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Title: What are you listening to? Yeah, *that* topic.
Post by: J-cob9000 on 21 Jul 2008, 20:12
So.
I did it.
I made this awful topic.

So like what are you listening to?

yeah, sorry if this is like.. against the rules or something.
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Post by: J-cob9000 on 21 Jul 2008, 20:15
Modest Mouse - Out of Gas
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Post by: celticgeek on 21 Jul 2008, 21:22
I'm drinking Laphroaig and listening to Aideen O'Brien.  Good scotch and good Celtic music. 

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Post by: Tehz on 21 Jul 2008, 22:11
Fame Throwa by Pavement.
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Post by: Nodaisho on 21 Jul 2008, 22:41
Black Dwarf - Candlemass
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Post by: Spluff on 21 Jul 2008, 22:45
I'm sure we've had this topic before and it got trashed, because it is a terrible, terrible topic.

But on the other hand,

Iron Maiden - The Wicker Man
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Post by: Tom on 21 Jul 2008, 23:37
Laughter Reflected Back - Joan of Arc
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Post by: Caspian on 21 Jul 2008, 23:52
Summoning- land of the dead  :mrgreen:
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Post by: Jackie Blue on 21 Jul 2008, 23:57
I listened to Abattoir Blues about five times at work tonight.

GET READY FOR LOVE!

PRAISIN' FORGOTTEN WHAT YA PRAISIN' FOR!

God I love Nick Cave.

Not in THAT way.

Well, maybe a little in that way.
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Post by: pwhodges on 21 Jul 2008, 23:59
Some boards manage to make this a perfectly civilised long-running topic.  So:

Bartok - Bluebeard's Castle (conducted by Ormandy)
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Post by: Tom on 22 Jul 2008, 00:05
Jackie, that it totally understandable 'cause Nick Cave is a manly man.

(http://sydney.diarystar.com.au/images/nick-cave1.jpg)
(http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2005/09/30/nic_cave.jpg)
(http://www.shout.ru/news/nick_cave_and_bad_seeds_01.jpg)
(http://www.dgdesignnetwork.com.au/dgdn/wp-content/images/Nick_Cave_02.jpg)
(http://dekluizenaar.mimesis.nl/wp-images/NickCave.jpg)
(http://www.motorcitycomic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/nick_cave_450_450x300.jpg)
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Post by: Jackie Blue on 22 Jul 2008, 00:07
Holy crap Mustache Nick Cave looks remarkably like Will Oldham.

COME TO THINK OF IT I'VE NEVER SEEN BOTH OF THEM IN THE SAME PLACE.
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Post by: just17n8 on 22 Jul 2008, 00:44
i hearing some of Satch's shenanigans... damm that old man can improvise
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Post by: McTaggart on 22 Jul 2008, 02:20
Quote from: n0t_r0bert_b0yle!! on 22 Jul 2008, 00:05
pictuurs

That first picture is totally great. I would see a band who's frontman looked like that regardless of who they actually were.

I think I'll put on Abattoir Blues when this album finishes. This album is It's a Bit Complicated by Art Brut. Basically that album is excellent.
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Post by: Daft pun on 22 Jul 2008, 02:27
Heavy Rotation - Run For Your Life (Diamond Cut Instrumental)

Apparently the original has vocals. I don't think I want to hear that 'cause this has to be superior in every way.
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Post by: Eris on 22 Jul 2008, 02:44
I am listening to 'Alas I Cannot Swim' By Laura Marling, a British folk-y singer. The folder I downloaded had two songs from her 'My Manic and Me' EP, so they are being played also.

Her voice is so pretty! I have heard a few of her songs on the radio, so I figured I would listen to the rest of the album, and it's the kind of music that I can put on as background music and hum along aimlessly for a while, then all of a sudden her voice gets to me and I have to just stop and listen properly. Sarah Blasko is like that also (her voice is rather pretty as well, I might add).
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Post by: suitupletsgo on 22 Jul 2008, 06:29
I'm pretty much listening to my entire Melvins catalogue on repeat.
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Post by: johnny5 on 22 Jul 2008, 07:10
i am listening to my friend's massive summer mix - and holy god does it suck. she uses way too many ashlee simpson, danity kane and boys like girls songs

now switching to shuffle
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Post by: Internet Hate Machine on 22 Jul 2008, 08:03
"Piano Lessons" by Porcupine Tree. Amazing Prog Band. Take Pink Floyd and and Newer opeth.
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Post by: J-cob9000 on 22 Jul 2008, 08:59
Quote from: Spluff on 21 Jul 2008, 22:45
I'm sure we've had this topic before and it got trashed, because it is a terrible, terrible topic.

But on the other hand,

Iron Maiden - The Wicker Man

Yeah, we all know it sucks.

More Modest Mouse.
Breakthrough.
Title: Re: What are you listening to? Yeah, *that* topic.
Post by: sean on 22 Jul 2008, 09:00
Guys, Hannah is doing this topic right. It's more worthwhile and fun if you actually talk about what you are listening to. This can actually be a good thread if you do it correctly people.

I personally am listening to the song Days by Escape the Day. Its a slow tune, in the vein of low. A minor key piano line drifts along as soft vocals wander above it. Guitar parts meander along. Its very intimate and personal. Its an excellent track, and I recommend it to anyone who needs to mope about.
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Post by: Internet Hate Machine on 22 Jul 2008, 09:22
New Slang by The Shins.
Changed to Amsterdam by Guster.

Both amazing songs.
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Post by: McTaggart on 22 Jul 2008, 09:27
I have the biggest crush on Laura Marling's voice right now. I really enjoyed both her album, her lp and the random other tracks of her's that I've stumbled across on the internet. I think that my favourite pop song all year is going to be that track by the Mystery Jets featuring her, Young Love (http://youtube.com/watch?v=qz-FoGp3p0s).

Right now I am listening to Hot Chip's The Warning. It's a much prettier album than I remember. I kinda forgot about it for a long time around Made in the Dark coming out and being pretty great. I'm listening to The Warning rather than Made in the Dark because I've just had the lines "Hot Chip will break your legs, snap off your head. Hot Chip will put you down, under the ground" stuck in my head all evening. I'm glad I'm listening to this one instead because it's nice to have things be better than you remember.
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Post by: JediBendu on 22 Jul 2008, 09:31
For like the past three days all I've been doing is going to work, sleeping, and listening to Om. Currently it's "Annapurna" off of Variations of a Theme. If you've never heard Om it's basically highly repetitive, chanted, droning, stoner metal minus the guitar. It was formed originally by the rhythm section of Sleep, if that helps anybody imagining the music.

And it's fucking sweet.
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Post by: Border Reiver on 22 Jul 2008, 09:49
Drinking coffee at work and listening to the radio - "Back in the Saddle Again" is presently playing.

Wishing I was back home sipping Dalwhinnie and listening to Stevie Ray Vaughan
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Post by: Kyros on 22 Jul 2008, 10:27
I was just listening to Sloan - Never Hear the End of It

Basically Sloan are slowly but surely taking over more of my listening time since I've been switching between One Chord to Another, Parallel Play, and Never Hear the End of It
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Post by: CursedMortivore on 22 Jul 2008, 10:33
In general, I'm listening to the track list from Rock Band 2.

At the moment, it's decided to land on Nine In The Afternoon by Panic at the Disco.
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Post by: Chesire Cat on 22 Jul 2008, 11:17
Well, Im in a new city brokeass with no job so I needed a cheer up.  I started off with The Might Be Giants by accident, now Im into Tenacious D
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Post by: tomselleck69 on 22 Jul 2008, 11:46
A whole bunch of Smog, and this (http://vice.typepad.com/vice_magazine/2008/06/glastonbury---b.html) and this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGRRwIAsoAE) on repeat.
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Post by: Internet Hate Machine on 22 Jul 2008, 13:06
"I'm yours" by Jason Mraz. I heard it the one morning I decided to watch MTV. I love it, catchy, melodic, happy.
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Post by: himynameisjulien on 22 Jul 2008, 13:33
Crossroads (Live at Winterland) - Cream
Soon to be Breaking the Law by Judas Priest. IMO, one of the most fun songs to listen to.
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Post by: Daft pun on 22 Jul 2008, 13:41
M83 - Saturdays = Youth

Took me a while to get into this, but it was so worth it. Favorite album of the year so far.

Quote from: McTaggart on 22 Jul 2008, 09:27
I think that my favourite pop song all year is going to be that track by the Mystery Jets featuring her, Young Love (http://youtube.com/watch?v=qz-FoGp3p0s).

YES
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Post by: Bayley on 22 Jul 2008, 13:50
The Replacements - Androgynous.

really beautiful song about two kids who love each other outside of the constraints of gender roles.
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Post by: Albatron on 22 Jul 2008, 13:56
Keoki - Wicked
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Post by: Overkordbaever on 22 Jul 2008, 16:46
The Combination - Greenleaf

The whole cd (Secret Alphabets) basically sounds like Dozer, though a more retro-inspired Dozer. Not so strange though since the same guy is (was? the latest Greenleaf CD doesn't sound like Fredrik in Dozer) the singer in Dozer.
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Post by: Yoeni on 22 Jul 2008, 16:55
Swans - Better Than You

So brilliant. I have yet to really fully understand what Michael Gira meant with this though, because he's not a cocky guy at all. Perhaps he just means that all others are self-indulgent people.
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Post by: casull on 22 Jul 2008, 17:53
I'm listening to Shearwater's Rook. It's the best thing I've heard in... maybe ever. Plus, I got to hear the bonus track the other day thanks to a friend who bought it on vinyl, and it has Meiburg's falsetto paired with a very sufjan-like banjo. Great stuff, highly recommended to just about anyone. It hooked me, and this isn't my kind of music, usually.
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Post by: jimbunny on 22 Jul 2008, 19:50
Just starting to listen to the album Unomia, predecessor to the fabulous Eingya by Helios. I caught "Velius" on Last.fm and loved it. Right now I'm listening to "Clementine." Sounding more ambient than Eingya. Still gorgeous, though.

Wait...these songs are in alphabetical order. Hmph. OK, we're good.


Title: Re: What are you listening to? Yeah, *that* topic.
Post by: Eris on 22 Jul 2008, 21:02
Ok, moving on from Laura Marling for the moment and going to the Justice Remix of MGMT's 'Electric Feel'. Happy Dance-y Remix-y Music-y goodness!

I heard this on the radio and was given a youtube link. The more I listen to it, the more I am liking it. The last minute or so sounds like a different song (I have been told that it seems like a bit of a lazy remix) but I still am having it on repeat, probably to my housemates' annoyance.
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Post by: Nodaisho on 22 Jul 2008, 22:38
Dio - Don't talk to strangers.

It is like Hallowed be thy Name in that it is awesome in ways my words cannot describe.
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Post by: Jackie Blue on 22 Jul 2008, 23:32
I listened to Lush's Split a bunch of times at work.

I have concluded that it is better than Loveless by a decent margin.
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Post by: Brian Majestic on 23 Jul 2008, 00:03
I've been listening to the following records:


I think I got a little wordy.
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Post by: glyphic on 23 Jul 2008, 10:41
I've been listening to the Mae Shi's HLLLYH a lot lately. Really catchy.

Additionally, I've been listening to the Netherfriends' EP. Fantastic songs featuring pots and pans as percussion. Plus, the singer looks just like Charlie from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
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Post by: Scandanavian War Machine on 23 Jul 2008, 12:00
i'm listening to my own electronic music.

is that weird?
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Post by: Social Bacon on 23 Jul 2008, 12:18
Nope. Not as long as you keep writing more.

I'm currently listening to The Distance by CAKE. I started listening to CAKE while really high the other night and I've had their songs stuck in my head ever since. I'm not sure what to think of them though. I'm a way they're completely awesome yet at the same time they're totally lame.
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Post by: StreetSpirit on 23 Jul 2008, 13:01
Japhy Ryder - ... I Guess That's It, but about to switch over to the Apparat album: Walls
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Post by: 2HourHiatus on 23 Jul 2008, 13:48
Silent Shout by The Knife.

It is so goddamn good...
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Post by: imapiratearg on 23 Jul 2008, 17:17
"Hawks Can Go" by Mock Orange.  I found them on Pandora and their record Mind Is Not Brain fucking slays.  One of the best things Pandora has given me.
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Post by: onewheelwizzard on 23 Jul 2008, 20:04
Pinch - Chamber Dub
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Post by: Tehz on 23 Jul 2008, 20:13
Home by The Smashing Pumpkins.
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Post by: supersheep on 23 Jul 2008, 22:20
Quote from: Brian Majestic on 23 Jul 2008, 00:03
WORDS
This is doing it right.

I am listening to Electric Feel by MGMT, for comparison with the Justice remix Hannah described earlier. The main thought in my mind about the song is that the chap looks like a hobbit, and the video might have been recorded in Lorien. Other than that it sounds nice I guess, very inoffensive and maybe a little catchy. Actually quite catchy. I could see myself dancing to this if I heard it, but I wouldn't rush to put it on, probably.

I have just listened to Graveyard Girl by M83, because I knew I had heard the name when I read it in casull's thread. It is kinda like being in the Breakfast Club, which is a feeling I like because a) I like that film and b) there is an ad on TV today which is trying to rip off that film. Why do you feel the need to sully everything with your dirty paws, advertising? Why? Is nothing sacred? They've done this to Terminator II to advertise cable TV or something too. Pshaw. Anyways, the Saturday = Youth album is something I would listen to more of most definitely. Also, is the line "I'm fifteen years old and I feel it's already too late to love. Don't you?" from a film or does it just sound like it should be?

I have also been listening to Untrust Us by Crystal Castles. I like their bleepychippy noise-dance stuff, all that stuff about douchebaggery aside. This is a different kettle of fish, however. To my ears, it almost sounds like some of The Knife's early stuff, which is a sound we could definitely do with more. Even the person who despises Crystal Castles and most stuff in the line of bleeperythumpery likes this song.

On reflection, it appears that I should be in bed. I am rambling.
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Post by: johnny5 on 24 Jul 2008, 07:10
CURRENTLY : BOTTOMLESS PIT DISCOGRAPHY
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Post by: J-cob9000 on 24 Jul 2008, 08:52
hosnap...
My Chemical Romance - Drowning Lessons.
I'ma get a lot of shit for this.
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Post by: Vendetagainst on 24 Jul 2008, 13:28
iTunes is on shuffle right now, but Sullen Girl by Fiona Apple just started, before that it was Wishful Sinful by the Doors
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Post by: numb3rb0y on 24 Jul 2008, 13:55
Soft Rock Star (Jimmy vs. Joe Mix) - Metric

Love that song _so_ much...
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Post by: Durin on 24 Jul 2008, 16:26
It's Natural to Be Afraid by Explosions in the Sky.
I'll be finishing this album then I'll be listening to The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
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Post by: McTaggart on 24 Jul 2008, 21:30
More and more frequently I get anxiety attacks when I'm headed out to see people I haven't seen in a while. Tonight there is a 21st that I really want to go to and really don't want to freak out and turn left instead of right and end up just sitting on the beach shaking for an hour or two instead of just going and getting the hell over it. The kind of mood I'm in during the day has a huge impact on how I handle things like this so today I'm listening to Soulwax. Thanks so damn much Emilio for raving about them enough that I bothered to listen.
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Post by: J-cob9000 on 25 Jul 2008, 15:46
John Denver - Leaving On A Jet Plane
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Post by: squawk on 25 Jul 2008, 16:22
Okkervil River - Starry Stairs

All I have been listening to these past two weeks is Okkervil River and Sloan.
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Post by: Tom on 25 Jul 2008, 16:34
HEALTH, lots of HEALTH, Abe Vigoda and Nouns this week

Glitter Pills is an awesome song and is kinda dancable.
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Post by: squawk on 26 Jul 2008, 00:12
Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines

Jonathan's voice is divine and the la la las are the best thing I have ever heard
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Post by: Tom on 26 Jul 2008, 00:40
There is something so familiar about that bass line.
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Post by: pwhodges on 26 Jul 2008, 01:49
In the car on holiday, so far we've played Paul Simon - Graceland, and Monteverdi - Vespers.
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Post by: gardenhead_ on 26 Jul 2008, 02:43
at this very moment, I'm listening to Milk Man by Deerhoof. I've been on a K Records kick lately and it has been brilliant. The Microphones' It Was Hot, We Stayed In The Water and anything by Mirah is the best music for riding around aimlessly on a bike.
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Post by: Tom on 26 Jul 2008, 02:47
Let's pretend we don't exist
Let's pretend we are in Antarctica
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Post by: DarkAvenger on 26 Jul 2008, 08:07
Dog Day Afternoon by the Gay Blades
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Post by: blankfile on 26 Jul 2008, 09:17
Currently, i have "Ayreon - Day Five: Voices" playing. Yeah, i'm an Ayreonaut. Love that band.

You fool yourself
You rose so high, you were bound to fall
Longing for the truth, you lived a lie...
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Post by: imagist42 on 26 Jul 2008, 09:20
Quote from: n0t_r0bert_b0yle!! on 26 Jul 2008, 02:47
Let's pretend we don't exist
Let's pretend we are in Antarctica

You posting this made me go put on:

It's so embarassing to need someone like I do you
How can I explain? I need you here and not here too
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Post by: Thrillho on 26 Jul 2008, 10:10
Glassjaw - Two Tabs Of Mescaline
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Post by: J-cob9000 on 26 Jul 2008, 14:52
This Will Destroy You - Grandfather Clock

yeah, I just downloaded an album and an EP.
I like it so far.
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Post by: Tehz on 26 Jul 2008, 15:06
Gang Bang Suicide - Kevin Drew
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Post by: sean on 26 Jul 2008, 15:14
Ana Never - Dnevnik Jednog Morfiniste

I just discovered this band off SirensSound. They are absolutely wonderful, though incredibly clichéd. Sweeping melodies, breathtaking crescendos, tremolo picking, you know the drill. But also, they sound immensely similar to Godspeed. Almost too similar, since they implement the screwdriver guitar thing Efrim loves doing. Still, they are very good and any post-rock fan should at least give this a spin. I would compare them to Mono in the sense that while they may not be original, they are fucking brilliant.
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Post by: KvP on 26 Jul 2008, 15:35
Quote from: McTaggart on 24 Jul 2008, 21:30
More and more frequently I get anxiety attacks when I'm headed out to see people I haven't seen in a while. Tonight there is a 21st that I really want to go to and really don't want to freak out and turn left instead of right and end up just sitting on the beach shaking for an hour or two instead of just going and getting the hell over it. The kind of mood I'm in during the day has a huge impact on how I handle things like this so today I'm listening to Soulwax. Thanks so damn much Emilio for raving about them enough that I bothered to listen.
Yeah? That's pretty cool. I could never use Soulwax as pick-me-up music, just seems too detached for me. If I need something of a dance-y variety to clear my head I usually listen to PNAU or LCD Soundsystem. I suppose those aren't any less remote. Oh well.

As of this moment I'm putting aside my fatigue for it and getting back to Interpol's first album, or a few tracks of it at least. Then it's off to Iggy Pop's Lust For Life, which for all my electronica motherfuckery is probably my favorite album of all time. It never fails to engage me.
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Post by: squawk on 26 Jul 2008, 15:47
Okkervil River - On Tour With Zykos
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Post by: Shadows Collide on 26 Jul 2008, 20:10
Talk Talk - Myrrhman
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Post by: E. Spaceman on 26 Jul 2008, 20:17
Okkervil River - Bruce Wayne Campbell Interviewed on the Roof of The Chelsea Hotel, 1979


Man, this album is so good.
Also, aside from the "Touch Me" bassline, the banjo sounds a danged lot like the Twin Peaks stheme
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Post by: jimbunny on 26 Jul 2008, 21:03
Just finishing Dan Deacon - "Wham City"

Really fun, on the first time through.
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Post by: Vendetagainst on 26 Jul 2008, 21:04
Children of the Damned, -Iron Maiden
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Post by: squawk on 26 Jul 2008, 21:09
Okkervil River - Bruce Wayne Campbell Interviewed on the Roof of The Chelsea Hotel, 1979
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Post by: McTaggart on 27 Jul 2008, 06:12
Quote from: KvP on 26 Jul 2008, 15:35
Yeah? That's pretty cool. I could never use Soulwax as pick-me-up music, just seems too detached for me. If I need something of a dance-y variety to clear my head I usually listen to PNAU or LCD Soundsystem. I suppose those aren't any less remote. Oh well.

It's less pick-me-up music than just something to keep my mind from settling on one thing for two long. It sounds silly but when I'm in one of those downward spirals of panicking and then panicking because I'm panicking I'll notice just some little thing in the music and then stop and listen and then just think "fuck yeah!" and it helps to snap me out of it. I think remoteness helps because it doesn't give me anything to latch on to and turn into a Thing.

On another note I think I'm going to have to listen to the new Okkervil River a couple more times. Yes it is good, but I don't think it's good enough to justify all the orgasms people are having over it.
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Post by: valley_parade on 27 Jul 2008, 06:22
I was listening to Jawbreaker's "Dear You" album, but it seems that I've had "Jet Black" on repeat for three or four go'rounds. Such a good song!
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Post by: valley_parade on 27 Jul 2008, 08:05
Is it weird that I was into Jets to Brazil way before I got into Jawbreaker?
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Post by: imagist42 on 27 Jul 2008, 10:32
I love Jets to Brazil but I have never even heard Jawbreaker.
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Post by: E. Spaceman on 27 Jul 2008, 12:43
Well, many many Jawbreaker fans don't like Dear You at all. I think it is a good album but with too much unneeded sheen, and not nearly as good as say 24 Hour Revenge Therapy.
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Post by: ImRonBurgundy? on 27 Jul 2008, 14:02
I like Dear You.  It's a shame that the label bungled the album so badly ("Fireman" was the most single-worthy song you heard on there, guys?  Really??), because from the sounds of "For Esme", "Gemini", and "Elephant", Jawbreaker had at least one more good album in 'em at the end.

I'm currently on a Replacements binge, with special emphasis on demos, b-sides, outtakes, and other assorted rarities.
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Post by: Vendetagainst on 27 Jul 2008, 21:07
Velvet Underground- Venus in Furs
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Post by: Uber Ritter on 29 Jul 2008, 20:16
Ulver - Capitel II: Soelen gaaer bag Aase ned from Bergtatt.

Before that, a lot of Daft Punk Alive 2007.
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Post by: Tehz on 30 Jul 2008, 12:13
Comes and Goes - Les Savy Fav
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Post by: castingcall on 30 Jul 2008, 20:12
At Folsom Prison - Johhny Cash

Recently, all I've been able to listen to for a serious length of time is Goldfrapp and The Smiths. I don't know why, but I think its because of my terrible insomnia, and those two are so...cooing and relaxed. According to my best friend [and major Smiths fan], you're only supposed to listen to The Smiths when you're heartbroken, but I find it entertaining.

"I was looking for a job and then I found a job, and heaven knows I'm miserable nooowwww" makes me giggle.
Title: Re: What are you listening to? Yeah, *that* topic.
Post by: Bayley on 30 Jul 2008, 21:25
Quote from: ImRonBurgundy? on 27 Jul 2008, 14:02
I like Dear You.  It's a shame that the label bungled the album so badly ("Fireman" was the most single-worthy song you heard on there, guys?  Really??), because from the sounds of "For Esme", "Gemini", and "Elephant", Jawbreaker had at least one more good album in 'em at the end.

I'm currently on a Replacements binge, with special emphasis on demos, b-sides, outtakes, and other assorted rarities.

i played "androgynous" at open mic last week. man i love that song.