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What have you been listening to this week?
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)
Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.
You can make a chart if you use last.fm:
http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/
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I've seen Muse live last sunday so I have been listening to them quite a lot lately. They were so good by the way, definitely the best show I've seen.
Other than that I've had some pretty stressful last two weeks so I listened to quite a lot of Sufjan and also Empire! Empire!.
Have you listened to anything on their first album? Muse is usually painfully hit or miss for me (When it's good it's good, but I don't care for a lot of their other stuff) but that first album is amazing and it's sad that the bass isn't as in the mix nowadays as it was then
I've listened to all their albums, multiple times. Yeah they can have extremely good songs on an album followed by bad songs quite often. But I think that happens with most bands on most albums.
Showbiz is probably the album I've listened to the least from them - wouldn't say it's my favorite but it's pretty good.
I found an Australian prog metal/experimental metal/funk metal/whatever the fuck they feel like band called Twelve Foot Ninja. Spotify fuckin pulled through once again with the recommendations. They're like a slightly harder Mr. Bungle and it fucking rules. One Hand Killing, Portrait #1, Dark Passenger, Monsoon, and Invincible all fuckin rock. Portrait #1 is like a perfect song for me. I'm pissed because I don't know if I'll ever find another song like it. I'd link them but it's midnight and I'm on my phone. I've been jamming out to pretty much just these awesome guys lately.
That sounds bad ass.
5x5
Still on my psych binge, though that is currently being interrupted by Le Tigre and Bikini Kill...the obsession I have right now with Le Tigre's s/t hasn't happened in a LONG time. I'm absolutely stuck on this thing.
Le Tigre brings me back to my initial foray into psych-indie pop :)
Might want to check out the short lived band Digitalism as well.
I’ve been meanwhile getting into Tiny Desk Concerts quite a bit recently. They remind me of SoFar Sounds shows, which I highly suggest for anyone interested in a more intimate music environment. Usually some cool people in attendance as well. BYOB, and a great date option, if anyone is interested.
For me, though, I can’t get enough of Foimal by Boogarins. I’m not into all their songs, but this one is stuck in my head.
You might like this album that I was just listening to, lots of info on the linked page (came out last Friday, but wasn't in your list): Sean Nelson (the vocalist from Harvey Danger) - Nelson Sings Nilsson
Artist: Flying Lotus
Album: Flamagra
This kinda stuff really soothes my soul.
Yes it's great! I'm also happy Denzel Curry is getting so many good features. He is honestly one of my favourite rappers right now.
Also don't you think the album sounds a lot like Kamasi Washington's The Epic?
Indeed it does. Kamasi is on a different level. He doesn’t even do features.
The soundtrack from the original Hotline Miami. I'm keeping an ear out for this kind of electronic music so recommendations are welcome!
Com Truise is a must. Conceptually, he's pretty Spacey, but solid synthwave across tempos.
Mitch Murder is really good, too. More intense on the 80s nostalgia, but also very original stuff. He also did the music for Kung Fury.
I can be pretty picky because it's a popular style to do because of it's simplicity and there are a lot of artists who get trapped by the aesthetic without actually doing anything interesting with the sound, but these two are solid.
If you don't already know it, Iron Skullet is a great site for Synthwave recommendations/reviews/etc.: https://ironskullet.com/2018/03/01/what-is-synthwave-2018-edition/
He maintains good Spotify playlists for a lot of the major sub-genres too: https://ironskullet.com/synthwave-playlists/
I always approached synthwave as a monolith, but I'll definitely come through those lists.
Thank you, I'm already loving what I'm listening to!
I'm curious if the kick+hihat+snare+hihat combo, distorted pads and sidechained eighth note pulse basses are hallmarks of synthwave. They seem to be a quintessential part of almost every synthwave track I've heard :)
You’ll have to check out some vapor wave. Still in the same vein but mostly deals with pop culture remixes.
Typically it's drum machines, fat snares and not necessarily distorted, but warm analog-sounding pads and synths that are the defining characteristics of synthwave.
Com Truise pushes the boundaries a bit in terms of structure, but HOME as an example focuses more on grooves in the leads and pads, but I think the groove that emerges between sections matters more than anything happening in either section specifically. At least, this is what I notice in any track I hear that I go back to.
Are there any particular tracks you like the most? It's got a few different artists/styles.
Every track by MOON is quite groovy! Do their tracks too qualify as synthwave?
Hmm, I'm not sure if I'd consider him synthwave. Some songs sound more like it than others, but maybe a little more towards "electro" overall? Here's a good interview with M|O|O|N from a couple of years ago, specifically about how Hotline Miami helped him get a lot of exposure. As mentioned in the interview, he's stopped releasing music as M|O|O|N now though, and I'm not sure what he's doing now.
I'd probably suggest trying the soundtrack to the game Furi as well since it has some really good artists that you might like.
I really appreciate these threads, though I have been mostly lurking. Thanks to OP and everyone for all of this effort. When I invited my sister to Tildes, this was her favorite thing here.
I just want to share two YouTube channels that have been making me happy recently. They are basically never ending mixtapes of underground lofi/downtempo/darktrap/phonk:
R y a n C e l s i u s ° S o u n d s
Smooth S o u n d s
Lou Reed's Berlin album. I know Transformer and the Velvet Underground stuff like the back of my hand, but I'm only just now hearing Berlin. Like it so far.
Been relistening to Elder's "Reflections of a floating world" this week. What a fucking fine album.
I picked up Cayucas - Real Life a few weeks ago but forgot about it. The opening cut is too catchy for its own good.
I prefer their first two records, Bigfoot and Dancing at the Blue Lagoon. I would describe Cayucas as indie-vacation-pop... which will make sense after listening to the first two records.
Just gave Alive 2007 a re-listen--it had been a while--and OMG it might be one of the most creative and fun albums to come out during the mid-late 2000s. It's just impossibly immaculate for a live album. It is a timeless classic. I knew grade 7 me didn't have completely trash music tastes.