What are you listening to? June 2023

[Ojai Sam]

Hey hey! I can get in trouble for having that image on my computer in Florida!

Yes, you’ll also get in trouble if you “whistle while you work” unless you’re working alone remotely. :nunja:

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Tyler the Creator - Igor (2019)

Continuing our slow crawl through my family's yearly album selections from 1965 where we all listen to album selections from the others. Not many years left. Both my sons love this one, and, indeed, very impressive production (and comes in less than a tight 40 minutes).
Unfortunately my selection is next and I have no idea what I'll be choosing (especially since my younger son stole my Lana Del Rey pick )

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Cheap Trick - At Budokan (1978)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Tennessee Ernie Ford - It's Tennessee Ernie Ford (1972)

Vinyl Rip Of The Day.

An album title based on a long-running ad campaign.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

The Genius of Coleman Hawkins (Expanded Edition) (1959)

I always giggle at these titles showing some boastful titles of old jazz albums ("The Genius of..."or "Genius of Modern Music") - clearly the labels chose the titles but I suppose artists had to go along with them (perhaps not given the era). I could see Coleman Hawkins seeing the title and being like "Yeah! That's cool! Pretty good description". Would be funny if modern artists leaned into titles like this "The Genius of Radiohead" or "Adele - Master of Modern Music".

 

[Ojai Sam]

Annabelle Berthomé-Reynolds & Ivan Donchev – Grażyna Bacewicz: Complete Violin Sonatas (2019)

Achingly beautiful works by Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) a pioneering Polish female composer get the nuanced treatment they deserve from French violinist Annabelle Berthomé-Reynolds, aided by the sympathetic piano of Bulgaria's Ivan Donchev. These works, composed in the years immediately after WWII, reflect the somber events that surrounded the composer's life in Poland leavened by the cautious optimism of the post-war period.

on the Sam-O-Meter.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

FireFriend - Aurora (2020)



Psych Rock from Brazil.

 

[axolotl]

Early Day Miners ~Offshore (2006)



Post-Rock, Slowcore, Ambient, served with a dollop of Shoegaze

 

[axolotl]

Brakes ~ Touchdown (2009)

 

[axolotl]

Aurora Duo ~ Fantasie: Music for Violin & Harp (2018)



I got it primarily for the Hovhaness, but I like it all.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Jenny Lewis - On the Line (2019)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Lankum - The Livelong Day (2019)

Modern Irish folk, indie folk

 

[axolotl]

Lankum - The Livelong Day (2019)

Modern Irish folk, indie folk

Now listening.

Who's favorite album of 2019 was this?

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Swans - The Beggar (2023)

 

[axolotl]

Swans - The Beggar (2023)

Are you listening to the whole thing, straight through?

It has outstanding reviews so far. Must listen, soon.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Are you listening to the whole thing, straight through?

It has outstanding reviews so far. Must listen, soon.

No, I will listen for an hour, stand up and take a ten minute break, and then listen to the rest.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka (2019)

Really enjoying this - psych-soul/neo-soul

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Now listening.

Who's favorite album of 2019 was this?

Nobody's - my pick is up next and I've got nuthin' so checking out a number of 2019 albums today
But I think I'm gonna go with Kiwanuka - love the album's vibe.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

No, I will listen for an hour, stand up and take a ten minute break, and then listen to the rest.

Jeez! How long is it?
(Yes I know I could just look it up)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Jeez! How long is it?
(Yes I know I could just look it up)

2 hours 2 minutes. There is one track that is 43m51s.

Pink Floyd were amateurs! /s