What are you listening to?

[ddohnggo]

i can upload the new fennesz if you want

[destroyed]

want!

[DHC]

silence. and it is glorious.

[ddohnggo]

fennesz -black sea

[destroyed]

you are a gentleman and a scholar

[skecr8r_l8r]

whats up with sharing new albums from artists who aren't making any money? will everyone please step up their fucking game. the cd is like $15. and mp3 release even less. anyone want me to share my new very limited "June" lp by him?

i won't talk on faust's behalf, but i can hardly imagine him being thrilled by illegal sharing on SZ.

[ddohnggo]

whats up with sharing new albums from artists who aren't making any money? will everyone please step up their fucking game.

sorry, i spent my money on cluthinz

[casem]

I'm not asking for people to only list music I've heard of. I was genuinely curious about the music because people are discussing band after band I have never heard of. I do appreciate the descriptions in the last page, helps me determine if it's something I should check out or not. Merely listing one obscure band after another though is as totally pointless as making a huge list of recent purchases (and we've all seen what happens to those people).

Anway, it seems like my question was answered and many of these bands are hardcore/post-hardcore/noise rock befitting the SZ aesthetic. Not my cup of tea, so I will continue to live in ignorance of 95% of the bands discussed on here.

I'm delighted by the mention of Steve Reich, however. I just finished zoning out to Glass's "Music in Similar Motion." Everyone I know gets totally annoyed with this music but I find it calming.

There just wouldn't be any point to this thread if everyone said, "I'm listening to the new Kanye" "Me, too" "I, too, am listening to Kanye West" "The new Kanye is on my iPod" "I listen to Kanye whilst exercising on the stairmaster" "Last night, I listened to Kanye as I prepared dinner" "Kanye has been on repeat..."

[skecr8r_l8r]

should have guessed people were too fast to reply before i edited my post, was a bit quick to press reply. i don't really care on a personal level, but:

i won't talk on faust's behalf, but i can hardly imagine him being thrilled by illegal sharing on SZ.

merz: doesn't seem like it if multiple people who love drone didn't pick up the new fennesz.

[doldrums]

surely you jest.

edit: by no means bad stuff, but i don't think it goes anywhere near low in spirit or substance.

I felt guilty writing it...shouldnt be mentioned together but I really like this album and its vague sonic similarities to Low.

[BECOMING-INTENSE]

I'm not asking for people to only list music I've heard of. I was genuinely curious about the music because people are discussing band after band I have never heard of. I do appreciate the descriptions in the last page, helps me determine if it's something I should check out or not. Merely listing one obscure band after another though is as totally pointless as making a huge list of recent purchases (and we've all seen what happens to those people).

Anway, it seems like my question was answered and many of these bands are hardcore/post-hardcore/noise rock befitting the SZ aesthetic. Not my cup of tea, so I will continue to live in ignorance of 95% of the bands discussed on here.

I'm delighted by the mention of Steve Reich, however. I just finished zoning out to Glass's "Music in Similar Motion." Everyone I know gets totally annoyed with this music but I find it calming.

The likes of Philip Glass, John Cage, Steve Reich, Meredith Monk etc.
has a warm place in this dicky ticker!

You're not alone, we are more than you think!

[maldoror]

I felt guilty writing it...shouldnt be mentioned together but I really like this album and its vague sonic similarities to Low.

yeah, I quite like (some) beach house as well but understand where merz is coming from. the s/t is extremely pleasant lazy sunday music with a few really good songs that occasionally borders on twee. this doesn't stop me from still listening to it fairly regularly. devotion however is unforgivably forgettable, demonstrating a sonic stagnancy that is just depressing. the first time I queued it up I literally thought songs were repeating they were so indistinguishable from one another. elevator music for the pitchfork set.

EDIT: @casem83: I understand where you're coming from and will try to make a concerted effort to post more description (or at least link to more elaborate description) in the future. the problem has unfortunately been precisely that: effort. sloth ninja indeed.

EDIT EDIT: I sound so fucking dry today. also I understand where everyone is coming from.

[skecr8r_l8r]

I'll step it up a notch also and try to elaborate on what I listen to, casem83. I will actively try to be eclectic and varied in my posts and hopefully present a bunch of interesting stuff.

[Jon]

I'll echo all the above. Sometimes I feel like this thread is pretty focused, and definitely dominated by a small group with similar aesthetics, but there's always interesting new stuff being put forward.

Listening to:

Swans - Children Of God
This one actually got recommended to me by a customer. A guy who had never even heard of Komakino and just wandered in. I think I was listening to Brian Eno's Here Come The Warm Jets at the time. We started talking about Joy Division ('Komakino') and The Birthday Party and he told me to check out this album. It's everything I could have hoped for. Dark, pre-industrial music. Like The Birthday Party, only better.

[DHC]

/\ alright, you've managed to peak my interest. Got anything to sample?