Music - What have your ears been tasting recently?

[famy]

i didnt listen to music this week

[Socks]

Holy shit it's not famy!

[PLEASEHELP1991]

[spoiler][/spoiler]

i didnt listen to music this week

2/2 +The La's, Stereophonics

[PLEASEHELP1991]

[Hiro]

preordered the Random Access Memories vinyl

[Samus Aran]

just downloaded and am currently listening to Giles Corey's s/t

sad music

[Samus Aran]

Boris - Präparat
California X - California X

Praparat is...well, I dunno. It's probably better than a lot of Boris's recent stuff, but in general it's a pretty weak album if you ask me. It kinda sounds like a lot of random ideas thrown together, some parts seem really out of place. Some moments have the band really coming back to its older, sludgier sound though, so that's nice. It's a decent album.

California X is surprisingly good. I'd say it's nothing special or unique, but I don't think these guys were too focused on doing anything new anyway. Pretty classic sounds. People are constantly comparing them to Dinosaur Jr., which isn't too far off. Good stuff.

[The Hand That Fisted Everyone]

Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle\
Rough Guide to African Disco - compilation
Adventures in Afropea 3: Telling Stories to The Sea - compilation
Junip - s/t

Listening to Van Dyke Parks right now. The music is really interesting. If you took the singer from Parenthetical Girls and made her do "baroque pop". Like a precursor to Panda Bear? I think that might be an apt description. But like more all over the place than Panda Bear and VDP writes some damn good lyrics. Kind of overshadowed by Brian Wilson but VDP is phenomenal writer/composer in his own right.

Haven't listened to the two compilations yet.

Junip is Jose Gonzales with a backing band or something. It's his new (old?) band. Anyway, album is great. A perfect mix of acoustic elements and electronic music. Streamed it from Pitchfork a couple nights ago. great shit.

[Samus Aran]

i've only heard Junip's rather popular "Fields" album. it's pretty good, need to listen to it again to really get a full picture of it.

[The Hand That Fisted Everyone]

i've only heard Junip's rather popular "Fields" album. it's pretty good, need to listen to it again to really get a full picture of it.

I didn't even know they had another album.

Also listening to this African Disco album goddamn this shit is fucking awesome

[PLEASEHELP1991]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CBnq1RpqeY[/youtube]

[C.Mongler]

just got the new so so glos 2day. i shall listen SOON

[Boogus Epirus Aurelius]

Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle\
Rough Guide to African Disco - compilation
Adventures in Afropea 3: Telling Stories to The Sea - compilation
Junip - s/t

Listening to Van Dyke Parks right now. The music is really interesting. If you took the singer from Parenthetical Girls and made her do "baroque pop". Like a precursor to Panda Bear? I think that might be an apt description. But like more all over the place than Panda Bear and VDP writes some damn good lyrics. Kind of overshadowed by Brian Wilson but VDP is phenomenal writer/composer in his own right.

Haven't listened to the two compilations yet.

Junip is Jose Gonzales with a backing band or something. It's his new (old?) band. Anyway, album is great. A perfect mix of acoustic elements and electronic music. Streamed it from Pitchfork a couple nights ago. great shit.

Junip rocks!

[The Hand That Fisted Everyone]

just downloaded this live set John Cale did with Lou Reed, Patti Smith and David Byrne back in like the early 70s

[PLEASEHELP1991]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JY9j84zdfY[/youtube]