What are you listening to?

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Sat Apr 18, 2020 3:42 am

m o l l y wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:10 am
yourfriendclaire wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:25 am We just tried the new Fiona Apple album and it's obviously the work of a great artist but we turned it off mid-way because it was exhausting
That review convinced me.

Yep, Like it a lot!

GARY-19 · Post by **GARY-19** » Sat Apr 18, 2020 7:34 am

https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=ht ... isual=true

RCH · Post by **RCH** » Sat Apr 18, 2020 1:21 pm

I bravely listened to Fiona's newest (brave bc I generally do not listen to new music) and really love it. It's very uniquely her—she has this whole syncopated soundscape, based on the natural rhythms of language that is not fashion but style.

Her poetry is as risky and courageous as they are saying. I'm rolling my eyes at reviewers who sensationalize the sexual assault she endured as a child, or use that to call her "sympathetic." I think her music connects strongly with people who have experienced abuse because she is open about her struggle to accept herself, warts and all. Critics call her "defiant," which is a really upside-down way to say that she stands up for herself despite being punished for doing so.

Also her flow is so funky and borderline awkward that I said to myself, "she's just like Eminem!"

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Sat Apr 18, 2020 1:52 pm

Listening to this https://www.instagram.com/jarvisbransoncocker/live/

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Sat Apr 18, 2020 1:55 pm

Cocker is pausing the song and telling you to freeze or to "make a funny shape" at the pauses.

tim · Post by **tim** » Sun Apr 19, 2020 3:04 pm

hey friends! doing one of those music hang-outs right now: http://www.jqbx.fm/invite/room/5e9cc1e137172400a6340b9f

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Sun Apr 19, 2020 11:54 pm

This looks fun!

Post by **joni** » Wed Apr 22, 2020 5:00 pm

https://youtu.be/dIoz-SsXoDs

yourfriendclaire · Post by **yourfriendclaire** » Fri Apr 24, 2020 4:46 pm

https://youtu.be/ib2CN-Eae0E

meadows · Post by **meadows** » Sun Apr 26, 2020 11:41 am

the sun came out after days of rain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7TjA53JSxs

Evan.V.N.S.J. · Post by **Evan.V.N.S.J.** » Sun Apr 26, 2020 12:54 pm

I have also been listening to a lot of Ryuichi Sakamoto and because of that spotify recommended me these Hiroshi Yoshimura albums "Green" and "Music for 9 Postcards." They are very mellow and relaxing and that is about the only mood I can handle sonically these days. Good to work to. But I don't pay for spotify and getting interrupted by the horrible ads while listening to this mellow 80s ambient music is a whole experience.

yourfriendclaire · Post by **yourfriendclaire** » Sun Apr 26, 2020 1:41 pm

Did you see the Sakamoto doc that was on Mubi?

Evan.V.N.S.J. · Post by **Evan.V.N.S.J.** » Sun Apr 26, 2020 1:49 pm

No! What is Mubi?

yourfriendclaire · Post by **yourfriendclaire** » Sun Apr 26, 2020 1:55 pm

It’s yet another streaming platform!!! But they only do arthouse/international/classic cinema and it’s only ever 30 movies at a time with some real good “video store employee” type context and recommendations.

https://mubi.com/

meadows · Post by **meadows** » Sun Apr 26, 2020 6:11 pm

the sun went away
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvIiDyO2DCI

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Mon Apr 27, 2020 12:26 am

yourfriendclaire wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 1:55 pm It’s yet another streaming platform!!! But they only do arthouse/international/classic cinema and it’s only ever 30 movies at a time with some real good “video store employee” type context and recommendations.

https://mubi.com/

Evan, you would like Mubi.

RCH · Post by **RCH** » Mon Apr 27, 2020 8:38 am

I like that Weyes Blood! She has such a strong identity, and I feel protective of her bc we have an ex in common. Witch lullaby lady. Can't wait to hear her album with Tim Heidecker.

Evan.V.N.S.J. · Post by **Evan.V.N.S.J.** » Mon Apr 27, 2020 9:47 am

It sounds cool! I'm afraid I don't have the discipline for that sort of thing though. I can only stand watching the dumbest stuff these days and if I knew I only had 30 days to watch a Smart Movie I'd probably have a panic attack

yourfriendclaire · Post by **yourfriendclaire** » Mon Apr 27, 2020 11:56 am

Lol relatable!

I still can’t get over the thing that it’s somehow boring to watch a “smart” movie. As soon as literally any wonderful international or arthouse cinema experience begins I’m enraptured but the psychic hill I have to climb in order to press play in the first place is steep. We usually have to trick ourselves by saying “let’s just watch the first five minutes”

Evan.V.N.S.J. · Post by **Evan.V.N.S.J.** » Mon Apr 27, 2020 12:47 pm

Ahh yeah. It' sometimes because I'm afraid it will be boring, but sometimes because I'm afraid it will be like, too good? And then I'll have to think about it a lot. I'm not often willing to sacrifice that much of my mental real estate I guess.

RCH · Post by **RCH** » Mon Apr 27, 2020 4:49 pm

Is this where we talk about how much we love LA's Sparks, the sweetest fraternal duo their side of the San Andreas?

Evan.V.N.S.J. · Post by **Evan.V.N.S.J.** » Sat May 02, 2020 9:57 am

https://youtu.be/LApOG3esy7Y

can't stop listening to this song accompanied by this weird video of people falling and barfing and dancing

it's amazing how an epic fails video compilation can become a celebration of humanity if you pair it with a good anthem

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Sat May 02, 2020 10:04 am

This was ALMOST too intense for me to finish. It also strangely gives me this emotional faith in humanity, which I cannot expain. Is it the song? Simply seeing humans interacting with each other?

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Sat May 02, 2020 1:28 pm

Time for Jarvis Cocker's dance party.

Evan.V.N.S.J. · Post by **Evan.V.N.S.J.** » Sat May 02, 2020 2:32 pm

It's good! I have been kind of into this band ("New pants band") for a long time but haven't kept up with them much. I mean the song is 4 years old but this the first time I've heard it haha.

Don't you think the singer sounds kind of like Jarvis?

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Sat May 02, 2020 2:39 pm

[mention]Evan.V.N.S.J.[/mention] join us! It's on his Instagram feed, @jarvisbransoncocker

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Sat May 02, 2020 2:40 pm

It is a mild scene

alexshred420 · Post by **alexshred420** » Tue May 05, 2020 2:08 pm

The album “Summer Sun” by Yo La Tengo which honestly I never really gave much attention to, but giving it another shot.

meadows · Post by **meadows** » Tue May 05, 2020 2:48 pm

frog sound compilations on youtube

Post by **joni** » Wed May 06, 2020 2:22 pm

Uh oh... I just found a web version of SoulSeek.

https://newalbum.club/

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Thu May 07, 2020 3:09 am

New album club?! wow! Should this make me feel unclean?

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Thu May 07, 2020 10:09 am

I went back and forth on whether I'm "watching this" or "listening to this." Either way, it is great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCBN7lyLT4w

aguyatarave · Post by **aguyatarave** » Thu May 07, 2020 10:40 am

I'm listening to this now
https://twitter.com/boilerroomtv/status ... 74433?s=20

RCH · Post by **RCH** » Thu May 07, 2020 11:46 am

Malcolm McLaren is so exciting—I love "D'Ya Like Scratchin'?" and the "Deep In Vogue" single. His music has such an expansive, pop culture vulture, voyeuristic quality.

I think I came around to him by reading some link between him and the Neneh Cherry song "Buffalo Stance."

yourfriendclaire · Post by **yourfriendclaire** » Thu May 07, 2020 12:24 pm

He's so cool. We just watched "The Great Rock n Roll Swindle" recently. A fascinating & stylish meta punk history!

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Sat May 09, 2020 8:04 am

Domestic update:
At breakfast today we’re listening to Crass (Best Before 1984). I was passing the gatefold jacket across the table to the kid so she could inspect the collages and the side C/D LP rolled out onto the floor. It didn’t break but it had picked up some static cling cat hair. I instinctively blew at the hair to brush it off but forgot that I was currently still chewing eggs. Eggs blasted all over the vinyl, cat hair still on there. I went to the sink and ran the LP under the water and dried it gently in a kitchen towel swaddle. Now the kids eyes are widening listening to the radicalized poetry slam of “Reality Asylum”.

alexshred420 · Post by **alexshred420** » Sat May 09, 2020 9:57 am

I’ve been listening to the daily micropod “Everyday Joy & Pain” by our very own dear uncleboatshoes! It’s great. A nice break from constant terrible news to hear the background of a different song/band/musician every day.

w0lf · Post by **w0lf** » Tue May 12, 2020 7:50 pm

yesterday i listened to nofx for a long time, had a terence malick style flashback of my entire life at every power chord

alexshred420 · Post by **alexshred420** » Wed May 13, 2020 9:35 am

https://soundcloud.com/george_costanza/ ... ve-ska-mix

Post by **joni** » Thu May 14, 2020 2:54 pm

w0lf wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2020 7:50 pm yesterday i listened to nofx for a long time, had a terence malick style flashback of my entire life at every power chord

YES! We listen to NOFX in the car on almost every tour that lasts longer than a week. I used to have a road case with Fat Mike’s autograph on it. My brother was a “guitar tech” for Everclear on their last tour before they were huge and Fat Mike came to see the opening bands (Bracket and Hagfish) at their bay-area show.

Evan.V.N.S.J. · Post by **Evan.V.N.S.J.** » Sun May 17, 2020 9:24 am

Ryuichi Sakamoto is here to help us

RCH · Post by **RCH** » Sun May 17, 2020 10:00 am

Joy
And pain
Sunshine
And rain!

yourfriendclaire · Post by **yourfriendclaire** » Sun May 17, 2020 10:17 am

I’ve been loving the recent Sakomoto YouTube content! Did you see the solo improv for China? Dreamy

https://youtu.be/dIoz-SsXoDs

jamessumneriii · Post by **jamessumneriii** » Sun May 17, 2020 10:35 pm

stubbed my digital toe on this one the other day, digging it:
https://sapiensrecords.bandcamp.com/album/rila-ep

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Mon May 18, 2020 10:00 am

I’m going through a big box of high school era cassettes from my parents’ attic, so:
Sonic Youth and Beck’s contributions to the DGC holiday mix
Loren MazzaCane Connors
Addams Family soundtrack
Batman
Eric’s Trip 7”s dubbed
local demos
countless traded Nirvana rarities tapes
all the sub pop compilations
my horrible first band
Singles soundtrack

It all feels like work.

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Mon May 18, 2020 10:57 am

I love a solid soundtrack.

ritchey · Post by **ritchey** » Mon May 18, 2020 11:23 am

I’ve been thinking so much lately about the work soundtracks did in our generation. So powerful, like comps by the cool older sibling you wished you had. The Singles one was so huge for me hahaha learning about 20-somethings in the 90s when we were teens, what a delight

RCH · Post by **RCH** » Mon May 18, 2020 11:29 am

My early soundtrack staples: Batman Forever, Dumb and Dumber, Reality Bites, Clueless!! And, of course, Rocky Horror Picture Show, of which I received a radicalizing box set for Christmas from my friend who had a crush on me in 8th grade.

I've been listening to weirdo art performance band The Tubes almost daily (their first 2 records). The music is so bombastic and showy that it kinda feels like a musical (not my favorite thing) but the lyrics and concepts are great.

Last night I listened to Lana del Rey's "Honeymoon" for the first time in forever and I was proud that my singalong is more uniquely me/less LDR-influenced than in the past. Her style is so funny and unique, it is so easy to copy, but I always try to challenge myself by singing in my own way

RCH · Post by **RCH** » Mon May 18, 2020 11:37 am

Tubes trivia: they were negotiating an appearance on SNL in the late 70's but they insisted on playing several songs in a row, to show off how tight their transitions were.

yourfriendclaire · Post by **yourfriendclaire** » Mon May 18, 2020 12:04 pm

Big soundtracks of my life:

Can't Hardly Wait (an Absolute Salad: Replacements, Run DMC, Smashmouth, Blink-182??)
Empire Records (Cranberries, Edwyn Collins, Evan Dando, Toad the Wet Sprocket)
Clueless (Smoking Popes, MUFFS, Beastie Boys, Supergrass)
Godzilla (that Puff Daddy song where Tom Morello plays the guitar part from "Kashmir")
Dangerous Minds (just for the Coolio song)