What's Everyone Listening to?

[Iowan]

Cortez's accessible Bob Pollard mix.

https://open.spotify.com/user/mmelnits/ ... vUWHhjtzGF#_=_

[Shakespeare]

incredible.

ECMs catalog coming to spotify/etc last year was massive for me.

[whatwouldcooleydo?]

incredible.

ECMs catalog coming to spotify/etc last year was massive for me.

Many moons ago I had that on vinyl

[cortez the killer]

[Sterling Bigmouth]

[Shakespeare]

got really into cheesy new age/ambient stuff last year. what i imagine to be ponytailed men in turtleneck sweaters noodling on synths, basically. this is a real highlight, actually pretty catchy too.

[Shakespeare]

disc one of this wonderful box set, because its snowy and gross out today

[Shakespeare]

one of my most played artists last year. great to see his stuff slowly coming back into print. a totally singular character


on a heavy krautrock kick of late

[cortez the killer]

[Iowan]

[Shakespeare]

the uk goth one, not the us hardcore one. great album

[cortez the killer]

[cortez the killer]

The Harrow & The Harvest Gillian Welch

[Iowan]

[Iowan]

"Glad Girls" is the best Big Star song that Alex Chilton didn't write

[cortez the killer]

"Glad Girls" is the best Big Star song that Alex Chilton didn't write

That is a straight forward rock/power pop record, chock full of songs that should have been “hits” - Chasing Heather Crazy, Enemy, Fair Touching, Glad Girls, Twilight Campfire, Unspirited and Brides Have Hit Glass. Great record!

[cortez the killer]

[Mundane Mayhem]

I've long wanted to jump into his discography and have always found it intimidating. Time to open the AOTW thread and get to work.

[Swamp]

Alabama Ass Whuppin' - side 3
while watching Wanted; Dead or Alive

[cortez the killer]

[Shakespeare]

[Beebs]

crank to 11 and go full spaz

[Iowan]

"Glad Girls" is the best Big Star song that Alex Chilton didn't write

That is a straight forward rock/power pop record, chock full of songs that should have been “hits” - Chasing Heather Crazy, Enemy, Fair Touching, Glad Girls, Twilight Campfire, Unspirited and Brides Have Hit Glass. Great record!

This is something that gets said a lot around here, but it really does apply to this one. I'm guessing the timing of it's release, right at the peak of free file sharing and shortly after the end of critically acclaimed artists also achieving popularity on rock radio, has a lot to do with that.

[cortez the killer]

"Glad Girls" is the best Big Star song that Alex Chilton didn't write

That is a straight forward rock/power pop record, chock full of songs that should have been “hits” - Chasing Heather Crazy, Enemy, Fair Touching, Glad Girls, Twilight Campfire, Unspirited and Brides Have Hit Glass. Great record!

This is something that gets said a lot around here, but it really does apply to this one. I'm guessing the timing of it's release, right at the peak of free file sharing and shortly after the end of critically acclaimed artists also achieving popularity on rock radio, has a lot to do with that.

It was one of the highest-charting albums GBV ever released. A lot of GBV "purists" don't hold the album in high regard due to its polished production. For instance, the original version of the lead track, "Fair Touching", appeared on the 1999 Lexo and The Leapers EP, Ask Them. It's sounds decidedly more lo-fi in its original version.


Good luck with your Pollard immersion. It's a deep, deep hole, but well worth exploring. He champions the four P's of music - Pop, Punk, Prog & Psych.

[Iowan]

crank to 11 and go full spaz

Yeah. That's about perfect for a straight forward rock song.

[Iowan]

That is a straight forward rock/power pop record, chock full of songs that should have been “hits” - Chasing Heather Crazy, Enemy, Fair Touching, Glad Girls, Twilight Campfire, Unspirited and Brides Have Hit Glass. Great record!

This is something that gets said a lot around here, but it really does apply to this one. I'm guessing the timing of it's release, right at the peak of free file sharing and shortly after the end of critically acclaimed artists also achieving popularity on rock radio, has a lot to do with that.

It was one of the highest-charting albums GBV ever released. A lot of GBV "purists" don't hold the album in high regard due to its polished production. For instance, the original version of the lead track, "Fair Touching", appeared on the 1999 Lexo and The Leapers EP, Ask Them. It's sounds decidedly more lo-fi in its original version.


Good luck with your Pollard immersion. It's a deep, deep hole, but well worth exploring. He champions the four P's of music - Pop, Punk, Prog & Psych.

I've skated around the periphery enough to know that there's something in there that connects with me. The mind of a perpetually drunk elementary school teacher/indie rock god has to be quite the ride.

NP:

Again

[cortez the killer]

A good one to move onto once you've worn out Iso Drills.

[cortez the killer]

[Shakespeare]

[Shakespeare]