The point of these threads is to encourage people to look for new and interesting music. We do this by listening to and ideally discussing albums we've never heard before. Many of us already listen to new music daily, these people are in it to venture "out of their comfort zone" by listening to albums they otherwise wouldn't have, or just to have a good time.
i can see why less bleep-ish people would like Easy Lee, but that choice of album cover probably hurts the album the most. The color of it is gross.
Jose Hall
hello?
Dominic Martinez
I like the cover. It reminds me of vegetals
Xavier Garcia
reminds me of ass juice
you just like dull colors
Owen Nelson
If your ass juice is green you need to see somone
It's just "artichoke" in spanish which the cover is probably designed after
Cooper Young
zappa and mothers - one size fits all
new second favorite zappa album. the prog flavors are pulled off really well on here never getting too jammy for its own good. inca roads is an absolute jam and a shorter more focused album really works for zappa although i think the soloing on pojama people sucks preeetty hard. the more common and upfront jazzy piano is really nice. does zappa do any other heavy piano stuff, fish? i also love the zolo-ish intro on can't afford no shoes.
this was a fun little zappa marathon. having heard the entire mothers catalog is a nice thing to check off. i think i'll do a jazz chart next from stuff i have wishlisted on rym.
Adrian Jones
Would highly rec peeping Roxy & Elsewhere, especially since so many of the Zappa albums you heard were often also partially recorded live. It's his most similar to One Size Fits All and I guarantee you'll get a kick out of it.
>does zappa do any other heavy piano stuff, fish? i also love the zolo-ish intro on can't afford no shoes. If you're looking for more proggy/zolo stuff I'd rec Studio Tan. It's Zappa's arguably most "progressive" but a lot of it just doesn't do it for me. The final song, RDNZL, is one of his best songs if not the best song from the genre.
If you want mor Hot Rats-esque fusion/prog, I'd highly rec Waka/Jawaka and Sleep Dirt, which are often called Hot Rats 2 & 3.
Have you heard Lumpy Gravy btw? That's Zappa doing a bunch of pretty interesting experimental works that I think anyone who likes WOII4TM would enjoy.
If you're into Zappa's Synclavier works like Jazz From Hell I'd also rec Civilization Phase III and Feeding the Monkies at Ma Maison (an archival album of his 80s work).
The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life, Make a Jazz Noise Here, and You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore 1 & 2 are also stellar live performances with more fun shit similar to Roxy.
If you want something more conventional with less wacky voices popping up everywhere, Zoot Allures might be something you might enjoy, though I only personally care for the s/t track at all.
If you want the humor back in full force with some great, expanding instrumentation, I'd rec Joe's Garage, Sheik Yerbouti, and You Are What You Is.
thanks for the big guide! i am ~agent_scully you can add me to the list if ya like. i'm pretty sure most everyone here has me added except for newer people and from that collection check out kate bush never for ever and jens lekman's maple leaves. v great stuff.
The Replacements - Tim (1985)1 >alternative rock, power pop
As long as I live I will never get the hype for this damn band. This is just the same brand of inoffensive, poppy alt rock they already did on Let It Be, with very little alterations. It’s more power poppy, I can definitely dig the Big Star influence, but the songs (save for “Bastards of Young”) aren’t that great or memorable. They’re decent little pop tunes, but they’re all cut from the exact same cloth. Tommy Ramone’s production isn’t terribly great either, everything here sounds paper-thin. The appeal is totally lost on me.
2.0+
The Meters - The Meters (1969) >funk, new orleans R&B, deep funk
35 minutes of rock-solid, cool as shit instrumental funk. Can get a bit muzaky, being instrumental funk and all, but the band is too tight and too on point to ever let that become a huge problem. Every instrumentalist is playing super complex lines while making it sound so effortless. Beyond being a technical marvel, it’s just a really enjoyable listen, the grooves are deep and soulful, and it’s all produced incredibly well.
3.0+
Dr. John - Locked Down (2012) >new orleans R&B
Legitimately on par with Gris-Gris, which is incredibly impressive considering the two albums have a 44 year gap between each other, but I’m still not sold on Dr. John’s sound. This is a lot less free than Gris-Gris, a lot more grounded in funk and CCR-esque swamp rock rather than rock. As such, the sound loses some urgency, but given the fact that the dude was in his 70s when this came out, it’s alright. The bluesier tracks aren’t that great, Dan Auerbach turns in a good performance but he also brings some songwriting influence in that takes away from the better tracks. The funkier tracks are the best, but the focus on blues makes this more spotty than it needs to be. Still, damn impressive for an album so late in Dr. John’s career.
2.5+
Jordan Johnson
oh shit yeah I've had you added as a friend for a while now
that rating scale is hilarious btw
S U F J A N U F J A N
Ryder Rivera
Hello?
Lucas Lee
hey ;)
Bentley Martinez
>use a water canteen for 7 months that I got free >recently notice some granule in my mouth after finish drinking >assume it was shit that got in, wash out canteen >use for another month >crumb appears again >check inside the canteen with a flashlight >dozens of white dots coating the inside of the bottle >mfw I was drinking mold water for a month and didn't even notice
Anyways Nils Frahm and Jon Hopkins made really good LateNightTales mixes and you should listen to them
Ryder Butler
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Angel Reed
no one saw that
Nicholas Robinson
You gave me a (You) and then you took it away from me :,(
Jack Morris
i'm old school daily... i've just been hiding from view
Xavier Foster
(I also posted this on /metal/) I've been trying to get into metal and pic related shows some of the albums I've particularly liked so far (I'm aware it's all very entry-level). Can anyone give any recommendations based on these? Thanks.
Hunter Johnson
child abuse - cut and run brobdingnagian - pretty magoo cancer
Chase Cooper
hey good stuff. sounds like plants growing
Anthony Reyes
the cover looks like vegetation, perfectly suits the feel of the album imo
Brayden Collins
thank you!
John Mitchell
hello /daily/ i have never posted in these threads before
be nice to me
Christian Reed
Henlo
What music u like
Dominic Green
NO
Colton Lewis
i dont have a favorite genre but ive been listening to a bit of psych lately
Jose Garcia
pleas
Carson Bailey
...
Nathaniel Morgan
no
Wyatt Edwards
...
Andrew Bennett
...
Mason Barnes
N E W C H A R T
I like the idea of themed charts and this is really my first full one because they take forever to sort.
Row 1: /daily/ recs Row 2: Japan Row 3: Post-Punk Row 4: Also Post-Punk Row 5: Vidya OSTs Row 6: Jazz Row 7: Jazz Fusion Row 8: Bleeps (took some liberties with that name lmao) Row 9: Music in non-English languages (no Japan) Row 10: 2017 + a D2D album I wanna hear cuz this year sucks and I'm not interested in anything that hasn't already leaked
What do y'all think? Y'all hype for anything in particular?
how much have you dove into grindcore? TECHNICALLY it's an off-shoot of hardcore punk, but stylistically it's basically just the best version of metal (if you ask anyone but RYM and transgod). Highly rec Pig Destroyer, Discordance Axis, and Insect Warfare.
Have you heard Colors by Between the Buried and Me? That's basically the only prog metal album I like.
Brody Davis
Be sure to check out that Andy Stott album. And thanks for your recommendations, I should probably listen to more grindcore. I thought Discordance Axis was alright, and I'll listen to that Between the Buried and Me album.
I finished these a few days ago, slow on posting them due to getting a new laptop and a cold.
>Fishmans - 98.12.28 男達の別れ Ok what the fuck do I say about this other than how beautiful it is, by the second track I was already crying. The fact that this being the last thing Shinji played with the band before he died, with the band disbanding as a result really adds a whole new perspective to appreciate the music. There are moments that aren't as great as others but soon enough it will dive back into it's best. Walking in the Rhythm isn't as great as it's studio counterpart sadly.
Then the 2nd disc starts with that chilling siren on ゆらめき in the Air, wonderful track. Then It ends with a 41 min version of Long Season, the moment I've been waiting for, and it is miles ahead of the studio version. It eradicates all the bad things and improves on everything the studio version did creating another one of the best songs I have ever heard ever. This whole album is too sincere to be real. 11-/11
>The Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Voices of North American Owls Quite a cozy relaxing album, I originally thought this was going to be nothing but Owl sounds, but there's also the variety of background noises too and It's quite interesting to see how all the different species sound and act. Great memories of going out camping. The 2nd disc does suffer from the recordings being too short to fully absorb them bringing down the score from a 7- originally. 6+/11
>Dead - Musical Abortions My original score was a 2+ so I'm super glad I revisited this. It's fun, though definitely lacking. 6/11
That's the essentials done, listening to Shamepai's next.
Alexander Wright
le mem
Sebastian Bell
fuck gotta change my trip
Joseph Lee
still angerey about that LRD review
Alexander Moore
What happened to my rec? :/ There are 4 rows where you could have put it...
Jonathan Cook
listening 2 fishmans "long season" right now
Levi Myers
that iosys album is wild fun but it's also very wtf everyone's listening to wolfman i should get on that
Robert Myers
>it's also very wtf racist.
Daniel Martin
>"""performing""" live for the first time in years now on Saturday
Samuel Reed
huh wow rip Chris Cornell
tonite
Jacob Watson
is it a solo performance or will you have Sachiko M and Otomo Yoshihide with you
Xavier Rogers
rude
the Cornell of the Cornell Lab of Ornitology? :0
Joseph Ortiz
Uchu Nippon Setagaya > Long Season
Hudson Bennett
He made all the owl calls on that album, pretty impressive imo
Samuel Ramirez
Really? This ruins a lot of the magic for me, I appreciate authenticity in music
Colton King
prepare for dissapointment with La Lucha
Adrian Roberts
Wheres the 3 wjw albums? Think i was memeing i would NEVER do that m8 i swear on yo mama
Isaiah Bennett
hey there NERDS tourney round two is over for round three i'll need recs from Torts Blapp Stick Yamir
p.s. reviews are for DORKS
Thomas Gomez
Янкa - Пpoдaнo!
Jeremiah James
er for you ahem
David Howard
Seeking Mark And to recc me for tourney faarked up with ethy
>The Books >Magazine >Television >The Movies >The Music Tapes
Justin Morris
huh
Nolan Smith
Wow, rod reccs the white album? Surprising
Parker Wright
dont get cheeky with me bud youll regret it
Ryder Bell
:0
Adrian Reyes
Tragic Mulatto - Judo For The Blind (rym robot man) You'd expect something being a "punk jazz" to be weirder and more of a mess, but this thing is actually quite consistent. It's not very complex, incredibly accessible for something so experimental. While maybe the lyrics are a bit wannabe witty, you don't even pay attention, bc of the voice's charisma.
Pere Ubu - Datapanik in the Year Zero (Terminus) It's got a remarkable rhythm. The sound is great, though I expected something more energetic and catchy (Pere Ubu is my go-to for experimental catchy). To me the vocals' potential wasn't used to the fullest here as well.
Now we witness the battle of Shamepai with a machine. Since bot doesn't have an overall rating, Shamepai's previous successful performance wouldn't matter in this final round. Will humans be eventually beaten by the machines as it was intended by like idk common sense? Or will the sexually frustrated boy from Venezuela save the humanity from its inevitable submission to robot overlords? We'll c........
James Hall
u were planning on letting robot win all along baka
Luke Lopez
whats that album with a man standing in a field with a guitar that is black and white wtf i'm humanities last hope i only meme'd myself to the finals
Kayden Anderson
humanity's last hope le fug
Anthony Clark
Guitar Solos by Fred Firth?
cool album anyway
Bentley Howard
BREAKING NEWS: ya boi was named BEST MUSCIAN in his yearbook. truly an honor
Carter Parker
>best muscian
Joshua Anderson
I didn't know you were black.
Alexander Cooper
>best muscian nice
Landon Evans
This isn't true.
Oliver Powell
thank you. feels really special me neither i wish it weren't
Matthew Powell
yeah it's that one was hoping for an american primitivism album doe poste pic e u dingus
Ryan Thomas
Do Muscians hunt Muscovy Ducks?
Angel Murphy
is it a school for the deaf tho
Chase Miller
mayb i sure as hell don't. save the whales. probably, i havent been able to hear since listening to Radiohead's experimental masterpiece, OK Computor.
Grayson Lopez
Fuck the Welsh and their eldritch language.
Tyler Powell
insightful refiew
Jonathan Richardson
yes
Josiah White
why did no one tell us before now :(
David Cook
damn : (
Jace Sullivan
Dear Mr. S,
I'll be in Madrid for the weekend, starting tomorrow evening. Please send me your phone number over RYM message so I can send you a """message""".
xxxx,
Lewdwanker
Michael Parker
lmao gay
Brayden Martinez
Normil Hawaiians - What's Going On? (rym robot man) vs John Fahey - Guitar Vol. 4 (The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party and Other Excursions) (Shamepai) I don't normally rate post-punk that high, but this Normil Hawaiians piece is amazing. It's like a thought-through mechanism - every single track has its distinct function and is essential to whole piece. Has an amazing sound too. Also, #freetibet. I liked Fahey, though I heard him for the first time, I guess primitivism is really my thing, since I like Basho as well.
So that's it, folks. Shamepai saved the humanity and gets to rec up to 15 albums for a drone. Robot, who placed second recs 10 albums. Terminus can rec up to 7 albums, being on a third place.
Kanzler won the bet, predicting Shamepai's victory. Since he placed the bet very early in the tourney, he gets to rec up to 10 albums.