/daily/ - "ap memes and japanoise" edition

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una vela...

thirst for the borscht

>>72535663
ap spanish exam tomorrow, imma channel ur spirit

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>Otomo Yoshihide - Cathode
THIS IS WHY I LOVE OTOMO YOSHIHIDE
Thank you Yoshihide-san for continually gathering great groups of people to make wierd sounds for my listening pleasure
This album is a lot more warm and rich than the Yoshihide albums I associate with him the most (due to how much acoustic instrumentation is present). definitely more EAI than onkyo
Each song manages to inject a lot of variation throughout while still maintaining an atmospheric consistency
Really cool shit. Good job.

>Pauline Oliveros - Primordial / Lift (2006)
I don't know how this song managed to keep me invested for over 70 minutes
It was great, what can I say
The accordion, harmonium, and strings all blended together so well (with some sprinklings of electronics for charm)
At times, the song becomes so harmonious that you get utterly lost in it. But Oliveros isn't afraid to also use super sour harmonies (which I love)
There's just so much Oliveros (and the other performers) manages to squeeze out of these sounds!
There are times on this album that it doesn't feel it should even be classified as drone
But the parts that are drone are so goddamn beautiful.
This record is a journey

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have I been memed?
>>72535690
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>>72535714
no
listen to hisou

>>72535714
yes

also i memed you too with that pic!

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sure is another great day for music consumption

>>72535737
did you post yr 98.12.28 review yet

>>72535755
literally writing it right now

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>>72535734
que picardia....

>>72535765
HOIPE

>>72535644
We can all agree that The Great Curve is the best track, right?

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According to Rolling Stone Japan these are the best Japanese rock albums ever.

Which ones are actually good?

>>72535888
LOL not fishmans

>>72535879
Born Under Punches*

>>72535688
>Cathode
such a fantastic album, great into to EAI imo

>>72535888
Blue Hearts, Satori, Fantasma, Fushitsusha, and Merzbow are all good. i might actually dive into this, sounds fun.

>>72535888
>Rolling Stone

Probably like three good albums on here then lol.

Also, are these all supposed to be rock albums? Cause Ken Ishii/Fishmans aren't even remotely rock afaict

>>72536059
it was just "best japanese albums" but then they noticed it's 88% rock

>>72535888
(that was a discussion question btw, I've listened to a fair amount of these. also why would they pick chocolate synthesizer of all boredoms albums to choose?)

>>72535879
Yes, 100%

Best Talking Heads track overall imo

>>72535888
of the ones I've listened to,
YMO - Solid State Survivor
Cornelius - Fantasma
Akiko Yano - Japanese Girl
Fushitsusha - Live

wait those are the only four on that list that I've listened to

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Also, gonna keep posting reviews, lotsa tight music these past few days.

[1/2]

Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun (1992)
>Stoner Rock, Stoner Metal

Much lighter and more digestible than Welcome to Sky Valley. The tracks are much shorter, clocking in between 2 and 7.5 minutes, as opposed to the 15+ minute epics on WTSV. The vocals even feel lighter for some reason, leaning even more toward rock than metal here. The riffs still have that slow-burning psychedelia though even if they aren’t quite as heavy. It reminds me a bit of QOTSA, so it’s obvious that Homme would eventually go back to a more psych rock direction in the future.

I think the overall heaviness on Sky Valley are what make it so great but this is still a solid listen. It’s still a bit one note as you’d expect from a stoner metal but the atmosphere is terrific. It feels like it was crafted in the desert, with this bleak, one-tone vibe all throughout. That being said, there are a lot of subtle little elements on here, within the riffs that make it so enjoyable. Or maybe I just like this style of metal regardless. I find these slower brands like sludge/doom are way more up my alley.

I think this is on a similar level as Sky Valley though it’s hard because they almost feel like different styles. Great stuff though.

3.5/5

>>72535888
>merzbow, fushitsusha, fishmans
i mean, at least rolling stones japan aren't dadrockers but idk if poseurs are any better

>>72536169
[2/2]

Sleep - Dopesmoker (2003)
>Doom Metal, Stoner Metal

This seems to have the reputation as a monotonous listen but man it’s really something else. It’s trance-inducing and unwaveringly heavy but I certainly wouldn’t call it boring. The guitar drones on in repetitive fashion, with waves and waves of distortion. But there’s subtle variations throughout the album that keep it interesting enough. Even when it does get too repetitive, it just ends up feeling hypnotic. The lyrics are so corny and over the top - but the vocal style and overall atmosphere ensures that you don’t have to pay too much attention to them. It works way better than it should, if these lyrics weren’t slowly belted out in this fashion over layers of guitar, I would definitely hate them. Yet, somehow it works.

The complicated history behind this album’s release and the pure boldness (or stubborn stupidity depending on your view) to release a 63 minute track definitely add to the legacy/reputation. But despite all that, the music is heavy as shit and something about it just works. I almost want to say this would be better as an instrumental but it’d be way too repetitive without the vocals.

Surprised I liked this as much as I did but man, it’s awesome.

4.5/5

>>72536106
I only recognize like 5 albums on here so idk if that's true...

>>72536110
What do you think?

>>72536155
>Best Talking Heads track
>Not This Must Be The Place

Blasphemous

someone bool with me in plug

>>72536190
I'm glad you agree. It's one of my favorites and I'm tired of justifying that

>>72535888
That Fishmans album is imo the worst from that era

Luxury is better than Fantastic Plastic Machine's s/t

For You is better than Spacy

That Merzbow album is far from his best.

Japanese Girl, the top left album, Shiina Ringo, Vacant World, Solid State, Long Vacation, Fantasma, Japanese Girl, Fushi, and Satori are all great.

P-Model, Bonobos, and Mute Beat are okay, but certainly not top 100 material. Where in heck is Boris? Boredoms? Ground Zero? Even outside of /mu/ these guys have decent popularity. No idea why they wouldn't be included. Why are there so many synth/electronic albums? This list could've been massively better with even the slightest research (or, maybe listening to more of the artists mentioned here).

Maybe the problem is trying to judge an eastern country by a western genre we assume is the gold standard for all of music. That's just my shitty hot take though.

>>72535879
No doubt.

>>72536190
>reviewing two of the top ten weed albums ever
nice

idk what anyone says, Dopesmoker is incredible. Maybe not for everyone, but an experience nonetheless.

>>72536268
I think the people that hate it are just a loud minority. I do see more love than hate in general, but a lot of what seems to be contrarianism surrounding it.

>>72535879
life during wartime (stop making sense)*

>>72536300
That's true, but it seems like the meme precedes the quality.

>>72536300
lol I listed "Japanese Girl" twice, and also confused Bonobos for Yonin-Bayashi (the album with the sloth smoking the pipe).

I should probably listen to more albums from there, but regardless I still think the list is kinda shitty.

>>72536339
>>72536300
popularity polarizes, who would have thought. both sides would be justified here though

>>72536155
>>72536238
>>72536330
The best Talking Heads track is Crosseyed and Painless (Stop Making Sense ver.)
t. Talking Headspert™

>>72536238
Solid State Survivor (even though I prefer Technodelic and some Ryuichi solo records), Kuchu Camp (even though there are many better Fishmans albums), Fantasma (even though Point is better), Friction, Chocolate Synthesizer (even though there are again a lot of better Boredoms albums), Fushitsusha, In a Model Room (even though I prefer some of their later albums), and Satori are all great. Dunno why they'd pick Camera Talk instead of Doctor Head's World Tower for Flipped's Guitar, and Music for Bondage Performance seems like a pretty random choice for Merzbow.

I'm probably gonna go through all of these at some point, so we'll see if this is a good list or not!

>>72536300
Pretty much agree with everything you said.

Here's another list by a competing Japanese music magazine: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/iyiiki/japan__the_dark_continent_of_rock/

>>72536238
>This Must Be The Place
you are right boy

>>72536268
Yeah, such a tight album. I was kind of skeptical going in because I'd seen mixed reviews but it took me by surprise.

>>72536300
Yeah, I was looking at the metal on my backlog and realized I'd missed out on those two. Figured I'd tackle em in the same day.

>Maybe not for everyone, but an experience nonetheless.

Definitely agree

>>72536508
Huh, cool to see your opinion on the whole thing. I'm completely out of the loop on Japanese music so maybe I'll check some of these out in the future

>>72536508
That Boredoms album is super random wtf. Unless this list came out in like 1995 there's no reason it should be like that.

>>72536682
interdasting.

>>72536508
>>72536712
chocolate synth is pretty good imo, but i feel like anyone would agree that Super AE and VCN are miles better. Hell, Super Roots 7 blows CS out of the water.

>>72536771
needa listen for sure, but it's definitely not one of their staple albums I think of when I think of them.

>>72536771
Super as, Vision Creation Newsun, Pop Tatari, Super Roots 5, Super Roots 7, and Soul Discharge are all better than Chocolate Synthesizer imo, even though CS is still like a 8-8.5 for me.

>>72536806
and 77 Boadrum as well.

>>72536785
compared to their tribal space rock shit, it's pretty basic noise rock, really raw. think pop tatari with more structure

>>72535888
>good
Vacant World
Fantasma
Welcom Plastics
In A Model Room
Satori
Live

>ass
Blue Hearts

still need to listen to friction. that chart is surprisingly good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpmHHrk54h0

4:00-end legit me wanna cry

>>72536931
old news, grandpa

>>72536931
*makes me

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>Roy Porter - Jessica
>J A Z Z F U N K

Lots of instrumental variation to keep each track afloat. A good time all around, with an interlude of experimentation. What starts out as clean grooves has stranger tracks like Drums For Daryl, where an engine's thrums and an electronic buzz intervene bongos and drumming with brushes.

There's also an interesting use of distortion on many soloists in the this album, most noticeably in Wow even in something like the flute solo of the title track. Wow actually begins by covering the group in a blanket of electric buzz, like some strange jazz noise mixture.

In the end, I'm not overly affected by this. It's got some small moments, but Jazz Funk as a whole is a genre that I've yet to really enjoy.

6/10

>Daneil Bachman - Daniel Bachman (2016)
>Drone, Folk, "American Primitivism"

After a screeching and sordid intro, there's nothing to greet you but a lone guitar, and small audible breaths from Bachman.

A solid solo performance by Bachman, but I'm ambivalent on the drone portions of the album.

7/10

>Mortal Unknown Orchestra - Multi-Love
>Psychedelic Pop

I was surprised to learn this was released only 2 years ago. They really do feel like genuine funk/soul-- and in Woolite's review, I agree with the assessment that the production feels both fresh and nostalgic at the same time. The front of the album is loaded with bombastic singles, and the other side takes a cooler tone.

Could be compared to Tame Impala or Thundercat, but it feels more genuine. The vocals are more like Thundercat's falsetto, but aren't as similar between tracks to be irritating. The percussion is tin-can packed, and very effective in establishing the previously mentioned funk and soul vibe.

and the polyamorous relationship for the artist though

Favorite Tracks: Necessary Evil, Can't Keep Checking My Phone, Stage or Screen

8/10


>Beck - Odelay
>Alt Rock, The Alternative Melting Pot, When samples weren't so easily cock-blocked

Yeah.

7/10

>>72536959
>Multi-Love

Nice. Shit is underrated as hell. The album also features interesting techniques that are not common of it's indie-pop contemporaries (modulating 5 times in one phrase (NecEvil), the non-cyclic chord progression that starts and ends a phrase on a chord other than the tonic (Multi Love). Also:

>Best
Extreme Wealth and Casual Cruelty
>Runner Up
Necessary Evil (also one of my favorite music videos)
>Overrated
Can't Keep Checking My Phone
>Underrated
Extreme Wealth and Casual Cruelty
>Worst
Stage or Screen

>>72536959
Yeah, I guess you'd have to be into jazz-funk in the first place to really dig Jessica. But I'm a sucker for anything with a bit of funk influence. Love the motorcycle samples on "Drums for Daryl" though


>Could be compared to Tame Impala or Thundercat, but it feels more genuine.

Nicely put, I've been trying to find a good comparison for that album

Glad you're liking the drone so far man!

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>>72537284
More enjoyable than my first chart, that's for sure. Thanks for havin some neat taste

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ok when u do freeforms do u update it by putting the albums in topsters and redownloading it and putting the scores in again or am i doing this the stupid way
anyway heres some memes i listened to recently
>Robert Ashley - Private Parts
really lovely, soothing album. the synths reminded me of structures from silence at parts, and ashley's calm voice and the incessant tablas are so relaxing.

>Tzusing - A Name Out of Place, Pt II
pretty cool industrial techno. i like the really noisy parts of it the most.

>The Motifs - Cross Paths
aaaahhhh this is so cozy and twee i love it! really comfy, lovely listen. perfect to listen to while lying in bed, getting ready to fall asleep

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>>72537391
>ok when u do freeforms do u update it by putting the albums in topsters and redownloading it and putting the scores in again or am i doing this the stupid way

haha good one, you're so silly

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Kept you waitin’, huh?

>Fishmans - 98.12.28 Otokotachi no Wakare

This is it. The big fish. The 4.31 from 21 ratings. The live album from the band that was memed into /daily/ so hard that bringing up the name is enough to trigger certain people. The album that outdid vaccines in creating one of the most infamously autistic reviews of all time. After absorbing the Fishmans discography, for better or for worse, I feel like I am ready to tackle it.

First off, for a live album, I’m rather impressed with the audio quality. However, I still feel initially disconnected from the music in a way I wasn’t with the studio albums. Is it worth it or fair to evaluate the album on this level? I’m not sure, but I always feel like live albums by default are held back in some regard. Especially when the stage banter is kept in the recording, though to be fair, what is said actually holds some heavy emotional weight, as the lead singer says he hopes to continue doing live shows next year and --spoiler alert-- he dies a few months after the concert was recorded. This was due to heart problems he had suffered since he was a child. That fact certainly sheds a different light on Fishmans’ music and though I try not to let outside context affect my consumption of music too much, it’s hard to call that detail superfluous.

All that aside though, let’s talk about the actual music and what immediately struck me. It seems I was not alone in my thoughts when I say that the first half or so of the first disc has a few uncharacteristically weaker songs and performances to almost an odd degree. I mean, comparing what comes first to what comes later… it’s almost as if the band woke up from some daze and realized holy shit this may very well be our last concert let’s play our god damn hearts out (pun unintended).

(1/4)

>>72537391
crazy how the katamari soundtrack is better than most dedicated shibuya-kei albums

>>72537453
I suppose it mirrors their discography in a way though I doubt that was intentional? Who knows. But seriously, those who hold up this album as perfect -- which I don’t have a problem with really, the album is fantastic -- I wonder if they evaluate less of the album as a whole entity but focus on the grander moments to the point they are willing to excuse a few missteps.

Songs like ひこうき (Airplane), Thank You, and 頼りない天使 (Unreliable Angel) I feel miss the mark of what a good Fishmans song is. These songs meander and find Shinji with a one-note and utterly unmemorable vocal performance… I mean fuck it let’s be honest these songs aren’t memorable at all. They are perfectly fine songs, but they miss that infectious upbeat pop quality and this Chemical X that the band has suddenly thrown into the live reinterpretations that follow. Let’s take for example In The Flight, where the album completely takes off (pun intended). Not one of my favorite Fishmans songs at all whatsoever, but they throw in this absolutely killer violin and drum performance that completely reinvigorates the song. And oh man does it perfectly transition into Walking In The Rhythm. This is the point where I myself woke up and was thinking okay now THIS is what I was promised. The album does not let up from this point, playing some of their absolute best songs. Additionally, the way they build up tension and catharsis for their choruses (WAAAALKIIIING IN THE RHYTHM) is nothing short of genius.

(2/4)

>>72537479
They play extended breakdowns not from the studio version with the melody as the main theme from the song they just finished, and it feels so natural, almost improvised. They get so weird and energetic with it. One of their potential best songs Smilin’ Days, Summer Holiday is almost unrecognizable. Keep in mind this song was never properly developed. On the studio version it ends abruptly at a meager 2 minutes. This live version is the extreme home makeover edition, complete with crazy solo segments that flow together seamlessly. On top of that, there is Shinji’s extremely raw vocal performance to the point where he is audibly exhausted at the end of it. It’s worth mentioning that listening to the studio versions of the songs is essential to fully appreciating these performances. I still maintain that some of the studio versions are superior. I don’t think ナイトクルージング(Night Cruising) was done to its full potential, and it struck me as an odd song to play second on the set list. But I digress.

Being perfectly honest, disc 2 is perfection. If I were to rate it separately, I’d probably give it a 5. So if at this point you’re sick and tired of me droning on about Fishmans, I urge you to stop reading here. It’s not getting any better. For those of you with their dicks out (hi Fish) thanks for making it this far! The first track, ゆらめき In The Air is a single released shortly before the live album was recorded, hinting at another direction the band could have headed in if the world wasn’t so damn cruel. This track is absolutely fucking beautiful, and honestly, I’m surprised I hadn’t heard about it.

(3/4)

>>72537491
In my eyes, it’s about as good as Long Season as it showcases the masterful understanding of songwriting that Fishmans possesses. The way each element of the song coalesces under Shinji’s heavenly, yet androgynous and alien, vocals is nothing short of breathtaking. I’m definitely repeating myself here from previous reviews, but the song fuses together these feelings of hope, melancholy, and nostalgia through such simplistic yet effective means. I don’t know how to describe it really, but each texture feels calculated and layered in the correct mathematical way to evoke certain feelings and memories. I no longer feel separated from the music like I did earlier. I feel like I’m there at the concert. This is the type of song that makes me wish I understood music theory, and I may damn well fix that at some point.

Following that is いかれたBaby, a song that is certainly a stand out on its respective album, and I believe it was one of their few hit singles. It’s a staggeringly simple song compared to what we just heard and what we’re about to hear, yet it does not feel out of place in the slightest. That kitschy dub influence finally makes its way back into the music, and I couldn’t be happier to hear it. It works as a sort of palette cleanser before they dive headfirst into their reinterpretation of Long Season. It is the checkpoint before the final boss. I’m sure if you’ve read this far into my review, you’ve heard Long Season. If you haven’t, I think you ought to give it a listen. I don’t want come off as over dramatic or a cop out by not really describing the live reinterpretation of it, but I can’t accurately sum it up. I don’t know what else to say. I don’t want to build lofty expectations with purple prose. It has to be heard. Your own opinion, negative or positive, needs to be built. I think I’ve said all that needs to be said. I think this album’s reputation, overall, is deserved.

>>72536238
Ok This Must Be The Places maaaaybe shares first place, because it's a great track

I fucking despise Once In A Lifetime though, I can't stand it. I don't know why, there is almost no Talking Heads song I dislike except for that one. It's just so boring

>>72537523
>It has to be heard. Your own opinion, negative or positive, needs to be built.
saying it like this will make people not want to listen to it just saying

i really wish AnCo would make an album that wasnt a complete mixed bag, for every bluish or moonjock or purple bottle i get a lion in a coma, a todays supernatural and a daffy duck

>>72537391
>ok when u do freeforms do u update it by putting the albums in topsters and redownloading it and putting the scores in again or am i doing this the stupid way
holy shit this is another level of autism
man just use photoshop or paint.net why do you suffer so much

>>72537602
>Lion In A Coma

Don't remind me of that song

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>>72537391
>not using an editable svg file in inkscape

>>72537558
Once in a Lifetime means more to me in a personal and sentimental level than any other song ever written

fuck u >:^(

>>72537592
Their loss. But why?

>>72537602
thanks. i realized how autistic it was as soon as i started downloading the chart for the second time lmao

>>72536959
Yesss good to see love for Multi-Love

>>72537650
:-(

I understand why some people like it but it just feels like.... Talking Heads for people who don't like Talking Heads ;-)

>>72537776
Once in a Lifetime is a song for people who love Talking Heads and for people who don't like them, as the song's timelessness and pognient commentary of the human condition are for essentially anyone. :-)

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Say, this is pretty good.

>>72537847
this

>>72535663
>Dos velas....

Aguante el piti caretas

>>72537661
>I don’t want to build lofty expectations with purple prose.
yet the way you introduced it and used too many periods is oozing with the same useless dramatism i mean???

>>72537949
That line is acknowledges the fact that I did that lol. I just wasn't going to do it for Long Season bc there'd be no point.

>four-post fishmans review
>1 reply by an anon
/daily/ is truly dead

>>72537453
>>72537479
>>72537491
>>72537523
Fucking great review, and I'm glad you articulated your opinion so well without saying anything fucking dumb.

>It seems I was not alone in my thoughts when I say that the first half or so of the first disc has a few uncharacteristically weaker songs and performances to almost an odd degree
Though I see what you mean, I have never understood that point. The first three songs, if anything, are are probably the strongest sequence in a row. In fact, tracks two and three are probably the ones I find myself coming back to most often. The live Nightcruising is probably one of my most listened to songs ever, and I would highly rec you give it another chance (or maybe it's just not your thing).

>I suppose it mirrors their discography in a way though I doubt that was intentional?
Perhaps, after all, every album has at least one song pulled from it, so it's definitely intentional as a reflection on their discog.

>I wonder if they evaluate less of the album as a whole entity but focus on the grander moments to the point they are willing to excuse a few missteps.
I fully acknowledge some tracks are better than others, but individually any of these tracks are some of the best pop songs ever made. I think to an extent people could overrate it due to circumstance, but it's so consistently good it blows my mind. I could go into detail what I like about songs like Thank You or Airplane, but I couldn't transfer over those feelings directly I suppose.

>It’s worth mentioning that listening to the studio versions of the songs is essential to fully appreciating these performances
110% true mang. I want more people to hear this, but it's so much more for people who have heard more of their stuff. Since it's in a way a send off to fans, listening to all of the studio material increases enjoyment so much.

Their other live album, 96.12.26 might be worth hearing since you seem to like the dubbier-influenced stuff. Nice review man.

>>72537592
>saying that you have to form your own opinion for a song will turn people off from hearing an entire album
what.

>>72537949
you read the same review I did, right? Or did you just like skim it?

>>72538103
anon sounds like someone who won't listen to an album until a random internet nerd says it's good so he won't be insecure about his tastes

>>72537776
Nice aned pretentious breh

>>72537366
No problem :)

>>72537391
Idk why Jangle does it that way, using paint or PS is so much easier.

>>72537453
>Four post review
>It's actually good

Nice job man, you did a great job analyzing the album. Makes me think I need to go back and listen to earlier Fishmans stuff - I feel like it'd help me like that album even more

>>72538148
that totally contradicts my initial jab at this random internet nerd saying the album is good hello check your logic my man

>>72538021
I'm glad desu. My intention was never to incite a shitstorm.

>>72538065
Glad you liked it. I enjoyed writing it.

I'll address a few of your points and make some minor corrections. I wasn't directly referring to the first three songs. In fact I quite like 1 and 3. I suppose I was being vague, and in a sense, that was on purpose because other than the songs I specifically listed, I can't point out anything as inherently weak on their own. But the overall impression is still that the first half is weaker by comparison only.

Nightcruising I will maintain, did not hit me as hard as I thought it should have, and I'll repeat that I don't think it's appropriate as the second track. I think they could have saved it for later. I think the sequence is important to criticize in live albums.

Perhaps the other songs will grow on me but it's a matter of differing taste between us I think or at least what we look for in songwriting? Idk.

I will certainly check out that live album. Dub is pretty cool.

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>>72538308
>Nightcruising I will maintain, did not hit me as hard as I thought it should have
Fair enough, I'm a huge fishmans nerd and that song is legit one of my favorites from their discog. You could totally be right that it's because we look for different things in songwriting, but I think it's cool that despite that we both have a shared love of this album, no?

Nightcrusing in particular is one I see a lot of love for so I guess I just found it weird. Your criticisms of ひこうき, Thank You, and 頼りない天使 seem to be shared mostly as those are rated slightly lower than the rest. However, your love of いかれた Baby is pretty unique, as most people see it as the black sheep of disc 2.

Long Season has the highest track rating I've seen for any album with over a thousand ratings, jesus christ. Shit's nuts.

When people say "second half of 98.12.28" I always think they literally mean disc 2, but most of them seem to mean "second half" starts with "In the Flight".

>>72538459
頼りない天使 has always been of my favorites, that keyboard riff always gets me

>>72538296
Thanks, I really appreciate it.

Perhaps I should have emphasized this point a bit more, but truly Long Season kinda came out of nowhere. There is somewhat of a logical progression in the sense that their songs got more fleshed out, so listening to their early discog is kinda cool in that regard, though the albums aren't cohesive or all that good really. Still, it makes Long Season that much more impressive in hindsight. You kinda wonder where it came from? This may sound stupid but surely Shinji knew his heart condition was worsening. It may be overly romantic but it could have affected his songwriting.

>>72538459
Yeah maybe I built it up too much in my mind cause the studio version got me really emotional for whatever reason. No big deal though.

And hmm that is an interesting fact about Baby Blue. Idk man that shit is magical how it comes between those two songs and it's just a simple dub number. I can easily see why people think it's a dip in quality but they are overthinking it or not seeing the purpose of its placement, especially since it was their one hit right? That shit was intentionally played before their swan song. Genius.

I totally agree with the second half starting with in the flight

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Souls of Mischief - 93 'Til Infinity (1993)
>west coast hip hop, jazz rap, boom bap

Dangerously close to a 3.5, but the MCs aren't good enough to really reach that mark. They're serviceable, but none of them have any distinct personality or flow. If I didn't know this was a group I'd totally believe this was just one rapper, and a pretty tepid one at that. The production is where this album truly shines. It's firmly rooted in jazz rap and boom bap, but the beats have a prominent ethereal quality to them that elevate them above and beyond typical production in the genre. They're chill but super banging, the perfect combination.

3.0+

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (2007)
>indie rock

More low-key than Funeral, but low-key isn't what I want from Arcade Fire. The band is at their best when they're making the most bombastic, grandiose pop rock songs ever, and this albums rockier, rootsier style doesn't sit well with me at all. It's got some fucking great tracks in that grandiose style, like "Intervention" and "No Cars Go", but they flirt way too much with really generic sounding rock that they don't do well at all. It's not just the sound, the songwriting isn't nearly up to par with what the band is capable of, and Butler and Chassagne both turn in uncharacteristically weak vocal performances. Decent enough, but lacking the highs of Funeral.

2.0+

>>72538459
Also that dip in ratings for Melody is weird. Another great song. Maybe I'm just willing to give it a pass bc Shinji was clearly exhausted from the previous song and I kinda like that aspect

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Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997)
>electronic, art pop, indie pop

I wanted to listen to this because I was interested in Minogue's take on indie rock, and frankly, all the tracks that fall under that category fucking suck! They're just generic pop rock at it's worst, and Minogue's voice seems really uncomfortable singing along, especially on fucking "Cowboy Style", the ill-fated country pop song. The tracks more influenced by drum and bass and house are really cool, though. The opener and "Limbo" are great tracks, but two great tracks among ten other mediocre tracks doesn't make a great album. This could be so much more, but like most other pop albums from this time period there's just too much filler that takes away from the good stuff.

2.0

also, that alternate cover (the one for this issue here: https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/kylie_minogue/kylie_minogue_f8/) is absolutely phenomenal.

>>72538656
>Dangerously close to a 3.5, but the MCs aren't good enough to really reach that mark.

I believe the album was released when they were all 17/18 years old. Gotta give them props, desu.

>>72538691
holy shit you're right, that's insane.

fucking cool that like the best beat ever got thrown at some teenagers

>>72538634
>Baby Blue
Do you mean いかれた Baby? Because yeah, that's pretty much their defining song in the public eye. Pretty odd to me honestly.

>That shit was intentionally played before their swan song. Genius.
I think so too. Their most publicly acclaimed and critically acclaimed songs placed right next to each other is probably not an accident.

96.12.26 has a longer, dubbier version of Nightcruising. You might dig it more there.

>>72538656
>If I didn't know this was a group I'd totally believe this was just one rapper

I feel like that's a total 90s thing. There's all sorts of crews during that time with solid flows and all that but every MC sounded kinda the same. I don't mind, it just gets old after listening to too many albums from the era

Isn't that title track just incredible though? Phew

>>72538691
I had no idea this was a thing wtf. I'm even more impressed with that album now

>>72538754
Yeah my b. I switched to mobile.
I'm glad my hunch was right though. Way cool.

I prob won't write a big review but I'll be sure to let you know what I think about that live album

>>72538770
true, wu-tang is really the only one that subverts that.

and yeah, the title track is insane. one of the best beats I've ever heard.

I keep coming back to the Christian Scott tiny desk concert and man it's fantastic. The first song ("Twins") is so tight but it's weak on the actual album imo. Why did they gloss it up so much? Seems like it was ruined in the production process. Is this a thing in modern jazz or something?

Vid related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVJjmyFfuts

>>72538935
You ever check out the Gibbs remix? Not sure if you're big on him but I think it's one of the best uses of that beat aside from the original

>>72539172
no, gotta check it out though, I'm a fan of Gibbs.

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Good morning /daily/!

Week-off continues for me! Starting off with new Oxbow and moving onto something else.

I think I'll just play Persona all day, drink tea and try to recover for Thursday night out!

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https://streamable.com/6sxyj

What did the Gilmore Girls mean by this?

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>>72535644
What does /mu/ think of pic related?

Also please recommend more ambient

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I'm gonna try and commit to a chart to help clear my never-ending backlog. Pick things from my backlog here (make sure I haven't already put it on my chart before you rec): https://rateyourmusic.com/collection/stick_/stag/backlog/

2 per person

>>72540203
TMBG - Lincoln
Tubular Balls

>>72540203
Man, there's a lot of good shit to choose from on that backlog, you're off to an awesome start already.

Jackie McLean - One Step Beyond

Meat Puppets - II

Nu-/daily/core is nearly complete

>>72540195
fuck yeah it's one of the best.

Have you heard any Stars of the Lid? ekkehard ehlers - john cassavetes? Any of the Silent Hill soundtracks? All pretty good.

>>72540203
A+ backlog:

The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
Desire by Tuxedomoon

There's plenty others I wanna see you do but those will probably get recced anyways.

>>72539149
oh ma goodness this is good

>>72537523
Looks like I have to listen to this now after having it in my backlog for a year

>>72540195
jefre-cantu ledesma - A Year with 13 moons
Mary lattimore - At the dam
Motion Sickness of Time Travel - White Candle
Steve Hauschildt - Where all is fled
Kettel - Volleyed Iron
Justin Walter - Unseen Forces
Kara Lis Coverdale & LXV - Sirens

i like ambient yes

>>72540203
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/flaga/flaga__the_book_of_angels_volume_27/
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/julianna-barwick/will/

>>72540268
>>72540278
>>72540393
thanks!

>>72540404
read the post

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Thoughts? Does it look like shit? Yes? I'm open to changing whatever just lemme know.

>>72540436
the centering for the names is fucking terrible omg.

I'm sure no one cares but I'll try and have it changed by the end of the thread.

>>72540203
daikanjyo
ver 1.28

>>72540436
looks like shit buddy

>>72540203
Sun City Girls - Torch of the Mystics
Neil Young - Dead Man Soundtrack

>>72540436
love it, nice job!
>>72540467
oh you're right i hate it now >:0

>The point of these threads is to encourage people to look for new and interesting music. We do this by listening to and ideally discussing albums we've never heard before.
isn't that just waht /mu/ in general is for

>>72540436
looks good, besides >>72540467
>>72540495
I'll just trust that you aren't the same anon that already rec'd me
>>72540496
read the post

>>72540511
you'd think so, but that's not how it's used, is it? also, that's not the full paragraph, is it?

>>72540523
no, do my things

>>72540511 Fuck off then, goober.

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>>72540436
>all this poseurcore

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>>72540532
You play by MY rules, bitch!
(plus I've already heard the sun city girls album)

>>72540548
Twin Infinitives
MR Bungle
have fun

>>72540411
Fuck

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_dismemberment_plan/emergency_and_i/
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/jefre_cantu_ledesma/love_is_a_stream/

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>>72540436
should do something like this, or make the space between each person's three favorites wider than between two different people's favorites. For visual clarity reasons.

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>>72540569
>>72540587
thank you sirs :)

>>72540495
>>72540499
>>72540539
thanks anon!

>>72540523
Yeah I'm fixing the centering rn

>>72540596
That's a great idea. I think I'm gonna do that along with the second idea since I could just easily push three rows closer together.

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>>72540625
hmm also replace Fly Fly my Sadness with Bathory's "The Return...." for me if yer up for it.

>>72540602
Księżyc - Księżyc
ROME - Flowers From Exile

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so I had an idea to edit the hands out of the front of Mr. Putin here so we could have an excellent new meme image to use.

What do you think?

Rate my meme pls.

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how's THIS?

>>72540666
done

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>>72541002
you are great for assembling this, friend

>>72540666
bad

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>>72541002
sozzles but replace masked dancers too

>>72541002
There's heaps of black space you could remove to reduce the filesize back to .png territory possibly.
Cause the jpeg damage hurts all these album artworks considering how small they are.

gotta go to bed. Have a midterm in my poseur class tomorrow wish me luck.

>>72541055
thanks!

>>72541273
will do the next time I edit it but if I don't feel free to yell at me.

>>72541281
the image would have to be 2/3 as big to be the same file size in PNG. It has to be jpeg to be able to hold all that information, trust me. I have a bigger png source image I have that's converted into that jpeg so to reduce distortion though, so I'm not mindlessly just editing a jpeg every time someone needs a new album replaced. Plus, I think the text is infinitely more important than the artwork, and that looks fine.

>>72541345
good luck fishman!

Why was there no /daily/cover of Smash Mouth?

>>72541675
because Smash Mouth is actually good.

good morning /daily/!
>>72540203
i know your feel dude. my backlog is also packed with shit everyone's heard that i haven't heard yet.
aphrodite's child
lemon of pink
doopee time
earl sweatshirt
ver 1.28
structures from silence
twin infinitives(;
fake train
sadness will prevail
>>72541002
looks good to me fish!!

>>72542612
oops i can't read
doopee time and structures are my two recs

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AP Physics today bois, wish me luck

>>72541002
Great work mr fish

>>72542740
Good luck mr bear

>>72542740
good luck!

new Oxbow

>>72540203
schtick
dang there's already 4 on the first page i like
Alameda - Późne królestwo
Bardo Pond - Amanita
:)

Got out and played again last night for the first time in ages. I remembered why I stopped. It sucks so hard playing in a bar.

Anyway, here's what I've thought about lately:

>International Harvester - Sov gott Rose-Marie
This is mind-blowing at points. I'll give it another listen soon to take note of specifics. But the melodies are so far out-there in a Comus way. Psychedelic in a way that doesn't leave you out of the equation, if that makes sense. 7.5/10

>Trad, Gras och Stenar - Gardet 12.6.1970
Heard this previously, but something connected. Same boys behind International Harvester/Parson Sound. That first long jam track is 10/10. They connect in such a glorious, egoless way that it sounds like a single entity. This track is up there with Can. Will probably do this for listenalong. 8.5/10

>Dungen - Haxan
These guys are completely solid but rarely more. The jazzy, pastoral, neo-psych stuff is often missing an edge, but this one is wild at times. Think Zappa's King Kong suite. 7.5/10

>John Scofield - Blue Matter
In an 80's Miles way (duh), but never without taste. Really cool, smooth stuff. Always funky. Was curious about seeing him this weekend. 7/10

>Silver Jews - American Water
Finally, I didn't dig this much. Heard some comparisons I liked (Will Oldham, Bill Callahan), but they show no musical knowledge here. The melodies feel accidental, the chord progressions basic and without any tension. But also all in a boring way. Can't shake that this sounds like your first band in 6th grade trying to write songs. Sorry. 3.5/10

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Is Japanese city-pop the purest genre of all time?

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Pain Teens - Beast of Dreams
[1995]

Pretty interesting middle east-influenced noise pop, you can hear it in the vocal harmonies and some tracks even feature sitar. Most of the pieces are very cool by themselves, locking into groovy rythms and drowning in noise, but taken as a whole the record feels redundant and not as powerful.

7


also not on the chart but I watched La Jeteé and it was fucking great, I recommend it a lot

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>>72544990
At least the most extremely satisfying covers.

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>>72545034
for real

>>72545031
Had to study man with the movie camera this semester, it's actual kino how dare you

>>72545138
it was ok, didn't connect with it much, what i liked the most about it was the speed/movement

are you studying cinema?

>>72545204
modernism

I also think that the film has deep, deep issues, considering the "truth" it pretends to show the audience

>>72545276
kewl, and yeah, i think the reason it's most remembered now is for the editing style and the fourth wall type of shit and not for the validity of the message

>>72545340
I mean, it unintentionally precedes Orwell with the whole "The Kino Eye is watching" thing

found this to be really useful when writing my short essay on it
https://monoskop.org/images/2/2f/Vertov_Dziga_Kino-Eye_The_Writings_of_Dziga_Vertov.pdf

i miss oneothe and co, but ? and blapp are great new guys, in addition to the classic dudes

>>72545515
what does it matter, everyone is exchangeable because everyone is sdc by a different name

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>>72540953
I don't get it.

2 more spots

>>72545595
lemon of pink

>>72545515
means a lot anon :)
>>72545595
>twin infinitives still got on
oooooo yr in for a ride

>>72545641
rec one more

>>72545808
go through all of your list and pick the second one with an animal in the title

>>72545808
(anyone rec one more)

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>>72545515
I try

>>72545595
This chart is looking pretty sick, pls dont drop it

>>72545808
bitch ass darius - follow the sound

>>72540602
lol I picked Mr Bungle and Twin Infinitives as a joke actually have fun
also do Aphrodite's Child - 666

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here's what it looks like now

>>72545870
ok i know you replied first but I've really been meaning to do this >>72545898

so imma do that

>>72545914
oh well they are on my backlog aren't they?

I legit came when Radiohead announced the boxset with Man Of War on it

>>72545533
shut up sdc this meme is tired af

>>72545515
who and co, but who and who?

>>72545515
same
I still miss Ruggles the most tho

>>72546008
do you mean...
Manowar...

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>>72544990
Yes

>>72545034
Amazing album

>>72544986
Damn three Swedish albums in a row?

>>72544986
If you liked International Harvest, you need to check out Parson Sound. It's phenomenal.

>>72546337
No

>>72546483
I don't know how it happened. Those swedes.

>>72546497
I keep trying to really dig into it, but its impenetrable. It's like the Parable of Arable Land.

>>72546784
>Those swedes.

Tell me about it man ;)

>>72546769
do you mean...
new oxbow...

>>72546784
Are you trying to listen to it in one sitting? I don't think it's intended to be consumed that way. I personally break it up or just listen to my favorite segments.

>>72546841
I was. I'll do this soon.

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________________
>FINAL ROUND
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

>EthyBoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pte3Jg-2Ax4

Big Star was a power pop band, influencing groups such as R.E.M. and The Replacements in the 1980's. However, Thirteen is much more a Folk Pop song than anything. It also seems to have been featured in That 70's Show-- but I don't watch TV so that kind of stuff doesn't work on me B)

There are two guitars being played at once, while Alex Chilton's voice is steady, if nothing special. The backing vocals form the rest of the group seem to have been put through a flanger or filter of some sort, like ripples in water being interrupted by some external force.

The lyrics continually emit the much sought out for feeling of goin back to adolescence: "Won't you tell your dad to get off my back? / Tell him what we said about 'Paint It, Black'"

As a standalone song, it's alright. I'm wondering how it stands in comparison to the rest of the album it cames from, as power pop.

>IM FISH: https://youtu.be/YYaGChm8RWw

Robbie Basho was a contemporary of John Fahey, but passed away at the age of 45 from an accident. While Fahey was the major figure behind American Primitivism, expertly manipulating the guitar to create neo-classical compositions, it seems Basho was more interested in using his trained voice behind an Indian-influenced style of playing.

Laden with vibrato, he has range AND consistency, singing while comfortably backing himself. The song's lyrics are very simple "Deer with silver antlers / Come and dance with me", but heartfelt and romantic.

I've relistened to this maybe 8 times. I want to hear a full album from him, if he's able to have this type of vocal dynamic with a guitar that can be light and heavy at the same time.

________________
>WINNER
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

Though EthyBoy's choice is quaint, Basho takes it in terms of playing and an unforgettable voice.

IM FISH W I N S

how's a 9 album drone sound to u

>>72544986
Have you listened to Samla Mammas Manna - Måltid (1973)? It's pretty essential

Also fun fact, Tatsuya Yoshida from Koenjihyakkei, Painkiller and Ruins, played drums for them for six years 2002-2008

>>72546905
>I want to hear a full album from him
Listen to Visions of the Country NOW

>>72546921
Nooo but I'll check this out, looks cool. Are you Swedish?

I've got one for you. Do you know Mikael Ramel - Till dej?

Is this cover album happening btw? Wasn't really paying attention while it was being organised, I'm tempted to give it a go if there's still songs left to do

>>72547013
Yes, I live like 20 minutes outside of Stockholm.

Ooh nice, I recognize this. I think my grandpa might have it at home? I'll check it out, thank you!

Swedish prog is a reaaally big genre to get into but there are lots of great stuff. I'm gonna eat dinner now but I'll send you some stuff afterwards

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>>72547064
Yeah bud. Some of us have already done ours. Here were the next top picks.

>>72547073
Haha I've also heard that about Till dej. Please do! I'll do a chart. This easy-going stuff is exactly my style.

>>72547110
ah right cool, what LRD songs are they, Enter the Mirror and? Sleep could be fun too

when's everyone planning to be done? i'll try whip something together anyway

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Ultimately the David Thomas Broughton record had some decent moments that saved it from being an average and boring acoustic guitar record but that's about it. Not feeling it either.

Also, someone fill that spot on the 14th with a good recommendation.

>>72547339
Talking Heads - The Name of This Band is Talking Heads

>>72547368
no no talkingheads

>>72547407
Albert Ayler - Lorrach/Paris 1966

>>72547558
heard
nice fiddle

>>72547589
Sun City Girls - Soft Fragile Eggshell Minds

>>72546837
yes

new oxbow

>>72547836
I listened to the narcotic story. Shit was weird and not what I was expecting but not in a bad way. Who knew that piano and strings could be used effectively in a noise rock album?

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Calling Mark And and Torts

Nils Frahm and Anne Muller - 7Fingers
Hit and miss for me, there are some proper chunes on it, the first track is excellent, however most of it sounds like the stereotypical indie-not-indie videogame music you know the type the ones about flowers and life and man's inhumanity to man et al. which is a mediocre thing

Stick's Moonrune recommendation
Not good in short, Rap rock isn't a good idea in any language, it's really cheesy

Henry Flynt - Hillbilly Tape Music
this is cool as fuck, I remember giving You are My Everlovin' // Celestial Power a very low score and pissing a lot of people off in the first few days of tripping here, maybe I'll have to revisit it

Kayan Kalhor and Ali Bahrami Fard - I Will Not Stand Alone
It's good, it's like one of those albums to listen to on the bus, it's ace bus music

>>72547313
Yes. Really, you can do any LRD. I'd do Sleep if I were you, but it's up to you.

>>72547327
oh ehrm
Sun City Girls - Dante's Disneyland Inferno

>>72548126
>stereotypical indie-not-indie videogame music you know the type the ones about flowers and life and man's inhumanity to man et al.
could you give exmaple of vidya because im not sure what you mean by this

>>72548159
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61DZC-60x20

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>>72548200
frick i dont even play video games

>>72546905
*whips and nae naes into the next dimension*

Lemme know if you've heard any of these, I'm just going of your RYM ratings, and I'd be surprised if you'd heard NONE of these:
Fishmans - Long Season
Boris - Flood
The Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat
Blind Willie Johnson - The Complete Discography
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (make sure it's the Zomba promo version. It should include the Song "With My Baby" but otherwise isn't MUCH different from the original issue.)
Minor Threat - Full Discography
The Mothers of Invention - Uncle Meat
Various Artists - The Sounds of Earth: Voyager Golden Record

And...uh...hm....
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen

>>72548131
will probably go for sleep, LRD cover is likely to be a bit boring

>>72548126
>maybe I'll have to revisit it
you probably should, Hillbilly Tape Music is one I've still not listened to but if it's anything like the Backporch Hillbilly Blues records and I Don't Wanna it's good but You Are My Everlovin' is by far his best

but maybe you prefer him doing slightly more structured country stuff idk

>>72548231
Look at these reca boy how you gonna be so basic and so based all at once?

>>72548393
also justice for Henry Flynt, make him /daily/core again

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Abbatoir Blues // The Lyre of Orpheus
I hate it when Nick Cave copies himself, this is a double album Nick Cave songs that sound exactly like Nick Cave songs, but like, a cartoon caricature of Nick Cave. As a result it's whatever

The Oh Sees - Floating Coffin
It does exactly what it aims to do, there are some riffs on this thing that would but hairs on your chest but it's really homogeneous in a bad way in that everything sounds the same

Psychic Paramount - Gamelan into the Mink Supernatural
I'm divided on this, the first two of the five tracks I don't really care for but the other three are fooking belters, enough to sway the rating heavily in a positive direction

pick shit that isn't BCD - 2

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>>72548231
... i touched long season once

i havent listened to anything else there

u could even say i ignored all of those albums because of the expectations built by hundreds of people

dont hurt me pls

>>72548469
Gang of Four, Yip Jump Music and mebbe Billy Bragg

>>72548415
idk mang

>>72548495
nah I feel that. Do you need another rec or are those good?

>>72548393
NIce. I'm gonna do a cover of Sleep - "Dragonaut"

>>72547798
what
>>72547836
new oxbow
>>72548157
heard
>>72548469
bad onions

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Review bump cause I'm doing nothing on my days off.

[1/2]

Amnesia Scanner - AS Truth
>Post-Industrial, UK Bass

I’m not quite sure what I listened to because I’m out of the loop on both of these genres. But man this is a wild listen. Feels like a bunch of glitchy electronics meshed together in a huge collage. There’s moments where this leans more electronic, with little samples coming at about 5 minutes. Even during these moments of accessible UK bass, it has kind of an unsettling feel. Noisy little synth work, scratchy/glitchy electronics, industrial drums and ominous almost inhuman vocals pop in at various moments. It reminds me a lot of the Vaperror album on the chart if it were flipped into a creepy sound collage.

I’m not entirely sure how to describe this… or feel about it. But there were some fascinating ideas packed into a 15 minute mixtape, jesus. This style of music always impresses me because I have no idea how anyone even manages to create this music or even come up with the surrounding concepts. Even if it isn’t the most enjoyable project, it makes me think about the wild ideas people have packed into their heads out there. Jesus. And how weird it must’ve been to make a project like this.

Anyway, very interesting stuff but I can’t say I’ll come back to it very often.

3/5

Ice Cube - Lethal Injection
>West Coast Hip-Hop

Four albums into his solo career, Cube has lost essentially all the intensity and anger that made his first three releases so amazing. His flow is notably slower and calmer, with none of the passion that defined him early on. The political topics are basically gone, with more of a focus on generic gangster topics. Even when he is political, there isn’t that fire behind his voice that made him a special MC. It makes sense - Cube was no longer the pissed off teenager writing for NWA and paving his own path as an MC. He was 24 at this point and began to shift his focus more on a Hollywood/celebrity career.

>>72548880
[2/2]

As a result, his music began to get worse and he even took a 4 year hiatus after 4 straight years of new albums.

Despite the generic rapping, the production is pretty tight and even smoother than The Predator. They’re more of a bouncy, party-centric style that’s a bit more accessible. “You Know How We Do It” is one of the best beats Cube had, with a smooth Warren G-esque smooth synth rolling through. And both “Bop Gun” and “What Can I Do?” are so damn groovy.

This shift in style isn’t as natural as others like Snoop though. Snoop’s persona was oddly versatile, as he always had that smooth side to him. Cube always seemed to be aggressive and as he tried to lay back a little, it comes off as lazy aside from a few tracks. Dude just sounds exhausted and out of energy on this album, especially on the first half.

Maybe I’m just overthinking it but Cube’s career makes me think about how much shit changes over the years. A few years earlier, he was writing “Gangsta Gangsta” and by ‘93 he was mellowed out, working with George Clinton and focusing on radio hits. I don’t see it as a sell out though, he was probably just tired of being so damn angry all the time.

Disappointing but still has its merits. If you want an easy way into his music, this is a good start... but it lacks so much of what makes Ice Cube such a famous/great MC.

2.5/5

Can someone recommend me the BEST noise album of all time? Not harsh noise like Pulse Demon.

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>>72548984
hi its me

>>72548984
If you haven't really listened to much noise, the best intro to the genre is probably Yellow Swans - Going Places.

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>>72548766
hows this

>>72549042
bad of course

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actually I forgot to add silfra so there's that

>>72549042
He's just kidding about that voyager album.

>>72549117
I already know why the disc was made and im curious to hear what it sounds like in completion anyway

>>72549055
i need to balance my rating curve anyway B)

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John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
[2011]

Delicious synthpop with heavy 80 vibes and joy division-like bass, some songs are obviously better than others (Keep Pushing On) but my first impression on this was rock solid. Recommended to everybody wanting vibes similar to the Drive aesthetic (you know what I'm talking about) but with actual substance beneath the retro vibes.

8.5

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Day 2: Senegal

Orchestra Baobab - Specialist In All Styles (2002)
>Afro-Cuban Jazz, Wolof Music

So this record is what happened when World Circuit (Buena Vista Social Club, Ali Farka Touré) persuaded the classic Orchestra Baobab to get back together after being disbanded in 1987. The result is a record which is waaay less Wolof than the earlier Baobab releases, and instead becoming full-on Afro-Cuban Jazz.
It really sounds VERY Cuban; the guitars, the brass, etc. all sounds like it was taken out of a Cuban jazz album. The percussion is often a bit more true to their roots though.

Overall it's a very good album. No tracks really stick out for me, it's a very consistently good album. Extremely chill and mellow and I'll definitely spin this the entire summer.

3.5/5

>>72549306
Psyched to read these all month. If you listened blind, do you think you could identify it as Orchestra Baobab, or is it too different?

>>72549619
I honestly think I wouldn't have been able to identify it, not just because of the more Cuban style but also because of the very high production value. This album sounds very slick, especially compared to their older works where the production often was really rough.

If I just heard it blind I'd definitely think it had something to do with Buena Vista Social Club, and funnily enough, it actually has. Ibrahim Ferrer who was in Buena Vista sings on one of the tracks, and it was co-produced by Nick Gold who worked with Ry Cooder on Buena Vista and also produced Afro-Cuban All Stars debut album and Introducing...Rubén Gonzaléz

>>72549862
Interesting!
Are you doing these in left-to-right order, or haphazard, picking each day as you feel like it? And what are you most excited/curious to get to?

>>72549924
I'm going left-to-right, easiest that way

Yeah I'm very excited for Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit because I've heard lots of good stuff about that album, Master Musicians Of Jajouka because that album cover looks great, Abdel Aziz El Mubarak because I can already hear his wailing vocals when I see him, and also Malawi Mouse Boys - Dirt Is Good because that is a PERFECT band name with a perfect album name

>>72549999
Well keep up the good work mate, I'm psyched. Nice quads too

>>72550080
Thank you, glad you like it.

Holy shit, check em. Nice dubs

>>72550080
>>72550091
Darn I thought your post was 800 but it was 080, well

>>72549199
It's pretty interesting actually. I think it's worth the time.

>>72550080
>>72550091
>>72550119
what the FUKC

>>72549117
>>72549199
>>72550204
Agreed, it's a really interesting thing to try and fit all of earth and humanity (or at least the essential parts) on one record

RONALDO.. SOCER

>>72550588
Holy shit, check em. Nice dubs

>>72550588
>>72550787
Darn I thought your post was 588 but it was 588, well

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>IM FISH vs Letov

Fish recced a nice burmese psych pop record that got a bit samey after a while, letov's rec also suffered from sameyness but I thought the overall sound was more interesting, quite beautiful really, so he wins.

You know what to do, Letov. Fish, you also know what to do.

>>72550588
>>72550787
>>72550806
what the NEW OXBOW

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Bought a dope ass african percussion CD from the thrift store, shit's probably gonna stay in the truck all week.
New job is pretty alright, the students I'm working with are all chill. I didn't have access to the shared drive today so I browsed rym, played crosswords etc and got paid for it. Not a bad gig.

>>72546905
Haha hilarious prank! Who really won?

>>72549999
I love jazz and african rhythms but Expensive Shit is pretty disposable imo.

>>72550807
Remove the FISH, this meme has gone on too long.

>>72551180
>pretty disposable imo.

Damn, some people around here say it's like THE masterpiece of african jazz
Gonna be fun

>>72538296
>Idk why Jangle does it that way, using paint or PS is so much easier.
(I do use paint, I just use a The White Album chart as a backdrop for the memes)

>>72551213
One of the few albums I have literally no idea why people enjoy so much. It's pretty much repetitive funk mixed with smooth jazz. Even the rhythm section is poor.
I'm sure you'll love it though and tell me why I'm an idiot afterwards :^)

>>72551292
According to RYM we agree on a whole lot of things, so maybe not!

>>72551366
you should totally suck each others dicks :)

hey guys I'm Here right now and also present at the current time.

i havent listened to music in like 5 days how am i alive?

>>72551597
And you're supposed to hang in /daily/? >:-(

>>72551633
my /daily/boi status is on probation as of right now

>>72551292
i agree, it's not particularly funky or groovy so it just ends up being a bit boring

still a nice record but super disappointing

If u don't know the difference between Musique Conréte and Elektronische Musik then LOG OFF

>>72552020
the fucc you on elektronische music just means electronic music

>>72552020
the sounds speak different languages

>>72552020
if u dont know the difference between fishmans and fishmen then log off

>>72552020
If u don't know the difference between Great Gray Owl Female Agitated Defensive Hoot and Great Gray Owl Female Contact Call then LOG OFF

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what to listen to next, hmm.........

oh yeah btw i dont know who it was a few weeks ago that asked about a blind box of music stuff, there's this service that's kinda close to that.

Feedbands is kinda similar to that, basically you listen to random indie bands on the site, upvote the ones you like, and the most popular ones get to have their album pressed and shipped to you for $20 a month

>>72552020
If u don't know the difference between iwabo and ismfof then LOG(ISMF)OFF

>>72552461
so is there much substance to neon demon or is it all style

>>72552461
that's a neat idea, do you know if the bands they feature are any good?

>>72552507
85% style 15% substance
if you just wanna see really cool shots and beautiful lighting with a fairly thin plot it's pretty great, but if you really care about character development and story, there isn't too much here, i genuinely can't think of more than two subplots that happened in the movie

also you gotta be a bit open to "weirder" cinema stuff

>>72552512
i havent listened to any but it seems like its mostly indie rock and folk

>>72552738
I'm pretty okay with style over substance so long as the style is cool

innit

>>72553002
No.

>>72553073
heck

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>>72537453
>>72537479
>>72537491
>>72537523
wow wtf how did i miss this

you gave CRCR a 2!?

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>>72548126

>>72553242
I guess I can see the appeal, but it bored the shit out of me. The only saving grace was the lyrics.

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huh, he's actually happy on the back cover

>>72553618
tim has one of the best smiles of all time no joke, he's a real qtp2t3.141592653

>>72552020
>takes poseur music 101 once

>>72553415
then again it's taken literal years for them to grow on me and i'll probably forget about them in another week just to rediscover them in two years and so on and so on

rare video of giving bear doing what he does best
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDCwsHZEa6s

>>72553939
Citizen journalism?

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>>72553618
hmmm

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>>72553618
>FaceApp

>>72554588
shhhhhhh

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>>72554672

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Speaking of back covers tho, can we mention how Songs of Leonard Cohen has possibly the greatest back cover ever?

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This is the best thing I've heard in ages and I only bought it for the deal (3 cds for $5), listen to it! (It's on Spotify too)

>>72554738
I was honestly shocked when I turned the record over for the first time

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>>72554738
Back covers and alternate art in general is underrated

>>72554738
i wish more album downloads included the back covers too, think of all the valuable art designs we're missing out on!

granted a lot of them are just tracklists with a stock background pic but still

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>>72554738
I love the Double Nickels on the Dime back cover

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>>72554738

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hey guys
can you rec me some sad bleeps?

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Did y'all know Moondog's 1968 s/t was a gatefold? I didn't till I bought the RSD version. I couldn't find a good quality one online so here's mine.

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>>72555451
fucking mobile

>>72555429
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4j9rjH0fJ8

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>>72554738
A lot of people don't know this is the back cover of Rituals

>>72555451
>>72555506
I'm a big idiot. I was looking at my copy (RSD) and wondering what that red drapery was.

>>72554943
ᴰ ᴮᵒᵒn ᶦˢ ᵃ ᶠᵃᵗᵗʸ

>>72555429
apparat - the devil's walk
Majical Cloudz - Impersonator
Ricky Eat Acid - Three Love Songs

>>72555623
was*

RIP :(

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alright I can't be fucked to write anything longer I'm ridiculously tired

also I'm away from my computer

Ulver - The Assassination of Julius Caesar
>synthpop

It's incredible how chameleon-like Ulver are, but their attempt at pure synthpop produces lukewarm results. Cool production and vocals, and I love the major influences it takes from gothic rock, but the songs and melodies are bland as shit. Generic synthpop repackaged by an experimental artist.

2.0+

>>72554759
Thanks for the rec, listened to some song and it sounded great. Gonna listen through it tomorrow

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TMBG - Lincoln
"Ana Ng" is an amzing opener, and the instrumental outro to "Where Your Eyes Don't Go" was nice and unexpected. However, the rest of the tracks ranged from slighty annoying to just pretty good. The quirky instrumentation added a touch of flavor to what would have otherwise been fairly boring pop rock songs, and while I wasn't too fond of the nasally vocals myself, they complimented the eclectic arrangements and lyrics quite well. Nostalgia is probably a factor in why a lot of people love it more than I do, since this is the first I've heard a TMBG song (besides the Malcolm in the Middle opening theme). Solid album, but too many average tracks keep it from being great.
3.0/5

Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Love is a Stream
I was expecting to love this, given the genre tags on RYM. Unfortunately this really didn't do much for me. A lot of the songs sounded the same and it just felt like an off-brand Harmony in Ultraviolet. Not bad but there's countless ambient albums I'd listen to over this one. I will say however, that last track was great.
2.5/5
(also, how is this considered shoegaze?)

>>72556076
exactly why i wanted to recommend 13 moons, not love is a stream ugggggggggh

>>72555645
rip

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>>72554738
p good album also

hey trans and stick
i think im gonna need a single tiebreaker

>>72556738
another DJ mix?

>>72556824
nah i just need a single thats not on an album
both yr mixes are fucking good lol