What music have you listened to lately?

[mvd]

I've been listening to good indie pop and rock albums. They are:

Lucius - Good Grief
Laney Jones - self-titled
Emily Kinney - This Is War
Lily & Madeleine - Keep It Together
Pete Yorn - ArrangingTime
Lissie - My Wild West

I'm not one who only likes indie pop for pop music - I felt Carly Rae Jepsen's Emotion and Taylor Swift's 1989 were two of the best albums of last year. But if you look into indie pop, there is a lot of great stuff that isn't as noticed. Also you get your fair share of not so good in mainstream pop. I wanted to like Rachel Platten's Wildfire since she is cute and seems sweet - I have a new crush on her. But Rachel's music is so honed by the producers that it gets very generic. So what are you listening to?

[Kaleva]

1. Orthodox Chamber Choir of Finland

[mvd]

2. Hi Kaleva

That sounds interesting.

[Kaleva]

3. Further down the page, I posted an OP with links...

to some YouTube videos.

[mvd]

4. Thanks, will check it out

[raccoon]

5. The Everly Brothers. One of my favorite groups. nt

[mvd]

8. Very good indeed

I like a lot of classic rock, and early country like them.

[bigwillq]

6. Mainly EDM and Hip Hop (nt)

[MH1]

7. Michael Franti, and Tracy Chapman

along with whatever I can tolerate that comes on the radio.

Oh and random classical and jazz on WRTI.

When I'm cranky, though, it has to be the Offspring.


For Franti, someone recently gave me the album Yell Fire and I really like it.

Tracy Chapman I have tons on my mp3 player from various albums.

[KamaAina]

22. That'd be a hell of a duet!

[MH1]

27. Oh yeah it would!

Great idea!

[mackerel]

9. Kenna's version of Gloria

I heard Bono was impressed.

[Populist_Prole]

10. Just saw the movie 'The Decline of Western Civilization'

And so my interest in early hard-core punk is rekindled.

There was some truly talentless bad stuff, no doubt, but 'X' and 'Fear' is some good, tight stuff that's busrsting with energy.

[Arugula Latte]

11. Dream pop/jangle bands like Wild Nothing, Real Estate, and DIIV

I know it's a pretty specific genre, but I really like it.

[IcyPeas]

12. Ray LaMontagne

has a new "album" - great voice. This one is produced by the singer from My Morning Jacket and has a Pink Floyd sound to it. Sounds great. Must listen to the rest of it.

[pfitz59]

13. Henry Mancini marathon

with a little Ennio Morricone

[closeupready]

29. Were we twins switched at birth? Love them both -

I actually have Inspector Clouseau's theme on my mp3 player for my workouts, I kid you not! A sweet, simple melody ... the kind you think, oh, shucks, I could written this! (but then, why DIDN'T you, I reply, lol.)

[denbot]

14. Marilyn Manson

We're all Stars now in..

Warning, what has been seen, can not be unseen..

[Initech]

17. His last couple of albums have been amazing.

I love "The Pale Emperor", it was one of my favorite albums of last year, but I also really dig "The High End Of Low" as well.

[panader0]

15. Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi

[kwassa]

32. They are a great combination, she is a wonderful singer.

This concert is excellent.

[Initech]

16. Here's a few albums that I have been playing a lot lately:

Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls
Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface
Primal Fear - Rulebreaker
The Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain
Muse - Drones
Anderson Paak - Malibu
Violent Femmes - We Can Do Anything
TV On The Radio - Seeds
Kendrick Lamar - Untitled Unmastered
The Roots Feat. Elvis Costello - Wise Up Ghost
Flogging Molly - Within A Mile Of Home
Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor
Deftones - Koi No Yokan
Death From Above 1979 - The Physical World

[Ron Obvious]

18. ELP

For obvious, nostalgic reasons....

[BarbaRosa]

19. Pretty much myself working on learning to play the Ukulele.

While it's totally different from playing bass, it sure is a kick.

[KamaAina]

23. You have, of course, discovered the master of the electric uke, Jake Shimabukuro, no?

Jake : uke :: Hendrix : guitar.

[BarbaRosa]

24. No I haven't, but he sure gives me something to work towards.

Thanks for pointing him out to me.

Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole -IZ- was my inspiration for taking up the Ukulele.

[KamaAina]

26. De nada.

Favorite Jake moment: Heading out to the store down the block from my building in Honolulu -- and finding Jake putting on a free show outside!

[eppur_se_muova]

20. Don Ellis Live In India ... released 32 years after his death.

You can't imagine how exciting it was to find a new album by one of my favorite musicians, long after such a thing seemed even remotely possible. It's totally different, just like almost everything he did. Instead of taking his whole huge orchestra all the way to India, he replaced all the brass, woodwind, and strings (except bass) with a single vocalist, singing only open tones (no words), plus solo trumpet and rhythm section.

Don had developed a passion for Indian music early on, and studied with Harihar Rao. It's hard to imagine how much it must have meant to him to be able to visit India the last year of his life. Monster drummer David Crigger has written about the experience on his web page.

It helps to be able to count to seven, and sometimes higher.

Here's some YouTube of my two favorite tracks:

[retrowire]

21. I keep listening to Radiohead's Paranoid Android. nt

[trof]

25. Sinatra channel on Dish.

Hey, I'm a geezer.

[closeupready]

28. I generally like South Asian instrumental, like Ravi Shankar,

Ali Akbar Khan, other songs of that type.

I also like lounge-y stuff like International People's Gang

or Icewalk:

Both of which I found first on Digitally Imported FM:

www.di.fm

[UTUSN]

30. Directing you to this:

[Ilsa]

31. Friends of Distinction:

Love or Let Me Be Lonely and
Grazing In The Grass

Daena Jay: The Gray

William Eaton Ensemble: Meadowland Green

Suzanne Ciani: The Velocity of Love

[area51]

33. Sonny Rhodes (The Ballad of Serenity (Firefly))

David Bowie (Ashes to Ashes)
Silversun Pickups (Nightlight)
Beauty Has Her Way (Mummy Calis)

[pfitz59]

34. Fleetwood mac tonight

Mystery to me, Future games, bare trees, Penguin, rumours

[Lizzie Poppet]

35. Among others, Band-Maid.

It's easy to be fooled at first glance by their gimmick (maid uniforms on cute young Japanese women...related to that "maid cafe" phenomenon) and dismiss them as likely to be the empty-headed, simplistic variety of pop...and not near-metal, aggressive (but uber-catchy) alterna-rock/pop with plenty of real musicianship. To wit:

Plus, how can you not love a band that releases a song called "alone" on Valentine's Day?

[Iggo]

36. Gangland -- Tygers Of Pan Tang

And the cover, by Kreator.

[U4ikLefty]

37. Leprous - Bilateral

Don't let the name fool ya, they're not death-metal. They are a great progressive metal band. I've been meaning to check this one out...I wish I had done it sooner. Awesome album!!!

[kentauros]

38. Aeternitas - The Ever-Changing Choir Drone Generator

I've had my setting on for the last couple of hours

[robertgodardfromnj]

39. Mostly classic rock

Lots of Cream, Led Zep, Beatles, etc. Just awesome.

[LisaM]

40. Pogues!

And Pogues....

[progressoid]

41. Bowie's Latest/Last. Mark Ronson. Steven Wilson. Eno.

[MowCowWhoHow III]

42. Half Life 2 Soundtrack (as background music)

It's always been like sonic Modafinil for me, very useful for alertness and focus.