What are you listening to?

[Monk]

Full version of the Major Lazer song I posted above was released the other day, I think it's probably my favourite song of the year so far tbh. It just gets in your head and stays there.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI3shBXlqsw

God awful and bloody annoying.
Does get in your head though. cheers.

[Monk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYXjLbMZFmo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKLlqfHOSNs

Two great songs

[graveworm]

Born Villain by Marilyn Manson........ just downloaded it

[LVSaint]

Wonky - Orbital. Not really growing on me.
Yppah - Eighty One. This I really like though. Mixture of electronica, guitars/drums and psychadelic vocals producing a very satisfying sound.

[SuperMikey]

God awful and bloody annoying.
Does get in your head though. cheers.

:lol:

Sorry about that. I like it, but i'm biased as i'm a huge fan of Diplo, the Major Lazer alias stuff and also Dirty Projectors.

Currently listening to the new album by The Cribs, on first listen I really like it. It's carrying on from that evolution that Jonny Marr brought to the band in terms of production and sound, but I think they've recaptured that anarchic element that made their first few albums so brilliant. That's pretty evident from the lead single "Come On, Be A No-One" and also from the galloping "Chi-Town". Give it a listen.

The Cribs – In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull (http://open.spotify.com/album/4lxhCEI4ogeAtmhFRKKd1I)

[Shandy_Top_89]

Weezer - Pinkerton, The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet.

[Kingsland Nick]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RJ8KWnIS2Q

[Colinjb]

PJ Harvey - Good Fortune

[dubai_phil]

The Boys were on Da Beach tonight promotion Party time

Travis - Sing a long gold

Japenese Popstars - Why?

Trichny Snyder? WTF I mean why?

Zane Lowe - Oh man he took us WAY beyond dancing like Dads. We got da hands in da air like we don't care = AWESOME

FatBoy Slim. Oh yes. I don't EVER want to listen to his stuff on the radio (or Album) but tonight? Dude that was freaking AWESOME

I think Eric MAy have a head ache tomorrow. Me? Where am I? All I remember was singing Saints songs on the Bus home

[Cestrian Saint]

Seems only fitting to play some Beastie Boys.

RIP MCA.

[Lets B Avenue]

Jack White - Blunderbuss. Basically, the new White Stripes album we've waited 5 years for.

Pyjama Club. Self titled album from Neil Finn and his missus.

[manji]

LHF-Keepers Of The Light.

[Seany S]

Sleep - Dopesmoker (reissue)

[Hamilton Saint]

The new Bonnie Raitt album, Slipstream. It's excellent. She's a wonderful singer; she has an impeccable taste in songs; and she plays a mean slide-guitar.

[miserableoldgit]

The new Bonnie Raitt album, Slipstream. It's excellent. She's a wonderful singer; she has an impeccable taste in songs; and she plays a mean slide-guitar.
Really like Slipstream. BR rarely fails to deliver. Also enjoying this:- http://thewhitebuffalo.com/?page_id=12

[miserableoldgit]

"Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Oysterband and June Tabor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-pWSHTQOFs&feature=channel&list=UL

[dinger]

"Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Oysterband and June Tabor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-pWSHTQOFs&feature=channel&list=UL

Christ save us all, that's terrible...

[Frank's cousin]

Christ save us all, that's terrible...

Why? Its different and shows how great that song really is - the very best music and lyrics always work in any style... well almost, but this song does work in an acoustic style... not the best interpretation of the classic, but not hideous and I say that as someone who has the original single!

[Pancake]

DJ Shadow - In Tune and On Time

[pap]

I've spent the last week listening to "Portugal. The Man.".

Anyone who has FIFA12 will probably be familiar with one of the tracks, this one in particular.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDYEzfXAnpY&ob=av2e

[Hamilton Saint]

Christ save us all, that's terrible...

No, it isn't! You just need to listen with an open mind (and ears!).

[dinger]

This may be an utterly subjective, pointless argument, but it's one I'm prepared to have. That's insipid and gutless, and (to these ears) relies for its justification on the notion that the faux-authenticity of the folk-rock scene is excuse enough for its (the tune's and the scene's) creative retardation.

And the idea that "the very best music and lyrics always work in any style", mentioned above, is just patent nonsense. The very best music and/or lyrics are a marriage of form and function, of style and intent. A good musician will have found what they consider to be the best musical/lyrical form to represent their vision for the song. Sometimes another artist can take a piece and recontextualise it, adding something in the process. Sometimes an musician can cover a tune in the same style as the original, in the hope that an audience will put up with a slightly inferior version for want of the original.

This version, in common with those execrable 'Live Lounge' things they do on the radio, works from the beige premise that songs should be stripped of their excitement and set instead to a backing of humdrum strum-along, in order to prove the quality of the songcraft. The whole notion is balls.

This idea that a great song should work in any style is akin to suggesting that a great novel must work as a film, or a poem should work as a play. The one does not follow the other.

[Hamilton Saint]

This may be an utterly subjective, pointless argument, but it's one I'm prepared to have. That's insipid and gutless, and (to these ears) relies for its justification on the notion that the faux-authenticity of the folk-rock scene is excuse enough for its (the tune's and the scene's) creative retardation.

And the idea that "the very best music and lyrics always work in any style", mentioned above, is just patent nonsense. The very best music and/or lyrics are a marriage of form and function, of style and intent. A good musician will have found what they consider to be the best musical/lyrical form to represent their vision for the song. Sometimes another artist can take a piece and recontextualise it, adding something in the process. Sometimes an musician can cover a tune in the same style as the original, in the hope that an audience will put up with a slightly inferior version for want of the original.

This version, in common with those execrable 'Live Lounge' things they do on the radio, works from the beige premise that songs should be stripped of their excitement and set instead to a backing of humdrum strum-along, in order to prove the quality of the songcraft. The whole notion is balls.

This idea that a great song should work in any style is akin to suggesting that a great novel must work as a film, or a poem should work as a play. The one does not follow the other.


Your argument is an interesting one, but it's undermined by your prejudice (" ... faux authenticity ...").

Jimi Hendrix's version of "All Along the Watchtower" (bluesy-rock) is completely different from Dylan's (acoustic-folk), but they're both effective versions of a good song.

Miles Davis's version (jazz) of the filmtrack song "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Disney pop ballad) is completely different - and excellent.

Joe Cocker's version of "With a Little Help From My Friends" (gospel/soul) is an excellent cover of the pop original.

And so on. We can enjoy very different arrangements of the same song - if they're done well.


The music and lyrics of a good song can work in any style. But if you're biased against a particular genre you're just not going to appreciate it. Your attitude to folk and folk/rock ("the beige premise that songs should be stripped of their excitement and set instead to a backing of humdrum strum-along") means you're never going to like a song done in this way, no matter the quality of the original song.

By the way, June Tabor, the vocalist singing here with The Oyster Band, has demonstrated over and over again in some 20 albums since 1976 an exquisite taste in contemporary songwriting, and she has recorded fantastic versions of many wonderful songs. If your bias makes you deaf to that quality, it is your loss, my friend.

[miserableoldgit]

June Tabor and Oysterband on Later.... with Jools Holland tonight.

[miserableoldgit]

Your argument is an interesting one, but it's undermined by your prejudice (" ... faux authenticity ...").

Jimi Hendrix's version of "All Along the Watchtower" (bluesy-rock) is completely different from Dylan's (acoustic-folk), but they're both effective versions of a good song.

Miles Davis's version (jazz) of the filmtrack song "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Disney pop ballad) is completely different - and excellent.

Joe Cocker's version of "With a Little Help From My Friends" (gospel/soul) is an excellent cover of the pop original.

And so on. We can enjoy very different arrangements of the same song - if they're done well.


The music and lyrics of a good song can work in any style. But if you're biased against a particular genre you're just not going to appreciate it. Your attitude to folk and folk/rock ("the beige premise that songs should be stripped of their excitement and set instead to a backing of humdrum strum-along") means you're never going to like a song done in this way, no matter the quality of the original song.

By the way, June Tabor, the vocalist singing here with The Oyster Band, has demonstrated over and over again in some 20 albums since 1976 an exquisite taste in contemporary songwriting, and she has recorded fantastic versions of many wonderful songs. If your bias makes you deaf to that quality, it is your loss, my friend.
Totally agree. It is quite often when a song is stripped right down that you realise what a good bit of songwriting it is. It is about the song - not the overall sound.

[dinger]

Your argument is an interesting one, but it's undermined by your prejudice (" ... faux authenticity ...").

Jimi Hendrix's version of "All Along the Watchtower" (bluesy-rock) is completely different from Dylan's (acoustic-folk), but they're both effective versions of a good song.

Miles Davis's version (jazz) of the filmtrack song "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Disney pop ballad) is completely different - and excellent.

Joe Cocker's version of "With a Little Help From My Friends" (gospel/soul) is an excellent cover of the pop original.

And so on. We can enjoy very different arrangements of the same song - if they're done well.


The music and lyrics of a good song can work in any style. But if you're biased against a particular genre you're just not going to appreciate it. Your attitude to folk and folk/rock ("the beige premise that songs should be stripped of their excitement and set instead to a backing of humdrum strum-along") means you're never going to like a song done in this way, no matter the quality of the original song.

By the way, June Tabor, the vocalist singing here with The Oyster Band, has demonstrated over and over again in some 20 albums since 1976 an exquisite taste in contemporary songwriting, and she has recorded fantastic versions of many wonderful songs. If your bias makes you deaf to that quality, it is your loss, my friend.

Hey man, I'm not trying to suggest there are no good cover versions or that an original is sacrosanct. Far from it. The Hendrix and Miles examples you give are good ones. I'm saying that this one is bad, and it comes of a particular mindset that a song should be able to stand up on its own. That idea that if you take everything away and just sing it earnestly it reveals what the listener might never have suspected, *gasp*, a good song, smacks to me of arrogance and laziness. Joy Division created a very specific sound environment which is as much part of the song as the lyrics. Take that away and it becomes a different song, and in this case (IMO) a lesser song.

Your presumption that I might be 'prejudiced' against a particular genre underestimates just how much music I listen to, and how I came to an opinion about a scene that (while brilliant music is being made on the adventurous fringes of 'folk') is largely consumed by its own smugness and self-reference.

Anyhow, I get really annoyed by people who criticize another's taste in music, and now I've just spent two posts doing it. Apologies for that. I'll crawl back in my shell now...

[RonManager]

PJ Harvey - Victory

- the John Peel session version.

[Hamilton Saint]

Hey man, I'm not trying to suggest there are no good cover versions or that an original is sacrosanct. Far from it. The Hendrix and Miles examples you give are good ones. I'm saying that this one is bad, and it comes of a particular mindset that a song should be able to stand up on its own. That idea that if you take everything away and just sing it earnestly it reveals what the listener might never have suspected, *gasp*, a good song, smacks to me of arrogance and laziness. Joy Division created a very specific sound environment which is as much part of the song as the lyrics. Take that away and it becomes a different song, and in this case (IMO) a lesser song.

Your presumption that I might be 'prejudiced' against a particular genre underestimates just how much music I listen to, and how I came to an opinion about a scene that (while brilliant music is being made on the adventurous fringes of 'folk') is largely consumed by its own smugness and self-reference.

Anyhow, I get really annoyed by people who criticize another's taste in music, and now I've just spent two posts doing it. Apologies for that. I'll crawl back in my shell now...

You seem to have a whole set of assumptions and prejudices about what these folk and folk-rock musicians think and believe about music. You write "that idea that if you take everything away and just sing it earnestly it reveals what the listener might never have suspected, *gasp*, a good song, smacks to me of arrogance and laziness". What makes you think that is an attitude they hold? It's not theirs, it's yours. Why do you think the folk scene "is largely consumed by its own smugness and self-reference"? That's your characterization - and it's not one I understand or share.

How many of June Tabor's albums have you actually listened to? Have you ever listened to any of them? She does traditional folk ballads, but also covers contemporary singer-songwriter material in the folk/folk-rock scene. I've been listening to her for 35 years. She's brilliant. Consistently brilliant. For over three decades.

[miserableoldgit]

Christ save us all, that's terrible...


Hey man, I'm not trying to suggest there are no good cover versions or that an original is sacrosanct. Far from it. The Hendrix and Miles examples you give are good ones. I'm saying that this one is bad, and it comes of a particular mindset that a song should be able to stand up on its own. That idea that if you take everything away and just sing it earnestly it reveals what the listener might never have suspected, *gasp*, a good song, smacks to me of arrogance and laziness. Joy Division created a very specific sound environment which is as much part of the song as the lyrics. Take that away and it becomes a different song, and in this case (IMO) a lesser song.

Your presumption that I might be 'prejudiced' against a particular genre underestimates just how much music I listen to, and how I came to an opinion about a scene that (while brilliant music is being made on the adventurous fringes of 'folk') is largely consumed by its own smugness and self-reference.

Anyhow, I get really annoyed by people who criticize another's taste in music, and now I've just spent two posts doing it. Apologies for that. I'll crawl back in my shell now...
How does your original post sit with the last paragraph in your last one?


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[manji]

This may be an utterly subjective, pointless argument, but it's one I'm prepared to have. That's insipid and gutless, and (to these ears) relies for its justification on the notion that the faux-authenticity of the folk-rock scene is excuse enough for its (the tune's and the scene's) creative retardation.

And the idea that "the very best music and lyrics always work in any style", mentioned above, is just patent nonsense. The very best music and/or lyrics are a marriage of form and function, of style and intent. A good musician will have found what they consider to be the best musical/lyrical form to represent their vision for the song. Sometimes another artist can take a piece and recontextualise it, adding something in the process. Sometimes an musician can cover a tune in the same style as the original, in the hope that an audience will put up with a slightly inferior version for want of the original.

This version, in common with those execrable 'Live Lounge' things they do on the radio, works from the beige premise that songs should be stripped of their excitement and set instead to a backing of humdrum strum-along, in order to prove the quality of the songcraft. The whole notion is balls.

This idea that a great song should work in any style is akin to suggesting that a great novel must work as a film, or a poem should work as a play. The one does not follow the other.
Superb post.

[dinger]

How does your original post sit with the last paragraph in your last one?


The last paragraph stands as an apology for the orginal post. I thought that was obvious from what it said. I still think that song's awful, but I'm generally more live and let live about that sort of thing.

[Frank's cousin]

Hey man, I'm not trying to suggest there are no good cover versions or that an original is sacrosanct. Far from it. The Hendrix and Miles examples you give are good ones. I'm saying that this one is bad, and it comes of a particular mindset that a song should be able to stand up on its own. That idea that if you take everything away and just sing it earnestly it reveals what the listener might never have suspected, *gasp*, a good song, smacks to me of arrogance and laziness. Joy Division created a very specific sound environment which is as much part of the song as the lyrics. Take that away and it becomes a different song, and in this case (IMO) a lesser song.

Your presumption that I might be 'prejudiced' against a particular genre underestimates just how much music I listen to, and how I came to an opinion about a scene that (while brilliant music is being made on the adventurous fringes of 'folk') is largely consumed by its own smugness and self-reference.

Anyhow, I get really annoyed by people who criticize another's taste in music, and now I've just spent two posts doing it. Apologies for that. I'll crawl back in my shell now...

I take it you love the original to? Maybe when I was 20 or so, if I had heard that I might have been appalled - at that age I took music ever so seriously, without really giving the time of day to different genres. 23 years later, I have mellowed somewhat - having played an instrument all my life, across a variety of styles and influences, I just feel that the best stuff DOES work in any style - Just because Ian Curtis and co created a distinct mood and atmosphere with the song, does not make it any less valid in another. Is it the best cover of that song I have heard? nope, but it works, even if not totally to my taste.

The 'folk scene' is an interesting one - but you are rather sweepingly dismissive of a genre that is at the heart of all music - Sure, I am not too enamoured with those that 'keep the flame' in the traditional scene - not my style, an I firmly believe if something is good ennough it will survive, it does not need a 'scene' to keep it going....

... but any music that has lyrics about aspects of life contemporary or otherwise is in essence 'folk music' - a awy of communicating thoughts, stories and emotions...

I bet Ian Curtis if alive would not have such a dismissve attitude.

[dinger]

I take it you love the original to? Maybe when I was 20 or so, if I had heard that I might have been appalled - at that age I took music ever so seriously, without really giving the time of day to different genres. 23 years later, I have mellowed somewhat - having played an instrument all my life, across a variety of styles and influences, I just feel that the best stuff DOES work in any style - Just because Ian Curtis and co created a distinct mood and atmosphere with the song, does not make it any less valid in another. Is it the best cover of that song I have heard? nope, but it works, even if not totally to my taste.

The 'folk scene' is an interesting one - but you are rather sweepingly dismissive of a genre that is at the heart of all music - Sure, I am not too enamoured with those that 'keep the flame' in the traditional scene - not my style, an I firmly believe if something is good ennough it will survive, it does not need a 'scene' to keep it going....

... but any music that has lyrics about aspects of life contemporary or otherwise is in essence 'folk music' - a awy of communicating thoughts, stories and emotions...

I bet Ian Curtis if alive would not have such a dismissve attitude.

Jeez, if I've come across as some young scamp who's inflamed because the beautiful original has been despoiled then I haven't expressed myself very well at all. This version doesn't work because quality has been taken from the original and insufficient quality has been substituted. That stuff about a good song working in any style is cobblers. Would you watch a Chicago Juke version of the Ring Cycle? Except for novelty value? But if you measured the stress on the pulse of Dylan as he performed Blonde on Blonde and reproduced it as minimal techno, that would be art.

Any speculation about what Ian Curtis may or may not have thought is redundant.

[Frank's cousin]

Jeez, if I've come across as some young scamp who's inflamed because the beautiful original has been despoiled then I haven't expressed myself very well at all. This version doesn't work because quality has been taken from the original and insufficient quality has been substituted. That stuff about a good song working in any style is cobblers. Would you watch a Chicago Juke version of the Ring Cycle? Except for novelty value? But if you measured the stress on the pulse of Dylan as he performed Blonde on Blonde and reproduced it as minimal techno, that would be art.

Any speculation about what Ian Curtis may or may not have thought is redundant.

Sorry, was not insinuating you were a 'young scamp' - merely that when I was, I would have agreed with you 100% and in some respects probably still do. But dont underestimate the power of an emotional attachment to the original in the argument. I fully appreciate what you are saying... All along the watch Tower by Hendrix works, but I cant see 'Tangled up in Blue' working in any other way as His Bobness's almost laxidasical telling of a deeply cutting tale.

I think in this case though, we may have to disagree. I do think its a song that works when stripped down to the bare emotion of the lyric, better than most, and although I would happily concede that there are far better ways in which it could be done, dont believe that version is without some merit, even if not really my style. IMHO, as long as those lyrics still convey their haunting nature, it can still work?

[Saintmike666]

Anyone able to help me out, please! I've been looking for the name of the song since we played Leeds back in march, was on the credits at the end of sky sports coverage. I managed to record a few seconds of the song so hopefully that will help!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuy8oPm_9Jc

[badgerx16]

I bet Ian Curtis if alive would not have such a dismissve attitude.

This.

Imagine "Joy Division - Unplugged" : Much in the style of Nirvana's performance, which exhibits brilliant re-styling of classic 'grunge' rock tracks. ( And I also love the acoustic version of "Livin' on a Prayer" that Bon Jovi did ).

[RonManager]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=ol--CdtOHaU

[pap]

Punk rock for me lately.

First up, the Menzingers - a band I discovered through its album's super-high rating on metacritic. Would definitely recommend "In the Impossible Past". This is a very good track:-


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS4RPbg-EI8

Also been going through Sleater-Kinney's back catalogue. Listened to their final album "The Woods" back in the day. Yep, that's the completely wrong way to go about it. Been listening to "All Hands on the Bad One" - very good jumping on point.

[Hamilton Saint]

Locked Down - the new album by Dr. John (Mac Rebennack), produced by Dan Auerbach. Great music, interesting arrangements, poor sound. I notice this on a lot of contemporary albums - the sound is squeezed and compressed, lacking high-fidelity frequency response. Sounds thin and murky.

[RonManager]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KXWEM4gZhg4#!

[Saint J 77]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KXWEM4gZhg4#!

Has Been is a great album :)

[Saint J 77]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQHPYelqr0E&ob=av2n

[RonManager]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8u0vQFR54Q&feature=fvwrel

:adore:

[SuperMikey]

Hot Chip's new single Night & Day is f*cking quality.

[Lets B Avenue]

Polica - Give You The Ghost. LP
.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oQ5VEuHufI&feature=related

[Shandy_Top_89]

New cribs album, sounds like travelling through a time portal to the mid 90's. Enjoyed it more than I expected.

[shurlock]

The new Liars album WIXIW is very good. One bar of brats oozes more menace than kasabian have managed in their entire career. Shows up some of Radiohead's recent electronic dabblings as well.

[LVSaint]

SQuarepusher - Ufabalum - Nice to see him returning to his old days somewhat. His current live gigs (judging by youtube footage) look splendid.

Plaid - Scintilli - same old tried and tested Plaid. No bad thing.

[fish fingers]

Keep going back to Django Django and The Mystery Jets latest album.

[SuperMikey]

Hot Chip's new single Night & Day is f*cking quality.

Subsequently bought the album In Our Heads and have had that on for the last few days. Have to say that it's outstanding. Hot Chip are definitely one of the best bands out there atm.

The post I quoted I now slightly disagree with, Night & Day is actually one of the weaker songs on the album I think. Maybe it was placed poorly in the tracklist, between the atmospheric "These Chains" and "Flutes". It just sounds a little out of place on the album.

Have a listen to it for yourself, the two tracks mentioned in the last paragraph are my favourites, but it's very hard to pick out a poor song on this album. All killer, no filler!

[dubai_phil]

OK so this lot were in town tonight. I thought I only knew one of their songs.

Went with FMDP & EoA. it was gonna be a zoo trying to get a taxi after so we went to the bar.

And stone me, the band came in. What a farking great bunch of lads. So a big shout out to Troy and the lads. And obviously an early alarm call to get Amy out of my room in time for her flight to Beirut tomorrow

They finish their gig in Russia later this week, BUT if they pop up on your radar in the UK and you like Rock, get to see them. bloody great show and great bunch of lads


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5anLPw0Efmo&feature=player_detailpage

[dubai_phil]

Oh I would just like to add.

Eric is still in the bar schmoozing with the band & FMDP fully approves of.......................;)

[shurlock]

Can's Lost Tapes - hit and miss in places (as you would expect) but some real gems, midnight men being a standout track.

[manji]

The new Liars album WIXIW is very good. One bar of brats oozes more menace than kasabian have managed in their entire career. Shows up some of Radiohead's recent electronic dabblings as well.
Playing the Wedgewood Rooms in October only one of 3 concerts here as far as I can see.

[percy windham]

Playing the Wedgewood Rooms in October only one of 3 concerts here as far as I can see.
Nice, cheers for a heads up, would've missed this if you hadn't said. Only 12 quid or so as well.

[fish fingers]

In the mood for some electro bleeps so giving a listen to Jimmy Edgar - Majenta

[RonManager]

http://timothyhughes.visibli.com/share/qQb7DG

http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/2012/06/PJ-Harvey-Dry-608x608.jpg

[Julian H. Cope]

CFCF - Exercises

[pap]

Been playing a lot of Song Pop (Facebook/iOS game). I unlocked the metal category. Turns out I know feck all about metal anymore.

In an effort to address this, Sacrament by Lamb of God. Excellent metal album.

[saint lard]

joe Bonamassa' new album ,"driving towards the daylight" is absolutely brilliant.
This man cannot put a crap tune out.
Looking forward to the next Black Country Communion album also.

[harvey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFp4hCON1SU&feature=autoplay&list=FLKNa8mgVgTw6jHrqGy0N8wg&playnext=1

[Colinjb]

http://youtu.be/ghb6eDopW8I

[Colinjb]

OK so this lot were in town tonight. I thought I only knew one of their songs.

Went with FMDP & EoA. it was gonna be a zoo trying to get a taxi after so we went to the bar.

And stone me, the band came in. What a farking great bunch of lads. So a big shout out to Troy and the lads. And obviously an early alarm call to get Amy out of my room in time for her flight to Beirut tomorrow

They finish their gig in Russia later this week, BUT if they pop up on your radar in the UK and you like Rock, get to see them. bloody great show and great bunch of lads


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5anLPw0Efmo&feature=player_detailpage

My favourite band. Period.

Having missed their show at the O2 academy last November I am delighted they are performing at the NIA latter this year.

[Seany S]

Been listening to Frank Ocean's Channel Orange now for weeks, it is a beautiful piece of work.

Also been returning to the Nirvana "With The Lights Out" compilation, interesting hearing some of the old demos and rarities, and always a treat blasting out "Oh, The Guilt" at full volume.

[dinger]

Can's Lost Tapes - hit and miss in places (as you would expect) but some real gems, midnight men being a standout track.

There's some cracking stuff on there. I was particularly interested to hear more Mooney material.

Been listening to a ton of German stuff recently while preparing a podcast about the krautrock scene (I'm a bit of an obsessive, as my user name will attest to). This lunchtime I've been on Das Hohelied Salomos, by Popul Vuh. Beautiful album.

[pap]

Mate of mine sent me this via Spotify.

Brother Ali, albino rapper who is a devout Muslim. If you are not bouncing in your chair at 50 seconds, there is something wrong with you*.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO18F4aKGzQ

* or possibly me, but we'll assume you for now :D

[graveworm]

Eyes of Mary - Sinamore

[Block 5]

Mate of mine sent me this via Spotify.

Brother Ali, albino rapper who is a devout Muslim. If you are not bouncing in your chair at 50 seconds, there is something wrong with you*.


* or possibly me, but we'll assume you for now :D

Not bad.

[Block 5]

I was turned on to this by DJ Food.

Excellent high octane rap with serious rock flavours. Cut Chemist never disappoints. Cracking video too.
Enjoy!


http://youtu.be/jT4ciAuKn34

[badgerx16]

My favourite band. Period.

Having missed their show at the O2 academy last November I am delighted they are performing at the NIA latter this year.

Colin, what do you make of their latest album ? ( And as for DP's video link - I think the album version of My Immortal is much better than the commercial single ).

[saintmozza]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ9cyFnkb38 love a bit of metallica

[Kingsland Nick]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bch1_Ep5M1s

[dinger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sOKuzo8nSY&feature=player_embedded

[badgerx16]

System of a Down - Rock in Rio 2011 ( on Youtube )

[manji]

Swans - The Seer. Astounding album.

[shurlock]

Swans - The Seer. Astounding album.

Can't do the whole two hours in one sitting and find myself skipping tracks but excellent album on the whole - reminds me of when I first heard Godspeed You Black Emperor for the first time, albeit with a scuzzier, heavier sound.

[richpassivity]

STRAWBERRY WHIPLASH - 'Hits In The Car' CD

[saint_bert]

DOWN IV.

Amazing new EP. They have taken their music to another level. Incredible band.

[dinger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=AI-a9dEpQOA

[dubai_phil]

I was not having a great day.

But it just got worse and I want to cancel my life.

How did it all come to this?

It appears I am on the exclusive "Get your Justin Bieber Concert Tickets a week before anyone else" mailing list

The shame of it.

May 4th Next year.

Bloody good day to go to Saudi, Yemen, Afghanistan, Syria. Anywhere but farking Dubai

[the stain]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=AI-a9dEpQOA

I'm listening to that too! We're like soul brothers.

[dinger]

I'm listening to that too! We're like soul brothers.

We sure do have a lot in common. It's good to talk to somebody who understands.

[mdearlove]

Alt-J - An Awesome Wave - brilliant album

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPH89HIBLiw

[harvey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ7yfHuMFEc

[ZepSaint]

Crap quality to begin with, and most of the people are stoned (just look at John McVie for instance !) but I defy ANYONE not to tap their feet to this :-


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ8AcEYTEFY

[miserableoldgit]

Just discovered this lot - Merry Hell. Really like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WcEX3dzPqbg

[RonManager]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbq4G1TjKYg&feature=relmfu

:twisted: :adore:

[Julian H. Cope]

Albums that I have recently listened to:

The Gaslamp Killer - Breakthrough
Tame Impala - Lonerism
Holy Other - Held

[dinger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlK2gAP2dgU

[Julian H. Cope]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlK2gAP2dgU

Thank you for that, it's wonderful. Hope you are well mate.

[dinger]

Thank you for that, it's wonderful. Hope you are well mate.

S'nice innit. I'm doing well man. Love to all x

[Hamilton Saint]

New Van Morrison CD - Born To Sing: No Plan B. Very jazzy. Three-piece horn section. Lots of improvising. Morrison fully engaged this time. Best album by him in many a year. If you're a fan, don't miss this one!

[latter day saint]

sat here listening to Jake Bugg. can't believe the lad is only 18!
not my usual type of music to listen too but i'm really enjoying the album

[dinger]

Erf, yeah?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKz-M661AAU

[RonManager]

If anything it's a bit too long..

http://cincinnatibowtie.bandcamp.com/track/gus-the-fox

[miserableoldgit]

Red Hot Chilli Pipers "Smoke on the Water" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isxaq6yuKxE

[Barney Trubble]

Johnny remember me - John Lawton

One of my all time fave karaoke songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es31tTQZjaw

[miserableoldgit]

Johnny remember me - John Lawton

One of my all time fave karaoke songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es31tTQZjaw

John Leyton??

[Kingsland Nick]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h42kzEA9l8Q

[CHAPEL END CHARLIE]

This week I am mostly listening to: 'The Dubliners'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJwC9jPhuY4

Hairy!

[RonManager]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oelLKR_ebcU

:adore:

[Block 5]

Deodato - Preludes
Eddie Henderson - Sunburst
Grant Green - Green is Beautiful

[Somewhere In Northam]

Clockwork - Nox
Clockwork - nox (Botnek remix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h00OJ6NLj5M

[RonManager]

For anyone who lives in, or knows, or loves, Dorset.

White chalk hills are all Ive known.
White chalk hills will rot my bones.
White chalk sticking to my shoes.
White chalk playing as a child with you.
White chalk south against time.
White chalk cutting down the sea at Lyme.
I walk the valleys by the Cerne,
on a path cut fifteen hundred years ago,
and I know, these chalk hills will rot my bones.
Dorsets cliffs meet at the sea,
where I walked, our unborn child in me.
White chalk, gorse-scattered land,
scratched my palms, theres blood on my hands.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W32OOlbJnI&feature=related

[Block 5]

The Amorphous Androgynous - A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Vol 1 (Cosmic Space Music)

[badgerx16]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgzs6pT26KI&feature=related

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgzs6pT26KI&feature=related)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPlvU1hKb0E&feature=related

[SuperMikey]

John Holt. Absolute legend!

[pap]

Discovered via Forza Horizon.

If you've a single rock bone in your body, you'll love this. Lazy Eye by Silversun Pickups. Conspiracy hat on. Don't think it's a coincidence that they have the same initials as Smashing Pumpkins :)

Building, soaring exploration of a single riff. Stunning.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oEvOu43E6Y

[Hamilton Saint]

Smokin' at the Half Note (1965) - Wes Montgomery (guitar) with the Wynton Kelly Trio. On Verve Records.

[badgerx16]

Just listened on I-Player to an adaptation of 'On the Beach' by Nevil Shute. Very poignant, and the end of the world kicks off with war in the Middle East :-(

[Seany S]

Been listening to the new Action Bronson/Alchemist mixtape, the brilliantly named "Rare Chandeliers". More effortlessly cool rhyming from Bronsolini, and perhaps the finest cover artwork of any hip hop release in living memory.

[Jonnyboy]

The israelis and gazans should have a good old mosh together:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_WHGV5bejk

[pap]

On that note, get on with it Art Brut.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qryAwfpHG8o

Some outrageous claims in there, including one about Israel and Palestine.

Personally, I don't think moshing is the answer. Send the lot of them to Ibiza and get them off their tits on MDMA in mixed raves. As crazy as that sounds, I've got a mate in Northern Ireland who reckons that the 90s drug culture in Northern Ireland did more to bring about a change of attitudes than anything else.

[Hamilton Saint]

The new double-CD release from Neil Young and Crazy Horse; it's called Psychedelic Pill. This is excellent - especially if you appreciate the long, lead-guitar improvisations he gets into when playing with Crazy Horse. His guitar - a 1953 Gibson Les Paul ("Old Black") - has never sounded better!

[RonManager]

Mumford and Sons - They're certainly not my cup of tea, but WTF! - say what you mean. :lol:

http://www.thedailyswarm.com/headlines/s-some-rage-angriest-mumford-sons-review-ever/

[EastleighSoulBoy]

Marvin Gaye's - Unbelievable album, which finally escaped the vaults in 1997.

[KelvinsRightGlove]

Mumford and Sons - They're certainly not my cup of tea, but WTF! - say what you mean. :lol:

http://www.thedailyswarm.com/headlines/s-some-rage-angriest-mumford-sons-review-ever/

Tehehehehehe. That certainly tickled me :lol:

[dinger]

Mumford and Sons - They're certainly not my cup of tea, but WTF! - say what you mean. :lol:

http://www.thedailyswarm.com/headlines/s-some-rage-angriest-mumford-sons-review-ever/

That was refreshing. They are shower of qunts and no mistake.

[KelvinsRightGlove]

Obsessed with Dylan Baldi at the moment. Saw Cloud Nothings few weeks ago and was blown away. Been listening to Attack on Memory since it came out.

Also, cannot stop listening to his other band Chomp, and their album Buddha Jabba Momma (awful name, I know) is probs one of my faves of the year.

[RonManager]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=RzwG3r9_L9o&feature=endscreen

:adore:

[KelvinsRightGlove]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=RzwG3r9_L9o&feature=endscreen

:adore:

I too :adore: ms pj.

She's just awesome.

[manji]

Raime-Quarter Turns Over A Living Line
Holly Herndon-Movement
Alcest-Les Voyages De L'ame

[dinger]

Raime-Quarter Turns Over A Living Line
Holly Herndon-Movement
Alcest-Les Voyages De L'ame

Ha! I was about to post some Holly Herndon. That album's fantastic.

[badgerx16]

Mumford and Sons - They're certainly not my cup of tea, but WTF! - say what you mean. :lol:

http://www.thedailyswarm.com/headlines/s-some-rage-angriest-mumford-sons-review-ever/

Love the comment underneath : " This band are The Wurzels without the seething sexual undercurrent."

[miserableoldgit]

Love the comment underneath : " This band are The Wurzels without the seething sexual undercurrent."

TBF I am a "folky" and I have no time for these people.

Sent from my HTC Desire S using Tapatalk 2

[melmacian_saint]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghb6eDopW8I

Such a feel good/look forward song.

[KelvinsRightGlove]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghb6eDopW8I

Such a feel good/look forward song.

Got a mate really into this lot with this track.

He saw them at Leeds Festival and said they were fantastic, could see them as potential festival headliners he said.

Have to say I was a bit disappointed with the album, but only really gave it the one listen so perhaps being a little harsh.

[Crazy Diamond]

Rocky Mountain Way by Joe Walsh. Only good song he did if you ask me...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF2OP_gFsz4

[SuperMikey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghb6eDopW8I

Such a feel good/look forward track.

Meh. Take one part Beirut, one part Slow Club and one part Mumford, blend it up and you get the pure averageness of this band.

It's quite a catchy tune, but that style of folky, quirky music is so de rigeur now that you've got to produce something special to stand out.

[LVSaint]

Discovered via Forza Horizon.

If you've a single rock bone in your body, you'll love this. Lazy Eye by Silversun Pickups. Conspiracy hat on. Don't think it's a coincidence that they have the same initials as Smashing Pumpkins :)

Building, soaring exploration of a single riff. Stunning.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oEvOu43E6Y

A fav of mine on Rock Band Drunk.

[dinger]

Robert Hood - Minimal Nation

It never gets old.

[Block 5]

Ian Neal - All in the Golden Afternoon

I don't know if any of you like prog-rock, but the above album sits quite comfortably at the 'feelgood' end of the prog spectrum.
It's only mildly pretentious and is really rather good in a warm, tummy-rubbing kind of way.
You can listen to the whole album (and his more recent effort) at his website http://www.ianneal.com/

I recommend 'Kingdom of the Birds'



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLOtPYcZI8A

[Block 5]

Smokin' at the Half Note (1965) - Wes Montgomery (guitar) with the Wynton Kelly Trio. On Verve Records.


Some of the good stuff....

[pap]

Michael Jackson + Reggae + Bifta = sorted


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqvvQQgaMKo

[KelvinsRightGlove]

Michael Jackson + Reggae + Bifta = sorted


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqvvQQgaMKo

Is this new? Will the next album be MJ?

Seen them a couple of times, always great fun. I love these guys.

[pap]

Is this new? Will the next album be MJ?

Seen them a couple of times, always great fun. I love these guys.

Don't know, tbh. Got a couple of mates who are into the same sort of music as me that'll send me links. Very cool though; love their version of Vincent Price's voiceover.

[Julian H. Cope]

Elvis Costello - My Aim is True
Buzzcocks - Another music in a Different Kitchen

[KelvinsRightGlove]

Elvis Costello - My Aim is True
Buzzcocks - Another music in a Different Kitchen

One of my favourite albums of all time

[dinger]

A new podcast that a friend of mine has made...

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-high-anxiety-podcast/id583728516

[Kingsland Nick]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzpnWuk3RjU

[Block 5]

Nick Nicely - Psychotropia

[Shroppie]

Handel's Messiah whilst booking tickets for Springsteen. Good to have broad taste. :)

[Joe Kirkup]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFYdTkzN_C0

One of my favourite songs ever. Brilliant 80s pop

[harvey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZSzGWDzSGc

[harvey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0_O2DS695I

[SuperMikey]

People seem to be going a bit nuts over Kendrick Lamar, thought i'd check him out. Not overly impressed, but I like this track.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTz_K__9L2A&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[dinger]

JK Flesh - Posthuman.

Bit of a grower, but develops over a few listens into a multiplication of its parts. Lovely noise.

[KelvinsRightGlove]

People seem to be going a bit nuts over Kendrick Lamar, thought i'd check him out. Not overly impressed, but I like this track.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTz_K__9L2A&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Not usually a massive hip-hop fan, though I quite like Kendrick Lamar. Though, I did hear this morning he is going to be on Dido's next album. Just strikes me as all sorts of odd.

Been working my way through the Drowned in Sound Albums of the year list, trying to catch up on albums I missed. Really enjoyed How to Dress Well, Japandroids & The Lost Rivers efforts so far.

[Kingsland Nick]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg8uoepX4OI

[badgerx16]

The Red Army choir singing Korobeiniki - the Russian folk song used as the TETRIS theme.

[RonManager]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P60TuFZIboU

:adore:

[KelvinsRightGlove]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P60TuFZIboU

:adore:

She's just ****!ng amazing. So consistently brilliant.

[SuperMikey]

Not usually a massive hip-hop fan, though I quite like Kendrick Lamar. Though, I did hear this morning he is going to be on Dido's next album. Just strikes me as all sorts of odd.

Been working my way through the Drowned in Sound Albums of the year list, trying to catch up on albums I missed. Really enjoyed How to Dress Well, Japandroids & The Lost Rivers efforts so far.

He's on Lady Gaga's next single too. Went mainstream pretty quick!

[KelvinsRightGlove]

He's on Lady Gaga's next single too. Went mainstream pretty quick!

I'm going to just come right out with this.

I love Gaga.

[TheCholulaKid]

Pantha du Prince - Black Noise

[dinger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LSGsSoMKsA

[SuperMikey]

I'm going to just come right out with this.

I love Gaga.

Get out.

[KelvinsRightGlove]

Get out.

Haha.

Look, I get she's not for everyone. But, she's the best at what she does.

She's taken pop by the scruff of the neck, and now everyone is scrambling around trying to be like her.

She's also a fantastic performer and musician.

[SuperMikey]

Haha.

Look, I get she's not for everyone. But, she's the best at what she does.

She's taken pop by the scruff of the neck, and now everyone is scrambling around trying to be like her.

She's also a fantastic performer and musician.

I agree actually. Pop music had really stagnated before she came along, just a succession of RnB tracks from young women. I'm not really a huge fan of Gaga's music, but I quite like that she doesn't seem to give a fück about her actions. Smoking weed onstage, fighting paps... She's a bit of old school rock and roll in a sanitised time where record companies think music won't sell unless the performer is a squeaky-clean Aryan choir-boy.

[KelvinsRightGlove]

I agree actually. Pop music had really stagnated before she came along, just a succession of RnB tracks from young women. I'm not really a huge fan of Gaga's music, but I quite like that she doesn't seem to give a fück about her actions. Smoking weed onstage, fighting paps... She's a bit of old school rock and roll in a sanitised time where record companies think music won't sell unless the performer is a squeaky-clean Aryan choir-boy.

This is what I love about her.

[badgerx16]

Various YouTube postings from : "We Wish You A Metal Xmas And A Headbanging New Year"

eg:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWUxjdSKdYU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWUxjdSKdYU

[dinger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FWHpCbqM18

[TheCholulaKid]

Thursday night it was Happy Mondays at Camden Roundhouse. Finished with a barnstorming W.F.L. ****ing quality.

[Dr Who?]

Paul Weller... Loving it at the moment.

[Kingsland Nick]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm6npiXaotA

[dubai_phil]

Keep your ears peeled for #HOLLAPHONIC

I Don't Want it to end.

Their first single just got it's first airplay over here today. 2 local "lads" got their recording contract in December. Not yet available on download but will post link when it is. But their deal is Global not local.

From all the Twitter feeds, they Smashed It.

Would not bother bigging up a "Local" record except. One of the pair is a member of the Dubai Saints Massive.

Woo hoo we have ANOTHER nutter/global superstar in our midst!

And, for the post with the link, MLG will have something to "research" :o that will be relevant

Anyway they are on FB & Twitter under that hashtag

[miserableoldgit]

Led Zep. Kashmir. Had "Celebration Day" pack for Christmas. Watching blu-ray. Still brilliant after all these years!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD-MdiUm1_Y

[dubai_phil]

Ooh update on our upcoming superstars...

They are actually signed by EMI.........

And one was an Academy Player..... got 15mins first team against Manure in a Cup game

More on Monday

[sussexsaint]

Led Zep. Kashmir. Had "Celebration Day" pack for Christmas. Watching blu-ray. Still brilliant after all these years!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD-MdiUm1_Y

Epic

[harvey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3fHXpgqGEc

[Hamilton Saint]

I've just received the new CD by Brian Eno. It's called Lux. It's an album of "ambient music" created to accompany an exhibition of his art at the Palace of Venaria in Turin, Italy.

It's the usual hypnotic stuff - if you're at all familiar with his ambient recordings (Discreet Music, Music For Films, Music For Airports, etc.), this is more of the same. Added to Eno's keyboard work is some Moog guitar by Leo Abrahams and some violin and viola parts by Neil Catchpole. Included with the "first edition" run of the CD are four 5"x 5" colour prints.

[KelvinsRightGlove]

New Joy formidable album, loved the first, after a couple of listens, pretty sure I'm going to love this one too (Wolf's Law, it's called.). Worth a listen me thinks.

Also a HUGE fan of Peace, cannot get this track out of my head at the minute:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI8vZfG7ILU

Also, massively in love with the HAIM girls, they are just cool as fook!

I can't seem to embed, can anyone help me here? n00b alert!

[Block 5]

Woob - 'Have Landed'.

New album from Paul Frankland. Recommended.

[manji]

Profligate-Videotape. Techno Noir with some tasty Post-Punk additions.

[pap]

Of Monsters And Men.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghb6eDopW8I

Great tune, got that whole male/female vocal thing at the heart of the band.

[dinger]

Grouper - The Man Who Died in his Boat

Warm and fuzzy and childlike and unnervingly desolate.

[RonManager]

Mid page Polly.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LymzY43nh30

[harvey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meMiscpqAsg

[Dr Who?]

Mon the biff, new album, and it is fantastic!

[Pancake]

MBV - m b v

YEs, yes, yes yes yes yse yes yeyseysyesyeyses

[KelvinsRightGlove]

Today I will be listening to MBV and FIDLAR.

Two new albums to start off the week.

Lovely.

[shurlock]

MBV - m b v

YEs, yes, yes yes yes yse yes yeyseysyesyeyses

Any good, 22-years-in-the-making-good?

[KelvinsRightGlove]

Any good, 22-years-in-the-making-good?

Currently a couple of tracks in, I'm enjoying it.

[dubai_phil]

Keep your ears peeled for #HOLLAPHONIC

I Don't Want it to end.

Their first single just got it's first airplay over here today. 2 local "lads" got their recording contract in December. Not yet available on download but will post link when it is. But their deal is Global not local.

From all the Twitter feeds, they Smashed It.

Would not bother bigging up a "Local" record except. One of the pair is a member of the Dubai Saints Massive.

Woo hoo we have ANOTHER nutter/global superstar in our midst!

And, for the post with the link, MLG will have something to "research" :o that will be relevant

Anyway they are on FB & Twitter under that hashtag

The lads went live on Itunes today and woosh.

As Social Media here says - Wow we have a Saints Fan on top of Rihanna

https://twitter.com/GregStainer/status/298457362740674560/photo/1

Clubby boppy kind of stuff that will get remixed to death but it IS the first band from here to make any sales at all.

Now to see what happens when the dubstep guys who have been supporting them get to play with it back in the UK

https://itunes.apple.com/ae/album/i-dont-want-it-to-end-feat./id594217143

[Kingsland Nick]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6__s2-iytA0

[Pancake]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6__s2-iytA0

+1. Love that song.

[SuperMikey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZMNoFcwdWo

[Pancake]

The Bronx - The Bronx (IV)

**** YEAH

[KelvinsRightGlove]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4lM4mIsf50

Peace - Follow Baby. I bloody love these boys.

Cannot wait to see them on Saturday, seriously excited!

[KelvinsRightGlove]

Not usually my sort of thing, but really falling in love with Chvrches at the moment.

Quite simply, just really nice songs.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SSW3NXdsP0

The amount of really good new music around at the moment is staggering. Britain really is rocking again! So many exciting new bands around at the moment! Love it!

[Hamilton Saint]

John Cale: The Island Years. This is a 2-CD collection of the three albums that Cale did for Island Records in 1974-1975 (plus a few out-takes and B sides). Along with Paris 1919, this is probably the peak of his solo career. Among those playing with him on this stuff: Eno, Phil Manzenara, Chris Spedding, Richard Thompson, Pat Donaldson, Gerry Conway, and Andy Mackay. Sometimes scary; sometimes funky, sometimes beautiful; sometimes straight-ahead rock 'n' roll. If you haven't heard this stuff before, check it out. The individual LPs, in order, were Fear, Slow Dazzle and Helen of Troy.

[Hamilton Saint]

... not to be confused with JJ Cale, of course! [Although I like his stuff, too.]

[dinger]

John Cale: The Island Years. This is a 2-CD collection of the three albums that Cale did for Island Records in 1974-1975 (plus a few out-takes and B sides). Along with Paris 1919, this is probably the peak of his solo career. Among those playing with him on this stuff: Eno, Phil Manzenara, Chris Spedding, Richard Thompson, Pat Donaldson, Gerry Conway, and Andy Mackay. Sometimes scary; sometimes funky, sometimes beautiful; sometimes straight-ahead rock 'n' roll. If you haven't heard this stuff before, check it out. The individual LPs, in order, were Fear, Slow Dazzle and Helen of Troy.

Bosh! That really is vintage stuff. As you say, Paris 1919 is also an amazing record, disarmingly charming and then lyrically sly.

[dinger]

I'm currently listening to Fire! Orchestra - Exit!

A very curious but successful blend of big band, free jazz, post rock and all sorts. Fire! is usually a trio led by Mats Gustafsson, on fierce skronky sax (check out his other band, The Thing, and the album they made last year with Neneh Cherry, another surprise belter). This time there's a 20-something piece band behind them, recorded live. Tremendously powerful and abrasive in places, remarkably subtle and winning in others. Sort of at the accessible end of 'out there'.

[Pancake]

Metz - metz

[jasonb]

The new Foals album is pretty damn good... They've definitely up'd their game. Very infectious stuff!

[Saint_Pedro]

John Cooper Clarke - the Bard of Salford.
Beasley Street - so many memories
"Keith Joseph smiles and a baby dies, In a box on Beasley Street"

[Redbul]

Two Fingers - Stunt Rhythms

[mitch01]

Everything Everything - Arc.

Very unique sound, loving it on second listen.

[KelvinsRightGlove]

Everything Everything - Arc.

Very unique sound, loving it on second listen.

I cannot decide whether I like EE or if they annoy the hell out of me.

Probably somewhere between the two.

[RonManager]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAV1CGlfNC4

:adore:

[KelvinsRightGlove]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8ZE6XK89YA

:adore:

Not that I'm complaining, but is this the way all new pages of this thread are going to be started?

If not, I really think they should be.

:adore:

[dubai_phil]

Strewth.

What an incredibly complicated task.

Honey, I need you to pick around 300 minutes of music for our wedding. You have from age 4 up to age 90. you have 100 Polish People and around 60 Brits. You have a mix of Germans, Hungarians and Americans as well so the music has to cater to the tastes of around 180 people.

You need to pick music that they can dance to, sing-a-long to. You need Slow Dances, you need Dad Dancing tracks for when the Vodka has kicked in.

And I need the list in 3 days... Crikey

Strewth what a wicked game to play.
But there ain't no stopping us now, making sure the guests have good times as FMDP & I head out on our highway to hell.
Have to make sure they don't sit down all night long and let's dance one more time.
Make sure I’ve got the power so we can be dancing in the dark and the love hangover lasts into a blue monday but when it comes to making sure the music sounds better with you I'm worried FMDP will say I can't go for that (no can do).

Everyone says don't give up, (it won't be the same) without you, (it's OK our Usher will be a feature) I promise FMDP will never be somebody that I used to know, and staying alive until 7am we’ll know everyones' beds are burning, I have more than a feeling that I don't wanna miss a thing.
Hope I don't have to say why does it always rain on me? and I can give FMDP the best of my love
Must say, I predict a riot, as that’s the way I like it, The one night of the year to discover are we human or are we dancers?
Right, now where the hell can I get some ideas for music for the party?

3 days of inputs from mates & families, listening to stuff on You Tube.

It covers 60's through to Rihanna's Diamonds, I found superb Soundcloud Remixes (hell even found a version of Gotye that we can actually dance to!)
I've found old friends, songs I know but had never heard the name of (or the band name) Slow Rock, Indie Metal & Punk classics and the ONLY cheese? The Human League.

And, at the end of the exercise?

The ONE song (apart from the first Dance song) that simply HAD to be played?
THE song that means the most to us and our closest friends?

C'mon, it's obvious.

Sha la la la lalala la.
WTFILN.

Can't wait to see what the cultural mix makes of 20 Saints fans belting that out on the big day!

[KelvinsRightGlove]

Palma Violets are streaming their album ahead of its release on Monday.

Decent new British band, for fans of The Clash, The Libertines

http://www.palmaviolets.co.uk/

[harvey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqH1jEH02Rs

[Turkish]

I'm into Emile Sande at the moment, which is unusual for me.

[dubai_phil]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/22/gepanuhy.jpg
Oh yeah mosh pit with eric at our age

Was it a good gig? Hell yes.
Was it a great gig? Hmm few times Ian Brown seemed to go way off key sounding like a bad karaoke singer, BUT the crowd was wild, so NEARLY a great gig.

Lots of love and hugs between the band when they finished.

Oh & we had Liam Gallagher & his kids in the house about 30 feet from us, no I didn't go ask him if he was playing golf while he was here

[harvey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PitnHzwigTA

[harvey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdbUWmtcgEo

[SuperMikey]

Sometimes you can't beat the classics.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0eVf3ynZbw

[KelvinsRightGlove]

I'm going to lose some, maybe all, of you with this one. In the past week I've gotten into these guys in a big way.

I don't know how best to describe it, other than they are just bats hit mental, out there and odd. There's no one else even close to them. They are really dark, which I like, and at times quite eerie.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=oQgicu6G6n8

[Bexy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF34N4gJAKE

Really excited about the new album due on 1st April. Got tickets to see him and his band live in Sheffield on 21st May as well.

[Hamilton Saint]

A new album by Eric Burdon - 'Til Your River Runs Dry. It's a really solid effort. Most of the songs co-written by Eric. Familiar themes, crack band, varied styles - but set in an electric blues-rock format dominated by guitar, piano and hammond organ.

[ZepSaint]

Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes - Live At The Greek


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSTkaIGNDMw

Sh1t amateur recording - but hey ho :-)

[KelvinsRightGlove]

Is it really pathetic that I can't use the phrase "in the dark" without then immediately having to hear this:


http://youtu.be/JwOje6nf03A

It's lead to a full blown Brucie sesh now. Unlucky office.

[dinger]

I've been listening to Boredoms. Loads and loads of Boredoms. It really is a journey into the heart of madness.

[Frank's cousin]

Dawes - Nothing is Everything

[miserableoldgit]

Dawes - Nothing is Everything
If this is "Nothing is Wrong" it is a brilliant album.

[Tokyo-Saint]

Hi missery,

Didn't you miss a comma in youR gramma or somefink?

[miserableoldgit]

Hi missery,

Didn't you miss a comma in youR gramma or somefink?

Sorry. Old habits die hard!

Sent from my HTC Desire S using Tapatalk 2

[Tokyo-Saint]

That's alwight, alwaz happy to help you wit your English.

[Tokyo-Saint]

Sorry for muggin you off mizzers, I got you confused with sad old git who likes correcting spellin and gramma.

[Jonnyboy]

Believe it or not, my mates brother did the animations in this video. The famous cyriak Harris.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF34N4gJAKE

Really excited about the new album due on 1st April. Got tickets to see him and his band live in Sheffield on 21st May as well.

[SuperMikey]

Anna von Hausswolff - Ceremony

She hates the comparison, but the similarities between Ms. Hausswolff and Kate Bush are too many to ignore. Her first album showcased her beautiful voice and her excellent song-writing skills as a more stripped-back effort. Her latest album though is far from stripped back. She recorded it in a vast church, and the acoustics sound great. The album is very organ-y which serves to portray the main theme - grief.

http://open.spotify.com/track/3YVIafrUWsnnTbdgE5ArvF

It's not driving music, but with some good headphones/speakers, the album speaks volumes.

[Hamilton Saint]

"Marquee Moon" by Television (1977)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfwoYEcpQhU

[RedAndWhite91]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/22/gepanuhy.jpg
Oh yeah mosh pit with eric at our age

Good pic... I was down the front at Heaton Park, unfortunately it was a bit of a crush, I only managed to get one photo, during the opener, before it became impossible to get to my phone again. Not as good as yours!!

http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/246572_10150991626659284_997489005_n.jpg

[KelvinsRightGlove]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPgf_btTFlc

[Frank's cousin]

If this is "Nothing is Wrong" it is a brilliant album.

Not sure what went on there but NOthing is Wrong is correct... head up arse moment love it...

[harvey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4HjJHvIkZc

[SuperMikey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxxstCcJlsc

Tuuuuuune

[SuperMikey]

Also this


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkUW_Kt9Nxg

[Hamilton Saint]

Electric - the new CD from Richard Thompson. Another excellent album - even better than his last few!

Gonna see him live in two weeks - he's on the same bill with Emmylou Harris. Wow!

[Block 5]

The Mollusk - 'Dusk'.

[SuperMikey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STxcwDeX2SY

[KelvinsRightGlove]

On a massive Richard Hawley vibe at the moment.

Been listening to lots of his stuff, forgot how much I love the album 'Truelove's Gutter'. Really pulls on my heartstrings at times, gorgeous music.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx4xrYx_KHY

[Saint_clark]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP3LddHx0Zk

[KelvinsRightGlove]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP3LddHx0Zk

Love these girls.

[KelvinsRightGlove]

Obsessed at the minute, can't stop listening to the bloke.

Too excited for his show in July! 'Til then, I shall be amusing my colleagues bobbing away to this:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCsKRbChILA

[KelvinsRightGlove]

Any regular visitors to The Arts forum may be aware of me banging on about this band Peace.

I have seriously not been as excited by a new band since the days of '05, and trawling through fan pages finding dodgy Arctic Monkeys demo's.

Anyways, they seem to be on something of a roll at the minute, and spearheading Birmingham's assault on the music scene.

Debut album In Love is up on NME if anyone cares to give it a listen, I will be doing so, on repeat, possibly for ever.

http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=1&title=peace_in_love_album_stream&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

[pap]

If this is "Nothing is Wrong" it is a brilliant album.

For the first 20 listens.

Then it's sh!te :)

[pap]

Huge tune, unless you happen to like Ronald Reagan.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lIqNjC1RKU

[manji]

Palma Violets are streaming their album ahead of its release on Monday.

Decent new British band, for fans of The Clash, The Libertines

http://www.palmaviolets.co.uk/
Saw them supporting Savages at the Joiners mediocre. Savages superb.

[KelvinsRightGlove]

Saw them supporting Savages at the Joiners mediocre. Savages superb.

Indeed, I saw your comment (& replied) on the gig thread.

Thought it was a tadd harsh. I like them.

Fair enough tough, would be dull if we all liked the same stuff :)

p.s I do bloody love Savages.

[manji]

Indeed, I saw your comment (& replied) on the gig thread.

Thought it was a tadd harsh. I like them.

Fair enough tough, would be dull if we all liked the same stuff :)

p.s I do bloody love Savages.
Yeah but the Violets are just a very average Indie guitar band. Havnt we had enough of them ?

[Block 5]

Been listening to some pretty experimental glitchy stuff from Australia.
I've put a mix together for those of you who like that sort of thing.

Download it here https://soundcloud.com/hilltop_anarchists/in-search-of-ancient

[miserableoldgit]

Kate Bush - Comfortably Numb https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PHMMPNpiM3w

[Bexy]

The new Bonobo album - released yesterday.

I was eagerly anticipating this release but having listened to it all the way through twice now, I'm sorry to say it is very disappointing compared to his previous work.

[trousers]

http://youtu.be/OBgzpKDUG-A

[pap]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPgf_btTFlc

I gave short shrift to the Pixies at the time, largely on account of being a metalhead which can be a bit exclusive in the early years.

This is a great song, Doolittle a great album - some other stone cold classics on that one too. Think I like "Hey" the best.

[RonManager]

To see the page out..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqfqVDHNW6c