It's 2017 and RYM has no shortage of middle-aged self-righteous anti-hipsters.
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.
maybe a little premature on the new thread, old one had some gas in it still
Josiah Gomez
Can we PLEASE update this and remove irrelivent trips like Yamir, Talking Bob Cat, and Terminus?
Bless.
Ayden Myers
everyone ignore that I mispelled irrelevant
Jaxon Jenkins
John Fahey - The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick >American Primitivism, Acoustic Blues
Oh boy. Something about Fahey's guitar playing is so unique and touching, and this is no exception. There really isn't a dud on here, as he runs through a gambit of old school blues tracks/spirituals. He adds his own touches to these tracks and as usual performs a number of his own original works as well. They ramble on a bit long at times but for the most part, there's a reason they reach the 5-9 minute mark. It's also cool to hear him in the little interludes, he seems so down-to-earth. I'm usually annoyed by skits/interludes but they add to the experience here.
Not sure what else to say, this is one of the finest Fahey albums I've heard and certainly one of the most consistent live performances out there.
Jim O'Rourke - I'm Happy, and I'm Singing, And a 1, 2, 3, 4 >Glitch, Electroacoustic
I only really added this to the collage to see the other side of O'Rourke. I knew he dipped his toes in a wide variety of styles but had only checked out a few of his albums. This is a weird little mix of minimalist stuff ("I'm Happy"), more glitchy stuff ("And I'm Singing") and an ambient cut ("And a 1, 2, 3, 4"). Aside from the last one, none of these style appeal to me that much but I can say he did it in a nice way. They were enjoyable or at least kept me entertained through three tracks. A nice little taste of O'Rourke's electronic side and I nice mix of styles but I doubt I'll revisit it too often.
Samuel Davis
co updated/added a few of the newer trips but didn't cut out the old ones.
Also, not sure if it's a jab at Terminus but I'm pretty sure he was on the last thread lol
Anthony Myers
Fahey Blows His Nose is the GOAT
Liam Clark
Oh cool. I just don't know what the point is of keeping people like Yamir who said they were "RUNNING AWAY AND NEVER COMING BACK >:^("
>Terminus who?
stunning, captivating piece of art imo
Justin Campbell
Lmao, right? I cracked up when I found out they made it into a separate track.
Zachary Myers
too tired to post reviews but jazz is still good
Caleb Carter
guys help I can't stop listening to music
Brody Scott
woo!
best fahey piece without a doubt
Juan Phillips
I keep 'em (the ghosts) in because I enjoy the variety, and the utility required to remove them from the chart, coupled with the utility of giving some memory to those good folks' existence far outweighs the marginal utility of repossessing more unneeded pixels
or something like that
I could leave it less compressed, or even size the image down before uploading each time. It's currently 4500x6500 or something, and has no business being that size
>who? lmao It's one of the best live albums of all time imo, it's fahey playing his greatest hits, in his prime I wonder if fahey made that choice in the tracklist, or if someone at the label was taking a piss rip
Kevin Hall
btw check out the tv series Quarry, just finished it and it's great. Last episode prob has one of the most fucked bits I've seen on TV.
agreed, just shows that fahey should have used his voice more
there's nothing funny about it baka
Charles Campbell
who's doing this btw?
Noah Wright
>I wonder if fahey made that choice in the tracklist, or if someone at the label was taking a piss it's so in line with fahey's sense of humor, i'd be shocked if it wasn't his idea.
Adrian Ross
this seems pretty neat so far sound23.bandcamp.com/album/drunk-on-confusion first song was some fast paced, dnb kinda thing, with free jazz samples on the 2nd track right now, it's some indian classical-sampling slow building kinda thing track 3 starts with what sounds like a spongebob sample and honking
you know, it's that sort of music
all i can say is this meme is golden
Anthony Jones
Anyone familiar with pic related? I've heard it a few times and enjoyed it, but I'm listening to it again and something clicked. This is so fucking good.
Juan Davis
first track was aight, how did you find this?
Jayden Cooper
seems like something ricebeans would be into actually
Oh, it was released in '99? Weird, it looks and sounds like a band camp release.
Logan Watson
Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth (1980) >post-punk
Really cool minimalist post-punk. Super one-note, but filled with great melodies and it has one of the best sounds I've ever heard on record. Great vocals; sparse but catchy guitar lines; heavy, driving bass; and the cutest drum machine around. The repetitive nature of the album hurts it, but it's very good.
3.0+
The Baddest Beams - Junior Beams (2013) >indie pop, psychedelic pop
Very sweet album that's way too overambitious. There are so many ideas crammed into each two-minute pop song here that a lot of them seem muddled and confused. All of these songs would massively benefit from focusing on one particular aspect and just being more concise in general. There is a really good pop EP buried under a lot of the superfluous stuff, and it is a pretty comfy, short listen no matter what.
2.5+
Holger Czukay - Movies (1979) >art rock, krautrock
To parrot an RYM review, it's fucking insane that Czukay went from being 1/5th of the band that made Tago Mago and one half of the band that made Canaxis 5 to making a song as schlocky and sleazy as "Cool in the Pool". This song is fucking horrendous, and the fact that it's the opener really does hurt the rest of the album. "Oh Lord Give Us More Money" and "Hollywood Symphony" are pretty alright, but they go on for far too long, unlike Can's long pieces they really have no right to be as long as they are, they repeat so many phrases and melodies and rhythms and they simply get tiring. "Persian Love" is a definite standout. It's an instrumental piece in the same poppy tropical vein as an album like Graceland, but done with a lot more restraint, and it's just a really pretty piece. Insanely spotty, and only worth a listen for diehard Can fans.
2.0+
Lincoln Ward
who's dick do i need to suck to get on this thing this nerd still listens to music i always forget about how good that record, it's catchy in the weirdest way hope you enjoy dreams and nimb, love those records
Jordan Jenkins
Do
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makes sense but you should still remove terminus
Jeremiah Miller
I saw some films, they were good.
I've been finding it exceedingly difficult to put my thoughts into words lately.
Justin Brown
any1 who lived more than a decade should feel just awful about themsevles
Leo Flores
huh
Oliver Myers
...
David Sanchez
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Bentley Nguyen
I've listened to Love's Refrain a shitload so In Summer got a 3.5
>Metronomy - The English Riviera I already liked the singles I'd heard from Metronomy (The Bay, The Look) and it's just more of the same pretty good synthy pop. It is a bit hit and miss though. 3/5
>The Gloaming - 2 Quite nice but a few of the songs (and the album as a whole) went on a bit long, I can't really say what it was but there was just something missing even though I liked a lot of it. Maybe it was the piano, I definitely enjoyed the fiddle a lot more than it, but the piano worked really well in some tracks so fuck if i know. The guy's voice wasn't great but that doesn't matter too much to me. 3/5
Tuco and Mark and give EPs to decide I guess
Blake Johnson
A while back I started going through the Sup Forumscore chart, thinking of picking it back up again and posting my thoughts on shit.
Caleb Diaz
do it
Ayden Green
>Kazuki Tomokawa - Gleaming Crayon Before I get into the """"review""""" full disclosure: I may have set myself up for disappointment by expecting Daikanjyo pt 2 when I put on this record.
While this album is sufficient despite my grand expectations, I did find it lacking in some areas. For the most part, it sounds good except for one major flaw that really turns me off. The vocals are too high in the mix. And while his vocal performance is for the most part varied, interesting, and great at conveying emotion, it becomes grating after awhile.
This is definitely not the case with Daikanjyo, which is why I like it much better than this. The music is given room to breathe and really express itself, and there are insane solos. That piano is sorely missed here. Because there is so much focus on the singer, the backing instrumentation is built around him and just doesn't stand out to me at all. It certainly doesn't help that I don't speak the language. Really though, this is all personal preference. Only in rare cases do I care for vocals at all.
Other than that, the horns, drums, and strings are really great and complement the emotions of the singer. While what also becomes grating is that acoustic guitar, which is strummed the same way throughout the whole album. I don't care for it much, but obviously it makes sense for it to be there aesthetically.
So yeah, it's okay, but it needs time and it may not even be my thing after all. At least I can see the appeal. Gotta give a shout-out to the last few minutes on the last track, it's explosive and is what the album needed to be doing more often -- giving the listener a break from the vocals. Seriously though, the last track's climax is absolutely spectacular.
yee the Holy Mountain is such a cool film
Benjamin Peterson
aaand forgot the chart
Mason Taylor
ayy I now have genre vote weight on RYM
Juan Flores
Ye I probably will. I used Daily for a bit a while back but I ended up not following through. Hoping I can commit more this time. Want to really get through this chart.
Nolan Kelly
Soul finally fully clicked for me today so here's a bunch of stuff I was groovin' to.
Sly and the Family Stone - Stand! Damn, it's like Maggot Brain but 3 years earlier and a lot more soul influence. This album was flippin' great, all the songs had great memorable hooks and the vocals really packed a punch. The funk jams on this are ridiculous, I could groove to them all day.
**
Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On I enjoyed this one probably just as much as Stand! This record is a little less consistent in my opinion, but the highs are even higher. "Luv 'n' Haight", "Family Affair", and the closer are all still stuck fresh in my mind. I think lyrically this record has a bit more going on and the production is upped slightly which sounds p good.
**
Baby Huey - The Baby Huey Story This fucking album blew me right out of the water. From the opening riff I knew this would be a real stunner, but I was still woefully unprepared for when "A Change is Going to Come" came on. The lyrics are like a heart wrenching biopic, you get the sense that this man's whole life and spirit and how it all developed is being communicated to you. And Huey's voice definitely makes it feel like he's really lived it. He sings with such force and passion that it can get pretty intense sometimes.
***
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On? Gaye's voice is gorgeous, the instrumentals are gorgeous, the production is fantastic. It's so sleek and polished and it feels like such a meticulously crafted album.
**
Josiah Hill
Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information "Inspiration Information" is one of my new favorite songs for sure. It's got a lush, warm sound with these delicate mellow vocals that just feel like you're being wrapped up in a blanket. But it's still got this light little groove that keeps things going. The next 3 songs follow similar suit. Unfortunately after that the album drops off slightly. Even though his voice isn't the greatest, when it goes to pure instrumentals my attention begins to wane. not to mention some strange experimental noodling that feels a bit out of place.
**
Al Green - Let's Stay Together Now this is some smoooooooth soul. Extremely mellow and relaxing. The title track and "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" are definite stand outs and just instantly classic love songs. the rest of the album is good but ultimately a bit forgettable.
*
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly the songwriting on this album is quite exceptional, it feels like every song is one you've hear before....but in a good way if that makes sense.They're just so catchy that they feel like old favorites right from the get go. The lyrics can be a little silly at times and makes it very obvious they are from an exploitation film.
**
Al Green - Call Me This one was pretty similar to Let's Stay Together. Another collection of smooth as fuck love ballads. Although I will say I do think the melodies on this are a bit stronger. However the less interesting songs are even more forgettable.
*
Isaiah Carter
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis The opening track fucking RIPS. it's crazy good. It's got such a strong and aggressive groove with a fucking fantastic hook. So I was kinda disappointed when the rest of album didn't even come close to that point. Immediately the music loses all it's teeth and segues with these sugar kissed harp arpeggios. And all these overbearing baroque pop elements that just sound cheesy af. Luckily it picks back up when the album hits "We the People Who are Darker Than Blue" and we get some sweet get downs.
*
Jason Ward
It's /ded/ so post these
John Mitchell
Yeeah soul is the shit
I rec Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding and Sam & Dave next. Also check out Curtis/Live!, it's Curtis but stripped down which is great. There's a great version of If There's a Hell Below... too.
I need to listen to more soul myself.
Nicholas Robinson
Mount Eerie - 7 New Songs EP
Joseph Morgan
Reccing to literally everyone
Camden Hall
Nabil signed my copy of this. I'm kind of embarrassed that this was my favorite album at one point.
Colton Morgan
Not slept so here are some shit reviews.
>Nuclear Rabbit - Vicuna I think this might have been alright if not for the absolutely terrible vocals. The mix of metal and funk is hit and miss but there is some funky shit here. A Little Squirrel and His Crack Pipe for example is pretty great without the vocals. It takes a lot for the vocals to ruin the music for me but I can't stand the little random/funny bits he does. Shame as I could kinda get into some of the funk rock here. Bit of a slog too at over an hour. Not sure if I should rate it lower but I did enjoy quite a bit of the music underneath. 2/5
>Alexander Tucker - Furrowed Brow Pretty good overall, the guitar playing was decent, no Fahey but it combines really well with the distortion in tracks like Superherder and the end of You Are Many. The 9 minute drone ender Pannemaker Doms is the highlight though, reminded me quite a bit of Henry Flynt which is a very good thing. 3.5/5
thanks man.
btw you like David Foster Wallace right? Where should I start with his books, I've been listening to a few interviews and reading a couple short stories since you mentioned one of his essays in here a bit ago (think it was you anyway) and I like a lot of the ideas he talks about but I'm not sure I want to commit to Infinite Jest straight away
I can't believe Chef released such a good album.
Brody Ward
dont mind me just shitting up the thread
Kayden Gutierrez
Seriously though, no one I know has hated this. Out of my 33 friends that have rated it, four didn't give it a 3.5 or higher, one being nat, who doesn't really count, and SellMeAGod, who REALLY doesn't count. You do have an epic opportunity though: You could be the first person to give this a low score and look super epic.
Yamir probably wouldn't like this, which is 100% proof you should hear this and it's good.
right?
Eli Fisher
Seconding your endorsement btw, already recommended it to trianglecubed this thread but it's a really good album.
I'm not sure there are any albums smoother out there.
Cameron Gutierrez
>Triangle getting into soul
Fuck yeah
Yeah that shit is amazing
Cameron Turner
ok ur worse than qwerty100 now
did u watch cowboy beep boop also listen to dreams and dub housing
r u trying to imply that Move On Up isn't the best thing ever
John Long
Guys I'm probably just an idiot but I can't open Soulseek anymore. Installed it yesterday, made desktop shortcut then closed the window, but now nothing happens if I click the shortcut. How do I get the program to open again?
Landon Bell
>the song-by-song review gets kind of boring for the reader desu Yeah, but that's what happens when I write while I listen.
Dylan Edwards
Nvm found it, I truly am a dumb
Jason Baker
already open in the taskbar right?
John Jones
No one posted but fuck it, here's mine
Camden Collins
The first reply to this post that mentions an album on Spotify gets a review.
Christopher Hernandez
:/
Daniel Norgren - Alabursy
Chase Harris
Sybille Baier - Colour Green
Evan Hill
This comment contains replies to two comments, one that is apparently in response to a commenter on the poster's own comment, and one in response to mine. The first passage is a very succinct and strong hitting ":/", immediately indicated the mind set of the artist without revealing too much. It leaves a lot of room for interpretation, which I appreciate, while also in a way demonstrating that the post which it is a response to is correct in its assumption. The comment also shows that the artist has an insight into, and acknowledges, his own faults and flaws, which I can appreciate.
The second passage contains a suggestion for an album, "Daniel Norgren - Alabursy". Unfortunately, this is where the comment loses merit, as it indicates that the artist did not understand the intent of the original post to which he replied. It seems that the artist thought that it would be the album that receives a review, rather than the comment itself. Highly paradoxical, considering the fact that had the artist not responded in this manner, the comment itself would also not have gotten a review.
Overall, this comment went from a very high note in the beginning to much less impressive near the end. I would still recommend reading it, as it retains a decent enough entertainment value throughout, especially once one takes the context in which it is presented in into consideration.
Thomas Rogers
This is one of the funniest things I've read this year, thanks.
However, your original post is stated in an ambiguous way. If the intent was to actually review the reply, it should've stated "The first reply to this post that mentions an album on Spotify gets reviewed" instead of "[...] gets a review". In case of ambiguous formulations of the clause itself, interpretation is done in conformity with traditions since times immemorial, in this case being the intention of reviewing the album, rather than the comment. I do recognise that this was needed to reach the comedic effect, but I am without blame.
Dylan Barnes
But isn't it Subject: Reply Verb: Gets DO: Review
It seems correct to me but you also seem really sure of yourself so
Henry Wright
I'd argue the sentence itself is not ambiguous at all, but due to the schema we have for these kind of things we tend to interpret it in the way you did any way, and that was entirely intended on my part. You'll still get an album review also, I just wanted to maek gud joek
Noah Brooks
This is not incorrect, however you either ignored or didn't understand my point. I didn't say the sentence was incorrect, merely that it was ambiguous and I made the most logical interpretation. The ambiguity is on the subject of the review. Two interpretations are possible:
1. Reply gets review of the album it contains 2. Reply gets review of the merits of the reply itself
Both interpretations are possible, of course, but since 2) is both very uncommon and would make more sense if it was worded in another way, it makes sense to assume the question implied 1).
If, as you admit, more than one interpretation is possible, isn't it ambiguous? That being said, it was a good joke and I'm looking forward to the album review.
Kevin Wood
Not necessarily, the sentence itself is structured in an unambiguous way, and only your expectations of what the intent of the sentence got in the way.
There's a difference between syntactic ambiguity and interpretative ambiguity, I'd say. From the sentence structure itself, there is only one interpretation following traditional English grammar. That is not to say it can't be interpreted any other way, because the meaning of language is inherently just an intersubjective agreement between communicators, in this case us, which would suggest that the more likely interpretation of the sentence would be the one you made.
the classic memeo EP Baby Huey is intense, man I agree that those are the best tracks on Let's Stay Together but the rest of the album ain't that unforgettable
I can definitely see what you mean tho doing the same
Grayson Perry
Oh hell yeah. Being correct is the most important thing anyway. Rest of your post just got DROPPED.
@Hampus Your joke was funny
Christian Kelly
;)
Ethan Price
1 month
Dominic Morales
i listened to that giacinto scelsi thing this month too, but wasn't too sure about it, thoughts?
Jaxson James
Which one?
Jeremiah Carter
Oh didn't see the second one. The top left one I meant.
Robert Bailey
There are four Scelsi records on the chart ;^)
I generally prefer the piano works because they have that nice "easy avant" feel, if you know what I mean. It's easy to listen to without being too abrasive, but it's still not boring because it's fresh and pretty unusual. The string quartets are fine I think, but they rely too much on long drawn dissonance for me to really, really get into them.
Carter Rogers
1 month too because I haven't been listening to much stuff outside of Spotify on my phone which I should probably get to scrobble sometime
JESUS MY LOOOOOOOORD what's that Signor Benedick the Moor thing like ;) what's Pig Inside the Gentleman like
Caleb Sanchez
It's okay for a modern jazz album, but it's not as noisy as you'd expect with a band name like that.
Adam White
1 month too but not really because my account isn't a month old
>but they rely too much on long drawn dissonance Yeah I think this was mostly my problem with them too, I'll check out the piano works :)
Kayden Barnes
Daniel Norgren’s “Alabursy” is a up to date tribute to American country and folk singers in a modern paradigm that allows for some freedom of expression through the usage of non-traditional instrumentation and techniques, but unfortunately for me fails to captivate either the charm of old time music or the impressiveness of innovative new music. It’s bookended by two tracks that differ vastly from the rest of the album; the long drawn string drone that is “The Summer Chafer” builds into a progressively gloomier atmosphere serves as an introduction, and the melancholy piano heavy “Alabursy” ends the album on a similar note. Unfortunately, what’s between these two tracks neither demands nor really deserves such a wrapping up.
The album lacks in both intra- and intersong textural development, each song being very similar to the next and really not building up any kind of momentum at all. Even the one track that packs any kind of punch, “Like There Was a Door”, falls flat due the fact that it stays more or less the same throughout. Even so, this is the one highlight track, which says more about the rest of the album that it does the track itself. It doesn’t help that the majority of songs are also fairly basic verse-chorus pieces that get predictable just around the half way point, but to its benefit they are also all fairly short as to not be grating. In the midst of all this is what I initially thought would be an interlude of sorts to break up the album, “The Light of Dawn”, which begins as a basic noise drone, but then loses that mask and also becomes another modern country interpretation.
(cont.)
Gavin Ramirez
Apart from mostly being bland, there are parts that are just straight up annoying, such as the really grating production quality on most of the tracks that really does not go well with nasal, high pitch country style singing. Whistling segments recorded without a proper mic might just be some of the most upsetting sounds there is.
All in all, I don’t think there’s really anything bad about the album per se, it’s just that it is also not very good. Generally, for an album to work there needs to be a good dynamic between songs that both binds them together and distinguishes them from each other at the same time. This album lacks the latter, and the songs also don’t really stand on their own for the aforementioned reasons. It stands at little better than dull or bland, which are the adjectives that come to mind first when I try to put a label on this album. I don’t think I would recommend this album to people.
It's okay for a modern jazz album, but it's not as noisy as you'd expect with a band name like that.
Caleb Ortiz
yamir is often in plug and that's part of the daily community i guess agreed about removing random people who came here once and wanted to be on the chart like "becuz" or "Jangle&Bojangle" :)
Aiden King
Post one (1) album that is on Spotify in response to this comment, and I might write a review for it. I need something to listen to while I pack my bags.
Brandon White
Michael Chapman, Fully Qualified Survivor
Colton Scott
This better not be bland and boring.
Chase Lewis
>DFW I'd recommend Consider the Lobster or Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. The former has a lot of great insightful essays and the latter arrives at some similar point with a little bit of experimental short story writing. Infinite Jest is more or less just longer than these
Jacob Gonzalez
Not if you have an ear for nuance
Isaiah Nguyen
wtf I hate music now
Chase Harris
In other words "yes, ur just 2 shite 2 hear it lol xd".
Matthew Allen
They teach you about confirmation bias at uni?
Brody Howard
Nice try.
Brandon Sullivan
I enjoyed it, but not as much as darker than blue though. Idk, it could be cause I was a little burnt out by the end of the day, but I just wasn't really feeling the production on much of the album. Still really solid tho.
Liam Baker
Thanks mane, I'll check these out fo sho
Aiden Murphy
I've never watched it actually, but I listen to scores to things I've never watched fairly often.
and even though I gave it a 3 I still think it's fucking dope
sorry you didn't care for the more poppy tracks, but you're right, the opener is a monster. one of my fav songs ever.
Wyatt Scott
I thought bee williams was mingus for a moment mabe i will try it
Lucas Thompson
Top rated albums overall -> exclude albums I've already rated
Post yours. I've heard at least some of all of these (nirvana of course), but didn't really get/didn't care enough to rate. Any really worth revisiting?
Charles Reed
I've heard all of these except Revolver :)
Ian Price
Forgot image.........
Connor Bennett
Out of the top what? Show the highest ranked albums you haven't rated yet.
The Queen Is Dead didn't interest me at all, by the way. This'll be the last time I second guess myself
Jace Watson
Yeah I forgot the image
Jaxson Lopez
Right, right. I only think WYWH out of those is truly great
Landon Allen
oh, listen to Daydream Nation, have you heard any other SY? Surprised you never heard OKC, you'll probably not like it very much tho
