A few albums recently listened.

sounds like a softer, nicer jesus lizard, quite enjoyable

http://gestrococlub.org/Stricknice1.htm

STRICKNICE - " Gospel of itches "

highly recommended

https://www.discogs.com/Karlheinz-Stockhausen-Gesang-Der-J%C3%BCnglinge-Kontakte/master/110184

two of the best, most imaginative tracks of all time.

^ lovely

https://youtu.be/GV6VQbPvYDg

a great collection of italian ladies doing their best to belt out the funkiest folk tunes. this was amazing and (surprisingly) very difficult to get

If you read the hipster house thread you will have seen I bought one of Lobster Theremin's Record Bundles a few weeks ago. That was the regular one, this week I picked up the Secret Labels one too as I was in store to pick up another purchase.

Well, first record I pulled out fucking blew me away. Obviously I was expecting some house/techno/acid etc. What I got was a fantastic noise/ambient/drone LP in the vein of (early) Hafler Trio or Wanda Group.

I looked up the guy and it turns out it's the debut solo LP by the Lobster Theremin bossman himself.

Can't recommend this enough.

https://tidybedroom.bandcamp.com/album/to-be-held-in-a-non-position

i really have to get one of those bundles..

recently sis

Lot of used CDs purchased on Ebay for $37.00 USD. Everything ripped perfectly. Bold titles indicate those I was most interested in, having already owned the Global Goon, Wagon Christ, and Plaid releases.

Global Goon - Vatican Nitez

Wagon Christ - The Power Of Love / Tally Ho! / Musipal

Luke Vibert - Big Soup

Plaid - Peel Session / Double Figure

μ-Ziq - Tango N' Vectif / Salsa With Mesquite / Urmur Bile Trax Volumes 1 & 2 / The Fear

Autechre - Basscad, EP

Mira Calix - Prickle

Ovuca - King Stacey

Bogdan Raczynski - Ibiza Anthems Vol. 4 / Alright!

D'Arcangelo - Shipwreck

Boom Bip - Seed To Sun

Various Artists - Warp Routine (Warp)

Various Artists - wap100 We Are Reasonable People (Warp)

Various Artists - The Braindance Coincidence (Rephlex)

Various Artists - Mealtime (Planet Mu)

oooOOOOOOooooooo spookeh

Coming around to Madonna's newie. It's more of a sum-than-the-parts album, unlike some other recent ones it engages effectively through to the end without getting a tad overlong, monotonous or lacking her presence. She still hasn't made a crap album for mine, the bottom one's here are just less preferable to me.

1. Bedtime Stories

5/5

2. Erotica

5/5

3. True Blue

4.5/5

4. Ray of Light

4.5/5

5. Madonna

4.5/5

^all time faves

6. MDNA

3.5/5

7. American Life

3.5/5

8. Like a Prayer

3.5/5

9. Like a Virgin

3.5/5

10. Madame X

3/5

11. Hard Candy

3/5

12. Rebel Heart

2.5/5

13. Confessions on a Dance Floor

2.5/5

14. Music

2.5/5

I've never noticed before, but this album actually sounds a lot like something I would have recorded.

No wonder nobody likes my music. . . .

Ok. So this album is one of the most popular albums of all time, but I’ve (thankfully) rediscovered it about a year ago and, my god. It’s fucking unbelievably good. 

Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 

Please, especially if you aren’t familiar with it, listen to the whole damn thing (preferably on headphones) with an open mind. It’s truly incredible. I just listened to it all the way through again on the plane yesterday and I am profoundly struck, yet again, by how incredible it is. 

  On 9/20/2019 at 8:40 AM, J3FF3R00 said:

Ok. So this album is one of the most popular albums of all time, but I’ve (thankfully) rediscovered it about a year ago and, my god. It’s fucking unbelievably good. 

Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 

Please, especially if you aren’t familiar with it, listen to the whole damn thing (preferably on headphones) with an open mind. It’s truly incredible. I just listened to it all the way through again on the plane yesterday and I am profoundly struck, yet again, by how incredible it is. 

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Growing up I was aware of S&G and liked a few tracks enough, like with many 60s bands before I started digging into that decade. I was actually more familiar with Paul Simon as a solo artist growing up in the 80s. But sometime around 2009 my then-girlfriend had gone out of state for an internship and I dug through some of her CDs, deciding to listen to Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits. I was hooked instantly. Of course I very quickly sought out the proper albums and really, they're all fantastic. My favorite is Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. I did the same thing with The Smiths around the same time, starting with her copy of Hatful of Hollow. Just hadn't bothered to listen to them beyond the singles before then. But back on the topic of 60s folk rock, I'll tack on a recommendation for The Byrds' first 6 albums as being true gems. If you've only heard the songs "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and "Mr. Tambourine Man", I don't blame you for not having the urge to dig deeper, but you're missing out. I'm not knocking the songs, but they've certainly been played enough.

  On 9/24/2019 at 9:52 PM, sidewinder said:

But back on the topic of 60s folk rock, I'll tack on a recommendation for The Byrds' first 6 albums as being true gems. If you've only heard the songs "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and "Mr. Tambourine Man", I don't blame you for not having the urge to dig deeper, but you're missing out. I'm not knocking the songs, but they've certainly been played enough.

Actually, I’ve also recently been digging into the early byrds stuff, for the first time. They are pretty rad. All of the groovy harmonies and 12-strings. 

Beach House - Bloom

 

Been listening to Flaty's Generic TARGZ a lot. Kind of short but really good all the way through. The first track 'Elevation' is excellent, simple but tasteful percussion, swell pads. 

This song really did it yo, it got me. 

Gave a spin to The Rise of Hobo Johnson out of sheer curiosity last night and I actually found it to be not too bad...

... I liked a few tracks and found Hobo Johnson to be entertaining with his poetic flows and goofy verses. I was more entertained by it than JPEGMAFIA's All My Heroes Are Cornballs, which had some interesting production but a pretty annoying voice.

...should I be ashamed?

  On 11/21/2019 at 2:29 AM, Stickfigger said:

Listened to the majority of Korns self titled record yesterday. It produced a nice mix of appreciation for the drum recording , nostalgia and cynicism 

To be fair, when that album came out, it was a bit of a game changer. I was in a hardcore/metal band at the time and just about every metalhead I knew was like “holy shit... stop the presses... this is one of the heaviest albums ever”.
It’s too bad they quickly became a bit of a parody of themselves. They definitely had a moment with that record tho. 

Annie Gosfield does great work with scrap metal in a contemporary classical context.  Here she uses a sampler with some piano, and it's alright.   

Yves Tumor - Safe in the Hands of Love (2018) - post-industrial/ neo-psychadelia

Yves Tumor - Serpent Music (2016) - hypagogic pop

Nirvana - In Utero 20th Anniversary edition.

I wish I listened to it sooner. With the exception of Pennyroyal Tea, there isn't a bad song on it and it's dark as fuck, and even that one I can stomach (no pun intended). I ended up sampling the crazy intro from Radio Friendly Unit Shifter on one of my new songs because its so good and underrated.

Hawthonn ‎– Red Goddess (Of This Men Shall Know Nothing)

Very unique occult-driven husband/wife duo: folk music with plenty of effects, and maybe some synths, female vocals, very experimental and stands out considerably.  apparently this band was used as a soundtrack in the Netflix series "The New Pope".  

There are some side projects that are more neofolk, but with exceptional melodies, not the same DIJ ripoff stuff.  Recently bought a lathe cut of theirs with no regrets, and I am not a big neofolk fan at all.