In my "Best of 2012" column, I mentioned one album and one track that I though maybe should be there, but of which I had just learned. Well, upon 7 months reflection, and finally getting it on CD, Aaron Dilloway's Modern Jester is my 2012 album of the year. I've been listening a lot on headphones and computer speakers at the office, but listening to it loud was something else. I think he's done something with the sound waves and cancellation like Ryoji Ikeda where turning your head makes it sound different, that just doesn't register on headphones. This album is the kind of thing that's gonna ruin my life listening to tons of absolute crap that sounds similar but isn't actually very good (it already has and now I've got to re-try them all loudly). The genre tags at the bandcamp site are pretty descriptive: "crude drone electronic experimental junk modern classical musique concrete noise sound art synthesizer tape music Ohio." Try "Eight Cut Scars" and "Look Over Your Shoulder":
Dilloway's label, Hanson Records, has a new album "Sounds Of The Indian Snake Charmer Vol. Two" that sounds pretty impressive over some brief listens:
So, what're you listening to today?
'Moods For Moderns' - Elvis Costello Armed Forces
'Live and Die' - The Avett Brothers
'More Bad Times' - Presidents of the United States of America These Are Good Times People
'Stumblin In' - Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman
'Chemistry' - Semisonic All About Chemistry
'I Dont Want to Know' - Fleetwood Mac Rumours
'Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics
'All I Ask' - The Features Some Kind of Salvation
'Warning' - Incubus Morning View
'You Wreck Me' - Tom Petty Wildflowers
Been awhile since I dumped some links.
* Mercy, Severity - Mudvayne - The End of All Things to Come
* Deposition: A2 - The Holocene - The Messel Pit Tapes
* Mind/Body/Light/Sound - Swans - The Great Annihilator
* Timber: Part III - Michael Gordon - Gordon: Timber
* Get to Leave - Giant Sand - Long Stem Rant
* not - Janus - i am not (J. Treuting)
* Rich Kid Blues - The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
* Cramm - Three Trapped Tigers - Route One or Die
* Tristan da Cunha - Nadia Sirota - Baroque (P. Corley)
* Girl is on My Mind - The Black Keys - Rubber Factory
Got Marcel Fengler - Fokus this week. His previous stuff has always been pretty abrasive techno, but he softened the edges for his first full length album. I liked Mayria in particular.
Caleb Burhans has a stream of his new album up on Soundcloud, although I think it's only available until Monday. The album comes out July 30, you can bet I'll be getting that one.
Been working my way through the post-rock/post-metal albums listed in this article. So far, I think Those Amongst Us Are Wolves is my favorite (and not just for the obvious CdL tie-in with the band name), although I have high hopes for Caves of Glass, just haven't got around to it yet.
Speaking of post-rock, 17 Pygmies recently came out with Isabel, which is the first of a trilogy, but that trilogy is the second trilogy in a trilogy of trilogies that will end up being a "100-song suite". I think that's the most post-rock thing I've ever heard. The third album from the first trilogy Even Celestina Gets the Blues (A Tale of Love and Quantum Physics) is available on Soundcloud if you're interested.
If you dig The Holocene, definitely give one or two of those Dilloway tracks a spin.
Hmm, can't get 22 tracks to work at work.
17 Pygmies: I dig track 5 so far, around the 24:00 mark. Reminds me of instrumental Primal Scream, in the good way. Not really enjoying the tracks with vocals.
Post-metal isn't really my bag, but I might check those streams out later this afternoon.
I'll get to the Burhans next.
Dilloway is bookmarked, for sure.
Holy Flannel, Batman. This could have been my Random iPod playlist in 1998 if iPods had existed.
1. Coil “Further” Stolen & Contaminated Songs
2. OutKast “You May Die (Intro)” ATLiens
3. Aphex Twin “Pancake Lizard” Donkey Rhubarb
4. The Orb “Toxygene (Fila Brazillia Mix)” Toxygene (CD2)
5. Björk feat. Antony “The Dull Flame of Desire (Modeselektor For Girls)”* Voltaic (CD2: The Volta Mixes)
6. Eels “Susan's House” Beautiful Freak
7. Duke Ellington “Happy Anatomy” Anatomy of a Murder
8. Tricky “Tribal Drums”* False Idols
9. José González* “How Low” In Our Nature
T. House of Pain “Jump Around (Jason Nevins 2000 Remix - Radio Edit)” Jump Around (Tommy Boy's Greatest Beats S2
B. Metallica & DJ Spooky* “For Whom the Bell Tolls (The Irony Of it All)” Spawn OST
*Notes
5. To fit the theme, replace this with "Bachelorette (Alec Empire 'Hypermodern Jazz' Remix)"
8. To fit the theme, replace this with "Hell Is Round the Corner"
9. To fit the theme, skip this.
B. ...That Subliminal Kid. Really dig DJ Spooky's bassline on this remix. I think this is one of the best things DJ Spooky has done. This bonus was chosen as the first one after the first ten to fit the theme. Number 17. (I can't remember when I bought Xenakis's Kraanerg, or one of those tracks would have been here.)
I'm in week 1 of an iTunes-free existence. I downloaded the Winamp App for my phone because Google Play doesn't seem to have a shuffle function, which is lame. (at least, I couldn't find it, which means for me it doesn't exist.) I did have to download an equalizer, which was annoying but not that big of a deal. I copy and pasted all of my music onto the SD card without having to spend 20 minutes trying to remember how to do it. Wonderful.
01. Nile - "Masturbating the War God", Black Seeds of Vengeance
02. King Diamond - "Living Dead", The Puppet Master
03. Brainstorm - "Inside the Monster", Liquid Monster
04. Death - "A Moment of Clarity", The Sound of Perseverance
05. Arch Enemy - "Saints and Sinners", Anthems of Rebellion
06. Entombed - "Nobodaddy", Inferno
07. Black Sabbath - "The Mob Rules", The Mob Rules
08. Shadows Fall - "The Light that Blinds", The War Within
09. Jag Panzer - "Precipice", Casting the Stones
10. Decapitated - "Lying and Weak", The Negation
1. "Baby Love Child" - Pizzicato Five
2. "Nobody Knows My Name" - Rickie Lee Jones - The Sermon On Exposition Boulevard
3. "It Sucks To Be Me" - Avenue Q Soundtrack
4. "The Load Out/Stay" - Jackson Browne - Running On Empty
5. "15" - Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight
6. "Find Love" - Shawn Mullins - 9th Ward Pickin' Parlor
7. "No One's Gonna Love You" - Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin
8. "Kick Some Ass" - Stroke 9 - Stroke 9
9. "Dancing Queen" - ABBA - Arrival
10. "Carbon Monoxide" - Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch
B: "Too Late To Turn Back Now" - Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose - Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
1. This is the song at the end of this episode of Futurama. If you're a fan, you probably understand why I point that out.
4. Every wedding of my siblings has featured the same DJ (he's a family friend, but also really really good), and he always plays this song last. Great sentimental value for me.
7. Speaking of weddings (and I think I've mentioned this before), one of my greatest hopes for the rest of my life is that my daughter will get married and choose this song for the father-daughter dance.
8. That's a nice follow up to #7.
9. That's a nice follow up to #8.
I stumbled upon this video during my mid-week YouTube through-the-rabbit-hole -- some of my favorite PT songs performed quite well, plus a little bit of interview.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn2XvrNZeZc
Pandora
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1. Paparazzi Lady Gaga
2. Pyramids Frank Ocean
3. The Wanton Song Led Zeppelin
4. Ragged Wood Fleet Foxes
5. Objectum Sexuality Big Boi
6. Buffalo alt-J
7. We Are Young Fun.
8. Candlelight Imogen Heap
9. Two Weeks Grizzly Bear
10. Almost Lover A Fine Frenzy
B. Marry Song Band Of Horses
I know this sounds dickish, but I'm trying to figure out which list I hate more: yours or Philo's. Since at least you have Zeppelin, I guess I have to go with Philo's. Your #7 through B gave it a nice race to the bottom however.
Mine is worse in a classic sense, whereas CoC's is worse in a hipster sense.
I finally got around to digesting The Replacements Hootenanny! album, and I gotta say I really like it. 'Take Me Down to the Hospital' really stands out, since Ive played it 20 times in about 2 weeks. I love the surfing music inspired (more like snowboarding!) instrumental 'Buck Hill'. 'Lovelines' is interesting and groovy.
So yeah, it probably ranks #3 on my Replacements list. Their Hootenanny-Let It Be-Tim run is pretty impressive.
1. "Buried Alive [feat. Dt. Ogtagon]" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito
2. "Come as You Are" - Nirvana - MTV Unplugged New York
3. "For the Love of Ivy" - Japandroids - Celebration Rock
4. "Losing Streak" - Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
5. "Come On" - The Verve - Urban Hymns
6. "Better Now" - Vespers - The Fourth Wall
7. "Mad Dog" - Black Lips - Arabia Mountain
8. "Modern Man" - Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
9. "Magazines" - The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
10. "Bones" - Radiohead - The Bends
01. Until You Come Back To Me - Aretha Franklin
02. One After 909 - The Beatles
03. Wot's...Uh The Deal - Pink Floyd
04. Light Up - Styx
05. Eli's Coming - Three Dog Night
06. Motherless Children - Eric Clapton
07. I'll Be There - The Jackson Five
08. Wabash Cannonball - Johnny Cash
09. Born To Wander - Rare Earth
10. Parisienne Walkways - Gary Moore
11. Master Mechanic - Johnny Winter
I'm thinking that last one could be the official theme song for Truck Time with Twayn.