It's probably not the best starter to Sparklehorse, Good Morning Spider is probably the better album both song and production wise, but Vivadixie... has always been my personal favourite.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss three 1-1 draws.
The first got us knocked out of the FA Cup, the next puts us in a good position in our Round of 16 Europa League game, and the latest was an actual decent performance against Arsenal at Old Trafford.
All hopes for the season now rest on the Europa League - does Amorim have the squad to win it?
It's probably not the best starter to Sparklehorse, Good Morning Spider is probably the better album both song and production wise, but Vivadixie... has always been my personal favourite.
OP updated lads, all albums put in we are on, 15, more than i thought.
I don't think they were all chosen as the album of the day. I know We Are Animal - Idolise wasn't because I posted it and was told I was too late.
oh yeah, that was the only one, i put yours up instead of the other one, ill sort that....sometime...
If you had the time BD, you could link each album in the opening post to the post they were suggested in if that makes sense.
a good idea CZ, it of course will have to wait till i am bored as feck.
Bastard.
Canterbury - Thank You
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Damn it ... I actually could have posted my fecking album there
I've had my post ready for the last hour, refreshing the page religiously. I can wait another 24 hours...
I've had my post ready for the last hour, refreshing the page religiously. I can wait another 24 hours...
do it now, i wont tell.
When I posted it the post time said 23:59 so I deleted it and re-posted to make sure no one brought in any stupid rules about being before midnight.
I will.
It's okay I'll wait my turn
Album 17: The Stage Names by Okkervil River
Spotify link: The Stage Names by Okkervil River
Genre: Indie Rock
Release Date: August 07, 2007
Running Time: 41:46
Track list:
1. Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe - 4:23
2. Unless It's Kicks - 4:38
3. A Hand to Take Hold of the Scene - 3:59
4. Savannah Smiles - 3:38
5. Plus Ones - 3:43
6. A Girl in Port - 6:36
7. You Can't Hold the Hand of a Rock and Roll Man - 4:53
8. Title Track - 5:22
9. John Allyn Smith Sails - 4:33
The ones in bold are my personal favourites, although the album really is consistently strong from start to finish.
Can't say that I've enjoyed the last two albums.
The Canterbury one just sounds too pub-rock for my taste and todays sounds a bit like one of the poorer Nebraska/Saddle Creek bands. I don't like the guy's voice and it's not helped by being way up in the mix twice as loud as the instruments.
The Canterbury one just sounds too pub-rock for my taste and todays sounds a bit like one of the poorer Nebraska/Saddle Creek bands. I don't like the guy's voice and it's not helped by being way up in the mix twice as loud as the instruments.
Album 18: This Year's Model by Elvis Costello
Spotify link: This Year's Model by Elvis Costello
Genre: Rock
Release Date: March 17, 1978
Running Time: 35:44
Track list:
1. No Action - 1:58
2. This Year's Girl - 3:17
3. The Beat - 3:45
4. Pump It Up - 3:14
5. Little Triggers - 2:40
6.You Belong to Me - 2:22
7. Hand in Hand - 2:33
8. (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea - 3:07
9. Lip Service - 2:36
10. Living in Paradise - 3:52
11. Lipstick Vogue - 3:29
12. Night Rally - 2:41
Again, I've highlighted my personal favourites. Perfect album this one, so if you haven't heard it before, please listen and comment.
Much better choice than yesterday, but you beat me to it, you threadhog!
I don't want to go to Chelsea... given a late life kicker by Abramovic. Great album though I prefer the first one (just).
Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um
Spotify: AH UM - 50th Anniversary (Legacy? - Charles Mingus - Spotify
Last FM: Mingus Ah Um – Charles Mingus – Listen and discover music at Last.fm
Spotify: AH UM - 50th Anniversary (Legacy? - Charles Mingus - Spotify
Last FM: Mingus Ah Um – Charles Mingus – Listen and discover music at Last.fm
It's Jazz, but don't be scared. These are quite playful, energetic pieces, most under 5 minutes long. Give it a listen if you have not done so before.
Fallen a bit behind here. Just finished listening to Okkervil River and I have to say, I really enjoyed that. Felt it started a little slowly, but once I got into it, the whole album felt really enjoyable. Don't really know what to make of the final track morphing into some Beach Boys, but it seems to work! Will be listening to that again at some point for sure.
I'm not a fan of folk music but I didn't mind that Seth Lakeman album. Astronautalis was OK.
Charles Mingus 
epic
epicGave the Costello album a listen and another I enjoyed. I've always liked bits and pieces of his stuff, but never really listened to a whole album before. Nothing spectacular, but enjoyable nonetheless.
Album 20: The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe
Genre: Neo Soul
Release Date: May 18, 2010
Running Time: 68:35
This one isn't on Spotify (although you can find her EP, Metropolis, on there), so I have linked my favourite songs to YouTube videos below. If you enjoy what you hear, have a look for the whole album elsewhere online.
Track list:
1. Overture II - 2:31
2. Dance or Die - 3:12
3. Faster - 3:19
4. Locked Inside - 4:16
5. Sir Greendown - 2:14
6. Cold War - 3:23
7. Tightrope - 4:22
8. Neon Gumbo - 1:37
9. Oh, Maker - 3:46
10. Come Alive (War of the Roses) - 3:22
11. Mushrooms & Roses - 5:42
12. Overture III - 1:41
13. Neon Valley Street - 4:11
14. Make the Bus - 3:19
15. Wondaland - 3:36
16. 57821 - 3:16
17. Say You’ll Go - 6:01
18. BabopbyeYa - 8:47
so whats going on here then? Looks interesting ...
Fallen behind a bit;
Canterbury - Bit uninspiring, didn't grab me and just seemed like a lot of sub-par indie-rock bands I've come across.
Okkervil River - A friend has been trying to convince me of Okkervil River's awesomeness for a few years, and while I've found a couple of songs I like by them they've generally underwhelmed and this album just fits that pattern. That said, I quite liked the random Beach Boys segue in the final track. Only it highlighted how bland their own tunes were.
Elvis Costello - Not really listened to a lot of him before. Had a nice, almost sneering or twitchy, energy but I got bored pretty quickly. Deserves more listens though and will return to this one.
Charles Mingus - Smooth... Have always preferred big-band jazz to improvisational stuff (heresy I know) but it made good background music (for a bit).
Canterbury - Bit uninspiring, didn't grab me and just seemed like a lot of sub-par indie-rock bands I've come across.
Okkervil River - A friend has been trying to convince me of Okkervil River's awesomeness for a few years, and while I've found a couple of songs I like by them they've generally underwhelmed and this album just fits that pattern. That said, I quite liked the random Beach Boys segue in the final track. Only it highlighted how bland their own tunes were.
Elvis Costello - Not really listened to a lot of him before. Had a nice, almost sneering or twitchy, energy but I got bored pretty quickly. Deserves more listens though and will return to this one.
Charles Mingus - Smooth... Have always preferred big-band jazz to improvisational stuff (heresy I know) but it made good background music (for a bit).
Tightrope is a good song.
I just find it to be a really fun album with good, pop melodies that flies by when I listen to it. I love the passionate, snarling vocals where you can almost hear him spitting as he speaks haha. And it's also a very well written album, take a moment to listen to "Plus Ones" again, and try to pick us as many references as you can. It's about love, and how second best is never quite the same, how the first time is always the most special. But it does it by using song titles, and basically adding one to it. for instances "8 Chinese brothers; well, there's a reason why the last is smiling wide and sitting higher than the others, swinging his arms." references '7 Chinese brothers' by R.E.M. There are many in there.
And they were influenced by The Beach Boys, hence the segue into 'Sloop John B' at the end of the final track, which is actually done so well it sounds like it was almost written for this song.
Not at all keen on today's offering. Like the cover art - a cross between Grace Jones and Sun Ra by the look of it - but this kind of music does nothing for me but irritate.
Have you listened to any of the other tracks? Just asking because there's a wide range of genre's on the album, which I maybe didn't highlight with the tracks I selected there, since they're all very much the same.
For instance, there are a couple of tracks that are heavily influenced by Folk music, like 'Oh, Maker' and '57821';
To me the "folk influence" falls more into the realm of pastiche. There is no real innovation or anything (save for a dance style drum beat and some off-key loops) so I find myself becoming disinterested and thinking that I could be listening to a Vashti Bunyan album or something instead.
In fact, you've just reminded me that I have not listened to Linda Perhacs' "Parallelograms" in ages...
In fact, you've just reminded me that I have not listened to Linda Perhacs' "Parallelograms" in ages...
Nero's Day At Disneyland - From Rotting Fantasylands (2009)
Spotify
Last.FM
Someone else's download
Personal stand out tracks are bolded:
1. In Aisles
2. Civilizing People
3. No Money Down, Low Monthly Payments
4. Child Protective Services Theme Song
5. Charging Swarm Of Mouseketeers
6. Everything Must Go
7. Death Parade Featuring Kevin Shields
8. Action Winter Journey
9. Stretched Linen Over Contorted Bodies
10. Eulogy For Nick Galvas
11. In Keyed Fantasy
12. Probably End Up Dead In A Ditch Somewhere
13. Plumes Of ATM Sinew
14. Vengeance In Cloudland
15. Sprawling Idiot Effigy
This was one of my favourite albums last year. Yet I still struggle hugely to describe it to people... It's like an insane blend of fifteen genres of electronic music (none of which I like) that somehow results in an incredible glitch-drenched mess of baroque chanting gabba beats and dirty synths...
The official press release describes it as:
However you describe it, I loved it and was in my top 3 albums of 2009 (along with P.O.S's Never Better and The xx's The xx).
PS - Amazon list this album (and every individual track) as "Explicit". There's not a single word on the whole album, let alone a swearword. Apparently it's sheer glitchiness is dangerous for minors
Spotify
Last.FM
Someone else's download
Personal stand out tracks are bolded:
1. In Aisles
2. Civilizing People
3. No Money Down, Low Monthly Payments
4. Child Protective Services Theme Song
5. Charging Swarm Of Mouseketeers
6. Everything Must Go
7. Death Parade Featuring Kevin Shields
8. Action Winter Journey
9. Stretched Linen Over Contorted Bodies
10. Eulogy For Nick Galvas
11. In Keyed Fantasy
12. Probably End Up Dead In A Ditch Somewhere
13. Plumes Of ATM Sinew
14. Vengeance In Cloudland
15. Sprawling Idiot Effigy
This was one of my favourite albums last year. Yet I still struggle hugely to describe it to people... It's like an insane blend of fifteen genres of electronic music (none of which I like) that somehow results in an incredible glitch-drenched mess of baroque chanting gabba beats and dirty synths...
The official press release describes it as:
However you describe it, I loved it and was in my top 3 albums of 2009 (along with P.O.S's Never Better and The xx's The xx).
PS - Amazon list this album (and every individual track) as "Explicit". There's not a single word on the whole album, let alone a swearword. Apparently it's sheer glitchiness is dangerous for minors
i fookin hate dance, but ill give it a go.
Yeah, that's the weird thing, I do too usually. Having said that, I really can't see anyone dancing to Nero's Day..., and if they did it'd just look like they were having a seizure.
There's not too much electronic music in my collection, but I listened to a few seconds of one NDD track on YouTube, and it sounded like a whole lot of fun. Will definitely listen properly later.
And I see they're connected to Cock Rock Disco, which doesn't surprise me from the snippet I listened to.
And I see they're connected to Cock Rock Disco, which doesn't surprise me from the snippet I listened to.
Listened to Charles Mingus earlier... not for me. It wasn't necessarily bad, but it's really not something I enjoyed listening too. I could happily have it on in the background if I was doing something else, but whenever I really concentrated on it, all I wanted was to skip to the next track.
Even though you didn't enjoy it, I am glad you posted your thoughts on it. Personally I love the instrumentation and variations on a theme style of the different sections of the tracks. I'm not a fan of much jazz, but I love this period of Mingus stuff. Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is another excellent Mingus album but I thought that would be too testing for casual listeners.
Todays is interesting but I've only listened to the first track. I could swear that there are vocals on it though - am I going mad or can anyone else hear them?
Sorry, yes, there are vocals, but they're never understandable. There's some weird East European sounding stuff on track one, choral samples on track 5 and I think some sort of messed up sample on Stretched Linen...
Nero's Day At Disneyland - From Rotting Fantasylands (2009)
Spotify
Last.FM
Someone else's download
Personal stand out tracks are bolded:
1. In Aisles
2. Civilizing People
3. No Money Down, Low Monthly Payments
4. Child Protective Services Theme Song
5. Charging Swarm Of Mouseketeers
6. Everything Must Go
7. Death Parade Featuring Kevin Shields
8. Action Winter Journey
9. Stretched Linen Over Contorted Bodies
10. Eulogy For Nick Galvas
11. In Keyed Fantasy
12. Probably End Up Dead In A Ditch Somewhere
13. Plumes Of ATM Sinew
14. Vengeance In Cloudland
15. Sprawling Idiot Effigy
This was one of my favourite albums last year. Yet I still struggle hugely to describe it to people... It's like an insane blend of fifteen genres of electronic music (none of which I like) that somehow results in an incredible glitch-drenched mess of baroque chanting gabba beats and dirty synths...
The official press release describes it as:
However you describe it, I loved it and was in my top 3 albums of 2009 (along with P.O.S's Never Better and The xx's The xx).
PS - Amazon list this album (and every individual track) as "Explicit". There's not a single word on the whole album, let alone a swearword. Apparently it's sheer glitchiness is dangerous for minors
I liked that. I'm a fan of Glitch-hop and IDM so I'm pretty familiar with that stuff.
No problem. Despite not really enjoying the album, I love the fact this thread made me listen to it. I'm usually quite open to listening to new stuff, but I probably wouldn't have ever given this a try on my own accord.