God is an astronaut is one I only got into last year. Saw them live and they are great.
Music that passed you by that you now want to get in to
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God is an astronaut is one I only got into last year. Saw them live and they are great.
SpookyFrank
Float like a caterpillar, sting like a tree
Except one is a rock band one is an almost entirely electronic outfit. And Mogwai are notorious for long songs while BoC are fond of 90-secomd vignettes.
Both are Scottish though I guess.
hitmouse
Did do all Google car mistakes
Honestly I think there's no shame in starting off with one of the various compilations, like 50,000 Fall Fans or something and then see if there's one era that particularly grabs you from that. Either that or listen to absolutely everything in chronological order starting with Live at the Witch Trials.
Can anyone tell me if I'd like Mitski?
SpookyFrank
Float like a caterpillar, sting like a tree
The second side of Ocean Rain is flawless.
Porcupine is a great record but it's gloomy as fuck, one you have to be in the right mood for.
krtek a houby
Sail hatin'
Listened to The Jam, their first release, the other day. Not bad, bit like The Who, which also went for a spin.
They're both very earnest and yet, do wonder why didn't really bother with them for years. The better half is more of a Jam/Style Council fan, although did buy a Weller solo album some years back.
They're both very earnest and yet, do wonder why didn't really bother with them for years. The better half is more of a Jam/Style Council fan, although did buy a Weller solo album some years back.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
There are quite a few bands I just didn't get or wasn't aware of at the time & enjoyed later.
The Smiths , I was perfect fodder , I was a miserablist indy student , didn't take to them at the time , maybe 20 years later , wow !
Cocteau Twins - similar to above
#morelater
The Smiths , I was perfect fodder , I was a miserablist indy student , didn't take to them at the time , maybe 20 years later , wow !
Cocteau Twins - similar to above
#morelater
krtek a houby
Sail hatin'
Just as getting into The Smiths, they went and split. Which, looking back, was probably for the best.
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This week the score draws are plentiful
LCD Soundsystem for me.
Heard something early on and dismissed it as a rubbish cross between New Order and The Fall by some jonny-come-lately commercial indie types.
Now think Sound of Silver is one of the best albums ever made. Incredible breadth and two classics in All My Friends and New York I Love You. North American Scum is witty genius too, but I think I've heard it too many times now.
Heard something early on and dismissed it as a rubbish cross between New Order and The Fall by some jonny-come-lately commercial indie types.
Now think Sound of Silver is one of the best albums ever made. Incredible breadth and two classics in All My Friends and New York I Love You. North American Scum is witty genius too, but I think I've heard it too many times now.
krtek a houby
Sail hatin'
Yes, yes! Picked up the first 3 albums for next to nothing recently. Most excellent.
Also two of the Primal Screams, which had previously avoided. Owned Screamadelica for years and was put off by the follow up. After that, just felt they could never top Screamadelica, but have discovered Vanishing Point and XTRMNTR are well listenable.
hitmouse
Did do all Google car mistakes
At least three classics, surely, counting Someone Great?
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Good point.
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This week the score draws are plentiful
Oh, and Mogwai.
I was and remain a huge fan of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, but always bristled at the idea of other bands like them and the whole idea of post rock as a genre (although I do love a lot of the associated Montréal scene that came with them).
Dismissed Mogwai as pale, slightly more commercial, rock imitations. I now admit I was very wrong. Don't like everything they do, but Rano Pano is a work of genius, and selected albums are some of the best stuff to come out of these isles in recent decades.
I was and remain a huge fan of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, but always bristled at the idea of other bands like them and the whole idea of post rock as a genre (although I do love a lot of the associated Montréal scene that came with them).
Dismissed Mogwai as pale, slightly more commercial, rock imitations. I now admit I was very wrong. Don't like everything they do, but Rano Pano is a work of genius, and selected albums are some of the best stuff to come out of these isles in recent decades.
Orang Utan
Acceptable through usage
I might be ready for some jazz I suppose. I dig some of it, but very selectively. I’m not great with music that rewards attention.
Spandex
A crazy bulbous punchbag of sound
Just say no! Taking jazz leads to terrible addiction and ruination. It all starts off innocently enough, people who seem cool offering you a go on Some Kind of Blue and Duke Ellington and you think you can handle it, but that's just the start and as you get drawn in it takes you over. You're so desperate for your next hit of Cannonball Adderley that you stop hanging out with old friends like disco and techno, you start talking relentlessly about obscure old saxophonists and end up posting YouTube videos showing the mathematical relation of notes in Miles Davies' music. I've lost good friends to jazz addictions, they're never free of it no matter how hard they try. Choose life. Be the best you can be - be jazz free.
I like the Jam, but never listen to them. The Who I’ve never got at all. I don’t see what the fuss is about.
With Jazz I think I’d really get into the 1930s stuff like you hear in mob movies. But I wouldn’t know what to search for.
I might have the decade wrong.
Jennaonthebeach
Wish I was as perfect as you.
I've been wanting to get into heavy metal now for about 20 years and i just can't. But then when a heavy metalist talks about their passion i want to all over again. I even hear tracks that are of the heavy metal oeuvre and they sound great to me. But once i sit down with an album and try to listen it just does my head in.
Jennaonthebeach
Wish I was as perfect as you.
I loved the Who when i was 14. Maybe you have to be 14.
Mrs Miggins
There's been a slight cheese accident
My new partner is an obsessive Depeche Mode fan. I've just started listening to them properly after decades of not really being bothered and I have discovered that he might actually have a point.
Jennaonthebeach
Wish I was as perfect as you.
I find they sound good in the car, and the odd track, but i can't really do a whole album.
krtek a houby
Sail hatin'
Those that about both groups for decades. Maybe got softened up and more receptive to them. Sounds silly now but they were (wrongly) seen by mates as union Jack waving bands back in the day, so most of us ignored them.
It was all about Madness, Blondie, Bob Marley, Queen, Thin Lizzy and The Boomtown Rats back then.
krtek a houby
Sail hatin'
Yes!
After seeing them in 86, was bowled over. But only got the classic 90s stuff a couple of years ago. The new single is ok, very obviously acknowledging their Kraftwerk debts...
Mrs Miggins
There's been a slight cheese accident
I'm quite amazed at how good they are. I remembered loving Black Celebration when it came out but it stopped there for me. I listened to that again - was massively impressed again - and then loved Violator and Songs of Faith and Devotion.
I've listened to the new album - because of course he was queuing up on the day of release to buy it - and it sounds OK but I haven't given it my full attention yet.
I am now excited about seeing them later this year rather than just going because he wants me to.
krtek a houby
Sail hatin'
Black Celebration was the album tour and it still holds up today.
Hope you enjoy the gig!
Jennaonthebeach
Wish I was as perfect as you.
here's a good place to start - me, I prefer the 50s era.
krtek a houby
Sail hatin'
I’ll get you into metal. The first album I bought was Among The Living by Anthrax and it made me feel sick! I like it now though. What have you listened to? Led Zeppelin are a good route in. But the progressive metal in terms of politics are at the thrashier end which is harder to get into. Master of Puppets (the track) is about drug addiction. Here a guy breaks it down and tells you why it’s great musically.
And then if that sounds interesting listen to the track. It starts heavy but there’s a slowed down bit midway through.
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