What Are You Listening To?

Schmilco

I listened to the Stones new one..Blue and Lonesome … pretty good.. i gotta listen to it some more before i speak more

found one of my record collecting "white whales" to start off the new year!.. the flash makes the cover look much nicer than it is in person! ha ha…but its a fairly decent copy actually..tons of scratches but does play through fairly nice… … for $1.99 i'm very very pleased..this is the only copy I have ever seen "out in the wild" although I had seen the cover outside Red Onion Records on the window (old location)

When I look around I realize that I don't know 90 percent of the bands anymore. 

walkie,talkie wrote:
When I look around I realize that I don't know 90 percent of the bands anymore. 

Dude, tell me, you know, who, Phil Spector, is….

I meant new bands that have come out in the last year or two.  I feel old that I think hot chip is still hip and relevant.

walkie,talkie wrote:
I meant new bands that have come out in the last year or two.  I feel old that I think hot chip is still hip and relevant.

yes I figured


when I was a kid I didn't listen to bands that had "come out in the last year or two" did you?

I caught on to bands, often, quite a few years after they had started.. it took them a few years to get going, grow a fanbase, develop their music..

I bet the first time I heard New Order was probably around 85 86 after they'd put out like 4 albums and of course Joy Division had already happened..much like most people.. many came across them in Pretty in Pink


I'm not sure that hearing a band the "first year" is that great.. what they have one album? Pitchfork writes a nice review, they sell a few records and next year everybody forgets them, two years later the follow up is felt to not meet expectations and then they have to wait around for the 10 year anniversary of the album people liked to tour behind that

I mean there's always a "new band" to listen to.. isn't it the point to find "new bands" you will love for 40 years? That their music will still speak to you in 40 years..

I am having trouble finding such bands

there are tons of bands that people talk about this week but won't remember next year…..

the role of music in our society has changed… so it is hard to really visualize any band starting out today being talked about in 40 years…

when I was a wee one music was our life…we defined ourselves in a way by the music we listened to

nowadays music is one of many things… and even with music there is way more of it out there available to everybody

the music I listened to and loved in the 80s and 90s is a part of my DNA by this point…as it was for many of my peers..

that is just no longer the case… most people in the past generation or two…. its just not like that for them…

I have a lot of trouble finding new bands that speak to me in that way… the last one was the Hellacopters and by the point I got turned on to them they had broken up! I don't think they ever played anywhere in DC bigger than the Black Cat.. sad

I was listening to New Order's Substance in the car today driving around on the Deathway and man its just so good…

I dont' think its that I'm closed off.. I just dont' think music hits people these days the way it did back then… its just a very different scene today but in general and in music…

Your posts are something. And that something is awesome.

Jon Kwest & Sazon Libre present:

SOULOVE: A Moombahsoul Compilation to benefit Planned Parenthood & ACLU

This compilation is a collaborative effort from some of our favorite people! Seventeen new tracks by Dave Nada, Deejay Theory, Cutso, Ma-Less, DJ Baysik, Jon Kwest, Mr. Lucky, J-Boogie, Emynd, DJ Beset, Bruk Out, Pickster, Doc Adam, Boyfriend, and Melo! Artwork by Lil Elle.

Download the album or individual songs on the Bandcamp page

https://soundcloud.com/sazonlibre/jon-kwest-sazon-libre-present-soulove-mixed-by-dj-baysik

Freedom! '90

The, master.  He deserves, my commas.

Bela Lugosi
God head
Industrial Metal for Fitness

Cash

Song Exploder
Metallica
Moth into Flame

^ nice one, promo!
various bowie 45s and ep's

dyecraig wrote:
^ nice one, promo!
various bowie 45s and ep's

yea I could not resist it but probably should have.. the only difference is the promo sticker.. seems identical to a regular first pressing…at least to me.. white labels yes but they all have those… sticker on back…

but such a pivotal record I had to buy it…

thee oh sees - an odd entrances
new band to me - psych, prog, post- rock
some flute and fripp-like guitar - this is cool.
one of those records i got about halfway through the 1st side before realizing i was at the wrong speed, but it was ok.

the fall - hex enduction hour reissue on superior viaduct
missed all those black cat shows over the years.
regret.

dyecraig wrote:
the fall - hex enduction hour reissue on superior viaduct
missed all those black cat shows over the years.
regret.

yeah me too….it seems like Mark E. Smith has no interest in playing in the US again….