Albums You're Digging II

LoathsomePete · 10-24-2012, 11:48 AM

Goddamn I completely forgot that O'Death put out an album last year. I really enjoyed their 2008 album Broken Hymns, Limbs, and Skin and I remember getting Outside sometime around when it came out, but I really don't remember much about it. I'll have to give it a listen sometime this weekend, see if I totally slept on something.

Anyways, here's what I'm digging (and thankfully)

P.O.S. - We Don't Even Live Here (2012)

Leave it to Doomtree to cheer me up after Kendrick Lamar's lackluster album and pull me out of the musical stagnation I've been in the last month or so as albums I've been a little excited for fail to live up to the expectations I set in my head. This is as much a fault of my own, but it does get a little annoying because the list of albums I'm looking forward to is starting to dwindle as the year comes to a close.

Anyhow this sounds very much like P.O.S.'s 2009 album Never Better but a little grown up and mature, with less of a punkrock influence, which to me indicates that P.O.S. is really fully starting to embrace his hip hop nature. Some of Lazerbeak's production is a little hard to listen to, and the autotuning in the 3rd track can fuck off and go back to the top 40's, but overall this is just what I needed to take my mind off my disappointment with good kid, m.A.A.d city and NO LOVE DEEP WEB and remember that hype is always a good thing to get swept up in.

**Goofle** · 10-24-2012, 11:55 AM

I heard that album was good too. Like most of the stuff P.O.S. have done so will be checking it out.

LoathsomePete · 10-24-2012, 12:04 PM

If you go the legal route and buy off Amazon be weary of the MP3 Album that doesn't say [Explicit] in the title, otherwise you'll get an edited copy like me and then have to illegally download an album you legally purchased, because fuck making things easy.

**Goofle** · 10-24-2012, 12:12 PM

I like the easy route.

LoathsomePete · 10-24-2012, 12:18 PM

What easy route? It took me ages to find a working link, and even then it was a throttled download so it took about 30 minutes. With Demonoid gone and my What.CD account disabled because I had the audacity to turn off my computer and not seed for half a day, legally purchasing music through Amazon or Bandcamp has become the easy option.

**Goofle** · 10-24-2012, 12:19 PM

I am usually pretty great at finding albums. Not on Spotify?

debaserr · 10-24-2012, 12:21 PM

@pete

I'm not sure, but you can probably get it renewed via their IRC channel (though that doesn't sound quite accurate, I think they prune for inactivity after 2-3mo, it may have been a different infraction).

Mojo · 10-24-2012, 01:43 PM

PENETRATION - MOVING TARGETS (1978)

I'm currently sitting here going through my LPs and adding them to my RYM, which I do every now and then when I'm bored (and boy do I have some dodgy stuff on vinyl) but, as usual, I'm finding stuff I either didn't know I had or had completely forgotten about like this bad boy.

Blarobbarg · 10-25-2012, 09:31 AM

Alrighty, I'm behind, so here we go.

Andrew Jackson Jihad, People That Can Eat People Are The Luckiest People Alive. Another album from these guys. More of the same, but a little faster and more focused on the punk side of things. Lots and lots of funny lyrics, cynicism, and 32nd notes on acoustic guitar. I actually like the last album that I mentioned in here better, but this is still top-notch.

The Advisory Circle, Other Channels. I found out about this artist and the label that he is associated with, Ghost Box, from the now-probably-defunct journal of our now-probably-defunct member, Geekoid. This album (and indeed, most of the other albums released by the label) is like children's music in a horror movie. Musique concrete is mixed with eerie synths and samples from British public safety announcements, creating this bizarre, often suffocating atmosphere where everything looks far creepier that it is. Honestly, this is one of the best electronica albums I have heard, ever. I highly recommend it, especially if you like The Caretaker.

Belbury Poly, The Owl's Map. Another artist from Ghost Box, basically the same story as above, but much more focused on the actual music, not so much on the samples. Plus, this album adds a lot of weird, off-kilter beats made of what basically sounds like random noises, like squeaking, thumps, or bells. I also highly recommend this one, but I prefer the one above. I'll be looking into more from the label, so you'll probably be seeing these guys again in the near future.

Russian Circles, Empros. Thundering post-metal that slams into your head and knees you in the face several time. Then it turns right around, slaps you to the ground, picks you up and dusts you off, and starts the process over again. Aside from the muddy, barely audible vocals on the last track (which is also a folk ballad, strangely enough), this is entirely instrumental, and entirely awesome. Great album. Also, if you don't really like metal but are wanting to get into the genre, this might actually be a good gateway. It's pounding and heavy, but somehow has a calming quality to it. That may just be me, though.

John Coltrane, Infinity. I've only listened to this once, but I can already tell it's a winner. This album is incredibly controversial. It was released posthumously by Alice Coltrane, a widow who was obviously still missing her husband terribly. It gets a lot of hate because she overdubbed previously unreleased Coltrane tracks with new harp, timpani, a string section, and entirely new piano solos. And one track she actually took out the bass and brought in a new bassist. A lot of people get mad that she "tainted" the tracks with her classically-influenced strings, but personally, I love the way that Coltrane's vicious free jazz sax is on top of a lush layer of strings. It doesn't hurt the songs at all, if anything, it improves them! And knowing the direction Coltrane was headed in the late sixties (when these were all originally recorded), he probably would have approved. Jazzheads, if you haven't already, check it out!

duga · 10-25-2012, 10:00 AM

Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man

I was eagerly waiting for this album for a while. Two Suns was the kind of album that subtly dug its way into my subconscious and sparked an obsession. This year has been a great one for strong follow-ups. Tame Impala's Lonerism was superb, Beach House's Bloom is a worthy successor to Teen Dream, somehow Dinosaur Jr. has continued their post-reunion trend of albums that are actually better than when they were first on the scene, and now The Haunted Man. Wow. I really didn't know how Natasha Khan would top herself after Two Suns...it really felt like she mastered her particular niche on that album. But she did. This album is freaking good. She built on the ideas she was exploring on Two Suns and took them even further with new confidence, creating something that is both familiar and new. Good headphones required for this one, folks, it's been getting better with each listen. And I really can't stop listening to it.

And what a damn hot album cover. Best one of the year. Will you marry me, Natasha?

10-24-2012, 11:48 AM	#8701 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Goddamn I completely forgot that O'Death put out an album last year. I really enjoyed their 2008 album Broken Hymns, Limbs, and Skin and I remember getting Outside sometime around when it came out, but I really don't remember much about it. I'll have to give it a listen sometime this weekend, see if I totally slept on something. Anyways, here's what I'm digging (and thankfully) P.O.S. - We Don't Even Live Here (2012) Leave it to Doomtree to cheer me up after Kendrick Lamar's lackluster album and pull me out of the musical stagnation I've been in the last month or so as albums I've been a little excited for fail to live up to the expectations I set in my head. This is as much a fault of my own, but it does get a little annoying because the list of albums I'm looking forward to is starting to dwindle as the year comes to a close. Anyhow this sounds very much like P.O.S.'s 2009 album Never Better but a little grown up and mature, with less of a punkrock influence, which to me indicates that P.O.S. is really fully starting to embrace his hip hop nature. Some of Lazerbeak's production is a little hard to listen to, and the autotuning in the 3rd track can fuck off and go back to the top 40's, but overall this is just what I needed to take my mind off my disappointment with good kid, m.A.A.d city and NO LOVE DEEP WEB and remember that hype is always a good thing to get swept up in. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

10-24-2012, 12:04 PM	#8703 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	If you go the legal route and buy off Amazon be weary of the MP3 Album that doesn't say [Explicit] in the title, otherwise you'll get an edited copy like me and then have to illegally download an album you legally purchased, because fuck making things easy. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

10-24-2012, 12:18 PM	#8705 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	What easy route? It took me ages to find a working link, and even then it was a throttled download so it took about 30 minutes. With Demonoid gone and my What.CD account disabled because I had the audacity to turn off my computer and not seed for half a day, legally purchasing music through Amazon or Bandcamp has become the easy option. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

10-24-2012, 12:21 PM	#8707 (permalink)
debaserr eat the masters Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5,467	@pete I'm not sure, but you can probably get it renewed via their IRC channel (though that doesn't sound quite accurate, I think they prune for inactivity after 2-3mo, it may have been a different infraction). __________________ Last.FM

10-24-2012, 01:43 PM	#8708 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	PENETRATION - MOVING TARGETS (1978) I'm currently sitting here going through my LPs and adding them to my RYM, which I do every now and then when I'm bored (and boy do I have some dodgy stuff on vinyl) but, as usual, I'm finding stuff I either didn't know I had or had completely forgotten about like this bad boy. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

10-25-2012, 09:31 AM	#8709 (permalink)
Blarobbarg Do good. Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Posts: 2,065	Alrighty, I'm behind, so here we go. Andrew Jackson Jihad, People That Can Eat People Are The Luckiest People Alive. Another album from these guys. More of the same, but a little faster and more focused on the punk side of things. Lots and lots of funny lyrics, cynicism, and 32nd notes on acoustic guitar. I actually like the last album that I mentioned in here better, but this is still top-notch. The Advisory Circle, Other Channels. I found out about this artist and the label that he is associated with, Ghost Box, from the now-probably-defunct journal of our now-probably-defunct member, Geekoid. This album (and indeed, most of the other albums released by the label) is like children's music in a horror movie. Musique concrete is mixed with eerie synths and samples from British public safety announcements, creating this bizarre, often suffocating atmosphere where everything looks far creepier that it is. Honestly, this is one of the best electronica albums I have heard, ever. I highly recommend it, especially if you like The Caretaker. Belbury Poly, The Owl's Map. Another artist from Ghost Box, basically the same story as above, but much more focused on the actual music, not so much on the samples. Plus, this album adds a lot of weird, off-kilter beats made of what basically sounds like random noises, like squeaking, thumps, or bells. I also highly recommend this one, but I prefer the one above. I'll be looking into more from the label, so you'll probably be seeing these guys again in the near future. Russian Circles, Empros. Thundering post-metal that slams into your head and knees you in the face several time. Then it turns right around, slaps you to the ground, picks you up and dusts you off, and starts the process over again. Aside from the muddy, barely audible vocals on the last track (which is also a folk ballad, strangely enough), this is entirely instrumental, and entirely awesome. Great album. Also, if you don't really like metal but are wanting to get into the genre, this might actually be a good gateway. It's pounding and heavy, but somehow has a calming quality to it. That may just be me, though. John Coltrane, Infinity. I've only listened to this once, but I can already tell it's a winner. This album is incredibly controversial. It was released posthumously by Alice Coltrane, a widow who was obviously still missing her husband terribly. It gets a lot of hate because she overdubbed previously unreleased Coltrane tracks with new harp, timpani, a string section, and entirely new piano solos. And one track she actually took out the bass and brought in a new bassist. A lot of people get mad that she "tainted" the tracks with her classically-influenced strings, but personally, I love the way that Coltrane's vicious free jazz sax is on top of a lush layer of strings. It doesn't hurt the songs at all, if anything, it improves them! And knowing the direction Coltrane was headed in the late sixties (when these were all originally recorded), he probably would have approved. Jazzheads, if you haven't already, check it out! __________________ https://rateyourmusic.com/~Blarobbarg ｡･::･ﾟ★,｡･::･ﾟ☆　^my RYM^　｡･::･ﾟ★,｡･::･ﾟ☆ (◠‿◠✿)

10-25-2012, 10:00 AM	#8710 (permalink)
duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man I was eagerly waiting for this album for a while. Two Suns was the kind of album that subtly dug its way into my subconscious and sparked an obsession. This year has been a great one for strong follow-ups. Tame Impala's Lonerism was superb, Beach House's Bloom is a worthy successor to Teen Dream, somehow Dinosaur Jr. has continued their post-reunion trend of albums that are actually better than when they were first on the scene, and now The Haunted Man. Wow. I really didn't know how Natasha Khan would top herself after Two Suns...it really felt like she mastered her particular niche on that album. But she did. This album is freaking good. She built on the ideas she was exploring on Two Suns and took them even further with new confidence, creating something that is both familiar and new. Good headphones required for this one, folks, it's been getting better with each listen. And I really can't stop listening to it. And what a damn hot album cover. Best one of the year. Will you marry me, Natasha? __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...