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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.
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Listening to some old country music. Connie Smith,, Dolly Parton, and et all Once a day,, Nobody but a fool will love you, Coat of many colors
I have been really into RetroWave lately. Xennon, Power Glove, The Midnight, Straplocked, Gunship etc.
Last.fm chart
I've finally taken the time to seriously listen to some Aphex Twin and it's growing on me a lot (I know I'm like two decades late to the party). I'd be interested in any recommendations people may have for artists that hit this same itch; I've especially enjoyed the earlier releases. Most of the artists I've seen compared to Aphex Twin tend to push too far into ambient soundscapes for my taste. There's something unique about the mixing, melodies, and sounds he uses that really captures my interest despite my usually being put off by ambient music. I think I'm really drawn to "industrial" sounds. I love when the groove of a track sounds like the pumping of a massive mechanical machine/factory like in Nine Inch Nail's "Reptile".
Aphex Twin music is quite idiosyncratic, which is one of the reason why he's so highly regarded I think. But personally in the more ambient side of things I like Fennesz, Autechre's Oversteps or Visible Cloaks.
I also recommend the Analord serie by Aphex Twin, I think it's my favorite from him. Probably takes a few years to digest though :D
Brian Eno (Here Come the Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy)
Yosi Horikawa (Vapors, Spaces)
Delicate Steve (Wondervisions)
I just listened to Ayreon's newest album Transitus, and I'm realizing his style may not match what I want to listen to typically (my brother loves his music, though). It's a good album if you like musical-style heavy metal rock opera, though. I haven't listened to everything he's ever done, but I felt like he leaned too much on his musical character this time around, to the point it sounded like a fusion of his last two albums (which I'll admit, I've only listened to part-way through each, but plan to fix).
I'm listening to IDLES's Ultra Mono, and can't say more than it's solid work from them, and if you like anything they've ever done, you'll like it.
I discovered that Amaranthe have released a new album Manifest which I greatly enjoyed. I also listened to the new album by Saltatio Mortis Für immer frei which was alright