Whitechapel - The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-29T14:39:51-07:00

I'm guessing nerd prom nixxed the usual start of the thread on Monday so here's a start.

New week's releases are up at http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/ - just choose a genre from left and click "magic mix" to stream excerpts from the new releases.
Largeheated Boy's Try it before you buy it is also up
14tracks.com is running some funk at the moment
The Sirens Sound has also been busy this week

So what are you listening to?
Me, I've been trying to cram as much classical stuff from the Proms Festival into one ear and the noise.sludge.doom.caterwaul from Supersonic into the other. Listen again for the former via the BBC Proms site and for the latter via Rhubarb Radio.
I can recommend Saint-Saens Symphony no 3 from one and Nissenenmondai live from the Saturday in the other. They're also on Piccadilly.

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-30T11:51:00-07:00

my top 21 most-listened to songs from last week, accordin' to the thingies what looks at my stuff like that:

1) Okkervil River – For Real
2) starhead – for real ( okkervil river cover)
3) Centro-matic – Say Something / 95 Frowns
4) Veruca Salt – Sleeping Where I Want
5) RECORD HOP – Slugworth
6) ryan thomas becker – Bweams
7) Maria McKee – Absolutely Barking Stars
8) Veruca Salt – 25
9) Mad Season – All Alone
10) starhead – this morning on your porch with my boots in your room somewhere
11) Spitfire Tumbleweeds – Harvest Hymn
12) 63 Eyes – Loud and Clear
13) Leonard Cohen – Dress Rehearsal Rag
14) Isaac Hoskins – In Case You Might Forget
15) Wilco – No More Poetry
16) Joanna Newsom – Swansea
17) Matthew Good Band – Prime Time Deliverance (Acoustic)
18) Wye Oak – Obituary
19) Sonic Youth – I'm Not There (Bob Dylan cover)
20) The Geraldine Fibbers – Swim Back to Me
21) Leonard Cohen – One of Us Cannot Be Wrong

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-30T13:27:42-07:00

1. Spacemen 3 - Big City (Everybody I Know Can be found here) (8:35)
2. Spacemen 3 - Drive (6:50)
3. Spacemen 3 - Big City (Waves of Joy) Demo (3:57)
4. Spacemen 3 - Drive (Demo) (1:53)
5. Gregg Kowalsky - Invocation (1:07)
6. Gregg Kowalsky - I-IV (20:45)
7. Gregg Kowalsky - V (1:16)
8. Gregg Kowalsky - VI-VII (13:23)
9. Gregg Kowalsky - VIII (0:51)
10. Gregg Kowalsky - IX (4:19)
11. Gregg Kowalsky - X-XI (8:07)
12. Nisennenmondai - Pop Group (6:21)
13. Nisennenmondai - This Heat (8:05)
14. Nisennenmondai - 2534 (1:11)
15. Nisennenmondai - Sonic Youth (3:06)
16. Nisennenmondai - Ikkkyokume (7:24)
17. Nisennenmondai - Kyuukohan (5:12)
18. Nisennenmondai - Kyaaaaaaa (2:24)
19. Nisennenmondai - Ikkkyokume (6:58)
20. Nisennenmondai - Iyashi (17:20)
21. Robin Guthrie - Camera Lucida (3:27)
22. Robin Guthrie - Love Never Dies a Natural Death (2:33)
23. Robin Guthrie - Red Moon Rising (4:06)
24. Robin Guthrie - Delicate (5:12)
25. Richard Youngs - Fountain of Light (8:17)
26. Richard Youngs - Blossom (7:13)
27. Richard Youngs - Sky Is Upon You (4:00)
28. Richard Youngs - Red Cloud Singular (24:23)
29. Encomiast - A Nervous Light (9:02)
30. Encomiast - Freed From Time Yet Vulnerable To Air (16:01)
31. Encomiast - Ever Becoming Shades (10:36)
32. Encomiast - My Hooded Voice, Lost (5:56)
33. Encomiast - As An Orb Weaver (7:47)
34. Encomiast - Without Silk For Spinning (7:50)
35. Encomiast - Slam Your Doors (6:21)
36. Encomiast - When Everybody Is Sleeping... (3:13)
37. Encomiast - A Liminal Hymnal (5:30)
38. Encomiast - Sing Uprising I (3:18)
39. Encomiast - Sing Uprising II (3:40)
40. Encomiast - The Talking Clock (3:10)
41. Encomiast - Something Shines Through (11:33)
42. Encomiast - The Ways We Lived (3:55)
43. Encomiast - In Golden Silence (4:00)

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-30T13:38:20-07:00

DeSalvo
Jega
Clint Mansell's Moon soundtrack
The History of Music in Sound Vol. I--Ancient and Oriental Music
Ochre

feeling poppy this week.

DeSalvo will soon kick it out of me.

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-30T13:50:08-07:00

Mclusky - My Pain and Sadness Is More Sad And Painful That Yours.
Mclusky - Do Dallas.
Mclusky - The Difference Between You And Me Is That I'm Not On Fire.
Mclusky - Mcluskyism.
Future of the Left - Curses.
Future of the Left - Last Night I Saved Her From Vampires.
Future of the Left - Travels With Myself And Another.
Lightning Bolt - John Peel Session.
Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain.
An Albatross - Blessphemy (Of the Peace Beast Feastgiver and the Bear Warp Kumite).
Fuck Buttons - Surf Solar (Edit).

All in all it's a loud week.

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-30T13:57:29-07:00

@frenchbloke How does the Moon soundtrack compare to the fountain or requiem for a dream?

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-30T14:20:35-07:00

ALEC EMPIRE-dhr mixtape promo 12"
ATARI TEENAGE RIOT-not your business 12"ep
USURP SYNAPSE/INDEX FOR POTENTIAL SUICIDE split 7"
THREATENER-...and the bending of the throats 7"
FAILURES-s/t 12"
PJ HARVEY-white chalk 12"
PLEASE INFORM THE CAPTAIN THIS IS A HIJACK-1st 12"

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-30T14:21:01-07:00

Clint Mansell did that awesome track from the Wrestler soundtrack, too. I'll be checking out those other scores now.

Me, I've been listening to a bunch of dream-pop-electronica, Isan and Boards of Canada and so on. Also reacquainting myself with Martyn Bennett, a musician you definitely should check out. He mixes techno and Scottish folk in just the most sublime way. Poor lad died of cancer a few years back, and I really feel he was cut off in his prime. His three albums I've heard really show a progression, and I feel his next would have been on another level. He was getting too sick to work by the time Grit came out, though, and it's his last. Well worth your time.

Right now, I'm listening to George Thorogood and the Destroyers.

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-30T14:24:23-07:00

@Joe.
Is that Atari Teenage Riot EP the one with Raverbashing on it?

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-30T14:31:39-07:00

what was on the ol´ MP3 player today...

Boris - Akuma no Uta & More Echoes, Touching Air Landscape
Fuck buttons - Street Horrrsing
Sonic Youth - the eternal
Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore - Mitleid Lady
Jawbox - For Your Own Special Sweetheart
Grails - Doomsdayers Holiday
Gallows - Grey britain
Soundgarden - Louder Than Love
Masske - Paper Robots
operation s - operation s
Ari ari - There's A New Sheriff In Town

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-30T14:42:48-07:00

@hmobius it's very very good.
the way the piano is played is almost Trent Reznor-esque in places

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-30T14:43:39-07:00

@ALEXGBYMR
its the american version of it, yes. also: MIDI JUNKIES-GONNA FUCK YOU UP.

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-30T15:26:05-07:00

Saw Torche and Harvey Milk on Tuesday night and saw Neko Case last night. Delicious.

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-30T15:31:58-07:00

BON IVER: Blood Bank
ANNA JÄRVINEN: Man var bland molnen
CHRIS GARNEAU: Music for Tourists
JOHN FRUSCIANTE: To Record Only Water for Ten Days
KHONNOR: Handwriting
Also, I've been rediscovering New Skin for the Old Ceremony by LEONARD COHEN. Certainly not his best, but it has some real gems.

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-30T15:33:52-07:00

@dorkmuffin how was HARVEY MILK? i roadie friend of mine (who sees a SHITload of bands) said they were one of the most intense live bands of the past few years...

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-30T15:57:30-07:00

@joe.distort, they were wonderful. I was not as familiar with their discography as with Torche's, but I found myself liking their set just as much. The lead singer is also an adorably soft spoken old dude. I would strongly encourage seeing them. It was, in fact, fucking intense. Lots of delicious doomy sounds and weird rhythms.

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-30T17:40:36-07:00

Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
Faith No More - Angeldust
Fantomas - Suspended Animation
Blur - Parklife

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-30T18:23:47-07:00

Neko Case? Oh, yeah. Saw her a few years ago with the New Pornographers, and it was almost transcendent.

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-30T18:56:02-07:00

Lately:

Grinderman - Grinderman
Pig Destroyer - Prowler in the Yard
Goatwhore - Carving Out the Eyes of God
Baroness - Red Album
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Black Cobra - Feather and Stone

Needed energy that only grimy summer metal could provide.

Also: Hooray for Torche. I haven't gotten to see them live yet, though.

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-30T20:17:57-07:00

Hallelujah! The new CLUTCH album "Strange Cousins From the West" is out, and it's awesome.

Also: digging the shit out of DEAD WEATHER. I should really go see them live soon.

IN THE CAR: Mastodon - CRACK THE SKYE's been playing non stop. I must feel miserable if I'm gonna start the day properly.

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-31T03:51:02-07:00

Master Musicians Of Bukakke - Totem One

Ian Carr - Belladonna

Nurse With Wound - The Surveillance Lounge/The Memory Surface

Harvestman - In A Dark Tongue

Kreng - L'Autopsie Phénoménale De Dieu

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-31T06:53:09-07:00

@Nigredo

Good call on Master musicians of Bukkake. Got the album last month and can´t seem to get enough of that Drooooone....

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-31T07:07:47-07:00

Going to see The Mekons in Brooklyn tonight, so it's nothing but them all day.

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-31T07:21:35-07:00

SND – Untitled
Liquid Liquid – Out
Tussle – Trappings
The Field – Everybody´s Got To Learn Sometime
Telefon Tel Aviv – Stay Away From Being Maybe
Peter Broderick – Below It
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Twin Of Myself
skeletons – stepper aka work
Passion Pit – The Reeling
Lindstrøm – The Long Way Home

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-31T07:51:28-07:00

Introducing- Foxy Shazam
Picking Up Things You Can't Even See- a Secret Policemen's Ball (Saw them live the other night. Very cool stuff.)
A Colbert Christmas soundtrack (What? Can't listen to Christmas music yet?)

~~and some other stuff I don't remember.~~
13 Songs- Fugazi
The Dresden Dolls- Dresden Dolls

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-31T09:00:13-07:00

The past hour and a half have been all about

Lethal Bizzle - Uh Oh (I'm Back)/Bizzle Bizzle.
&
John Talabot - Sunshine (Original Mix).

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-07-31T13:43:43-07:00

@howyadoin, it was absolutely transcendent. She has this really cool thing going on with the artist Kathleen Judge (who has no website, grrr) who does a lot of her posters, and Ms. Judge had designed the backdrop for the stage as well as animations that played behind the songs.

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-08-01T05:44:43-07:00

Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation
V/A - No New York
Sonic Youth - The Eternal
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange
Crystal Stilts - Alight of Night

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-08-01T08:46:25-07:00

Good to see Nissenenmondai on here! Their gig was definitely one of the highlights of last year for me.
Just got the White Denim cd - not blown away have to admit but my brother told me they were amazing live
Also got the new James Lavelle GU Bangkok mix and really like the first cd
And finally Maybeshewill from Leicester - in the 65days mold and very listenable right now: http://www.myspace.com/maybeshewont

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-08-01T09:31:11-07:00

Last week's been like this:

Beck
Cliff Martinez
Aesop Rock
Mark Ronson
Fat Beat Sound System
Clint Mansell
Andrew Bird
Animal Collective
Battles
Basement Jaxx
Devin Townsend
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Fink
The Headhunters
off'tan'discord

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-08-01T10:20:11-07:00

This is something I found on the vast internets sometime last week and thought it was pretty awesome.

Miles Fisher - This Must Be The Place (Cover) from Miles Fisher on Vimeo.

The cover itself is not anywhere near as good as the original song, in my opinion, but the video kicks some serious ass. It's an American Psycho parody that involves Miles Fisher's SPOT ON Christian Bale impression.

The weekly listening thread (27jul09)

2009-08-01T11:33:39-07:00

Oh that's very nice. One of my favourite songs, too.