Topic: The Music Thread

@TheBrandedSwordsman @Jimmer-jammer Hahaha Teenage Fanclub are from about half an hour away from me! The Glasgow C86 scene was really great in the 80s though, a lot of good bands came out of that period.

@Jimmer-jammer He name-checked them multiple times in interviews.

@Jimmer-jammer Do you think you will listen to more of them? (Teenage Fanclub)

@nessisonett Before your time from what you've said on here, though. Still, great that you appreciate the music and they're so close to you!

@nessisonett @Voltan

What do you make of this jazz saxophonist? There's even some piano playing on the record for you to enjoy in particular, Volt.

@TheBrandedSwordsman Very nice, I liked that. Will check out more later.

Just been listening to the latest “classical focus” playlist on the BBC Sounds app and got proper goosebumps from this.

(PS anyone have any idea why the vids on the forum are coming up as blank screens for me? Cleared my cache and still happening. It’s fine if I use private mode though!)

@Thrillho That happens to me as well on my iPhone (Safari, private mode doesn't help) but they're fine on desktop Chrome

@Thrillho @Voltan It's happening for me as well on both desktop macOS with Safari and iOS. Other browser work fine. Must be something that's changed with Safari, most likely privacy related.

@Thrillho That's really nice. Have you ever heard anything by Carlos Cipa? He's done some really beautiful tracks but this is one of my favourites...

Also I've just discovered that if you have YouTube open in another tab on desktop Safari then the videos all appear in pushsquare. Weird.

@TheBrandedSwordsman It’s nice to see Blue Note still pumping out the music that made their name! Honestly, there’s been a lot of hype around Omega and I haven’t gotten round to listening to it yet. I’ve heard a lot of good things about that album.

@nessisonett Do you think you will listen to it any time soon? It's a great album ,I listened to it this morning, actually.

@TheBrandedSwordsman Yeah, probably at some point but I haven’t listened to much jazz recently.

I managed to snag a pre-order of Weatherday’s Come In on tape. I would have went for one of the 500 vinyl copies but my budget’s a bit tight at the moment and I’m just glad I’ll have a physical copy.

@nessisonett Congratulations on getting the album on tape, it's better than not having anything at all, I'm just streaming them on Youtube now, it's quite emotional music, no?

Not the sort of thing I would normally listen to, but I think it's great quality lo-fi rock, and I'm glad I tried them out.

@Jimmer-jammer might like him (Weatherday) as well.

@nessisonett How did you first hear about the Weatherday guy?

@TheBrandedSwordsman Sputnik, the artist behind Weatherday as a project is non binary and both the ‘male’ and ‘female’ voices on that album are performed by them with zero alteration due to the lo-fi limitations which I thought was honestly pretty impressive in showing their range. I heard of them through the original Reddit posting on the emo subreddit, which ended up blowing up weeks later leading to the album being critically acclaimed despite being an actual indie release as opposed to a lot of ‘indie’ artists who actually have a lot of money and resources behind them. In all honesty, it’s an album that leans into a lot of varied influences that are just right up my street, with emo such as The Brave Little Abacus and Death Cab meeting noise rock bands like Shinsei Kamattechan and even post-punk like The Cure and elements of Queercore at times. I could see it being thought of in the same vein as the original Twin Fantasy by Car Seat Headrest in a few years, I’ve already heard some soundalikes from fellow indie artists so it’s already proving quite influential.

@Kidfried @ralphdibny @RogerRoger (I had a comment to share over on MGS5 and started to hear the promptings of Tasuki whisper in my ear so I moved it over here 😜)
As far as Spotify, I’m a fan of the service and I do share a family sub with a couple family members so it makes good financial sense too. I do more TV and movie streaming than music, but even if I just use it once a week while I’m in the shower, it’s brilliant to have nearly an entire complete library of music at the ready any given moment, all at the touch of the hand. (Well… any given moment that the internet isn’t down). Not to disparage the practice of using and collecting physical media for music; it’s certainly all open to personal preference, but I have had good luck with Spotify, even in my spotty usage patterns. I think it’s delightful to have physical discs and vinyl for collectible reasons as well. I certainly have some. And I have a lot of physical movie discs (MCU and Star Wars for example) that I enjoy having, even if streaming them is easier.

It's so weird how much I reversed on Spotify. I was totally anti-streaming and all about the physical media. I had a pretty big music collection - roughly 2,500 CDs across many genres and artists and whatever. I had rare ones and ones by artists that barely anyone had ever heard of. Then one day I became sick of having loads of clutter and got rid of practically all of my physical media and now I live entirely online. So it's good for living a more minimalist life but not so good if anybody ever sets off an EMP.

@johncalmc Well, I’m not sure how EMP’s work, but I think the CD player goes down too. Unless you’ve got one that runs on a steam engine or fossil fuels or something.

EMP plans for entertainment:
Playing the guitar by the campfire while roasting supper and having neighborhood impromptu theater.