Topic: The Music Thread

@TheBrandedSwordsman Cheers for all the recommends. I've been listening all day and really enjoyed what I've heard. I've checked out a few of the full albums on Spotify as well and particularly taken with the sounds of Pat Metheny (even though the picture they've used on his bio makes him look like Bob Mortimer in a very bad wig), and Makaya McCraven.

I'll definitely listen more to all of them 👍

I just pre-ordered the new Leprous album, limited edition white vinyl + t-shirt bundle, directly from the band... Paid way too much but oh well

edit: this absolute banger is on it as well

@nessisonett What have you been listening to recently? I've been indulging myself with the limited edition silver vinyl I received today - Spacemen Mystery of the Terror Triangle by The Night Monitor.

@TheBrandedSwordsman According to my Spotify, I’ve been listening to Wham, Galaxie 500 and Sharon Van Etten recently. Sounds about right.

I've been listening to the David Bowie Platinum greatest hits 3 CD album in the car lately. Such a great set! There's a bit of a lull in the middle of disc 2 but disc 1 and 3 and the beginning and end of disc 2 are just brilliant.

I really need to get the platinum collection of Queen as well. I've got all their albums but sometimes you just want to listen to the hits y'know?

@Jimmer-jammer Now I'm getting back into rock, I've been listening to this, what do you reckon? Sorry if I've shown them to you before.

@ralphdibny Do you have Blackstar as well or is it a similar case to Queen with Bowie (who also collaborated with each other), i.e you "just wanna listen to the hits" ?

@TheBrandedSwordsman ah that's the final Bowie album isn't it? I haven't heard it yet. I think I will try and pick up the entire Bowie discography when money is less tight and I am more inclined to do so.

It is a bit of a weird one, I always used to be against these kind of "greatest hits" compilations because I used to like albums because of how they fit together and can occasionally tell a story. Stuff like the first half of Eminem's career, The Streets, Muse, Led Zep, Jeff Buckley, Elliott Smith etc.

I think as my music listening time has dwindled over the years, that it can be important to listen to more compilations, just for the variety of songs you'd hear on them. I guess it's a bit like listening to the radio without the adverts and conversations about Doris from Wiltshire's cat that hides in a dustbin or whatever other inane thing the presenters go on about 😅.

@render Ooh, I missed your post at the top of this page. I'm a big fan of Rival Consoles too but I only have his last two albums (Persona and Articulation) and keep meaning to go more into his back catalogue. He did drop a new track this week though;

Daniel Avery is good too but some of his tracks go a bit too off piste for me.

@Thrillho There's plenty of good stuff in his back catalog. I don't think you can go wrong with any of them but other than those ones you mentioned I particularly like the Night Melody and Odyssey albums. That new track is awesome too, thanks for posting.

Have you heard of Brambles before? They make very chilled out music but the Charcoal album is just full of great tracks...

The newest track sounds great too, just the way the piano sounds quite haunting...

Not sure if he totally pulls it off, but interesting all the same.

@Kidfried I can't get enough of Sault- some of the best music coming out of the UK at the moment. What do you make of their new album and that it will only be available for 99 days?

Cool little cover version

@Kidfried I know what you mean, it didn't hit me as immediately as their previous albums (especially their first, which gave me instant ESG vibes), but it is growing on me with each listen.

Saw another post of yours where you mention getting Aldous Harding tickets. You're in for a treat! She's the last person I saw on stage before lockdown hit- amazing performer.

@Th3solution @Jimmer-jammer What have you been listening to recently? I've mostly been listening to Shlohmo.

@Jimmer-jammer Oh really? How did you first become aware of them? And what is special about them for you?

@Jimmer-jammer It's really great stuff, thanks for sharing that, Jimmer.

@Jimmer-jammer They're great, thanks for sharing, can you recommend any specific albums to start with for them? Here's something I've been listening to recently. Let's get @Voltan in on the action as well, What do you think, Volt?

@TheBrandedSwordsman I'm pretty sure I posted Snarky Puppy here before
Absolutely love them and Lingus from this set is the best thing ever.

@Jimmer-jammer Listening to Transference now - I guess the main guy does a lot of acoustic guitar-related stuff? Kinda reminds me of Dwight Yoakam, completely different-sounding guy, but also similar in a sense, simply because they are both acoustic guitar singer-songwriters who play with a band on their albums, although all Dwight's albums are credited to Dwight rather than to a band. Saying all that, though ,I am only assuming that the Spoon singer is also the acoustic guitarist in the band? Just a wild guess, off the top of my head, but I am assuming that I am right, right?