What you listening to this week?
Im going back to old albums and this week, the mood is poignant Tracy Chapmans Fast Car.
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Im going back to old albums and this week, the mood is poignant Tracy Chapmans Fast Car.
Fun Fact: Thích Quảng Đức, the monk in the picture was not protesting the Vietnam War, but rather the Catholic oppression of the Buddhist majority by the American puppet government.
... which feels like protesting the Vietnam War, if we're being honest. Both are facets of American imperialism in the region.
Fast Car is a classic.
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Fast Car is one of those songs that always makes me cry.
I've been listening to Bob Marley & the Wailers:
Get up, stand up: stand up for your right
Get up, stand up: don't give up the fight
I'm listening to this 1995 masterpiece every day after my workout lately:
Not sure what album it's on, but Cup Of Coffee is one of my all-time favourite Shirley Manson songs. If you haven't listened to Angel fire, check em out
Also holy shit your name. I look like your name I swear
Great album
wardruna
heilung
myrkur
skáld
I was introduced to Wardruna on my way to go see Wardruna 5 ish years ago in Vancouver.
They are great live not just in the studio!
I haven't seen them live. Yet. Where did you see them?
Florbin
Yourblurn
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Broomhilde
Futter-wacken.
I created a playlist that just makes me happy, it's a colourful mix of old rock (for example: Ram Jam - Black Betty), nerdy stuff (like Bo Burnham, Tom Cardy, Flight of the Conchords), lefty bobs (ex.: ZSK - Antifascista, Ska-P - Colores) and old cartoon themes (Arabian Nights, Ducktales, TNMT) with lots of quality german stuff (Seeed, Wir sind Helden, Knorkator), many epic rap battles of history and some really gangster british drill rap with a twist (like Pete & Bas).
It's just... I don't know, the songs are mostly upbeat, funny and energetic. I used to be mostly a metal guy, but with age came the conclusion that whatever makes me happy and gives me some energy to get through the slog of the day is just... good.
I usually listen to punk and rock, but today I'm having a boiler replaced, and the gas engineer introduced me to Gold Radio, a UK based station. They've been playing classics from the 50s to the 80s, so I've heard loads of old songs that I haven't heard for years.
Right now one of my favourites is playing though, Mister Blue Sky by ELO. Possibly one of the best songs of all time :D
Killswitch Engage, mainly their 2002 and 2006 albums "Alive or Just Breathing" and "As Daylight Days", respectively.
Aside from that, some of Timecop1983's albums, mainly "Night Drive" (2018), "Faded Touch" (2021), and "Searching for Tomorrow" (2023).
All good stuff. KSE was best with Howard Jones imo.
We gotta make a decision
Leave tonight or live and die this way
Album: "I heard that noise"
By quickly, quickly
I've recently been a little addicted to the Eve6 album Eve6. Specifically Leech, Superhero Girl, and Tongue Tied. Been the CD I've been occasionally listening to my rip of.
That, and Backyard Babies' Making Enemies Is Good.
Tracy Chapman is an amazing live experience. Seen her two times and I hope it can be three times!
my playlist is usually random with a little of everything in it. But when I am feeling down about world events, hardcore punk is my everything
My favorite band Red Vox just put out a new album called Retcon:
https://vine.bandcamp.com/album/retcon
https://youtu.be/HRTah6VwE6c
I especially like the song "Brother," it's a sad song so fair warning:
https://vine.bandcamp.com/track/brother
Pino Daniele - Bella ‘mbriana
https://open.spotify.com/album/4FcOe9YSXYcwb6nYY7qucR
If you like sophistipop and fusion, you’ll love this album. Best of Italian sophistipop imo.
Paris Paloma - Labour https://youtube.com/watch?v=jvU4xWsN7-A
This is the first I've heard Paris Paloma. I like it, it reminds me of Florence and the Machine.
Also, cool video!
Trying to keep it lighter & instrumental this week after been on a bit of a metal streak
Boards of Canada music has the right to children and campfire headphase, The Field, Tycho, Onra, Monster Rally, Bonobo, Ott, Com Truise
This is my niche comfort genre. If you're interested in newer artists who share that BoC aural flavor, you should check out PBS73, Midday Static, Cylan, and Ghostwerk.
Thanks for the recs, I haven't heard of any of them I'll check them out!
Been on a kick to find some soul vibey female singers. A weirdly specific genre, but it's got some good vibes.
Example Artists: Couch, Rijah
They're really small, from what I gather, so that's always cool.
Beth Hart - Am I The One (Live at Paradiso)
Some oldies that i love https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_That_Road_(Shara_Nelson_song) I also don’t mind 90s Deni Hines, Whitney, janet Jackson and of course further back Nina Simone and Aretha.
Love Couch! Will see them next month.
Not entirely the same, but ai also really like Lake Street Dive and Lawrence as strong female voices. Dont know if soulsy enough.
Kendra Morris
Moe shop
Some house mixes
Bass mix by tiffany days
Yo, that Tiffany Days song is fire.
It is a good mix, I use it for gym
Napple Tale OST by Yoko Kanno.
Plantoid - FLARE. Album just came out and I'm enjoying it.
https://plantoidworld.bandcamp.com/album/flare
A lot of Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky
I'll be seeing a Rachmaninoff performance this month by the Atlanta symphony orchestra. Super excited!.
Very nice, which Rach piece?
4th piano concerto.
Sick, envious.
I’ve seen 2nd performed by a student back in Uni, it was very good but, never seen any of them performed by a professional orchestra :( someday
It cost 100 bucks for two tickets. They're. Not the best seats but they're ok.
I'm just saying financially it's not too much.
I'm not sure if it's just by coincidence, however recently I've been getting various Lesbian singers recommended to me by YouTube. And they've been pretty fire.
Chappell Roan, Girl in Red, Frances Forever (love the Space Girl song), etc.
Usually some punk mixed in the playlists, from Crass to Mudrats (been fond of their song "I Hate Rich Cunts", very catchy). Along this vibe there's I guess closer to a punky UK Garage fusion with Cuppa Tea by EV.
Crunching like mad for an exam currently. So justice and femtanyl to hype myself up while studying. (For me they work well since they don't have lyrics/they aren't easily comprehensible)
And before going to sleep. Either caravan palace or Jamie Berry to calm back down. + a couple of songs from Mina Celentano.
Ye Vagabonds are on a US tour right now, and I'm so excited to see them I've been listening to them nonstop. A lovely Irish folk music duo of two brothers.
My favorite recently:
https://youtu.be/3WMBtCOzYks
Somebody got me RBG by Dead Prez for Christmas, and it's still in heavy rotation.
https://othersbynoone.bandcamp.com/album/book-i-dr-breacher
https://othersbynoone.bandcamp.com/album/book-ii-where-stories-come-from
Primo theater nerd progessive rock sprinkled with metal. My taste heavily leans towards exceptional instrumentation and harsh vocals, but this band's vocalist blew me away. It is immediately obvious that he was the lead in one to several of his high school's musicals and likely went on to study and train in a conservatory or university program. His delivery is nuanced and theatrical without going overboard.
The instrumentation is stellar with an arrangement that accentuates and complements the vocals without fighting for space. Impressively, the combined runtime beats out Between the Buried and Me's Parallax 1&2 by 6 minutes. Like Parallax, the Breacher saga has enough variety in composition that the 2+ hours isn't a slog but an enjoyable journey that doesn't overstay it's welcome.
FFO: Native Construct, Coheed and Cambria, Ludo's Broken Bride EP, BTBAM-like zaniness
The Devils - Devil's Got It.
“Heatherhead” by Generationals
I saw The Midnight in concert last week so I'm deep into their discography at the moment.
I've been mostly listening to Big Special recently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M60Cx5yl7Js
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV5xTptjB1g
"Bloodline" by Mon Rovîa and "What of Our Nature" by Haley Heynderickx and Max García Conover when I want lyrics,
Makaya McCraven's "Techno Logic" "The People’s Mixtape" "Hidden Out" and "PopUp Shop" (4 EPs he released on the same day that are basically one inconveniently packaged double album), Sholto's "Letting go of Forever," and "Car Alarm" by Pat's Soundhouse when I don't
Little Simz - Stillness in Wonderland (Deluxe Edition)
My car CD changer (a Deezer playlist I add/remove albums to) currently has
No Hard Feelings - The Beeches, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess - Chappell Roan, The Make it All Show - Skating Polly, Film Noir - Faouzia, Streetwise - Pretty Sick, Woman of Faces - Celeste, Lux - Rosalía, Dummy - Portishead, From the Pyre - The Last Dinner Party
I think I'm gonna swap out Pretty Sick for some Beatles (Helter Skelter came on Flow and reminded me they exist). Probably swap Faouzia for something, I saw Mary Middlefield in New Release, so probably that. Poppy is in New Releases too, isn't she with Evanescence touring, so I'll give that a go. I thought about Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty, but I just didn't love it like I used to. The CD changer is due a refresh.
I found a "Every UK #1 1952-2021" playlist. I might copy it, tidy it up, remove the Xmas singles and have that as a car playlist for a bit.
Oh I miss them. Under the seat? I’ve seen them on eBay recently.
Or in the boot.
I just fake it with a Playlist these days. Add 5-10 albums to a playlist and swap albums out as and when. I do miss the 'skip album' button though, press that enough and you knew that CD needed pulling for something else. Now I'm furiously skipping tracks one at a time to get to the next 'CD', which encourages me to change that album faster, but is distracting while driving.
Relatedly, can you explain why you or why a looooot of people liked this song? I know I'm very not normal and I don't usually like what most people do. That said, I usually understand why most people like something, I just disagree.
Fast car? I don't get it. I think it's fine, but it was massively popular. Wayyyyyyyyyy more than I thought it would be by my typical observations.
It's a beautifully-written song with a lot of emotion. It tells a unique story that is both sad and uplifting.
It's melodically interesting and Tracy's voice sounds amazing. It has a catchy guitar riff yet it isn't repetitive.
It's a really nice song, do you like other singer-songwriters?
It’s the chill of the album and of course Tracy’s empathy to others. Over the tracks is my fav. It’s haunting. It was previous but given the events at the mo it’s a reminder.
She is very soothing
I've got two songs on loop at the moment: "Vancouver" by Kingfishr, and "Marlay Park" by Amble.
They're coming to Melbourne soon, so I'm getting hyped.
Black pumas did a good cover of this. I freaking love Black Pumas so much
I just got The Coup - Genocide and Juice
whole album and have been enjoying the heck out of it even if I still can't find Sorry To Bother You physically.
Otherwise I "discovered" Ghost: The Future is a Foreign Land has been hurting me in a nice way.
Comfort fallback to my first introduction to Joni Mitchell - "Hits" - somewhat smallish but well curated compilation.
Also, later found out they made a "Misses" compilation album, too, so I finally figured out what the album cover meant 😅
Well I've been playing this game called Pacific Drive. It's a driving game, but also survival horror. It's like Jalopy, but with the anomalies from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. The game is fantastic, I highly recommend it.
Anyway, the soundtrack seriously slaps. They licensed music from independent and lesser known artists for the radio stations, and it's all super atmospheric and perfect.
https://open.spotify.com/album/2tBP1dwFaPhamQJOuqo3nv
(My apologies for the Spotify link, it's what I got)
I played through it last year, and Pacific Drive is an amazing game. Probably #2 to Outer Wilds for me. I'm a hardcore sci fi nerd, and Pacific Drive hit so hard.
Easy Lover - Philip Bailey: such a good bop to this one
Bosh - Gangsta Shit (his dance and Hip Hop records are fire)
Rick James disco records are the shit lol
Super great driving energy - Allen Watts so delivers
Just discovered Masayuki Suzuki and been going through his discography. My vocal range is practically the same as him so I got a lot of new karaoke songs under belt.
Haim - Forever
Trevor Something - What is real?
Jeff Rosenstock's cover of Bizarre Love Triangle by New Order
For the last one Jeff Rosenstock is a maniacal bastard because it's the only cover of Bizarre Love Triangle of it's kind, he's been literally offered money to make a full length cover and said no. I get his reasoning, but I hate that the world will never hear what could have been. The rest of the jam session is worth watching as it's phenominal.
Anamanaguchi - Anyway
Origami Angel - Feeling Not Found
CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye
Bilmuri - AMERICAN MOTOR SPORTS (420CC EDITION)
Origami Angel fucking slaps.
https://youtu.be/mNk9cbJqtjs
slept on the floor still dreamt of you - meat computer is such a fun little album
I've been listening to a lot of Journey lately. I mean I've always liked Journey but they've really just been hitting the spot lately.
A playlist I made and have been playing a least once a day this week, no real category or anything just went with what I felt like adding:
Tidal: https://tidal.com/playlist/957863ac-2f13-4035-aac1-97ec1c3073bb
Youtube (one song missing): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZeNdb-IjuBCN8S4wz2WFHd9O7h_4yNQe
Anyone have any recommendations for sharing playlists easily? I use Tidal but know few others that do, and would rather not use youtube.
Edit: here's a screenshot and text of the whole list if you want to use something else to make/listen to it: https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/48a1a0ad-e52d-4083-a2ad-46e97e8aa201.jpeg
In text format: https://pastebin.com/5dB2CREs
Also been listening a lot to Franco Battiato: https://youtube.com/@francobattiatovevo
(Sort by popular if you haven't heard it before, the top songs there are all amazing).
Blue Oyster Cult Fire of Unknown Origin. We went to a record fair last week and I picked up a decent copy of it, I had it when I was a lad but lost it in multiple moves, so it's lovely and nostalgic.
I've been coming back to a eurobeat mixtape Hyundai put out a few years ago, playing over footage of a Nordschleife endurance race. Just playing the whole video, start-to-finish.
Jessa Stebbins's music is great on its own, I've got a lot of her tracks on my own playlists already, but this arrangement combined with the sounds of revving engines and squealing brakes in between songs, adds another layer to everything.
That fat white boy did nothing for the song except make it slightly worse.
Maroon 5- Songs About Jane, Olivia Dean- The Art of Loving,
Jame Foxx- Unpredictable, Stevie Wonder- Talking Book
Ghost
Megadeth
Anthrax
Exodus
Going to see all these bands in the next 7 days
When are you going to see good bands?