The Music Thread

[-james-]

https://pitchfork.com/news/david-berman-silver-jews-purple-mountains-dead-at-52/

RIP to the very talented David Berman. :(

He had a lyrical style quite unlike anybody else. Very sombre and poetic, but incredibely funny at times too. Fantastic, baritone sort of a voice too, that really made you pay attention. He just released a new album about a month ago after something like a decade plus hiatus, and it was really good. Just a very unique and talented frontman who unfortunately seems to have succumbed to his demons in the end.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKl4Wpu75W0

"In 1984 I was hospitalised for approaching perfection" remains the greatest opening line of any album, ever.



Fuck. Gutted.

Bright Flight and American Water are both near perfect records. As you say an incredible lyricist, and by all accounts a brilliant man.

[bruhnaldo]

can someone recommend some music

idc what genre

what are you listening to etc

[Giggles]

American country and western.

[bruhnaldo]

You joke but there's some BANGERS out there


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8Q0sX2cv-Q

[Giggles]

Nice one.

[Alex]

dino

Have you heard the new Richard Dawson album? I believe it was you who put me onto him with (the excellent) Peasant. I think I might actually like this new one more though.

[-james-]

dino

Have you heard the new Richard Dawson album? I believe it was you who put me onto him with (the excellent) Peasant. I think I might actually like this new one more though.

Nope, I'll check it out this week. Just seen he's playing near me next week and tickets are gone. Fuck's sake.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If you can get into Glastonbury hidden in a laundry basket, you can get into that.

[-james-]

You need a man on the inside for that sort of thing. My mates aren't cool enough to be into Richard Dawson.

[Shindig]

I should keep an eye out for him more. I've only seen him the once.

[bruhnaldo]

oh ok guys thanks

[Raoul Duke]

oh ok guys thanks

Random list of recently played albums:

Fables Of The Reconstruction - REM
Planetarium - James McAlister, Sufjan Stevens
Don't Let The Kids Win - Julia Jacklin
The Greatest Gift - Sufjan Stevens
New Skin For Old Ceremony - Leonard Cohen
The People's Key - Bright Eyes
The Silence Of Love - Headless Heroes
The Crane Wife - The Decemberists
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts - The Cold War Kids
Attack & Release - The Black Keys

[Jimmy Floyd]

Whilst we're on this sort of music I recently discovered '69 Love Songs', the 1999 marathon from Magnetic Fields. Adore (most of) it.

[Bernanke]

FKA Twigs new record is incredible. Lots of Kate Bush/Björk vibes.

[phonics]

I’d never heard of this Dawson guy so I looked it up and listened to Jogging. That’s parody right?

[igor_balis]

Whilst we're on this sort of music I recently discovered '69 Love Songs', the 1999 marathon from Magnetic Fields. Adore (most of) it.

Yeah it's really great. Their other stuff is worth a listen, especially 100000 fireflies, all the umbrellas in london and smoke and mirrors.

[Offshore Toon]

FKA Twigs new record is incredible. Lots of Kate Bush/Björk vibes.
Felt a bit bland this time round, I thought.

[Giggles]

A mate just sent me a video from a Richard Dawson fella. I knew the name (thought he was a Brexit politician) but never heard a ‘song’ before. I think it’s the worst thing I’ve ever listened to, and I don’t even limit that to music.

[Giggles]

It was called jogging.

EDIT: shit, I just seen the posts above when posting this one. Carry on.

[-james-]

I think that song is a really beautiful portrait of someone suffering from mental illness in 2019. I also really like the way he sings "beta blockers" in his Geordie accent.

I saw him live the other week and he really is a legend. Probably one of the best people in the England.

[Giggles]

He can’t sing and it’s over what can only be described as noise. Beautiful :harold:

[Jimmy Floyd]

Just watched the video as a neutral adjudicay-ah and I'm with James on this.

[-james-]

I thought the issue people might have with that song is he's very direct in his lyrics and delivery on it.

For something less on the nose check out Scientist off his previous album. That one is about when a strange man comes to the village you live in 7th century Northumberland and tries to install a new device he's invented in your temple, but you don't want him to.

Actually that one is even "noisier", but he definitely does some singing on it.

[SincereTheRebel]

Ive got a mega collection of my fathers reggae/ska/soca collection. Easily over 500 vinyls here. I will have to document each one, check if they still play and sell the ones with value.

[Luca]

Ive got a mega collection of my fathers reggae/ska/soca collection. Easily over 500 vinyls here. I will have to document each one, check if they still play and sell the ones with value.

If you’re happy to ship abroad (I’ll pay the shipping, of course) I might be interested. Let me know, when you’ve cataloged them, what you’re thinking of selling.

[John]

I have about the same number of my dad's old vinyls in the attic, but I've never had any method of playing them so I've just boxed and bagged them and left them alone. I know one of them is a 'picture vinyl' Bowie album that was worth four hundred quid fifteen years ago so I imagine that's worth something. In general though I think it's just old punk albums.

[Shindig]

I've skimmed through my folk's vinyls and it all just a bit crap. I don't think there's much of a market for Harry Secombe.

[SincereTheRebel]

It's going to be a right headache but it has to be done. I'll sort it into google docs and go from there.

Im guessing most will be worth a few pounds. I know he has some Mewtwo's because he spoke about his Studio One and Peter Tosh collections to me 10 years ago.

[phonics]

I know this is probably one of those me being ignorant things but a YouTube hole has led me listening to The Animals. Who seem to be from The Beatles/Monkees era where there were only about 4 bands but outside of 'We Gotta Get Out of This Place' my ignorant ass has no knowledge of them.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw7RTUEZMyg

Absolute tune.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Purveyors of legendary beginners' guitar number 'House of the Rising Sun' among other things.

I like that era, very early Who is among my favourites from it.

[Manc]

Give Small Faces a listen.

[phonics]

Nah see, that's way too jam. I'm a hip-hop guy, those 12 seconds that go doo de lo loo de de de loo doo could be on repeat for 3 minutes.

[Lewis]

And Chas Chandler discovered Jimi Hendrix. That House of the Rising Sun montage in Casino. :drool:

[Adamski]

I have about the same number of my dad's old vinyls in the attic, but I've never had any method of playing them so I've just boxed and bagged them and left them alone. I know one of them is a 'picture vinyl' Bowie album that was worth four hundred quid fifteen years ago so I imagine that's worth something. In general though I think it's just old punk albums.


It's going to be a right headache but it has to be done. I'll sort it into google docs and go from there.

Im guessing most will be worth a few pounds. I know he has some Mewtwo's because he spoke about his Studio One and Peter Tosh collections to me 10 years ago.

Use Discogs and it’ll categorise them for you and tell you what they’re worth.

[SincereTheRebel]

Use Discogs and it’ll categorise them for you and tell you what they’re worth.

I was wondering there maybe a site for it, but wasn't sure. Nice intel lad :thumbsup:

[Giggles]

Cans.


https://youtu.be/hyKLEF1JOnw

[Baz]

In general though I think it's just old punk albums.Any GG Allin? or any of his bands? (The Murder Junkies, Antiseen, The Jabbers)

[Yevrah]

Need your help gents.

How would I find out the name of a band that played a gig somewhere in England on 31st October 2018. They'd been going for at least 14 years and might not tour much. They also use a piano.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Elton John?

Suspect you'll need to improve on 'somewhere in England'.

[Yevrah]

Definitely not Elton John.

Think it's a them rather than a him or her too.

Would South of Birmingham help?

[Offshore Toon]

Songkick should have it listed. I know they do past events on the artist's wall, so you could try googling the site with the date and as much location information you have.

https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-samsung&sxsrf=ALeKk03QVuok5FRM2FcL2MlJCAEZhgB7LA%3A1597673 267942&ei=M486X8CPOZzP1fAPlouUmAQ&q=songkick.com%3A+%2231+October+2018%22+England&oq=songkick.com%3A+%2231+October+2018%22+England&gs_lcp=ChNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwEAMyBAgjECc6BAg AEEdQiFlYi2xg_m5oAHABeACAAeQBiAGiA5IBBTAuMS4xmAEAo AEBwAEB&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp

[Ian]

Don't think this alibi's gonna hold together if you need us to help you with the details.

[Jimmy Floyd]

My next suggestion was Chas and Dave, but Chas had died by then. Liberace long gone as well. Struggling for ideas.

[bruhnaldo]

Need your help gents.

How would I find out the name of a band that played a gig somewhere in England on 31st October 2018. They'd been going for at least 14 years and might not tour much. They also use a piano.

"Ólafur Arnalds" performed in London on this date and is appaerntly an Icelandic "multi-instrumentalist" who "..mixes strings with piano and loops and beats" and says active from "early 2000s"

literally any more information and i could probably figure this out

[Ian]

If it turns out to be Olafur Arnalds. :drool:

[bruhnaldo]

Also some band called "The Church" performed in London on this date as well but I can't see the video to see if they use piano but it does say their touring band has "keyboard"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_(band)

They had also been active far longer than 14 years though (first album 1981)

[bruhnaldo]

Oh hold on I think we're onto something nownow

First Aid Kit played 02 Academy in Brixton...

Olafur Arnalds played London Palladium...

The Dresden Dolls played in Troxy, London
this one is interesting because it does say they're a "piano rock dark cabaret" band that's been around since 2000.

the Pixies played The Roundhouse in London

Mac Demarco played in Southampton




Dream Wife played KOKO in London (with queen Zee and Big Joanie)
Rainbow Kitten Surprise played Heaven in London (with Callum Beta)

Shinedown played Manchester Academy
they're a rockband but they have a piano of some kind per wiki

Reel Big Fish and Less Than Jake played in London, they're kinda ska they might have some kinda piano stuff

idk there were apparently a ton of shows in the UK on that date ;)

https://www.songkick.com/search?page=1&query=uk++31+October+2018+&utf8=%E2%9C%93

[Yevrah]

Bru, you are a star. These are definitely the names of bands that it might be, keep em coming.

I'll have a look through them all when I finish work.

[Giggles]

Has anyone else asked why yet?

[Ian]

I made a joke about it but given that didn't prompt anything I would also like to declare my curiosity.

[Yevrah]

I'm trying to surprise a friend with a gift of some of the band's merch from that day. They loved the gig, but I can't remember what band it was and I can't ask them and I have no other way of finding out other than harnessing the combined knowledge and internet skills of TTH.

And let's be fair, we're outstanding at this stuff.

[bruhnaldo]

What about your e-mail do you have ticket receipts ? Just do the inbox search for "tickets" for like 3 months prior to that

[bruhnaldo]

I mean even a city would have been great let alone a venue lol

[Yevrah]

What about your e-mail do you have ticket receipts ? Just do the inbox search for "tickets" for like 3 months prior to that

I didn't go.

[bruhnaldo]

Go on their facebook or similar and look for pictures or check-ins from that night?

[Yevrah]

Not on Facebook.

I appreciate I'm not making this easy.

I think I've narrowed the location down though. It's about an hour's drive from a place called Abingdon. Are there any map tools I can stick a radius on?

[Yevrah]

All I have is the remnants of a Whatsapp chat and no memory of what the answer to the question was when I asked (in the flesh), "which band was it?"

[Don]

That seems to cover London, Bristol and Birmingham but I'm invested now. There better be a payoff here.

[Giggles]

There must be a tool, on desktop anyway, that lets you do a radius around a point on Google maps. 50 miles would cover it.

[Don]

Just seen Bruh's list. If it's Olafur Arnalds and this is a gash forward her my details as an eligible batchelor :drool:

[bruhnaldo]

https://www.songkick.com/concerts/33096829-sheepdogs-at-fleece

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sheepdogs#

There's a band claled "The Sheepdogs" that played Bristol that night and they have a piano guy

https://greatdarkwonder.com/wp-content/uploads/photo-gallery/sheepdogs_3_072018.jpg

as seen here

[Don]

If it turns out to be Olafur Arnalds. :drool:

I really don't make a habit of reading threads backwards but...Ian :drool:

Edit: right, I've caught up now and I think Ian was simply :drool:-ing Bruh here in which case I retract my :drool:

[Yevrah]

Just seen Bruh's list. If it's Olafur Arnalds and this is a gash forward her my details as an eligible batchelor :drool:

She'd love that, but I don't think it's him. Definitely referred to them as they.

[bruhnaldo]

does any of your info make it seem as if there was an opener or if they were the opener or anything like that?

[Giggles]

How do you buy such merchandise two years later anyway? Cool idea though if you can.

[Yevrah]

How do you buy such merchandise two years later anyway? Cool idea though if you can.

Ebay must have some it, surely.

I managed to get almost all of The Bill on DVD despite it never having been released in this country, so that'll be the easy part.

[Yevrah]

does any of your info make it seem as if there was an opener or if they were the opener or anything like that?

Know the gig finished at 11 and think they were the main act, but she is into her music, so it's possible it could have been one of the support ones.

[Don]

How big are her tits?

Bruh, any other details we need?

[bruhnaldo]

How big are her tits?

Bruh, any other details we need?

Empirical, photographic evidence is always the best in this case.

[Yevrah]

G'wan then.


As if I was going to provide that you massive perverts.

[Shindig]

You had an opportunity to put a FIFA card in that spoiler. Or a woman in Power Armour. This conversation reminded me I saw Dream Wife a couple of years back. They were alright. You should just abandon ship on this, really. If she liked them that much, she'd have made some effort in two years to figure it out.

[Ian]

I really don't make a habit of reading threads backwards but...Ian :drool:

Edit: right, I've caught up now and I think Ian was simply :drool:-ing Bruh here in which case I retract my :drool:

Yeah I was gonna say if you were returning the :drool: then I'd probably inadvertently misled you.

[igor_balis]

The church are cool

[Baz]

This is Mahow-level creepy.

[Giggles]

This is Mahow-level creepy.

Not too bad. That’s only a 4 on the 0 - Baz scale.

[Yevrah]

I was gonna say, none of this involves 'Chernos' or ISIS videos, so I'd be curious to see Baz's scale.

[bruhnaldo]

So you're telling me 24 hours went by and we've got no more clues or even any thoughts or any confirmation or

[Yevrah]

Sorry Bruh, was busy with other stuff.

Think it's a job for the weekend, whacking all those bands into a list and narrowing it down.

[bruhnaldo]

No you'll stop everything you're doing and do it this fucking instant.

[Ian]

Tell 'im, Bruh.

[phonics]

Me and a mate were chatting about something and somehow this came to be and I find it weirdly compelling.

Toto by Yoshi (https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/270326079648956433/745401142548365342/toto.mp3)

[Shindig]

Hellish.

[bruhnaldo]

ooo wee this Disclosure record is tremendous

[Don]

Douha is a banger, I look forward to giving it a listen.

[Offshore Toon]

Free Google Nest Mini for Spotify premium customers.

https://www.spotify.com/uk/claim-google/register/

I assume they just want our data but you can always sell it on.

[Don]

I have no clue what one is capable of or what I've just done but that link seems to have got me on the list, ta. Will gift it to some cunt.

Also, Disclosure album was a struggle to get through.

[Bernanke]

Outside of the Kelis track (gave me serious Simian Mobile Disco vibes) and Tondo the Disclosure record bored me to death.

[Shindig]

I've got a £50 itunes voucher to burn and have no idea what to spend it on.

[Baz]

I've got a £50 itunes voucher to burn and have no idea what to spend it on.

6ix9ine’s new album is out on Friday.

[Shindig]

Nope.

[Baz]

Winamp: https://skins.webamp.org/

[-james-]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXekXn25GRs

Big fan of this album at the moment. It's like every great Eurovision entry from the last twenty years mashed into one.

[SvN]

https://i.imgur.com/bQeh4JF.png
Lennon will be seething.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Both terrible songs but the Lennon one is like listening to your own death.

[Offshore Toon]

The UK are slowly replacing the dogshit traditional tracks with better recent efforts. I think in twenty years we'll have wildly different Christmas playlists.

[SvN]

The moon is right.

[SvN]

The UK are slowly replacing the dogshit traditional tracks with better recent efforts. I think in twenty years we'll have wildly different Christmas playlists.

Will we? I don't know any Christmas song released in the last 20 years.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The moon is right.

The moon is right, but Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids, in fact it's cold as hell, and there's no one there to raise them if you did.

The whole solar system sounds like a bit of a minefield really if 70s strong-selling songsters are to be believed.

[SvN]

Intergalactic Christ

[Shindig]

Will we? I don't know any Christmas song released in the last 20 years.

That one by the Darkness and that's about it. Chris Rea's become my universal harbinger of Christmas. It's the only time I hear him.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Well if you can't write new Christmas classics, you can always improve upon the old ones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMKFRQwkBS8

[Boydy]

The moon is right.


The moon is right, but Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids, in fact it's cold as hell, and there's no one there to raise them if you did.

The whole solar system sounds like a bit of a minefield really if 70s strong-selling songsters are to be believed.


Intergalactic Christ

Am I having a stroke? What does any of this mean?

[Jimmy Floyd]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt0dflSPD5o

[Offshore Toon]

Am I having a stroke? What does any of this mean?
SvN with McCartney lyrics then Jimmy with Rocketman by Elton, although I prefer the William Shatner cover.

[Baz]

Will we? I don't know any Christmas song released in the last 20 years.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM2Fnp_qnE8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq1POyzBNF0

[Offshore Toon]

Destiny's Child too and I include the Run DMC tracks in the recent category as they were ignored over here until recently. There are some others too but cba to check my playlist.

[Baz]

There are some others too but cba to check my playlist.

Go on.

[Don]

https://youtu.be/iKcbSOjIzjQ

Album out tomorrow apparently.

[Offshore Toon]

You're becoming more and more Radio 6 by the day.

[Don]

I draw the line at Idles.

[Ian]

Performing with your own accent when you're from the East Midlands is certainly a choice.

[Offshore Toon]

This track with Jason from Sleaford Mods is probably up your street, Don.


https://youtu.be/e9Dyh0AW2zM

[Don]

Quality, there's a Jools Holland vid of them that delivered too. I need to go through their back catalogue after I check out the new album.

[Offshore Toon]

I find them pretty annoying for the most part. There was a song they played on 6 last year or the year before that was awful. The chorus was Jason saying 'ohhhh no, ohhhh no, ohhh no' over and over. I don't know the name, but it definitely wasn't for me. That Mork and Mindy track is alright though.

[Alex]

Quality, there's a Jools Holland vid of them that delivered too. I need to go through their back catalogue after I check out the new album.

"Job-See-Kuh!"? :D

That is a great tune and performance of said tune, to be fair.

[CJay]

Anyone into Big Thief - the lead singer Adrianne Lenker has released quite a few pieces over the last year. Mostly acoustic stuff. Her solo output is fantastic.

Phoebe Bridges is another recommendation. One of the albums of the year for 2020.

[igor_balis]

I draw the line at Idles.

https://soundcloud.com/nagsworth/toxic-avenger-idles-piss-take

this is amazing

[Manc]

https://youtu.be/iKcbSOjIzjQ

Album out tomorrow apparently.

Absolutely woeful.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Is Taz experiencing a brexit-means-brexit nu-chav reawakening? I wouldn't begrudge it.


Anyone into Big Thief - the lead singer Adrianne Lenker has released quite a few pieces over the last year. Mostly acoustic stuff. Her solo output is fantastic.

Great shout, cheers.

[Raoul Duke]

Anyone into Big Thief - the lead singer Adrianne Lenker has released quite a few pieces over the last year. Mostly acoustic stuff. Her solo output is fantastic.

Phoebe Bridges is another recommendation. One of the albums of the year for 2020.

Sounds right up my street - will have a gander :thbup:

[Don]

I see the hot lefty feminists on twitter constantly going on about that Phoebe Bridgers album, it sounds up my street but the last time I listened to these cretins was that extremely hyped up album last year from a similar slag which bored me.

[CJay]

It’s perfect music for these gloomy January evenings. 🙂

[Jimmy Floyd]

The airy-voiced acoustic women singer-songwriters sending gallons of carbon dioxide down the mic can go either way. Most of them go the wrong way covering Leonard Cohen or whatever, but the best 5% who understand melody and the timbre of the instrument next to their voice are the absolute dog's bollocks.

[Don]

Fiona Apple, that's the cunt. What's opinions on that?

[Shindig]

On the subject of music for place and time, I forever associate DJ Shadow's Endtroducing with working the night shift. If I'm ever walking home after a night out, Midnight in a Perfect World is on.

[CJay]

Fiona Apple, that's the cunt. What's opinions on that?

Her newest effort was awful.

[Don]

Thank fuck for that.

[igor_balis]

In doing panicked last minute research for my dorky album club best of 2020 special edition (we all had to nominate our three favourite tracks of the year), which was basically listening to multiple BEST OF lists while working, I discovered JPEGMAFIA. He's pretty good, I like him. The mixture of weird, deliberately unsettling production, self-deprecating comments about his baldness (including a song literally called "BALD!") and constant references to wrestling was always going to appeal to me though I guess.

[hfswjyr]

Big Thief was someone's recommendation in this thread, which I'm eternally grateful for. I bought tickets to see them in May 2020, but Covid saw them postpone until March 2021. Now they've cancelled altogether, which is a shame.

Phoebe Bridges ticks all the boxes of what I generally like in music, but I just find her stuff a bit too boring.
This is good though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajvQ9xY3_CM

[Reg]

Anyone into Big Thief - the lead singer Adrianne Lenker has released quite a few pieces over the last year. Mostly acoustic stuff. Her solo output is fantastic..
Thanks for this. Had a listen to 'songs' yesterday. A little samey but enjoyable and, as you said, January-appropriate.

Re: Fiona Apple, I thought last year's album was great. Probably my favourite of the year ahead of Laura Marling's.

[-james-]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyQEoaMZe8U

Got about three minutes in and immediately pre-ordered the album.

[CJay]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdBf5h7p09Q

Anyone here into Moses Sumney? I’ve just discovered his work. His latest album Grae is something else. I’m talking James Blake meets Frank Ocean. Requires a few deep listens but this is the standout track, along with Polly.

The video is so good too.

[Offshore Toon]

I came across him as Radio 6 played a song and I wondered why I'd never heard that TV On The Radio track.

[Bernanke]

Phoebe Bridgers album from last year was amazing, but I actually like the side-project she had 2 years ago even more:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb3nGYGQ0J4&ab_channel=JulienBaker-Topic


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGHoFj9RYGM

[Don]

I don't know how you mans are doing it with the emotional indie stuff currently, that Moses Sumney vid sent me west. Even the uplifting stuff I'm just numb to. The safety net of beats and vibes are all I have remaining before I succumb to a backing track of Chopin.

That Sleaford Mods album was average stuff beside that track.

*Searching Sumney on Spotify has got me bashing out some Moses Boyd now though :drool:

[Don]

Bicep album out :happycry:

Of the 3 tracks I've heard previously, they're all bangers so can't wait till after work to bang it on.

[igor_balis]

Anyone like Todd in the shadows? I'll share some videos later when I'm on my computer, he's amazing.

[Shindig]

I watched a lot of him during lockdown. Trainwreckords and One Hit Wonderland are quite decent.

[igor_balis]

I watched a lot of him during lockdown. Trainwreckords and One Hit Wonderland are quite decent.

Yeah trainwreckords is great, the clash one is my favourite.

[Shindig]

Nah, Lauren Hill Unplugged.

[igor_balis]

Nah, Lauren Hill Unplugged.

I think I'm better at acoustic guitar than her.

[Shindig]

You'd probably get through a song without crying, too. Probably.

[igor_balis]

You'd probably get through a song without crying, too. Probably.

No comment.

[Don]

We need that Whatchya Listening To thread culled.

Puma Blue EP. 20 mins long. Don't think I'd heard of him/her/they before. It bangs.

[Giggles]

Close the clubs.

[Offshore Toon]

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

Dropped in Barely Legal's mix on 6 (@Don) earlier. For a moment I felt FREEEE.

[Don]

Fucking hell, that's brought scenes in Don towers. I tuned in just as the mix ended and she was reading the texts. I'll stick it on now.

Not quite the same field but liked this off Nemone's show last week:


https://youtu.be/9p1Iw52qDaY

[Offshore Toon]

Nice. I can definitely imagine Nemone telling everyone to meditate to that.

[Raoul Duke]

New Hold Steady album is out. More of the same, but excellent stuff

[Shindig]

Mogwai's new one was also out today. It's alright. Might be a slow burn.

[bruhnaldo]

But you’re never gonna see me cryyyyy the laaaast goodbye

[igor_balis]

Have nominated Sooofyan's Illinois for the coming week of album club, forgot how much i loved it.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I've never listened to that front to back, only bits. Now going on and it had better be good.

[Raoul Duke]

I find it a bit patchy. Carrie & Lowell is more consistent/better overall quality (but nothing at the highs of Chicago/Gacy/Casimir etc.)

[Alex]

Michigan was always my favourite. I've very much got to be in the mood for Sufjan though. I still haven't checked out the one he released last year.

Remember the buzz around the "50 States Project" at the time? Even when he openly stated it was nonsense I still half-believed he was going to do it.

[igor_balis]

I find it a bit patchy. Carrie & Lowell is more consistent/better overall quality (but nothing at the highs of Chicago/Gacy/Casimir etc.)

I'm a massive hypocrite for picking it really, because the whole process (the 6 of us take turns picking an album each week, then the 7th week is a week where we have a theme and we all nominate 3 songs - last one was best covers) has reinforced my belief that, unless you have a REALLY good reason, you shouldn't be making albums longer than 45 minutes, and tbh you shouldn't be making that many songs longer than 4 minutes either.

One of my mates picked two albums by fucking METRIC two weeks in a row, and I swear that most of the songs were like 4-5 minutes long. Why!?!? I guess Sufjan's epic orchestral shit sort of justifies it, but imo it would be better if someone had ruthlessly cut it down to 45 minutes and 10 tracks. The Clash's Sandinista! was a TRIPLE ALBUM. 2hrs 24ms. Fuck off.

Intrigued by your thoughts Jimmy Floyd

[Jimmy Floyd]

Yeah it is good, strays slightly into the twee at points but has some lovely high points. 8/10

I find a lot of his better stuff is when he simplifies it and only brings the orchestra/synth on strong in the bridges and otherwise keeps it melodic (as per whatever track it is after Chicago).

[Alex]

Give The Avalanche a spin too, Jim. It's a separate album album that is made up of material recorded in the Illinois sessions but not used for that record, so it serves as a good/interesting companion piece. It's basically as long (if not longer) too, which says a lot about how prolific he was at the time.

[igor_balis]

We should do album club on here, it's cool because it forces you to listen to stuff you wouldn't have done otherwise.

We've done:

Van Halen, ABC, Metric (*2, lol), Parquet Floors, The Streets, The Zombies, They Might Be Giants, The Feeling (lol), Lauryn Hill, Taylor Swift, KLF, and some stuff I've forgotten

[Raoul Duke]

I'm a massive hypocrite for picking it really, because the whole process (the 6 of us take turns picking an album each week, then the 7th week is a week where we have a theme and we all nominate 3 songs - last one was best covers) has reinforced my belief that, unless you have a REALLY good reason, you shouldn't be making albums longer than 45 minutes, and tbh you shouldn't be making that many songs longer than 4 minutes either.

One of my mates picked two albums by fucking METRIC two weeks in a row, and I swear that most of the songs were like 4-5 minutes long. Why!?!? I guess Sufjan's epic orchestral shit sort of justifies it, but imo it would be better if someone had ruthlessly cut it down to 45 minutes and 10 tracks. The Clash's Sandinista! was a TRIPLE ALBUM. 2hrs 24ms. Fuck off.

Albums should just be ten tracks. Anything more than that is tomfoolery.

[igor_balis]

Albums should just be ten tracks. Anything more than that is tomfoolery.

Agreed. Unless you only have 8 or 9 decent tracks, in which case you should just release them as is.

[Shindig]

There's a good album in Generation Terrorists if they just cut it in half.

[igor_balis]

There's a good album in Generation Terrorists if they just cut it in half.

hahah, exactly. even richey said "everybody knows the first album would have been better if we'd left out all the crap"

appaz the received wisdom is that they tried to emulate london calling, but i reckon even LC is a bloated mess

[Shindig]

There's no secret to it. They weren't called The Welsh Clash for nothing. Their first single 'Suicide Alley' rips the riff out of Tommy Gun.

[-james-]

TTH album/film/book club is a good idea.

[igor_balis]

TTH album/film/book club is a good idea.

we unsurprisingly do it by discussing each album track by track on a VOIP program each week, i'd be bang up for it. any takers?

[igor_balis]

we could do it fortnightly if that sounds too ambitious

edit: we did try to do it non-verbally over messenger but it was shit, deffo think u need to actually talk for it to work

[CJay]

Sufjan Stevens albums ranked:

1. Age of Adz
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2. Carrie & Lowell
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3. The rest

[Offshore Toon]

"It's cool because..."

[Giggles]

I like most of Generation Terrorists.

[Shindig]

It's starts really strong but after Little Baby Nothing, there's only two more songs I like (Repeat, Spectators of Suicide - actually, Methadone Pretty's alright as well) so there's stretches where nothing really hits.

[igor_balis]

The Manics are a weird band, really. I do quite like them but I'm still not really sure what they are. Their earnestness really works on stuff like A Design for Life, but it gets a bit much for me. The MASH song was a deliberately hokey and shit; "Director Robert Altman had two stipulations about the song for Mandel: it had to be called "Suicide Is Painless" and it had to be the "stupidest song ever written". Altman attempted to write the lyrics himself, but upon finding it too difficult for his 45-year-old brain to write "stupid enough," he gave the task to his 14-year-old-son Michael, who wrote the lyrics in five minutes." That they did it a straight, serious cover pretty much sums them up, for better or worse.

[Giggles]

They were always one of the ones I listened to most and made a point of going to concerts, loved them, but I don’t think I’ve heard a single song after the Tigers album.

[Shindig]

I bought Futurology at Poundland. That should tell you everything you need to know about that album. Journal for Plague Lovers is great and I think Resistance is Futile is nice.

[phonics]

Give The Avalanche a spin too, Jim. It's a separate album album that is made up of material recorded in the Illinois sessions but not used for that record, so it serves as a good/interesting companion piece. It's basically as long (if not longer) too, which says a lot about how prolific he was at the time.

The Avalanches > The Avalanche.

[Alex]

The Avalanches > The Avalanche.

I don't disagree with this statement.

[Pepe]

I bought two recorders and a tin whistle. I've been terrorizing my wife and my daughter since. :cool:

[Shindig]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHlQVyLV4U0

I enjoy this a whole bunch.

[Baz]

Jungle Boy (AEW wrestler) is responsible for my daughter getting into Tarzan Boy by Baltimora so been listening to that a lot. It’s harder than the crowd make it seem, to do the ‘oh oh oh oh’ part to the right tune.

Far easier shouting along to Judas by Fozzy (Chris Jericho’s theme) when doing the dishes.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r0n9Dv6XnY


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

I actually have the 7” of Tarzan Boy from ages ago. :cool:

[igor_balis]

We've managed to do ALBUM CLUB every week except christmas for over half a year now. It's been a fairly fun experience, except the lad who lives in China who usually emails his thoughts for one of us to read on his behalf has decided to join in a couple of times recently. We start at about 3am his time, and both times he's actually joined the video chat he's clearly been on about his 15th beer. He's a gobshite after half a pint, so it's been quite tedious, and we can't really ignore him because skype fucking notifies him that the video call has started and he can just press join.

I've lost my bottle (/am being less selfish) in that I can't quite face nominating niche stuff I really like. If it was 4 of us, I'd be more inclined to make people listen to FELT or MOMUS as I could make up for it by picking something more canon shortly afterwards, but I don't want to piss everyone off with my radio 6 john peel bullshit and have to wait two months to pick something less divisive. Again, if it was a shorter turnaround I'd try to actively pick more stuff that isn't white blokes with guitars. Though maybe I should be less worried about that stuff considering someone picked a fucking electric six album recently.

I'm still very much up for doing something similar with yous lot if anyone fancies it.

[Dquincy]

Not sure of the genre for this, but I know some of you like this stuff, so enjoy...


https://youtu.be/cZLHSHnqF8Q

[Don]

Tick :drool:

[Serj]

In a bid to listen to a bit more.. life-affirming music than I usually do, I stumbled upon Genesis Owusu. Really liking this year's album so far. Great R&B record that jumps between styles from track to track and is insanely catchy a lot of the time. I just saw that Kirin J Callinan has writing credits on a lot of the songs, which makes sense as I mostly like his music as well. This is a lot less goofy, though.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZnWgBt3QMQ

[CJay]

Getting into a band called Whitney in a big way. It's the drummer and guitarist from Smith Westerns (must be 12 years since you first put me onto them -james-). Heard this track being played in Next, so shopping does have its perks.


https://youtu.be/24xud8PlbyE

[Shindig]

So Radiohead's Kid A Mnesia exhibition thing is out on PC/PS4/PS5. It's a bit good.


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

[Lofty]

Probably not anyone's cup of tea but my dad's band have done a new album that got a 4 star review in the latest issue of Mojo:

https://youtu.be/AMFIgnkAbzA

[Manc]

I'm guessing daddy isn't lead vocals?

[Jimmy Floyd]

'My dad's band', a phrase to strike fear into the hearts of many a noble Englishman.

I can't listen in the office but I like the title.

[Lofty]

I'm guessing daddy isn't lead vocals?

Haha no, that's Larry Love from Alabama 3. My dad is the bass player.

[-james-]

Spotify wrapped. Random bangers and people that died-core

https://i.imgur.com/mbeKuZH.png

https://i.imgur.com/Mm9HugI.png

[Jimmy Floyd]

Mine had folk as the 5th most listened to genre. It's been nice knowing you, everyone, but now it's time to say goodbye.

[Lofty]

https://i.ibb.co/h9wCXYB/tm-Qk0-CPA2e.png

Top 1% of MF Doom listeners and more time overall than 89% of users. Working from home :cool:

[igor_balis]

https://i.ibb.co/QPB4hvv/Screenshot-20211202-115646.png

https://i.ibb.co/ZGJhCdy/Screenshot-20211202-115601.png

Ok then

[Don]

A low music consumption year has skewed it in favour of the gym tracks for Bicep, Kanye, Ghetts (?) And Going The Distance.

https://i.ibb.co/25GkfLk/Screenshot-20211202-120838-Spotify.jpg

[Serj]

I'll never know since the Wrapped animation almost instantly crashes my spotify app :D Seems like a lot of St. Vincent, Daughters, Rina Sawayama and Ween.

[Baz]

Mine's plagued by my daughter listening to songs from Gabby's Dollhouse and Teen Titans Go with the top song being The Night Begins to Shine by B.E.R. :moop:

Top artists were correct though: 6ix9ine, Elliott Smith, Drake, Tyler the Creator and Kanye West. Probably identical to last year.

My "audio aura" saying my top music moods are hype and melancholy threw me a bit, and feel like I've been diagnosed as bipolar just like that.

[Baz]

I’ve properly got reobsessed with Elliott Smith again. It never really went away but I don’t listen to anything else anymore. Been listening to an audio book biography and even though I could already recite most of his life, I’m still loving it. And I’ve been buying lots of vinyl records because, amazingly, loads of special/limited editions still get released. Roman Candle and Either/Or were released on pink vinyl, limited to 91 prints each. Got em. And it was an anniversary of his self titled record so loads of stuff came out, including another photo book. Mine!

Also got some other numbered vinyls from eBay for silly prices but I just wanted them. I remember about 15 years ago spending what at the time felt like ALL MY MONEY, on 2 of his records that had been signed, but I could definitely flip them now for like 5 times what I paid, even without it any certificate of authenticity or whatever. I’ll never sell them though. They can stay on the wall.

I think the only record I’ve not got now is the soundtrack to the Heaven Adores You doc, and no doubt I’ll get it one day.

Was nice to see him in Igors Spotify Wrapped thingy.

[Manc]

Can't get enough of Sharon Van Etten atm. Simply superb.

[Raoul Duke]

Yeah she's great. 'I don't want to let you down' is a banger

[-james-]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ibj87fwRaM

This was one of my songs of the year. Pair of legends.

[-james-]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tvW25Qu5WE

On superstar female singer-songwriter collabs, I'm quite amazed that I've listened to this about ten times since it came out because the chorus is fucking awful. The three of them just have incredible chemistry/magnetism and slay their verses. Bit worried the new Charli album is going to be shite though.

[Baz]

I've just been made aware of this (https://mangonebula.blogspot.com/2021/12/themoonisasicklecell.html) and holy shit.


https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WsJ0vWexmKs/Yat3UO4iFZI/AAAAAAAAJxY/hwWD72XPbXkbpSGx9LCXz4B4g9_pTN7lwCNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/The%2BMoon%2Bis%2Ba%2BSickle%2BCell%2BCover.png

The Moon is a Sickle Cell - Archive Compilation (Master Versions of Solo Rarities)
This is a collection of ONLY one version of each rarity track. The track is either the best quality version or the most well known version of the track. There are 80 songs in total, so it’s like an 80 track rarities album.

Elliott Smith - A Shot of White Noise + Violent Girl (Curated Rarities Comps)
These are two curated rarities compilations mixing favorite tracks into two mixes that can be listened to as if they are “new” albums.

Elliott Smith - Fritz Moon (Fritz Michaud's New Moon - Comp of All Fritz Mixes) :drool:
Elliott asked Fritz Michaud to master a lot of his rarities and they were in consideration for the New Moon album, but Larry Crane was chosen to mix instead. A lot of fans consider the Fritz mixes to be better and more in line with Elliott’s style. This compilation collects all of the mixes by Fritz Michaud that are available.

Elliott Smith - Misery Club (Fan Voted Favorites Rarities Comps)
This is a mix of the rarities from the archive organized by fan votes from an online survey and the daily discussions on reddit. Track 1 was voted the most times and the last track the least amount of times.

Elliott Smith - Smile at Confusion (Live Rarities Comp)
One of the earliest collections of any Elliott Smith material was called Confusion and it was a bunch of live versions of unreleased and off album songs. This compilation reimagines that collection by incorporating songs from all of the new live sources that have been collected over the years. The title Smile at Confusion comes from the song “Dancing on the Highway.”

Elliott Smith - Thirteen (Best Live Covers Comps)
This is a more condensed version of Part 9 of the archive. Part 1 is a collection of all of the highest quality live versions of cover songs that are available and part 2 are all the lower quality cover songs, but the best quality tracks available. There is at least one track of each cover song Elliott played live that was recorded.

[igor_balis]

God I bloody love jpegmafia


https://youtu.be/2CGFU1lBdCI

[Raoul Duke]

Learnt a bonkers fact today: the singer/songwriter from Creedence Clearwater Revival wrote 'Rocking All Over The World' :cab:

[Shindig]

If you've heard Centrefield, it wouldn't come as such a shock.

[Don]

Radio 1 underwent some wholesale presenter shuffling a few months back, anyone know if their top don or senior leadership team were changed at a similar time? Their output has improved dramatically every time I catch a bit of it. Admittedly, I think it's usually things like the power down playlist with Sian Eleri rather than the drivetime shite that is probably the same as ever but I'm hearing way more edgy electronic vibes rather than the urban ghetto shit of past. The mainstream generations coming up are blessed.

[CJay]

Did Hey What by Low go under the radar last year? It's a cracking album. Very atmospheric. These are two of the highlights, but it should probably be listened to as a whole:


https://youtu.be/d8QiSZRX8dA



https://youtu.be/sebDnwlEnPs

[Serj]

I really like it, but I find I have to be in a certain frame of mind to listen to it as it's pretty intense.

[Don]

Bonobo's just played 2 tracks off his album released today on his Radio 6 guest mix and tears in my eyes and japseye. What a geezer.

[Baz]

Today I got on top of archiving my vinyl collection, cos we’ve been clearing out the loft.

I like that Discogs gives you a few valuations - maximum, median and minimum. Obviously it relies on if people were to actually buy them but it was a surprise to see the maximum valuation at just over £4k. (Minimum £1842.75, Median £2712.46.

Seems silly money for some circles with music on. I do love my Elliott Smith/Heatmiser collection, but I should probably give up on trying to be a completist. That being said, they’ve re-released the majority of his albums of pink vinyl limited to only 91, and I’ve managed to grab them all. :)

Here’s me: https://www.discogs.com/user/bazakehurst/collection

Its mostly stuff I’ve gone out of my way to own, but there’s a few in there that I was given from my dead Uncle’s collection and some I found in a bin. :lol:

Also introduced my 4 year old to “records” today and she loved it. Mostly because a) she loves the first track of the Viola Beach one and b) it’s rainbow coloured rather than black, but it’s a start.

[Shindig]

Oooh, Dead Kennedys.

[Alex]

I quite like looking at those Discogs stats too Baz. Although sometimes it makes me think I should sell the lot and spend the money on something more grown up. Like a house deposit. The feeling is always fleeting though! :D

To be honest if you know the right labels and you're on it like a flash you could easily make a bit of money price gouging limited vinyl runs. It would just be a bit of a scummy thing to do, that's all. When MF DOOM died I could have coined a few hundred quid easily if I'd whacked what I had up for sale on Discogs. It all got repressed after a few months too, there's loads of them sat in the shops at the normal RRP now. But people were just going nuts at the time.

[Ben]

Mine has quite the variance:
Min £718.63 Med £1,693.24 Max £4,382.99

Most valuable by far is Ramases - Space Hymns from 1971 because it's a 6-part fold out.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I got to see my darlings Big Thief tonight, in London. Properly stoked.

Halfway through they started playing 'new stuff' (over and above the 20-track album that just dropped), in went three clean bangers, and then she cut the rest of them out, said 'oh yeah wrote this one on the ferry over, see if it works', played it solo, and of course it was utterly gorgeous, maybe one of their best. Can't find any trace of it online so she must have been telling the truth.

[Alex]

I was meant to be at that too Jim. My brother somehow hadn't bought tickets when he thought he had. We luckily have sorted tickets for the Saturday show instead. She seems to be an artist who just has music pouring out of her non-stop lately, very talented girl.

[Jimmy Floyd]

You'll have a ball if they're anything like last night. They put so much energy into 'Not' I'm amazed they could stand up afterwards, let alone play for another hour.

[hfswjyr]

This is one of those times where I miss London a lot.

They were supposed to tour here in May 2020. Then March 2021. But alas.

[igor_balis]

https://youtu.be/P7-j4rP2Pmk

Forgotten 80s indiepop classic. The crappy nes synths add to it.

[Alex]

You'll have a ball if they're anything like last night. They put so much energy into 'Not' I'm amazed they could stand up afterwards, let alone play for another hour.

I agree that they were very good Jim. The place was absolutely rammed so not the most pleasant from a viewing experience (I keep telling myself I'm going to start sitting, or at least going balcony, at gigs but never do) but aside from that, fantastic.

They opened with "Not" followed by "Masterpiece". Which is a hell of a one-two punch. It was almost too much of one, actually. You've kind of played your hand with your two big hitters a bit too early there. They have a lot of great songs, don't get me wrong. But those are their two "anthems" (if you will) for me.

I was very worried they wouldn't play "Change" (which is as beautiful a song as I've heard in a long time) but they performed a one-song encore and that was it, which I delighted with.

Trekking back down to "that London" on Friday, somewhat ironically to see Wakefields favourite sons (how about the occasional hometown show, lads?) The Cribs. Which I imagine will be a very different, much less contemplative and much more boozy live experience. But also great in it's own way!

[Jimmy Floyd]

On the Wednesday they opened with Change - in fact they opened with the first four from the new album in order, which had me slightly worried (even though I like 3 of the 4), then they went to the big hitters after that. The encore was 'Sparrow' which I also really like.

I sat, which is mostly because I'm a boring fuck, but the angle of the floor to the stage looked a bit shit to be honest so I was glad.

[Baz]

Anyone got a good playlist for ‘songs you’ll hear if you go town on a Saturday’ please?

[Reg]

If anyone is in America* (or "in America"), Coachella stream + schedule: https://pitchfork.com/news/coachella-2022-weekend-2-youtube-livestream-schedule-and-details-announced/

*or another unblocked nation?

[igor_balis]

Visited the chick in London last night. Not a brilliant evening, and this sounds incredibly petty but she's always banging on about how much she loves vinyl (I'm not that arsed), and how much better they sound (I don't disagree), but when I got there she had some absolute piece of shit £50 Amazon record player hooked up to some proper shit bluetooth speakers. I'm no audiophile but it just sounded like fucking shit. Made me think she's a bit of an idiot really.

[Ben]

It seems most of these faux enthusiasts who need to tell you about vinyl superiority are playing them through a shitty Crosley. :facepalm:

[Baz]

Show us her Discogs collection

[igor_balis]

I enjoyed the Cocteau twins album she played but she might as well have played it out of her phone speakers on Spotify.

[hfswjyr]

If anyone is in America* (or "in America"), Coachella stream + schedule: https://pitchfork.com/news/coachella-2022-weekend-2-youtube-livestream-schedule-and-details-announced/

*or another unblocked nation?

Thanks. I'm not in America but the youtube stream works fine for me.
I've also realised I don't know 95% of artists these days.

[igor_balis]

Japanese breakfast are wicked, especially BE SWEET. Do you like them/ that song Jimmy Floyd? I might be miles off, but feels like a Jimmy jam to me.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Never heard of them/it. Quite like the 90s sounding verse and jangly guitar licks running through it. Can do without the 80s Madonna chorus.

Some of their others in the recommended videos are more Jimmy jams than that.

[CJay]

The latter half of Arcade Fire’s new album is incredible. Lookout Kid really hits in the feels.

Overall the piece is a little short. There are some highs in the first half but no classics.

Looking into tickets for Dublin next week.

[igor_balis]

The latter half of Arcade Fire’s new album is incredible. Lookout Kid really hits in the feels.

Overall the piece is a little short. There are some highs in the first half but no classics.

Looking into tickets for Dublin next week.

I'll give it a listen today. What did you think of the previous two?

[CJay]

I'll give it a listen today. What did you think of the previous two?

Reflektor wasn’t great. Everything Now grew on me slowly and now I consider it a pretty good album. Probably on a similar level to this new one.

Their score with Owen Pallet for Her is superb as well. That seems to have only been released last year for some odd reason.

[-james-]

I've found them to be a bit of a singles band for their last few efforts. The title track off Reflektor is a banger, the rest not so much.

[Alex]

I really liked Reflektor and I appreciated the scope and the switch-up in style at the time but I don't go back to it a lot. I imagine that is the kind of album where when future generations re-visit Arcade Fire they will go "yeah but this one is their actual best work....". You know, like it will be the hip choice or whatever.

Everything Now, I was not a fan of it. I was a bit hesitant to jump on the bandwagon bashing it at the time because it just seemed like a bit of a pile-on. But it was/is pretty shit.

The new one I think is a big step back in the right direction. It's not a major work of theirs, it feels quite low-key is anything, but I think maybe it needed that to regain some lost footing. I would give it a solid 7/10.

Neon Bible remains top of the Arcade Fire pile for me. A cracking record.

[Raoul Duke]

Not had a chance to listen to the new one yet, but this is my ranked list:

1) Funeral - very much one of those ones (like In The Aeroplane Over The Sea or OK Computer) where the whole is more than the sum of it's parts
2) The Suburbs - another one which nailed the mood from end-to-end. Some great tunes on it (the title track, Deep Blue, Rococo) but without a truly outstanding banger like Wake Up that would take it to that highest peak
3) Neon Bible - another great album with some high points (Intervention is proper goosebumps territory) and My Body Is A Cage is "a mood" as the kids say. Tough choice between this and The Suburbs as my second fave
4) Reflektor - I hated this at first but got more into it one time to the point I really like it now. Only a couple of standout tracks and the rest is decent but not super memorable
5) Everything Now - the weakest effort for me. I really like Creature Comfort and Put Your Money On Me but the rest is kinda forgettable. I don't dislike the album just it never struck me in the same way as the others

[-james-]

They'll have a hell of a Greatest Hits album, if they haven't already.

[hfswjyr]

Funeral and Neon Bible meld into one in my brain because I discovered them at the same time. I didn't get into any of their albums after, but this current release is shaping up to be a nice return.

[igor_balis]

Not had a chance to listen to the new one yet, but this is my ranked list:

1) Funeral - very much one of those ones (like In The Aeroplane Over The Sea or OK Computer) where the whole is more than the sum of it's parts
2) The Suburbs - another one which nailed the mood from end-to-end. Some great tunes on it (the title track, Deep Blue, Rococo) but without a truly outstanding banger like Wake Up that would take it to that highest peak
3) Neon Bible - another great album with some high points (Intervention is proper goosebumps territory) and My Body Is A Cage is "a mood" as the kids say. Tough choice between this and The Suburbs as my second fave
4) Reflektor - I hated this at first but got more into it one time to the point I really like it now. Only a couple of standout tracks and the rest is decent but not super memorable
5) Everything Now - the weakest effort for me. I really like Creature Comfort and Put Your Money On Me but the rest is kinda forgettable. I don't dislike the album just it never struck me in the same way as the others

I pretty much agree with all of this, with the exception that I think suburbs does have a truly outstanding banger - sprawl #2 is possibly my favourite song of theirs. It's also my favourite ever abba-esque song, including actual abba songs, and I say that as an abba fan.

[CJay]

They'll have a hell of a Greatest Hits album, if they haven't already.

Do artists still release greatest hits albums in the age of streaming? Seems a bit pointless.

[Baz]

Spotify trying to force a TTH playlist on me. :huhu: Todays Top Hits.

[Alex]

An actual TTH playlist would probably be interesting. You can do the "blend" thing where it makes one of your liked tracks and another persons can't you. I'm not sure you can do it with more than two people though.

[wullie]

Don't know the maximum you can have but it's definitely more than two, we've got a seven person one where my nursery run selection of the Lion King soundtrack really stands out.

[Baz]

An actual TTH playlist would probably be interesting. You can do the "blend" thing where it makes one of your liked tracks and another persons can't you. I'm not sure you can do it with more than two people though.

Is it Blend?

bazlol has invited you to join a Blend on Spotify. Join on the Spotify mobile app. https://open.spotify.com/blend/taste-match/ee6566408a924cc2?si=DPxFCkg1R2ytr9RSKcoqnA&fallback=getapp&blendDecoration=5f9c38d2

[-james-]

https://i.imgur.com/WjEnj4Q.png


Incredible that this is real lol

[Offshore Toon]

Jesus, Drake is the biggest fanny around.

It seems Fantano baited Drake into uploading the screenshots by claiming Drake had sent him a vegan cookie recipe, which Drake took issue with so uploaded what he actually sent, which is much worse.

[Alex]

I mean it's definitely a weird thing to do but, come on, "I'm feeling a light to decent 1 on your existence" is a great put down. :D

[Offshore Toon]

It's pretty obvious and he's clearly proud of himself as he used it twice, improving it the second time. Plus the black wife line... So cheesy. Loser.

[Shindig]

Getting mad over review scores is such a stupid, stupid thing.

[igor_balis]

Fantano is obviously a bit of a dweeb, but that's exactly what makes it so pathetic.

[igor_balis]

Guys, I know you've been waiting for it but I'm just gonna bloody say it. Bossanova and Trompe Le Monde are better than Surfer Rosa and Doolittle. Cheers .