What is spinning?

[Swish]

A couple new ones I've kept cued up lately -
the new Low 'Invisible Way' is just gorgeous. Nicely produced and recorded I think by Jeff Tweedy at his studio in Chicago. My wife heard this right away in a way I haven't..."is this some weird new Wilco album?". It's not that transparent to me, but his sound definitely seeps through. The sound is lush and rich though. Plus Mimi sings, finally, a majority of the songs and the band just sound excellent throughout.
Jim James - 'Regions of Light and Sound of God' I'm not a big My Morning Jacket fan (he's the lead singer/writer) but this is a nice one. Extremely John Lennon-heavy in sound/vibe/vocalization but that's not a bad thing I guess. Sort of reminds me of the feel that some Traffic albums have - of another era, groovy, soulful in a white-boy way but still not contrived...The clincher for me is an excellent use of keyboard-sound that borrows from a more laid-back Mike Ratledge (Soft Machine). The production and mastering on the vinyl is also really nice - Chris Bellman mastered at Bernie Grundman studios...
The new Kurt Vile is just awesome, laid-back groovy psychedelic perfect pop, awesome.

I just heard about the new Low and Kurt Vile records from a close friend. I reminded him that we saw Kurt live when his band opened for Pavement during their reunion tour (9/17/2010) and nobody paid them any attention. I tried to watch/listen but fewer than 20% of the seats were filled at that point and everyone was talking so loud that it distracted from the performance. I'll be getting those two for sure.

[Slosh]

First spin:

[dean_martin]

I've been jumping from album to album lately. Last night went something like this:
First track from Built to Spill's Perfect from Now on set the tone
UNKLE'S Unreal
Gorillaz Dirty Harry
then started and stopped several miscellaneous
landed on Beck's Debra
Sigor Ros Gloslo from Takk
Eleventh Dream Day For a King from Eighth
Yo La Tengo Decora from Electr-o-pura

Then I got a text from the wife telling me one of our dogs was barking for me and could I come shut her up. All she (the dog) needed was a little attention. Have some new albums coming including the new kurt vile and low. Thanks for reporting on those guys.

[Rae]

~Rae

[Mr Peabody]

THE O-ZONE PERCUSSION GROUP THE PERCUSSION RECORD (180G IMPORT LP) at Music Direct

Good stuff and excellent demo of a quality system

[Slosh]

Kurt Vile should get a real singer. I don't require Freddy Mercury-level talent but Kurt can't sing at all.

[Rae]

Kurt Vile should get a real singer. I don't require Freddy Mercury-level talent but Kurt can't sing at all.

Are you trolling?

~Rae

[Davey]

Some old, some new, but this one by Felt from the mid 80s stands out a bit ...





And then there was some Joy Division from the really nice sounding early 90s Japan box, and that's what's going around again right now ... Take my hand, and I'll show you what was and will be

[Davey]

I've been jumping from album to album lately. Last night went something like this:
First track from Built to Spill's Perfect from Now on set the tone

What an opening song, and what a perfect record ... Where will you spend eternity? I'm gonna be perfect from now on.

[dean_martin]

What an opening song, and what a perfect record ... Where will you spend eternity? I'm gonna be perfect from now on.

Yep, awsome opening track and great album but my restlessness of late still has me jumping from album to album or 45. Some record store day and other new stuff are making the cut though. The 45 of the demo version of Bob Dylan's Wigwam is very good. It's the version without horns. From what I've read, Dylan wasn't even around when the horns were added.

Another top notch track is Blue Randy from a Beck 45 released last year. It's the b-side to I Just Started Hating Somebody Today.

The big winner of late is River Man from the reissue of Nick Drake's first album released in the US.

Also, Girl Called Alex from Kurt Vile's new one is getting alot of play. I had "I think about them all the time" running on a loop in my head for a couple of days.

[jonnyhambone]

Totally up my alley. intense all-girl atmospheric post-punk in the vein of The Raincoats, Siouxie, Lliliput,...

one of the best bluegrass-y albums ever

[Slosh]

New Josh Ritter

[bobsticks]

What an opening song, and what a perfect record ... Where will you spend eternity? I'm gonna be perfect from now on.

How many times have I said that?!

[Hyfi]

Glass Harp - Phil Keaggy

[dean_martin]

Some 45s from Hendrix, Beck, The Jayhawks and Bob Dylan and other various lps and cds including Funkadelic - Uncle Jam Wants You and a Sly and the Family Stone 10". Not sure why I'm bringin' the funk. I'm trying to give the new Son Volt album a chance but it's not catching on yet. I have the new Low waiting in the wings.

[nobody]

Boards of Canada: Tomorrow's Harvest

First Boards of Canada in over 8 years. Worth the wait. They do an excellent job of expanding their palate while still sounding like themselves. One of their darker, moodier releases. Almost more a follow-up to Geogaddi than Campfire Headphase. Many of the tracks are subtly informed by more modern electronic music, they've been listening out there. Especially with electronic music it is easy to get caught in the glut of constant releases and not get too tuned into specific artists or groups. Then these guys pop back around and you remember there really are masters and apprentices. Likely one of my favorites of the year.

[Ex Lion Tamer]

128 page thread I guess its time to contribute.

Been listening to some Wilco



Some Stooges



Patti Smith


Some 21st century Wire



A little Social Distortion


Alejandro Escovedo


and some good ole boy opera

[Rae]

Hi Mark.

I've been listening to a couple of records that I picked up when seeing bands live in the last month-- the new one from Arrington De Dionyso's Malaikat Dan Singa, Open the Crown (former Old Time Relijun singer doing Indonesian throat-singing in some super-primal arrangements) and Bombino's Nomad (desert blues from Niger, one of the guys from the Black Keys had a hand in producing it and it's just the best thing). Other than that, hmmm... I picked up some CDs from the library, The Fall's This Nation's Saving Grace and a bunch of sacred harp recordings, mostly Folkways stuff. Oh, and I got really into The Pop Group for like a week.

I want to start listening to a bunch of Alice Cooper since I agreed to go with a friend to see him in concert next month. Anyone got any suggestions? Maybe I should start a different thread.

~Rae

[Swish]

Really been digging Cheatahs 'Extended Plays', which is actually comprised of two EPs they released in the UK. If you like My Bloody Valentine and Swervedriver, you should love this sucker. This could be my favorite of the year...so far.

I also listened to Earlimart's 'Treble and Tremble' for the first time in a very long time, and can't believe I left it unattended for so long. GREAT stuff and right in my wheel house. They remind me, at least on this record, of Grandaddy.

[Ex Lion Tamer]

The song I've heard on he radio is great - singer sounds A LOT like Siouxsie Sioux. They're coming to town on July 15 and I am tempted....

Here's a sample of what I've been listening to this week
Lucinda Williams - Blessed
Eleventh Dream Day - Lived to Tell
The Vibrators - Pure Mania
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
John Vanderslice - Dagger Beach
Catherine Wheel - Chrome
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden

[Davey]

Savages
Lucinda Williams - Blessed
Eleventh Dream Day - Lived to Tell
The Vibrators - Pure Mania
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
John Vanderslice - Dagger Beach
Catherine Wheel - Chrome
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden

Pretty nice play list for the week. Mine went something like below ...

Hiss Golden Messenger [2013] Haw
Court & Spark [2001] Bless You
Cul de Sac [1991] ECIM
Califone [2001] Roomsound
T. Rex [1971] Electric Warrior
Talking Heads [1980] Remain In Light
Antony & The Johnsons [2009] The Crying Light
CocoRosie [2013] Tales Of A GrassWidow
David Bowie [1978] Heroes
Durutti Column [1981] LC
Cure [1989] Disintegration
Low [2013] The Invisible Way
Patty Griffin [2013] American Kid

I really love that new CocoRosie record, just one of the most interesting things I've heard in a long time. I think the vinyl was just released, might have to find a copy, but the CD sounds pretty good. Love Bless You by the defunct Court & Spark, one of my favorites. Just recently found out about the new band Hiss Golden Messenger with M.C. Taylor and Scott Hirsch from Court & Spark, and man this new record is a good one. Any of you that share some of my taste in rock and folk and Americana shit should grab this one right away, easily one of the best I've heard this year... Hiss Golden Messenger - Haw | The Line Of Best Fit

[jonnyhambone]

Haven't checked out the Hiss G.M yet but have been on a big Steve Gunn kick - he did an excellent collaboration with Hiss G.M. earlier this year called, of course, Golden Gunn. He has a new one out now too, Boerum Palace, with Marc Orleans contributing some sublime pedal steel. Folky psychedelic guitar meanderings filtered through the jukebox of a late-night roadside dive bar...

[Davey]

Haven't checked out the Hiss G.M yet but have been on a big Steve Gunn kick - he did an excellent collaboration with Hiss G.M. earlier this year called, of course, Golden Gunn. He has a new one out now too, Boerum Palace, with Marc Orleans contributing some sublime pedal steel. Folky psychedelic guitar meanderings filtered through the jukebox of a late-night roadside dive bar...

Yea, shoulda figured, ya don't get this good without a bunch of cool-ass friends around. Now I'm gonna have to step back a few years and start checking out that whole trail of roadside juke joints. Folky psychedelic is describing the landscape.

[Snowbunny]

Hey Maf,

I'm so out of the loop right now I didn't realize there was a new Wilco. How does The Whole Love compare to the rest of their catalogue?

I'm also intrigued by the Drive By Truckers album after being re-introduced to the band by a sampler from a workplace buddy. I'm guessing it's a classic release?

Snowie

[Slosh]

My favorite album from 2011. Maybe of the 2000s. Hell, maybe of any era!

We Are Augustines - Juarez (Official Video) - YouTube