OT: what are you listening to these days

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:33 am

A Bigger Bang, by the legends RS....

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:49 am

Fear Factory - Transgression

Waddupcouzin · Post by **Waddupcouzin** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 2:30 am

dbdynsty25 wrote:
Waddupcouzin wrote:KanYe West-Late Registration
Sean Price-Monkey Barz
O.C-StarChild (Japanese Import)
Bumpy Knuckles(Freddie Foxxx)-Konexion
MF Doom and Dangermouse-DangerDoom
Check out Guru - Street Scriptures...it's a pretty sweet sounding album.

Will do, I'll pick it up tomorrow. Lookin' forward to picking up that Lil Brother too.

James_E · Post by **James_E** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 8:58 am

Waddupcouzin wrote:
Will do, I'll pick it up tomorrow. Lookin' forward to picking up that Lil Brother too.

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That sounds like you will actually *GASP* "purchase" the album and not just "acquire" it. Is that the case? If so, nice to hear that around these parts.

Leebo33 · Post by **Leebo33** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:26 am

I purchase 1 or 2 a month on average. Many of those I would not have purchased if I didn't get to hear them first. There are really no good radio stations around here. A good example is the Son Volt CD I bought a few weeks ago. I never would have even heard of them if I wouldn't have downloaded a Wilco CD a couple years ago. Since that download, I've purchased the entire Wilco catalog, Son Volt "Trace", and an Uncle Tupelo album. Interpol, Bloc Party, Dream Theatre, etc. are other examples of music I first tried and then bought.

Get rid of "acquiring" either through the Internet or the library and I probably buy 1 or 2 a year. In fact, I was probably down to 3-5 purchases a year before my first album download ever and now I buy about 20 a year.

Badger_Fan · Post by **Badger_Fan** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:26 am

A buddy recommended that I check out a band called The Hold Steady. Some guys who used to be in Lifter Puller. Their newest, "Separation Sunday" is incredible. Great, tight, rock music with very good lyrics. If you can get past the fact that the vocalist doesn't really sing as much as just speak or shout you should really like it.

Also waiting impatiently for the first official live release from my favorite band, The Old 97's, due on 9/20. A double-disc set that will be incredible. If you've ever seen them live you know why I'm so excited.

Jayhawker · Post by **Jayhawker** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:07 am

Leebo33 wrote:
Get rid of "acquiring" either through the Internet or the library and I probably buy 1 or 2 a year. In fact, I was probably down to 3-5 purchases a year before my first album download ever and now I buy about 20 a year.

First, I don't think there is anything wrong with downloading stuff to listen to, per se. If you are not keeping it on your hard drive and burning CD's of it, it is really no harm, no foul. That doesn't mean the copywrite owners need to allow it, though.

The fact is, there are many, many people that do actually "acquire" all of their music this way. For the most part, that's who has been getting sued.

My protected AAC, which represrent the music I have bought from iTunes so far, files have increased to 1933 soungs. It's rather offensive to me to think that I have spent that much money on music (which doesn't count the CD's I have bought from brick and mortar, such as the three I got yesterday), while some feel free to download away.

I was buying almost exclusively indie alternative records long before mp3's ever existed. There were plenty of ways I found new music without file sharing. Claiming that it is needed today is just laziness. You don't have some sort of "right" to sample new music.

"Of course that's just my opinion, I could be wrong." - Dennis Miller

davet010 · Post by **davet010** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:09 am

I got hold of a copy of the Guided by Voices collection "Human Amusements at Hourly Rates".

I've listened to it about 5 times, and I still don't understand what he's on about..it's like a stream of consciousness.

Reminds me a bit of The Fall without ME Smith's Mancunian drawl and paranoia.

Quite good though.

Leebo33 · Post by **Leebo33** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:26 am

Jayhawker wrote:My protected AAC, which represrent the music I have bought from iTunes so far, files have increased to 1933 soungs. It's rather offensive to me to think that I have spent that much money on music (which doesn't count the CD's I have bought from brick and mortar, such as the three I got yesterday), while some feel free to download away.

It doesn't bother me one bit. If I spent a second being offended over every item I pay for that others get for free, I'd never get anything done or be an emotional wreck. I'm not saying it's right or anyone has the "right" to download anything, but I will say that I do not believe for one second that sales of music would increase materially if all illegal sharing stopped.

injunwal · Post by **injunwal** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:31 am

ScoopBrady wrote:Fear Factory - Transgression

what do you think of Transgression? I picked it up the first day and have been very dissapointed. The production is so sub-par for a FF cd. Then on top the that the new direction of the band has really turned me off. Its too bad because they use to be one of my favorite bands but it seems like since shooting their wad with Demanufacture they have progressively gotten worse.

Currently listening to

Opeth - Ghost Reveries (album of the year)
Between the Buried and Me - Alaska
Nevermore - Dead Heart in a Dead World

Jayhawker · Post by **Jayhawker** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 11:05 am

Leebo33 wrote:
Jayhawker wrote:My protected AAC, which represrent the music I have bought from iTunes so far, files have increased to 1933 soungs. It's rather offensive to me to think that I have spent that much money on music (which doesn't count the CD's I have bought from brick and mortar, such as the three I got yesterday), while some feel free to download away.
It doesn't bother me one bit. If I spent a second being offended over every item I pay for that others get for free, I'd never get anything done or be an emotional wreck.

I guess I am fortunate that I can still be offended by something without becoming an emotional wreck. Heck, I still think PK is a cool dude, even though we have a pretty serious difference of opinion when it comes to file sharing.

You wouldn't just be saying that to in order to hide your ad hominem attack, would you?

Spooky · Post by **Spooky** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 11:16 am

Clutch, CAN, The New Pornographers, The Ghost, and Don Cabellero. (to name a few)

Leebo33 · Post by **Leebo33** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 11:26 am

Jayhawker wrote:I guess I am fortunate that I can still be offended by something without becoming an emotional wreck. Heck, I still think PK is a cool dude, even though we have a pretty serious difference of opinion when it comes to file sharing.

You wouldn't just be saying that to in order to hide your ad hominem attack, would you?

I have no reason to attack you even though you have "offended" me in the past

edit: I am particularly offended by that Carrot Top pic

Waddupcouzin · Post by **Waddupcouzin** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 11:27 am

James_E wrote:
Waddupcouzin wrote:
Will do, I'll pick it up tomorrow. Lookin' forward to picking up that Lil Brother too.

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That sounds like you will actually *GASP* "purchase" the album and not just "acquire" it. Is that the case? If so, nice to hear that around these parts.

Yeah, I'll be at Best Buy today picking up before mentioned Cd's.

Jayhawker · Post by **Jayhawker** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 2:46 pm

Leebo33 wrote:
Jayhawker wrote:I guess I am fortunate that I can still be offended by something without becoming an emotional wreck. Heck, I still think PK is a cool dude, even though we have a pretty serious difference of opinion when it comes to file sharing.

You wouldn't just be saying that to in order to hide your ad hominem attack, would you?
I have no reason to attack you even though you have "offended" me in the past

edit: I am particularly offended by that Carrot Top pic

Take that!

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 8:14 pm

Guys enough of that guy....Really!

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 10:34 am

Badger_Fan wrote:A buddy recommended that I check out a band called The Hold Steady. Some guys who used to be in Lifter Puller. Their newest, "Separation Sunday" is incredible. Great, tight, rock music with very good lyrics. If you can get past the fact that the vocalist doesn't really sing as much as just speak or shout you should really like it.

That's a great album. The vocals can be a dealbreaker for some, but the music is really energetic. They give off this Springsteen/Cheap Trick vibe that I really like.

My wife got me a couple Uncle Tupelo CDs I didn't have before, the best of disc and and the March 1992 album. They were so ahead of their time.

As for music purchases, my habits mirror Leebo's. I probably buy one or two dozen CDs a year, which I think is fairly modest. While I love the portability of MP3s, I still like having the actual CD. I have always thought music purchases provide the best value compared to other forms of entertainment.

I do swap tunes with friends, but have gotten out of any file sharing.

matthewk · Post by **matthewk** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 11:49 am

I am really behind on new stuff. The last disc I got was Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor (Which kicks major amounts of a$$, BTW).

I can tell I am getting old, because most of the bands discussed in this thread I have never heard of. Then again, if it's rap, hippity-hop or pop I don't want to know

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 11:56 am

injunwal wrote:
ScoopBrady wrote:Fear Factory - Transgression
what do you think of Transgression? I picked it up the first day and have been very dissapointed. The production is so sub-par for a FF cd. Then on top the that the new direction of the band has really turned me off. Its too bad because they use to be one of my favorite bands but it seems like since shooting their wad with Demanufacture they have progressively gotten worse.

Well, it definitely isn't the best Fear Factory album ever but it's not all bad. I got the Best Buy exclusive one with the extra track "Empire".

I love the songs "540,000 Degrees Fahrenheit" and "Empire".
I really like the songs "Transgression" "Spinal Compression"
"Contagion" "Empty Vision" and "Moment of Impact"
I like their cover of "Millenium" by Killing Joke.
Their cover of "I Will Follow" by U2 is ok, a bit weird for them though.
"Echo My Scream" "Supernova" and "New Promise" don't do much for me.

So I guess I like 8 of the 12 songs, think 1 is decent, and don't care much for 3 of the 12.

I'm just glad that Fear Factory got back together after breaking up.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 7:06 pm

matthewk wrote:I am really behind on new stuff. The last disc I got was Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor (Which kicks major amounts of a$$, BTW).

I can tell I am getting old, because most of the bands discussed in this thread I have never heard of. Then again, if it's rap, hippity-hop or pop I don't want to know

Being old. And I was afraid that I was the only one....

Badger_Fan · Post by **Badger_Fan** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:25 am

Brando70 wrote:
Badger_Fan wrote:A buddy recommended that I check out a band called The Hold Steady. Some guys who used to be in Lifter Puller. Their newest, "Separation Sunday" is incredible. Great, tight, rock music with very good lyrics. If you can get past the fact that the vocalist doesn't really sing as much as just speak or shout you should really like it.
That's a great album. The vocals can be a dealbreaker for some, but the music is really energetic. They give off this Springsteen/Cheap Trick vibe that I really like.

My wife got me a couple Uncle Tupelo CDs I didn't have before, the best of disc and and the March 1992 album. They were so ahead of their time.

As for music purchases, my habits mirror Leebo's. I probably buy one or two dozen CDs a year, which I think is fairly modest. While I love the portability of MP3s, I still like having the actual CD. I have always thought music purchases provide the best value compared to other forms of entertainment.

I do swap tunes with friends, but have gotten out of any file sharing.

I never bought the UT best of because I had the four discs they had released. Is there anything new on there worth checking out? By the way, who would have bet at the time of the UT breakup that Tweedy, not Farrar, would be the breakout star with his new band. Wilco blows me away every time I listen and the Son Volt/Farrar solo stuff is just blah.

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:23 pm

Badger_Fan wrote: I never bought the UT best of because I had the four discs they had released. Is there anything new on there worth checking out? By the way, who would have bet at the time of the UT breakup that Tweedy, not Farrar, would be the breakout star with his new band. Wilco blows me away every time I listen and the Son Volt/Farrar solo stuff is just blah.

There are seven non-album tracks: 3 originals (including the awesome "I Got Drunk"), 1 acoustic version of "Watch Me Fall", 1 live version of "We've Been Had," and a couple covers. So it's not a complete recycling, but may not be worth full price. Since it was a gift I was happy.

I think "Trace" is as good as any of the Wilco albums, but the rest of Farrar's stuff is just okay.

Badger_Fan · Post by **Badger_Fan** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:55 pm

Brando70 wrote:
Badger_Fan wrote: I never bought the UT best of because I had the four discs they had released. Is there anything new on there worth checking out? By the way, who would have bet at the time of the UT breakup that Tweedy, not Farrar, would be the breakout star with his new band. Wilco blows me away every time I listen and the Son Volt/Farrar solo stuff is just blah.
There are seven non-album tracks: 3 originals (including the awesome "I Got Drunk"), 1 acoustic version of "Watch Me Fall", 1 live version of "We've Been Had," and a couple covers. So it's not a complete recycling, but may not be worth full price. Since it was a gift I was happy.

I think "Trace" is as good as any of the Wilco albums, but the rest of Farrar's stuff is just okay.

Outside of "A.M", the Son Volt stuff is definitely more derivative of the classic UT sound, but I really appreciate the continuous evolution of the Wilco sound. They have become so much more than an "alt-country" band that I think they have transcended whatever that genre was supposed to be in the first place.

Sounds like I might need to head to iTunes tonight and download a few tracks of the best-ot UT disc.

Airdog · Post by **Airdog** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 2:02 pm

Death from Above 1979: "Romance Bloody Romance"
It's a remix album, but only has remixes of the tracks Little Girl, Black History Month, Romantic Rights, Blood On Our Hands, and Sexy Results. They also do a cover of Le Peste's Better off Dead, and an original new song You're Lovely (But you've got problems).

MSTRKRFT, Dahlback, Girl On Girl (feat. Finaly Fantasy (who's a violinist who often plays with Arcade Fire)), Sammy Danger, Josh Homme (from Queens of the Stone Age), Marczech Makuziak, Alan Braxe & Fred Falke, Erol Alkan, and Justice all do remixes.

Most of the remixes seem to be pretty "house"-y so if you like DFA and you like electronic music odds are that you'll like this album a lot. I've been enjoying it so far.

And if you haven't acquired it yet, make sure you give DFA's You Are A Woman, I Am A Machine (their proper LP) a good listen.

Feist - "Let It Die"
I bought this album awhile back and haven't been listening to it too much until recently. Very laid back, bluesy, Norah Jones-ish sound to it. Nice. She's also a labelmate to BSS on Arts & Crafts.

Broken Social Scene - "Broken Social Scene"
Very good album, especially for fans of "You Forgot It In People." Emily Haynes (of Metric) makes a couple of nice appearances on the album (it would be nice if her own band's new LP Live It Out was half as good as her turns on BSS' albums).

Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll
I "acquired" this one on a whim. It's a funny album (the lyrics are actually funny) but the instruments are quite well done and the vocalist has a unique style. It's tough to explain: http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-review ... roll.shtml does it better.

Ryan Adams - Jacksonville City Nights
Already been discussed. His next LP, titled 29, is due for release on December 20th.

Air - Talkie Walkie
For some reason have been into this one lately.
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Post by **ScoopBrady** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 2:28 pm

Exodus - Shovel Headed Kill Machine

Who knew this band would remain so good without Steve Souza singing?

Sevendust - Next

Ex Snot guitarist joins the fold and Lajon and the boys sound as good as ever.

the Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium

Saw them open for System of a Down last month. They seemed out of place opening for SOAD
but I could tell I should check them out. They're the type of band you have to be in the mood
for but they are outstanding.

the Mars Volta - Frances the Mute

This is their sophomore, and most recent, effort. Absolutely fabulous album.
Toke up, turn on the lava lamp and turn the rest of the lights off,
put on the headphones and enjoy.