Now Playing: The Next Generation

Yii · Post by **Yii** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:23 pm

gargoylepiss wrote:
Yi wrote:Wilco - Sky Blue Sky (Nonesuch, 2007)
Cool, Yi, what's the new album like? The cover looks great, from scrolling down to post.

thanks,
i really enjoyed both previous albums.(summerteeth & yankee hotel foxtrot)
but i think Tweedy's voice has changed on this album and there are so many guitar solos than voices. that makes me embarrassed.

user_4541 · Post by **user_4541** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:24 pm

Yeah I heard Tweedy stopped smoking cigarettes as much on this one and was able to concentrate or whatever. I really like Summer Teeth a lot, and haven't really checked out "A Ghost is Born" or "Being There.

Recently Played:

(off the top of my head)

Popul Vuh - Aguirre
Phil Durrant, Thomas Lehn & Radu Malfatti - Dach
Hiroshi Higashi - Solo 3
Double Leopards - The Axe Helve
David Tudor - Piano Avant-Garde (Cage. Cardew...) Recordings 1956-60
Burning Star Core - Blood Lightning

Last Couple of Days:

Tom Carter Robert Horton - Lunar Eclipse
Times New Viking - Present the Paisley Reich
Son, Ambulance - Key
Los Glissandinos - Stand Clear
The Goslings - Grandeur of Hair
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
Six Organs of Admittance - School of Flower (Vinyl)
Discs 1 and 2 of Amplify 2002 (erstquake) the box set

user_546 · Post by **user_546** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:39 pm

Ironically it's waking me up after a snooze during the first couple of discs of the One Kiss Can Lead to Another boxset... nothing to do with the contents of said box, I'm sure. Had some great tracks in there; the Jewels' Opportunity sticks out, for one.

james · Post by **james** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:56 am

gargoylepiss wrote:Yeah I heard Tweedy stopped smoking cigarettes as much on this one and was able to concentrate or whatever. I really like Summer Teeth a lot, and haven't really checked out "A Ghost is Born" or "Being There.

Ah, you should. A Ghost Is Born is one of my favorites and the new album will make a lot more sense if you don't skip over it. Being There has a few great songs on it as well.

Stevo · Post by **Stevo** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:32 am

some recent lissnin

Bought a couple of cds this week

Doors Soft Parade
Really enjoy large bits of this even with Krieger's lyrics in it. Has some great guitar and keyboard textures. I think Shaman's Blues is a great unsung Doors song as is Who Scared You?
Hadn't realised that this lp was the one concurrent with the trial til I read the liner notes either.

Awesome Color
Detroit originating dunt on Thurston Moore's label. Pretty decent. Found it in a sale that it appeared to have vanished from a while back. Only played it once but will get back to it.

Pop GRoup Y
Truly one of the greatest lps ever. Have loved this since I found it for the 1st time back in about 83. Have gone through periods of not playing it but I'm not the tidiest person and it can wind up at the bottom of boxes etc. This is the new version though. Plus I got 2 live sets from 79 & 80 this week, both great.

Sinead O'Connor She Who Dwells
This is a 2cd compi, 1disc of rarities plus a live set from 2002. I haven't heard the compi disc but the live set is beautifiul in places. Was very taken by the cello in particular. It was recorded at the time of her Sean Nos Nua lp so its got several updates on traditional Irish songs plus pretty moving takes on Last Day Of Our Aqcuaintance and Noone Compares 2U

tons of torrents

Howlin Wolf Key Largo 69
Long drawn out versions of a lot of the familiar tracks with presumably Hubert Sumlin cooking on guitar.

Tony Williams Lifetime live in 69
This is the trio line up that recorded Emergency! (Jack Bruce later augmented them) and is about as good as that record, which means incredible. Been after live stuff by them for years. This took an age to download (2weeks?) but is deeply worth it.

The Verve Sacramento 93
Shortly after 1st lp so that gives a guide. Spacey long tracks. This is the period of the band I love. Their more popular stuff pales in comparison for me.

True WEst Berkley 84
I saw this band in Dingwalls at roughly this time, probly closer to April since I recall talking to Russ Tolman about Cave turning into a lounge singer. Think the guitar is stellar, can't recall who guitarist is, do get an image of the skinhead from Diva though when I think of it.
Television/QMS/Floyd are guidelines.

CSNY Balboa Park 69
This has some great guitar interplay on it. As do most of the electric tracks by this band. Got a nearly 20 minute Down BY The River here

Neil Young & CRazy Horse Cincinattit 70
More great NY guitar interplay.

Toots & THe Maytals 22/4/78
REally shows how good the band were. But is that the Maytals or a backing band? Was told that the guitar on the records was Ernest Ranglin is that him here or were maytals self-contained live?
Toots voice very soulful. Even makes the cover of John Denver's Country Roads listenable. Songs are drawn out pretty far.
Does have Pressure DRop on which is great. I think its in a medley with other uptempo stuff.

N Cal Folk Festival 68
5 set file including Big Brother & THe Holding Co, Country Joe & THe Fish, Steve MIller Band, The Youngbloods and the Electric Flag. EF sounding surprisingly QMS like in riff choice on one track.
Great tio get this. It took forever to get down but its a massive file. 1GB

Tricky live 98
Even more intense than the 97. Wish I could find more of him. The music gets pretty trancey through repetition etc. I've always wondered how conversant he was with the work of Can, or is he just arriving in the same ballpark through shared influences?

Einstuerzende Neubauten live in 81 & 89
89 I prefer though sound is worse. Getting a lot of great sounds live from Gothenburg these days, must've been an interesting live scene at one point? Rhytthm section was really tight, verges on the funky in places.
There was a poiunt several years back where I had bought a live tape of them from around this time, maybe a couple of years later and was also listening to a lot of MIngus. I was hearing some rhythmic similarity and wondering if they were listening to him too. I think I miss the physicality of the Mufti/Chung rhythm section.
Wish I was going to see the current line up next week too.

Lot of other stuff I might get back to later
Stevo
Np Youngbloods from N CAl Festival

user_437 · Post by **user_437** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:55 am

Janek Schaefer - In The Last Hour (Room40)

A fantastic album full of a variety of sound sources ranging from haunted tones to more melodic passages. It sounds like this was all composed live which makes it all that much more interesting. [/img]

user_4541 · Post by **user_4541** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 11:51 am

as a recommendation from the shoe doom thread

np: Wold - L.O.T.M.P

pretty good so far, the first few tracks were awesome. where are these dudes from anyhow?

I also downloaded Corrupted's 2005 album el mundo frio, though it wasn't the same as when I first listened to it, it didn't have the same effect for some reason.

user_4562 · Post by **user_4562** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 12:46 pm

adam bohman - bunhill road
pretty cool, sometimes has too much of a "monty python" or dr. demento vibe for my tastes (wish he sounded like a hateful pervert or something) but definitely recommended if you like DIY in any way. i was listening to this one night and honestly thought "god, this is a masterpiece." next night i couldn't get over how nerdy it was. overall it's great and a totally worthy addition to your collection.

broken flag box
i dropped $100 on this and wasn't even sure if i'd even like iit. not one iota disappointed - it's every bit amazing as people are saying it is. don't miss your opportunity on this, you're gonna be sorry.

black flag - my war
one of the most visceral albums ever created. people always go on about ginn's free-jazz influences, but does anyone else detect a beefheart influence on the intro for (i think) "swinging man?" this thing rules. greg ginn and the rza are my personal heroes.

intersystems - number one lp
this thing blew my mind when i got it. i don't even remember much about it. recommended if you like '60s psychdelic synths and poetry. sick cover too.

albert ayler - live in greenwich village
my dad had a cut-out of this in his collection, still wrapped in plastic (dude did the same thing with a parliament comp - latent racist perhaps). i cannot STAND "song for john coltrane." sounds awesome but is really the ugliest snake-charming whining i'd ever heard. played it at 45 the first time and thought it was kind of ok, a little weird. when i realized it was supposed to be played at 33 i thought it was a joke. i don't have a high jazz iq or anything, so i'm probably missing something. the rest is fantastic.

shadow ring - lighthouse/lindus
made a thread on here a while back about this. great stuff! i pull out lindus more than lighthouse just because i like the ease of a single lp, but i probably like lighthouse more.

i can't remember what else i've been listening to. definitely been listening to stuff though.

user_599 · Post by **user_599** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 2:29 pm

While reading news coverage about the Virginia Tech stuff (I'm a grad student there).

This Heat - Tago Mago Cassette

user_3068 · Post by **user_3068** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:40 pm

Yi wrote:
gargoylepiss wrote:
Yi wrote:Wilco - Sky Blue Sky (Nonesuch, 2007)
Cool, Yi, what's the new album like? The cover looks great, from scrolling down to post.
thanks,
i really enjoyed both previous albums.(summerteeth & yankee hotel foxtrot)
but i think Tweedy's voice has changed on this album and there are so many guitar solos than voices. that makes me embarrassed.

yeah lots of solo's. its a really straight forward rock/pop album. really nice n mellow too tho. I like the cover art as well which won the best wildlife photo contest in 2005 I think. I would have thought there would have been more noise on this one since the last two (AGIB and YHF) had lots of noise fade ins and outs. I like how it is tho I think noise stuff would have ruined it. Also the solos are a bit too present but I can't imagine the album being as good if they were taken out.

user_548 · Post by **user_548** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:43 pm

Minimality wrote:While reading news coverage about the Virginia Tech stuff (I'm a grad student there).

Oh wow, were in on campus today?

user_599 · Post by **user_599** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:23 pm

No, I live off campus and never made it there. Everyone I know is fine, except, perhaps, some of the students I teach.

np: This Heat - s/t

user_1697 · Post by **user_1697** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:21 pm

Yesterday evening whilst at a frustrating googling session: Between, first time on headphones. Sounded great, very immediate, put the focus more on the musicianship than the sound itself, slight hesitancies, then great choices, then finding an improbable balance... but hey, one can?t talk about the music, that fact?s been hewn in marble cyberspace.

Anyways, have been using this (successfully) as an antidote to an overdose of Audition radio (got an mp3 player for Christmas and had some catching up to do). Against some gorgeous tracks, there?s maybe just too much unflappable music on Audition. The gnawing on stones, the licking of tam tams, the smooth swallowing of mouthpieces, the tickling up of tender tinnituses in the cutest of tiny digital fizzes. Feels so rarefied. Even Basque laptoppers play half their shows with pinkies held at ornate angles, seems like. It also feels mighty safe.

So give me some old-time musicianship instead. I want Coleman Hawkins. I want players out on a limb. With not just a concept but something to say. Which Keith and Toshi have in abundance. While I have no clue.

user_546 · Post by **user_546** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 1:26 am

the dead c - future artists
don't know about the cover art, but on first listen it's definitely a step up from the damned. bout halfway through and it seems to be a stylistic jaunt thru dead cs gone-by.

Alastair · Post by **Alastair** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:45 am

Tapir wrote:Anyways, have been using this (successfully) as an antidote to an overdose of Audition radio (got an mp3 player for Christmas and had some catching up to do). Against some gorgeous tracks, there?s maybe just too much unflappable music on Audition. The gnawing on stones, the licking of tam tams, the smooth swallowing of mouthpieces, the tickling up of tender tinnituses in the cutest of tiny digital fizzes. Feels so rarefied. Even Basque laptoppers play half their shows with pinkies held at ornate angles, seems like. It also feels mighty safe.

Well, as I've found out over the last few days, reviewing ther last series, audition works best in one-hour chunks as broadcast. 'tis folly to try and listen to lots of shows back-to-back.

Which is fine. It's not supposed to be a work in 47 parts. Safe? Maybe. How would you make it more edgy, or whatever the opposite of "safe" is?

Which were the "gorgeous" tracks, Tapir?

It's interesting to get feedback like this, my questions are genuine, not antagonistic.

Alastair · Post by **Alastair** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:47 am

Other than Coleman Hawkins, not really part of our remit... 8)

maRi · Post by **maRi** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:09 am

birdsong of detroit wrote:
the dead c - future artists
don't know about the cover art

why? 'caught my eye' immediately, i like it.

vegetable mind · Post by **vegetable mind** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:06 am

Belong - October Language

wow, why didn't I bother listening to this before? stunning

bryan · Post by **bryan** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:01 am

vegetable mind wrote:Belong - October Language

wow, why didn't I bother listening to this before? stunning

i guess they're mainly a studio project - they played live on their home turf for the first time recently. i missed it, though.

free math · Post by **free math** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:56 pm

no one went to the doom or be doomed fest in baltimore last weekend, did they?

edit: nice sig, seventh