likewise Nome, but i almost put Angel Dust on.
Listen to 1000 albums.
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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?
Listened to a few more
Yonlu Far from perfect for obvious reasons, but it's a great album in spite of that. Very sad tale.
Wilco Didn't really get this. Perhaps I expected too much, as a few people have recommended them to me before, but I just thought it was a bit boring throughout with the odd moment of rubbish thrown in which was almost a blessing.
Tired Pony Dull and inoffensive, some songs drifting towards sounding like a Snow Patrol filler album track. Got better as it went on, but never really reached a level that I particularly enjoyed.
Yonlu Far from perfect for obvious reasons, but it's a great album in spite of that. Very sad tale.
Wilco Didn't really get this. Perhaps I expected too much, as a few people have recommended them to me before, but I just thought it was a bit boring throughout with the odd moment of rubbish thrown in which was almost a blessing.
Tired Pony Dull and inoffensive, some songs drifting towards sounding like a Snow Patrol filler album track. Got better as it went on, but never really reached a level that I particularly enjoyed.
Uh, very alcohol laden night. I forgot it after I went to the shop. Or so it seems. Bloody hell. (I posted Mary Timony early in this thread.)
I'll post one.
Bolan's Zip Gun
A criminally underrated album. This one is for the summer. There's not many better songs out there than Till Dawn.
Bolan's Zip Gun
A criminally underrated album. This one is for the summer. There's not many better songs out there than Till Dawn.
Any fans of chillout music check out this album, its well worth a listen and an album I always go back to
Any fans of chillout music check out this album, its well worth a listen and an album I always go back to
Donny, you're out of your element.
I don't care if these aren't cool and people think they're shit, this is a topsummer album full of catchy sing along songs
Kids In Glass Houses - Smart Casual
Smart Casual - Kids In Glass Houses - Spotify
Kids In Glass Houses - Smart Casual
Smart Casual - Kids In Glass Houses - Spotify
I'll post one.
Bolan's Zip Gun
A criminally underrated album. This one is for the summer. There's not many better songs out there than Till Dawn.
Not a fan of Bolan/T-Rex really, but I gave this a listen. I can't tell one song from the next and I hate that 70s guitar sound their records have. Sounds like a wasp trapped in a jar.
Mull Historical Society - Loss
Loss - Mull Historical Society - Spotify
Colin Macintyre's debut album and still probably his best work. Lot's of different styles here but very melodic. Good underappreciated writer.
Loss - Mull Historical Society - Spotify
Colin Macintyre's debut album and still probably his best work. Lot's of different styles here but very melodic. Good underappreciated writer.
I saw them lots back when this album came out as they supported Elbow (who I saw three or four times when they toured their first album) and a couple of other bands I saw that year. Hated the sight of them in the end. Never listened to anything but their Barcode Bypass single though - will give the album a chance.
Suggesting a second album during a single day is grounds for expulsion from this sacred thread.
Using the term "Chillout Music" is grounds for execution.
The quote is from The Big Lebowski, by the way.
Mull Historical Society - Loss:
At it's best it sounds a bit like John Cale's more poppy straight-forward stuff from his first two solo albums. Still not a fan. I don't like his voice at all.
At it's best it sounds a bit like John Cale's more poppy straight-forward stuff from his first two solo albums. Still not a fan. I don't like his voice at all.
Not bad, seems to have potential - reminded me of Lupe Fiasco but not as good.
I dont really like Belle&Sebastian but still gave this a go - I actually prefered it to B&S stuff but doubt I will go back for another listen.
Not my type of rock music
My type of rock music!
I notice this guy has been banned! Is it for his music taste?
Not really doing it for me - the mix of soul and 70s rock seems to work on some tracks but not on others. And a horrible cover of Sitting On The Dock of the bay!
Really fecking like this one Rood, never heard of him/them before so great post. I will be exploring further
Glad to be of service!
I reckon Nitin Sawhneys earlier albums are better than the more recent - try Displacing The Priest.
Album 73 (I think?!) - Coldcut: Sound Mirrors (2006)
Sound Mirrors - Coldcut - Spotify
Could have gone for any of their albums as these guys have been cutting edge since the 80s! This is their most recent album and is more mainstream than the more experimental stuff they were known for. Features a series of guest vocalists (Roots Manuva, Jon Spencer, Soweto Kinch etc) and jumps around through different styles but I think it has something for everyone on it.
Coldcut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sound Mirrors - Coldcut - Spotify
Could have gone for any of their albums as these guys have been cutting edge since the 80s! This is their most recent album and is more mainstream than the more experimental stuff they were known for. Features a series of guest vocalists (Roots Manuva, Jon Spencer, Soweto Kinch etc) and jumps around through different styles but I think it has something for everyone on it.
Coldcut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
True, it's inconsistent. And yeah, that cover is shocking, but thankfully it's not on the album, it's a bonus track on some edition. If Till Dawn isn't doing it for you, then you're probably asexual.
It's not an album I would choose as an introduction to T. Rex, so perhaps it's out of place in this thread. But if you don't like him/they, then you don't. Fair enough. (But I do find the "can't tell one song apart from the next"-part bizarre.)
This is shocking...shockingly good, I've had it on my pc for about a year after loads of recommendations but haven't got around to listening to it but I'm glad I have now as it's fantastic. Are there other albums up to this standard?
Good album this. Can't understand decorativeed not being able to differentiate between songs, yeah they have a certain sound but wouldn't say that that means the songs all sound the same (I understand the fact that the last sentence makes little sense but I know what I mean). Even don't mind the cover.
This is a cool album, starts of very massive attackesque but with an indian flavour before branching off onto different strokes at every turn including Immigrant which sounds like if Disney did Bollywood. The Indian vocal style on some of the tracks still sometimes grates on me but it'll grow on me I'm sure.
Album 68 - Social Distortion - Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell
Wiki - Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Last.fm - Somewhere Between Heaven And Hell - Social Distortion - Listen at Last.fm
Spotify - Somewhere Between Heaven And Hell - Social Distortion - Spotify
The blurb for this compared them to both The Clash and Johnny Cash, the former has a vague, vague, vague pinch of truth but it is vague and misses any element of the raw anger of The Clash and the Johnny Cash comparison is bizarre. What this album really is is full of banal, hackneyed lyrics that make Bon Jovi look like Dylan and songs that are just so uninspiring it's down to shear laziness that I didn't turn it off.
I didnt like this at all - in fact I hated it. Didn't like the voice, didnt rate the lyrics and can't stand the musical style!
Anyway someone post something, I think I did the last one ...
I'm presuming you mean "their", as in "are other Wilco albums as good as this"?
Not quite. The latest (titled "Wilco") is pretty good and A Ghost Is Born is very good, but not quite up to the level of YHF in my opinion. They are both well worth checking out.
I'm listening to this again to see whether I stand by that or not. I suppose they are slightly more different than I remembered them being, but what I was left with originally was a feeling that the arrangements were all far too similar. I've never listened to an album that featured hand claps quite so much. It seems like a small choir of female backing singers were all brought in during post production and their vocals were added to every single song, often along with a saxophone part - it leads to a very samey sounding record and even though the songs are all rather short, it all adds up to a feeling that you've been listening to one piece for a very long time. A lot of the tracks are really inconsequntial, throwaway filler type stuff, too.
Bill Fay - Time Of The Last Persecution
I wasn't sure which album to post. This is his "original" album from 1971. He was once again brought to the surface by David Tibet (of Current 93) who released 'Tomorrow Tomorrow and Tomorrow' in 2005. Not by Wilco, although lots of indie journalists would have you believe that, since Fay first appeared to them through his first performance on a stage in about 30 years, when he joined Wilco onstage in 2007 to play Be Not So Fearful at Shepherd's Bush Empire.
TT&T was the first album I heard, it's on Spotify too and some of the tracks are stunning, I'm first and foremost thinking of Strange Stairways, Spiritual Mansions and Isles of Sleep. However, it's quite inconsistent, but not surprisingly, since it is a collection of demo and studio recordings, and not a proper album.
So I chose TOTLP because that's his one proper album. My picks: Time of the Last Persecution, Come A Day, Pictures of Adolf.
I wasn't sure which album to post. This is his "original" album from 1971. He was once again brought to the surface by David Tibet (of Current 93) who released 'Tomorrow Tomorrow and Tomorrow' in 2005. Not by Wilco, although lots of indie journalists would have you believe that, since Fay first appeared to them through his first performance on a stage in about 30 years, when he joined Wilco onstage in 2007 to play Be Not So Fearful at Shepherd's Bush Empire.
TT&T was the first album I heard, it's on Spotify too and some of the tracks are stunning, I'm first and foremost thinking of Strange Stairways, Spiritual Mansions and Isles of Sleep. However, it's quite inconsistent, but not surprisingly, since it is a collection of demo and studio recordings, and not a proper album.
So I chose TOTLP because that's his one proper album. My picks: Time of the Last Persecution, Come A Day, Pictures of Adolf.
Not sure about this one, Laph. Nothing wrong with it, but it just seems a bit normal. Typical 70s singer/songwriter stuff.
I agree for the most part, I posted it because of the Wilco conversation (and my gripe with stupid indie journos). (Not that I'm a Wilco fan.) The title track is a fantastic piece of non-normal apocalyptic folk, though. It alone makes the album worth it. The other two tracks I mentioned are very good too.
The Rev album is very good.
Not my favourite Mercury Rev album but a nice choice nonetheless.
It is mine, I think it is really overlooked. When people talk about them, I hardly ever hear anyone mention it. Everlasting Arm is my favourite Mercury Rev track and I also really like Sudden Ray Of Hope. They really lost something when they got rid of Suzanne Thorpe. Desterters Songs is good, but I rate this one a lot more.
How I Quit Smoking - Lambchop
Bloody hell, what an album.
Bloody hell, what an album.
Mine is Boces, but I would probably put SYOTOS second (I have have about 50 Mercury Rev releases, by the way). Pure ear candy. With lots of sugar.
I just had a second listen to that Bil Fay abum and it seems to improve as goes aong. The last few songs are very good. Will keep hold of this one and give it another listen.
Not heard todays album before, I don't think. I know the three albums they released after it though, I quite like What Another Man Spills - it has a great cover of a Dump (Yo La Tengo's James McNew) song on it which is about 100x better than the original.
It seems a few are trying to 'out obscure' others with their selections and if I'm being honest, I'm completely under-whelmed.
Music is about having fun and enjoyment, so I defy anyone not to tap their foot at Beating Heart Baby.
Decadence - Head Automatica - Spotify
Daryl Palumbo, I salute you for this album.
Music is about having fun and enjoyment, so I defy anyone not to tap their foot at Beating Heart Baby.
Decadence - Head Automatica - Spotify
Daryl Palumbo, I salute you for this album.
Social Distortion Meh. This is just really dull to me, the vocals especially are very bland.
Friendly Fires Had heard it before but took this chance to listen again, it's a good album, and they're really enjoyable live too.
Friendly Fires Had heard it before but took this chance to listen again, it's a good album, and they're really enjoyable live too.
What's going on with all the posting before midnight at any old time of day at the moment.
The fact that a lot of people on this thread are all discussing the bands posted and their other albums proves none of this stuff is obscure really. The only thing I hadn't heard of before is Bill Fay. The other artists are pretty well known.
As for the Lambchop record, it's good, but I don't think it's as good as the two albums that followed it.
The fact that a lot of people on this thread are all discussing the bands posted and their other albums proves none of this stuff is obscure really. The only thing I hadn't heard of before is Bill Fay. The other artists are pretty well known.
As for the Lambchop record, it's good, but I don't think it's as good as the two albums that followed it.
Head Automatica is actually one of the very few bands in this thread I haven't heard of.
We played it a lot when it came out back in 2004 when I worked at HMV. If I remember correctly, it was shite, but I'll give it a listen again anyhow.
I completely disagree, this is by far my favourite Lambchop album. But my personal history with them is turbulent. I gave them a go many years ago, but was quite disappointed. So I had written them off until a friend of mine put on International (from this album) when he stayed at my place, both of us hung over, tired and sleepy. It was love at first listen. So later on I bought the album and realized it's as good as that very song. But I still haven't got into any other Lambchop album. But, to be fair, I haven't really had a proper go at the other ones. This just is my Lambchop album. This album IS Lambchop to me. It's a weird thing. I love it and should therefor want to explore more, but with some bands I find an album and sort of think "this is it, I don't need to hear more". (I really enjoyed Kid A and Amnesiac, but in an odd way they killed Radiohead for me. I have no longer any interest in listening to more of Radiohead or Thom Yorke's music. I just instantly knew they peaked with those two. Even if I don't really know.) I can't explain it, and it's probably silly.
So in short: You might be right, I've no idea, but I completely disagree nonetheless!