NP: 10/29 to 11/5

discostu · **Posted:** Tue Oct 30, 2012 1:41 pm

- John Talabot - fin Remixes Vol. 1
http://soundcloud.com/permvac

- Holy Other - Held
http://open.spotify.com/album/5GAjABkGx1rTzQDuwokwgh

PopTodd · **Posted:** Tue Oct 30, 2012 3:03 pm

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Tue Oct 30, 2012 3:17 pm

Having gone through this, there are some definite great moments. But, I'm listening at a lower volume in my office--so I really want to blast this out and see how it sounds then. I'm guessing even better.

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Tue Oct 30, 2012 4:10 pm

discostu · **Posted:** Tue Oct 30, 2012 6:54 pm

PopTodd · **Posted:** Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:59 am

discostu · **Posted:** Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:30 pm

Hammock - Departure Songs - Spotify link
RIYL - chill, ambient, post rock, Sigur Ros, beautiful, "cinematic" music

Quote:

Departure Songs is Hammock's fifth LP and first double album. It was mixed by Tim Powles (The Church), mastered by Taylor Deupree (solo artist and 12K) and features contributions by Keith Kenniff (Helios, Goldmund).

Hammock go massive as they meditate on grand themes of death and loss, their music ever larger, more expansive. Every song a mountaintop vista with a clear view to the horizon, unencumbered by clouds, in all directions. Departure Songs demands that it be played loudly so that the details in each track can breathe, whether it is the androgynous, falsetto vocals of Marc Byrd or the angelic voice of Christine Glass Byrd or just a little bit of guitar in the background, this record is nuanced in a most compelling fashion. The arrangements beg to be picked apart - soaring guitars, propulsive bass, and hypnotic strings. The vocals work wonderfully as an instrument, but when the words finally become understandable, they cause shivers.

Departure Songs is an album about being there and not being there. And how it feels to both be there and have someone else not be there. Presence and absence. Love and grief. Hammock’s music has always been a balm for troubled hearts in troubled times - and here the troubled times are their own. This is intensely personal music, and we are lucky that Hammock will let us listen in.

Not as fragile as previous efforts, Departure Songs shows a more mature songwriting, more assured production, a fuller approach to crafting music. Hammock retains its signature approach to epic music-making, but this time out, herald their muse in all capital letters, with cinematic crescendos and an architect’s ear for structure both within a song and as a sequence of songs. The quiet, more ambient tracks act as both underline and counterbalance to the bigger tracks.

Hammock’s greatest success as musicians is to make music that is, at its heart, completely the saddest music ever made but expressed in a manner that is ecstatic. This is what makes Hammock special - ecstasy through exquisite sadness. Epiphany. - Words by James Mason

PopTodd · **Posted:** Thu Nov 01, 2012 8:27 am

nobody · **Posted:** Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:38 am

The Replacements: Don't Tell a Soul

Ran across a cassette of this at a thrift shop for a quarter, which seems about right as a means of motivating to revisit a Replacements album I never really gave much of a chance back in the day. And ya know, it's not half bad. More of a subdued, mid-tempo rustic rock n roll record than much of their earlier stuff, but some good songs and a nice melancholy vibe throughout. A somehow simultaneously rootsier yet more polished affair than much of their catalog and certainly devoid of the wild rawness than sparked much of their better work. Still, a bad Replacements album is kind like bad sex or pizza...still pretty OK and nothing to turn away from.

toots · **Posted:** Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:46 am

(hype williams - one nation)

discostu · **Posted:** Thu Nov 01, 2012 2:11 pm

Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
http://www.npr.org/2012/10/23/163474645 ... y-problems
RIYL - Burial, early UK dubstep, downtempo electronic

PopTodd · **Posted:** Thu Nov 01, 2012 2:42 pm

toots · **Posted:** Thu Nov 01, 2012 3:23 pm

nice on the brazil, todd

i can't remember the last time i listened to that album

PopTodd · **Posted:** Fri Nov 02, 2012 8:23 am

It's a damn good album, Jon!
today:

discostu · **Posted:** Fri Nov 02, 2012 2:56 pm

Jasmin Kaset - Hell and Half of Jordan

pollysix · **Joined:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:56 am **Posts:** 5174

word and yo. heheheh
:rockbanana:

(both on vinyl)

Stop Breathin' · **Posted:** Sat Nov 03, 2012 1:32 pm

np: pollysix sighting

nobody · **Posted:** Sun Nov 04, 2012 2:29 pm

Dave "Baby" Cortez: Rinky Dink

Early 60s pop/rock 'n' roll organ music. Really fun stuff. One of a stack I picked up this morning at a local record selling show. The full list includes:

Johnny Cash: The Man, The World, His Music
Fats Domino Sings Million Record Hits
Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Smith: Blues Bash
Revolting Cocks: You Goddamn Son of a Bitch, Live!
Perez Prado: Prez
Suzanne Ciani: The Velocity of Love
Blondie: Autoamerican
Little Anthony & the Imperials: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
The Contours: Do You Love Me
Waiting for Little Milton
The Jam: The Gift (mint Japanese pressing)
Martin Denny: Quiet Village
Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers: Hard Promises
The Ventures: Surfing
Amii Stewart: Knock on Wood
Diana Ross & the Supremes: Love Child
Ex Pistols: Land of Hope and Glory

Dropped $40 on the stack and I'm pretty happy with that. They are all is great shape as the collection at this point has gotten unwieldy enough that I've pretty much stopped grabbing anything that's not. A couple of these are replacements for albums I already had that are in less than great condition. I'll be listening to as much of these as I can get through this afternoon.

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Sun Nov 04, 2012 3:29 pm

King Dude || Burning Daylight

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Sun Nov 04, 2012 6:06 pm

Death in June || Peaceville Snow

NP: 10/29 to 11/5

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