What are you listening to? - February 2019

[JazzyRandy]

Joshua Redman - Walking Shadows (2013)

Joshua's playing, as always, is a study in perfection. Adding strings to the affair, while a good fit in many places here, still manages to castrate the jazziness to a small degree. For me, I think it's a mood situational affect. When I'm in the mood for it, the combination can sound great. When I'm in the mood for some more adventurous fair, Jazz+strings leaves me unfulfilled.

Ultimately, Walking Shadows is a mature, sophisticated album that can stand head to head with the best orchestral jazz albums of any decade.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Deerhunter - Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? (2019)

 

[Nickyboy]

The Beatles- Beatles '65 (1964)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Gum Takes Tooth - Arrow (2019)

 

[Old Uncle Toe]

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will The Circle Be Unbroken (1972)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

The Strokes - Is This It (2001)



This album is almost old enough to legally be considered an adult if it were a person.

 

[lpfreak1170]

The Strokes - Is This It (2001)



This album is almost old enough to legally be considered an adult if it were a person.

Haven't listened to that one in a while.
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NL: Linda Ronstadt - Live In Hollywood (2019)


Breaks my heart that this stunning voice has been silenced.

 

[axolotl]

Fountains of Wayne ~ Traffic and Weather (2007)



Flisten. I don't have to admit, but merely want to admit, that I dulled on this group over time. First, there was the lala hype, in some way advanced by Bill N., who wanted to be the savior of indie musicians everywhere. Then, I had their first two albums on my mp3 player, which I used for jogging. That set me back, I suppose; it certainly couldn't have been the extra weight making my knees ache and my lungs gasp for air. This is fairly good, as all their albums are, but aside from the lyrics, also fairly forgettable.

 

[axolotl]

Future Kings of Spain ~ s/t (2003)



Commenters seem to suggest that this reminds them of Dinosaur Jr or Weezer or Flaming Lips, but 'elephino.

What I do know is, it has been in my collection for at least 10 years, and every time I think I might get rid of it, I listen to it and think, "Nah, it stays."

 

[Nickyboy]

Fountains of Wayne followed by Future Kings of Spain. Could Box of Rain be next?

 

[Nickyboy]

Alan Price- O Lucky Man soundtrack (1973)



Great soundtrack to a warped movie. The movie includes studio sessions of the band recording the soundtrack. And a sexy, young Helen Mirren.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Gum Takes Tooth - Arrow (2019)

This might be of interest to @Nickyboy.

 

[Nickyboy]

This might be of interest to @Nickyboy.

It is. I started listening to it earlier this morning and need to check out the whole thing.

 

[axolotl]

Drugstore ~ Anatomy (2011)



Splendiferous

https://sethmol.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/drugstore-anatomy/

 

[axolotl]

Jean Michael Jarre ~ Les chants magnétiques (1981)

 

[Nickyboy]

Jean Michael Jarre ~ Les chants magnétiques (1981)

I am not sure where you are on Jarre's discography. "Chants" has some good points, but nothing comes close to his earlier "Oxygene" and "Equinox". Although rather dated sounding today, you can see that this guy was doing amazing, NEW things.
And then.................along comes "Zoolook". A whole new world for electronic music.

 

[axolotl]

Fountains of Wayne followed by Future Kings of Spain. Could Box of Rain be next?

No, but I do remember the Maine.

I am not sure where you are on Jarre's discography. "Chants" has some good points, but nothing comes close to his earlier "Oxygene" and "Equinox". Although rather dated sounding today, you can see that this guy was doing amazing, NEW things.
And then.................along comes "Zoolook". A whole new world for electronic music.

I was remotely aware of him; I am certain that I've head Oxygene and Equinox when they came out. I was much more aware of Klaus Schulze and some of the other progenitors of electronic music. I am aware that some people think his later stuff jumped the proverbial shark.

 

[Nickyboy]

No, but I do remember the Maine.


I was remotely aware of him; I am certain that I've head Oxygene and Equinox when they came out. I was much more aware of Klaus Schulze and some of the other progenitors of electronic music. I am aware that some people think his later stuff jumped the proverbial shark.

He put out "Zoolook", and THEN he joined Fonzie and jumped the shark. "Zoolook" is insane, especially on fantastic speakers or headphones.

 

[JazzyRandy]

J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Dead Sea Apes & Black Tempest - The Sun Behind The Sun (2013)



ETA: Not quite ambient, but with the spaciousness of such, and damn trippy.