Music

Matt

I now believe that the brothers Gallagher timed this reunion to coincide perfectly with a low point in human history. I think they were just waiting for shit to get so far out of hand that only the greatest living rock & roll band of all time could pull humanity out of its collective toilet. I’m feeling a serious Bill & Ted vibe now. I believe they’ll heal us all.

GraemeE

May be an unpopular opinion ( similar to my praise for the andre 3k flute album) but I'm 100% in favor of hip hop legends stretching their wings

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kDi6J1K9zh23aedAjreAeF7NSioNe0TZ8&si=XWj78Jlet23iMTnf

https://open.spotify.com/album/52JbblOmGbKWmQkJWMKe6Y?si=wRrDkpKTQvyMU1bC8w04Ag

T4920

@GraemeE I try not to listen to too much 'critical discourse' on music, but was the André album generally disliked? I loved it, but I am a longstanding fan of ambient music in general, and this definitely scratched that itch.

GraemeE

@T4920 I come from a similar place with enjoying ambient and new age music (to a point) so it wasn't much of a stretch to be able to enjoy an album of synth pads and flute.

IMO the grumbles on Andres album came from the fact that people really wanted another Outkast type album and what they felt like they got was a green half-caf half-decaf mint mocha latte, foam on the bottom, in a vase.

T4920

@GraemeE I feel like that speaks more to the entitlement of certain individuals rather than the creative integrity (or lack thereof) of an artists work.

He's clearly still got a 'classic' in him though.. He's stolen the show whenever he's been featured on hip hop tracks in recent years, but I respect anyone who's willing to step out side of their lane and dabble in things they're passionate about rather than churning out something for the sake of pleasing the masses.

Speaking of critical discourse, this is one guy that I'll always have time for. His take on New Blue Sun really resonated with me.

Tago Mago

Super hyped for The Ocean on Wednesday. Been listening to them today, still blown away by the final three tracks on their to date second to last album Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic:

Miocene | Pliocene:

Pleistocene:

Holocene:

Such an amazing way to end an incredible album

ARNC

Sad news about Herbie Flowers - he did so much but I first came across him through Sky, so here’s something maybe less obvious.

scooter

goosehd

@scooter …I was listening to Incubus this weekend too.

TENDREL

Every so often I go down a weird outsider music rabbit hole, which always ends with me listening to the Shaggs in a very confused state... I love the story behind them. I find music made in this way to be pretty psychedelic and pure. Has a way of opening up my mind/ears to different sorts of pathways when myself playing music.

Anyone else got any weirdo music recommendations?

Aetas

Like this Sky LP a lot @ARNC

Aetas

ARNC

@Aetas I have a huge soft spot for Sky - it was one of my dad’s rare musical ventures beyond the 19th century and got a lot of play in the car when I was growing up.

scooter

T4920

@Aetas I'm addicted to watching these guys whenever they come in my YouTube recommendations (usually after a king gizz binge) So hypnotic and unlike anything I've ever heard before .