Common Market-Tobacco Road. American underground hip-hop. Objectively speaking, its not their best album, and it could really use some cutting down, but for some reason it has a certain charm for me that I can't quite pin down.
Bought Sky Larkin's debut album yesterday. It's by-the-numbers indie pop made by two guys and a girl from Leeds, who are into things like fossils and antibodies. I really like it.
@nigredo-- What did you think of it? I'd never tried a Sunn O))) album before, unless you count their Boris collab, 'Altar'... While I adore 'Altar', 'M&D' bored me. Well, maybe bored is the wrong word-- it's very well-executed, but it didn't really -do- anything for me.
Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power and Fun House High on Fire - Blessed Black Wings Motorhead - Overkill and Ace of Spades Saint Vitus - Born Too Late Obsessed - Lunar Womb
Been listening to all of Wino's old bands since seeing him open up for Clutch last weekend. He was supposed to play the stuff from his new album, but Jon Blank (who was playing bass for him) OD'ed and died recently, so he decided to tour anyway and just play acoustic sets. It was amazing. I'm not sure how many people exist that can pick up an acoustic guitar and churn out a set of serious doom metal, but Wino is definitely one of them.
and! my top 21 most-listened to songs from last week, accordin' to the thingies what looks at my stuff like that:
1) Mazzy Star – Into Dust 2) Pavement – Summer Babe (Winter Version) 3) Girlyman – The Shape I Found You In 4) Kings of Leon – Be Somebody 5) U2 – Shadows and Tall Trees 6) Jane's Addiction – Of Course 7) Lauryn Hill – The Mystery of Iniquity 8) Jenny Owen Youngs – Clean Break 9) Ani DiFranco – a spade 10) Kings of Leon – I Want You 11) Cat Power – Hate 12) The Mekons – Alone and Forsaken (Hank Williams cover) 13) Thin White Rope – Red Sun 14) Brightblack Morning Light – Black Feather Wishes Rise 15) Ben Harper – Sexual Healing (Marvin Gaye cover) 16) J. Tillman – Barter Blues 17) Ray Wylie Hubbard – The Way Of The Fallen 18) Hüsker Dü – Dead Set On Destruction 19 Natalie Portman – P is for Portman, P is for Pussy 20) Solomon Burke – None of Us Are Free 21) Isaac Hoskins – Song for the 45th
startin t'think that i may not be typical in the Whitechapel listening pool. i see a pile of electronian and industrialized sounds, (f'r lack of a better descriptor - work with me here...). ...Not that i'm calling anyone here 'typical', so dun get yer hackles up.
Lucy Loves Superbillion has been getting a lot of play trough my shitty laptop speakers recently. Other than that there's been some Modest Mouse, some The Roots, a bit of Ellen Allien, and the soundtrack to System Shock 2.
BEAR VS SHARK-relax.... MINISTRY-rio grande blood PROPAGANDHI-potemkin city limits
i am slowly but surely getting excited to see propagandhi this weekend. it will be almost 13 years since the first time i did...the combination of getting old and bands that stay together for a long time is weird.
NASA - Diamonds & Wood (cassette) Re-listening to Boris & Sun O)))'s 'Altar', the 14:46 'Bloodswamp' segued almost -seamlessly- into the first track of this garage-prog distortion festival. Very driven shit! Definitely going to get some heavy rotation out of this one.
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter - Like, Love, Lust & The Open Halls of the Soul Haven't heard yet, but will be listening en route to work tonight. Another 'Altar'-related investigation.
...A nice leisurely walk later: Jesse's vocals are soft'n'smokey, the lyrics imagist and wistful; overall, the album alternates between sparse & lush w/ the recording lovingly reproducing both the singer's & the instruments' faults, transmuting them into strengths. Striking. Country w/ the occasional rock/pop hook. Total keeper. Favorite tracks at the mo seem to be 'You Might Walk Away', 'How Will We Know', and 'Aftermath'.
Heading off to work now, so not listening to anything... but this past Sunday:
Smoke & Mirrors KEUL - 88.9 Girdwood, AK KABN- FM 89.7 Kasilof, AK Sundays, 7-10pm ======================================= Presented by The Centipede Foundation - Applied & Implied Art Since 1976
May 17, 2009
Joe Zawinul - Orient Express
Fareed Haque - The Chant Nasida Ria -Keadilan Temple of Sound/Rizwan-Muzzam Qaawali - The Jeweled Heart Holger Czukay - Persian Love Frederico Aubele - Luna y Sol Revolutionary Dub Warriors - Walkabout
Monomono Tire - Loma da Nigbehin Ed Palermo Big Band - RNDZL Sway Machinery - Avieni Malkeinu Z'khor Don Byron - Belmondo's Lip Fast 'n' Bulbous - Smithsonian Institute Blues David Fiuczynski - Fung Wah Express Medeski Martin & Wood - Free Go Lily Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Chop 'n' Quench
Just got the new Jarvis Cocker album, Further Complications, and I've been mainlining old Gary Numan lately. Why, oh why, has his album The Fury never been released on cd?
Iron & Wine - Around the Well. All kinds of lovely. 65Daysofstatic - The Destruction of Small Ideas. Good time Post-Rock. N.A.S.A. - The Spirit of Apollo. Funky. So funky, funky feels like the wrong word. Funky. Prefuse 73 - Interregnums. Wonderful stuff.
hrrmm... in the car: NIN - Downward Spiral & AATCHB QOTSA - SFTD and Rated R, "C-c-c-c-c-COCAAAAINE!!!" MCR - Black Parade and 3 Cheers, HA!
at home: KMFDM - whatever's on blip.fm Killing Joke - mostly the heavier albums, but shit! check out Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions. Compared to their earlier soft, dance floor'ish stuff, they morphed into a fuckin' HEAVY band in just a few years, geez! ^_^ also; Heaven and Hell!! thanks to... THIS guy not only were my spirits picked up, but Heaven and Hell are fucking awesome! I hope Warren never has to deal with THAT type of fan!