What are you listening to?

beardedlamb · Post by **beardedlamb** » November 3rd, 2006, 6:32 pm

kaci_beeler wrote:The Decemberists are fucking awesome, and their new album that came out last month, The Crane Wife, is no exception.

metal only from here on out, please.

kbadr · Post by **kbadr** » November 3rd, 2006, 6:49 pm

beardedlamb wrote:metal only from here on out, please.

MTV News used the bass line from Megadeth's "Peace Sells" for their bumpers/intros. Discuss.

TexasImprovMassacre · November 4th, 2006, 1:57 am

Jason, do you like Fantomas!?

I've been listening to a lot of albums since i lost my sk8ordipod

SILKWORM- "firewater"
the pAper chAse-"young bodies heal quickly, you know"
the dismemberment plan- "change", "emergency & i", "is terrified"
Karate-"unsolved"
the refused-"songs to fan the flames of discontent"
Old Crow Medicine Show-"old crow medicine show"
top secret leaked tenacious d? ...i wish...there's a prescreening on nov12

kaci, i've heard the decemberists are good...but how good?

Dragonforce-"Inhuman Rampage"

DollarBill · Post by **DollarBill** » November 4th, 2006, 11:13 am

TexasImprovMassacre wrote: top secret leaked tenacious d? ...i wish...there's a prescreening on nov12

I went to the prescreening of Pick Of Destiny at the end of the Austin Film Festival wtih Ace and Jon. I left without socks. I think right now Master Exploder is my favorite jam.

beardedlamb · Post by **beardedlamb** » November 4th, 2006, 12:16 pm

i don't if you guys remember my brother brendan from back in the day when he played a few one night band's but his band ignitor is pretty hardcore and they're actually getting some notoriety.

they have a wikipedia. fun.

shando · Post by **shando** » November 4th, 2006, 12:37 pm

TexasImprovMassacre wrote:
kaci, i've heard the decemberists are good...but how good?

Super-duper good in a lit reader/grad school kind of way. I haven't even heard the new one though.

Pipe down, Jeremy.

You guys can start your own metal thread if you want.

vine311 · Post by **vine311** » November 4th, 2006, 5:01 pm

beardedlamb wrote:i don't if you guys remember my brother brendan from back in the day when he played a few one night band's but his band ignitor is pretty hardcore and they're actually getting some notoriety.

they have a wikipedia. fun.

Holy Shit! Ignitor if fucking AWESOME!!! I've seen them play a few times and they are totally badass. I have their CD if anyone wants a listen.

mcnichol · Post by **mcnichol** » November 14th, 2006, 9:53 am

Some more stuff for this week:

Karen Dalton - In My Own Time (1971)
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity (2007)
Directions in Music (1996)
Les Rallizes Denudes - '77 Live (1991)
Opal - Early Recordings Vol. 2 (Unreleased studio demos, mid-1980s)
Baby Huey - The Baby Huey Story (1970)

shando · Post by **shando** » November 14th, 2006, 10:01 am

Ooooh oooh oohh, I really want to hear the Baby Huey stuff. How's the new Deerhoof? I liked the last one, but not quite as much as I like Apple O' or Milk Man.

mcnichol · Post by **mcnichol** » November 14th, 2006, 10:27 am

shando wrote:Ooooh oooh oohh, I really want to hear the Baby Huey stuff. How's the new Deerhoof? I liked the last one, but not quite as much as I like Apple O' or Milk Man.

Shannon, I'm totally with you on the Deerhoof -- Runners Four did not "do it for me" like the amazing Milk Man - Apple O' - Reveille run. This one does it for me even less. Less guitars, less live drums, more electronic stuff (bleeps and drums). The guitars and drums were the stuff I loved. this one seems to be more like that Green Cosmos EP that came out awhile back. I'm going to give it some more chances though, but it made almost zero impact on the first run through.

Now. Baby Huey and the Babysitters still wow me. It's a great combination of R&B/Soul and Psychedelia. The guy died at a relatively young age so, aside from a few earlier singles, this is really all there is (this collects the studio stuff they recorded for Curtis Mayfield's Curtom label prior to Baby Huey's death). The LP is a mixed bag -- some shorter groovers, some longer psychedelic/funk with and without vocals (ie "California Dreamin'"!!!), but sequenced quite well. The LP's opening track "Listen to Me" is my secret weapon for improv show starters.

I found a couple mp3s online... check these out (you may recognize the "Hard Times" groove from Ghostface and some other hip hop tracks).

Hard Times (mono single mix) (though i have to admit i think the stereo mix that was posthumously made for the LP is WAY better)
Mighty Mighty pt. 2 (b-side of "Mighty Mighty" ...'Preciate it!
Mama Get Yourself Together (instrumental)
A Change is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke on acid)

shando · Post by **shando** » November 17th, 2006, 9:45 am

Ah man, that Baby Huey stuff is nice. The Hard Times bit used by Ghostface sounds so different in another context. I find that a lot when I know samples from rap music and then I hear the originals. I felt that way a lot when I got the Stax box set and heard all the obscure singles that the RZA made half a career stealing.

TexasImprovMassacre · November 17th, 2006, 3:54 pm

mcnichol wrote: Mama Get Yourself Together (instrumental)

Damn Dr.Mcnichol, this is funktastic.

You like Fela Kuti's Zombie?

mcnichol · Post by **mcnichol** » November 17th, 2006, 6:49 pm

TexasImprovMassacre wrote:You like Fela Kuti's Zombie?

I don't like it. ...I love it!! Fela is just amazing. I love Zombie (undeniable classic), but Na Poi (no linky mp3, boo) is my favorite for rockin the house. To be honest, I haven't pulled his stuff out in a while (overdue!).

I hadn't explored too much other African/Afrobeat type stuff beyond Fela for awhile, but then last year a friend lent me this:

...which knocked my socks off.

After that I discovered those Ethiopiques CDs that are also just insane. They made me realize just how much more there still is out there.

Then, most recently, I acquired a copy of the Africa 100: The Indestructible Beat 7xCD thing. Joe Tangari wrote an article about his explorations into Afrobeat (it's required reading -- check it!) and it's a great guide I'm sure I will come back to more than a few times. Well, in it he describes these 7 mix CDs he made called Africa 100, and somebody put either it or their own compiled version of it on the web. This has been keeping me and my mp3 player busy recently. (...and I'd love to share it if you have the least bit of interest.)

mcnichol · Post by **mcnichol** » December 11th, 2006, 12:47 pm

Recently:

Pink Floyd | Early singles & Piper At The Gates of Dawn (all the Syd-penned stuff) (1966/67)
The Electric Eels | Agitated 7" (1975/78 )
VietNam | The Sidewalk's Always Greyer EP & upcoming LP (2004/2007) (thanks Tami for the tip-off)
The Black Angels | Passover (2006)
Animal Collective | People EP (2006)
The Mummies | everything! (1988-1994)
Manfred Mann Chapter Three | Volumes 1 and 2 (1969/70)
Doo Rag | early 7"s and Barbershop tape (1992/93)

and a Dismemberment Plan / Karate / Built To Spill cd from Cody I haven't popped in the player yet (thanks Cody!)

shando · Post by **shando** » December 11th, 2006, 1:48 pm

Ah, I love the Animal Collective. Just listening to the lead track off the EP. How's the rest of it?