but I’m starting to appreciate The Body The Blood The Machine a lot more recently, as well. Now We Can See has some absolute stunners on it, like We Were Sick and When We Were Alive, and all in all it’s a bit easier to appreciate on first listen than The Body The Blood The Machine. TBTBTM is a grower, though, and to me they’re now sort of 1 and 1A.
"The Body, The Blood, The Machine" is the best by far.
And that’s saying something because I think More Parts Per Million and Fuckin A are both among the best 40 albums of the last decade.
As for favorite songs: “Pillar of Salt,” “Returning to the Fold,” “Here’s Your Future,” “Power Doesn’t Run On Nothing,” “Forward,” “How We Know,” “I Let It Go,” “No Culture Icons,” & “Break and Brace.”
Right now I love the raw intensity of Fuckin A, the don’t give a shit attitude that the whole record pulls off. Their melodicism hidden beneath the dirty distorted textures. That’s also why I love More Parts Per Million. That being said, TBTBTM is brilliant and their best in my opinion. The message and lyricism behind the album is as strong as any and the songs blow me away, the perfect balance of catchy, punked out pop music. Now We Can See is a damn fine album as well, and probably their most accessible with the most pop laden hooks.
Does anyone else remember the band "Lucky Me" with Jon Auer from The Posies?
I was listening to their 3 song EP or single “Unlimited Tokens” and the singer is great. The album liner says her name is Frenchie Full Moon Wilson. I can’t seem to find anything about her. Does anyone know what other groups she has been in?
Daryl had spent the 3 weeks prior in the hospital and it was only his second show back. He had to stop in the middle of the show and eat a peanut butter sandwich, which was pretty cool. Also appearing at that show were The Blood Brothers and American Nightmare. American Nightmare was pretty cool, especially since the lead singer was missing his right hand.
Are you a fan of Glassjaw? Because I always have a hard time finding people that have even heard of them, which greatly saddens me
I seem to recall Glassjaw being pretty big over here for a while
a couple of Kerrang! covers (before they started putting MCR, Green Day and Fall Out Boy on the cover every week) and I had a couple of friends who were fans but I pretty much stayed at ‘I like what Ive heard but I haven’t heard much’.
I can see your point, some of their stuff is better than the rest.
With that being said, I love the raw enthusiasm that the group puts out. It’s straight youthful exuberance and I think what the album does is capture the essence of being caught between childhood and adulthood. A lot of angst about leaving the teen years, it’s pretty chilling at times.
and I couldn’t say that I know him, just that the couple times I met him he seemed decent enough. The first time I met him, I was with a friend who was obsessed with him and insisted we wait for him after a show. I’m not an autograph person, nor do I really care to meet celebrities/singers/whatnot, but I figured why not.
So the whole time we’re in line to meet him, I was thinking “what the hell do I say to this guy?” and by the time I got to where he was standing, all I could think of to say was “You know, the first time I saw the Replacements, both you and I were so drunk we could barely stand up”. He looked at me and just busted out laughing, and said “Man, those were the days, huh?” and then we chatted a bit and I went on my way. Funny.
Sting’s solo output is as embarrassing to his Police background as Rod Stewart’s is to his Faces legacy.
Jeff Buckley
John Grant – The Czars
Sally Ellyson – Hem
Kasey Chambers
Rachel Stolte – Great Northern
Neko Case
Jim James – My Morning Jacket
Kurt Elling
Elton John
Joni Mitchell
Mark Lanegan – Screaming Trees
Peter Gabriel
Richard Buckner
Rosie Thomas
Sarah Siskind
Jónsi Birgisson – Sigur Rós
Been listening to the new Beach House? I really enjoy it, but I think it’s a departure from their earlier albums, it’s more of a pop sound and less of that haunting beauty sound they had.
The new Yeasayer album is also a good album! It’s like they listened to The Talking Heads a ton and decided they wanted to emulate that.
So I've been listening to "Down the River of Golden Dreams" quite a bit lately.
I’m glad I managed to rediscover Okkervil River, because there are some great songs on this album. I don’t know if I hold it up with their best, some of the songs are just not quite there, like “For The Enemy”, but “It Ends With a Fall”, “The Velocity of Saul at the Time of His Conversion”, and “Song About a Star” are all great. I really wish I could find a good youtube video of “The Velocity…” because that one knocked my socks off when I heard it again for the first time, so to speak.
Also, they’re the only band I’ve yet encountered that can do the whole overwrought emotional thing without it ringing falsely for me.
Which is bad in that the one song nearly ruins it for me. That song, of course, is NOT Westfall, which I think is pretty awesome.
I stumbled on it back in the days when Sheff was writing for audiogalaxy’s website and loved it, then forgot about it until Black Sheep Boy came out… then I was hooked again.
The Pharcyde and A Tribe Called Quest are great choices. very goof hip hop taste in this thread.
Gotta be listening to:
Eazy Riderz – Andre Nickatina
Low Down, Dirty – Eminem
Passing Me By – The Pharcyde
Buggin Out – Tribe Called Quest
Still Got Love – Blue Scholars
I like his Blue Scholars stuff better than what he’s done with RA Scion in Common Market, but the two of them represent the NW very well. Have you listened to the Oof! Ep yet?
The Oof! EP was auight, but it wasnt up the overall level of quality that is Bayani
Also, I used to love Common Market (Tobacco Road is one of my most essential albums), but then I saw him live at Sasquatch and…..wow, that was the weirdest, most peculiar live hip hop performance I have ever seen.
I felt the same about Oof! I was disappointed the second half of the album was just instrumental tracks of the first half.
Yeah I could see Common Market being a little different in terms of a live show. I don’t listen to them as much as Blue Scholars, but you’re right, Tobacco Road, the song and album, are staples for them.
Post videos of your most incredible live music experiences!
I was lucky enough to be at Glastonbury 2007 where I managed to catch The Chemical Brothers on The Other stage. It was out-of-this-world and crazy as hell, simply the best performance I have ever seen at Glastonbury in all my times there! The crowd was mental, the lasers and pyro was stunning and it was just one of the most intense musical experiences I have ever been a part of.
Some kind soul posted part of it, our of their more famous songs Hey Boy, Hey Girl with the epic Evil Clown intro. It’s of course not as great as actually being there, but this certainly brings back a lot of great memories for me!
Please share videos of great live performances that you have been a part of!
One that immediatley comes to mind as far as a singular moment was seeing The Used on Warped Tour 2003.
During their set their singer climbed to the top of the stage dived into the crowd from the top of the canopy and landed on me an a friend of mine. It might not sound that crazy but here’s a pic of the stage to illustrate how insane an idea that is. It’s probably a three-or-so story fall.
I’ve certainly seen a lot better sets, but that one sticks out as a moment.
206Takeover by DJ SWERVEWON that has some great hip-hop out of the area. Spaceman and Fresh Espresso are two that jump out but the whole thing (about a half hour worth of tunes) is killer.
At home I use Bose Companion 3 desktop speakers, Sennheiser HDR30 wireless surround sound headphones, or Tritton AX360 optical surround sound headphones.
On the road I use a set of Phillips noise canceling headphones.
If I’m at work, I have some very nice Sony earbuds that handle bass really well. If I’m at home, I don’t really listen to music, but if I do it’s through my PS3/TV.
So here's a question for those that remember when MTV showed such things
What’s your favorite music video? One of my all time faves is Bastards of Young, by the Replacements. It helps that it’s an awesome song, but there’s just not a bad frame in this video – it was a great reaction to the overwrought insanity that characterized most music videos of the time.
pdb - January 29, 2010
I Left My Wallet in El Segundo
By A Tribe Called Quest
Woodinville_12thMan - January 29, 2010 via mobile
Oh my god I love this video
Linky
pdb - January 29, 2010
Yeah, that's an awesome video.
abender20 - January 29, 2010
Microphone Fiend
Gritty, low-budget and just perfect for the song.
waldo rojas - January 29, 2010
Drop by The Pharcyde
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co3qMdkucM0
Nick S - January 29, 2010
I've brought this up to the same question before, but I can't think of anything I enjoy more than Sabotage.
Beastie Boys at their finest.
abender20 - January 29, 2010
There are a few Thermals fans on LL,
Which Thermals album and song are your favorites?
Woodinville_12thMan - January 29, 2010 via mobile
I love love love love Now We Can See
but I’m starting to appreciate The Body The Blood The Machine a lot more recently, as well. Now We Can See has some absolute stunners on it, like We Were Sick and When We Were Alive, and all in all it’s a bit easier to appreciate on first listen than The Body The Blood The Machine. TBTBTM is a grower, though, and to me they’re now sort of 1 and 1A.
pdb - January 29, 2010
Back from lunch and time to kill linky goodness!
From Now We Can See:
Now We Can See
We Were Sick
When We Were Alive oh my god this song just gets more awesome every time I listen to it
From TBTBTM:
Here’s Your Future
I Might Need You To Kill
Power Doesn’t Run On Nothing
pdb - January 29, 2010
"The Body, The Blood, The Machine" is the best by far.
And that’s saying something because I think More Parts Per Million and Fuckin A are both among the best 40 albums of the last decade.
As for favorite songs: “Pillar of Salt,” “Returning to the Fold,” “Here’s Your Future,” “Power Doesn’t Run On Nothing,” “Forward,” “How We Know,” “I Let It Go,” “No Culture Icons,” & “Break and Brace.”
SethGrandpa - January 29, 2010
My favorite seems to change all the time,
Right now I love the raw intensity of Fuckin A, the don’t give a shit attitude that the whole record pulls off. Their melodicism hidden beneath the dirty distorted textures. That’s also why I love More Parts Per Million. That being said, TBTBTM is brilliant and their best in my opinion. The message and lyricism behind the album is as strong as any and the songs blow me away, the perfect balance of catchy, punked out pop music. Now We Can See is a damn fine album as well, and probably their most accessible with the most pop laden hooks.
Woodinville_12thMan - January 29, 2010
My favorite songs are:
Born Dead
God and Country
A Stare Like Yours
Various from TBTBTM
We Were Sick
Woodinville_12thMan - January 29, 2010
First music video that comes to mind..
“O Valencia”- The Decemberists
CKel - January 29, 2010
Reply fail
CKel - January 29, 2010
Sigh's Scenes From Hell is an awesome followup to Hangman's Hymn
I’ve listened through it about three times and it’s great. Early contender for album of the year.
lailaihei - January 29, 2010
No metal fans on LL?
lailaihei - January 29, 2010
There are a few.
Robert - January 30, 2010
Now Playing: Roger Eno - Voices
Just the perfect album to end a miserable work week full of cold weather and inflamed sinuses.
ThomasG - January 29, 2010
As an alternate to the Hope For haiti Now link
you could just give $15 to the Red Cross and avoid having to own an album with Dave Matthews songs on it.
And in order to keep this music related, here’s a Redd Kross music video which is awesome.
pdb - January 29, 2010
If enough people donate does Dave Matthews go away forever?
hcoguy - January 29, 2010
No.
There will always be female college students and guys in VW Jettas.
ThomasG - January 29, 2010
hey now I drive my wife's Jetta all the time
and if I could I would drive my wife’s Jetta all over Dave Matthews’ head.
pdb - January 29, 2010
Will I get thrown off the bus if I admit I like Dave Matthews?
wazzu93 - January 29, 2010
People can like whoever they like
and even though I really don’t like DMB, it’s not my place to say that somebody should or shouldn’t like whatever bands they like.
pdb - January 29, 2010
Not only off, but under.
ToddK - January 29, 2010
I'm sure you like at least one band that some large community somewhere dislikes though
pdb - January 29, 2010
A*Teens!
Jeff Sullivan - January 29, 2010
I own a My Chemical Romance record and actually like it!
pdb - January 29, 2010
Me too!
Jeff Sullivan - January 29, 2010
I have a Frou Frou song in my itunes library
OlSalty - January 29, 2010
If it's from the Garden State soundtrack does it count?
Dewey N - January 29, 2010
Good point but I bought it individually so I think it should
OlSalty - January 29, 2010
Is that the group that does "C'est la vie"?
Dewey N - January 29, 2010
I just know them for their lively ABBA covers
Jeff Sullivan - January 29, 2010
And they are fabulous
Jeff Sullivan - January 29, 2010
I was thinking of B*Witched
How foolish of me
Dewey N - January 29, 2010
Lady Gaga!
Robert - January 30, 2010
Tons of LLers like Gaga
Aaron Campeau - January 30, 2010
Well that's a better fate than the rusty scissors pdb keeps handy for Morrissey and parents of children named Twitter.
wazzu93 - January 29, 2010
A guy's gotta have his standards
pdb - January 29, 2010
Will ESPN and ABC at least stop using him as Bumper Music for College Football games?
bluemax - January 29, 2010
So recently I've been listening to a lot of Japanese poppy hip-hop with a mix of male and female vocals...
Here are some of my favorites:
M-Flo loves BoA – The Love Bug
M-Flo – SOUND BOY THRILLER feeeeeeeeeeat. LISA
SEAMO – Hey Boy, Hey Girl feat. BoA
Heartsdales – CANDY POP feat SOUL’d OUT
lailaihei - January 29, 2010
It took me a while to come around on it
but I’ve come to enjoy The Handsome Furs’s album Face Control. Here’s a song from it that’s an excellent running/pump up song
Dewey N - January 29, 2010
Does anyone else remember the band "Lucky Me" with Jon Auer from The Posies?
I was listening to their 3 song EP or single “Unlimited Tokens” and the singer is great. The album liner says her name is Frenchie Full Moon Wilson. I can’t seem to find anything about her. Does anyone know what other groups she has been in?
Jed MC - January 29, 2010
I do remember this band but I know almost nothing about it
pdb - January 29, 2010
T-Shirt and 5 CDs for $30, and all proceeds go to Haiti relief.
Here
lailaihei - January 29, 2010
I have 3 of those 5 CDs
and they’re all great. That’s an awesome deal.
BoUW - January 29, 2010
Lady Gaga.
appleshampoo - January 29, 2010
The Geto Boys.
waldo rojas - January 29, 2010
Look at this image...look at it closely. Sorry about the size but you can't really see the amazingness without it.
BRKLN M'S - January 29, 2010
Yeah, they don't make purple denim suits like that anymore.
waldo rojas - January 29, 2010
Moreover that one of their members was shot in the eye and they used that as their album cover.
abender20 - January 30, 2010
I thought he shot himself in the eye
Got in a fight with his girlfriend and asked her to shoot him. She didn’t, so he did it instead. Never ask a woman to do a man’s job, I suppose
tootthekazoo - January 30, 2010
I would just like to thank the person who posted the Mono song in the other thread, I've become somewhat obsessed.
As for a song recommendation… The Patient by Tool frequently goes through spells of being my favourite song ever.
Eyeball Kid - January 29, 2010
No problem!
I like sharing Mono with people because they’re buried pretty far down the post-rock tree.
Phil Hatzenbuehler - February 2, 2010
That...came out wrong.
Phil Hatzenbuehler - February 2, 2010
I'd like to submit my own music video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWTQ53EsiR4 Birds by Girl Scout Promise
Rich Amaral - January 29, 2010
Make Yourself by Incubus is one of my favorite albums of all time.
Mariner John - January 29, 2010
Anybody use a song as a ringtone? If so, what do you use?
My main ringtone is the Get on my Horse song (video NSFW)
When my fiancee calls I use Beating Heart Baby by Head Automatica, off their album Decadence (which is a damn solid album)
I’m hoping to hear some good ones from everybody
tootthekazoo - January 29, 2010
Decadence is a great album
I’ve never got to see them (or Glassjaw) because his Crohn’s Disease has a tendency to cancel tour dates :(
My ringtone is E by Asian Kung Fu Generation.
Eyeball Kid - January 29, 2010
I saw Glassjaw back in 2002 at The Graceland
Daryl had spent the 3 weeks prior in the hospital and it was only his second show back. He had to stop in the middle of the show and eat a peanut butter sandwich, which was pretty cool. Also appearing at that show were The Blood Brothers and American Nightmare. American Nightmare was pretty cool, especially since the lead singer was missing his right hand.
Are you a fan of Glassjaw? Because I always have a hard time finding people that have even heard of them, which greatly saddens me
tootthekazoo - January 29, 2010
I seem to recall Glassjaw being pretty big over here for a while
a couple of Kerrang! covers (before they started putting MCR, Green Day and Fall Out Boy on the cover every week) and I had a couple of friends who were fans but I pretty much stayed at ‘I like what Ive heard but I haven’t heard much’.
Eyeball Kid - January 29, 2010
Yeah, I think they were much bigger in the UK and in the northeast over here, since that's where they started
At least Head Automatica has a decent following, which is keeping the lead singer employed
tootthekazoo - January 29, 2010
I LOVE AKFG
CKel - January 30, 2010
I didnt mean that to be so enthusiastic
I capitalized love to make a point and the I and AKFG were just grammatical necessities
CKel - January 30, 2010
Paraiso by the Soil and Pimp Sessions.
BrianL - January 29, 2010
Jesus. I just can't escape Get On My Horse.
I had it stuck in my head all day. And now it’s back!
Torrid - January 29, 2010
Ha!
tootthekazoo - January 29, 2010
Wet Hair
by Japandroids
Awesome awesome duo out of Vancouver, No Age but poppier.
Woodinville_12thMan - January 29, 2010
I really like that song, but the rest of their output is disappointing.
Like, I think that they can make great music (and Wet Hair is damn good), but they keep coming up short.
Given the amount of praise they got, not many others have this problem, so maybe I was just listening to it in the wrong mood.
marc w - January 29, 2010
I can see your point, some of their stuff is better than the rest.
With that being said, I love the raw enthusiasm that the group puts out. It’s straight youthful exuberance and I think what the album does is capture the essence of being caught between childhood and adulthood. A lot of angst about leaving the teen years, it’s pretty chilling at times.
Woodinville_12thMan - January 29, 2010
I bet they'd be awesome live.
And maybe I didn’t ‘get’ it as much because I don’t even remember leaving my teenage years anymore.
marc w - January 29, 2010
Yes, I really want to see them. Sound like a potentially classic live band.
And I do think they are a definite younger-generation band, but that’s not to say that they can’t be appreciated by more than just teens-20s.
Woodinville_12thMan - January 29, 2010
.
Regular ringtone (just the intro)
When my finacee calls it’s an A-Frames song but I can’t find a link.
Aaron Campeau - January 29, 2010
Who is your favorite vocalist?
Mine is probably Jonny Craig of Emarosa and ex-singer of Dance Gavin Dance. He has some damn good pipes and an amazing range.
Kirk - January 29, 2010
There are so many
In no particular order:
Billy Bragg
Joe Strummer
Craig Finn
Elvis Costello
Nick Cave
Neko Case
Rhett Miller
and that’s just the few I can think of off the top of my head.
pdb - January 29, 2010
Maynard James Keenan
Matt Bellamy
Mark Lanegan
Tom Waits
Eyeball Kid - January 29, 2010
I'll second Maynard
I’ll also add Daryl Palumbo, from the aforementioned HA/Glassjaw.
And since I grew up on country music, I have several favorites from that genre as well
tootthekazoo - January 29, 2010
Maynard
Chris Cornell
Layne Staley
Jeff Buckley
Mark Hollis
stupidquestions - January 29, 2010
I also like
Simon Neil from Biffy Clyro.
Eyeball Kid - January 29, 2010
I'll let others have Maynard so I can second Mark Lanegan.
marc w - January 29, 2010
Agreed on Tom Waits
+John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats
CKel - January 30, 2010
Diana Krall
This answer will likely differ greatly from the others in this subthread.
BrianL - January 29, 2010
She gets double points for being married to Elvis Costello.
wazzu93 - January 29, 2010
Otis Redding.
waldo rojas - January 29, 2010
I was going to use this as a prompt for next week's one.
Damn…
Beth Gibbons.
Then at some distance behind because she’s in another solar system….
Chan Marshall
Matt Berninger
Mark Sandman
Monique Ortiz (maybe)
Seu Jorge
and I’m also a fan of Tom Waits and Don van Vliet for their range, though they inspire mixed reactions from many.
Least favorite? Maybe Kim Gordon. Or maybe I just hate the lyrics for most of the songs I hear her singing.
JY - January 29, 2010
I am disappointed that no one seconded me on the Beth Gibbons.
JY - January 30, 2010
I'm a big fan of
Sting, Iggy Pop and Paul Westerberg.
ungoreatstefan - January 29, 2010
One of those things is not like the other
One of those things just isn’t the same
If you can tell me which thing is not like the other
Then we’ll finish our game
pdb - January 29, 2010
Well
I suppose Iggy Pop isn’t a douchebag like Sting and Paul Westerberg are.
ungoreatstefan - January 29, 2010
Nobody's a douchebag like Sting
and the two times I met Paul Westerberg he seemed like a perfectly fine fellow.
pdb - January 29, 2010
I've never met Paul
But I heard he was kind of a dick, but I’m happy to be corrected!
I do really love The Police, Sting solo stuff, not so much.
ungoreatstefan - January 29, 2010
He's got a reputation for being a bit prickly
and I couldn’t say that I know him, just that the couple times I met him he seemed decent enough. The first time I met him, I was with a friend who was obsessed with him and insisted we wait for him after a show. I’m not an autograph person, nor do I really care to meet celebrities/singers/whatnot, but I figured why not.
So the whole time we’re in line to meet him, I was thinking “what the hell do I say to this guy?” and by the time I got to where he was standing, all I could think of to say was “You know, the first time I saw the Replacements, both you and I were so drunk we could barely stand up”. He looked at me and just busted out laughing, and said “Man, those were the days, huh?” and then we chatted a bit and I went on my way. Funny.
Sting’s solo output is as embarrassing to his Police background as Rod Stewart’s is to his Faces legacy.
pdb - January 29, 2010
It's hard to pick one, but Ella Fitzgerald is probably my favorite.
Others in no other order:
Kurt Cobain
Bob Marley
Maynard
Patsy Cline
Peter Tosh
Chris Cornell
Jeremy Enigk
Jed MC - January 29, 2010
Peter Tosh is my favorite reggae artists
One of the most unheralded musicians ever to exist
CKel - January 30, 2010
Yep.
My dad’s a big reggae fan and always tells people to listen to Pete Tosh when they say how much they like Bob Marley.
Eyeball Kid - January 30, 2010
I'll probably forget a lot but
my absolute favourite is Marcy Mays from Scrawl and the Afghan Whigs song My Curse.
Others:
David Thomas
Richard Hell
Mia Zapata
Kaia Wilson
Matthew Good
PJ Harvey
Patti Smith
and people working together
Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein
John Doe & Exene Cervenka
Greg Dulli & Mark Lanegan
I’m not sure if Henry Rollins and Iggy Pop count as vocalists, but they’re good too.
Looking at other posts, Westerberg’s good, too. I love the way he sings Androgynous.
abelard - January 29, 2010
You should love Westerberg's "Androgynous", it's his song after all
I wasn’t sure whether I could list Sleater-Kinney as a vocalist but I like the way you listed Tucker and Brownstein so I’ll do the same.
pdb - January 29, 2010
Elliott Smith!
Kurt Cobain
Hutch Harris
Woodinville_12thMan - January 29, 2010
Seconded on Elliott.
When you listen to some of the Heatmiser stuff it’s almost impossible to believe it’s him.
stupidquestions - January 29, 2010
Oh for sure.
The man’s voice improved with age.
Woodinville_12thMan - January 29, 2010
Greg Sage
Aaron Campeau - January 29, 2010
Jenny Lewis - Rilo Kiley / solo
ConorGlassey - January 30, 2010
Excellent topic.
No particular order:
Jeff Buckley
John Grant – The Czars
Sally Ellyson – Hem
Kasey Chambers
Rachel Stolte – Great Northern
Neko Case
Jim James – My Morning Jacket
Kurt Elling
Elton John
Joni Mitchell
Mark Lanegan – Screaming Trees
Peter Gabriel
Richard Buckner
Rosie Thomas
Sarah Siskind
Jónsi Birgisson – Sigur Rós
Phil Hatzenbuehler - February 2, 2010
Has anybody
Been listening to the new Beach House? I really enjoy it, but I think it’s a departure from their earlier albums, it’s more of a pop sound and less of that haunting beauty sound they had.
The new Yeasayer album is also a good album! It’s like they listened to The Talking Heads a ton and decided they wanted to emulate that.
ungoreatstefan - January 29, 2010
norway!
this is my current favorite record
tacomamendo - January 29, 2010
Yeah, that song's pretty darn good. Haven't really delved into the whole album yet - just heard it once.
The new Yeasayer is pretty up and down to me, but I like the highs on it. Same as the last yeasayer record, I suppose.
marc w - January 29, 2010
I've been meaning to check it out, I heard it's great.
Woodinville_12thMan - January 29, 2010
So I've been listening to "Down the River of Golden Dreams" quite a bit lately.
I’m glad I managed to rediscover Okkervil River, because there are some great songs on this album. I don’t know if I hold it up with their best, some of the songs are just not quite there, like “For The Enemy”, but “It Ends With a Fall”, “The Velocity of Saul at the Time of His Conversion”, and “Song About a Star” are all great. I really wish I could find a good youtube video of “The Velocity…” because that one knocked my socks off when I heard it again for the first time, so to speak.
Also, they’re the only band I’ve yet encountered that can do the whole overwrought emotional thing without it ringing falsely for me.
JY - January 29, 2010
I came closer than you'd think to posting an Okkervil River YouTube up there instead
Jeff Sullivan - January 29, 2010
You've done two of these now and haven't put one up yet
your restraint is admirable. I like that song up there today, though.
pdb - January 29, 2010
Which one were you thinking of?
JY - January 29, 2010
Not sure but Lost Coastlines is one of my all-time favorites
Jeff Sullivan - January 29, 2010
How about Westfall?
Love that song, and now I’m reminded that I haven’t heard it in quite a while.
marc w - January 29, 2010
I like nearly all the songs off that album.
Which is bad in that the one song nearly ruins it for me. That song, of course, is NOT Westfall, which I think is pretty awesome.
I stumbled on it back in the days when Sheff was writing for audiogalaxy’s website and loved it, then forgot about it until Black Sheep Boy came out… then I was hooked again.
JY - January 30, 2010
Still Got Love
The Pharcyde and A Tribe Called Quest are great choices. very goof hip hop taste in this thread.
Gotta be listening to:
Eazy Riderz – Andre Nickatina
Low Down, Dirty – Eminem
Passing Me By – The Pharcyde
Buggin Out – Tribe Called Quest
Still Got Love – Blue Scholars
E2ESQUARE - January 29, 2010
Milton Bradley's walk up music
Insane in the Brain- Cypress Hill
tacomamendo - January 29, 2010
Any time someone mentions this song
I can only think of the London Symphony Orchestra arrangement from the episode of the Simpsons where Homer goes to Lollapalooza.
BrianL - January 29, 2010
So awesome
tootthekazoo - January 29, 2010
Ah here we go.
Linky
BrianL - January 29, 2010
I have the same thing with the Haiti song and the Sending Our Love Down the Well song.
I haven’t watched the Haiti video yet, but I’m fully expecting a Krusty-like performance from a mediocre artist.
Jed MC - January 29, 2010
wow, but atleast thats a good choice of song
E2ESQUARE - January 29, 2010
All you Seattle people should be listening to this
Still Got Love
Seattle hip hop at its finest
E2ESQUARE - January 29, 2010
Can Portland people listen too?
pdb - January 29, 2010
absolutely not
E2ESQUARE - January 29, 2010
I'll just go back to listening to my Quarterflash records then
pdb - January 29, 2010
seriously though you should listen, its a classic
E2ESQUARE - January 29, 2010
Already did, it's good stuff
pdb - January 29, 2010
Gonna harden your heart?
BrianL - January 29, 2010
Gonna swallow my tears!
pdb - January 29, 2010
Bayani is a great album.
Fire for the People and Opening Salvo are probably my favorite from it.
ZW21 - January 29, 2010
Its true, Bayani is a great album
There hasnt been any good new hip hop like that in a while, hopefully the new Blue Scholars EP will be fresh. Gotta love those UW beats
E2ESQUARE - January 29, 2010
The beats Sabzi comes up with are awesome.
I like his Blue Scholars stuff better than what he’s done with RA Scion in Common Market, but the two of them represent the NW very well. Have you listened to the Oof! Ep yet?
ZW21 - January 29, 2010
The Oof! EP was auight, but it wasnt up the overall level of quality that is Bayani
Also, I used to love Common Market (Tobacco Road is one of my most essential albums), but then I saw him live at Sasquatch and…..wow, that was the weirdest, most peculiar live hip hop performance I have ever seen.
E2ESQUARE - January 29, 2010
I felt the same about Oof! I was disappointed the second half of the album was just instrumental tracks of the first half.
Yeah I could see Common Market being a little different in terms of a live show. I don’t listen to them as much as Blue Scholars, but you’re right, Tobacco Road, the song and album, are staples for them.
ZW21 - January 29, 2010
I think OOF! might be the best thing they've ever made.
That said, Bayani’s right up there.
Teej - January 29, 2010
Jim Croce
one less set of footsteps
tacomamendo - January 29, 2010
Post videos of your most incredible live music experiences!
I was lucky enough to be at Glastonbury 2007 where I managed to catch The Chemical Brothers on The Other stage. It was out-of-this-world and crazy as hell, simply the best performance I have ever seen at Glastonbury in all my times there! The crowd was mental, the lasers and pyro was stunning and it was just one of the most intense musical experiences I have ever been a part of.
Some kind soul posted part of it, our of their more famous songs Hey Boy, Hey Girl with the epic Evil Clown intro. It’s of course not as great as actually being there, but this certainly brings back a lot of great memories for me!
Please share videos of great live performances that you have been a part of!
EnglishMariner - January 29, 2010
I was initially really impressed that you had been to Glastonbury.
Then I realized who was posting. Still, that sounds awesome..
Torrid - January 29, 2010
I go every year, in 2008 I dressed up as a woman there.
EnglishMariner - January 29, 2010
One that immediatley comes to mind as far as a singular moment was seeing The Used on Warped Tour 2003.
During their set their singer climbed to the top of the stage dived into the crowd from the top of the canopy and landed on me an a friend of mine. It might not sound that crazy but here’s a pic of the stage to illustrate how insane an idea that is. It’s probably a three-or-so story fall.
I’ve certainly seen a lot better sets, but that one sticks out as a moment.
SethGrandpa - January 29, 2010
So there's a mixtape out now for free somewhere,
206Takeover by DJ SWERVEWON that has some great hip-hop out of the area. Spaceman and Fresh Espresso are two that jump out but the whole thing (about a half hour worth of tunes) is killer.
Woodinville_12thMan - January 29, 2010
I actually got that for free somewhere but I can't remember where.
Kirk - January 29, 2010
Yeah, same.
Might have been from Out for Stardom’s page…
Woodinville_12thMan - January 29, 2010
People on the West Coast should be helping more than others.
I have two words: Subduction Zone
Four More: San Juan De Fuca
InSpokane - January 29, 2010
So what do you guys listen to your music on?
Home:
Out and about:
lailaihei - January 29, 2010
Hm
At home I use Bose Companion 3 desktop speakers, Sennheiser HDR30 wireless surround sound headphones, or Tritton AX360 optical surround sound headphones.
On the road I use a set of Phillips noise canceling headphones.
BrianL - January 29, 2010
Meh?
I have no soundsystem so to speak. If I’m on my laptop at home and being somewhat lazy, it’s the Logitech Headset I bought a few months ago.
If I’m being serious about it, and I usually am, it’s the Zune Premium Headphones v2. They have a few flaws, but I enjoy them.
JY - January 30, 2010
If I'm in my car, I listen to my car speakers.
If I’m at work, I have some very nice Sony earbuds that handle bass really well. If I’m at home, I don’t really listen to music, but if I do it’s through my PS3/TV.
Teej - January 30, 2010
I just use my laptop's speakers at home
and on the go
Eyeball Kid - January 30, 2010
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