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't believe he made a great song about boredom
Henry Kelly
s can you post that mix again? I didn't get it right away and now I cant find it
Gabriel Stewart
heck this is pretty good desu
Bentley Nguyen
unhalfbricking is incredible, whoa
Goldie - Timeless (1995) >atmospheric drum and bass
Goldie has undeniable production chops, that's for sure. That doesn't mean his album has to be nearly two hours, though. The title track is a monolithic, fittingly timeless piece of drum and bass, melding the ethereal and the banging with ease. The 21 minutes blow right buy, something I can't say about the 90 minutes that make up the rest of the album. It's all well-done and well-produced, which means little if most tracks serve as slightly different attempts at doing the same exact song. Ethereal, new-agey humming; soul-esque vocals; light breaks here and there. Rinse and repeat, and you get Timeless.
2.5-
Gavin Murphy
i just can't believe he made an album that solid, "See You Again" is one of my favorite songs of the year.
related, holy fuck i didn't realize that was tyler singing the first verse
Jaxon Price
I know, right?? everyone else hated cherry bomb, but I was impressed and I knew something really good was coming after. so pleased to hear such progression
Jack Ramirez
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal (1995) >gangsta rap
Listening to this, I felt exactly how I feel about Drake. When they try and be super tough and gangsta, they sound ridiculously corny (seriously, hearing those melodic triplet flows sing about shooting people is hilarious). On the other hand, their pop stuff is sublime. Seriously, "Tha Crossroads" is a pretty damn incredible pop tune, as is the comparatively pretty poppy "1st of tha Month". Not coincidentally, these two tracks also happen to be singles. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are definitely a pretty great songs act, while their albums as a whole leave quite a bit desired. I guess I should hate them out of memphis rap purity, but whatever.
2.5
The Residents - Commercial Album (1980) >art pop, satire, minimal synth
I might be missing the point of this given that I didn't listen to each song three times in a row like the band suggests, not having 120 minutes to spare. So, in my diminished capability to talk about this, it's definitely weaker both from a musical and a satirical standpoint than a lot of the Residents' other stuff. Their attempt to deconstruct advertising jingles ends up more like a collection of 40 half-baked pop-ish tunes. There's a certain brilliance to how these purposefully soulless songs are constructed, this brilliance easily overshadowed by the fragmented style. There are incredible moments of brilliance, like the weird, deconstructed march drumming that appears on quite a few tracks, and the absolutely amazing "The Coming of the Crow", which often outweigh the negatives.
2.5+
Kevin James
i can't even deny that i hated cherry bomb too lol, so i'm even more pleased with flower boy.
Justin Rodriguez
oh fucking hell i just realized that tektra is 5 hours
ye i can do three, five in one sitting is way too much for me, i'd rather not break up a non-compilation into separate sittings.
Jaxson Ross
I think you can do trilogie in one sitting but also one disc each time, as each piece works just as well on its own, but it's up to you. It's the best music for cold mornings also. Can't wait for winter.
Jason Evans
Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking (1969) >british folk rock
I should kick myself for not being the biggest fan of Liege & Lief, because this is doing things to me I didn't know a british folk rock album could do. I've never really cared for the genre, stemming from my general distaste towards traditional british music in general, but this completel decimates every preconceived notion I had regarding the genre. It's intense during the longer compositions, impressively jaunty during the shorter, poppier tracks, and everything is bolstered by heartrending performances by Sandy Denny. Listen to this.
3.5
i might do a disc a sitting, but it seems like a very easy album to get lost in
Carter Robinson
alright boyos i'm going on vacation in the morning so i'll be mostly MIA until saturday
The Beatnigs - The Beatnigs (1988) >industrial hip hop, political hip hop, conscious hip hop
Mindblowing, anachronistic beats, really middling vocals. The vocals are pretty funny at times, especially on the intro, but none of the rappers have any flow or power at all, allowing the production to run circles around them. How ahead of its time the production is aside, it really hits hard, the drums are great but what's more impressive is the weird industrial funk noise going on over them. Sadly, the weirdly goofy vocals hurt the album as a whole, as do the more funk rock-esque tracks.
2.5+
Cooper Powell
benicio del frenchio was aight but i'm definitely missing something not speaking french pelt was a bit hit n miss till i finished it and immediately had to listen again armstrong is always pleasant if not always great
Bentley Williams
>Unhalfbricking Fuck yes, bud. L&L not do much, tho. Pretty sure the gulf between these two is why I can't listen to a second Sparks album.
Dylan Evans
what sparks album are you talking about?
Ayden Nguyen
Heeeeey my new album just came out. Listen when feeling down. Reviews appreciated.
rip Infiniment is probably a thorough introduction to Brel but probably not the best for starters, especially if you don't speak French. Maybe one of his more popular albums would've been better but well. Brassens and Ferré will probably leave you the same. Although they're pretty different: Brassens is pretty austere, guy with a guitar singing songs accompanied by a bass whereas Ferré is very theatrical with big arrangements and feels more like a poet than a songwriter. Also most of his stuff isn't translated I think, as opposed to Brel and Brassens. But yeah, the lyricism is a big attraction toward these artists though not the only thing that draws people to them.
Kevin Hughes
close it's art rock
Colton Nelson
also >benicio del frenchio damn, he does look like him on there
Oliver Murphy
BAck from the trip to Slovenia, listened to most of the stuff Mark and Letov recced me. Liked almost everything, especially "Iгop Цимбpoвcький - Przyjdź aniele"
My whole life is a trip tho, tomorrow I'm going to Ucraine.
Rec more music thanks
Angel Perez
Maybe because I'd just rewatched snatch but all I can see when I see the cover now Yeah my french is pisspoor, I would alternately read translated lyrics but had trouble keeping that up. He has a great voice and the backing band was excellent, it just definitely feels very lyrically focused. Will probably revisit in a year or two when I've brushed up on my french. Finished Some Combinations of Fingers and Passions as well; I felt that I would have enjoyed seeing it performed in full live more than listening to it. Live it would almost feel like a comedy show bringin in so many different melodies and opposing them, recorded like it was it felt sterile and technical wankery
Camden Cook
Eh, I find it pretty interesting though I usually go through individual tracks more often than through the whole record, a whole hour of solo experimental piano like that can be tiring. And his other stuff with other musicians I don't find as interesting because it's progressive stuff. Also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenin_was_a_mushroom
And there's a song that is taken from a GrOb album. Is it just a cover orthere's something else?
looks very promising thanks
Aiden Parker
>Przyjdź aniele would you mind uploading this one for me, if you have a solid internet connection in all your traveling? ive had it on my wishlist for a year now and every time i look for it i can never find it.
Nolan Cox
Connection is shit but i'm uploading it anyways. It'll take around 40 mins!
oh btw i rec this to you. not european, but its something i've had fantasies of walking around a foreign city while listening to. it's pretty nice.
Jose Morris
Why do communists ruin everything
I can definitely see that, he seems like a super technically profiecient and well studied musician, I think that particular album didn't light my fire so I will keep looking into him Especially after that phenomenal article? Fuck man
Jaxon Evans
>why do communists ruin everything that's a dangerous game yer playing around here bucko
Thomas Russell
I think it was written during the time Letov and Kuzmin were in the group Spinki Menta, but when they split they ended up re-purposing it for their own particular sound.
Since you'll be in Ukraine, make sure to check out some of the records from "Novaya Scena", their mostly forgotten music scene.
why is this like 600 times better than down colorful hill
Gabriel Allen
trans and borz move on! last round for this half of the tourney, after this one i'll be moving onto the second part. no restrictions as usual. gl!
>ricebean recs Hear Hums - Opens
pure Here Comes The Indian/Feels worship, though as you'd expect not near as good as those (((((((masterpieces))))))). i love hearing bands anco has so clearly influenced it makes me feel nice. this isn't bad or anything and there are some nice sounds n stuff but its a very distractingly watered down version of that stuff. 5/10
>transgod recs Unexpect - In A Flesh Aquarium
i can definitely see why you recommended this one. enjoyable, although i do enjoy this sort of thing more outside of the context of the metal-ness. it is very admirable how well they match tim smith at utter insanity yet still being digestible although i think its missing tim's ability to make that complex insanity the catchiest and most memorable thing you'll ever hear. this one is more of a mash of sounds that lead into more mash. although it's a very nice sounding mash in the end. will listen to this one some more in the future, its definitely something that needs continued digesting. 6/10
(1/2)
Zachary Campbell
>borzoi recs YMO - Naughty Boys
a bit of a deceiving title, you might expect something sexy or hip, but this is more of YMO's classic sound. further continuing into their gradual video game music-y influence it would fit well with the opening or closing cinematic of an old snes or ps1 jrpg, where the characters are not just happy, but content, which to me is the greatest feeling you can have and staring out into the sea from the green grassy mountain on the shore. it's a very particular emotional sound found only in japanese music from around the time of this album's release and something i connect to really well. momentarily content but in the very back of your mind a flat longing for another truly fulfilling moment like the ones you had when you were a kid. anything that makes me feel like that is special in some way. 8/10
blapp recs Huntsville - For The Middle Class
really nice droney kraut repetition primitivism improv. QUITE jim o'rourkey and i would recommend it to any fan of his. when the banjo and upright bass and jazzy drums and glitching guitar noise and i think tabla come together on Add A Key of Humanity it makes one of the most hypnotic grooves ive heard in a long time. this one makes me want to listen to more of this kind of music again, it's been a while since i was really into it. quality rec blapper. 7/10
(2/2)
Connor Thompson
btw my reviews are probably shitty because i type them as random thoughts while im listening and dont re read them after i'm done. i'd like to try and write more substantial things in the future although i'm not sure how exactly i'd like to talk about the music. i find that ones where the reviwer just talks about what happens in the songs are pretty boring and dime a dozen, but the more abstract feeling i have while hearing something that makes me experience them are very difficult to put into words for me.
Ryder Hernandez
Kimono My House, the first auto-4.5 from the 1970s in my "1001 albums" list
Nathan King
Pretty sure you would at least like a lot Propaganda if you loved Kimono My House straight away
Kevin Ramirez
kimono is sooo good. i think i like propaganda just as much as it too. the mael bros were onto something
Juan Fisher
Alright I'll stop being a pussy
Jonathan Cooper
RIP to my last French chart from July! Italian chart incoming…
>GRM/Xenakis • Electro-Acoustic Music 3.5 "Bohor" (1962) on the A-side is pure otherworldly Industrial Harsh Drone from 1971. White noise-core. The B-side sounds more organic: "Concret P-H II" and "Diamorphoses II" are calmer, like some Ambient White Noise, but "Orient-Occident III" is a bit more chaotic (w/ gamelans).
>Melmoth • La devanture des ivresses 2.5 LMAO: the guy can't sing and his lyrics are awful…
>Les Maledictus Sound • s/t 2.5 This goofy Psych Rock sounds like it was made by someone who has no idea what Psych Rock actually is: it's closer to Library Music territory than actual Rock.
>Charles Aznavour • Entre deux rêves 4.0 It opens with one of the famous Aznavour song "Emmenez-moi", then 11 more great songs (ie. the epic "Yerushalaim") follows, with lush symphonic arrangements. Very solid LP.
>Françoise Hardy • Le premier bonheur du jour 3.0 Qt & twee.
>Jean-Jacques Perrey • Musique électronique du cosmos 3.5 Goofy melodies on early synths: sounds like television jingles for early 70's TV shows for children.
>Boulez/Schoenberg/Varèse • Hyperprisme; Octandres; Intégrales / Suite Op. 29 3.5 Great short pieces (from 1923-1925) by Varèse: no (obvious) melodies, aggressive percussions, very colorful, nonetheless dramatic and with a strong narration. The Schoenberg suite is more melodic; I think a wider range of instruments is used in a more perplexing composition. It's overall strident but playful.
>Serge Gainsbourg • Du chant à la une !… 1.5 "Le Poinçonneur des Lilas" is a classic; the rest is waaaaay too dated.
>André Popp • Delirium in Hi-Fi 1.0 It could work as a nice colorful movie soundtrack (ie.Jacques Tati movies) or Warner Brs move cartoons, but as itself, it's painfully dated and too wacky.
>Boris Vian • Chansons possibles et impossibles 3.5 Adorable old quirky songs.
Cooper Harris
>the guy can't sing and his lyrics are awful >still gets a 5/10
Connor Kelly
lomger
Robert James
hey guys, can you rec me some sparse, sad bastard music like vic chesnutt, bonnie prince billy, david thomas broughton, elliott smith or nick drake?
Lincoln Bell
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) Bill Callahan - Apocalypse (or anything else too) Phosphorescent - Pride Cass McCombs - Catacombs Grouper - Ruins Fred Neil - The Many Sides of Fred Neil Steve Earle - El Corazon
Benjamin Thomas
townes van zandt s/t
Charles Reyes
>go to Goodwill >pick out every writable cassette that isn't identifiably music >go to the register >"I'm sorry sir, these should have never been on the floor. We can't sell unofficially recorded media." wat do? I wanted to some kind of tape collage /b found sounds to record against some songs I wrote on guitar.
Jose Anderson
Glad you liked Malicorne, I think I rec it for lamb's tournament
Listened through the first four Elliott Smith albums, quite interesting how he seems to improve on every release, XO is brilliant. Going to give more concise insight onto them in due time. Will try Led Zeppelin in a day or so, don't really know what to expect - I remember back in days of secondary school one of my friends who was far more into music (dad-rock, though given that I was listening to dubstep at the time it was pretty hardcore) used to like Led Zeppelin and me and my friend used to call it Zep Leppelin and they seemed highly disgruntled. Any stories you guys have of stuff of people being perturbed on the subject of music?
Charles Hughes
Recommend me something based in my recently added
Logan Jenkins
no
Carson James
nah
James Butler
nope
Luke Ortiz
Are you just transgod's alt or something
and I would absolutely skip that Foster the People album and Queen and Andrew WK
Jordan Garcia
>and Queen >and Andrew WK m8...
Elijah Walker
i'm trans but not a god, haha
I'm sorry but i loved that Andrew WK album! Why you don't like it?
Mason James
i dont like getting wet
Adrian Nguyen
mods please ban this person, they are underage
Jayden Nguyen
Try that Patchanka album, sounds like something you'd order at a Taco Bell.
Wyatt Cooper
you have no proofs dang... thanks, also, you can recommend me something aside from these albums but based on them?
Mason Cox
>i'm trans kys
Gavin Kelly
You can't kill something that doesn't have life, i'm not living, i'm just wasting time...
Samuel Scott
...
Leo Young
this isn't the artist's fault at all, but there are a few seconds of this track that sound exactly like the nostalgia critic opening theme threethirtythree.bandcamp.com/track/--13
Isaiah Richardson
i thought this would be a meme but its actually good wtf
Connor Parker
has anyone done this post scores
Jackson Scott
.79 what a waste of time!
Jeremiah Ward
0.705572
Jackson Rivera
>mfw i submitted a new artist to RYM and it got approved in 10 minutes
Samuel Roberts
if i include the meme artist and his album that i'm known for around here, 0.641976
this post alone disproves the formula
Angel Walker
0.4
what's wrong with popularity like, there's a reason loads of people listen to bands like The Stooges and TVU
Zachary Hughes
0.35 back to Sup Forums i guess
Christian Campbell
600 people scrobble telstar drugs how is this surprising
