@Thrillho I really didn’t like the Squid album either. Or Black MIDI. Or Black Country, New Road. It’s like a whole wave of albums leaning into the side of post-punk that I just don’t enjoy.
@TheBrandedSwordsman Talky vocals aren’t always my thing, quite a few tracks could do with minutes being shaved off them, and the sort of off beat sound doesn’t do it for me.
I wanted to like it but I had it on again this week at work and turned it off after a few tracks.
This week I have had one of Dan Deacon’s albums rotated onto my phone and it reminded me that this glorious Tiny Desk session exists. The vocals sound weird on these live versions but the crowd participation on the second and third tracks is amazing.
@Jimmer-jammer I didn’t know if you knew of him as your posting of Kid Koala sort of reminded me of him.
@nessisonett Bromst was a fantastic album of his and Glass Riffer has some great tracks too. The thing about working my way through my iTunes like this is that I find artists I've not listened to in a while and discover they've got a new album that I missed.
@Kidfried Always nice to see a successful recommendation! And yep, talky post-punk with ‘dissonant’ genre tags and manic horn playing will be the death of me 😂
@TraCuz- What do you reckon of my man John Scofield? Excellent jazz guitarist, the best besides the less accessible but technically superior Holdsworth imho
"Even in the face of death, the samurai stands unwavering, for honour is a blade sharper than steel".
Had a big shady/aftermath binge over the last week on some long drives. Listened to:
The Eminem Show
Encore
Relapse
Obie Trice - Cheers
50 Cent - get rich or die trying (the CD skipped a lot so I didn't hear a huge amount of it 😅)
Dr Dre - 2001
Devils Night
D12 World
Marshall Mathers LP 2
@ralphdibny Big mid-00s boxing game on PS2 vibes. You should add The Game’s The Documentary to that! Worth it just for Hate It Or Love It, one of the best singles of that era. Plus Common’s Be but that’s not quite from the same label.
@nessisonett I don't actually own the CD of The documentary but hate it or love it is easily the best song on there. There's a (featuring) G-Unit version that I actually prefer that has the a couple verses performed by other g unit members. I can't remember whether that was a bonus track on The documentary or on some other album though!
That album is great as it starts from such bangers but gets more chilled as it goes with such a beautiful closing track. I’d love to see him live and he’s been playing more piano in his sets. This track is gorgeous.
This live session from KEXP from a while ago is also great and I like hearing him talk about some of the ridiculous things he does in his music.
@Thrillho Awesome videos, thanks for the links. That piano solo sounds amazing, like every key is struck with purpose. The guy is just naturally talented.
I saw him live what must have been 2008 when I went to see a certain band he was working with, with the missus. I definitely came away from that appreciating his solo set way more than the headline. It was very much like that KEXP set and it’s interesting watching that and listening to him talk about how it’s all put together. I’ve always loved how his tracks just start off with a few simple noises and just keep on building to such a high.
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