Grant Green - Am I Blue (1964)
What Are You Listening To? July 2019
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Lakeside - Shot Of Love (1978)
Earth Wind and Fire - I Am (1979)
Doobie Brothers - Minute By Minute (1978)
The Bar-Kays - Flying High On Your Love (1977)
Cameo - We All Know Who We Are (1978)
Zeeba Neighba
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Jay-Z - The Black Album (2003)
The Time - The Time (1981)
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Darren Hayman - 12 Astronauts (2019)
Lately have been a bit directionless with musical listening. Combine this with the periodic scolding I give myself for not checking out newer albums, and I found myself looking a recent releases. Lo and behold, this album/project came out which fit it with my love of space exploration. Had never heard the English indie songwriter Darren Hayman, but was intrigued by his project of 12 songs honoring each of the 12 moonwalkers from Neil Armstrong to Gene Cernan. Almost seems like a wacky Sufjan Stevens project. Hayman is folksy and low fi so not an indie style I would naturally gravitate towards, and, as you might imagine, songs are hit or miss. Still, he has a nice melodic sense and many of these are cool or at the very least interesting. 4 stars of allmusic.com
Lately have been a bit directionless with musical listening. Combine this with the periodic scolding I give myself for not checking out newer albums, and I found myself looking a recent releases. Lo and behold, this album/project came out which fit it with my love of space exploration. Had never heard the English indie songwriter Darren Hayman, but was intrigued by his project of 12 songs honoring each of the 12 moonwalkers from Neil Armstrong to Gene Cernan. Almost seems like a wacky Sufjan Stevens project. Hayman is folksy and low fi so not an indie style I would naturally gravitate towards, and, as you might imagine, songs are hit or miss. Still, he has a nice melodic sense and many of these are cool or at the very least interesting. 4 stars of allmusic.com
Old Uncle Toe
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I, on the other hand, am not quite so relevant. Just going back in time to a great album. 1960's Motown music was amazing.
The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
Zeeba Neighba
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Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism (2003)
Believe it or not, this is my first time ever listening to a Death Cab for Cutie album (in 11 years, I have exactly 4 listens/scrobbles on last.fm). They've never been much of a focus of MG listeners so my exposure has been limited. I think a friend of mine (who I don't discuss music with often and who I'm not too impressed with his musical chops anyway) told me they were his favorite group once.
They sound very typical of mellow indie of the era though for all I know they influenced that sound rather than mimicked it. Should I been wowed by this album - it's pleasant, mellow, benign I guess
Believe it or not, this is my first time ever listening to a Death Cab for Cutie album (in 11 years, I have exactly 4 listens/scrobbles on last.fm). They've never been much of a focus of MG listeners so my exposure has been limited. I think a friend of mine (who I don't discuss music with often and who I'm not too impressed with his musical chops anyway) told me they were his favorite group once.
They sound very typical of mellow indie of the era though for all I know they influenced that sound rather than mimicked it. Should I been wowed by this album - it's pleasant, mellow, benign I guess
Zeeba Neighba
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U2 - War (1983)
Unsomnambulist
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black midi - Schlagenheim (2019)
Old Uncle Toe
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Probably like you until yesterday, I keep meaning to listen to this band. The name comes up a lot among discussions about alternative rock. Some day. Some day...Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism (2003)
Believe it or not, this is my first time ever listening to a Death Cab for Cutie album (in 11 years, I have exactly 4 listens/scrobbles on last.fm). They've never been much of a focus of MG listeners so my exposure has been limited. I think a friend of mine (who I don't discuss music with often and who I'm not too impressed with his musical chops anyway) told me they were his favorite group once.
They sound very typical of mellow indie of the era though for all I know they influenced that sound rather than mimicked it. Should I been wowed by this album - it's pleasant, mellow, benign I guess
axolotl
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It's one of my favorite albums by them. I saw them live soon after its release.
The title song reminds me of my firstborn's first missions trip, when
Luther Vandross - Any Love (1988)
Nickyboy
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You do know where they got their name, right? It's the name of a song by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band which they perform in the club scene in the Beatles' movie "Magical Mystery Tour"
Groove Theory - Groove Theory (1995)
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