current favorite albums

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:38 am

Gauze - kao o aratte denaoshite koi -- damn this is awesome, the kind of punk I want.
Converge - No Heroes -- converted, even if the occasional clean singing is crap.

My ears are going to hurt tomorrow.

unsane · Post by **unsane** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:07 am

professor ganson wrote:Do you have a favorite Nile album, unsane?

If i had to pick a fave i'd probly go with In Their Darkened Shrines. But i have a feeling it's only because it was the one i started with and have thus studied the most.

I also love their last 2 albums. I only recently got the first 2 so they haven't yet sunk in, no judgement yet apart from the fact that there's definitely several amazing tracks.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:59 pm

Kurtis Blow - the Deuce
Sonic Eweth - Rather Ripped + Daydream Nation
Panda Bear - Person Pitch

Keep finding new favorite tracks as I listen to SY albums more closely

I have several massive lists of stuff to check out. Here's what I'm going to try for this weekend:

http://www.matadorrecords.com/bands/index.html

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/f ... 007/page_5

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/iyiiki/pa ... itch_list/

All bands that have played at recent all tomorrow's parties festivals

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:01 pm

p.s. - get the kurtis blow album, seriously. I haven't listened to funk in like 2 years but it turned me back on to it mighty quick

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:21 pm

unsane wrote:If i had to pick a fave i'd probly go with In Their Darkened Shrines. But i have a feeling it's only because it was the one i started with and have thus studied the most.

That's the one I had recommended to me previously. I'll try my best to find it. Thanks!

Btw, my 3,000th post.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:34 pm

Neon wrote: I have several massive lists of stuff to check out. Here's what I'm going to try for this weekend:

That is pretty crazy, Neon. Looking at the Matador list, didn't realize Times New Viking had made the leap. Matador has some pretty cool things on the roster, for sure, but I don't think as an indie label they really have their own sound which would make it worth exploring in depth. But I guess if you just want to survey some popular and once popular indie groups.

The Pitchfork list looks like major crap after the top 10 (1 if I'm feeling snooty). 11-20 is a real iffy stretch. Maybe it is because it was the year I found the site, but I think the 2002 list was their best.

The Panda Bear list is pretty bangin'.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:43 pm

Neon wrote:p.s. - get the kurtis blow album, seriously. I haven't listened to funk in like 2 years but it turned me back on to it mighty quick

I've listened to a best of and it's just... yeah. So much better than so much of the rap that it gave birth to.

Ozymandiaz1260 · Post by **Ozymandiaz1260** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:04 am

boris with merzbow - rock dream

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:00 am

Chrome - 3rd from the Sun
Loop - The World In Your Eyes
V/A - Artificial Intelligence II
Meat Beat Manifesto - Peel Session

...

So...late-high school/early-college, pretty much.

Also,

Merle Haggard - Back to the Barrooms
Carbonas - Blackout 7"
Thee Headcoats - I Am The Object Of Your Desire

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 8:50 am

NoiseGirl - Discopathology 2005

very, very cool noise.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 3:33 am

Heathen - Victims of Deception
Unholy - The Second Ring of Power
Siege - Drop Dead

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 4:17 pm

Rob wrote: Converge - No Heroes -- converted, even if the occasional clean singing is crap.

True but the song with Jonah from Only Living Witness is fucking awesome.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:25 pm

Acid King wrote:
Rob wrote: Converge - No Heroes -- converted, even if the occasional clean singing is crap.
True but the song with Jonah from Only Living Witness is fucking awesome.

I still like Jane Doe the most out of all their albums.

Pretty tight band to see live too.

Listening to:

Apparat - Walls
Slowdive - Just for a Day
Once - soundtrack

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:29 pm

Just got a few more discs from the doom/metal section of my favourite indie;

Hate Eternal: I Monarch. Not really my kind of thing usually, but everyone needs a bit of death metal in their lives, and this is fun unpretencious stuff.

Khanate: Things Viral. Can't believe it's taken me so long to get into Khanate. Anyone who thinks sunn0))) are extreme should give this a listen. Horrible, disgustingly slow, and surprisingly satisfying for something so sparse.

If anyone can recommend me anything else go for it.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:31 pm

Ozymandiaz1260 wrote:boris with merzbow - rock dream

Yes. What do you think of it?

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:05 am

Side 1: A layer of noise is not enough to make psychadelic rock sound interesting.
Side 2: Haven't listened to it yet, due to side 1.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:21 am

DJ Rectal Prolapse wrote: If anyone can recommend me anything else go for it.

Listen to a Corrupted album. I hate it.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:40 am

Rob wrote:Heathen - Victims of Deception
Unholy - The Second Ring of Power
Siege - Drop Dead

Can't find any of these.

But I am enjoying:

nile - in their darkened shrines
converge - no heroes

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:10 am

Chemical Brothers - We Are The Night

Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift

Zuntata f. Tamayo Kawamoto- 10cm 四方の青空 (10cm shihou no aozora- Blue sky as if drawn in picture) My search for this one finally came to an end at Amazon Japan. No regrets.

Rio Hamamoto & various others - Tekken 5 OST
- The Dragon's Nest theme "Those Who Go To Heaven" is what I've got playing right now.

Takeshi Miura (BGM composer) & Naohiko Higuchi (Guitar) - Time Crisis 4 OST
- "Once Again" is an awesome mix of the signature Wild Dog theme. This and the Final Battle's "Leave it to us" with the Mozart-style choir raise what would've otherwise been a 10/10 to an 11. Stage 1 Area 1's "Infiltration" comes in with a bang. Jack's S2A3 theme "To Live or Die" barrels along furiously at 180+ BPM while nailing you to the wall with a mad bass guitar line, a bit like something out of Battle Bakraid.

Various artists - Gitadora V
- "Handsome Kyoudai Made In Japan", "Hana Mogera", "K", Jimmy Weckl's "Mangekyou", and "Nyandafuru 55" for the win.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:10 pm

Jay Z - Reasonable Doubt -- grew on me, have to say
Virgin Insanity - Illusions of the Maintenance Man
Smile mix v6 by Estradasphere guy

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:49 pm

Genesis - The lamb lies down on Broadway

A hard to get into album that haunts you until it just clicks and you truly appreciate it's brilliance.
Everybody who's up for a gnostic ride trough surreal New York should check it out.
It's a multi layered masterpiece both auraly and lyricaly and Peter Gabriel's magnum opus.
Easily one of my all time top five, highly recommended!

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:20 pm

JoshF wrote:Side 1: A layer of noise is not enough to make psychadelic rock sound interesting.
Side 2: Haven't listened to it yet, due to side 1.

Lol, you'll hate it. It applies exactly the same principal to Boris' Motorhead-esque alter ego. I thought the simplicity of adding a layer of noise to the mix helped both discs, but that's just me. The second disc is really where it shines though.

SteevTee · Post by **SteevTee** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:19 pm

Juno Reactor - Beyond the Infinite

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:13 am

JoshF wrote:Side 1: A layer of noise is not enough to make psychadelic rock sound interesting.
Side 2: Haven't listened to it yet, due to side 1.

Oh, here is a recommendation for people who enjoy Boris' formula:

Slap Happy Humphrey

Seriously, check it out.

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:17 am

DJ Rectal Prolapse wrote:
Khanate: Things Viral. Can't believe it's taken me so long to get into Khanate. Anyone who thinks sunn0))) are extreme should give this a listen. Horrible, disgustingly slow, and surprisingly satisfying for something so sparse.

If anyone can recommend me anything else go for it.

Khanate were the shit. I saw them live 3 times and they levelled the place each time. I can't push Nightstick enough. Corrupted is good. Check out Otesanek. I'm not a big fan, but they're locals and do the super slow doom thing pretty well. If you like SUNN0))) you should check out OX,it's guitarist from Sons of OTIS doing drone. Also, Burning Witch. It's Stephen O'Malley's previous from Khanate's previous band. More like the first Khanate album than the later releases. Other than that... Unearthly Trance, Monarch... and a bunch of other good ones that aren't quite as slow as Khanate but pretty great doom regardless.

professor ganson wrote:
Rob wrote:Heathen - Victims of Deception
Unholy - The Second Ring of Power
Siege - Drop Dead
Can't find any of these.

I'm pretty sure Siege is out of print. It's worth it to track it down. I'm interested to hear the drummer from Siege/Nightstick's new band called Spoils, which also features the guitarist from Nightstick and one of the other members of Siege.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:13 am

This might be an obvious one, but Fushitsusha has a fair amount in common with the most agonizing doom (like Khanate).

Been listening to Withdrawe... (etc. rest of title goes here)

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:35 am

Skinny Puppy - Mythmaker

Just very good.

unsane · Post by **unsane** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:52 am

Negurã Bunget - OM [dark ambient/black metal]
Origin - Informis Infinitas Inhumanitas [technical death metal]
Vital Remains - Dechristianize [death metal]

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 12:16 pm

Thanks for all the suggestions. Now I've got my student loan through, I might have a little spurge. I love Burning Witch, but their stuff is really hard to come across. I wish Southern Lord would do a re-issue.
We were talking about Sunn0))) down the pub last night, and we all agreed that they've pretty much reached the end of their life-span. I've noticed they've started taking themselves a bit too seriously as well, which is missing the point a bit, but nm.
As for Khanate live, my housemate saw them just before they split up. She has super-humanly strong ears, but even she said she felt pretty sick from the volume. It sounds like bliss

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:28 pm

Rob wrote:This might be an obvious one, but Fushitsusha has a fair amount in common with the most agonizing doom (like Khanate).

Been listening to Withdrawe... (etc. rest of title goes here)

Without going the PSF route, I think Gold Blood is the best/cheap Fushitsusha. I also think it may be the last great Fushitsusha since after that they've become less interesting (IMO) and I've stopped keeping up with all their releases.