Currently listening to Arcade Fire's "The Suburbs", whilst I try to get some writing done. After that, back to their previous "Neon Bible". Inspiration music...

Solid Air by John Martyn. There aren't enough positive words I can use to describe this album. Folky, jazzy, warm, intimate, and idiosyncratic. Everything here just WORKS - from the title track (dedicated to his friend Nick Drake) to the echoey, frigged-out take on Skip James' "I'd Rather be the Devil" to the heartwarming "May You Never" (which I first encountered via Eric Clapton's cover); basically everything between the start of the album and the finish. This is one of those albums that just gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling inside whenever I put it on.

Just what I need to remind me that, while I may have two finals left, soon I'll be going home.

This post has been edited by bbqplatypus: Dec 19 2010, 02:48 AM

Burnt Sierra : Whoa, I love Arcade Fire! My fav is Tunnels.

I also like Radiohead and OneRepublic. Sunday Driver and Mumphord and Sons aren't half-bad either.

Right at this very moment I'm listening and relaxing to Gary More's 'Empty Rooms'

I am currently listening to Stink Fist-Tool

Classico- Tenacious D.

For the last week or so for me, it's been progressive rock. Lots and lots of progressive rock - mostly of the symphonic variety. It's a mood I get into from time to time - but I've been getting into it increasingly often lately.

This post has been edited by bbqplatypus: Feb 9 2011, 10:56 AM

Recently I have settled into a Jazz and New Grass (a jazzed up version of blue grass) sort of vibe. Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, David Grissman Quintet, Michael Mannring...

I'm listening to:


link for your convenience: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sby8rmrTxhY

I find it very relaxing. I listen to it on my walks.

This post has been edited by King Coin: Feb 12 2011, 05:31 AM

Not exactly "listening to" yet- but I will be. Had a gift card from Christmas for music that I finally redeemed yesterday.

Picked up Tom Waits "Small Change" (which I previously only had on vinyl) and the live recording of the "Glitter and Doom" tour (includes 2 tracks recorded at the show we attended).

And also the Talking Heads "Greatest Hits." I know- it is kind of wimping out to go for a Greatest Hits disc- but it has everything I want with less chaff.

As for "Small Change," that was my introduction to Tom Waits. The quiet piano intro of "Tom Traubert's Blues" suddenly accompanied by that whiskey-soaked voice intoning:

"Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did, got what I paid for now"

Very much an acquired taste- but one that is worth acquiring in my blatantly biased opinion.

Reminded me of a comment that my nephew made when he saw a vinyl album, and I quote...

"I don't understand how this works."

He was a teenager at the time (about 4 years ago) and completely computer literate. All I could picture was him trying to figure out when computers had large enough slots to hold an LP.

That reminds me... Remember the good ol' days?

The days of the 8 inch floppy?

I've never come accross an 8", but I still have a 5 3/4 somewhere and use 3.5" ones. There's nothing like not having done work but claiming to have and bringing a floppy because no one will be able to access it and they're all too busy laughing to remember you were meant to do something...

Anyway vinyl is good. The cracks and hisses sort of add something, as does finding the track by looking at the disk.

As for what I'm listening to, well I'll go for the controversial option and say... the wireless. Radio 4 to be precise, on longwave (or online when I miss a program). For those who can get it online (ie in the UK or computer savvy enough to pretend to be in the UK) I recommend The Now Show for some very good, and brutal, topical comedy. Even better it won't be long before it's the cricket season. Test cricket on the radio is also an aquired taste, but once you get into it it's quite addictive.

Per un Amico by Premiata Forneria Marconi.



Yeah, that's right. ITALIAN PROG. You got a problem with it?


Seriously, though, they're awesome. (I think I like Banco a tiny bit better, though).

This post has been edited by bbqplatypus: Mar 8 2011, 06:12 AM

ive been listening to a lot of celldweller recently.

I had never heard of them a couple of months ago, but after hearing some of their songs in dead rising 2 ive been hooked. i reccomend listening to "kill the sound" and "own little world".

I'll keep them in mind for another time. I'm not in the mood for that style right now. That said, I do like their sound.

I've been listening to a lot of Miike Snow recently

This post has been edited by King Coin: Mar 12 2011, 02:57 AM

Huh. I've been listening to a lot of my "norm" stuff, as well as some stuff that my sister is blasting through the house, such as

Matt and Kim
Clockwork Quartet
Sunday Driver
Elliot Smith
The Cog is Dead

and then the ones that I like are

Clockwork Quartet
Radiohead
ArcadeFire

And a few select Beatles songs, like Hey Bulldog.

Yeah, so I'm listening to those. And if you like Steampunk Music, than you should listen to the Clockwork Quartet and The Cog is Dead

Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel



Or, as it's also known, "Melt." Peter's third self-titled album is his undisputed masterpiece as a solo artist - dark, atmospheric, and menacing. "Intruder" is as good an album opener as I've ever heard, and he never lets up.

Tago Mago by Can.



This is without a doubt the weirdest album that I own an actual physical copy of. You have to be in a certain mood to listen to Can - you certainly don't do it for fun (though I never fail to crack a smile at Damo Suzuki's psychotic ravings and other noises in "Peking O"). These guys were bold, experimental, and decades ahead of their time. Hell, Tago Mago might even STILL be ahead of its time if it were released today. Also, their lead singer is not singing in his native language (indeed, I often wonder if he's singing in any real language at all), and sings every word like he's in the process of eating a particularly sticky peanut butter sandwich.

But never mind that - these guys rule. This album is frigged out, funky, and almost danceable for occasional twenty second intervals. If you haven't listened to this, do so before you die. I certainly wouldn't put it in my top ten favorite albums (or twenty-five for that matter), but I might put it in my top ten most interesting ones. If nothing else, it's great for clearing out unwanted party guests.

This post has been edited by bbqplatypus: Apr 2 2011, 08:12 AM

I'm listening to Glitch Mob


One song in particular has me hooked. Fortune Days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HX74UhgMFA

Great instrumental

This post has been edited by King Coin: Apr 2 2011, 06:52 AM