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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: benji on 06 Jun 2008, 16:50
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The last couple of days, it's been too damn hot in my little corner of the world, and it looks like the same is true some other places. I realize that I gravitate to certain music when it's really hot, and I was wondering if others did the same.
Right now, I'm listening to one of my old stand-byes: Cheap Thrills by Big Brother and the Holding Company (Janis Joplin's first major band). Despite a corny flower child song or two, this album has some great tracks, including Janis singing Gershwin's Summer Time, one of the great songs hot summer days.
Last night, I put on The Gold Hour, the new Firewater album, which puts me in the mind to travel (understandable, since it's sort of a travel-journal-in-music-form) and reminds me places like India and Israel, where I minded the heat less.
Speaking on India, I will almost certainly pull out Bismillah Khan (a shehnai player) in the next few days, too.
So what music do you pull out when it's too damn hot?
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I have listened to nothing but This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb for the past two days.
But that doesn't really have anything to do with summer.
I guess I choose music for my car that is sort of summery? Massive Attack gets played a lot. Pavement, especially Crooked Rain. Early 90's era R.E.M.
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It's of course getting in to winter over in the Southern Hemisphere, which would explain why I've been listening to the entire Opeth discography start to finish this week, breaking only for the occasional Boards of Canada or Spiritualized album
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For summer, I listen to lots and lots and lots of Do Make Say Think.
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today has been the hottest day so far, and tomorrow si going to be even worse.
anyway, I've watched this video about 12 times in a row. I've also been listening to a lot of Refused and Jesus L:izard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHcYYYfFE0I
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For some reason, summer always makes me want to listen to The Kaiser Chiefs and Ted Leo.
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When it's too hot to move I go and see some live reggae.
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It's not completely sweltering yet but right now my summer soundtracks are looking something like:
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand
Islands - Arm's Way
Ratatat - LP3
The Replacements - Let It Be
The Replacements - Tim
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I haven't noticed any real trend except a strong surge of indie pop (particularly twee), but that's mostly because I've been discovering a ton of new stuff in that vein, purely coincidentally. I guess I have been giving solid rock like Jets to Brazil and Ted Leo a lot more play time recently...
The only season/weather related trend I've ever noticed is that winter is typically post-rock time for me. Three winters ago I obsessed over Sigur Rós and Stereolab, two winters ago I obsessed over Do Make Say Think and Godspeed, and this winter I obsessed over Explosions in the Sky, Mono and This Will Destroy You. Oh, and of course every time of year is dance-punk time because dance-punk is love.
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Massive Attack gets played a lot
What record? Blue Lines? Surely not anything post (and including)-Mezzanine?
The sun beaming in from my window wakes me up at 5 at the minute, so I laze around 'til six and then start my day with Die Sterne, twee and American Football on repeat.
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Odelay and Guero by Beck
Wahooti Fandango by Custard
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
Less Talk, More Paper Scissors by The Paper Scissors
The Slow Wonder A.C. Newman
Everything all the Time Band of Horses
Red, Yellow & Blue Born Ruffians
Cloud Control Cloud Control
As well as some Pavement and Pixies.
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When it's hot, and I listen to crowded music, I start to feel exhausted to the point where I'm nearly passing out on the street. When the weather is hot, I'm all about sparse acoustic arrangements. None of that loud stuff.
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I'd say I'm aware of what makes good music for a certain season or weather variety, but it really seems like i simply listen to music i want to listen to and don't listen to music that doesn't fit the weather, as opposed to choosing stuff that does fit the weather. there is a group of artists i listen to regardless of ambient temperature but find exceedingly fitting for this weather.
Caribou is great period, but i find the whole swirling, psychedelic, thing particularly suited to a sunny summer day.
Same Goes for Born Ruffians. Red, Yellow, & Blue just screams summer.
Califone's Roots and Crowns is an album i have enjoyed immensely year round. doubly so in summer.
Dead Meadow.
I second Do Make Say Think, of course.
Oh, can't forget Kyuss. And Queens of the Stone Age.
I could go on, but I think I'll just stop now.
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Parklife is my album to sweat to.
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I listen to lots of stuff that's already been said:
Beck
Broken Social Scene
The entire Elephant Six collective
Pavement
Yo La Tengo
Band of Horses
Braid
A lot more punk like the Dillinger Four and Jawbreaker and such
Jets to Brazil
The Pixies
Iron & Wine
Talking Heads (I love blasting "Once In a Lifetime" while driving into town)
The Thermals
etc. etc.
EDIT - Oh man, how could I have forgotten The Polyphonic Spree when I was listening to them while I typed that? Also: Nick Drake.
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Anything that makes me wanna play air guitar.
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I've also been listening to a LOT of Refused.
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It's the last week of school so I've been listening to a lot of Judas Priest, but only Blood Red Skies because that song is a million shades of awesome.
I have not been listening to Refused but that's probably because I've listened to The Shape of Punk to Come a bit too many times. I'll probably be listening to a lot of blues in the next couple of months, especially when it's hot. I get the distinct feeling that I'll be listening to a lot of Blind Willie McTell and Screamin' Jay Hawkins.
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I've also been listening to a LOT of Refused.
Epic win. A lot of the early EP stuff is great for hot weather, sounding like it was recorded in a box that's eight foot cubed.
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Fugazi and Jon Spencer. Good summer tunage......oh yeah, and some Slayer. Gotta love Slayer in the heat.
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everyone should really watch that melvins video I posted above, as well. hehe.
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Prince
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Black Moth Super Rainbow is pretty rad. It's like an ethereal lullaby.
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Seconded. I was listening to them in my car yesterday and that music just feels good.
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Oh, shit.
Bruce Springsteen's first three albums, before he started singing about hopelessness and shattered dreams.
Greetings From...., The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle, and Born To Run are really the definitive albums of summer youth. Of escape, of dreams, of love, of pure blinding energy.
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Like, seriously, man. I put it on and the combination of heat/exhaustion/music put 3 people to sleep.
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Epic win. A lot of the early EP stuff is great for hot weather, sounding like it was recorded in a box that's eight foot cubed.
It's all about this. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=IsJEVbJwCEU) Chug, Earth Crisis shirts, vegan slogans flashing up, X'ed up fists in the crowd and more stage dives than you can shake a very big stick at. Summer is definitely the time for straight edge hardcore.
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I have no idea what you guys are talking about. I usually listen to music in air conditioned rooms.
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Guys, Vampire Weekend are pretty sweet to listen to on a humid evening.
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Cerunnos and Dimmukane know what's up.
I've been listening to a lot of Thievery Corporation and Tipper recently, as well as a bunch of random DJ mixes I've picked up, but the stuff that has really been getting me going is Shpongle. It doesn't get boring the way other electronica does if I play it over and over and over again.
Wow, none of those are what I'd expect. Time to listen to a ton of Colour Haze to offset all the beeps and boops.
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Ha, that's what I've been doing, too. Except instead of Shpongle it was Ratatat and the Jet Set Radio Future soundtrack.
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Oh man why did i not think of Thievery Corporation? Absolutely perfect for chilling by the pool.
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I have no idea what you guys are talking about. I usually listen to music in air conditioned rooms.
Pussy!
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fall is a very good time for jazz.
I always find myself listening to a fair amount of black sabbath in the winter. that and the gloria record. weird.
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Dick Dale or any surf music. I love driving around playing Misirlou loudly.
Vampire Weekend is funny poppy summer music.
The Zombies
CCR, The Who, Led Zeppelin, etc.
Reggae
Stan Get, Joao Gilberto, any samba/bossa nova.
The Ruby Suns
Beirut
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Spent all weekend in ginormous diesel p/up truck sans a/c. With two other people. TFH!
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Prince
oh yeah
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summer musics!
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum
Hella - Total Bugs Bunny on Wild Bass
The Black Keys - Attack & Release
Bigelf - Hex and Closer to Doom
Man Man - Rabbit Habits
All Girl Summer Fun Band - s/t
DJ Frane - The Electronic Garden of Delights
actually, this isn't so much "summer music" as it is "music that rules when you are stoned."
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Queens of the Stone Age's latest album is the one I've listened to BY FAR the least ... I knew every note they ever played up until Lullabies to Paralyze, and even then got a good feel for that album, but Era Vulgaris just never got play time after I got my hands on it.
Walking around Philadelphia right now feels like swimming in honey that's been sitting in a hot car all day, so I wised up and put it on. Holy fuck it is good. It's perfect for the sauna that is West Philly right now. Also, I've finally caught up to one of my all-time favorite bands.
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Temperature has no influence over what I listen to. If it's hot, I'm in the car, and I can't turn on the AC without my car overheating, I'll roll down the windows, listen to whatever's in the CD player, and either chill out or sing along. Generally, this consists of Nightwish, Yuzo Koshiro, Marilyn Manson, or whatever is on my friend's MP3 player when he plugs it into the lighter socket.
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Massive Attack gets played a lot
What record? Blue Lines? Surely not anything post (and including)-Mezzanine?
Blue lines and Mezzanine (which I actually enjoy), mostly. Blue Lines is soooo good though.
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This context is arguably the only use for R.E.M.'s Reveal.
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It's been a lovely 97+ the past three days, and it will continue for at least one more day here in north Jersey. I've come up with this list:
Against Me! (Mostly New Wave, it's my favorite)
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (only their first three albums, and the live at the Hammersmith Odeon album)
Allman Brothers Band (Statesboro Blues came on the radio while i was driving yesterday and it fit the weather perfectly)
I noticed i can only listen to Dashboard Confessional (guilty pleasure) during the summer, and especially good late at night
Eagles of Death Metal's Peace Love Death Metal
the second disk on Foo Fighters In Your Honor is great late at night too
I'm just starting to get into the Hold Steady, so i have a feeling that will impact my summer
Neil Young
Anything by Queens of the Stone Age, except maybe Rated R. I just never really got into it
Sublime
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
Rolling Stones Get Yer Ya Ya's Out
EDIT: I'll up any of this to the mediafire thread if anyones interested.
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Okkervil River anyone?
...Anyone?
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Against Me! (Mostly New Wave, it's my favorite)
Really? I have never met anyone who held this opinion before. I myself am a Crimes As Forgiven By/Reinventing Axl Rose fan. I mean, New Wave is okay. The production is a little too glossy for my personal taste but the songs are workable. I just find that there's a certain charm missing, you know?
OH AND THEY SOLD OUT
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I'ma go with Deerhoof on this one
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Old school rock is always good with a convertible roof down on warm summer nights too.
Ray Charles, Chuck Berry, etc.
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Against Me! (Mostly New Wave, it's my favorite)
Really? I have never met anyone who held this opinion before. I myself am a Crimes As Forgiven By/Reinventing Axl Rose fan. I mean, New Wave is okay. The production is a little too glossy for my personal taste but the songs are workable. I just find that there's a certain charm missing, you know?
OH AND THEY SOLD OUT
It's probably because New Wave was the album that got me into the band...
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MGMT seem to be my current default 'oh it's hot outside I should probably stop listening to Death Cab' kind of band at the moment...
Plus, a whole load of twee indie girl-pop (pipettes/tilly & the wall/all girl summer fun band)
But, there is a still a huge part of me that wants to be driving along the coast listening to Ataris' version of Boys of Summer. Does this make me a bad person?
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Yes. You should be listening to Blue Skies, Broken Hearts... Next Twelve Exits instead (mainly the first half, it tails off after that). San Dimas High School Football Rules is still great, despite being probably the cheesiest pop-punk song ever written.
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I discovered today Daturah's slow jams do wonders while walking in hot sweltering Maryland/DC weather.
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I can only partly vouch for this as I listened to Daturah whilst walking in hot sweltering Sydney, NSW weather.
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I prefer Summer Teeth.
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Summerteeth is good, and appropriate, but Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is the best for summer out of the three.
I'm also going to toss up The Mountain Goats' Tallahassee. It's fantastic for a hot, mellow summer evening.
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Summerteeth is good, and appropriate, but Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is the best for summer out of the three.
I'm also going to toss up The Mountain Goats' Tallahassee. It's fantastic for a hot, mellow summer evening.
I thought Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was more of an autumn record.
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"Poor Places?" Come on. The noisy, screechy, feedback-y guitars on songs like "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" and "I'm the Man Who Loves You" doesn't make you think "blistering summer day in the sun?" Maybe it's just me.
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No way, you guys are crazy. If Wilco ever made a particularly summery album, it was Sky Blue Sky. But, honestly? All of Wilco's albums are pretty awesome for the season, so why pick one?
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"Muzzle Of Bees" sounds like the way a nap in the shade on a fresh-cut lawn on a warm summer's day feels.
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AM is for early evening on the road.
Being There could soundtrack an entire day because it's so eclectic.
Summerteeth is for when the sun is too hot, bleeding into sunset when you get to songs like 'Via Chicago.'
The Mermaid Avenue albums are both for listening to at night.
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is for high noon.
A Ghost Is Born is a spring afternoon.
Sky Blue Sky is for a wet or wintry, but not necessarily that cold, autumn day.
So you can all shut up.