Music

[Finkster]

^^^ Jason Williamson (Sleaford Mods) is terrific 

[4c]

Just learned something interesting in history class that relates to both music and political correctness. The experimental musician, John Cage, was sponsored by the CIA during the cold war because the CIA wanted to promote US interests and values by spreading non-political US music throughout the world. So, by design, this is about as non-political as it gets and the most appropriate for politically sensitive audiences.

[Graeme]

Normally the UK Christmas Number 1 is an X-Factor type pop record. This year they've got competition from Noel Fielding, Idris Elba and Kasabian! :o

[4c]

[mikebarhoot]

[4c]

[Beerhammer]

@TrickHell:

Psst… hey, kid... wanna listen to some USBM?

[xtcclassic]

Godspeed, Lemmy.

[4c]

Here's a great song about Woody Guthrie:

Like this guy's sardonic sense of humor.

[4c]

Tom Petty….

And now for a word of universal peace and brotherhood from the confederate soldier Hank Williams Jr….

[Finkster]

[Peter]

There's a lack of lists in this thread as of late. What were your favourite records of 2015? I'll do a quick top 5, and a bunch of honorable mentions:

1. Wilderun - Sleep at the Edge of the Earth. https://wilderun.bandcamp.com/album/sleep-at-the-edge-of-the-earth
2. Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction. https://cattledecapitation.bandcamp.com/album/the-anthropocene-extinction
3. Trials - This Ruined World. https://trials.bandcamp.com/album/this-ruined-world
4. Gloryhammer - Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards
5. Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase

The rest:

Alustrium - A Tunnel to Eden
Our Oceans - Our Oceans
Tau Cross - Tau Cross
Sulphur Aeon - Gateway to the Antisphere
Mgla - Excercises in Futility
Alkaloid - The Malkuth Grimoire
Avatarium - The Girl With the Raven Mask
Enshine - Singularity
Ghost - Meliora
Nechochwen - Heart of Akamon
Outre - Ghost Chants
Riverside - Love, Fear and The Time Machine
Symphony X - Underworld
Vhöl - Deeper Than Sky
Barren Earth - On Lonely Towers

Great year for music!

[Finkster]

My 'pathological obsession' for denim, garments & shoes curbs my other hobbies    … the only record, which I bought in the last months was the new CLUTCH album - but this is top notch 

[Mopfloyd]

Check out Uncle ACid and the Deadbeats for some SAbbath stonery doomy type thing

[Max Power]

^^ And a good choice it was! I also bought just a few records this year. Baroness' Purple is still not unwrapped as I just got home and couldn't play vinyl at my parents. But I look very forward to that one.

By the way, great Avatar @beerhammer.

[Beerhammer]

@Mopfloyd:

Check out Uncle ACid and the Deadbeats for some SAbbath stonery doomy type thing

I was just jamming melody lane on the way in to work. 

@Max:

^^ And a good choice it was! I also bought just a few records this year. Baroness' Purple is still not unwrapped as I just got home and couldn't play vinyl at my parents. But I look very forward to that one.

By the way, great Avatar @beerhammer.

Thanks @Max Power ! Been an emp fan since i just a young one. Didnt pick up their boxset though. Really cant deal with that blood music guy. Plus all the holes he was making international customers jump through. Also the price was ludicrous.

Just put my order in for the neurosis box set though. Really excited for that.

[Mopfloyd]

Nice one man,
New jeans+jacket landed an I'm soaking/giving it some U.A. Blood lust on the old record player.

[Max Power]

To be honest I didn't follow Emperor since they split up (2001?). But Anthems and In the Nightside Eclipse were some favorite records of mine, 15-16 years ago.

[4c]

Love Johnny Winter's style of electric blues/rock. He is a soulful musician.

[4c]