What you been listening to this week? (5 Viewers)

[Lili Marlene]

Listening to the Danzig Sings Elvis album. Assuming he going for Elvis in 1977 it's a very accurate tribute!

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Chain Of Strength- what holds us apart 7"
Chain Of Strength-what holds us apart 7"
Drunk Injuns-from where the sun now stands lp
Infa Riot- still out of order lp
Bernie Marsden-and about time too lp
Robin George-dangerous music lp
DOA-hardcore 81 lp

 

[Jerry Twig]

Also Reckoning by REM. Their best album.

Can’t be having that. It’s probably number four of the first four LPs. Still great mind you.

I just listened to Fables and Murmur a few days back.

 

[Anthony]

Listened to Black Pumas album on a proper stereo and loud... suddenly it had the bang of Hozier and Adelle about it. It's still decent enough but not in the same way I felt about it on computer speakers at low volume in work.

 

[Unknown Convict]

This clicked with me this morning. On repeat.

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[Scientician 0.8]

This song popped into my head and I've been listening to it on repeat.

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[Kermit McDermott]

Some of the podcasts on the

Ace Records

site.

David Holmes
Bob Stanley
Bob Stanley & Tim Burgess

 

[Anthony]

My son turned me on to Kero Kero Bonito. I'm starting with their early music today. It's fun stuff, like k-pop mixed with video game music. Like Ween if they were in their 20s now.

 

[hermie]

Can’t be having that. It’s probably number four of the first four LPs. Still great mind you.

I just listened to Fables and Murmur a few days back.

Murmur probably has more memorable tunes but I keep going back to Reckoning more often. I love Life's Rich Pageant but it's a little uneven and already moving a little bit towards more a stadium rock kind of band that they would become. Which is grand but just not as good an iteration of the band as the magical first couple of years. I actually don't have Fables, must pick it up.

 

[hugh]

Murmur probably has more memorable tunes but I keep going back to Reckoning more often. I love Life's Rich Pageant but it's a little uneven and already moving a little bit towards more a stadium rock kind of band that they would become. Which is grand but just not as good an iteration of the band as the magical first couple of years. I actually don't have Fables, must pick it up.

I hate condemning a band to the dreaded "you've never done anything as good as your debut" syndrome but there really is something unique and special about Murmur for me. All the others of the first four records have amazing moments and amazing songs but are all a little bit patchy in parts whereas Murmur is pretty much perfection from start to finish. I do love Reckoning also.

 

[Anthony]

it's so quiet here that I'm playing 100 Gecs.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Stop trying to make 100 gecs happen

 

[Jerry Twig]

Murmur probably has more memorable tunes but I keep going back to Reckoning more often. I love Life's Rich Pageant but it's a little uneven and already moving a little bit towards more a stadium rock kind of band that they would become. Which is grand but just not as good an iteration of the band as the magical first couple of years. I actually don't have Fables, must pick it up.

Oh you have to get Fables. It’s the most unique of the first four albums, much murkier. It’s great in its own way. It also has one of their absolute best songs IMO in Maps and Legends. There was a lot of misreporting that the band hated it, but apparently not, and I think that fed in to it being overlooked subsequently.

I don’t agree that Life’s Rich Pageant is uneven - I actually think both LRP and Murmur are more consistent than Reckoning, which has the most throwaway songs. Sure there you go.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

I hate condemning a band to the dreaded "you've never done anything as good as your debut" syndrome but there really is something unique and special about Murmur for me. All the others of the first four records have amazing moments and amazing songs but are all a little bit patchy in parts whereas Murmur is pretty much perfection from start to finish. I do love Reckoning also.

Murmur is incredible. Probably overall my favourite album.

 

[Cormcolash]

stop trying to make 100 gecs happen

No way, I want them to go on tour and play The Academy so that I can get paid to laugh my bollocks off for a whole day

 

[ann post]

Murmur is incredible. Probably overall my favourite album.

I never conciously listened to it before. Stuck it on yesterday out of curiousity and 'side 2' this morning. first two songs no clickly, by about the 5th song I'd gotten into the vibe and was really enjoying it, even though it sounds like all my college rock nightmares rolled into one.

 

[Anthony]

No way, I want them to go on tour and play The Academy so that I can get paid to laugh my bollocks off for a whole day

Their European tour was fucked up because of the virus. Also they're due to play the picnic ;-(

 

[hermie]

Oh you have to get Fables. It’s the most unique of the first four albums, much murkier. It’s great in its own way. It also has one of their absolute best songs IMO in Maps and Legends. There was a lot of misreporting that the band hated it, but apparently not, and I think that fed in to it being overlooked subsequently.

I don’t agree that Life’s Rich Pageant is uneven - I actually think both LRP and Murmur are more consistent than Reckoning, which has the most throwaway songs. Sure there you go.

I have a love/hate relationship with 'Rockville' but other than that no throwaways for me. I'll get on Fables and get back to you!

 

[rettucs]

woke at 5am this morning with no chance of getting back to sleep. Listened to

- midlake - Van Occupanther
- Elliott Smith - figure 8

before getting up

 

[Jill Hives]

This is on a constant loop in my head. I can't stop it.

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