Topic: The Music Thread

@TheBrandedSwordsman awesome, thanks! I will do that. I just listened to Birds of Fire again a couple of days ago. I really like that album. I don’t know if I’ve ever recommended them or not, but have you heard of The Tragically Hip? They are absolute legends here in Canada so I never think to recommend them but it occurred to me that perhaps they’re not as well known in other parts. Gord is truly an incredible lyricist. Hard to pick a favourite but here’s one, from their excellent release, ‘Fully Completely’.

Fontaines D.C. have a promisingly brilliant single out now. They’ve always been alright but not quite there yet but yeah, the darker sound they’ve gone for is very very promising. It’s like a mix of The Cure, Doolittle era Pixies and then that whole wave of post-punk-revival-revival going round at the minute.

@Jimmer-jammer I liked it, but I'm not really listening to rock n' roll these days, if you have any jazz to recommend I'll always keep an ear open for it. You may enjoy Iggy Pop's show on 6Music - you can find it online as well, think I've recommended it to you before, as he plays a lot of rock, but yeah, still interesting music, so thanks for the recommendation. Do you ever find yourself exploring jazz on your own or is it mainly my recommendations that turn you on to it? just asking out of curiosity.

@TheBrandedSwordsman mainly your recommendations to be honest. Haven’t stepped outside my comfort zone much as of late as I haven’t been listening to a whole lot of music. Been on a big podcast binge for a few months.

@Jimmer-jammer That's cool ,I'm happy to keep sharing it as you seem to be into a lot of it. Let me know what you think of Bitches' Brew (the last album I posted a link to) when you get a chance to listen to it.

Meat Loaf has passed. I’d like to think he’s reunited with Steinman, rocking for eternity.

Absolutely.

RIP Marvin Lee Aday.

Muse released a new song recently. Really hope we get an entire album in this direction. Powerful stuff.

@Jimmer-jammer Did you get a chance to listen to Bitches' Brew by Miles Davis yet? It should be available in your country on Youtube if you just search for it.

@TheBrandedSwordsman I haven’t yet. But I will! That and Tool are still on the docket. I’m slow…

I love how Muse are constantly ripping things off or "paying homage" but they're always like fifteen or twenty years late to the party. So like back in the 2000s they were a rubbish version of '80s Queen, and now they've finally caught up to nu-metal in 2022. It's endearing, for some strange reason. Not looking forward to their 2041 Ed Sheeran phase.

@Jimmer-jammer Let me know what you think when you get round to listening to it. Looking forward to your review.

@johncalmc They’re like the British Weezer in that regard. Used to be good about 20-25 years ago. Now spend their time making albums that are hard to tell if they’re parodies or not.

@johncalmc @nessisonett I think when Muse are making music, their live show is at the forefront of the mind. There has always been an over-the-top theatricality to what they do, albeit with an apocalyptic edge. What they bring to their live show can’t really be effectively captured in a recording. I never fully appreciated what these guys do until I saw them in the flesh. Outstanding work.

Can’t believe it’s been a year since SOPHIE died. Absolutely went at her creative peak, we’ll never really know what was going to come next. I guess in many ways she’s the Kurt Cobain of my specific generation, all I can do is listen to her music to remember her.

My favourite musical genres, in order of favourite, are... Ambient/Sound Art, Post-Rock, Psychedelia, IDM, Neoclassical, Shoegaze, "Post-Metal," Post-Hardcore, Space Rock, Minimal Techno... Futurepop, EBM... Trip-Hop, Downtempo, Turntablism, Drum'n'Bass, Indie Hip-Hop... Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Indie Folk, Slowcore, Emo... On the other side of my musical taste... 60s Psychedelic Pop and Folk. On the other other side of my taste... Psytrance, Goa Trance, Psychill, Progressive Trance. And as a kid I liked Nu Metal and Gangster Rap and will always have a soft spot for it.

My favourite bands, in order of favourite, are... Boards of Canada, Tim Hecker, Steve Reich, Sonic Youth, Bardo Pond, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Autechre, 65daysofstatic, Radiohead, My Bloody Valentine, Philip Jeck, Saxon Shore, Oceansize, John Cage, Biosphere, The Doors, Mono, Stars of the Lid, Fennesz, Max Richter, Acid Mothers Temple, Piano Magic, :zoviet*france:, Aereogramme, Bowery Electric, Mogwai, Surface of Eceon, Massive Attack, Love, Daturah, Deathprod, Jessamine, Brian Eno, William Basinski, Lustmord, MGR, Boris, Jakob, Envy, Gas, Jetone, Spacemen 3, Earth, Dredg, Explosions in the Sky, Blueneck, Lull, 2814, UNKLE, Celer, The Beatles, The Cooper Temple Clause, Andrew Chalk, Arovane, Cities Last Broadcast, Circle, Jefferson Airplane, The Antarcticans, Infinite Body, Roly Porter, Haujobb, The Streets, Wolf Eyes, Sasha, Deaf Center, Jesu, The Evpatoria Report, Interpol, Cream, 1 Mile North, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Bola, Maybeshewill, Loop, Of Montreal, Hybrid, DJ Shadow, Circulatory System, Sleepmakeswaves, Hadouken!, Crippled Black Phoenix, 35007, Oval, Mirror, Asian Dub Foundation, Swans, Sunn O))), The Velvet Underground, Hood, Burial, Aidan Baker, Redjetson, Venetian Snares, Aufgang, Jimi Hendrix, Christopher Bissonnette, Muse, Funeral Diner, Shora, Slint, Hakobune, Suicide, Bethany Curve, M83, múm, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, A Silver Mt. Zion, The Rolling Stones, Slowdive, Bark Psychosis, Oneohtrix Point Never, SleepResearch_Facility, Hammock, Unwound, Refused, Don't Look Back, Isis, Murcof, Grails, Plastikman, Coil, Talk Talk, Herbst9, Deafheaven, Infantjoy, World's End Girlfriend, Hope of the States, Vladislav Delay, Flying Saucer Attack, Sweek, Björk, Sylvain Chauveau, Sparrows Swarm and Sing, 13th Floor Elevators, Windy & Carl, Hallucinogen, Comets On Fire, Casino Versus Japan, King Crimson, Clann Zú, Sneaker Pimps, Inade, Underground Resistance, Tricky, Idiot Pilot, Susumu Yokota, Over-Gain Optimal Death, Fleetwood Mac, Red Sparowes, Gregor Samsa, Alva Noto, Logh, Monolake, From the Sky, Slow Six, Curve, Eluvium, Ben Frost, Black Heart Procession, Do Make Say Think, VNV Nation, Dälek, Pan•American, Codeine, The Zombies, Ladytron, Olivia Tremor Control, Rachel's, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Grouper, Tod Dockstader, Pendulum, Terry Riley, Laura, Kashiwa Daisuke, Bathyscaphe, All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors, silentwatcher, The Heads, Scraps of Tape, Harold Budd, Rosetta, Can, Ryoji Ikeda, Clogs, TV On the Radio, RJD2, Mico Nonet, DJ Krush, How To Disappear Completely, Shpongle, Rival Consoles, Animal Collective, Old Man Gloom, Pavement, Komet, Portishead, Empusae, The Unicorns, Aphex Twin, Encre, Röyksopp, Pan Sonic, Magyar Posse, Minsk, Bossk, Moving Mountains, Broken Social Scene, Gifts From Enola, Airiel, Asobi Seksu, Boredoms, The Moody Blues, Starflyer 59, Lightning Bolt, The Dead Texan, 5ive's Continuum Research Project, Yellow6, The Postal Service, Seachange, Monster Movie, Friends of Dean Martinez, Magnetic Fields, The Orb, The Dismemberment Plan, Cult of Luna, Philip Glass, Up-C Down-C Left-C Right-C ABC + Start, Arktau Eos, Neutral Milk Hotel, Muslimgauze, The Microphones, Jeniferever, Chubby Wolf, Silver Apples, Tracer AMC, Alec Empire, My Vitriol, Queens of the Stone Age, Yasushi Yoshida, Circle, Yndi Halda, Opitope, Iron & Wine, The Samuel Jackson Five, Amiina, Chapterhouse, The Album Leaf, Joy Division, The Apples in Stereo, Caspian, Vitalic, The Flaming Lips, Spiritualized, Port-Royal, Donovan, Cocteau Twins, Television, Early Day Miners, Paatos, The Notwist, Fbcfabric & Reindeer, We Lost the Sea, Love Spirals Downwards, Pixies, The United States of America, Aarktica, Ride, Shellac, Buffalo Springfield, Kyuss, The Caretaker, Pelican, The Rapture, God is an Astronaut, At the Drive-In, Iamthemorning, Kid Koala, DJ Spooky, Guitaro, Amon Tobin, Godflesh, This Mortal Coil, Meniscus, The Faint, Bonobo, Mute Math, Bad Sector, Cat Power, Built to Spill, Assemblage 23, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Sigur Rós, Amusement Parks on Fire, Modest Mouse, Leftfield, LCD Soundsystem, Esmerine, Covenant, I'm Not a Gun, Alison's Halo, iLiKETRAiNS, Labradford, Destroyalldreamers, Auburn Lull, The White Stripes, Nick Drake, Meanwhile Back in Communist Russia, Kim Hiorthøy, Efterklang, Led Zeppelin, The Incredible String Band, Bel Canto, Spoon, Concord Dawn, Arcade Fire, Galaxie 500, Astral Projection, Joy Wants Eternity, The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa, The Who, Beck, Serge Gainsbourg, The Mars Volta, Pink Floyd, Circle Takes the Square, Bright Red Paper, Blonde Redhead, The Verve, The Telescopes, !!!, Stereolab, Tom Waits, Stellardrive, Brainiac, Tarantula AD, Infected Mushroom, The Guess Who, Weezer, cLOUDDEAD, The Beach Boys, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Dead Can Dance, Audrey, Adorable, Bob Dylan, µ-Ziq, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, The Strokes, Tortoise, Enon, Apoptygma Berzerk, Low, Nine Inch Nails, Singapore Sling, Buck 65, Bailter Space, Juno Reactor, September Malevolence, First Band From Outer Space, Merzbow, Gorillaz, Diary of Dreams, The Timeout Drawer, pg.lost, Depeche Mode, Ben Folds Five, Cam Butler, Blind Mr. Jones, French Teen Idol, This Will Destroy You, Meanest Man Contest, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Byrds, Ozric Tentacles, The Shins, Readymade, 9 Lazy 9, The Beta Band, Tool, Snoop Dogg, Wu-Tang Clan, Moby, Deftones, Dr. Dre, Rage Against the Machine, Eminem, Paul Oakenfold, KoRn, System of a Down, Linkin Park

@robhr That’s… quite the list! I love an awful lot of the artists you’ve mentioned though, especially Tim Hecker who I’m a huge fan of. Nice to see Jefre-Cantu Ledesma too, got my brother Love Is A Stream on vinyl for his birthday a couple years back - very very warm sounding record. If I were to recommend bands based on your tastes, I’d say give Belong a go as they’re another ambienty noisy sonic landscape deal heavily inspired by MBV, GAS and Basinski. Women as well, they’re a cross between that warm noisy sound and psychedelic rock. Finally I’ll say LSD And The Search For God, they had basically one EP but it’s top tier shoegaze. Seriously, it’s like I’ve found someone with almost the exact same tastes as me, if you replaced the nu metal with hyperpop!

@nessisonett I'll give those a look see. I think I have LSD And the Search for God on my backlog somewhere, I know I've heard of them. The other ones sound interesting too. Glad to see another artsy fartsy music lover.

@robhr I see you’re Canadian so you probably have the best scene in the world for that sorta music! Although I wouldn’t say the Scottish scene is too bad, we’ve contributed a fair amount to arty farty music ourselves!

@nessisonett Winnipeg is no Montreal or anything but there’s some good stuff, most notably Venetian Snares. You’ve got a good scene yourself in Scotland.