Quote from: TheBig3 on Oct 02, 2024, 04:40 AMA person I know just posted this and wrote "My new favorite" and I like her taste (usually) so I listened and...can someone tell me if I'm just an out-of-touch, grumpy old man?


The vocals remind me of Bon Iver. I thought I liked it in the beginning but meh it doesn't go anywhere.

I was this cool the whole time.

Quote from: DJChameleon on Oct 07, 2024, 05:54 AMThe vocals remind me of Bon Iver. I thought I liked it in the beginning but meh it doesn't go anywhere.

Right? I think he wants to be a "For Emma" era Bon Iver, but it sucks. Thanks for replying. I was wondering if I was out of touch.


Soul Coughing has reunited for the first time in 25 years and just played Brooklyn. There was a paid live stream and someone uploaded the entire set to YouTube. I ripped it before it gets taken down.

Dig it!



(I'm like this all the time.)

Quote from: Lisnaholic on Aug 20, 2024, 01:28 AMYes, I've listened to some Canterbury Scene artists.  With the exception of liking Soft Machine very much,  my enthusiasm for Canterbury artists falls way short of Guybrush's but I might dip into some more albums again. Perhaps you have a particular recommendation, Saulaac ?

I'm late to this, but I'd say the quintessential Canterbury album is Hatfield and the North 🙂

It's not particularly easy, but it's well worth anyone's time as it is absolutely marvelous. It's the kind of album where I know people won't immediately fall for it, but it is one of my favorite things in the whole world. It has moments of astonishing beauty and a sound that is so original, accomplished and inventive. It takes a few listens before it starts to stick, but rarely is such effort ever so worth it, I think.

Happiness is a warm manatee


Found this dude through IG ads

I was this cool the whole time.

I'd just like to add some smoozy library jazz, as I'm currently trying to transcribe the bass part on Soundslice but it's taking me fooking ages. More funky than I thought.




#636 Oct 13, 2024, 03:12 PM Last Edit: Oct 13, 2024, 03:18 PM by Lisnaholic
Quote from: Guybrush on Oct 11, 2024, 04:15 PMI'm late to this, but I'd say the quintessential Canterbury album is Hatfield and the North 🙂

It's not particularly easy, but it's well worth anyone's time as it is absolutely marvelous. It's the kind of album where I know people won't immediately fall for it, but it is one of my favorite things in the whole world. It has moments of astonishing beauty and a sound that is so original, accomplished and inventive. It takes a few listens before it starts to stick, but rarely is such effort ever so worth it, I think.

Wow ! Thanks, Guybrush. That is certainly high praise for an album that I recall only vaguely: in fact I remember the beautiful album cover, more than the music, so it's clearly time I listened to it properly. I used to hear Hatfield and the North at a friend's house where various cool people used to hang out, so the music was often like a background to the chat. Also on rotation, (same place, same guys) was this album of light jazz by the Chico Hamilton Quintet:-


 

What you desire is of lesser value than what you have found.

The Blackeyed Susans - Enemy Mine





Yesterday, I was reminded of Bad Manners' debut album. That's kind of a fun album.



Wow.. talk about obvious miming to a playback 😄

Happiness is a warm manatee


new bastille album is great.


i forget we aren't MB anymore though  :-[


Santana - Caravanserai (Full Album) 1972
First time I've listened to Santana in any detail. Fusiony album which starts relatively slow and builds up to a good rock sound. Awesome.




#643 Oct 29, 2024, 10:31 PM Last Edit: Oct 29, 2024, 10:36 PM by Saulaac
This is a great album. Necromandus appeared out of nowhere in my YT suggestions. I thought yes man let's give them a whirl.
Turns out they were a group from the Lake District area, and I immediately thought of Lisna. I seem to remember he lived in the Cumberland area, or at least spent some time up in the North West.

There's some good jazz rock fusion on there.




#644 Oct 31, 2024, 03:16 PM Last Edit: Oct 31, 2024, 03:20 PM by Lisnaholic
Quote from: Saulaac on Oct 29, 2024, 10:31 PMThis is a great album. Necromandus appeared out of nowhere in my YT suggestions. I thought yes man let's give them a whirl.
Turns out they were a group from the Lake District area, and I immediately thought of Lisna. I seem to remember he lived in the Cumberland area, or at least spent some time up in the North West.

There's some good jazz rock fusion on there.



Thanks for the rec, Saulaac ! I don't think there are many big name artists from the Lake District, though writers Beatrix Potter and William Wordsworth both lived there. I didn't live there myself, but at one time I used to go there two or three times a year for hiking holidays. It's exactly the kind of place you dream of when you are stuck for months in a London office, so the lyrics of A Black Solitude immediately rang true :-

My heart beats for you Lake Windermere, on this murky city morning
I long to see the wispy clouds kiss your surrounding mountain tops
It would be nice to see Wasdale...


TBH, the words don't strike me as that good, however worthy and earnest they may be. I think Necromandus do better with their music, which I enjoyed.
If anyone is curious, Lake Windermere is a tourist-friendly place, with small boats zipping* between various ferry points. Wasdale, on the other hand, is a lot more isolated and ominous-looking:-
 

* actually, zipping in slow motion, because there are strict limits about the size and speed of boats
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I'm listening to this lesser-known gem from Canned Heat, which has some great guitar playing, and, coincidently, also has worthy and earnest lyrics on the topic of the environment:



What you desire is of lesser value than what you have found.