What I've Been Digging Lately

[asymm]

Purchases/Diggage:

Gang of Four - Entertainment! {reissue}
Lou Reed - Rock 'N' Roll Animal LP
Philip Glass - Music With Changing Parts

[Dave de Sylvia]

Motley Crue :)

[Tomahawk]

I picked up the Nick Cave b-sides & rarities set today, it's a bit of a mixed bag quality-wise, but there's like 50 songs so I kind of expected that. Still really high quality as far as b-sides albums go. I really dig his cover of Rainy Night in Soho, and the alternate version of O'Malleys Bar is awesome, even more disturbing and funny than the Murder Ballads version.

[Luxor]

I'm listening to Either/Or right now. I'd say it' his best, I think the only other person who would agree with me on that is Bread, though.

[Iai]

I'd probably agree with that.

[Zappa]

I love Either/Or, and have been listening to it quite a bit lately.

[Iai]

My diggage for today -

Basement Jaxx - Singles
The Replacements - Let It Be

You ever listened to Basement Jaxx, Zap?

[pixiesfanyo]

Tapey and I are Roman Candle fans.

But he likes Figure 8 alot as well.

[Zappa]

You ever listened to Basement Jaxx, Zap?

Nope.

Today I listened to Drive Like Jehu all morning, and some Mysterious Voices of Bulgaria. I also got one Don Caballero song this morning, but I didn't much enjoy it. Too choppy and spastic in the time changes, which is something I tend to really hate. It sounded like toned-down Hella, which is still too wild for me. I need to hear an entire record, though.

[talk show host]

I've been listening to the Dismemberment Plan yet again.

I can't cut my addiction with Emergency & I. It's good study music too.

[Luxor]

^ I'm listening to it right now as well.

Tapey and I are Roman Candle fans.

But he likes Figure 8 alot as well.
I still need to get my hands on a copy of Roman Candle.

[pixiesfanyo]

Jaga Jazzist.
Mahavishnu Orchestra.

[Jebediah]

I am currently listening to Nick Drake's Pink Moon for the first time. I am only on the second song, though, so I haven't formulated an opinion yet.

[Little Man being Erased]

This morning NIN and Black Mountain have been dug by me.

[Iai]

A hole.

[Little Man being Erased]

A hole.
Wha wha wha?

[Zappa]

I am currently listening to Nick Drake's Pink Moon for the first time. I am only on the second song, though, so I haven't formulated an opinion yet.

I guess I'll form one for you, then. It's great.

[Iai]

It's funny because we were all thinking it.

[Zappa]

I'm listening to DJ Q-Bert again. Wave Twisters is tasty.

[Jebediah]

I guess I'll form one for you, then. It's great.

I agree. How does it compare to Five Leaves Left?

[Zappa]

Five Leaves Left and Bryter Layter are a lot different. I actually don't like the latter all that much. Both have much more involved arrangements, FLL featuring lots of strings and BL featuring more winds and things. Neither has that beautifully simplistic sound of Pink Moon, which feels like a man and his guitar.

[Jebediah]

Thanks, that was a lot more insightful than I had expected.

[Zappa]

No problem.

[asymm]

Today:

The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
- Lyrically interesting, but the music falls short. Most of it's energetic but doesn't quite have enough hooks to maintain interest. Certain tracks show real promise, but too many don't feel as if they go anywhere. I'm slightly disappointed with this...

[Luxor]

Right now I'm listening to Neutral Milk Hotel.

Next, I'll most likely listen to some Velvet Underground. I was just playing Sweet Jane on the guitar for about 10 minutes straight for some reason, and it made me want to listen to them.

[YDload]

I like the new SOAD album. It's different than any of their old albums, but their older albums are different from each other too.

[Zesty Mordant]

I just picked up the new SOAD album today as well, and I have to say that its pretty quality material. I just wish that is wasn't so short. As well, it seems like a very Daron-dominated project, not that there's anythning particularly wrong with (though his vocals can be a little grating upon first listen).

Nonetheless great album, "Radio/Video" and "Old School Hollywood" are my favorites so far.

[Bucho]

dEUS' album Worst Case Scenario. It's aged really well for something concieved and executed in the mid 90s and even though it isn't balls out or anything it sounds awesome really fricken loud.

Also been looking at Songs For The Deaf in a new light recently and noticing Nick Oliveri's straighter (e.g. vox on Gonna Leave You and Another Love Song) contributions a lot more. It's easy for the maniac side of his performance to overshadow the fact that his singing voice is cool and holds a pop tune as well as a madman's howl.

And Tom Waits is never far away. Moving to Mule Variations sure makes the supermarket mission way better. Grabbing the trolley and picking off the fruit and veg aisles to Big In Japan, Get Behind The Mule makes you feel almost lucky to be cruising the muesli bars and canned fish instead of working on a chain gang, and What's He Building? gives you the heebie jeebies just as you pull up to the butchery.

There's only one Tom Waits

[Tomahawk]

There's only one Tom Waits
Damn, the clone died?

[Smackers]

Pineapple Thief
The Tuna Helpers

[StrobeLights_BlownSpeakers]

Keane, Bloc Party, Radiohead, Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, Mono, and Envy have all been getting pretty heavy rotation lately. Same with that new Gorillaz song.

[Holyed]

Maximo Park, Hot Hot Heat (with the new album,) The Arcade Fire, The Rakes, The Magic Numbers, Bonar Law, Nine Black Alps and Yeti.

[The NPC]

Iron Flag by the Wu Tang Clan. I haven't listened to this in a long time.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Mista Butch Walka :cool:

[Tapeworm]

Damo - O

[Electrocution]

Joy Division
The Pixies
Syd Barrett (thanks to pixiesfanyo)

I also pirated Wu-Tang Clan's Iron Flag yesterday, so I have a feeling that I'll be listening to that quite a bit.

[talk show host]

I heard the new Gorillaz album earlier and was pleasantly surprised.
Also listened to Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People and decided I liked it despite what I previously thought.
And finally, Underworld.

[KappaKid17]

I'm starting to revert back to listening to heavier stuff again, don't really know why. 'Cept I'm really starting to dig Death From Above 1979 and AFI, for the second or third time.

[Little Man being Erased]

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...

[Bartender]

On the train, I listened to an mp3 player mix of;

Beck (Odelay!, Guero and Mellow Gold)
Talking Heads (Remain in Light, Speaking in Tongues, Talking Heads '77, More Songs About Buildings and Food, Fear of Music)
Mr Bungle (self-titled and California)
Spiritualised - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space

So, that.

[Zappa]

The Mothers of Invetion's Weasels Ripped My Flesh
Don Caballero
Slint
Drive Like Jehu
Squarepusher
Elliott Smith
The Monks
Andrew Hill's Black Fire
John Coltrane's Lush Life
The Jesus Lizard
Charlie Parker

[izzy]

Ween- POD

[Little Man being Erased]

Hmmmm



Holy crap, I'm loving these two Black Mountain songs I downloaded. Holy crap.

[Happymeal]

^Nice.

Squarepusher - Hard Normal Daddy
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
Old Man Gloom - Christmas

[Dave de Sylvia]

first Antony and the Johnsons album

I've been told it's very different to his latest. How have you found it?

[Little Man being Erased]

^Nice.
Do you have the album?

The songs I have are "Druganaut" and "Heart of Snow." Should I get the album?

[Luxor]

SRV
Jaga Jazzist

[Happymeal]

Do you have the album?

The songs I have are "Druganaut" and "Heart of Snow." Should I get the album?

Yeah. And you definitely should get the album.

[Little Man being Erased]

I can't believe how quickly I've become attached to Black Mountain. I'm gettin' it very soon.

[ATM]

The Hollies

[KappaKid17]

The new QOTSA is hot stuff.

Did you see their SNL performance with Will Ferrell on the cowbell?

Genius.

[asymm]

The Cure - Pornography
and
The Frames - Burn the Maps

[Bandaid]

Wolfmother
Ben Lee
20 Minute Loop (nice spoils from YSI thread)

[Bucho]

Damn, the clone died?

Turns out there never was one. It was just Tom pretending to be his own clone.

[I Was A Kaleidoscope]

DNTEL - Life Is Full Of Possibilities and Animal Collective - Sung Tongs.

[Iai]

Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (yes, it's finally happened - I like Wuthering Heights now!)
System Of A Down - Mesmerize
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors

And a Jeff Buckley compilation me and my best friend/girlfriend were listening to in her car.

[pixiesfanyo]

Capn' Jazz
At the Drive-in

[Iai]

I listened to Eva Cassidy's 'Songbird' at work. Would people kill me if I started throwing around phrases like 'the female Nick Drake'?

I also decided on a whim to give Velvet Revolver's album another chance. I like it even less now.

Oh, and I listened to Kraftwerk, but you probably knew that anyway.

[incubliss]

Cursive - The Ugly Organ.

anyone got the news on the new album?

[Chik]

Cocteau Twins - Treasure
Joy Divison - Closer

[Well_Respected_Man]

Compliations like woah
Small Faces - The Darlings of Wapping Whari Launderrette
Gang of Four - A Breif History of the Twenith Century
Nuggets - The British Artifacts Something or Other
Blur - Greatist Hits
Olivia Tremor Control - Singles and Beyond

[himster]

Ive been getting into Funk and Blues a bit more you know, and I've started to like Billy Joel.

[Bukowski]

I've been listening to Boards of Canada and Sonic Youth a lot recently.

[petedohertysdealer]

Pedro The Lion and Broken Social Scene, courtesy of the YSI thread

[Interstate]

what I've been digging the past few days:

Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
Eels - Shootenanny
Fall Out Boy - Take This To Your Grave
Notorious B.I.G - Life After Death (just downloaded this one today its brilliant)

[dirtybass]

what ive been listening to:

Hot Hot Heat - Elevator
Beck - odelay and guero
Joy division - substance
The Smiths - hatefull and hollow
Sparta - wiretap scares
The Mars Volta - frances the mute
Devo - are we not men we are devo

[JBJ]

Eisley - Room Sounds
Charles Bronson - Possessed to Skate
"Death wish" Charles Bronson?

[el doctor]

I've recently had a returning fetish for Saturday Looks Good to Me.

[Luxor]

20 Minute Loop
QOTSA
Jaga Jazzist (still)

[br3ad_man]

I'm feeling really crap. I can't find any music at all that I love. :upset:

[YDload]

You like SOAD right? They have a new album out :)

[br3ad_man]

They're cool, but they aren't going to be the ones to fix me.

[Zappa]

Get downloading from me, br3ad.

That fixes everything.

[br3ad_man]

If only I could see your files :(

I really should get AIM.

[Zappa]

Getting AIM is a good idea in this day and age.

[Sound Boy]

just bought Prefuse 73's Surrounded by Silence...puttin that sh*t in now.

been diggin:
Cake - "Fashion Nugget"
Sparta - "Wiretap Scars"
The Snake The Cross The Crown - "Mander Salis"

and i finally got my Butch Walker cd back from my ex-girlfriend! Yessssssssssssss :thumb:

[Iai]

Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Sinead O'Conner - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Also the new T. Rex DVD. I'm not huge on T. Rex's music, but it's a great release.

And I'm just now giving Nas' Illmatic another chance, which is something I've been promising to do for aeons.

[Bukowski]

I'm REALLY digging my latest purchase, which is Mew's album Frengers.

Not many bands have made as good a first impression on me as Mew have. What a great album, truly not a bad song on it.

[KappaKid17]

I just picked up a Rise Against album and love it. Not in my usual line of listening.

Notable: SOAD's 'Mesmerize' and The Fall's 'Hex Enduction Hour.'

[Luxor]

Between The Buried And Me gives me a boner.

[pixiesfanyo]

Between The Buried And Me gives me a boner.

Aesthetic ruins lives. That's how good it is.

[Little Man being Erased]

I had a great weekend.

I bought:
Black Mountain - Black Mountain
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Walkmen - Bows + Arrows

and dug all of 'em except Bows + Arrows, which I haven't listened to yet.

I also dug:
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
The Books - The Lemon of Pink
The Monks - Black Monk Time

Oh, and I also saw an excellent local band by the name of My Disco.

[ATM]

Smashing Pumpkins. Loads and loads of Smashing Pumpkins.

[Happymeal]

Envy - All the Footprints You've Ever Left Behind and the Fear Expecting Ahead
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch
Calexico - Hot Rail
The Go! Team - Thunder Lightning Strike

Make up for the fact that I bought a new game only to find out that the PS2 isn't working properly to play it this 3 day weekend.

[LedZeppFan83]

- I've been highly addicted to Phish ever since my friend got my in to them this year. But I just got into them after they broke up (which sucks). I did see Trey Anastasio (lead singer of Phish) in concert and that has gotten me hooked on more Phish and his solo stuff more!

[Zappa]

Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch


I found the title tune in a fake book last night. I was so excited, until I realized that it's kind of tough to play.

[insearchofsomething11]

i've been obsessed with british sea power and godspeed you! black emperor lately



and between the buried and me gives me a boner as well

[br3ad_man]

Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
Refused - The Shape of Punk To Come
Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show

I'm still looking for an album to become obessed with that's new, but all this hip-hop is filling in the time very nicely.

[Tomahawk]

I've been digging Mark Lanegan. I got his album Whiskey and the Holy Ghost and it's crazy cool.

Also been digging Afghan Whigs. I got my hands on Congregation, and it's pretty good. Just when you're thinking that they would never cover a song from Jesus Christ Superstar, they go ahead and do just that.

Also been on the Cure and American Music Club and Fleetwood Mac and some other stuff.

[Bukowski]

Me's diggin Sigur Ros and Explosions in the Sky today

[Lozzila]

The Flame Fiasco-can you spell cliché
Ladytron-604

[Bartender]

Cocteau Twins - Treasure/ a little Heaven or Las Vegas
Nomeansno - Wrong (It's Catching Up has to one of the best opening tracks, ever)
Hot Cross - A New Set of Lungs EP
and Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

[Tomahawk]

and Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
I was listening to that song today too, due to me watching Shaun of the Dead earlier.

[YDload]

Cocteau Twins - Treasure/ a little Heaven or Las Vegas
Nomeansno - Wrong (It's Catching Up has to one of the best opening tracks, ever)
Hot Cross - A New Set of Lungs EP
and Queen - Don't Stop Me Now


I'm the only one who voted for Nomeansno's bassist in the competition. Do you think he should have made it?

[pixiesfanyo]

Brian Eno
Sonic Youth
Jaga Jazzist
Marijauna (the drug)

[Iai]

Also been digging Afghan Whigs. I got my hands on Congregation, and it's pretty good. Just when you're thinking that they would never cover a song from Jesus Christ Superstar, they go ahead and do just that.
Funnily enough, I was diggin' that today too.

The Afghan Whigs - Congregation
The Afghan Whigs - Black Love
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Weird Al Yankovich - Running With Scissors
The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

[Bartender]

I'm the only one who voted for Nomeansno's bassist in the competition. Do you think he should have made it?

Now, yeah, probably.

[Interstate]

I've been listening to alot of rap lately - artists I've been digging the past day or so:

Mobb Deep
Royce Da 5 9"
Ice T
Method Man
Cypress Hill
House Of Pain

gonna have to get some albums very very soon.

[asymm]

Bought/been diggin' lots:

The Cure - Faith
The Cure - Pornography
^ I bought both reissues which are fantastic
Constantines - Constantines
Brian Eno - Another Green World
The Frames - Burn the Maps
Philip Glass - Music With Changing Parts

[Dissectional88]

Joy Divison - Unkown Pleasures
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother

[Iai]

Oh, I got all the music channels back today after months without them, so I sat and watched them for a bit.

The new Foo Fighters single is seriously awesome. The new White Stripes is worryingly good, too.

New Coldplay blows worse than I expected. And Funeral For A Friend have sunk to a new low.

[Little Man being Erased]

The new Foo Fighters single is seriously awesome. The new White Stripes is worryingly good, too.
I new the White Stripes new stuff would be good, but the Foos are a surprise. I'd like to hear it.

[Iai]

I'm on Soulseek now if you wanna get it off me.

I'm Iai. With a capital I.

[Bartender]

The new Foo Fighters single is seriously awesome.

Is it an acousticy one, or a full band one?

The new White Stripes is worryingly good, too.

It better be, they've used a good potential name for their new album.

New Coldplay blows worse than I expected.

I saw them play the new single on TOTP (yeah, boo if you like), and..yeah.

[YDload]

There was a little SOAD live show on MTV late at night. It wasn't bad for a half-hour concert snippet, even though all the songs they showed were from Toxicity except "BYOB."

Fun fact for all other nu-metal bands: you are allowed to move around when onstage! It's nice to see a bit of charisma every once in a while.

[Iai]

I saw them play the new single on TOTP (yeah, boo if you like), and..yeah.
Hey man, I watch TOTP every week. Popworld, too.

The Foos song I'm talking about is Best Of You, and it's a full band one. I heard an acoustic one on Jules Holland, though, and that sounded really good too.

[pixiesfanyo]

Foo Fighters last album was decent.

I think there acoustic disc will be great.

[Little Man being Erased]

I'm on Soulseek now if you wanna get it off me.

I'm Iai. With a capital I.

I don't have soulseek on this computer.

[Bartender]

Hey man, I watch TOTP every week. Popworld, too.

The Foos song I'm talking about is Best Of You, and it's a full band one. I heard an acoustic one on Jules Holland, though, and that sounded really good too.

I saw the acoustic one on Jools too. I thought the guitar thing it had going throughout it was pretty good, but for the most part the song itself sounded a bit bland. I'm interested in hearing the acoustic disc, though.

[Luxor]

My dad bought Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue and John Coltrane - Blue Train today. So, I'm going to make an attempt to be digging those in the near future.

[Zappa]

They're remarkable and undeniable.

[Luxor]

I've actually been meaning to ask you about some jazz albums, Zappa.

The reason he bought those, was because I was searching through his CD collection looking for jazz. I've been trying to get into it recently, but my selection is lacking. If you had to pick one jazz album/artist, what would be the best for a beginner?

[Zappa]

That's really tough. I think it's unbelievably important for a listener to get to know the work of Ellington and George Gershwin, which is something I neglected for a very long time. It puts the rest of the jazz world into perspective and into a certain context, I feel.

However, the best way to enjoy any style of music is to find things you enjoy by chance and focus on that. What you like is what you like, regardless of how "important" the music is historically, or whatever.

I hope you enjoy Kind of Blue and Blue Train, but I find it hard to fathom not being enthusiastic towards such recordings.

[Luxor]

Hm, well I'll look into that. I'll listen to one of those albums later tonight when I head off to bed. I'll most likely start with MD.

[Zappa]

Yeah, I know that was sort of a non-answer. It's not easy cracking into a new music, and it's not any different with jazz. There's no magic album you can listen to that will suddenly make you a jazz fan. Getting into the genre really happens by listening to as much as you can, and reading reviews and liner notes when you run out of ideas for new things to listen to. What's nice about jazz is that when you hear a player you like, he's likely playing with 4 or 5 other dudes, at least. These other dudes make great jumping off points when you're interested in hearing something new. I'm still reading up on new players constantly, because I always want to expand my understanding of the music I love so much.

[UltimaTap]

I'm digging this Iron & Wine album Endless Numbered Days. It's the first Iron & Wine's album I ever heard and it's beautiful, I'm hooked.
Also right now I'm listening to The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

[Zesty Mordant]

I've been listening to Millencolin's new album, Kingwood, today a lot. It's a pretty solid pop-punk album imo.

I've also just started getting into Jedi Mind Tricks.

Also,

Gorillaz- s/t
I Mother Earth- Scenery & Fish
Ryan Adams- Love is Hell

[Tomahawk]

Everybody I know told me that the new Foo's song was terrible, and I was expecting garbage, but I really dig it. Looking forward to the new album more than I was expecting to now.

[br3ad_man]

Yeah, I know that was sort of a non-answer. It's not easy cracking into a new music, and it's not any different with jazz. There's no magic album you can listen to that will suddenly make you a jazz fan. Getting into the genre really happens by listening to as much as you can, and reading reviews and liner notes when you run out of ideas for new things to listen to. What's nice about jazz is that when you hear a player you like, he's likely playing with 4 or 5 other dudes, at least. These other dudes make great jumping off points when you're interested in hearing something new. I'm still reading up on new players constantly, because I always want to expand my understanding of the music I love so much.

This is true. While I am no jazz expert, one of my jazz expert music teachers said that the best way to get into jazz is to just go from the beginning and follow the progression of the style. Do you have a jazz radio station IHU? The one in my area plays great stuff all of the time. It's a dodgy station, but it plays awesome music all the time.

This is shallow comment, but I really hate very old jazz recordings with vocals. I hate the way they are distorted and they are so ear piercing.

Anyway, I've been listening to nothing but hip-hop for the last few days. Today I'm in love with "A Grand Don't Come For Free". "Empty Cans" is an amazing song.

[pixiesfanyo]

^ Sometimes.

I like Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday's vocals very much.

Billie Holiday especially. She makes me squirm.

'Specially the cover of Gloomy Sunday.

[br3ad_man]

Of course I was generalising. I love Louie's vocals. I haven't heard too much Billie Holiday.

[mizz_arc5618]

i got a band for u guys..

acceptance

they kick arse

some songs by them are

Different
Permanent
In Too Far

there singer has a cool and original voice that gets all high at times and teh guitar riffs are cool too..
theyre a pretty new band i think and they have a new album out called "Phantoms"
i havent gotten it but i got some songs from it its pretty awesome
maybe check them out if u want a new band to listen to..
or maybe uve heard of them there gettin around pretty quickly and theyre good so its not gonna be long bfore they get famous im thinkin..

check them out u might be surprised

[Electrocution]

My dad bought Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue and John Coltrane - Blue Train today. So, I'm going to make an attempt to be digging those in the near future.
Nice avatar. I need to get that album.


I went to Boston this past weekend and listened to:
Explosions in the Sky
The Pixies
Syd Barrett
Circle Takes the Square

...and I am just now getting into the Arcade Fire for the 50th time. I keep forgetting how good they are.

[Electrocution]

i got a band for u guys..

acceptance

they kick arse

some songs by them are

Different
Permanent
In Too Far

there singer has a cool and original voice that gets all high at times and teh guitar riffs are cool too..
theyre a pretty new band i think and they have a new album out called "Phantoms"
i havent gotten it but i got some songs from it its pretty awesome
maybe check them out if u want a new band to listen to..
or maybe uve heard of them there gettin around pretty quickly and theyre good so its not gonna be long bfore they get famous im thinkin..

check them out u might be surprised
They suck. Hard.

...and are neither Alternative nor Indie.


Pardon the double post.

[Luxor]

This is true. While I am no jazz expert, one of my jazz expert music teachers said that the best way to get into jazz is to just go from the beginning and follow the progression of the style. Do you have a jazz radio station IHU? The one in my area plays great stuff all of the time. It's a dodgy station, but it plays awesome music all the time.
Yeah, I know there is one. I just don't know what frequency it is. I'm pretty sure one of my friends does though, I've heard him talk about it before.

Nice avatar. I need to get that album.
It's a good one.

[Doctor D.]

Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

All I can say is that it certainly lived up to the hype. I didn't expect too much from it, and I was happiliy wrong.

Mission Of Burma - Vs.

I've heard some songs by them, and they seemed allright. So I picked this up, and again, blown away. One of the best things I've heard in a while.

Kraftwerk -Computer World

I've heard bits and pieces by Kraftwerk, and I never much cared for it at all. But this album was just sitting at the library and I decided to checkout the hype surrounding them. And it shocked me. I though I wouldn't like it all. It's a refreshing listen......from the early 80's.......yeah thats the ticket.

[Luxor]

I still need to get that Mission Of Burma album...

Right now I'm listening to Elliott Smith's self-titled for the first time through, and it's awesome. But, It's Elliott Smith, so that's expected.

[pixiesfanyo]

I still need to get that Mission Of Burma album...

Right now I'm listening to Elliott Smith's self-titled for the first time through, and it's awesome. But, It's Elliott Smith, so that's expected.

Get Roman Candle, nigga.

It melts faces like phasers set on own.

[talk show host]

Today i've listened to:

Slint - Spiderland. It's good, but not as good as I was expecting.
Joy Division - Closer. Decades is too good.
Mars Volta - Tremulant EP. Horrible.
Faithless - the new greatest hits. Brings back memories :cool:

I can't get no sleep.

[Little Man being Erased]

I'm diggin' Demon Days.

[pixiesfanyo]

Today i've listened to:


Mars Volta - Tremulant EP. Horrible.


Do you like their other stuff?

[Iai]

Today i've listened to:

Slint - Spiderland. It's good, but not as good as I was expecting.
Joy Division - Closer. Decades is too good.
Mars Volta - Tremulant EP. Horrible.
Faithless - the new greatest hits. Brings back memories :cool:

I can't get no sleep.
123 to all that.

My listeneing for today was as follows -

Weird Al - Running With Scissors
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
Common - Ressurection

[YDload]

Do you guys actually listen to three or four entire albums in a day? I don't quite have THAT much time, and I rarely listen to more than one at a time because I'm trying to absorb it. Maybe I don't understand this thread?

[Zappa]

Sometimes I listen to that many. Sometimes more, sometimes less.

[Little Man being Erased]

Do you guys actually listen to three or four entire albums in a day? I don't quite have THAT much time, and I rarely listen to more than one at a time because I'm trying to absorb it. Maybe I don't understand this thread?
I don't really have much time either. During the week I listen to music in my car, at work occasionally and at home sometimes, but not much. I mostly get time to listen to music on weekends.

[Zappa]

I listen to music at school rather frequently. And the way my mind works, I can listen to one tune from a familiar album between classes and fill in the rest mentally throughout the next period.

[Iai]

Do you guys actually listen to three or four entire albums in a day? I don't quite have THAT much time, and I rarely listen to more than one at a time because I'm trying to absorb it. Maybe I don't understand this thread?
I walk to college for half an hour, walk back for half an hour, plus I work for 2 hours. That's about 3 or 4 album's worth every day. Plus the time I get when I get home.

[Bartender]

And I'm a student, so it's kind of my job to have large amounts of free time in which to listen to music and watch Countdown.

[Iai]

Ah, Countdown. The holy grail of the 18-22 year old.

[Zappa]

What's Countdown?

[Little Man being Erased]

As far as I know, it's an old Australian pop music show, where they had live acts and stuff.

[Iai]

No, it's a British game show. It mainly involves re-arranging scrambled letters to form words. It's fun to play along with when you're drunk or otherwise inebriated. Plus, the presenter is a slightly confused old man who doesn't quite understand what's going on most of the time.

[Little Man being Erased]

Yeah, I figured it must have been some sort of British thing.

[cbmartinez]

So I just thought I'd come in to say I heard "Little Sister" by QOTSA and I thought it was pretty groovy.

[Luxor]

Get Roman Candle, nigga.

It melts faces like phasers set on own.
True.

Plus I need Figure 8. Then I'll have all of them.

[Zappa]

Watched the Miles Davis DVD again. Such great stuff.

[Bandaid]

The Big Chill Soundtrack, basically motown hits cd, Joy To The World by Three Dog Night was my favourite song when i was 5, revisiting is fun

[br3ad_man]

Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

All I can say is that it certainly lived up to the hype. I didn't expect too much from it, and I was happiliy wrong.

Mission Of Burma - Vs.

I've heard some songs by them, and they seemed allright. So I picked this up, and again, blown away. One of the best things I've heard in a while.

Kraftwerk -Computer World

I've heard bits and pieces by Kraftwerk, and I never much cared for it at all. But this album was just sitting at the library and I decided to checkout the hype surrounding them. And it shocked me. I though I wouldn't like it all. It's a refreshing listen......from the early 80's.......yeah thats the ticket.

3 top albums, good work.

The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show
Refused - The Shape of Punk To Come

[Tomahawk]

Got my hands on:

Afghan Whigs - 1965
Billy Bragg - Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Scrawl - Velvet Hammer

So I've been digging on them.

Also the Pogues. Also American Music Club. Also Cheap Trick, live at Budokan!

Oh and as far as the "listening to a bunch of CDs in one day" thing goes... my job involves me being in my car, and me being in my car involves me listening to CDs. Also, I'm a music geek who owns an iPod. I guess that contributes too.

[Bukowski]

Bands i've been listening to:

Sonic Youth
Mew
Propagandhi
Appleseed Cast
American Football

[Master Arkam Kannon]

I'm diggin' Demon Days.

i'm really enjoying it, but it still has to grow on me.

[Bartender]

No, it's a British game show. It mainly involves re-arranging scrambled letters to form words. It's fun to play along with when you're drunk or otherwise inebriated. Plus, the presenter is a slightly confused old man who doesn't quite understand what's going on most of the time.

I watch it sober :-/

But yeah, that's more or less it. Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countdown_%28game_show%29) has proven useful in explaining it to previous Australians, so there you go.

And I've been mostly digging Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up On Me today, along with what I listed last time I was here.

[Luxor]

I gave Kyuss another listen. So, they're not as bad as I previously had stated. The music is good, but I really can't stand that type of vocals. That's mainly why I'm not a very big metal fan.

Right now I'm listening to Spoon's new album. It's decent, but not as good as some of their other stuff.

[el doctor]

Sleater-Kinney - "The Woods"

I've been enamored with the album since it was leaked, but now that it's actually out, I can legally whore it.

[Little Man being Erased]

i'm really enjoying it, but it still has to grow on me.
Yep, exactly the same for me. I've only listened to it a few times, but it's definitely very goooood.

[crazyGUITARnDRUMgal]

Spoon - Gimme Fiction

[The Reincarnation Of Hendrix]

Ive been listening to alot of Eels especially thier new album Blinking lights and Other Revelations which is their best one yet

[Little Man being Erased]

Black Mountain melts my face.

[Electrocution]

Black Mountain melts my face.
I've been meaning to check them out.

Recently:
HORSE the Band
Syd Barrett
Circle Takes the Square
The Mars Volta (DITC specifically)

[Little Man being Erased]

I've been meaning to check them out.
There was a thread about them with a link to some songs to download not long ago. That would be a good place to start.

[br3ad_man]

I gave Kyuss another listen. So, they're not as bad as I previously had stated. The music is good, but I really can't stand that type of vocals. That's mainly why I'm not a very big metal fan.


You do realise that all metal vocalists don't sound like Kyuss right?

[The NPC]

Silver Apples

[I Was A Kaleidoscope]

I'm slowly getting Smell Memory by Mum in my head.

[The Ashtray Girl]

I'm loving Kylie Minogue today.

[Wanker]

I was diggin' some Trans Am earlier today.

[Iai]

Saul Williams - Amethyst Rock Star
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground

[Little Man being Erased]

Björk

[Happymeal]

These Arms Are Snakes
Pavement
Duke Ellington

and Against Me!. They're so slick.

[asymm]

Weezer - Pinkerton
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
- This is a fantastic album. Picked it up on LP for $4 today and I'm amazed. It's a brilliant collection of folky, psychedelic pop songs. Absolutely terrific. Anyone have suggestions on where to go from this album?

[Luxor]

You do realise that all metal vocalists don't sound like Kyuss right?
Yes. But I'm just saying that I don't like that type. Like Metallica for example, yuck!

[Little Man being Erased]

I just got my first taste of NoMeansNo today, thanks to the FL thread. Wow, just wow.

[YDload]

I just got my first taste of NoMeansNo today, thanks to the FL thread. Wow, just wow.

Ah yeah, many praises to Zappa for that one. Right?

Anyway, "Close to the Edge" is a ****in' amazing song. I was also amazed at how good "Time of the Season" by The Zombies is. I never paid attention to it much before because it was just another classic rock staple to me, but I guess a lot of raving about it got me more intrigued.

[Little Man being Erased]

Yep, big props to the Zap man.

[I Was A Kaleidoscope]

I've been listening to a lot of Sufjan Stevens today.

[br3ad_man]

Yes. But I'm just saying that I don't like that type. Like Metallica for example, yuck!

Yeah I don't like Hetfield's vocals that much. Kyuss and Melvins have gooc vocals though and they are slightly similar.

[myiaa]

I've been listening to This Song Is A Mess But So Am I, Add N To (X) and 14 Year Old Girls a lot recently.

[Bukowski]

I just can't stop listening to Mew's album, Frengers.

It's an amazing listen. I can't understand how this band don't get the attention they deserve.

[ATM]

Radiohead
Pinback
Death Cab For Cutie
Smashing Pumpkins
The Books
Porcupine Tree
Ramones

[Smackers]

I've been listening to The Downward Spiral a lot lately.

[Aeaon]

I've been downloading some Tom Waits, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, AC/DC, David Bowie, Adam Sandler, Flaming Lips, the new Mars Volta album, and the new System of a Down album.

[Luxor]

Taken
Pg. 99
Between The Buried And Me
Dillinger Escape Plan
Trophy Scars

[3rdplanet]

Handsome Boy Modelling School
65daysofstatic

[Electrocution]

My past week:

Circle Takes the Square during the day.
Explosions in the Sky at night.

[br3ad_man]

John Coltrane and The Streets

[I Was A Kaleidoscope]

OK Computer.
Lots of Sufjan Stevens.

[ODWO]

Rufus Wainwright times one million
Smiths-Louder than Bombs
Flaming Lips-Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Air-Talkie-Walkie

[Deth]

Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun. Thank you Wanker!

Absolutely incredible.

[I Was A Kaleidoscope]

Rufus Wainwright times one million
Smiths-Louder than Bombs
Flaming Lips-Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Air-Talkie-Walkie

I like that album.

[Bandaid]

Nick Cave
Sleater-Kinney
Gomez

[Wanker]

Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun. Thank you Wanker!

Absolutely incredible.

Shesmovedon is a great song :D

[I Was A Kaleidoscope]

I just downloaded the Animal Collective & Vashti Bunyan EP, Prospect Hummer. Tis good.

[Smackers]

Meshuggah and The Holy Vehm today.

[Rejd]

The Arcade Fire - The Funural
Antony and the Johnsons - I am a bird now,
listen to Antony's "The Lake" too.

Also: I've never really taken any interest in The Allman Brothers, but then I was at a friends house the other day and we were watching a Frank Zappa concert on DVD, and he did a cover of an Allman Brothers song which I thought was great, so he put on the original, from the album "Beginnings". It was kind of great and we forgot about the concert...

[Tomahawk]

Listened to Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos for the first time today. Little bit disappointed. Half of the songs are great (great!), but the other half are just there. Not quite filler, but nothing remarkable either. It's still a good album, it just doesn't really kick my ***.

Also been digging Afghan Whigs, who always kick my ***. Specifically been listening to Black Love and 1965, both of which are pretty darn awesome.

Other than that I've been listening to Black Flag, Vanessa Carlton, Patty Griffin, and Sly & the Family Stone.

[Bukowski]

I've listened to a ton of punk today. Especially Rise Against, Leftover Crack, Propagandhi, and AFI.

[biografiend]

Today:
Flaming Lips-Soft Bulletin (I'm thinking that its better than YBTPR)
Blur-Think Tank

[Happymeal]

For the past few days it's been Against Me and Strung Out, with some Mare, Jesu and Cult of Luna. Today I'm making an effort to listen to Iron and Wine and Bonnie "Prince" Billy.

[br3ad_man]

PinkertonPinkertonPinkerton

[freaks_refuge]

Well other than me being heavily into Tool atm,
I downloaded the Sonic Youth album 'Goo' and i think it's really really good.
I've also been listening to The Smiths, The Cure (I jus re-discovered them) and Elliott Smith.
Oh and Pink Moon by Nick Drake. Must admit I'm quite into A Perfect Circle at the mo too.

[Wanker]

My friend from school sent me a song by a band called "Out Hud" and it's pretty good. I guess the members of the band include people from !!!.

[Electrocution]

My friend from school sent me a song by a band called "Out Hud" and it's pretty good. I guess the members of the band include people from !!!.
I think that's one of the bands that !!! dudes were in before !!!. I could have completely made that up, I don't know.

Anyway.

Nas - Illmatic
Modest Mouse - Good News (sacrilege, I know)
Red Sparowes - At the Soundless Dawn

[I Was A Kaleidoscope]

Out Hud is quite good. I like S.T.R.E.E.T D.A.D.

I'm getting back into +/- (Plus Minus). I got their album 'You Are Here' imported from the US as one of my Christmas presents.

[Bartender]

Fastball - All The Pain Money Can Buy
The Levellers - Mouth to Mouth
CKY - Infiltrate Destroy Rebuild

It's been a kind of "albums I know aren't that great but I rather like anyway"-day.

[YDload]

CKY is a cool band with a unique sound, but Bam Margera can go die already.

[Robert Crumb]

More soul than a sock with a hole.

[Shout it Out]

Shotgun Messiah

Swedish glam/sleaze metal band. Early stuff is real good.

[br3ad_man]

I'm liking Deltron 3030 a lot.

[Luxor]

I've only heard one Deltron 3030 song, but it was good.

Today I listened to: The Dismemberment Plan, Taken, The Roots, Tegan & Sara, Explosions In The Sky and DCFC. It was a good day, with some decent music alongside.

[pixiesfanyo]

Omar's solo cd.
And Eno & Budd

[Smackers]

New Pinapple Thief album and EP.

[Tomahawk]

Bjork day today. Hyperballad is a retardedly good song.

[el doctor]

Sleater-Kinney - "The Woods"
OOIOO - "Feather Float"

[Zappa]

Edgard Varese

[Little Man being Erased]

Weekend listening:

Björk - Vespertine
The Walkmen - Bows + Arrows
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Worlds Apart
Beck - Guero
Daft Punk - Homework

And this morning it's been Elliott Smith - XO

[incubliss]

been listening to Mic City Songs by Heitmeiser.

it's the band Elliott Smith was in before parting ways and going solo, and it's rather grand. worth checking out if you like Elliott.

it's not really the same style as his solo stuff, but basically a full band behind him, electric guitar etc etc. it's great.

[trev913]

Some cuts from Santana's "Abraxas" album are about to take a spin.

Edit: grammar

[Happymeal]

to Stereolab fans: I've been meaning to listen to them for some time but don't know where to start. Help plz. Is their b-sides collection that was released recently any good?

[Little Man being Erased]

So I heard the new Foo Fighters single ("Best of You") the other day and I was quite impressed. I'll be very interested to hear the new album now.

[Bukowski]

So I heard the new Foo Fighters single ("Best of You") the other day and I was quite impressed. I'll be very interested to hear the new album now.

Yeah, I like the new single. I reckon it'll be a very interesting album, with the acoustic section and all.

Today, I've listened mainly to Flaming Lips, Mogwai and Mission of Burma.

[ATM]

Radiohead rarities, thanks to JonM.

[Luxor]

Is Vs. a good place to start with Mission Of Burma?

[Bartender]

I've been listening to Mr Bungle - California a lot today. Then at one point I was too lazy to restart the album, so it ran on and I also dug Murder By Death's Like the Exorcist, but More Breakdancing and Who Will Survive and What Will Be Left of Them.

[incubliss]

i love that Murder by Death album. :)

do you like Cursive Bartender, cause on The Ugly Organist, they had an addition to the band line up, a girl play cello. i love the addition, really added a difference. you might like that album, and it reminded me of Murder by Death due to the cello-ness.

[Bartender]

I've not heard them, actually. I've seen lots of talk about them and never bothered to follow it up.

[incubliss]

you should definately check them out. they aren't really like Murder by Death at all, just the cello.

it's a very great album.

[Tapeworm]

Is Vs. a good place to start with Mission Of Burma?
I got Signals, Calls and Marches first and it worked, But I'm sure that Vs. is a good place to start as well.

[pixiesfanyo]

you should definately check them out. they aren't really like Murder by Death at all, just the cello.

it's a very great album.

Get Domestica.

It owns The Ugly Organ by 10000000000.

[Well_Respected_Man]

Daggage
Gong - Angel's Egg
Gong - You
Pretty Things - SF Sorrow
Joy Division - Still
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Mojo Compliations

[Iai]

Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
Joni Mitchell - Blue

Since I picked them both up in HMV's sale today. I also got MOJO, which came with a CD called 'U2 Jukebox'. It's got some pretty obvious new stuff that U2 like (The Arcade Fire, Interpol, The Futureheads), but it also has Suicide, Pere Ubu, and Echo & The Bunnymen, so it was an interesting listen.

[3rdplanet]

Get Domestica.

It owns The Ugly Organ by 10000000000.

123.

I have been listening to M83, gotta love it.

[josh1]

rad

[Zappa]

Listening to Primus for the first time in a LOOOONG time. I somehow became a Claypool hater almost overnight for no reason. Sailing the Seas of Cheese, which is what I am currently listening to, is a **** good record, though.

[YDload]

Listening to Primus for the first time in a LOOOONG time. I somehow became a Claypool hater almost overnight for no reason. Sailing the Seas of Cheese, which is what I am currently listening to, is a **** good record, though.

It's probably my fault for bringing all the Claypool fanboys to the surface with my bassists poll. Sorry man.

[Zappa]

Naw, my hatin' on Claypool is an old thing. It's probably been a year since I listened to the band, now.

[Bartender]

I'm not really a fan of Primus. They seem to be determined to be quirky and weird, just for the sake of being quirky and weird, and it pisses me off mightily. The occasional song I don't mind though, and there's some good musicians in the band.

Anyway, my main album for the day has been Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up On Me.

[Zappa]

No worries, guys. I'm listening to Sinatra now.

[Bartender]

And now that you've said that, so am I.

[Zappa]

But alas, I'm on to Leonard Cohen.

[YDload]

I'm not really a fan of Primus. They seem to be determined to be quirky and weird, just for the sake of being quirky and weird, and it pisses me off mightily. The occasional song I don't mind though, and there's some good musicians in the band.

Well it's hard to be quirky and weird on accident, isn't it? There are so many eccentric musicians who could easily write great pop songs but choose to expand the limits of music instead. In fact, Primus is probably one of the few bands that COULDN'T be really poppy because of Les' voice and the overwhelming bass in the mix.

But that's just my thoughts on it.

Anyway, my brother's playing some Dead Kennedys and I forgot that they're pretty good. Anyone here like 'em?

[Bartender]

Well it's hard to be quirky and weird on accident, isn't it?

Well yeah, but what I meant is that they always struck me as being quirky and weird with the intention that people will listen to them on the basis that they're so weird and wacky. They may well not be, but as long as it appears to me that they are, it annoys me :)

Anyway, my brother's playing some Dead Kennedys and I forgot that they're pretty good. Anyone here like 'em?

I only know Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables, but it's a fine album.


But alas, I'm on to Leonard Cohen.

Well you can keep Leonard Cohen. When I get started on Sinatra I tend to be listening to him for quite a while.

I downloaded that Varese song you uploaded a few days ago, by the way, so I've finally heard something by him, at least. Thanks for uploading it.

[Robert Crumb]

I tried to download the Varese song. It got stuck at 97%, mocking me like a thing that mocks people who are very close to getting something only to be stymied at the last second. I'll try again.

I'm currently digging a mix I made for myself the other day.

[Bandaid]

Well it's hard to be quirky and weird on accident, isn't it? There are so many eccentric musicians who could easily write great pop songs but choose to expand the limits of music instead. In fact, Primus is probably one of the few bands that COULDN'T be really poppy because of Les' voice and the overwhelming bass in the mix.

But that's just my thoughts on it.

Anyway, my brother's playing some Dead Kennedys and I forgot that they're pretty good. Anyone here like 'em?

I like em, they are good

[Tomahawk]

Joni Mitchell - Blue
Fantastic album, that.

[br3ad_man]

Prince - "Let's Go Crazy"
The Clash - "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais"
David Bowie - "Changes"

**** Nacho, I always thought you were with me in hating The Clash.

[Tomahawk]

I didn't used to like them either... (White Man) in Hammersmith Palais is the song that got me into them, it's very awesome.

[Zappa]

I downloaded that Varese song you uploaded a few days ago, by the way, so I've finally heard something by him, at least. Thanks for uploading it.

What did you think? I really picked "Hyperprism" because it's one of the shortest of his works that has the use of timbre and particularly percussion that is very special to his body of work as a whole. My favorite work of his right now is "Deserts," a work for orchestra and electric tape with 4 "episodes" and 3 interpolations of organized sound on tape.

[br3ad_man]

I got the Varese song you posted earlier also and I liked it. I'll have to listen to it some more to get to know it though.

[pixiesfanyo]

Gorillaz
Indian Summer

[Bartender]

What did you think? I really picked "Hyperprism" because it's one of the shortest of his works that has the use of timbre and particularly percussion that is very special to his body of work as a whole. My favorite work of his right now is "Deserts," a work for orchestra and electric tape with 4 "episodes" and 3 interpolations of organized sound on tape.

It seems good. I'll have to listen to it a fair bit more before I'd count myself as a fan of it (or not), though. At the moment I think I feel that it's good, without really appreciating/enjoying it. I've only listened to it a couple of times so far after all.

[Wanker]

It seems good. I'll have to listen to it a fair bit more before I'd count myself as a fan of it (or not), though. At the moment I think I feel that it's good, without really appreciating/enjoying it. I've only listened to it a couple of times so far after all.

I've listened to it a couple times on speakers and then last night on my headphones.

Sounds wayyy better on the headphones. I'm really beginning to like it, actually.