Last album you bought, downloaded or listened to

Blarobbarg · 12-22-2012, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Rjinn

Suicidal Tendencies - Classics

Found this awesome CD bundle while browsing through yesterday. Includes 5 ST albums and it costed $20. Absolute bargain especially for someone who doesn't own any ST album. Missing s/t though. Still awesome.

I love when that happens. That's why I troll any and all used book and music stores, so I can have that slack-jawed moment of glorious shock and awe. It's one of my favorite feelings in the world.

Since I've started using Spotify, i've been enjoying quite a bit more than I have been. I just started listening to Sufjan Steven's new five EP Christmas box set, Silver and Gold. Wish me luck.

Chives · 12-23-2012, 12:18 AM

I'm up in Seattle to celebrate Christmas with the family, but I had plenty of time to sneak off to the record stores.

John Fahey vinyl box set. It collects his first six albums (the rerecorded versions of the first two albums, though). I had been trying to figure out how I wanted to start buying Fahey albums, since some of them are quite pricey for nice copies on vinyl, so this simplified things significantly. I had never heard of this set before I saw it today, though, but it is by the label 4 Men With Beards which I've had great experiences with in the past. Has plenty of booklet inserts, some extra liner notes, and cute extras like a photograph and a t-shirt. Really excited to get home and listen to it.

Been searching for the "Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar" 3-LP box for quite some time now, so I was really glad to find it today. Some quality Zappa, from what I remember.

I've been listening to a lot of albums from 2012 that you guys have been recommending, and this is the one I decided to get (might get Melody's Echo Chamber later though). Second Godspeed You! Black Emperor album I've bought, although I still want to get a copy of F#A#∞.

Mojo · 12-23-2012, 06:00 AM

LOW - CHRISTMAS (2000)

A Christmas gift from Low to their fans that, despite featuring versions of a couple of traditional Christmas songs, isn't exactly the most festive record ever made.

Have a wrist-slashingly Merry fucking Christmas everyone.

Paedantic Basterd · 12-23-2012, 06:26 AM

Pond - Beard, Wives, Denim: I was recommended this earlier in the year by a friend, but I admit that 99% of my interest is in the title. Did not disappoint.

Zelienople - The World is a House On Fire: Slowcore album that really hit the spot this year. Soft and hopeless, just like you want from slowcore.

Holly Herndon - Movement: I feel somewhat conflicted about this release, because it was half art pop, half bizarre experimental wankery. I respect it, but I don't think I would listen to it again. Still, piqued my interest in her work.

Carter Tutti Void - Transverse: Industrial supergroup has some great ideas, but they never really reach full potential.

Liars - WIXIW: One of those groups I really feel I should like, but for some reason they fall short. Nevertheless, this was on the path of losing me until the halfway point, where **** got serious. As an aside "His and Mine Sensations" might be my favourite song title this year.

Melody's Echo Chamber - ST: Lovely album. For fans of Broadcast.

Pg.Lost - Key: There is so much hype for this album I couldn't let it fall by the wayside in my last minute scramble. It's more straightforwards with the guitar than I expected of a post-rock album, but it was pretty good, and I can always use diversity of ideas in any genre.

Tame Impala - Lonerism: Not a lot to say about this one, except it was solid and I would listen again. I'm having a hard time comparing it in my memory to their first release. I suspect they are very similar.

Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes: Kinda disappointed with this; I really preferred Cosmogramma.

Julia Holter - Ekstasis: Julia Holter is shaping up to be one of my favourite women in music. Her work is the right blend of art pop and experimentalism. Where so many like Holly Herndon fail to marry the two, Julia Holter nails it.

Paedantic Basterd · 12-23-2012, 06:40 AM

Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man: This might actually have been my most anticipated end of the year release, and I was totally let down. It's pleasant, but just not all that memorable. Wow. I would still rank Two Suns several points ahead of this one.

Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror: I was over this band by the second time I listened to Treats. They're a good idea as a one-off kind of project, but it's not the kind of thing you can take anywhere after that.

Sigur Ros - Valtari: Good stuff, prefer ( ). Would listen again.

The Antlers - Undersea: I think this is the only EP I've picked up this year, and that's because I wish it were physically possible to **** Peter Silberman's voice.

The XX - Coexist: Running out of time before work, so this is going to get short. Good album, better than X.

Diamond Rings - Free Dimensional: There's like, one good song on this, and the last two are humiliatingly bad.

Divine Fits - A Thing Called Divine Fits: Love Britt Daniels, but this was just okay. More of him singing would've been better.

Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan: I hate this band.

Sharon Van Etten - Tramp: Solid album, don't remember much of it though.

K-Holes - Dismania: An album I feel could've been awesome with different production. I really wanted to hear the no wave elements stronger. Dear noise rock: sometimes a wash of guitars really bleaches your music out.

OUT OF IMAGE ROOM

The Soft Moon - Zeroes: Really anticipated this too, but I thought it was pretty weak. Great sounds, but they attempted to be songs and failed in that respect. Not much diversity. Shame.

PS: Do these images actually show up

Blarobbarg · 12-23-2012, 08:29 AM

Yes they do.

Well, after bingeing on his Christmas music, I was interested in checking out his other work, so I finally listened to...

And... it was good, I suppose. In my humble opinion, at first listen, it doesn't really deserve all the hype it gets. Sure, it's a good record, and yeah, the guy is crazy prolific by playing about one billion instruments, but this album doesn't really seem to do anything new. It's a very solid, very catchy indie pop album, but there's a million other solid, catchy, indie pop albums out there.

I still liked it though, and I'm gonna go through his discography. From what I hear, Age of Adz is more to my personal tastes.

Zer0 · 12-23-2012, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by mojopinuk

LOW - CHRISTMAS (2000)

A Christmas gift from Low to their fans that, despite featuring versions of a couple of traditional Christmas songs, isn't exactly the most festive record ever made.

Have a wrist-slashingly Merry fucking Christmas everyone.

Haha, this is exactly the album I could use with right now. Not feeling this whole Christmas lark this year, it's just another Christmas to me.

Screen13 · 12-23-2012, 01:35 PM

Highlights from my Dollar Used Bin fun...

The Blasters -S/T
Great album!

Cheap Trick- Dream Police and Heaven Tonight
What more can be said? Classics!

The Cars - Panorama
Just having the title track in my collection is good enough, but the album is pretty damn good. Brought back a lot of memories!

Midnight Oil - Red Sails in the Sunset
Brought back some nice post-High School memories.

Golden Earring - Switch
Nothing too much to get seriously excited about expect for one song, the melodramatic "Kill Me (Ce Soir)" although it was nice to hear more songs from a band that was not known for more than two on my side of the Atlantic.

Divinyls - Temperamental
Produced by Mike Chapman, this is decent enough Pop Rock. It's the album before the one with "I Touch Myself". Catchy on most songs!

Tommy James and the Shondells - Travelin'
A fine Tommy James album that's a little better than Crimson and Clover, more getting down to good Power Pop and with a couple of songs that tried to get into the heavy sounds of the day.

Mink DeVille - Coup de Grace
Their Atlantic debut, mainly co-produced by Jack Nitzsche.

Aldo Nova - S/T
"Fantasy" is prime 80's cheese, so I wanted to hear if the rest of it was like that.

George Harrison - Gone Troppo
Maybe not his best...far from it...but it was bought for at least "Dream Away" from Time Bandits, one of my better movie-going experiences as a kid,

Andy Bown - Gone to my Head
Peter Frampton is on this, so I took a chance. Singer/Songwriter stuff, but for the Mid 70's, it's OK. Might take a couple of spins.

Black Rose - S/T
Cher's Rock album with Les Dudek (who also has a number of albums in the Dollar bin). I have memories of seeing them on some Late Night TV show, so this was given a home. 1980. Ready for to be reviewed for the Cut Out Conscience blog I have been planning.
(Note: I also saw a Cassette of Cher's 1982 album I Paralyze, but due to a lack of a player, my Early 80's Post-Disco Cher Nightmare...er, Experience will only have to be with this album)

Black Oak Arkansas - Keep the Faith
More Down Home Southern "Raunch 'n' Roll" that has a well done front cover and a hilarious back (with Astrological signs, maaaaaaan!)

Paedantic Basterd · 12-23-2012, 02:04 PM

I'm not a massive fan of Illinoise either. I respect it, but it doesn't do "it" for me. The Age of Adz is nothing like it; absolutely a mental album, and I like Seven Swans on the softer side of Sufjan.

jackhammer · 12-23-2012, 05:19 PM

Wow! Pedestrian you are listening to a lot of stuff I have never heard of. I will be checking some of these out for sure. Always open to new stuff.

12-23-2012, 12:18 AM	#18692 (permalink)
Chives Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 299	I'm up in Seattle to celebrate Christmas with the family, but I had plenty of time to sneak off to the record stores. John Fahey vinyl box set. It collects his first six albums (the rerecorded versions of the first two albums, though). I had been trying to figure out how I wanted to start buying Fahey albums, since some of them are quite pricey for nice copies on vinyl, so this simplified things significantly. I had never heard of this set before I saw it today, though, but it is by the label 4 Men With Beards which I've had great experiences with in the past. Has plenty of booklet inserts, some extra liner notes, and cute extras like a photograph and a t-shirt. Really excited to get home and listen to it. Been searching for the "Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar" 3-LP box for quite some time now, so I was really glad to find it today. Some quality Zappa, from what I remember. I've been listening to a lot of albums from 2012 that you guys have been recommending, and this is the one I decided to get (might get Melody's Echo Chamber later though). Second Godspeed You! Black Emperor album I've bought, although I still want to get a copy of F#A#∞. __________________ [My last.fm] [My Tumblr]

12-23-2012, 06:00 AM	#18693 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	LOW - CHRISTMAS (2000) A Christmas gift from Low to their fans that, despite featuring versions of a couple of traditional Christmas songs, isn't exactly the most festive record ever made. Have a wrist-slashingly Merry fucking Christmas everyone. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

12-23-2012, 08:29 AM	#18696 (permalink)
Blarobbarg Do good. Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Posts: 2,065	Yes they do. Well, after bingeing on his Christmas music, I was interested in checking out his other work, so I finally listened to... And... it was good, I suppose. In my humble opinion, at first listen, it doesn't really deserve all the hype it gets. Sure, it's a good record, and yeah, the guy is crazy prolific by playing about one billion instruments, but this album doesn't really seem to do anything new. It's a very solid, very catchy indie pop album, but there's a million other solid, catchy, indie pop albums out there. I still liked it though, and I'm gonna go through his discography. From what I hear, Age of Adz is more to my personal tastes. __________________ https://rateyourmusic.com/~Blarobbarg ｡･::･ﾟ★,｡･::･ﾟ☆　^my RYM^　｡･::･ﾟ★,｡･::･ﾟ☆ (◠‿◠✿)

12-23-2012, 05:19 PM	#18700 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Wow! Pedestrian you are listening to a lot of stuff I have never heard of. I will be checking some of these out for sure. Always open to new stuff. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

12-23-2012, 06:26 AM	#18694 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	Pond - Beard, Wives, Denim: I was recommended this earlier in the year by a friend, but I admit that 99% of my interest is in the title. Did not disappoint. Zelienople - The World is a House On Fire: Slowcore album that really hit the spot this year. Soft and hopeless, just like you want from slowcore. Holly Herndon - Movement: I feel somewhat conflicted about this release, because it was half art pop, half bizarre experimental wankery. I respect it, but I don't think I would listen to it again. Still, piqued my interest in her work. Carter Tutti Void - Transverse: Industrial supergroup has some great ideas, but they never really reach full potential. Liars - WIXIW: One of those groups I really feel I should like, but for some reason they fall short. Nevertheless, this was on the path of losing me until the halfway point, where **** got serious. As an aside "His and Mine Sensations" might be my favourite song title this year. Melody's Echo Chamber - ST: Lovely album. For fans of Broadcast. Pg.Lost - Key: There is so much hype for this album I couldn't let it fall by the wayside in my last minute scramble. It's more straightforwards with the guitar than I expected of a post-rock album, but it was pretty good, and I can always use diversity of ideas in any genre. Tame Impala - Lonerism: Not a lot to say about this one, except it was solid and I would listen again. I'm having a hard time comparing it in my memory to their first release. I suspect they are very similar. Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes: Kinda disappointed with this; I really preferred Cosmogramma. Julia Holter - Ekstasis: Julia Holter is shaping up to be one of my favourite women in music. Her work is the right blend of art pop and experimentalism. Where so many like Holly Herndon fail to marry the two, Julia Holter nails it.

12-23-2012, 06:40 AM	#18695 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man: This might actually have been my most anticipated end of the year release, and I was totally let down. It's pleasant, but just not all that memorable. Wow. I would still rank Two Suns several points ahead of this one. Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror: I was over this band by the second time I listened to Treats. They're a good idea as a one-off kind of project, but it's not the kind of thing you can take anywhere after that. Sigur Ros - Valtari: Good stuff, prefer ( ). Would listen again. The Antlers - Undersea: I think this is the only EP I've picked up this year, and that's because I wish it were physically possible to **** Peter Silberman's voice. The XX - Coexist: Running out of time before work, so this is going to get short. Good album, better than X. Diamond Rings - Free Dimensional: There's like, one good song on this, and the last two are humiliatingly bad. Divine Fits - A Thing Called Divine Fits: Love Britt Daniels, but this was just okay. More of him singing would've been better. Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan: I hate this band. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp: Solid album, don't remember much of it though. K-Holes - Dismania: An album I feel could've been awesome with different production. I really wanted to hear the no wave elements stronger. Dear noise rock: sometimes a wash of guitars really bleaches your music out. OUT OF IMAGE ROOM The Soft Moon - Zeroes: Really anticipated this too, but I thought it was pretty weak. Great sounds, but they attempted to be songs and failed in that respect. Not much diversity. Shame. PS: Do these images actually show up

12-23-2012, 01:35 PM	#18698 (permalink)
Screen13 Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,388	Highlights from my Dollar Used Bin fun... The Blasters -S/T Great album! Cheap Trick- Dream Police and Heaven Tonight What more can be said? Classics! The Cars - Panorama Just having the title track in my collection is good enough, but the album is pretty damn good. Brought back a lot of memories! Midnight Oil - Red Sails in the Sunset Brought back some nice post-High School memories. Golden Earring - Switch Nothing too much to get seriously excited about expect for one song, the melodramatic "Kill Me (Ce Soir)" although it was nice to hear more songs from a band that was not known for more than two on my side of the Atlantic. Divinyls - Temperamental Produced by Mike Chapman, this is decent enough Pop Rock. It's the album before the one with "I Touch Myself". Catchy on most songs! Tommy James and the Shondells - Travelin' A fine Tommy James album that's a little better than Crimson and Clover, more getting down to good Power Pop and with a couple of songs that tried to get into the heavy sounds of the day. Mink DeVille - Coup de Grace Their Atlantic debut, mainly co-produced by Jack Nitzsche. Aldo Nova - S/T "Fantasy" is prime 80's cheese, so I wanted to hear if the rest of it was like that. George Harrison - Gone Troppo Maybe not his best...far from it...but it was bought for at least "Dream Away" from Time Bandits, one of my better movie-going experiences as a kid, Andy Bown - Gone to my Head Peter Frampton is on this, so I took a chance. Singer/Songwriter stuff, but for the Mid 70's, it's OK. Might take a couple of spins. Black Rose - S/T Cher's Rock album with Les Dudek (who also has a number of albums in the Dollar bin). I have memories of seeing them on some Late Night TV show, so this was given a home. 1980. Ready for to be reviewed for the Cut Out Conscience blog I have been planning. (Note: I also saw a Cassette of Cher's 1982 album I Paralyze, but due to a lack of a player, my Early 80's Post-Disco Cher Nightmare...er, Experience will only have to be with this album) Black Oak Arkansas - Keep the Faith More Down Home Southern "Raunch 'n' Roll" that has a well done front cover and a hilarious back (with Astrological signs, maaaaaaan!)

12-23-2012, 02:04 PM	#18699 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	I'm not a massive fan of Illinoise either. I respect it, but it doesn't do "it" for me. The Age of Adz is nothing like it; absolutely a mental album, and I like Seven Swans on the softer side of Sufjan.