Current Musical Obsessions - (2011 Edition)

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

Sonny Sharrock lights it up in those Black Jack Johnson sessions...

shiv Wrote:

Cotton Wrote:

lots of Jean Grae, Middle Brother, and everything else on this mix I'm making

Have you listened to Odd Future yet?

I haven't, although I've heard all about them. Based on nothing but the pull quotes, I can see myself not enjoying it.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:25 pm

I have THE COMPLETE ON THE CORNER SESSIONS and THE COMPLETE JACK JOHNSON SESSIONS uploaded.

key words include: COMPLETE. MILES. JAZZ. 1970s.

Borg166 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:00 am

On a mission to pick up Chris Brann's best releases.

seafoam · **Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:10 am

timmyjoe42 Wrote:

Based only on the video clips posted so far, the following are stellar and I shall research more:

The Vaccines
The Papercuts
Jamaica

TJ, don't want to mislead you. That video was Phoenix Foundation's Buffalo, but here's a Papercuts one.

jsh · **Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:21 am

shiv Wrote:

hate to say it, but i cannot get into this...

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:37 am

So I guess I do have a current obsession:

The Psychic Paramount - II

This album is seriously kicking my ass and making want to hear all of their older stuff.

Here are a couple of tracks from it:

And since this band includes half the guys from Laddio Bolocko, it's had me watching live clips of their old band as well, who I've always liked but haven't listened to nearly enough:

Great stuff.

thisotherkingdom · **Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2011 8:43 pm

Has anyone heard of the band Young the Giant? I was driving to work around 5 a.m. the other day and our local alt rock radio played this song. Definitely have a Kings of Leon/Band of Horses vibe going. Got a feeling they're gonna blow up soon.

shmoo · **Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:29 pm

thisotherkingdom Wrote:

Has anyone heard of the band Young the Giant? I was driving to work around 5 a.m. the other day and our local alt rock radio played this song. Definitely have a Kings of Leon/Band of Horses vibe going. Got a feeling they're gonna blow up soon.

Yeah, Live 105 here (CBS radio alt rock station) has been playing "My Body" since late last year. Not bad.

bort · **Posted:** Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:40 am

also can't wait until this album comes out (next month i think)

http://vimeo.com/21422590

Roach · **Joined:** Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:39 pm **Posts:** 955

Some new obsessions. Love this opal record, I'd only heard Happy Nightmare Baby previously, but this kills it for me.

Opal - Early Recordings

Quote:

While Opal's Happy Nightmare Baby is more representative of the group's richly textured brand of neo-psychedelia, the stripped-down Early Recordings compilation is an even better example of David Roback and Kendra Smith's remarkable songcraft. Released in the wake of the group's breakup, the album collects the majority of tracks from the Fell From the Sun and Northern Line EPs, along with a handful of outtakes and unreleased cuts, all spotlighting Opal's more subdued, acoustic-folk side. Peeling away the mystical haze which enshrouded Happy Nightmare Baby, the songs are plaintive and stark, exposing the emotional complexity at the band's core -- the wistful "Empty Box Blues" and the haunting "Harriet Brown," both previously unissued, are unmatched in their beauty and grace.

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Winston Riley - Meditation Dub

Quote:

A devastating, echo-laden, all-star dub masterpiece produced by Winston Riley on his own Techniques imprint in the late 70s & featuring several master magicians of the genre. dope in every sense of the word.

seafoam · **Posted:** Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:12 am

Pete Roach Wrote:

Some new obsessions. Love this opal record, I'd only heard Happy Nightmare Baby previously, but this kills it for me.

Opal - Early Recordings

Quote:

While Opal's Happy Nightmare Baby is more representative of the group's richly textured brand of neo-psychedelia, the stripped-down Early Recordings compilation is an even better example of David Roback and Kendra Smith's remarkable songcraft. Released in the wake of the group's breakup, the album collects the majority of tracks from the Fell From the Sun and Northern Line EPs, along with a handful of outtakes and unreleased cuts, all spotlighting Opal's more subdued, acoustic-folk side. Peeling away the mystical haze which enshrouded Happy Nightmare Baby, the songs are plaintive and stark, exposing the emotional complexity at the band's core -- the wistful "Empty Box Blues" and the haunting "Harriet Brown," both previously unissued, are unmatched in their beauty and grace.

I tried to track these guys down years ago mainly because I always loved Luna's cover of 'Hear the Wind Blow.' I could never find how to get an album digital or otherwise. Now, I just found a couple of files, so thanks for reminding me about them.

Roach · **Joined:** Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:39 pm **Posts:** 955

seafoam Wrote:

Pete Roach Wrote:

Some new obsessions. Love this opal record, I'd only heard Happy Nightmare Baby previously, but this kills it for me.

Opal - Early Recordings

Quote:

While Opal's Happy Nightmare Baby is more representative of the group's richly textured brand of neo-psychedelia, the stripped-down Early Recordings compilation is an even better example of David Roback and Kendra Smith's remarkable songcraft. Released in the wake of the group's breakup, the album collects the majority of tracks from the Fell From the Sun and Northern Line EPs, along with a handful of outtakes and unreleased cuts, all spotlighting Opal's more subdued, acoustic-folk side. Peeling away the mystical haze which enshrouded Happy Nightmare Baby, the songs are plaintive and stark, exposing the emotional complexity at the band's core -- the wistful "Empty Box Blues" and the haunting "Harriet Brown," both previously unissued, are unmatched in their beauty and grace.

I tried to track these guys down years ago mainly because I always loved Luna's cover of 'Hear the Wind Blow.' I could never find how to get an album digital or otherwise. Now, I just found a couple of files, so thanks for reminding me about them.

Sweet. I've been listening to the bootleg Early recordings vol 2 which is pretty cool if you can track them down. A few live shows with Kendra as well.

One more obsession is the Detroit punk band Death. I think two records were reissued recently. So damn awesome. Prefer Spiritual Mental Physical record to For The Whole World To See but "Politicians In My Eye" rules..

seafoam · **Posted:** Sat Apr 09, 2011 10:53 am

I was going to up this in the Singles Thread, but its a 2010 song on their Ep that I passed by and now just discovered in my library and obsessed over it for the last 24 hours.

Code:

http://www.mediafire.com/?xdhgurm2b1pax4u

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:50 am

Pete - where did you find that montage of life ruiner vans?

Roach · **Joined:** Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:39 pm **Posts:** 955

http://theacidsweatlodge.blogspot.com/

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Sat Apr 09, 2011 12:15 pm

Pete Roach Wrote:

http://theacidsweatlodge.blogspot.com/

this is awesome.

Roach · **Joined:** Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:39 pm **Posts:** 955

Yeah it is. I always have to shower after visiting though.

nobody · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:57 am

k Wrote:

Also this which has become the soundtrack to yardwork/cleaning around the house:

That Bangs & Works album comp is pretty kick ass. And the whole Chicago Footwork thing is a trip to check out.

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:26 am

new foo fighters...

FT · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:56 am

Twilightkid Wrote:

new foo fighters...

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k · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:10 am

nobody Wrote:

k Wrote:

Also this which has become the soundtrack to yardwork/cleaning around the house:

That Bangs & Works album comp is pretty kick ass. And the whole Chicago Footwork thing is a trip to check out.

Normally when I force feed friends/family music that I am excited about I get blank stares. This however, everyone I have tried to trun on to it has loved it. I think the only complaint has been the complete absence of mids on a few tracks (something that I find to be awesome for the record). Probably my favorite compilation of the past few years.

seafoam · **Posted:** Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:00 pm

Lots of little obsessions lately, but this one stood out on a mix I made. If you play vid turn your vol down because someone uploaded this thing at 640 or something.

FT · **Posted:** Sun Sep 18, 2011 12:36 pm

seafoam Wrote:

Lots of little obsessions lately, but this one stood out on a mix I made. If you play vid turn your vol down because someone uploaded this thing at 640 or something.

that whole album is pretty awesome

i end up randomly singing the main two lines from "senator" to myself at least a couple of times a day

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Sun Sep 18, 2011 1:06 pm

Maybe it's LSU's prominence, or the fact that the dumbie Southern pol is now the defacto leader of 21st Century American thought but I cannot stop listening to Randy Newman's "Rednecks."

The best version of which, when showed on a 60 inch Apple TV equipped screen sort of sums of the 70s in all their epic creepiness.

We're Rednecks - we don't know our ass from a hole in the ground.

I think I also really appreciate this because I'm now the equivalent of the went in dumb came out dumb too fella hustlin around town in my Alligator shoes.

Kingfish · **Posted:** Sun Sep 18, 2011 6:01 pm

Sen Lil Luke LooGAR Wrote:

Maybe it's LSU's prominence, or the fact that the dumbie Southern pol is now the defacto leader of 21st Century American thought but I cannot stop listening to Randy Newman's "Rednecks."

The best version of which, when showed on a 60 inch Apple TV equipped screen sort of sums of the 70s in all their epic creepiness.

We're Rednecks - we don't know our ass from a hole in the ground.

I think I also really appreciate this because I'm now the equivalent of the went in dumb came out dumb too fella hustlin around town in my Alligator shoes.

This was our game day song as a sophomore. Wake up still drunk on Saturday morning, pop open a miller lite, crank up rednecks, tailgate.

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