peterfrederics
Thanks for your comments and totally understand what it’s like to be so busy! Really glad that emusers is here for the long term. I likewise listen to many of your tips and often for similar reasons. That is, to my mind, what makes this group so great to belong to.
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Steve Harley of Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel renowned for the song "Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)"
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"Leaves Turn Inside You" by Unwound
According to AMG "Unwound's new melodicism exudes the mood of a late summer afternoon, floating through the shimmer and haze of an indeterminate duration that asks you not to speculate on the … -
And finally, as I walk down by the beach at 6.00 pm with the temperature still at 37 deg C (!!!), listening to the 2008 album "Summer Sessions Vol. 1" by one of my favourite Psychedelic/Space Rock bands, Causa Sui.
And now to a totally different kind of music. When I think of summer, still after all these years, it is always The Beach Boys that immediately come to mind!
So, I'm listening to my favourite Beach Boys compilation, short but succinct wit…(Quote) @confused it's totally the opposite to your snow, here in Melbourne! Three days in a row with temperatures in the high 30s deg C, a record for March!
…"Some Years: It's the Time of Colin Blunstone" a compilation derived from Colin Blunstone's post The Zombies albums, largely focusing on his outstanding 1971 album "One Year".
AMG says "If Colin Blunstone had only recorded the h…"Awake" the 1972 Psychedelic Rock album by New Zealand band Ticket.
Particularly worth trying are the first two tracks "Awake" and "Highway to Love"in Obscure Groups from the late 60s and early 70s that should have done so much better! Comment by peterfrederics March 2024
"Sacred" a 2022 Stoner/Psychedelic Rock album by German band Colour Haze
According to Bandcamp "Outer space, endless expanses...Spaceship Colour Haze breathlessly dives through alien galaxies, acting as a wormhole, warping space, mirro…Melissa Aldana is one of the top modern Jazz saxophonists. I really like her first Blue Note album issued a couple of years ago "12 Stars".in What are you listening to right now? (24 hours from Tulsa) Comment by peterfrederics February 2024
Which reminds me of one of my all time favourite albums featuring the original version of "Journey in Satchidananda" by Alice Coltrane featuring Pharaoh Sanders.
AMG says "Truly, this is a remarkable album, and necessary for any…@Lowlife my favourite of his, also downloaded from eMusic, is his single from 2015 "Journey in Satchidananda/Blue Nile"Went to see Mogwai at the Melbourne Forum last night. Excellent concert that was fully sold out.
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February 2024
@germanprof funnily enough me too re only listening to the albums infrequently. The same applies to Math Rock and, with the exception of My Bloody Valentine, to Shoegaze."Out Of The Blue" an excellent 1973 album by Australian Jazz/Prog Rock group "MacKenzie Theory" with outstanding guitar and viola playing.
Start off by trying Track 4 "New Song" but all the tracks are really good
(Quote) @djh couldn't agree more. For me, Slint's Spiderland is where it all seriously began for Post RockHowever, I really prefer Bark Psychosis's second album "///Codename: dustsucker" which came out ten years later in 2004 and was one of the first albums I downloaded from eMusic.
Uncut magazine says "Arriving ten years after the …"Fearless. The Making Of Post Rock" by Jeanette Leech
Amazon says "Post-rock is an anti-genre, impossible to fence in. Elevating texture over riff and ambiance over traditional rock hierarchies, its exponents used ideas of space and de…An embarrassment of riches for live music in Melbourne, at the moment. My other alternative for Monday night would be "Queens of the Stone Age".
Playing my favourite QOTSA album 2002's "Songs For The Deaf"
Excited to be off to see Mogwai live in Melbourne on Monday!
However, I am afraid that I have given Tay Tay a miss! She appeared before a record crowd, for her, of 96,000 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground last night and is on again tonight …"Fauna" the latest album by outstanding British Progressive Rock band Haken. Their 2013 album "Mountain" was ranked no. 2 for the year by ProgArchives. I will be seeing them live in Melbourne on May 2nd.
AMG says "Fauna is often…"A Fabulous Creation: How The LP Saved Our Lives" by David Hepworth.
A fascinating book about the period, 1966 to 1982, that Hepworth considers to be the heyday of the LP and how it impacted the music industry and the broader community. <…"Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy" a 1971 album with 14 "best of" by The Who.
What a great album bringing back fabulous memories!
"My Generation" still resonates in the way it did back in 1965 when I was in my teens although not so…
