What are you listening to? June 2020

[Unsomnambulist]

Dim Stars - s/t (1992)



Dim Stars were Richard Hell, Thurston Moore, Don Fleming and Steve Shelley.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Sonic Youth - Live In Yugoslavia 1985/1987 (2020)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

This Will Destroy You - Vespertine (2020)

 

[axolotl]

This Will Destroy You - Vespertine (2020)

Why would I listen to it, then?

By the way, is this or any of their stuff good, INYNTBHO?

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Why would I listen to it, then?

By the way, is this or any of their stuff good, INYNTBHO?

It's depressing ambient, if you're into that sort of thing. I'm not, but it's good for a listen, I guess.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Why would I listen to it, then?

By the way, is this or any of their stuff good, INYNTBHO?

INYNTBHO = "If not you, not to be honest, obviously?" ?

 

[axolotl]

INYNTBHO = "If not you, not to be honest, obviously?" ?

Good try, I think.

It's actually pronounced, "in your never-to-be-humble opinion."

Don't know why I typed that. Maybe it's the peanut butter on my keyboard.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Good try, I think.

It's actually pronounced, "in your never-to-be-humble opinion."

Don't know why I typed that. Maybe it's the peanut butter on my keyboard.

I’m not critiquing ambient music as being depressing, just this specific album.

 

[JazzyRandy]

The New Birth - It's Been A Long Time (1974)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Why would I listen to it, then?

By the way, is this or any of their stuff good, INYNTBHO?

This is actually good, to be honest, just quite somber. And the rest of the stuff they've put out that I've listened to has been worthy of a listen.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Rose Murphy - I Can't Give You Anything But CHEE-CHEE (rec. 1947-57, Jasmine comp. 2020)

Baby voiced singer with piano chops worthy of Fats Waller.

 

[JazzyRandy]

Mary Halvorson - Bending Bridges (2012)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Radar Men From The Moon - The Bestial Light (2020)

 

[axolotl]

John Zorn ~ Virtue (2020)



Rick is correct. This is directly in my wheelhouse. Lovely, understated, instrumental, acoustic.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good (1988)



Maybe life's too good when you're living in Iceland in 1988.

 

[JazzyRandy]

Earth Wind & Fire - Head To The Sky (1973)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Third World - Serious Business (1989)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Boogie Down Productions - Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop (1989)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Trombone Shorty - Parking Lot Symphony (2017)

 

[axolotl]

This Will Destroy You - Vespertine (2020)

Assertions to the contrary, this did not destroy me.

As I sauntered from the entrance to the kitchen, to the rooftop, and down to the dining room, I was fairly mesmerized, in the traditions of Brian Eno or Harold Budd or Tim Story. The garden was quite pleasant, also.

I just finished listening to it for the third time.

Alas, I cannot have a physical copy. That might just destroy me.

Procured a physical copy of the CD via Bandcamp.