Topic: The Music Thread

@render I grew up in Coventry so it was unexpected to see such an eclectic lineup play there

It’s been a good couple of months for electronic artists I like though with Daniel Avery releasing a great new album too.

It was always optimistic to make the show today but they even did an afternoon matinee show which I went for. It’s gutting because an afternoon show at a weekend is as good as it would get for me but alas. Doubly gutting that an Australian punk band I love (Press Club) also played recently but I couldn’t make that either.

@Thrillho Funnily enough Robert Raths was saying at the start of the gig that they decided to start going to smaller places just to take the music to people who wouldn’t travel to the big cities. He said they went to Wakefield last time round and that was a bit of an eye opener as they struggled to find even somewhere to eat late on.

In my home town back in the 60s and 70s we had massive acts playing at the county show ground. Seeing bands like the Rolling Stones was fairly commonplace according to my Dad but it’s too small a town to see anything like that around here any more.

Love a bit of Daniel Avery too and would like to see him live at some point. I don’t often get the chance to get to many gigs either these days. If I could take the kids that would solve the situation but even though my daughter would be ok with some things my son is too young to sit still for that long. That and you never know when someone is going to drop an F bomb it something. Hopefully when they are old enough they will still like some of the things I do but I’m not holding out any hope of that 😅

@Jimmer-jammer Long time no speak. How are yourself and the kids? Did you get a chance to listen to The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady yet? If so, what were your thoughts?

@Jimmer-jammer Glad to hear back from you and congratulations on beating Ragnarok. FYI The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is an album rather than a band, it's by Charles Mingus - Let me know what you think!

Little Simz’ new album came out today and while I’m not sure it quite hits the heights of last year’s masterpiece, it’s still a great album and she’s proven that she can deliver real quality with a relatively short turnaround. She’s definitely one of the few shining lights to come out of the UK music scene in recent years and feels like she’s still making the music she actually wants to make.

@nessisonett Will you/have you already heard Stormzy's new album? Thoughts? What other hip hop do you like? @Th3solution What have you been listening to lately? @Jimmer-jammer I take it you haven't had time to listen to the Mingus album yet, so what else have you been listening to? Maybe I can get a recommendation from you?

@TheBrandedSwordsman I think I’ve only ever listened to one Stormzy album actually, his one from a couple years ago. I never really went out my way to listen to his stuff but I didn’t mind that album’s more soulful stuff. Most modern hip-hop that I listen to is more down the jazzy or experimental route like anything Madlib produces or Earl Sweatshirt/Billy Woods. My tastes in hip hop are pretty eclectic though, from Outkast to RZA to Clipping to The Pharcyde to Divine Styler and pretty much anything in between!

@TheBrandedSwordsman In addition to some Christmas music, I was actually listening to a playlist yesterday of songs I discovered through video games I’ve played. It included the Buzzcocks (from Guardians of the Galaxy), Child of the Parish (from Dirt 5), and D’Angelo (from Red Dead Redemption 2). I also have a couple random songs from Joji, AJR, and Frank Sinatra on the playlist. I know… it’s a weird selection. Cap it off with listening to some Handel and you can see I’m like a boat without a rudder bouncing around in my music selections. 😂

Some sorrow Euro Trance song by Naoki Maeda & Paula Terry.

I've been listening to Jamie Cullum's Twentysomething album lately. Seems to be about as much music as I can handle.

I loved it back when it came out and I dug it out a few months ago. I have a lot of the songs from it stuck in my head at various times throughout my day.

Been listening to Justin Timberlake over the last few days. Currently on the Man of the Woods album which is actually wicked.

Someone came back into my life recently after about 15 years and I'd totally disassociated my like for JT (among other things) from them in that time. It's so weird how people can do that. I sort of randomly started listening to the albums again over the last few days and Future Sex/Love Sounds just brought up so many memories that I had totally forgotten. Had me in tears at points.

I was a fan of Justified when it came out (I was probably like 11 or 12 at the time) and kind of fell off Timberlake for ages until this person reintroduced me to him with FS/LS.

Timberlake is good though so I kept up with his releases but had totally forgotten why I even started liking him again in the first place! After a few tracks of FS/LS I realised why I must have been in the mood to listen to it even if it wasn't immediately obvious.

Glad it happened though. These CDs are bangers.

Holy crap, Jai Paul’s playing at Coachella this year. If only his album wasn’t leaked all those years ago, there’d be more hits for him to play!

In the latest bizarre album to make it huge because of TikTok, Duster’s Stratosphere, a slowcore classic from ‘98, seems to have struck a chord. It’s a great album but obviously rather niche, so it’s kinda crazy to see randoms using songs in their TikToks.

Saw a couple of great bands at the tunnels in Aberdeen tonight. Pastel & Aflecks Palace. Was great to catch up with some old friends and enjoy some live music and some booze!

@LN78 I quite like the absurdity of it. The Brits have been crap since time began, might as well turn up looking like a giant bin bag. With how sterile the entire event is, at least Sam Smith’s livened it up a bit.

Heartbroken to hear about Trugoy from De La Soul. Just after their back catalogue had hit streaming services finally as well. I think this one’s hit so hard because their music is just so endearing. Three Feet High and Rising’s Dolby Atmos remaster can’t come soon enough, the two tracks released already sound fantastic and it’ll be a fitting tribute to him.

@Th3solution
And here I was thinking I was the only one to have ever heard of Child of the Parish ever since I randomly came across Relic of the Past, on Spotify. My Spotify is full of so much obscure ass music.

Just saw this and immediately thought of @nessisonett!

Haiduk - Sea of Fire

Ever since they popped up in True Colors and I thought it was Bon Iver, I have been absolutely obsessed with Novo Amor. Of all of their music, this was the track where I was like oh yeah, this is it.