current favorite albums

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:43 am

Rob wrote:Mahler - Symphony no. 6 (Boulez)

Mahler's best!

But for Mahler I always go with Solti.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:18 pm

CIT wrote:
Rob wrote:Mahler - Symphony no. 6 (Boulez)
Mahler's best!

But for Mahler I always go with Solti.

I like the 9th (Karajan) the best of the three I've heard so far, but I'm not sure Boulez does this one justice on further listens (nothing to compare to).

Now:
Gérard Grisey - Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil

Love it.

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:21 pm

I only have the old 60's Bernstein versions of Mahler that I hear mixed things about. Probably not the best, but I've not yet come to love Mahler enough to seek out other versions.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:54 am

Rob wrote: Coroner - Mental Vortex -- I think this is basically the most metal album ever.
Drive Like Jehu - s/t -- Better than I remembered. Would be competition for Yank Crime if Reis didn't sing.

I need to get these. Mental Vortex blew me away the one time I heard it. The DLJ album gets so-so responses, but it's DLJ.

Neon wrote: If I didn't like Big Black much, will I like Shellac?

As Rob implied, the singing can be a bit grating, but I managed to get past this and I really love At Action Park. If you can't get past the vocals, you might try Uzeda for pretty much the same sort of sound. I highly recommend Uzeda's Stella and Different Section Wires.

Wipers - Over the Edge (I mostly skip to Now Is the Time-- great guitar)
Polvo - Celebrate the Dark New Age
Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On

I went through a huge Mahler and Bruckner phase late in high school, but haven't revisited much since. Great fun at the time.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:19 am

I listened to At Action Park and it is pretty badass, yep. I guess I don't mind bad singing that much. I like Beat Happening pretty well. Bury the Hammer off You Turn Me On is a song persons should check out

The Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime

Mike Watt is pretty much the bassist ever.

Page France - Come, I'm a Lion

I expect fellow fans of M. Ward might like this band. Definitely not something to listen to when you're driving or trying to get pumped like a ninja but if you need something that is both pretty and hi qual this is good[/url]

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:31 pm

Neon wrote:Mike Watt is pretty much the bassist ever.
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Apparently he's playing on the new Kelly Clarkson album. I noticed that on ILM last night. I also noticed that the experts there ranked the top three Sonic Youth albums in this order: Sister, Daydream Nation, E.V.O.L. I was surprised that others like Sister as much as I do, and that E.V.O.L. is so well liked. I thought Daydream Nation was going to be the clear favorite.

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:13 pm

Blood for Blood - Revenge on Society
Blood for Blood - Wasted Youth Brew
Slayer - Christ Illusion (Meh...)
Clutch - Pure Rock Fury

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:05 pm

Neon wrote:Mike Watt is pretty much the bassist ever.

Ugh. I think I'm about to start a thread entitled "...and it made me frown".

I really did my best for you in that sweet basslines thread. You could do better than Mike Watt, easy.

Pa

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:01 am

professor ganson wrote:
Neon wrote:Mike Watt is pretty much the bassist ever.
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Apparently he's playing on the new Kelly Clarkson album.

That's pretty badass. I would fault him for playing on the Stooges reunion wreckchord though. It was disappointing and you have to buy it on shitty vinyl to get all the tracks. big wtf there.

I noticed that on ILM last night. I also noticed that the experts there ranked the top three Sonic Youth albums in this order: Sister, Daydream Nation, E.V.O.L. I was surprised that others like Sister as much as I do, and that E.V.O.L. is so well liked. I thought Daydream Nation was going to be the clear favorite.

ILM? Sister is often cited as the most accessible, so I guess that makes sense. I still like Sonic Nurse and Rather Ripped the best. The only song I like off Daydream Nation is Teenage Riot, am I a bad person?

Also, am I evil if I don't like Wilco? I got Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, apparently their piece de resistance, and the only track I really like is 'magazine'

You could do better than Mike Watt, easy.

Yeah I spose. It's just that I sometimes wonder why most bands even have a bass player. It's usually just buried in the mix and plays the root note of the guitar chords, especially when it comes to ("hardcore") punk. I've barely checked out the bass lines thread, need to start researching the recommendations soon

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:09 am

Somehow this slipped under everyones' radar:

Roy Montgomery - Inroads (2 CD)

Nice collection of eps and 7"ers back from the mid-late 90's. All gorgeous (if not downright pastoral at times) guitar instrumental work in the way that only Roy does. Not folk music, not stuff your parents would listen to. Down and out for the post-punk-rocker. Not my favorite thing of Roy's, but I'm glad to have this one as I hadn't bothered to collect all of the weird-sized format recordings back in the day.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:17 am

@Neon:
"ILM" is short for I Love Music, a good site for music lovers. Check it out.

Sister most accessible? No way. In fact, it may be the least accessible of the more popular albums.

Wilco is really weak, as far as I'm concerned. Simplistic, boring.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:08 am

CMoon wrote:Somehow this slipped under everyones' radar:

Roy Montgomery - Inroads (2 CD)

Nice collection of eps and 7"ers back from the mid-late 90's. All gorgeous (if not downright pastoral at times) guitar instrumental work in the way that only Roy does. Not folk music, not stuff your parents would listen to. Down and out for the post-punk-rocker. Not my favorite thing of Roy's, but I'm glad to have this one as I hadn't bothered to collect all of the weird-sized format recordings back in the day.

wishlisted

Edit: New Smashing Pumpkins sucks. Should come as no surprise to the haters. Kinda sad, couldn't even make it through one listen.

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 12:56 pm

Rob wrote: wishlisted

I don't know if you're into Roy, but if you don't have them, the other essentials are of course:
Temple 4
Songs from the South Island
and the other Singles collection (all songs): 324 E. 13th Street #7 (very highly recommended!)

From there of course you could dig back into his non-solo career which is very fine indeed (Dissolve and Pin Group come to mind)

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 6:55 pm

Waking up late today with a cup of strong black joe and:

Flipper - "Sex Bomb"
Thee Headcoatees - Punk Girls

Sister is often cited as the most accessible, so I guess that makes sense. I still like Sonic Nurse and Rather Ripped the best. The only song I like off Daydream Nation is Teenage Riot, am I a bad person?

Yes, but that's okay. I've been rightly accused of being quite the SY fanboi, so disregard anything I say about 'em.

Also, am I evil if I don't like Wilco? I got Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, apparently their piece de resistance, and the only track I really like is 'magazine'

Wilco. Yeeecchhh... Not my cup 'o noodles at all.

SteevTee · Post by **SteevTee** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:05 am

Mesh-29 - Dead Machine
The Arcade Fire - Funeral

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 4:09 pm

MadSteelDarkness wrote:
Flipper

+1

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 7:50 pm

Favorite thing at the moment is the Aram Khachaturian Piano Concerto (#1 and only?). Piano concertos are so easy to love.

The second Koenji album. First two are really good, it is like Magma * 3 + Ruins. One problem though, this is the second Skin Graft CD I've bought that contains a defect, in a row. Boo.

And still more Coroner.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 1:50 pm

Beach Boys:

Catch a Wave
Little Deuce Coupe
409
Don't Worry Baby
I'm on the fence with Kokomo, I only like the hook. Am I missing any?

Haters, remember: the Beach Boys eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:42 am

Neon wrote:Am I missing any?

You list about four songs and you ask if you are missing any??

I recommend:
-Endless Summer (comp. of a lot of their earliest hit songs)
-Today (their first solid album? I haven't heard any of their full albums before this)
-Pet Sounds (duh)
-Smile (check out the DVD documentary of the "remake" if you can)
-Sunflower

And Surf's Up is really overrated.

I still have to hear Friends and Wild Honey. Kokomo is pretty hilarious, but obviously does not rank with their best songs.

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:32 pm

Neon wrote:Beach Boys:
Don't Worry Baby
I'm on the fence with Kokomo, I only like the hook. Am I missing any?

"Don't Worry Baby" is one of the most beautiful pop melodies of all time. I think the Beach Boys were great at their peak, and had a lot of really good material once they started really writing creatively (or at least Brian did). Despite Kokomo being eternally stuck in the 80's AND simultaneously a complete throwback to their early stuff (at least in spirit), I can't help but love that song. I think most of it is nostalgia (it came out when I was a kid & just starting to appreciate "oldies"), though you're right - good hook.

I'm currently digging on He Is Legend as well as Maylene and the Sons of Disaster. I'll be seeing both bands on Sunday evening - yay!

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:29 pm

Bird Next Roy's 1st

Obscure-as-fuck flying nun band with only one album. More teeth than the bats and the chills and what-not. A few moments that remind me of classic Wire while still mostly being an up-beat nz-pop act. I think I read somewhere these guys were on the edge of weirdness as far as flying nun were concerned and could so easily have crossed the fine-line into xpressway territory. Definitely a great listen, way too hard to find and expensive though to really make the payoff worth it.

Post by **Icarus** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 5:37 pm

CreamCollect - Trance
Euphoria - White Label Level 2
Cream - Future Trance
Wip3out Original Soundtrack

And whatever happens to be streaming on DigitallyImported.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:58 pm

Rob wrote: -Endless Summer (comp. of a lot of their earliest hit songs)

Since Neon mentioned the Beach Boys I had Dance Dance Dance stuck in my head (god dammit), so I had to listen to this to get it back out. Love how the songs rarely exceed 2 1/2 minutes. My picks of the 21 are Help Me Rhonda (#1), California Girls (how could you miss this one?), I Get Around.

+Nasum - Shift/Grind Finale disc one -- and I need more grindcore.

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:36 pm

Rob wrote:
+Nasum - Shift/Grind Finale disc one -- and I need more grindcore.

I recommend the following...

Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Frozen Corpse Stuffed with Dope
Fuck I'm Dead - Bring on the Dead
Benumb - Withering Strands of Hope
Commit Suicide - Human Larvae
Vulgar Pigeons - Summary Execution
Flesh Parade - Kill Whitey
Circle of Dead Children - Human Harvest

The first Terrorizer album (The "reunion" album is weak) is mandatory.

Also, Captain Cleanoff and Army of Flying Robots

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:15 pm

Rob wrote:
Rob wrote: -Endless Summer - My picks of the 21 are Help Me Rhonda (#1), California Girls (how could you miss this one?), I Get Around.

sappy fucker that i am, Don't Worry Baby is my favorite.

can't get over how awesome it is.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:16 pm

meshuggah - nothing (2006 remix)
coroner - mental vortex
built to spill - perfect from now on

recent additions to my top 15 all-time favorite albums:

don caballero - american don
make believe - of course

Neon wrote: The only song I like off Daydream Nation is Teenage Riot, am I a bad person?

Have you given the album a fair chance? There's a lot of good material on there.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 3:15 pm

Have you given the album a fair chance? There's a lot of good material on there.

Nah I don't really know why I said that, it's unlike me to shit-stir in a good thread such as this so I'll chalk it up to late night and a bad memory. I love the whole thing, it's kind of hard to pick out individual songs. It's more like 'moments' that I like on this album. If that makes any sense. Total Trash, Candle, and Providence are good and less dissonant than the rest. I'm trying to write perfect pop songs so I think I can maybe learn more from those (and Teenage Riot of course).

Got New Day Rising by Husker Du, highlight track is Celebrated Summer. I can't get enough of this band, was there any good solo output from these chaps

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 4:48 pm

The Dils - compilation
Amebix - compilation
John Coltrane Quartet - Crescent (my favorite Coltrane) and Live at Birdland
Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach - Money Jungle
Amon Tobin - Permutation and Chaos Theory
Pole - 3
Laraaji, produced by Brian Eno - Ambient 3 - Day of Radiance
V/A, mixed by Rae and Christian - Blazing the Crop

and

The Adverts - "We Who Wait" again and again

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 5:01 pm

Picked up Oscar Peterson's Soul Espanol based on PaCrappa's list. Definitely need to grab more from that big latin jazz stack!

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 9:59 pm

Acid King wrote:
Rob wrote:
+Nasum - Shift/Grind Finale disc one -- and I need more grindcore.
I recommend the following...

Thanks.

np: bartok piano concerto no. 2

+ ginastera - harp concerto, estancia suite, piano concerto no. 1 -- need more harp!
gershwin - rhapsody in blue -- haha. I associate this with, I think, an old Alaskan Airlines commercial (edit: ok, google says united airlines). now I just need to find out what was in the AA commercial.