current favorite albums

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:10 am

You should try the Hlemmur OST as well.
It's purely instrumental but really intense and imo up on par with Takk.

tommyb · Post by **tommyb** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:09 am

Yeah, I have it, those are just the albums of choice though at the moment.

Have you seen Heima?

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:13 am

Nope, not entirely. Though the little bit i've seen was just beatiful.
But i'd love to see Hlemmur, as it's said to be pretty hard stuff about alcoholics and social rejects.

tommyb · Post by **tommyb** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:19 am

Yeah, I would too, but I don't think it'll happen, unless I find a fan-sub of it.

Heima is absolutely wonderful. I just bought The Sky Remains the Same As Ever (Mono's DVD) and Transfovista (Envy's DVD) and hoped that either of them would be on par with Heima, and neither of them are even close.

sjewkestheloon · Post by **sjewkestheloon** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:30 pm

Currently enjoying Circle - Paris Concert.

Other than that I've been binging on Braxton:
An LP on the Italian Giants of Jazz with the superb piece for 5 tubas
Saxophone Improvisations Series F
Six Monk's Compositions
Some downloaded DCW stuff
Dabbling with the Iridium set, 9 fucking CDs
Anything else I can get my hands on
Oh and also Conference of the Birds, Holland + Braxton = win

In between I've been listening to:
of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping / Hissing Fauna / Satanic Panic in the Attic
Robert Wyatt - Cuckooland
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
No Age - Nouns

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:50 pm

Currently digging on Theocracy's "Mirror of Souls" CD - amazing progressive power metal.

tommyb · Post by **tommyb** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 7:10 pm

A lot of hardcore.

Blacklisted - Heavier Then Heaven, Lonelier Then God
Dead Hearts - Bitter Verses
Verse - Aggression
Trash Talk - Self-Titled (The 'No Peace' self-titled, not the demo)

I'm ALWAYS changing what kind of genre Im 'into' at the moment.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 7:44 am

tommyb wrote:A lot of hardcore.

Blacklisted - Heavier Then Heaven, Lonelier Then God
Dead Hearts - Bitter Verses
Verse - Aggression
Trash Talk - Self-Titled (The 'No Peace' self-titled, not the demo)

I'm ALWAYS changing what kind of genre Im 'into' at the moment.

heard catharsis? love them.

Necronopticous · Post by **Necronopticous** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 8:41 am

Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

I'm in Heaven.

gabe · Post by **gabe** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 4:12 pm

Baroness - First & Second

tommyb · Post by **tommyb** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 6:10 pm

gabe wrote:Baroness - First & Second

such great albums. the unpersons split ruled, too. red album was kinda disappointing though

sjewkestheloon · Post by **sjewkestheloon** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 4:12 pm

Necronopticous wrote:Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

I'm in Heaven.

Hadn't realised the new Animal Collective was out yet. I really like Water Curses from earlier this year so will have a listen when I get chance.

As it stands I don't plan on buying any more new music for a while as I picked up a right stash of new stuff over my brithday and christmas.

Currently I'm listening to Robert Wyatt - Shleep double LP edition with a load of bonus tracks. On a first listen it really stands up along his other stuff and features Evan Parker.

Other recent purchases include:
3 2LP reggae and funk-reggae sets on Trojan for a bargain £3 each. Some real tasty cuts, especially on the funk set.
The Fall - Code Selfish, filling holes in my collection
The Fall - a bunch of cheapo live sets, as above
A load of other interesting vinyl I'm too lazy to list.

My inlaws also provided me with a superb collection of classical / exotica vinyl collected by an old lady that donated it to them. Probably around 70 records all in mint condition. Lots of Bach and Beethoven, as well as a smattering of good quality 10"s on Decca featuring choral pieces. Hours of fun!

gabe · Post by **gabe** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:58 pm

sjewkestheloon wrote:Hadn't realised the new Animal Collective was out yet. I really like Water Curses from earlier this year so will have a listen when I get chance.

It's not. But it leaked.

It deviates a bit from the sound on Water Curses, which is closer to 2007's Strawberry Jam... As the tracks are actually "leftovers" from that studio session.

I've heard some folks compare Merriweather Post Pavilion to Panda Bear's Person Pitch... And I think that's fairly accurate. Lots of washed out layering of sounds.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:36 pm

Jockel wrote:You should try the Hlemmur OST as well.
It's purely instrumental but really intense and imo up on par with Takk.

A great album that took me forever to track down, it really should have seen a wider release.

I really liked their last LP too.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:41 pm

I like the new skream albulm thats pretty cool also the chase and status album is good too.

szycag · Post by **szycag** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:33 pm

I preordered the LP of the new Animal Collective so I'm waiting til it gets here to hear it. If it's anything like Person Pitch I'll love it. I have listened to a lot of live performances of stuff from it on Youtube and I'd have to say that sounds about right.

sjewkestheloon · Post by **sjewkestheloon** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:15 pm

Person Pitch was a good record to be sure.

Just listening to No Age - Nouns. Good fun noisy rock music, not completely immediate. Feels like there are glorious pop songs hidden beneath the murk.

After playing Guitar Hero 3 a lot I keep getting the horrible urge to get a Dragonforce album.

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:13 pm

Well in a couple weeks I'll be listening to the Magma box set that just came out. This is revenge for their individual titles going for $22 or so (assuming you can even find them.)

sjewkestheloon · Post by **sjewkestheloon** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:11 pm

Who, pray tell, are Magma?

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 3:24 am

I guess they'd be considered prog. They're french. They invented their own language. Music is a mix of prog, classical, opera, jazz and who knows what else. Of what I have heard (which is limited)--very early on they have a fusion thing going (perhaps like Henry Cow/RIO kind of stuff--which explains why RER is so interested in them), but quickly go off to do their own thing which is like nobody else.

Obviously with the way things are now, you can find a way to hear them without paying any money (Which I'd advise since both this box and their individual albums are pricey). If you're into it, the box actually keeps the albums at a fairly low price (~$10 per CD) and about 350 pages of liner notes, so it is a good deal.

tommyb · Post by **tommyb** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:33 am

Cold World - Dedicated To Babies That Came Feet First

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 10:48 pm

Via some difficult channels: Currently listening to Tim Buckley's Starsailor. Still incredible this is out of print, if not criminal.

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:33 pm

Bosom Divine - "I'm Your Animal" 7"
The Young - "Get Out Of My Face" 7"
Coconut Coolouts - "Nerd Holocaust" 7"
The Observers - "Walk Alone" 7"
The Revisions - Revised Observations (which is cool to listen to if only for the different version of "Walk Alone")

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:04 am

Henry Cow - Stockholm & Goeteborg (from the upcoming henry cow box set.)

null1024 · Post by **null1024** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:09 am

Since I just got S.O.A.D's Toxicity, that's my fav. album right now.

CFO · Post by **CFO** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:46 am

Cecil - Rikka
Hi-posi- Gluon
girls tape store - In the clouds
Magnetic Fields - I

tommyb · Post by **tommyb** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:48 am

Ceremony - Still Nothing Moves You
Sabertooth Zombie - The Only Good Politician Is A Dead Politician
Lewd Acts/Hour of the Wolf Split
Blacklisted - Heavier Then Heaven, Lonelier Then God (always)

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:28 pm

Sleep - Dopesmoker
Om - Variations on a Theme and Pilgrimage
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone and Come My Fanatics.
Ocean - Pantheon of the Lesser
Nightstick - Death to Music

sjewkestheloon · Post by **sjewkestheloon** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:07 pm

CMoon wrote:Henry Cow - Stockholm & Goeteborg (from the upcoming henry cow box set.)

Didn't know one was coming up, will have to watch out for it.

Been listening to lashes of Les Rallizes Denudes thanks to Julian Cope. Big fucking crushing fuzzing noisy psych-rawk with plain bad vocals.

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:16 am

sjewkestheloon wrote: Been listening to lashes of Les Rallizes Denudes thanks to Julian Cope. Big fucking crushing fuzzing noisy psych-rawk with plain bad vocals.

The 2xCD Le 12 mars 1977 a Tachikawa set is really good and probably the best thing to own by them. I've heard another bootleg (everything by them is a bootleg) that was not so good. If you don't have the set mentioned above, go for it!

Also in that same vein:
Jacks 'Vacant Worlds' (late 60's)
White Heaven 'Out' (way the fuck up on my list of favorite albums) (90's)
Shizuka (pick one (or all) of her three albums) (also 90's).

In other news, the new Enslaved album seems really good. is it just me or do I hear shades of This Heat on this album???