Today, I have mostly been listening to ...

Octahedron

James Bay's album. Some of the songs that are not singles are better. Much better. I hope he won't turn out to be a one hit wonder.

stimpsonslostson

Converge- Jane Doe.
Sweet Jesus it's heavy. I like hardcore, but this is in a different league!
I must say, I quite like it.

PolarityMan

Just listened to Around the Fur by the deftones for the first time in ageeess....man that is one great album

Sibelius

A bit of Roger Waters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-P614lmP3Y

Gets better the more I listen. Would love to know how he does that.

cbilly22

Sibelius said:

A bit of Roger Waters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-P614lmP3Y

Gets better the more I listen. Would love to know how he does that.

That's the album with Jeff Beck on it isn't it. Seem to remember that had some beautiful touches on it.

Sibelius

cbilly22 said:

Sibelius said:

A bit of Roger Waters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-P614lmP3Y

Gets better the more I listen. Would love to know how he does that.

That's the album with Jeff Beck on it isn't it. Seem to remember that had some beautiful touches on it.

Yeah, some amazing guitar work from Jeff Beck on there.

Flink_Poyd

One of those bands that never really interested me, time can change a lot of things.

Skipped

Cat Stevens. Tea for the Tillerman.
Brilliant.
God knows what I was listening to when it was actually released.......

Octahedron

Walking around a local record store and they were playing a singer/songwriter... really nice playing, thought why are they playing this in here? New guy I've never heard! So I whipped up SoundHound on my iPhone - turns out it was Phillip Phillips. Winner of American Idol a few years ago. All I could think was "holy shit someone won Idol and the record label didn't destroy them with a disgusting over produced covers album which includes one or two originals?!"

In fact I bought both albums on the spot.

Was actually looking for the new Maiden. Amazing what happens. They'd totally sold out of Maiden everywhere so... I took a gamble.

Keen to dig right into those!

wayneirie

Ryan Adams - heartbreaker missed this somehow. Enjoying it immensely.

GavRichList

Kid A.

Quite a lot of Kid A of late.

Bucket

Octahedron said:

Bucket;763957" said:

So much Van Halen

VH II is such a killer album.

It is!! I'd say you can't beat VH1... And I would like to know, where do you stand on Hagar-era VH?

Never really heard any! I honestly think VH II beats VH I though. Much better songs.

As for what I've been listening to today... this, again.

Punishingly miserable. The vocals throughout this album are the most genuine and potent expression of anguish and depression that I've ever found, and this track is the standout. Incredibly disconcerting, and also incredibly powerful. Some of it is incredibly high-pitched shrieking, some is more conventional black metal-style growls, some is a really weird crackly whine that sounds like he's trying to impersonate Yoda while breaking down in tears... and a little bit towards the end is a deep "metal" voice that sounds like he's taking the piss, which only serves to make the whole thing seem even stranger. And there's even some random quick "ooh-aah" noises occasionally, which sound like he's being punched in the guts or something.

It's difficult to put into words. Lots of people laugh at the vocals, and I do understand why, because they're so alien and come completely out of the blue... but really, given that the bloke is quite possibly mentally ill, I think it's a bit callous to do so.

BloodEagle

stimpsonslostson said:

Converge- Jane Doe.
Sweet Jesus it's heavy. I like hardcore, but this is in a different league!
I must say, I quite like it.

Only one of the greatest albums ever made

Skipped

Before I went to bed, listened to the following straight through.
No Angel - Dido
Life For Rent - Dido
Safe Trip Home -Dido

Still stunning several years after all the fuss......
I want to heap praise on her but I don't want to overlook the massive role that her brother played.

ArchtopDave

Octahedron said:

James Bay's album. Some of the songs that are not singles are better. Much better. I hope he won't turn out to be a one hit wonder.

I agree. I've been playing this CD a lot. Remarkable for a first Album.

stimpsonslostson

Robert Randolph & the Family Band.
It's making me want a pedal steel. And some talent.

Grunfeld

Been listening to a lot of Philip Glass today.

Played this several times.  Wonderful.

Philip Glass, "Evening Song" from Akhnaten



And tonight....

Dub Trees, "Ziggurat"

Moss

Yet more new CHVRCHES

stimpsonslostson

Muse playing the BBC live lounge. It's on iplayer. They are so polished.

Moss

@stimpsonlostson I was watching that earlier - really good