What are you listening to? July 2017

[Pops]

The Great Old Ones - Al Azif

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Clan - Carnivores (2017)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Future Of The Left - The Peace And Truce Of Future Of The Left (2016)

 

[Pops]

801 - Live

 

[Nickyboy]

^ I love that album.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Humulus - Reverently Heading Into Nowhere (2017)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Lafayette Gilchrist - Soul Progressin' _2011_

Baltimore pianist Lafayette Gilchrist has a style which satisfyingly combines two very different aesthetics: the funky and the sophisticated. He's been compared to keyboardists and composers Andrew Hill and Sun Ra, but his approach is more closely rooted in bassist Charles Mingus' work as a leader.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Dustrider - Event Horizon (2017)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica (2000)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Freddie Hubbard - Breaking Point _1964_

Outstanding! (have we gotten to '64 in the GM thread yet?)

The pure energy Hubbard injected into this ensemble, and the sheer originality of this music beyond peers like Miles Davis and Lee Morgan, identified Hubbard as the newest of new voices on his instrument. Breaking Point has stood the test of time as a recording far ahead of mid-'60s post-bop, and is an essential item for all listeners of incendiary progressive jazz.

 

[Pops]

Sula Bassana - The Night

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Sigmund Fried - Psychobabble (2017)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Bruce Springsteen - The Ties That Bind (box set) - The River (single disc)

Now 152 songs in, the Chronological Bruce Springsteen continues. Just finished his 1980 album The River and following that by the "Single Disc" River, which Bruce released Dec 2015 with this collection. Essentially The River started out as a single disc but he retooled it using different cuts, different versions entirely of other songs then expanded it to two discs with more songs. Bruce fanatics primarily find it interesting to see the original one-disc concept as a window into the process of creating music. Still, I suspect all agree the final double album was the better decision though there are some outtakes (especially "Loose End") which stayed unreleased for years (though performed live) which are better than some of the cuts that made the album.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Bruce Springsteen - The Ties That Bind (box set) - The River (single disc)

Now 152 songs in, the Chronological Bruce Springsteen continues. Just finished his 1980 album The River and following that by the "Single Disc" River, which Bruce released Dec 2015 with this collection. Essentially The River started out as a single disc but he retooled it using different cuts, different versions entirely of other songs then expanded it to two discs with more songs. Bruce fanatics primarily find it interesting to see the original one-disc concept as a window into the process of creating music. Still, I suspect all agree the final double album was the better decision though there are some outtakes (especially "Loose End") which stayed unreleased for years (though performed live) which are better than some of the cuts that made the album.

Very informative, Zeeb. Thanks! Obviously I haven't been following the Bruce reissues closely enough.

 

[Pops]

Regarde Les Hommes Tomber - S/T

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (1981)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Ty Segall - Emotional Mugger (2016)

 

[Pops]

Kongh - Shadows of the Shapeless

 

[lpfreak1170]

Suede - Dog Man Star


Fantastic album. "The Asphalt World" is a masterpiece.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Suede - Dog Man Star


Fantastic album. "The Asphalt World" is a masterpiece.

Agreed! Love it!