Topic: The Music Thread

@TheBrandedSwordsman I'll check this out tonight!

@Voltan @Jimmer-jammer Did you listen to the Sco music? Thoughts?

@Keith_Zissou Did you ever hear the Deftones cover version of The Chauffeur? Totally crushing towards the end.

@TheBrandedSwordsman Unfortunately I came home very late but I'll give it a spin today, should be able to do it after a couple meetings at work.

@Jimmer-jammer I'm glad you enjoyed the Sco songs from his oeuvre of work, Radio is great, but then, they all are to me. Apart from his Blue Matter record - that sounded too 80s for my tastes. Care to recommend something yourself?

@TheBrandedSwordsman I listened to the Scofield album but I'm afraid he isn't really my jam

@Voltan Ok. Then how about......the latest Joe Bonamassa?

@Jimmer-jammer Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is a definite favourite of mine, why does Gish edge out that album as a competitor for you?

@TheBrandedSwordsman You can always rely on Joe to deliver bangers!
But… you’re one single behind, this is the actual latest:

Oh boy, a whole bunch of people are playing Glasgow over the next few months. I’ll probably grab tickets for Sea Power, Black Marble, The Jesus and Mary Chain, LCD Soundsystem, Viagra Boys, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Big Thief, Yves Tumor, Cloud Nothings, Dinosaur Jr, Jeff Rosenstock, Low and Richard Hawley.

Part of me’s also tempted by this year’s summer gig in the park of Green Day, Weezer and Fall Out Boy to appease my inner 12 year old. It’s like £70 though so no chance 😂

@nessisonett I've definitely heard of some of those names
But also I saw Viagra Boys and can definitely recommend. It's good stuff.

@nessisonett Ah if only I didn't have responsibility for the little guys. Totally envious especially for Sea Power, LCD Soundsystem, Yves Tumor, Low and Richard Hawley!

@Jimmer-jammer I reckon that's a brilliant mini-review of Gish right there, the jazz drumming certainly intrigues me but I am not really a rocker any more. Interestingly enough, I identified with Billy Corgan's sentiment on Mellon Collie, that is to say, the sentiment he had when writing that album, 'putting his teenage memories in a shoe-box and putting it away under the bed' when I was listening to it, that was the last time I seriously listened to rock music, I have only had a casual/occasional interest in it ever since.

N.B This is because rock and metal represent my teenage memories/self to a large degree.

@Kidfried been meaning to ask, did you already see Aldous Harding?

@Kidfried I think it’s some sort of live-stream disco thing playing the Madison Square Garden set. Big adverts everywhere here as it’s not a tour but an exhibition from the members of the band and some photographer guy that’s only being shown here. It’s in an old subway tunnel as well!

@Kidfried makes sense. I actually prefer listening to recorded works. Attended a couple concerts when I was younger but now I just like to very privately enjoy my music, alone and away from the world. I've even bought tickets for shows that I just never went to - Ray LaMontagne and Imogen Heap.

Eagerly awaiting the Peppa diss track.

@zupertramp Unironically, I would rather listen to Peppa Pig’s album on repeat than force myself through Donda. After the car crash that was Jesus is King, I’m just plain done with Kanye.

I can’t even remember the last time I went to a gig now

It’s one of the crap things about living in Devon. Bands might come to Bristol and very rarely to Exeter so it’s a fair bit of an effort for me.

There was actually a mini-festival in my town recently though but I don’t think I’m ready to cram myself into a tiny venue quite yet still..

@Keith_Zissou I feel like between Manchester and Glasgow, you could cover most bands that come to the UK. We get quite a lot up here and even if they don’t go past the border, it’s only a train away to go down to Manchester or Liverpool. We have a pretty thriving music scene between us!