Topic: What are you listening to? (Read 1058266 times)

JimmyJazz · « **Reply #4300 on:** 09 Feb 2011, 22:08 »

Falling in love with the Brian Jonestown Massacre again, listening to the Bringing It All Back Home EP right now. Brilliant acoustic record.

Patrick · « **Reply #4301 on:** 10 Feb 2011, 01:29 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 04 Feb 2011, 15:07

Tinnitus.

Oh come on, the joke isn't funny anymore if I can identify at age 22

Quote from: johnny5 on 09 Feb 2011, 20:33

The Strokes - Under Cover of Darkness

Well okay you beat me to this so I guess I'm listening to the Ergs! - "Everything Falls Apart (And More!)" because it is probably the best song to sing while drunk at a party.

spoon_of_grimbo · « **Reply #4302 on:** 10 Feb 2011, 03:44 »

Quote from: CoyoteKnight on 09 Feb 2011, 17:34

Kyuss - Whitewater

Sure, it's from the 90's, but they are awesome.

do you mean to imply the nineties weren't an amazing time for music?!

pwhodges · « **Reply #4303 on:** 10 Feb 2011, 06:14 »

Quote from: Patrick on 10 Feb 2011, 01:29

Quote from: pwhodges on 04 Feb 2011, 15:07
Tinnitus.

Oh come on, the joke isn't funny anymore if I can identify at age 22

It doesn't usually trouble me; I said it because it was bad that day, and it was what I was listening to...

KharBevNor · « **Reply #4304 on:** 10 Feb 2011, 10:02 »

Quote from: spoon_of_grimbo on 10 Feb 2011, 03:44

do you mean to imply the nineties weren't an amazing time for music?!

The 90's were like the 70's but Punk never happened. Definitely the worst decade for mainstream music, and even for many slightly more off-beat genres. We're talking about the decade that hit metal with the one-two slam of radio-friendly grunge and nu-metal, basically killed goth rock and turned the label 'industrial' into a PVC clad joke. That said, I'd take the lamest 90's industrial rock bands over the dreck the kids these days listen to, so maybe it wasn't so bad.

Patrick · « **Reply #4305 on:** 10 Feb 2011, 11:18 »

Weezer, Built to Spill, and if you're me, Third Eye Blind.

And thanks to tuathal I have now realized that approximately 90% of my favorite bands came from the 90s.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #4306 on:** 10 Feb 2011, 11:33 »

Quote from: tuathal on 10 Feb 2011, 10:37

But then there were pavement, Modest Mouse, Cake, Radiohead, Archers of Loaf and to a certain extent Pixies.

I think we should just agree not to discuss music.

Alex C · « **Reply #4307 on:** 10 Feb 2011, 12:46 »

There's very little I listen to from the '90s that isn't Type O Negative.

Durin · « **Reply #4308 on:** 10 Feb 2011, 16:48 »

Spiderland by Slint.

Oh my GOD. Why did I not listen to these guys earlier? This is so good.

De_El · « **Reply #4309 on:** 10 Feb 2011, 18:07 »

re: the 90s

Neurosis, Emperor, Burzum, Ulver, Black Light District, Corrosion of Conformity, Acid King, Pail Head, Sleep, EyeHateGod, Behemoth, Pigface, Melvins all had great releases in the 90s. Also: Come, My Fanatics.

spoon_of_grimbo · « **Reply #4310 on:** 10 Feb 2011, 18:22 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 10 Feb 2011, 10:02

Quote from: spoon_of_grimbo on 10 Feb 2011, 03:44
do you mean to imply the nineties weren't an amazing time for music?!

The 90's were like the 70's but Punk never happened. Definitely the worst decade for mainstream music, and even for many slightly more off-beat genres. We're talking about the decade that hit metal with the one-two slam of radio-friendly grunge and nu-metal, basically killed goth rock and turned the label 'industrial' into a PVC clad joke. That said, I'd take the lamest 90's industrial rock bands over the dreck the kids these days listen to, so maybe it wasn't so bad.

When I think of the 90s, I think of Rocket from the Crypt and The Wildhearts, first and foremost. The former were undeniably badass, and the latter, while fewer people seem to have heard of them, brought us Ginger, Britain's greatest songwriter.

celticgeek · « **Reply #4311 on:** 10 Feb 2011, 20:40 »

Pete Seeger playing excepts from Bach and Beethoven on the banjo.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #4312 on:** 10 Feb 2011, 21:16 »

De_EL, you know Black Light District is Coil, right?

I won't deny good stuff happened in the nineties, but on balance, more terrible things happened.

20 jazz funk greats · « **Reply #4313 on:** 10 Feb 2011, 22:08 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 07 Feb 2011, 23:01

Every day is Mclusky day

hell yeah.
i'm not listening to them right now though, i'm listening to flipper's in your arms.

JimmyJazz · « **Reply #4314 on:** 10 Feb 2011, 23:10 »

You guys forgot Air, the American Analog Set, Aphex Twin, the Apples In Stereo, Bedhead, Boards of Canada, the Boredoms, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Cat Power, Coil, Current 93, Daft Punk, De La Soul, DJ Shadow, Dr. Dre, Drive Like Jehu, Electric Wizard, Elliott Smith, the Flaming Lips, Fugazi, the Fugees, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, The Gories, Guided By Voices, Jawbreaker, the Jesus Lizard, Jets To Brazil, Low, the Magnetic Fields, Massive Attack, Mazzy Star, Mos Def, the Mountain Goats, My Bloody Valentine, Nas, Nation of Ulysses, Neutral Mlik Hotel, Nick Cave, Nirvana (I stand by this), the Notorious B.I.G., Nurse With Wound, the Oblivians, Of Montreal, the Olivia Tremor Control, Portishead, Refused, Sebadoh, Silkworm, the Silver Jews, Sloan, Slowdive, Sonic Youth, Spiritualized, Spoon, Swans, Tortoise, A Tribe Called Quest, Talib Kweli, Tupac, the White Stripes, Wilco, the Wu-Tang Clan, Will Oldham, and Yo La Tengo.

tl;dr The 90's had great music fuck you

beatkinda · « **Reply #4315 on:** 11 Feb 2011, 00:23 »

augustus pablo--king tubbys meets rockers uptown (i swear this is where j. dilla comes from, jamaica's most blunted on some mid-70s dub remixes)

KharBevNor · « **Reply #4316 on:** 11 Feb 2011, 10:16 »

Some of the artists on there (Coil, Swans and Nurse With Wound instantly spring to mind) Started in the 80's and went on till the 00's, and released the bulk of their work (especially their most critically acclaimed work) outside the 90's. Plus like, Swans split up in the 90's and only got back together last year. Bad argument.

Also, all the bands you've mentioned that aren't very good at making music detract a lot. A few valid points though!

90's are still on the balance the worst music decade though. At least until the 00's. 00's were kinda dogshit.

De_El · « **Reply #4317 on:** 11 Feb 2011, 14:09 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 10 Feb 2011, 21:16

De_EL, you know Black Light District is Coil, right?

I won't deny good stuff happened in the nineties, but on balance, more terrible things happened.

I do! But they released that one under the name Black Light District. I was being pedantic, but it's probably more valuable to just still call them Coil, regardless.

spoon_of_grimbo · « **Reply #4318 on:** 11 Feb 2011, 17:51 »

i've been on a huge incubus kick these last few weeks. turns out S.C.I.E.N.C.E. is a kickass album to drive to. and then this evening, i popped Make Yourself on and sang loudly along to "The Warmth" on repeat all the way home from my friend's house.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #4319 on:** 11 Feb 2011, 21:16 »

Quote from: beatkinda on 11 Feb 2011, 00:23

augustus pablo--king tubbys meets rockers uptown (i swear this is where j. dilla comes from, jamaica's most blunted on some mid-70s dub remixes)

Also, this is probably the best thing anyone in this thread has listened to for months.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #4320 on:** 11 Feb 2011, 21:17 »

I mean, Incubus? What the fuck!?

spoon_of_grimbo · « **Reply #4321 on:** 12 Feb 2011, 11:18 »

they got unfairly lumped in with some shitty bands. they're fucking good and i stand by it.

JD · « **Reply #4322 on:** 12 Feb 2011, 13:40 »

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

Scarychips · « **Reply #4323 on:** 12 Feb 2011, 20:21 »

Sleigh Bells' Rill Rill

KharBevNor · « **Reply #4324 on:** 12 Feb 2011, 22:18 »

Quote from: spoon_of_grimbo on 12 Feb 2011, 11:18

they're fucking good and i stand by it.

This is the most manifestly untrue thing any human being has ever said.

Lummer · « **Reply #4325 on:** 13 Feb 2011, 06:56 »

Mitochrondrion..

Holy shit this is good!

Kwaping · « **Reply #4326 on:** 14 Feb 2011, 11:29 »

I'm enjoying the Win Win album on spinner right now (see "free streaming music" thread if you're not hip to spinner).

nekowafer · « **Reply #4327 on:** 14 Feb 2011, 12:06 »

Depeche Mode - Blue Dress

I realize that like half the music I listen to was inspired by or sounds somewhat like DM. It's not intentional, I just really love them. They're the only band I'd ever consider getting tattoo-d on me. I mean when you've been singing with them for over 20 years (at 4 or so I was singing Enjoy the Silence to my neighbors) I think it's totally allowed.

I still like Incubus. I wouldn't call them the best band ever or anything like that but they have some good stuff and also I really like Dig a whole lot.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #4328 on:** 14 Feb 2011, 13:54 »

incubus is one of those bands that kind of changed my life when i was a kid. they definitely changed my perceptions of music, at the very least. but then they got famous, got poppy, and started to suck

without fungus amongus and SCIENCE i probably wouldn't listen to as much weird music as i do today, and for that i am forever grateful

spoon_of_grimbo · « **Reply #4329 on:** 14 Feb 2011, 14:00 »

i think S.C.I.E.N.C.E. is definitely their best, but having said that, i do enjoy their pop stuff too, depends on my mood at the time.

i suggest you give "A Crow Left of the Murder" another chance though, it's far less poppy than "Make Yourself" and "Morning View," has a much more jammy feel to it, quite intricate, without being quite as sharply rhythmic as the older stuff.

and Khar, i can quite understand you not liking incubus, everyone's got their own tastes. but if you genuinely think they're the worst thing ever, i envy you, becuase there are clearly a million shitty bands you've never had the misfortune to hear.

oh, and on topic - i'm listening to the new And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead. which is the most unquestionably epic thing i've heard in a long-ass time.

CoyoteKnight · « **Reply #4330 on:** 14 Feb 2011, 14:37 »

S.C.I.E.N.C.E. was a really good album, as was Fungus Amongus. The last album of theirs I liked in its entirety was Morning View. As for what I'm listening to now...

Buckethead - Too Many Humans

Kwaping · « **Reply #4331 on:** 14 Feb 2011, 15:25 »

It might just be the bloozelawyer in me, but "The Wrong Light" by Kasey Anderson & the Honkies just floored me. Give it a listen on spinner, track 1 of the album.

Track two, not so much. That's as much as I've heard so far.

Stephquiem · « **Reply #4332 on:** 14 Feb 2011, 17:21 »

Rebels of the Secret Heart - Flogging Molly

I'm in a Flogging Molly kind of mood, apparently, since that's all I've been listening all night.

The extra letter · « **Reply #4333 on:** 14 Feb 2011, 17:31 »

Los Campesinos - You! Me! Dancing!

spoon_of_grimbo · « **Reply #4334 on:** 15 Feb 2011, 01:24 »

those two new glassjaw EPs. they're not bad by any means, but they're really not grabbing me like "worship and tribute" did.

Kwaping · « **Reply #4335 on:** 15 Feb 2011, 08:44 »

Raise your hand if you actually read and care about what other people are listening to.

Raise two hands if you just come to this thread to post what you're listening to, and don't read or care about the other posts.

Stephquiem · « **Reply #4336 on:** 15 Feb 2011, 08:46 »

What do I raise if I only read but don't care?

Elysiana · « **Reply #4337 on:** 15 Feb 2011, 08:52 »

I read and care when people bother to post WHY they chose to list the song they did. I pretty much skim over it if it's just a name and title.

nekowafer · « **Reply #4338 on:** 15 Feb 2011, 08:53 »

I'm with Elysiana.

Kwaping · « **Reply #4339 on:** 15 Feb 2011, 10:09 »

Quote from: Stephquiem on 15 Feb 2011, 08:46

What do I raise if I only read but don't care?

Middle finger?

Zingoleb · « **Reply #4340 on:** 15 Feb 2011, 11:39 »

I've been listening to this really beautiful black metal band called Mustan Kuun Lapset. If/when I get the chance I will upload the two albums I have to the motherfucker thread because it's really great.

linky

spoon_of_grimbo · « **Reply #4341 on:** 16 Feb 2011, 15:43 »

Quote from: Kwaping on 15 Feb 2011, 08:44

Raise your hand if you actually read and care about what other people are listening to.

Raise two hands if you just come to this thread to post what you're listening to, and don't read or care about the other posts.

anything that comes with an accompanying comment and/or description that intrigues me, i will always check out. i've found a few good bands i wouldn't otherwise have heard through this thread.

having said that, i'm occasionally guilty of posting just a band and song title, but that's more laziness on my part after having started typing a post, than anything else.

Stephquiem · « **Reply #4342 on:** 16 Feb 2011, 17:29 »

Quote from: spoon_of_grimbo on 16 Feb 2011, 15:43

i've found a few good bands i wouldn't otherwise have heard through this thread.

I've had similar experiences on other forums with topics like this. Which, incidentally, is how I came to be listening to this:

Phantom of the Opera - Nightwish

It's not my usual thing at all--show tunes are, though mostly only if they have nostalgic value of some kind--but I love the version of this song.

And now I'm wishing I had a nice, articulate way to explain why. All the things I'm thinking sound really stupid. So I'll stick with "I like it! It's a good song!"

nekowafer · « **Reply #4343 on:** 16 Feb 2011, 18:02 »

I love that song. Nightwish is so... epic. For lack of a better word I guess? Their music seems like it's big and adventurous and I really don't have good words for this but epic sums it up for me.

I've been listening to a lot of my favorites from high school lately. 311, Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Atom and his Package, and Goldfinger. The cool thing is having certain songs that remind me of very specific events.

edwinalink · « **Reply #4344 on:** 16 Feb 2011, 19:36 »

I must compare Nightwish to Dragonforce.

not in the Power Metal sense.

there is just so little creative happening there. that in spite of how VERY well done it is. I get bored quickly.

The extra letter · « **Reply #4345 on:** 16 Feb 2011, 20:57 »

Quote from: spoon_of_grimbo on 16 Feb 2011, 15:43

Quote from: Kwaping on 15 Feb 2011, 08:44
Raise your hand if you actually read and care about what other people are listening to.

Raise two hands if you just come to this thread to post what you're listening to, and don't read or care about the other posts.

anything that comes with an accompanying comment and/or description that intrigues me, i will always check out. i've found a few good bands i wouldn't otherwise have heard through this thread.

having said that, i'm occasionally guilty of posting just a band and song title, but that's more laziness on my part after having started typing a post, than anything else.

I do the same. I usually try to explain why I'm listening to what I'm listening to, but I too get lazy sometimes (or perhaps more often than not, really).

Right now, I'm listening to

Coil - The Dreamer is Still Asleep.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZDnSvmv9J0

I've been listening to it on and off for the last few days since I "discovered" it. I can't describe exactly *why* I really like this song, but I really, really dig it.
I'm listening to it on YouTube because I haven't been able to find the CD and I'm not too keen on using file sharing programs or whatever it is people use these days.

JimmyJazz · « **Reply #4346 on:** 16 Feb 2011, 22:11 »

"Desolation Roy" by Bob Dylan.

Best song Dylan perhaps? I know that's a tall order but holy shit

Koremora · « **Reply #4347 on:** 16 Feb 2011, 23:58 »

KVELERTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK

Patrick · « **Reply #4348 on:** 17 Feb 2011, 00:06 »

Quote from: Durin on 10 Feb 2011, 16:48

Spiderland by Slint.

Oh my GOD. Why did I not listen to these guys earlier? This is so good.

I actually had that same reaction to that album over the summer. If it makes you feel better, I think everybody has that reaction. I didn't listen to that album for years after I first heard of it, 'cause somebody around these parts had made a wisecrack about them. So I assumed "Meh, don't bother." 3 years of my life, wasted.

Lummer · « **Reply #4349 on:** 17 Feb 2011, 01:14 »

Quote from: Koremora on 16 Feb 2011, 23:58

KVELERTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK

YESSSSSS

I am listening to Nile right now. I am seeing them tonight.

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