What Are You Listening To? August 2019

[Old Uncle Toe]

It looks interesting based on the name and the cover. But as we know, you can’t judge a book....

It's so close to being interesting. Mindi Abair is a singer and saxophonist. She came from a jazz background but has moved to blues rock. Her band is decent. Mindi's a good singer and player. The band is perfectly fine if you like that genre. It's just that there's very little to distinguish them from the crowd. The songs are competently written and performed, they're just not very unique. They don't have much personality. And I would have given more focus for Mindi's sax. It would have given them a sound to stand out a little bit.

I'll give it another chance some time soon. I listen at work and get distracted from the music, so I may miss some important elements.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (1959)

Been awhile

 

[Old Uncle Toe]

Gladys Knight and the Pips - Golden Years (2002)



This morning "Every Beat Of My Heart" was running through my head, so I figured it was God selecting the music of the day.

 

[Nickyboy]

Brian Eno with David Byrne with Brian Eno- My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Talking Heads - Remain in Light (1980)

 

[axolotl]

St. Paul & The Broken Bones ~ Sea of Noise (2016)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Hexvessel - All Tree (2019)

 

[axolotl]

All the info you need/want is on the front cover. The CD is dated 2008.

 

[axolotl]

Dean Schmidt ~ I Know Nothing (2007)

Spoiler

 

[Nickyboy]

Sarathy Korwar- More Arriving (2019)




Indian-Nu Jazz- Hip-Hop. Highly recommended if you like your music with a foreign twist.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Tool - Fear Inoculum (2019)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

The Cure - Disintegration (1989)

 

[lpfreak1170]

Tool - Fear Inoculum (2019)

Listening now.

 

[JazzyRandy]

Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)


After seeing the Peleton commercial featuring Lauryn's vocals for the 100th time, I figured I'd delight the kids with hearing the entire song and album. I snatched this off the shelf before the morning ride to school(s).

 

[JazzyRandy]

After skimming through ^ and not hearing the song in question, I realized the commercial's snippet was from a different album. So, before going to pick up the kids from school yesterday, I put this in the car ...

The Fugees - The Score (1996)


ETA: Although the paragraph above this album cover insinuates we did not listen to Lauryn's solo album, we did. AND WE ENJOYED IT!

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Dinosaur Jr. - Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not (2019)

 

[axolotl]

Mono ~ Formica Blues (1997)



My take, full of meaningless drivel: This might have been one of the earlier releases I received via Lala. I didn't like it all, probably because I was expecting something from MONO, the Japanese post-rock outfit. I shipped it away.

My musical persepectives have opened up substantially. This is quite good Trip-hop, Downtempo, with lovely female vocals.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Mono ~ Formica Blues (1997)



My take, full of meaningless drivel: This might have been one of the earlier releases I received via Lala. I didn't like it all, probably because I was expecting something from MONO, the Japanese post-rock outfit. I shipped it away.

My musical persepectives have opened up substantially. This is quite good Trip-hop, Downtempo, with lovely female vocals.

One band should open up for the other to totally confuse people.

 

[axolotl]

One band should open up for the other to totally confuse people.

They were only extant from 1996 to 2000, so in effect that happened.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

The Cosmic Trip Advisors - Wrong Again, Albert... (2019)



This is very bluesy. I think I can recommend it to @Old Uncle Toe.

It's English blues like "Money" from DSOTM is English blues.