I checked out the 40th Anniversary edition to see there are two versions- 2 CDs or 4 CDs., costing £10 or £15, so of course per track it works out cheaper to buy the super de luxe version. I think it is going to take me the rest of today to playy it all! You can tell my age, I know some of the tracks off by heart
I like the Flaming Lips, but ever since reading this article about the loudness wars, I can't really listen to them without feeling like maybe they hate me a little bit, or at least wish me a little bit of harm.
John Badger & The Moustache Riders of Doom: The Trilogy of Faith
- I just had to give a band with a name like this a spin. . .
This has the most bizzare combination of tags I've ever seen on Bandcamp: tags: doom, easy listening, electronic experimental, new age, cornet, ingmar bergman, moog, the faith trilogy, the silence, through a glass darkly, winter light, Yonkers.
Alva Noto - Xerrox volumes 1 and 2.
Just listened to these end to end. Sublime. (Genre = gentle drones, static, intermittent rhythmic pulses - glacial, evocative and surprisingly emotive despite being quite conceptual). A couple of those rare albums for which a 5 star rating seems like insulting understatement. Xerrox is supposed to be a 5 volume project; if the quality level stays this high, when it's done I'm going to have to set a day aside to listen to it end to end; listening to the first two together is a cohesive and satisfying experience.
(My more succinct thought while listening was: "bloody brilliant")
Found this at the local public library. Fairly uneven, especially as Robert Pollard gets nearly too drunk to talk midway in the second CD. Learning not too long ago that the original band name was Guided by Beers and Pollard's rampant alcoholism, it shouldn't be that surprising. Still worth a listen since it has a few decent live versions of GBV songs.
It was $7.99 for the cd at amazon, and I couldn't resist. I think that I will probably never be able to pass on a Radiohead album, much like certain people of an older generation probably still have to get everything by the Rolling Stones or [insert band/artist name].
So far I really like it; better I think than the last two; so far.
Edit: So apparently this is the actual King of Limbs for which the album was named; the "Big Belly Oak" in Savernake Forest; an oak between 1000 and 1100 years old:
- Orient And Tropic
Ned Rothenberg: shakuhachi, bass clarinet, sequencing
Paul Dresher: guitar, sampling, tape loop system
Anthony Jackson: electric bass guitar
Mark Dresser: acoustic bass
Bobby Previte: drums
Gene Reffkin: high hat, electronic percussion
Samm Bennett: octoban solo in final section
- The Long Seven/Yuuniik
Paul Dresher: guitar, sampling, sequencing, loop system
Ned Rothenberg: alto saxophone, sequencing
Anthony Jackson: electric bass guitar
Bobby Previte: drums
Mark Dresser: acoustic bass
Samm Bennett: cymbals
-The Untold Story
Ned Rothenberg: alto and tenor saxophones, shakuhachi, sampling, sequencing
Paul Dresher: guitar, sampling, sequencing, loop system
Samm Bennett: acoustic and electronic drums, shakers
Mark Dresser: solo Arco bass
Anthony Jackson: electric bass guitar
- Opposites Attack:
Paul Dresher: guitar, processing
Ned Rothenberg: alto saxophone
- Skronk:
Ned Rothenberg: sequencing, sampling
Paul Dresher: sampling
- Straight Jabs Redux/Finale:
Paul Dresher: guitar, sampling
Ned Rothenberg: alto saxophone, sequencing
Samm Bennett: drums
Anthony Jackson: electric bass guitar
I think I bought this at the Limewire store. Gentle glitschy, crackly, light-spirited tunes. Off the Sky territory. Nice. "Klausner" is an especially impressive track - an evocative mixture of cello, pulses, clicks, flourishes, and atmospherics.
Edit: ah, it is on Amazon - couldn't find it there at first.
I'm currently reading the Husker Du biography so I'm on a bit of a Minnesota rock kick (even more so than usual I should say). Hence the Sugar earlier, too.
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I checked out the 40th Anniversary edition to see there are two versions- 2 CDs or 4 CDs., costing £10 or £15, so of course per track it works out cheaper to buy the super de luxe version. I think it is going to take me the rest of today to playy it all! You can tell my age, I know some of the tracks off by heart
An old favorite.
No matter where I run, this album follows me.
I like the Flaming Lips, but ever since reading this article about the loudness wars, I can't really listen to them without feeling like maybe they hate me a little bit, or at least wish me a little bit of harm.
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It was one of those days where conference call followed conference call and the actual workday begins after the kid is in bed.
- Did anyone rec. this somewhere ? - If so, Thanks ! - It's brilliant.
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Difficult Listening Channel - 144 - Well, It Worked a Minute Ago or: She Can Touch My Junk But I Better Get a Happy Ending (link is to recent shows page)
Wow. RIYL Drones, Static, Explosions.
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The Trilogy of Faith
- I just had to give a band with a name like this a spin. . .
This has the most bizzare combination of tags I've ever seen on Bandcamp:
tags: doom, easy listening, electronic experimental, new age, cornet, ingmar bergman, moog, the faith trilogy, the silence, through a glass darkly, winter light, Yonkers.
ETA:
;-)
(url=>amz)
Upcoming Low, courtesy of NPR. So far sounds fantastic.
Alva Noto - Xerrox volumes 1 and 2.
Just listened to these end to end. Sublime. (Genre = gentle drones, static, intermittent rhythmic pulses - glacial, evocative and surprisingly emotive despite being quite conceptual). A couple of those rare albums for which a 5 star rating seems like insulting understatement. Xerrox is supposed to be a 5 volume project; if the quality level stays this high, when it's done I'm going to have to set a day aside to listen to it end to end; listening to the first two together is a cohesive and satisfying experience.
(My more succinct thought while listening was: "bloody brilliant")
How about: Fan f****** tastic ! ? (thanks GP.)
Craig
And moving passively on through the A's on my 5 star playlist...
Ametsub - The Nothings of the North
If you like jazz and glitschy electronica you ought to give this a listen. So nice.
Found this at the local public library. Fairly uneven, especially as Robert Pollard gets nearly too drunk to talk midway in the second CD. Learning not too long ago that the original band name was Guided by Beers and Pollard's rampant alcoholism, it shouldn't be that surprising. Still worth a listen since it has a few decent live versions of GBV songs.
On first spin, this may be my favorite Fred. Via Guvera; it's also at eMu.
It was $7.99 for the cd at amazon, and I couldn't resist. I think that I will probably never be able to pass on a Radiohead album, much like certain people of an older generation probably still have to get everything by the Rolling Stones or [insert band/artist name].
So far I really like it; better I think than the last two; so far.
Edit: So apparently this is the actual King of Limbs for which the album was named; the "Big Belly Oak" in Savernake Forest; an oak between 1000 and 1100 years old:
(url=>amz)
House Tuesday.
- (New World Records 1992) Linernotes.
Pablo Picasso was never called the asshole. Thanks Guvera.
Autumn Perdue by beta two agonist
I think I bought this at the Limewire store. Gentle glitschy, crackly, light-spirited tunes. Off the Sky territory. Nice. "Klausner" is an especially impressive track - an evocative mixture of cello, pulses, clicks, flourishes, and atmospherics.
Edit: ah, it is on Amazon - couldn't find it there at first.
I'm currently reading the Husker Du biography so I'm on a bit of a Minnesota rock kick (even more so than usual I should say). Hence the Sugar earlier, too.
Craig