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I had a hard drive die on me in 2022 and was lucky everything in MyMusic allowed re-downloading long after the site took a nosedive...no errors in hundreds. I appreciate the nostalgia and will admit that I am still subscribed, probably about where …
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Currently enjoying this one, though it's a bigger diamond in the rough of eMusic. https://yemrot.bandcamp.com/album/the-sunken-garden Not cheap either way.I'd be happy if Spotify survives the Apple/Google/Amazon-ing of all media, but I also hope they pay the non-ultra-famous artists more.
I haven’t been around these parts lately, think my list making days are done, presumably most moved on years ago, but I happened upon a really nice jazzy prog rock album from a Russian band called Settlers this month and think fans of those style…
(Quote) I clicked around a bunch out of curiosity for what such a large, fancy catalog would cost as a whole but couldn't find a link. Usually if there's a full-catalog discount it appears on the page of any release, no?Their earlier albums were darker, more alt. rock & electronic w/ Nirvana-aping vocals, so I'm probably just nostalgic for the 90s. I say they did it better than any other Chinese band, though, whereas there's quite a lot of other Chinese post-r…@djh Glad to be of help in our mutual hobby. I'm a little surprised that eMusic still exists, not that I'm one of the last subscribers. Zhaoze is definitely one of my favorite Chin…Post-Rock & Instrumental Rock Vol. 3
If I wait any longer on this it’ll need to be two separate lists, and maybe it should be, to separate the actual post-rock from what’s at most adjacent to it.<…Jazz Vol. 6eMusic exclusives dominate the top of this list, rather surprisingly unless Hispanic geographic origin is taken into account. There & Poland remain unique strengths, though I gather serious jazz fans don’t l…(Quote) If eMusic exists for its crypto pursuits, I figure that'd be more prominent on the home page and there'd be any account anywhere of anyone actually buying coins & NFTs from them. The part of the site that actually gets updated ot…After a long hiatus, idiotprogrammer & I are back to talk about two albums that should be of interest to this forum from quite different stylistic angles in Out of Obscurity Music Podcast (Music Reviews in Conversation) Comment by omnifoo April 2022The minority who still look forward to the monthly eMusic haul continues to dwindle, it seems. Together with Bandcamp my needs are well met.It seems if I don’t do a list for this style every couple of months my backlog just piles sky high. I guess I must like it quite a bit, and I hope others do, too.In the order of my listening preferenc…It was high (low?) time bassoon fans got a chance to declare themselves.
More New Classical albums (of orchestral experimentation?)These serious and serious-adjacent albums accumulate more slowly from eMusic but are likely to be of more lasting interest than the average pop album, IMO. They’re …As of Feb. 2022
Tracks 73,112
Size 521.71GB (small likely due to lots of old, smaller mp3s. Clearly I'm no audiophile.)
Days 224
Artists 4742
Albums 6945
I’m still behind the curve on next-gen stats but am sur…
Good to know there's always a system w/ labor saving methods. I didn't use Apple Music enough for my 2021 "Replay" to be interesting. I still prefer using the library of local files most of the time, but still have played nothing more than 16 time…AMG says Sea Oleena is between ambient dream pop and experimental post-folk. Drawing from your description and listening I thought more slowcore electronic shoegazey, but in any case very nice indeed.More Obscure, Unknown, & Unpopular Pop Albums
Recent episodes of my podcast have considered whether pop music that nobody has heard of or likes can still call itself that, and these fine albums further the conversation nicely.
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@Dark_Magus I like that what had seemed to be a consensus best album elsewhere, Floating Points/Pharoah Sanders/LSO, is #58 on CI, with a ton I've never heard of. That's what…Just starting a reverse alphabetical cross-check of my library w/ what's on Bandcamp and found the fine Basque post-rock band Yakuzi has its nice "Ibai lehorretan itota
" album & s/t EP as free downloads. …Sounds like we're fast approaching a time when we all have to make three lists, each interesting for different reasons but maybe overkill for folks who don't overthink like this forum: most-played, favorite, & "best" of the year.@Germanprof your list has a lot to explore, much not found on others. Thanks!
More folk albums I like (worldly as usual, on eMusic & Bandcamp)This isn’t a style I gravitate towards naturally; I’m probably allergic to solo acoustic guitar singer-songwriters. The following albums do make me pay at…Both album picks in this episode highlight complex, diverse directions in which 21st century prog rock has branched out, and I hope the experts here will weigh in on whether the legacy is continued or miscarried by the youth. 3/4 of their albums…
AlterLatino Mostly Rock en español or Portuguese 2 (20+ more albums)
Hispanic heritage month ended Oct. 15th for reasons I don’t know, and I wanted to get this list done before then but had a cascading computer failure. Co…Happened upon "SIDERAL" by Os Dentes on a label that doesn't otherwise have a lot of bargains. I really like the sunny, upbeat, psychedelic alt. rock sound they have an…Thanks for the info and sharing your experience. I'll have to give a listen some time. Freeform college radio is pretty much my idea of a utopia all right.