What are you listening to right now?

Vibing_V · Post by **Vibing_V** » Tue Oct 03, 2017 3:02 pm

I like songs. I like new songs. And I know there are lots of good songs that other people are listening to that I have yet to discover. So let's share! Yay for expanding musical horizons! This is a thread to share song-by-song what you are listening to.

Follow-up discussion and such is welcome, but the intent is to have specific piecemeal song links/suggestions that people can go listen to right away without much thought/sifting.

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To start off: if you haven't heard Genghis Khan by Miike Snow yet you really ought to. Video is fun too.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Tue Oct 03, 2017 3:11 pm

My top 5 albums of the year so far:

1) Wolf Alice - Visions of a Life
2) OMD - The Punishment of Luxury
3) New Found Glory - Makes Me Sick
4) Erasure - World Be Gone
5) Gorillaz - Humanz

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Tue Oct 03, 2017 5:26 pm

There is a joint album by Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett coming out in 10 days, called "Lotta Sea Lice". So far, two songs have been released and both are great: Over Everything and Continental Breakfast.

Also just found out about Sibylle Baier, whose album "Colour Green" was recorded at home in the early 1970s but was only put out widely in 2006 after being heard by J Mascis. It's really great stuff. Folky, quite Leonard Coheny, very nicely sung and recorded.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Tue Oct 03, 2017 7:11 pm

I listened to that Mike Snow song. Not really my thing, but also not a terrible thing I'd begrudge others enjoying. And believe me, I do begrudge others their pleasures!

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Wed Oct 04, 2017 8:14 am

Sally. You need to contribute your own examples!

Vibing_V · Post by **Vibing_V** » Wed Oct 04, 2017 4:03 pm

You cut the spam potential by listing an entire year's worth of music at once!

Echosmith - Future Me

Echosmith are cute. They do that "I wish that I could be like the cool kids" song which is probably the only one most people have heard from them. They started as a youtube cover band in their tweens. I went back and listened to a bunch of their stuff a while back and was impressed with their dedication and growth. Happy that they're able to keep making music!

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Wed Oct 04, 2017 6:25 pm

Don't worry, I have plenty of other sugegstions that nobody will pay attention to

I forgot to mention The Naked & Famous' album "Simple Forms". It was released last year, but I only found out about it this year

Vibing_V · Post by **Vibing_V** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 2:38 am

Lights - Savage

Lights is bae

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 3:02 am

Zeus - 27 is the New 17

Zeus is an amazing Canadian band that should be listened to by more people!

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 1:32 pm

Oh I know something. We are seeing a band (a solo act really) called Japanese Breakfast this weekend. I haven't listened to her a ton, but she's good. I'm listening to her now, in fact!

Relevant to SG because part of the promotion of the new album was a 16-bit style RPG you can play online called Japanese BreakQuest.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 2:20 pm

Do you guys actually listen to your music through YouTube, or are you just linking that way?

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 2:26 pm

I know a lot of people who listen to music mainly through YouTube. It's weird. I do usually use it to share songs, though.

I started using Apple Music a month ago, and otherwise I download mp3s like an old man. And listen to records, like an old man/not-so-old cool dude.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 2:32 pm

I did a trial of Apple Music when it first came out and it re-tagged all of the songs from my annual "New That's What I Call 2Gx" compilations (that I've been making since 2005). I was so glad that I hadn't set up Apple Music to fuck up the stuff on my computer as well.

I mainly use an iTunes managed classic iPod to listen to music out and about, and my computer at home. I vary rarely use Spotify, but have recently made a playlist on that for the benefit of others.
I find YouTube a bit of a clunky and over the top delivery method for music, especially when you throw ads and platform restrictions into the mix.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 2:44 pm

An iTunes-managed iPod (+ iTunes on the laptop) has been my go-to for ages too. Getting Apple Music was motivated by my barely ever using the laptop anymore and thus finding I was never downloading new music or updating my iPod's selections. Spotify would've sufficed as well, I just went with Apple Music. Anything that lets me listen to full albums, which is normally how I prefer to listen to music.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 2:47 pm

I listen to too much random stuff to rely on streaming. Can't get my own songs on Spotify or Apple Music, for starters

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 3:04 pm

Fair enough!

Heroin is an illegal drug, it makes you high, it makes you ill

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 3:15 pm

Yeah you're not gonna get that shit on Spotify!

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 5:55 pm

A really good Kurt Vile song from 2013 that I just heard for the first time a day or two ago:

Kurt Vile - Feel My Pain

Vibing_V · Post by **Vibing_V** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 7:46 pm

Linkin Park - Invisible

I'm enjoying Linkin Park's recent stuff. Though, still too soon.

I mostly listen to music on youtube these days. I'm a weirdo I guess. It actually has a half-decent ability to create ongoing mix playlists (though there are certain songs that pop up all the time no matter what). And yeah, for sharing purposes it's easy.

I should probably try out Spotify now that we actually have it up here. But for so long I was used to it being unavailable in Canada that I kind of wrote it off and forgot about it.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 6:44 am

If you get it, I can give you a link to my Spotify Omrith playlist

Vibing_V · Post by **Vibing_V** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 7:56 am

I'm sure one day it'll happen! I need to have music on my phone eventually!

Jon McLaughlin - Beautiful Disaster

Hmm... where have I seen that phrase before? It's amazing how much I've grown since that era.

BlueDragon · Post by **BlueDragon** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 9:56 pm

Genghis Khan was the anthem of my relationship last year. I regret to inform that relationship is no longer valid.

Albums
Big Boi - Boomiverse
ETC!ETC! - Not My Tempo
Major Lazer - Know No Better EP

Singles
Heartwurkz - Lightspeed (my friends)
Dillon Francis - Anywhere
Far East Movement, Marshmello, Tinashe, Chanyeol - Freal Luv
Jax Jones - any single
Dua Lipa - Hotter Than Hell

God, I'm so poppy...

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 10:02 pm

Nothing wrong with poppy. For what it's worth, I don't think I've heard any of those songs.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Sat Oct 14, 2017 8:49 pm

I haven't stopped listening to mangod muaddib nick cave since catching one of his gigs earlier this year

gintanto · Post by **gintanto** » Mon Oct 16, 2017 10:04 am

I'll repeat myself and re-link to The Most Awesome Thing On The Internet for anyone who missed it last time I posted it.
(it's a group clearing Panic Attack with 100% on Rock Band)
(you can skip straight to the instrumental if you just want the highlights)

At this moment I happen to be listening to In the Presence of Enemies, also by Dream Theater. but for fun variety in the Scandinavian metal genre, I will recommend:

Sonata Arctica: (intense emotions, poetic lyrics, haunting melodies, wide range of styles)
In the Dark
Take One Breath
As if the World Wasn't Ending
Half a Marathon Man
Tonight I Dance Alone

Tyr (chant-y manly Viking-themed metal ballads)
Valkyrjan
Sinklars Visa
Evening Star
Nine Worlds Of Lore

Falconer: (Tolkien/Fantasy metal ballads)
For Life and Liberty
The Past Still Lives On
Grimborg

Blind Guardian (Tolkien/Fantasy Speed Metal)
Fly (tells the story of Peter Pan!)

And here's some of my favorite covers!
Apocalyptica - Spiral Architect (Black Sabbath)
Sonata Arctica - Wind Beneath My Wings (Roger Whittaker)
Demons and Wizads - White Room (Cream)
Sonata Arctica - Fade to Black (Metallica)
Nightwish - Phantom of the Opera

Vibing_V · Post by **Vibing_V** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 12:13 am

Getting some nice diverse contributions in here. This is great.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 4:03 am

Guess I'll have to give a listen to all these options listed in this thread, and then harshly judge you all when I don't like any of it..

gintanto · Post by **gintanto** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 4:49 am

It would be nice if everyone who listed album would pick the songs they like best off of it and add links to their post. Getting YouTube to play a full album can be difficult.

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Currently Playing: Kenny Wayne Sheppard - Slow Ride

BlueDragon · Post by **BlueDragon** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 7:45 pm

I try to keep up my profiles, but sometimes I lag...

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Now Listening: Bless the Rains (LNTG Epic Journey)

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 9:28 pm

Might as well dump the Omrith Spotify playlist here

https://open.spotify.com/user/21xfwk3c5 ... i=po881xVJ

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 9:31 pm

New Maps of Hell by Bad Religion this week.

gintanto · Post by **gintanto** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 10:14 pm

Currently Playing: Wierd Al - Livin' in the Fridge

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Livin In the Fridge AMV
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gintanto · Post by **gintanto** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 10:29 pm

++LNTG. Great stuff for the background while coding, so far.

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 11:24 pm

http://weirdal.com/

The Weird Al Ridiculously Ill-advised vanity tour sounds pretty awesome.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Wed Oct 18, 2017 11:53 am

I saw Weird Al in concert 21 years ago.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Wed Oct 18, 2017 12:53 pm

I've never found Weird Al funny.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Wed Oct 18, 2017 1:23 pm

I did, but I can understand why you wouldn't. I'm actually amazed how popular he was and still is.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Wed Oct 18, 2017 1:48 pm

Weird Al is good. Don't know that I'd want to go to a concert though. I don't really do concerts. Not sure I see the appeal.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Wed Oct 18, 2017 1:51 pm

I can't claim to be a huge Tragically Hip fan (no problem with their music really, but like many Canadians, I heard a few of their songs WAY too many times in the 90s), but I am sad to report that lead singer Gord Downie is dead.

In memoriam, I do recommend his solo album Coke Machine Glow.

Or if you're not Canadian but want to have the experience of being one, listen to the Tragically Hip song "Ahead By A Century" on repeat for the rest of the day.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Wed Oct 18, 2017 5:38 pm

smeared ink wrote:A really good Kurt Vile song from 2013 that I just heard for the first time a day or two ago:

Kurt Vile - Feel My Pain

I started learning to play this song.

gintanto · Post by **gintanto** » Thu Oct 19, 2017 1:58 am

I hadn't paid attention to Weird Al since the 90s until his Mandatory Fun album in 2014. He has SERIOUSLY improved since his early years. It used to be that his songs were mostly to annoy you and make fun of real songs. Now his songs are actually really enjoyable to listen to while providing amusing nutty lyrics. Also he's started doing "Style Parodies" where he makes a completely new song in the style of some artist and sounds so good it really could be one of theirs.

Weird Al - Mandatory Fun
Mission Statement (in the style of Crosby Stills & Nash)
With My Own Eyes (in the style of Foo Fighters)

So after listening to these, I went out and downloaded the whole discography of Crosby Stills & Nash (& Young) and a dozen hours later concluded that I actually liked Weird Al's song better. It took all the good music elements from their entire discography and condensed it into one song.

Meanwhile, I'm really digging the Foo Fighters song too. (and I'm really saddened that nobody made an AMV out of it yet) And I sent it to a friend of mine, who happens to hate Foo Fighters and he was like "Ugh, this sounds just like Foo Fighters. I can't listen to this." So there you have it, Weird Al successfully stealing other people's sound and not having to pay them royalties because he wrote an original :-)

Oh, and I always love his parodies of the videos:
Pharrell Williams - Happy
Weird Al - Tacky

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Thu Oct 19, 2017 4:37 am

He's always done those 'style' parodies. I don't think his new stuff is really much of a departure.

gintanto · Post by **gintanto** » Thu Oct 19, 2017 5:47 am

smeared ink wrote:He's always done those 'style' parodies. I don't think his new stuff is really much of a departure.

(reviews wikipedia) Well true, but the ones from before the late-90s were mostly genre parodies and the ones for specific artists weren't so close that you would think they were an actual song by that artist. Well, except the Beach Boys one.

Anyway, I do think the last three albums were significantly stronger than his past work in terms of being listenable music.

TMZ (you belong with me)
Party in the CIA (party in the USA)

Vibing_V · Post by **Vibing_V** » Thu Oct 19, 2017 6:38 am

Spooky Scary Skeletons (Remix)

Because reasons.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 6:16 pm

Giving a first listen to the new Randy Newman album, Dark Matter. Check out The Great Debate or Putin.

Vibing_V · Post by **Vibing_V** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 2:13 am

Cookies.

https://youtu.be/FxAEXO1lxpA

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 3:11 am

While I'm sympathetic to the subject matter, that is musically unappealing.

Vibing_V · Post by **Vibing_V** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 2:27 pm

I agree. It's worth marveling at the setup but not really worth listening to.

So much milk though.... so much.

Picking up Bastille Warmth again. I really love this live studio version. The feels. I go on a Bastille kick from time to time, often while cross-stitching (not the case this morning) and then I start wondering if he's single (probably not).

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 2:46 pm

I saw Bastille at a festival a few years ago.

Vibing_V · Post by **Vibing_V** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 2:47 pm

Did you get his # for me?