already have (Magnet's Corn Rigs is an example, Steeleye Span is well represented, there's some Fairport, Pentangle, Incredible String Band) and a whole bunch I don't. Well. Didn't. It's basically Acid Folk meets Folk Horror with that very British 70s sensibility that could be found underpinning many a pagan moot well into the late nineties. I ordered it from Red Cherry Records, as the MP3 version on Amazon doesn't have the full track listing -- clearly copyright issues prevented them releasing some of the tracks in digital format. I wouldn't have bothered with the MP3 version, although you can find it on Spotify or Amazon Unlimited if you have either of those.
Sam
-
Brian Boru by Alan Stivell - not by choice, my wife got hold of the ipod (in bluetooth mode) and changed tracks on me.
It's a bit dated.
-
DJ Random is determined to make me listen to Iron Butterfly today. There are only so many live versions of “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” one can take in a day, and I think I've exceeded the limit.
-
Erkki Melartin - the solo piano works - by the incomparable Maria Lettberg. There are hours of them, which are keeping my sanity whilst I try to fill in the gaps in an internal audit file that needs to be closed out.
-
Genesis. I'm super-excited about seeing them in Manchester next month. Trying to teach myself how to love some of their proggy 70s stuff, with limited success. I keep coming back to some of the classic album tracks from the 80s and 90s like The Brazilian, Fading Lights, Home By The Sea and Dreaming While You Sleep, though.
-
Genesis. I'm super-excited about seeing them in Manchester next month. Trying to teach myself how to love some of their proggy 70s stuff, with limited success. I keep coming back to some of the classic album tracks from the 80s and 90s like The Brazilian, Fading Lights, Home By The Sea and Dreaming While You Sleep, though.
Mr Smith's no1 son is cheffing for them. Mr Smith is very looking forward to a freebie ticket at Newcastle. As he said to the lad "don't bother with one for fboab. I don't think she'll develop a prog interest by then"
-
Is Peter Gabriel back with them then?
-
Is Peter Gabriel back with them then?
Nah, I think the line-up is Collins/Banks/Rutherford/Collins/Stuermer.
-
Then I'm guessing there won't be much prog?
-
I dunno, on their 2007 tour they did In The Cage, Carpet Crawlers, I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) and Firth of Fifth... But I suspect there will be quite a bias towards material from the '83 album, Invisible Touch and We Can't Dance.
-
The Associates - Affectionate Punch
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
I may have to come to terms with not having a place for any more new (to me) music.
-
Sheryl Crow live on Radio 2.
"If it makes you happy" is a completely different song live shorn of the production gloss of the single. Much much better and quite bitter.
-
Sheryl Crow? We can never be friends.
Wire 154; liked it much more than Pink Flag or Chairs Missing. Their latest album is really quite accessible.
-
Sheryl Crow? We can never be friends.
Yeh, I don't really l like her records either but whenever she pops up live or singing with someone else she's brilliant. Probably those years working as a backing singer.
-
Moar Wire.
How does one properly appraise a “new to you” band that has spanned 3-4 genres and has over a dozen albums? I have been reading through a thread about their albums on stevehoffmanforums and following their discography on YouTube as I go.
-
...How does one properly appraise a “new to you” band that has spanned 3-4 genres and has over a dozen albums?...
It's new to you. That is all.
-
Yeahbut, is it worth listening to? Do you decide based on one album? Two? Three?
-
Level 42 - It's Over, an uncommonly good (and very sad) song with absolutely no slap bass in it.
-
Discovered this via Ajax third kit and I love it:
https://youtu.be/1Sw2JJ5nSbM
No, I'm not jersey guy!
-
Nobody's Hero by SLF on 6 Music. Well done that Lammo.
-
On a BBC 4 documentary, Bille Holliday singing Strange Fruit. Wow.
-
^ Biggest artist in the world, still had to use the servants' entrance in Southern States. My first hearing of that song was the cover by S&tB, a point of discussion these days I suppose.
Listened to "Beyond Now" by Donny McCaslin (the band that did Blackstar with Bowie), a couple Bowie covers and some tracks that sound like Bowie/NiN played by a Jazz ensemble.
-
The BBC have just, on their Great Guitars Riffs (BBC4), followed ACDC’s Rock and Roll Damnation with The Smith’s Hand in Glove.
The change was so abrupt I have whiplash!
-
Sons Of Alpha Centauri. A band whose gigging history makes Half Man Half Biscuit look like workaholics. Instrumental (apart from their most recent offering, “Push”) space rock/stoner rock.
-
New Idles CD 'Crawler' just landed on the doormat :)
-
The Rolling Stones “Get your ya ya’s out”. Dirty.
-
An Australian radio show from 1978. I heard it on the radio as a repeat in 1984 in someone else's car in the wilds of southern New South Wales, on a geology field trip, where I was particularly susceptible to its psychedelic influences. The narrator, James Dibble, was the frontman for ABC news from 1957 to 1983 - so while I was there, he was the doyen of establishment newscasters, which makes it even more surreal.
https://abcmedia.akamaized.net/rn/podcast/2015/09/sof_20150911_2105.mp3
You may find the introduction helpful.
-
Ace :thumbsup:
Best appreciated through two huge well spaced stereo speakers.
Made me feel young again
-
SatB Live in Koln. Great mix of early stuff through to Juju and some excellent heavy drumming.
this I think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZvl1xbQ6mE
-
A selection of Christmas music. Currently Johnny Mathis. "Black? White? Yellow? No-one knows."
-
Massive attack cover of Metal Postcard. Who knew?
-
TOTP 1984 has Jimmy Somerville singing Smalltown Boy live. Bloody hell, he was good.
-
Speaking of Jimmy, one of my favourites. (https://youtu.be/vclxb2EJ5JY)
-
Speaking of Jimmy, one of my favourites. (https://youtu.be/vclxb2EJ5JY)
Ace :thumbsup:
-
Wreckmeister Harmonies
Wildlife
Whitesnake
White Stripes
Had my Apple Music sorted by reverse alphabetical artist order. It sort of worked.
Oh, and there were some Beethoven Sonatas performed by Wilhelm Kempff in the middle.
-
"Magnificent hurt"
Elvis is still at it
https://youtu.be/-s-K2_sFBos
-
Bruce Springsteen’s “The River”. The sort of thing that, in my youth, I’d have listened to in the dark on my headphones, only then it was Ziggy Stardust. Mind you, it’s 30 years old now.
ETA remarkable (for me) in that, despite it being a double album, there’s only 1 track that, thanks to the wonders of modern science, I routinely skip (I’m a Rocker).
-
Mareridt by Myrkur. Helped whilst cleaning 200 miles of winter crud off the bike today.
-
Thin Lizzy.
-
The Kiffness - Altai Throat Singing and some of his other works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNJTNfWrZLs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNJTNfWrZLs)
-
Ken Dodd - Where's Me Shirt?
-
white noise turned to 11, to hide the horrid fireworks, been going for an hour and we have at least 3 hours to go of this smash hit. With 136mill plays on the Tube, it must be a banger.
-
Meat Puppets
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZHkkrgzaw8&ab_channel=AndieMusik
Daniel Barenboim at the Goldensaal in Vienna - the New Year's Day concert. Jan and I went to a concert there when we visited Vienna - lots of Mozart lollipops in that case. The concert hall adjoins the Bösendorfer showroom, where I spenta very happy hour or so playing one of their Imperial grand pianos, with all of its 97 keys in place.
-
Johnny Winter at the Fillmore East in NYC from 1970. By 'eck, the lad could play a bit!
-
Johnny Winter at the Fillmore East in NYC from 1970. By 'eck, the lad could play a bit!
And so can his brother!
-
The Neptune Power Federation - Memoirs of a Rat Queen
-
Someone linked me to this. I am... I have no words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=123&v=CbI79e5iZKs&feature=emb_logo
-
Someone linked me to this. I am... I have no words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=123&v=CbI79e5iZKs&feature=emb_logo
:thumbsup:
-
Someone linked me to this. I am... I have no words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=123&v=CbI79e5iZKs&feature=emb_logo
:thumbsup:
This ^^^^ Wikinaccurate suggests they've been at it for more than thirty years and have released twenty-mumble* albums :jurek:
* I lost count
-
Vodafone hold music ::-)
-
Bowie's official release of "Toy". Once I've listened to it I can listen to the "mostly unplugged version" then the "alternative mix" version and then see if I notice the difference from the bootleg I have from ~10 years ago.
-
Donovan’s Cosmic Wheels.
-
Yo Yo Ma - Bach Cello Suites.
Music that could have been lost if Pablo Casals hadn't found them in a second hand music store and then spent 13 years learning them and getting them to sufficient perfection to perform them live.
-
Donovan’s Cosmic Wheels.
Now that's a crazy album ;D
-
S&tB: Peepshow and The Rapture. I remember thinking that Peepshow was a bit commercial back in 88ish, but it's frickn' awesome.
-
Donovan’s Cosmic Wheels.
Now that's a crazy album ;D
Certainly is, particularly the somewhat sudden change in tone of "Intergalactic Laxative", then back again. But the original album had a fantastic gatefold sleeve (sadly long gone, along with all my other LP's when my soon-to-be-ex first wife dumped them all in a charity shop!)
-
Someone linked me to this. I am... I have no words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=123&v=CbI79e5iZKs&feature=emb_logo
Their track "Hari No Yama (https://youtu.be/96W3UZDJ4V4)" aka "針の山" aka "Hell's Mountain Of Needles" sounds suspiciously like Budgie's theme tune "Breadfan".
-
Someone linked me to this. I am... I have no words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=123&v=CbI79e5iZKs&feature=emb_logo
Their track "Hari No Yama (https://youtu.be/96W3UZDJ4V4)" aka "針の山" aka "Hell's Mountain Of Needles" sounds suspiciously like Budgie's theme tune "Breadfan".
Monk rock
-
Someone linked me to this. I am... I have no words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=123&v=CbI79e5iZKs&feature=emb_logo
Their track "Hari No Yama (https://youtu.be/96W3UZDJ4V4)" aka "針の山" aka "Hell's Mountain Of Needles" sounds suspiciously like Budgie's theme tune "Breadfan".
Monk rock
Nah, that was this lot:
(https://www.riffrelevant.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/The-Monks.jpg)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monks refers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monks).
-
I thought the implication was that the Budgie sound-a-likes are more Saffron* Sabbath, as it were.
* ref the colour of Buddhist monks' robes.
-
Wikinaccurate maintains that it's only bassist Ken-ichi Suzuki who dresses like a Buddhist monk; guitarist Shinji Wajima's “costume has motifs of literary master of Meiji era” and drummer Nobu Nakajima “looks like a Japanese gangster”. You can sleep easy in your collective beds knowing this :D
Further investigation has revealed that someone called “B Shelley” gets a writing credit for “Hari No Yama”.
-
Suzanne Vega’s eponymous first album. Some great tracks, especially Small Blue Thing and The Soldier and the Queen.
-
The Siege and Investiture of Baron von Frankenstein's castle at Weisseria - which featured about 20 musicians, none of whom were actually in Blue Oyster Cult at the time.
-
Molly Hatchet, “live”. Quite good for turbo work.
-
Hello Mabel are you able . . .
https://youtu.be/P0yzs4ySajc
lovely harmonies
-
Julie Driscoll and the Brian Auger Trinity. On loud. 60s goodness.
Every so often you need a bit of Hammond.
-
Julie Driscoll and the Brian Auger Trinity. On loud. 60s goodness.
Every so often you need a bit of Hammond.
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
-
...Every so often you need a bit of Hammond.
Indeed, I had A Passion Play on this arvo :thumbsup:
-
https://www.medici.tv/en/concerts/simon-rattle-conducts-carmina-burana/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=20170710_carl%20orff&fbclid=IwAR1G005Qp6GAW4AR-ncTgCN2MDZK-_acEjKJqz9vERdr_PbbiSZkmKr4s00
This. Pretty impressive by Rattle & Friends!
-
Bowie: Reality
I've never been that fussed, what with it being Heathen's droky kid brother (a bit like Earthling to Outside) - but it's really rather good.
-
Led Zepplin - Ten Years Gone
My favourite Zepplin track I think.
-
I was listening to Beth Hart's album of Zeppelin covers but gave that up for the new album by Bourbon House.
-
Constance Amiot - Fairytale.
I'd heard "Clash dans le Tempo" years ago on a work playlist and loved it ever since, so - as I've listened to that one track so often - I wasn't sure if I'd now maybe ruined my chances of enjoying the whole album. Nope. Instant favourite. It was like falling in love. I got goosebumps and shivery tingles, and smiled uncontrollably.
Been a while since a first play through an album has done that to me!
-
DJ Random is in a Steve Von Till phase atm. Mr Von Till's day job is guitarist in shouty Bay Area post-metal outfit Neurosis with a side order of their experimental/ambient offshoot Tribes Of Neurot as well as under the moniker Harvestman and gloomy folk under his own name. In his copious free time he’s apparently a primary school teacher somewhere up the Idaho Panhandle. Busy lad. It's the last-named that the DJ has been churning out of late.
-
A bit of nostalgia, Leftfield, although they apparently have a new offering completed.
-
As a lifelong Hawks fan, I looked up this spin-off for the first time this evening.
Talk about bass breaks...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmp3-8n9NAM
-
Ah yes, the chap who managed to get away with calling himself “Dibs Hawkwind” on Farcebok…
-
Ah yes, the chap who managed to get away with calling himself “Dibs Hawkwind” on Farcebok…
Mr Darbyshire did actually play with Hawkwind for some time, as well as being a roadie/bass tech for them. I find his playing repetitive, but he has the mood just right.
Having met many of the band over the years, all I will say is that the ins and outs from the line-up can best be called 'messy'. I am still astonished at knowing that Dave Brock is 80 this year, while Nik is 81. The latter appears as embalmed as Keef, just with rather less life in him. He still lacks any sense of when to stop blowing his sax, though.
-
He still lacks any sense of when to stop blowing his sax, though.
He went on for bloody hours at Stonehenge 1984.
https://youtu.be/RDnxYkye3BQ
I'm in that crowd somewhere.
-
Yungblud unplugged
Gut-wrenchingly sad songs.
I think that 'unplugged' sessions, for musicians who are heavy on electronics, really reveal the ability of the musician. Cobain's sessions are damn good (even though he cheated on one song).
-
He still lacks any sense of when to stop blowing his sax, though.
He went on for bloody hours at Stonehenge 1984.
https://youtu.be/RDnxYkye3BQ
I'm in that crowd somewhere.
I was supposed to be in that crowd but my mate's car underwent a near-terminal functionality event the day before we were due to set off. Only to be expected from a Renault 6, I suppose.
-
More brass.
Some excellent Japanese funk soul from a Blue Note session in Tokyo.
https://youtu.be/nQufZEijRmc
Epic sound quality as well. The peeps who mic'ed and recorded this did good.
-
Topically...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXvegzWNIps (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXvegzWNIps)
Also a brilliant ringtone candidate...
-
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Tertiary Phase, with William Franklin as The Book and Simon Jones as Arthur Dent.
-
Rammstein
They have a new single out - Zeit:
https://youtu.be/EbHGS_bVkXY
The video for it it is pretty dense with allegory and references.
Not as much so as the famously lavish video for Deutschland though which is outstanding:
https://youtu.be/NeQM1c-XCDc
-
Sash. That brought a smile to my face.
-
Laura Cox Band - not sure why but its working.
-
Laura Cox Band - not sure why but its working.
Because unlike most of the YouTube guitar prodigies who can play a million notes a minute but have no feel Laura has groove or swing or whatever is the thing that makes a musician standout.
-
Ruddy Norah! How come I missed Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree? :o :thumbsup:
-
AU4 (https://au4music.bandcamp.com/).
A recent discovery, who appear to have released two albums then vanished.
Which is unfortunate, because I'm obsessed. Especially with And Down Goes The Sky.
It's kind of prog rock meets Faith No More, and every single track name I can imagine as a story title.
Sam
-
David Oistrakh. Because I have a monster box set of his recordings and no one has ever played a violin quite like he did. He did have a choice of at least 7 Stradivarius violins to play, but I guess that is a reflection of quite how good he was. He was born in Odessa.
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtIwhvSa7kw
Silly, but talented.
-
The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions. Wolf and Hubert Sumlin, natch, plus Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts and Ian Stewart off of them Stones and some bloke called “Eric Clapton” on guitar. Plus the odd appearance from Stevie Winwood, Ringo Starr, harmonica prodigy Jeffrey Carp and Klaus Voorman. With a cast like that, who needs a plot?
-
Nigerien guitarist Mdou Moctar. If you don’t like Tinariwen you probably won’t like him either. Just learned he was playing in London's famous London three days ago. Fckles >:(
Edit: not sure about the over-auto-tuned vocals on the “Anar” album, mind.
-
Convoy - C W McCall. Before any long trip by bike or car, I always think to myself, "by golly, it's clean clear to Flagtown."
-
The problem with adding ~650 tracks of 60s garage rock to iTunes in one hit is that DJ Random is ODing on it :-\
-
It's on the radio, but...
"If You Could Read My Mind" - Gordon Lightfoot. Incredible lyrics.
Fsmously, Whitney Houston's songwriter had to pay royalties for nicking the second half of the chorus wholesale.
-
Blue Boy's "Remember Me", prompted by a clip on the soundtrack of Derry Girls. Also '90's dance anthems, just because (The Shamen, Prodigy, etc.)
-
Joe Satriani: The Elephants of Mars. I like it when the virtuosity is hidden by the music making
-
Papillon - Lara Fabian
An album that's a diversion into European electronica for the Belgian chanteuse.
Very laid back.
-
S&tB - Through the Looking Glass. I overlook it and it is so excellent, there are maybe two songs that haven't been claimed as theirs.
-
Linda Thompson, 'Versatile Heart'. Stunningly beautiful, with contributions from Rufus Wainwright. I adore the song 'Go Home'/
-
Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell. Thanks, spesh :thumbsup:
Edit: but a demerit for starting "Bean Stew" with seven bloody minutes of silence. Just stop it, Beat Combos >:(
-
Shearwater's entire back catalogue. Only just discovered them thanks to Spotify's "Radio based on a particular song" -- in this case, "Over the Edge It Goes" by AU4.
Sam
-
Goats Head Soup.
-
Black midi - Welcome To Hell
https://youtu.be/Efmq_uXt1Rk
Incredible drumming. Makes Keith Moon look a bit tame.
-
https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/098519-011-A/cristian-macelaru-conducts-debussy-rachmaninov-and-saint-saens/
Rather nice. Orchestre National de France.
-
Bowie
-
Re-ripping a bunch of CD's which were originally done at a lower bit rate so's they'd fit on my iPod. Which has led to listening to Monster Magnet.
-
Disinclined to hobble upstairs with a wounded knee, it is instead Very Metal Night at Larrington Towers. Swedish types Meshuggah are vying for top slot with Canadian outfit Strapping Young Lad. Very noisy. Very fast drumming.
-
PIL: The Flowers of Romance.
I had listened to some of their other stuff and started to wonder why I bothered, then remembered this album. Stupid grin on my face, must be their best album by a long long way.
-
Anyone fancy a bit of trippy krautrock?
Stereolab have recently released another one of their Switched On compilations of singles and rarities. It includes Simple Headphone Mind*, their rather brilliant 1997 collaboration with Nurse With Wound. It also includes the B-side of that single, which is essentially an extended 21-minute version of the same track with extra noodling. And it’s fucking awesome.
https://youtu.be/qgLgQHvhiSs
*Aficionados will note the title is borrowed from a track by Alcatraz from their Vampire State Building LP. If you need any hint as to the influences.
-
Wobbler, Nog prog. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Mub3OLSKY)
-
Scriabin's piano sonatas, the Maria Lettberg edition, which I prefer to most for their ability to capture Scriabin's neurotic and surreal synaesthetic sound world. After initial ads they seem to be ad-free too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a46FAc4d2ek
-
Beethoven, Symphony no 6. Proms 2012. Conducted by Barenboim.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW-7CqxhnAQ&ab_channel=Mandetriens
I do find the Great Man an odd conductor to watch. His movements often seem to bear no relation to the music. There were occasions in the finale when he simply stopped conducting and mopped his brow. It didn't make any difference. No doubt his musicians know him so well it doesn't matter.
-
The Young'uns - Ballad of Johnny Longstaff
An album of folk ballads based on the life of Johnny Longstaff (b. 1919 in Stockton) present at the Jarrow hunger marches, Battle of Cable Street, Spanish Civil war (British Brigade). Inspired by his aural history recorded and held by the Imperial War Museum after Johnny's descendant approached the group with a synopsis of his life story at a gig.
I heard them on the final day at Greenbelt when we delayed our departure to listen to their set.
-
Garbage - Anthology
-
Amanda Shire's latest album.
There is a real Burt Bacharach feel about this track:
https://youtu.be/Tat7BrjXZSA
-
Alladdin Sane to Ziggy Stardust of Bowie (studio albums, not featuring the Deram stuff). Followed by Tin Machine and the live albums.
The A to Z approach is because of how it stores in my MP3 player. It does mean that I end on Rock n roll suicide” from “Ziggy, the motion picture”, with “this is the last show we will ever do”.
-
Rachel Podger.
-
Anyone fancy a bit of trippy krautrock?
Stereolab have recently released another one of their Switched On compilations of singles and rarities. It includes Simple Headphone Mind*, their rather brilliant 1997 collaboration with Nurse With Wound. It also includes the B-side of that single, which is essentially an extended 21-minute version of the same track with extra noodling. And it’s fucking awesome.
https://youtu.be/qgLgQHvhiSs
*Aficionados will note the title is borrowed from a track by Alcatraz from their Vampire State Building LP. If you need any hint as to the influences.
Uh-oh :P
-
In the car, I eschewed Gardener's Question Time in favour of Leftfield's new album.
Good choice. Its a banger.
-
A banger in a banger, then?
-
A new discovery for me - Rosalia.
She's a Spanish flamenco / pop crossover singer.
Flamenco:
https://youtu.be/En8UPy3GhmY
Pop:
https://youtu.be/_FmnC23ksKA
And mash the two styles together:
https://youtu.be/Rht7rBHuXW8
-
This
(https://i.ibb.co/PDcRp9J/Specials.jpg)
-
Purely by chance I found this documentary about one of ,y all-time favourite musicians and wordsmiths. Tears were shed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k63p8Q72k0Y
-
Listening to, and watching, Simon & Garfunkel in Central Park. My, they were good together, and “The Boxer” still makes me cry.
Oh, and then “Bad Penny” and “Blister on the Moon” from Rory Gallagher to show how a Strat ought to be played.
-
Had a Sinatra CD playing when I drove into Dumfries for a rheumatology check up. Listened to a "most played" Youtube play list whilst cooking supper. Got a "folky
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52596126452_d21f18b855_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2o8JTYq)2022-12-30 (1) (https://flic.kr/p/2o8JTYq) by ian (https://www.flickr.com/photos/acf_windy/), on Flickr-ish" thing going on at the moment
-
At the moment
Liszt; Bellini Réminiscences de Norma de Bellini – Grande fantaisie, S394
-
My daughter: https://open.spotify.com/album/5LRPvJu3RRZJAE7nzX4r2O?si=pHQ8PceXTMK9lZ8n9IYkCg&nd=1
-
Track 1 of Motorway-Funk Porcini, on loop
-
Charlotte Church's Late Night Pop Dungeon. Some intersting cover versions!
-
Jurassic5- A day at the races
-
A folk music series on radio 2 might not sound like much. However this one is set in North East England, involves some of the best contemporary folk musicians in telling four individual stories of how extraordinary people have worked against the system. I challenge you to listen without:
- needing a tissue in case of eye leakage
- swearing at any recent news items involving a Tory government
- thinking how much better things used to be
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlJ6mcpK7uj4FyFEZC7Rq1VI8Hx0OFFV5
-
They're playing Placebo's "Nancy Boy" on the radio. What a gloriously wholesome song ;D
-
A bit of rockabilly:
https://youtu.be/vh6lwqsfqG4
Might have to get tickets for Samantha's gig at York Barbican in October.
-
Scriabin Symphony no 1. A composer whose piano writing is so dazzling that it is easy to overlook his skills at orchestration.
-
“Live at Frkanovec” by Croatian post-rock types Daliborovo Granje. Very soothing.
-
Well they are still in Kyiv but they have an original song out instead of a cover and it's dark and defiant as you might expect:
https://youtu.be/BIPUaokQOcA
-
A bit late to the party, I know, but I have “discovered” Bitches Brew. My god, it’s astonishing. I’ve had it on repeat all week.
-
This, courtesy of Mr. Larrington learning a new anagram...
(https://i.ibb.co/9GM90Jj/DSCN9177.jpg)
-
Ledzep Stairway.
-
Sharon van Etten, Remind me tomorrow.
-
Mountain Jam ~ The Allman Brothers, while I drink my post-prandial tea.
-
This, courtesy of Mr. Larrington learning a new anagram...
(https://i.ibb.co/9GM90Jj/DSCN9177.jpg)
It's good you can play it on your laptop.
-
This on random YT play. Harp playing is good... unsure about the rest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH-_9cwdLug&list=RDEMvf-CdtOmA4Qtv0KF6QeDqQ&index=27
-
Metamorphosis, the released-today product of South Yorkshire's neo-grungers DeadBlondeStars. It's rather noisy :thumbsup:
-
Kosmischer Läufer - Volume 5 (https://kosmischerlaufer.bandcamp.com/album/volume-five) released today.
H/T Ravenbait otp.
-
Tift Merrit
https://youtu.be/PqTvp3TTFxY
I really like the production on this, the chorus is nagging at me reminds me of something and I cant think what.
-
JJ Cale - 5. Sound of my youth(ish). So familiar, I must have played it to death back then!
-
The Decemberists
This live version of "The Wanting Comes in Waves" is great. Shara Nova looks likes shes having a smashing time:
https://youtu.be/5--ZQMmkkV0
-
AA Williams - As The Moon Rests
-
I needed lifting up...
Grace Petrie, Trans-inclusive butch lesbian socialist.
Job done.
-
Rory Gallagher. Because.
-
Rory Gallagher. Because.
:thumbsup:
-
Dug out No More Heroes.
Forgotten how good those bass lines are. I am not bitching.
-
The wonderful Iris Dement - Going' Down To Sing In Texas:
https://youtu.be/KfwzAq_WHRE
-
Paul Brady's first solo album, Hard Station (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRCA-GRMjxw&list=OLAK5uy_nneSbqXNoA-dSQ5hnWNorpAUkwwGmRqYQ). I'd only heard Crazy Dreams before, but am loving the title track and Nothing But The Same Old Story.
-
Half of Mine by Frankie Stew and Harvey Gunn (featuring Tarian). Not heard of them? neither had I until recently but they are massive in Brighton apparently.
My intro to @fsandhg came via the aforementioned Tarian with whom I have a close family connection.
I really don't get this kind of music but that's probably not surprising as the target audience is around a third of my age or lower. If you read the comments on their social media postings their output seems to resonate with the doubts and anxieties that many young people experience.
This recent Instagram post gave me a fascinating insight into how some forms of modern music are developed. https://www.instagram.com/p/CpDPZgJo3xY/ (https://www.instagram.com/p/CpDPZgJo3xY/)
-
Happy birthday to Ry Cooder, 76 today:
https://youtu.be/AszqfR6as8k
-
Have we done Hi Ren?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_nc1IVoMxc
-
The Fourth Album - Bourbon House. Their music just keeps getting better.
-
The Garazi Philantropik(e) Orkestra's version of Besame Mucho. Phantastik(e)!
https://youtu.be/aS9FeUSNu9k
NB the solo on rubber balloon.
-
Rosalie Cunningham
-
Somali disco.
https://soundcloud.com/jakarta-records/jakarta-radio-009-somali-disco-mix-au-revoir-mogadishu
Really really really enjoying it.
-
New album by Sigur Rós.
-
Oooh, didn’t know about that :thumbsup:
-
Ten Years After Live at the Fillmore East.
I’d almost forgotten how good they were.
Despite my love of free improvised music that some call jazz, this really hits the spot.
-
The new PJ Harvey: spooky, shimmery, Dorset-y
-
L7. Memories of Friday late night TV watching The Word.
-
Alladin Sane - David Bowie [again]
Takes me way back......always loved that album.
But...goodness me...released in 1973.......it is 50yrs old!!!!
-
The new PJ Harvey: spooky, shimmery, Dorset-y
There was a brilliant interview with her and a couple of people she works with on 6 music a few weeks back. Would have been mid morning I think so probably Lauren Laverne show
-
Lot of sadness in our family at the moment. Possible funeral exit music:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlrGPgyF5Lo&list=RDzlrGPgyF5Lo&start_radio=1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlrGPgyF5Lo&list=RDzlrGPgyF5Lo&start_radio=1)
But it works at any time
-
Alladin Sane - David Bowie [again]
Takes me way back......always loved that album.
But...goodness me...released in 1973.......it is 50yrs old!!!!
Well, avant-guard "1. Outside" is nearly 30.
It is such a class album, I get a big ;D that #2 son enjoys playing it (but he likes everything atm).
I recently returned to a couple album I thought were a bit meh at the time
"Book" by TMBG, which I am really digging
"Doggrel" by the Pixies, which is better this time round, but still a bit beige - struggling to pick out a song I would recommend as a single and as an album it brings nothing new to the table imo.
-
The “Never Strays Far” podcast
-
Today's helping of retro is The Human League. I'd forgottn quite how much I liked them.
-
A load of Netherlands people singing & playing Mozart's mass in C minor.
-
(https://i.imgur.com/iHnNzS6.jpg) (https://youtu.be/0_8-Fm1vfw0)
Romeo Had Juliet, Lou Reed
I'm in a New York state of mind.
-
The Old Forge Sessions by the mighty Amplifier. Re-recorded, extended and progged to the nth degree versions of various old songs.
-
Bach's Well-Tempered Klavier, book 1, played by Sviatoslav Richter. He's using a Bösendorfer piano.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EnosoXeTWI&ab_channel=ClassicalMusic refers.
I'm trying to decide which of the 48 will be my next piano piece that I learn.
-
Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians: https://youtu.be/R36S3Kldj80?si=xCExPwMQQqChxkYy
I've never listened to any Steve Reich before but was led to this by Citoyen and Jurek quoting "Oh Superman" lyrics and then the mysterious algorithm of YouTube. It's really rather intriguing.
-
In the rear, where four men argued in Spanish over glasses of beer, a juke box, lit up green and red, played "Media Luz".
So of course I had to look up "Media Luz" and of course it's on Youtube: https://youtu.be/TwEAF3clZys?si=qMwUtbqgBF278hX2
-
Was listening to Jorge Salgueiro's Tuba Concerto (https://youtu.be/75jd5Mn--E8?si=blBNlmUbmer2Z7T1) but baled after a while. No harm to the bloke but it's a bit ordinary and his colour was alarming.
-
Ha! Can't help thinking that the composer/conductor's silly little bum-freezer jacket merely emphasised the notes coming from the tuba. The joke may have been on the audience! Of course it may all be deadly serious, including the imminent demise of the "alarmingly coloured" virtuoso!
-
I managed the whole thing, in fact while I was listening the postie arrived and I didn't know until he rapped on the window (large parcel). It got less farty and more dramatic, even a bit clashing, towards the end. Not sure I'll be seeking out anything else by him. And his jacket is oddly shiny.
-
Cudzo and T42, following down the right hand side of the youtube video, I found this fabulous rendition of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT_63UntRJE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT_63UntRJE)
It's almost too much to bear knowing that in 1791, Mozart not only wrote this, the defining work in the clarinet repertoire, The motet, Ave Verum Corpus, Symphonies 39,40 and 41 and most of his Requiem. That he also somehow found time to die seems just too precocious.
"Amadeus" is a terrific film - but almost complete bollox! Far from being a flibbertigibbett, he must have pretty much worked himself to death.
-
I listened to about 5 minutes of the tuba concerto but that was enough for me. I wonder what a trombonist thinks when they are asked to play just using a mouthpiece without a trombone attached?
I'm now listening to Mozart's clarinet concerto. Some time in the last century, I attended a prom in which this was one of the works. The other was a Bruckner symphony. I find Bruckner quite an odd composer. I think his symphonies are dire, but he wrote some absolutely wonderful choral works, such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfSKU3pvZwc&ab_channel=EugenJochum-Topic
A few years ago we performed the Mozart C minor mass and the clarinet concerto was the other half of the concert, in which the soloist was one William Knight (https://encoremusicians.com/William-Knight). Quite randomly, a few weeks ago I was swimming with a friend-of-a-friend and it turned out to be his older sister. I also found out that their mum, whom I knew was a talented violinist, sings alto in our choir.
-
I wonder what a trombonist thinks when they are asked to play just using a mouthpiece without a trombone attached?
Possibly a sequence along the lines of: What a load of tosh! > Have I got anything else on? > How much is he paying? > All right then. > No, I don't want royalties, I'll take cash up front.
-
...> and lose the jacket!
-
I find Bruckner quite an odd composer. I think his symphonies are dire, but he wrote some absolutely wonderful choral works, such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfSKU3pvZwc&ab_channel=EugenJochum-Topic
Yes, yes! I was wondering if Locus Iste would be your reference! I always think Bruckner was heavily influenced by Wolfie's Ave Verum. How about you?
Here's a really nice "chamber" version, at least, I like it! :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udZCjXbwkzk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udZCjXbwkzk)
-
Grian Chatten's Chaos for the Fly.
His vocals are oddly soothing.
-
I am driving MrsL up the wall listening to Benny Goodman's interpretations of Mozart's K622 & K581 (the 1956 recordings on RCA Victor) on repeat.
Finally managed to get hold of a CD last week to replace the cassette tape that got stretched in '86 and which has kicked around my various accommodations since then as a reminder to replace it; so am making up for "lost" listens. :)
-
Lurker, I'm not sure where I came across the story of a group of young American music students (Julliard, maybe) who used to get together on occasional weekends to play from sight. One day, they were tootling away at a clarinet piece when an elderly gent peeped over the fence and said something along the lines of, "I play a little, could I join you?" Reluctantly, they humoured him (although I suppose they think they humored him) and, yes, it turned out to be Benny Goodman. The lovely thing is that they tell the story against themselves. I'll see if I can find it somewhere.
-
Join Hands - much maligned and misunderstood - pretty damned good.
-
Charltans - North Country Boy.
Tim's vocal shows you what autotune has done to ruin the music industry since ;D
-
Charltans - North Country Boy.
Tim's vocal shows you what autotune has done to ruin the music industry since ;D
I had a listen to some Charlatans this morning.
Currently having a go at Anne Clark's "Borderline - Found Music for a Lost World".
It appears to be spoken word to a Tubular Bells meets Spa Music sound track. Seems very well produced thobut.
-
3 minutes of my morning was set aside for Rodeo, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBC-_VqoY_k) by MacKenzie Porter, who’s a singer when she’s not time travelling. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lkAT5REXjI)
Make that 6 minutes. I listened to it twice, trying to remember any pickup lines I’ve ever used. Other than “How’s it going?”, which has resulted in 32 years of marriage and counting, nothing came to mind.
-
ELO - Discovery (or Disco Very, pun intended by Richard Tandy).
-
The Dark Side of the Moon Redux.
I know, he's an arsehole who does himself no favours. And yet.
Sam
-
Mason Williams' Classical Gas played by John O'Connell - one of the few videos I've seen of it where it's played at the right tempo.
https://youtu.be/ZSOUJbg6TAE?si=mEhA5OLv5UIokB26
-
Mogwai's "As the Love Continues"
-
Mason Williams' Classical Gas played by John O'Connell - one of the few videos I've seen of it where it's played at the right tempo.
https://youtu.be/ZSOUJbg6TAE?si=mEhA5OLv5UIokB26
I followed that link and got sucked in to Ring Out Solstice Bells by Jethro Tull https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qcPS-J0HTg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qcPS-J0HTg) , first time this Christmas (season). What joy!
-
Sungazer and snarky puppy.
#1 son's drum teacher recommended as good drum tunes, he does like him some jazz though.
-
"Melodic terrorists" Snuff have released an acoustic album called Come And Have A Go If You Think You're Rachmaninoff.
Although this surprising venture proves they can play (fans already knew that) the original thrash recordings often have more pathos. Anyway, I still want the loud version of Take Me Home (Piss Off) at my funeral, because it's one of only two songs that can make me cry.
-
Ozric Tentacles - Lotus Unfolding [2023]
And listening...clean
Love the Ozrics.
Keep on riffing.
-
Backing up le highbrow jazz with Primus, seas of cheese.
-
Had Bill Bruford's “One Of A Kind” album from 1979 played at us at dinner time. Jazz-rock arse. Not recommended.
-
New Peter Gabriel album. Better than I expected.
-
Goddaughter asked me where to start listening to Bowie. Talk about Sophie's choice!
Currently listening to BTWN (no, I suggested Scary Monsters or Heathen).
-
Brand new vinyl Metallica - Metallica (Also known as the Black Album).
Love the other singles and a couple of the also rans, but... "Nothing Else Matters" just totally blew me away. The quality of this track, on this album, is amazing. To me it compares equally to Stairway to Heaven.
-
Star Resistant - no fewer than thirty tracks of yummy stoner goodness from grizzled desert rock veterans Dali's Llama.
-
Blew the cobwebs away this morning with three classics, streamed:
- Stairway to Heaven (coincidental given JefOs mention above)
- Paint It, Black
- The House of the Rising Sun (The Animals version)
I had a couple of new-to-me CDs to give their first listen:
- Who Killed The Zutons by The Zutons
- The Vaccines by The Vaccines
Those were both lively and enjoyable.
Now lunchtime has finally arrived, I figured it's about time the phono stage on the new receiver was tested. Broken Machine by Nothing But Thieves is a good a test as any. :)
-
Blew the cobwebs away this morning with three classics, streamed:
- Stairway to Heaven (coincidental given JefOs mention above)
- Paint It, Black
- The House of the Rising Sun (The Animals version)
I had a couple of new-to-me CDs to give their first listen:
- Who Killed The Zutons by The Zutons
- The Vaccines by The Vaccines
Those were both lively and enjoyable.
Now lunchtime has finally arrived, I figured it's about time the phono stage on the new receiver was tested. Broken Machine by Nothing But Thieves is a good a test as any. :)
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
No More Heroes - The Stranglers
Stand By Me - Ben E King
Come Together - The Beatles
Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
Enter Sandman - Metallica
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
All Day and all of the Night - The Kinks
All the above played in my head while knocking the strings about a bit on my bass guitar, and trying to make sense of the bits of paper.
-
Today I are mostly not listening to “just one more song before going off to Do Stuffs” because the next one DJ Random has cued up is the 27-minute version of Dazed And Confused off “The Song Remains The Same”.
-
Similar to Mr Larrington, I'm listening to Physical Graffiti. The first half is rifftastic. Not a big fan of the whimsical second half, except "Sick Again".
-
ZZ Top La Grange while singing the bass tabs 0030 030 03035 0030 030 03035 ;D
-
Plastic Letters. Blondie in their absolute pomp.
-
Republica's self-titled album.
-
Tolhurst/budgie/jacknife
Which lead to levinhurst
And then how to destroy angels
-
Gideon Coe on BBC Sounds from a few days ago: Revolutionary Spirit by The Wild Swans :thumbsup:
-
R4 currently has a feature on narwhals.
RAAAAWWWWWWRRRR
AINT NO HOOVES ON THAT BITCH
-
Republica's self-titled album.
^^ That really wasn't very good.
Got a few new CDs for Christmas.
"The World of Hans Zimmer" is first up.
-
Zola jesus.
Been listening to curious creatures podcast and now listening to the music their guests did.
-
Olivia Dean
Saw her on Jules's Hootanany, didn't know who she was but what a voice.
https://youtu.be/GCfFxEg8BWo?si=I4vz6dIsOq362Z-j
-
Variations on a Theme - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Trying to work out the bass line for side two, track one.
-
One of These Days - Pink Floyd
So spacious on headphones :o :thumbsup:
-
One of These Days - Pink Floyd
So spacious on headphones :o :thumbsup:
I really love Meddle. Might have to give it another spin later!
-
Heavy Weather - Weather Report
(wife's away so playing loud) 8)
-
Black Night - Deep Purple. It would appear that my brain can translate the sounds, into where my fingers should be, to reproduce the sound on my bass guitar. The main riff all felt natural just playing it, from memory, and consulting t'internet revealed the rest as quite easy to replicate too. Don't get me wrong, I could not play this on stage, but I could probably play along to the record and get 90% right (right notes, right order, not necessarily at the right time!)
-
The Byrds. 8 Miles High. I love it but it's become an ear worm.
-
Bob Dyan's "Desire" with Scarlet Rivera's violin.
-
The Last Dinner Party's 'Preclude to Ecstasy'
I'd forgotten I pre-ordered a signed copy. Nice surprise when it turned up yesterday. Great debut album. They remind me of both Queen and Lana Del Ray.
Also a shame I'd forgotten about the pre-order, as I'd streamed the album 3 times already.
-
Another ear worm developed Monday, and I ended up downloading the tabs and learning the bass line, then played along to the live version (which unbeknownst to me at the time, is played faster than the studio recording). I was absolutely buzzing with excitement at the time and for a long time afterwards. My wife came in from shopping halfway through the frenzy and (even*) she said it sounded really good.
The track? "On A Rope" by Rocket From The Crypt.
So yesterday during my ride, a CD of RFTC's album "Scream, Dracula, Scream!" dropped onto my doormat, and this morning it got played (without any preconceived expectations that the album would actually be any good (quite the opposite in fact) and to my surprise) it wasn't complete crap, and I enjoyed it. So much so that I played it and listened to it all the way through again!
* she doesn't dish out compliments willingly - least of all to me, and least of all to me when the bass amp is turned on.
-
Faouzia... I think she has a stunning voice.
Oh - and a bit of Nana Mouskouri (how's that for a blast from the past).
-
New Beth Gibbons. She ate'nt dead.
https://youtu.be/ldrx0eSqV-E?si=Vfcu8uSXi45gKemT
Album coming in May.
-
Should I ever need walk-on music, it's a toss-up between this and Back in Black, and this edges it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm_9iTKbd2I
-
Blur - Coffee and TV. It's the best Blur song partly because mockney Damon Albarn doesn't sing on it.
-
Today has been a Wagner day... I'm doing detailed template work and I find Wagner helps concentrate the mind.
-
Been seriously earwormed by Popol Vuh's “Take The Tention High”. Nearly eighteen minutes of Krautrock goodness. Yum.
-
Norah Jones released (https://www.discogs.com/release/29001586-Norah-Jones-Playing-Along) a Record Store Day LP[1] of collaborations from her 'Playing Along' podcast. Only available through independent record shops.
Managed to procure one, as a gift[2] for my beloved who is a big fan of Norah.
It's a really nice pressing. A really nice recording. And I find it very hard to disagree with Norah's lush vocals.
[1]: I did find MP3 download version available to buy via the rain forest website, but buying that really didn't seem to be in the spirit of supporting independent record shops. I also don't think MP3 files are much of a gift.
[2]: Technically she doesn't own a record player, so this might not have been the wisest choice of gift. At the moment my only option is to make a minidisc copy until I get the appropriate gubbins for digitising vinyl records.
-
This weekend I played in their entirety -
Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Genesis - Duke
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Genesis - Wind and Wuthering
Blondie - Parallel Lines,
Yes - Tormato
Yes - Going For The One
-
Hey ho, maybe next weekend will be better :)
-
Hey ho, maybe next weekend will be better :)
;D ;D ;D
-
Hey ho, maybe next weekend will be better :)
You put it much better than I
-
Yesterday I listened to Pink Floyd "The Wall".
Today, Blondie "Autoamerican" got a spin.
Had forgotten what diverse styles Blondie recorded, uncharacteristically classy!
About to give the Metallica "Black Album" a quiet run through.
-
"Voyage Of The Dead Marauder", the latest EP from pirate metal bozos Alestorm. Featuring paeans to piracy in such unlikely locations as Saskatchewan and Uzbekistan. Yarrr!
-
The Kingston Trio...
The Merry Minuet always makes me smile.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp6dsKleGpU
-
Today in recognition of the 50th anniversary of its release in November this year, I played The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway all the way through, only pausing to change sides/records. How can that be nearly 50???
-
I watched Weezer's cover of Paranoid Android on YouTube. I wonder if Weezer do weddings, since they seem to be able to cover anything at all.
-
Today listened to Genesis Collection Volume 1
This comprises of Trespass and Nursery Cryme.
The advances in sound production techniques are noticeable between the 1970 and 1971 albums.
As always, amazed at the longevity of 1970s vinyl.
-
The Classic FM annual hall of fame. Some boring shite, but it's Beethoven's "Emperor" piano concerto now, which is great.
-
Over the last few days I have been listening to our Dido "No Angel" CD.
Stunning lyrics and a beautiful voice, with enchanting music (imo).
-
Mr Larrington and other post rock aficionados may like We Lost The Sea (https://welostthesea.bandcamp.com/album/triumph-disaster) :)
-
Significant improvement when they turned instrumental. Sadly it took the suicide of vocalist Chris Torpy to get there :'(
-
South ~ Tribes Of Neurot. Running water, sawing wood and the occasional bird call. For 69 minutes. So you don’t have to.
-
Had a bit of spare time today so this morning cued up -
Genesis - Three Sides Live
Camel - Snow Goose
and this afternoon -
Stranglers - No More Heroes
David Bowie - Heroes (to redress the heroic balance)
Pink Floyd - Meddle
-
Tonight we are mostly listening to this: Paranoia and polyrhythms: Talking Heads’ greatest songs – ranked! (https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/apr/11/ranked-talking-heads-david-byrne-greatest-songs)
-
Pearl Jam.
They confuse me because they are good and all, but not convinced they needed to make a billionty albums.
-
Been going through my vinyl records by The Police.
A couple of days ago Zenyatta Mondatta, and today Reggatta De Blanc.
You simply could not release records like that these days, totally Non-PC!
-
The radio is playing Wham!'s Young Guns Go For It. The lines fit very neatly into "The Message". Someone needs to do a mashup.
-
Cult Of White Noise's1 debut album There's A Drone In The House. Does exactly what it says on the tin. Will probably not appeal to the forum's dedicated Swifties and may be a bit lightweight for Sunn O))) diehards.
1 - aka one of the Andys out of Psychic Lemon
-
Bandcamp has 2 albums by them.
-
Could’ve sworn the e-mail said it was the debut. Will have to check again :thumbsup:
(Checks again; downloads 2020s Utopia Deferred. Ta, M. Pingu :thumbsup:)
-
6music today have been celebrating The Cure's Disintegration by only playing music from 1989, the year it came out. Massive nostalgia-fest for me, one Proustian moment after another...
It's a much better year for music than I remember.
They've played Rebel MC's Street Tuff twice - first Lauren Laverne this morning and Huw Edwards has just played it again. Amazing.
-
Chariots of Fire - Vangelis
Foot Loose and Fancy Free - Rod Stewart
Legend - Clannad
Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton (Music For the Millions)
Smallcreeps Day - Mike Rutherford
The first four bought today in a charity shop. The Rod Stewart album was a particularly incredible purchase. Complete with the booklet of the album which is in near perfect condition, and the vinyl is excellent. That was £2.
The Clannad album was an extravagance - it cost £5 - but it looks and sounds mint.
Clapton LP has had a colourful life, having been a member of an Essex library! I will be passing this one on.
Smallcreeps Day is a thoroughly excellent album. Not particularly rare, but none of the tracks on it are recognised by Google "Search for a song" (this is a first for me).
-
Yesterday when fettling, HHGTTG Tertiary Phase. I have the CDs in the workshop and put them on when I get sick of France Info. Got a few other things there as well - Gershwin, Copland etc - but HHGTTG gets the most wear.
-
Funeral For Justice, the new album by Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar. The lad can play a bit.