What Are You Listening To?

Jaguar wrote:

killsaly wrote:
the Movies - Running to the Sun

Tribes of the City's old band name's 1st album (a shoegaze band from Riga, Latvia)
Well worth hunting down, if you are in to that kind of thing.  They recently released their discography for free, but i think the links might be down…

Killsaly, you know that you and I are the only ones who have the slightest clue who these guys are, or even care, around here. That's okay. That's what keeps us deeper in the underground.  ;) :D  I'm just glad that there is another gazing soul around so I don't feel so lost out in the void; otherwise, don't really want a crowd around anyway. If there are any others, I sure wish they would speak (write) up. Maybe Snail and Az but they tend to be lost over in some other vector in space where our paths occasionaly cross.

All in all, good call!

Haha… True, but i try to spread the gospel of the gaze as much as possible… I tried to play some to the people in my training class that i am in… They all hated it, thought it was a bunch of noise, which i suppose it can be, beautiful noise.

Paolo Apollo Negri - The  great anything

I just love Andy Chase's voice. Well everything about him.

Chuck's Season Premiere brought Frightened Rabbit back into my playlist.  Thanks again to Relaxer (I think it was anyway) who brought this album to my attention.

http://www.archive.org/details/esmith1998-06-02.flac

Elliott Smith Live at Studion
Date: June 2, 1998
Venue: Studion
Location: Stockholm, Sweden

soh good

what azaghal will be listening to shortly:
http://pitchfork.com/news/36691-lindstrm-to-release-collaborative-album-with-singer-christabelle/
http://www.spin.com/reviews/lindstr%C3%B8m-christabelle-real-life-no-cool-smalltown-supersound

be sure to hunt down the 3-disk special edition.  i'll let you know my thoughts on it tomorrow… bedtime now.

Matias Aguayo AY AY AY

Relaxer wrote:


I love this album. checked it out due to the hype and really dig the sound of it all

fyi:



http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13786-reality-ep/

Not as punchy as the first one, but listenable.  Giving up the Gun being the highlight.  Best song about an old man's penis I've ever heard.

Plus, I'm pretty sure that's a picture of somebody we all thought was the cutest girl in school growing up.  She didn't come to the reunion….

Lady Gaga :)

I also am listening to Lady GaGa, the things one does with their loved in a car

i know to the scene i am a late jumper . . . but good lord i am all into beach house.  interesting they've been around since 2006 and i just now pay attention. 

I've also been listening to The Fame Monster alot. Oh, and for some reason, this:

Duelectrum - Electrolandia
Brazilian shoegaze.

Duelectrum is over in my list of top releases for 2009.

What's your favorite track? Mine is 'Maverick'.

Off of that one, Galaxy of Sound. Off any of their stuff that i have heard so far, Duelectrum. 

kosmo wrote:
I also am listening to Lady GaGa, the things one does with their loved in a car

Hear ya….

vansmack wrote:

kosmo wrote:
I also am listening to Lady GaGa, the things one does with their loved in a car

Hear ya….

i thought you and smakette liked the same musical crap?  oh, wait, you're not talking about music selection…

so i've been listening to a lot of music recently, below are a few recommendations that some of you might like.  apologies if i'm behind the curve on some of these, they're all new discoveries for me and i haven't seen them mentioned here before.  my first recommendation is dedicated to kosmo:


Bossa n' Roses
attention all cheeseballs: this may be your new favorite album.  despite the name, this isn't a bossa nova record - it's a chill-out/electronic lounge take on GnR tunes with some some brazillian rhythms and jazz flourishes.  this album was the soundtrack to my xmas beach vacation, and it fit perfectly - i recommend that you save this one for your next trip to the tropics.  and like the books one takes to the beach, this isn't high art.  it's a guilty pleasure, not Important Music™.  apparently this is part of a series,  "Bossa n' Stones" is supposed to be good too (although one from the series is probably more than enough).


Conclamo - Now It's Gone Forever
slow, atmospheric and at times non-melodic post-rock.  each song is very different from the others yet the album works as a cohesive whole.  i kept wondering what the band would surprise me with next… and they did, every time.  they cover a lot of ground including some interesting rhythmical noise-fests (which usually aren't my thing, but they make it work).  IMO this album should be listened to straight-through, in one sitting.  azag, you'll like this one.


Glaciers - And The Sea Won The Battle
more post-rock, a solid album, a little more guitar-driven than your average fare.  a few solid head-banging moments.


Eksperimentoj - s/t
indie rock?  post-rock?  progressive rock?  whatever it is, it rocks.  of all the recommendations here i think this one will be the most popular/compatible with the average boardee's tastes.  warning to DJs: playing the untitled fourth track over a PA will result in dozens of people inquiring where you got that unreleased radiohead song (but no worries, it's the only one with this affliction).

in case anyone is looking for some psychedelic downtemo/psybient/trippy chillout electronica whachamacallit:

[li]Yggdrasil - Prose Edda: very shpongle-like at times, although a little darker overall.  very trippy.[/li]
[li]Kuba - Bringing It All Back Home: this guy can do no wrong.  of the same caliber as his other releases.  blissful.[/li]
[li]Koan - When The Silence Is Speaking: from russia, hard to believe i haven't heard of these guys until recently.  this, and their other full-length, is packed with lovely melodic goodness. [/li]
[li]Deep Dive Corp. - More Bass: dubby space-funk.  lots of guest vocalists which, save for one exception, add beautifully to the album. [/li]

and:

edbert wrote:
PS everybody who liked Phoenix might wanna check out the new Tahiti 80; at least get the track "Brazil"

agreed, good album.

Liking this one quite a bit…







This one leads off with a great track, has a few more good ones, but several very dull ones as well.






In the words of my wife, "This is rich hippie kid music, I hate it." Ok, I don't hate it as much as she does, but just can't really get into it.







I'm late to the party on this one, but really digging it: