I added a half-dozen albums I read about on best-of-2014 lists last night.
Let's see if any show up on my Random 10.
I also removed my Christmas music. 'Bout time.
42 thoughts on “FMD: Jan 15, ’15”
1. Wilco - "One Wing" - Wilco [The Album]
2. Queens of the Stone Age - "This Lullaby" - Lullabies to Paradise
3. Son Volt - "Too Early" - Trace
4. Eels - "Agony" - Shootenanny!
5. The Civil Wars - "20 Years" - Barton Hollow
6. Ha Ha Tonka - "American Ambition" - Lessons
7. The Jayhawks - "Black-eyed Susan" - Mockingbird Time
8. Alice In Chains - "Man In The Box" - Facelift
9. The Strokes - "Between Love and Hate" - Room On Fire
10. Oasis - "All Around The World" - Be Here Now*
B. Dido - "White Flag" - Life For Rent
B2. Eels - "God's Silence" - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations*
*10 - I have a lot of Oasis saved on Spotify, but it rarely comes up at random. It seems like songs I listen to a lot come up more on my random lists, even though I probably have 15,000+ songs saved. Three of the songs in the list above come from one of my other playlists. Makes me wonder if it is truly random..
*B2 - Depressing little instrumental
I really like this list...actually listened to (What's the Story) Morning Glory? in it's entirety this week after hearing Champagne Supernova in the car with my daughter and having her respond positively. Usually, she doesn't show any signs that she's actively listening to the radio if she doesn't recognize the song.
Funny, that was also the first album my oldest connected with on his own. He still will break into "Cast No Shadow" on occasion, but has, for the most part, moved on to Weezer.
Skim picks up her musical tastes from everywhere. I asked her to name her three favorite musical acts today, and she gave me Tool, Epica and Katy Perry.
I'd guess that the venn diagram union of Tool and Katy Perry is Epica.
But then I don't know much about Katy Perry or Epica.
Yeah, I can't agree given their very different vocal styling, but to Skim it may actually work that way.
1. Oh Yeah -- Built To Spill -- There Is No Enemy
2. Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time -- Gang Of Four -- Yellow EP
3. Coalminers -- Uncle Tupelo -- March 16-20, 1992
4. Baby, Baby, Baby -- The Jayhawks -- Smile
5. Ashes Of American Flags -- Wilco -- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
6. Papa Was A Rodeo -- Kelly Hogan And The Pine Valley Cosmonauts -- Beneath The Country Underdog
7. Gasoline Ragtime -- Robert Pollard -- Normal Happiness
8. Rocket -- Smashing Pumpkins -- Siamese Dream
9. Genius Envy -- Teenage Fanclub -- Thirteen
10. Mr. Whirly -- The Replacements -- Hootenanny
B1. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now -- The Smiths -- Louder Than Bombs
B2. Jamie's Cryin' -- Van Halen -- Van Halen
Notes
6. Heard this song on radio once and took me years to track it down. Not sure if I heard this version or original
8. I still love this album and this song is a highlight.
9. 13 was much maligned when it came out, I think it's pretty strong
10. Kids had a teacher named Mr. Werle which was homophone to this song title. I always would hum it when we visited him for teacher conferences
B2. Van Halen I -- Great rock album or greatest rock album?
The new Sleater-Kinney and Belle & Sebastain albums are streaming on NPR First Listen, probably through the weekend. The Sleater-Kinney release is awesome with already a song that may be hard to beat for best song of 2015 (Hey Darling). The B&S album is pretty decent too .
I see that Diarrhea Planet is bringing its wall of sound to The Turf Club.
Do you want to go? The son's bummed because it's a drunk show and he's still only 19.
I'm in.
I'm a couple tracks deep in the Sleater-Kinney release, and it's awesome.
Why ten years since the last one?
I'm done now.
...hell yeah. The album's only 32 minutes long and I feel like I had an absolute feast.
The album definitely rocks. I had low expectations and was completely blown away.
It definitely kicks ass. I am so excited for that show next month.
The article I linked to last week explains the hiatus.
* Crush - Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
* Who Makes Your Money - Spoon - Transference
* 4 Degrees - Tool - Undertow
* Iron Man - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
* Ishmael's Intent - Demdike Stare - Elemental
* A Little More For You - The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
* The Lengths - The Black Keys - Rubber Factory
* Rope - Gowns - Red State
* Tame - Pixies - Doolittle
* Sitting on the Edge of the Bed Cryin' - The Drones - Wait Long By the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By
I've been listening to Trophy Wife - All the Sides this week. It never really settles in, but I kind of like being off-kilter throughout this one. Plus every now and then they take a minute and rock out, which I always enjoy.
I liked "Sober", but hearing "4°" on headphones (during a bus trip to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Walker* during high school) sold me on buying my own copy of Undertow.
Same bus trip I also first heard Ace of Base's "All That She Wants".
*I thought it was the same trip to see Brilliant!, but the dates don't line up.
That was a great show.
WHAAAAAT? I saw Brilliant! as well. I decided to go based on a review of the exhibition in the Pioneer Press. It was a great show. The photos of Gillian Wearing in particular made a big impression. I cut this one out from the newspaper article and displayed it in my dorm room all four years of college.
Actually, I was so inspired by Wearing's photos that I dragged a high school friend to the Mall of America to try to replicate them. (I was too chicken to do it on my own.) I believe it was just before Christmas, and it was the only place I could think of where we could find lots of random people to approach. We said we were doing a school project, but that was a lie. The outcome was rather disappointing--as you might imagine, Minnesotans tend to be rather reticent. I'll have to see if I still have those photos somewhere...
I was listening to a lot of Trip-hop: Tricky, Massive Attack, Björk, and everything made sense for a short while.
Undertow-4 Degrees-Flood is right up there in my favorite 3 song sequence ever.
I've never really considered a "...favorite 3 song sequence." but I'm excited to dial this one up.
It's a pretty specific category, I grant you that.
I should look through my "Best of 201X"s and see which albums I gave some credit to for hot starts that fizzled on the b-side.
Hmm... I'm going to have to give this some thought.
Sean Paul, Dutty Rock: "Gimme the Light" - "Like Glue" - "Get Busy".
Hmmm... maybe I shouldn't do this when drunk.
drunk? at 7 p.m.!?
I'm impressed.
Back from Happy Hour.
I think I've got too high a birds:music ratio...
1. Gui Boratto “Beautiful Life (AMR Edit)” Chromophobia
2. Low “Blue Christmas” Christmas a. Pine Grosbeak “Calls” (Cornell Essential Set)
3. Angel Olsen “Stars” Burn Your Fire for No Witness
4. Autechre “Glitch” Amber
5. Robyn “Dream On”* Robyn
b. Long-Eared Owl “Hoots and Calls” (Stokes Western Edition) c. American Three-toed Woodpecker (Northwest population) “Pwik Calls” (Cornell Master Set)
6. Kelis “Caught Out There” Kaleidoscope d. Black-crested Titmouse “Song” (Cornell Master Set) e. Nashville Warbler “Song Type B1” (The Warbler Guide) f. Rusty Blackbird “Song and Calls” (Cornell Essential Set) g. House Finch “Song” (Cornell Master Set) h. White-breasted Nuthatch (Interior West population) “Song” (Cornell Master Set)
7. Sonic Youth “White Cross” Sister i. Sprague's Pipit “Calls” (Cornell Essential Set)
8. Merle Haggard “That's the Way Love Goes” 40 #1 Hits
9. Einstürzende Neubauten “In De Loopgraaf” Lament* j. Red-eyed and Yellow-green Vireos “Songs and Calls” (Stokes Western Edition)
T. Colin Stetson “All the Colors Bleached to White (ILAIJ II)” New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
E. Nine Inch Nails “Self-Destruction, Part Two”* Further Down the Spiral
*Notes:
5. I find this version much inferior to the version from Christian Falk's album, which has Ola Salo (from Swedish band The Ark) on background vocals throughout, just a little bass rumble underlining her vocals. (I think it's the same vocal take from her, just that Salo didn't approve his vox on her album.)
9. One of those new albums. No opinion yet.
E. Remixed by J.G. Thirlwell
1. "Night Moves"--Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band--Greatest Hits
2. "Try"--Colbie Caillat--Try
3. "Wild World (Live)"--Cat Stevens--Majikat (Earth Tour 1976)
4. "Singing As We Rise"--The Gibson Brothers--Help My Brother
5. "Let It Be"--John Denver--Poems, Prayers & Promises
6. "Your Name"--The Swift--Singing Back to You
7. "Time of the Season"--The Zombies--Odessey & Oracle (50th Anniversary Edition)
8. "Lollipop"--The Chordettes--The Best of The Chordettes
9. "Step Aside, Jump Jump's Here"--Red Norvo--Red And Mildred
10. "I Get Around"--The Beach Boys--Little Deuce Coupe/All Summer Long
Let's see what the laptop has on offer today.
1. "The Troubles" U2Songs of Innocence*
2. "Bridges and Balloons" Joanna Newsom The Milk-Eyed Mender
3. "Learnin to Ride" Caitlin Rose Own Side Now
4. "A Beautiful Indifference" Rise AgainstThe Balck Market**
5. "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" Patsy ClineThe Ultimate Collection [Disc 1]
6. "Ghost" Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
7. "The Man Comes Around" Johnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes Around
8. "Kamera" WilcoYankee Hotel Foxtrot
9. "The World According to Nouns" Minutemen Double Nickels on the Dime**
T. "Go Long" Joanna Newsom Have One on Me
*Looks like I still need to get around to removing this album.
**From Mr. NaCL's music
Before I noticed the double-asterisk, I was definitely planning to mention the outliers.
The Minutemen read so cool, but I found listening to them to be so unpleasant...
Jesus Pepper, this is one Rad list.
A guy with Fred Durst on his list probably shouldn't draw attention to himself, but why, "FMD: Jan 15, '15" when it's the 16th?
1. Rockin’ Down The Highway – The Doobie Brothers
2. A Stranger – A Perfect Circle
3. I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter – Willie Nelson
4. 3-Minute Rule – Beastie Boys
5. ‘Tain’t Nobodies Business If I Do – Billie Holiday
6. Sometimes – Outs
7. Check Yo Self – Ice Cube
8. Your Eyes Open – Keane
9. E.S.P. – Miles Davis
10. Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) – The Grateful Dead
B. Stuck – Limp Bizkit
Did you mention Fred Durst to take our attention away from the Doobie Brothers track?
...err, maybe...
I composed it before midnight and didn't realize it? No, I wrote it this morning. Maybe the home Computer got screwed up by a toddler?
My love of this album has kinda evolved to obsession, ugh. It's sooooo good though.
01. Mitski - "Texas Reznikoff" from Bury Me at Makeout Creek
02. Mitski - "Townie" from Bury Me at Makeout Creek
03. Mitski - "First Love / Late Spring" from Bury Me at Makeout Creek
04. Mitski - "Francis Forever" from Bury Me at Makeout Creek
05. Mitski - "I Don't Smoke" from Bury Me at Makeout Creek
06. Mitski - "Jobless Monday" from Bury Me at Makeout Creek
07. Mitski - "Drunk Walk Home" from Bury Me at Makeout Creek
08. Mitski - "I Will" from Bury Me at Makeout Creek
09. Mitski - "Carry Me Out" from Bury Me at Makeout Creek
10. Mitski - "Last Words of a Shooting Star" from Bury Me at Makeout Creek
Her first two albums are available for free (or, at least you have the option of paying nothing). I've been checking out LUSH. So far so good.
1. Wilco - "One Wing" - Wilco [The Album]
2. Queens of the Stone Age - "This Lullaby" - Lullabies to Paradise
3. Son Volt - "Too Early" - Trace
4. Eels - "Agony" - Shootenanny!
5. The Civil Wars - "20 Years" - Barton Hollow
6. Ha Ha Tonka - "American Ambition" - Lessons
7. The Jayhawks - "Black-eyed Susan" - Mockingbird Time
8. Alice In Chains - "Man In The Box" - Facelift
9. The Strokes - "Between Love and Hate" - Room On Fire
10. Oasis - "All Around The World" - Be Here Now*
B. Dido - "White Flag" - Life For Rent
B2. Eels - "God's Silence" - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations*
*10 - I have a lot of Oasis saved on Spotify, but it rarely comes up at random. It seems like songs I listen to a lot come up more on my random lists, even though I probably have 15,000+ songs saved. Three of the songs in the list above come from one of my other playlists. Makes me wonder if it is truly random..
*B2 - Depressing little instrumental
I really like this list...actually listened to (What's the Story) Morning Glory? in it's entirety this week after hearing Champagne Supernova in the car with my daughter and having her respond positively. Usually, she doesn't show any signs that she's actively listening to the radio if she doesn't recognize the song.
Funny, that was also the first album my oldest connected with on his own. He still will break into "Cast No Shadow" on occasion, but has, for the most part, moved on to Weezer.
Skim picks up her musical tastes from everywhere. I asked her to name her three favorite musical acts today, and she gave me Tool, Epica and Katy Perry.
I'd guess that the venn diagram union of Tool and Katy Perry is Epica.
But then I don't know much about Katy Perry or Epica.
Yeah, I can't agree given their very different vocal styling, but to Skim it may actually work that way.
1. Oh Yeah -- Built To Spill -- There Is No Enemy
2. Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time -- Gang Of Four -- Yellow EP
3. Coalminers -- Uncle Tupelo -- March 16-20, 1992
4. Baby, Baby, Baby -- The Jayhawks -- Smile
5. Ashes Of American Flags -- Wilco -- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
6. Papa Was A Rodeo -- Kelly Hogan And The Pine Valley Cosmonauts -- Beneath The Country Underdog
7. Gasoline Ragtime -- Robert Pollard -- Normal Happiness
8. Rocket -- Smashing Pumpkins -- Siamese Dream
9. Genius Envy -- Teenage Fanclub -- Thirteen
10. Mr. Whirly -- The Replacements -- Hootenanny
B1. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now -- The Smiths -- Louder Than Bombs
B2. Jamie's Cryin' -- Van Halen -- Van Halen
Notes
6. Heard this song on radio once and took me years to track it down. Not sure if I heard this version or original
8. I still love this album and this song is a highlight.
9. 13 was much maligned when it came out, I think it's pretty strong
10. Kids had a teacher named Mr. Werle which was homophone to this song title. I always would hum it when we visited him for teacher conferences
B2. Van Halen I -- Great rock album or greatest rock album?
The new Sleater-Kinney and Belle & Sebastain albums are streaming on NPR First Listen, probably through the weekend. The Sleater-Kinney release is awesome with already a song that may be hard to beat for best song of 2015 (Hey Darling). The B&S album is pretty decent too .
If you want to get Stevie Wonder tix in a presale. It's next Thursday at 10:00. Presale code is LOVELY
I see that Diarrhea Planet is bringing its wall of sound to The Turf Club.
Do you want to go? The son's bummed because it's a drunk show and he's still only 19.
I'm in.
I'm a couple tracks deep in the Sleater-Kinney release, and it's awesome.
Why ten years since the last one?
I'm done now.
...hell yeah. The album's only 32 minutes long and I feel like I had an absolute feast.
The album definitely rocks. I had low expectations and was completely blown away.
It definitely kicks ass. I am so excited for that show next month.
The article I linked to last week explains the hiatus.
* Crush - Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
* Who Makes Your Money - Spoon - Transference
* 4 Degrees - Tool - Undertow
* Iron Man - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
* Ishmael's Intent - Demdike Stare - Elemental
* A Little More For You - The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
* The Lengths - The Black Keys - Rubber Factory
* Rope - Gowns - Red State
* Tame - Pixies - Doolittle
* Sitting on the Edge of the Bed Cryin' - The Drones - Wait Long By the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By
I've been listening to Trophy Wife - All the Sides this week. It never really settles in, but I kind of like being off-kilter throughout this one. Plus every now and then they take a minute and rock out, which I always enjoy.
I liked "Sober", but hearing "4°" on headphones (during a bus trip to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
and the Walker* during high school) sold me on buying my own copy of Undertow.Same bus trip I also first heard Ace of Base's "All That She Wants".
*I thought it was the same trip to see Brilliant!, but the dates don't line up.
That was a great show.
WHAAAAAT? I saw Brilliant! as well. I decided to go based on a review of the exhibition in the Pioneer Press. It was a great show. The photos of Gillian Wearing in particular made a big impression. I cut this one out from the newspaper article and displayed it in my dorm room all four years of college.
Actually, I was so inspired by Wearing's photos that I dragged a high school friend to the Mall of America to try to replicate them. (I was too chicken to do it on my own.) I believe it was just before Christmas, and it was the only place I could think of where we could find lots of random people to approach. We said we were doing a school project, but that was a lie. The outcome was rather disappointing--as you might imagine, Minnesotans tend to be rather reticent. I'll have to see if I still have those photos somewhere...
I was listening to a lot of Trip-hop: Tricky, Massive Attack, Björk, and everything made sense for a short while.
Undertow-4 Degrees-Flood is right up there in my favorite 3 song sequence ever.
I've never really considered a "...favorite 3 song sequence." but I'm excited to dial this one up.
It's a pretty specific category, I grant you that.
I should look through my "Best of 201X"s and see which albums I gave some credit to for hot starts that fizzled on the b-side.
Hmm... I'm going to have to give this some thought.
Sean Paul, Dutty Rock: "Gimme the Light" - "Like Glue" - "Get Busy".
Hmmm... maybe I shouldn't do this when drunk.
drunk? at 7 p.m.!?
I'm impressed.
Back from Happy Hour.
I think I've got too high a birds:music ratio...
1. Gui Boratto “Beautiful Life (AMR Edit)” Chromophobia
2. Low “Blue Christmas” Christmas
a. Pine Grosbeak “Calls” (Cornell Essential Set)
3. Angel Olsen “Stars” Burn Your Fire for No Witness
4. Autechre “Glitch” Amber
5. Robyn “Dream On”* Robyn
b. Long-Eared Owl “Hoots and Calls” (Stokes Western Edition)
c. American Three-toed Woodpecker (Northwest population) “Pwik Calls” (Cornell Master Set)
6. Kelis “Caught Out There” Kaleidoscope
d. Black-crested Titmouse “Song” (Cornell Master Set)
e. Nashville Warbler “Song Type B1” (The Warbler Guide)
f. Rusty Blackbird “Song and Calls” (Cornell Essential Set)
g. House Finch “Song” (Cornell Master Set)
h. White-breasted Nuthatch (Interior West population) “Song” (Cornell Master Set)
7. Sonic Youth “White Cross” Sister
i. Sprague's Pipit “Calls” (Cornell Essential Set)
8. Merle Haggard “That's the Way Love Goes” 40 #1 Hits
9. Einstürzende Neubauten “In De Loopgraaf” Lament*
j. Red-eyed and Yellow-green Vireos “Songs and Calls” (Stokes Western Edition)
T. Colin Stetson “All the Colors Bleached to White (ILAIJ II)” New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
E. Nine Inch Nails “Self-Destruction, Part Two”* Further Down the Spiral
*Notes:
5. I find this version much inferior to the version from Christian Falk's album, which has Ola Salo (from Swedish band The Ark) on background vocals throughout, just a little bass rumble underlining her vocals. (I think it's the same vocal take from her, just that Salo didn't approve his vox on her album.)
9. One of those new albums. No opinion yet.
E. Remixed by J.G. Thirlwell
1. "Night Moves"--Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band--Greatest Hits
2. "Try"--Colbie Caillat--Try
3. "Wild World (Live)"--Cat Stevens--Majikat (Earth Tour 1976)
4. "Singing As We Rise"--The Gibson Brothers--Help My Brother
5. "Let It Be"--John Denver--Poems, Prayers & Promises
6. "Your Name"--The Swift--Singing Back to You
7. "Time of the Season"--The Zombies--Odessey & Oracle (50th Anniversary Edition)
8. "Lollipop"--The Chordettes--The Best of The Chordettes
9. "Step Aside, Jump Jump's Here"--Red Norvo--Red And Mildred
10. "I Get Around"--The Beach Boys--Little Deuce Coupe/All Summer Long
Let's see what the laptop has on offer today.
1. "The Troubles" U2 Songs of Innocence*
2. "Bridges and Balloons" Joanna Newsom The Milk-Eyed Mender
3. "Learnin to Ride" Caitlin Rose Own Side Now
4. "A Beautiful Indifference" Rise Against The Balck Market**
5. "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" Patsy Cline The Ultimate Collection [Disc 1]
6. "Ghost" Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
7. "The Man Comes Around" Johnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes Around
8. "Kamera" Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
9. "The World According to Nouns" Minutemen Double Nickels on the Dime**
T. "Go Long" Joanna Newsom Have One on Me
*Looks like I still need to get around to removing this album.
**From Mr. NaCL's music
Before I noticed the double-asterisk, I was definitely planning to mention the outliers.
The Minutemen read so cool, but I found listening to them to be so unpleasant...
Jesus Pepper, this is one Rad list.
A guy with Fred Durst on his list probably shouldn't draw attention to himself, but why, "FMD: Jan 15, '15" when it's the 16th?
1. Rockin’ Down The Highway – The Doobie Brothers
2. A Stranger – A Perfect Circle
3. I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter – Willie Nelson
4. 3-Minute Rule – Beastie Boys
5. ‘Tain’t Nobodies Business If I Do – Billie Holiday
6. Sometimes – Outs
7. Check Yo Self – Ice Cube
8. Your Eyes Open – Keane
9. E.S.P. – Miles Davis
10. Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) – The Grateful Dead
B. Stuck – Limp Bizkit
Did you mention Fred Durst to take our attention away from the Doobie Brothers track?
...err, maybe...
I composed it before midnight and didn't realize it? No, I wrote it this morning. Maybe the home Computer got screwed up by a toddler?
My love of this album has kinda evolved to obsession, ugh. It's sooooo good though.
01. Mitski - "Texas Reznikoff" from Bury Me at Makeout Creek
02. Mitski - "Townie" from Bury Me at Makeout Creek
03. Mitski - "First Love / Late Spring" from Bury Me at Makeout Creek
04. Mitski - "Francis Forever" from Bury Me at Makeout Creek
05. Mitski - "I Don't Smoke" from Bury Me at Makeout Creek
06. Mitski - "Jobless Monday" from Bury Me at Makeout Creek
07. Mitski - "Drunk Walk Home" from Bury Me at Makeout Creek
08. Mitski - "I Will" from Bury Me at Makeout Creek
09. Mitski - "Carry Me Out" from Bury Me at Makeout Creek
10. Mitski - "Last Words of a Shooting Star" from Bury Me at Makeout Creek
Her first two albums are available for free (or, at least you have the option of paying nothing). I've been checking out LUSH. So far so good.
hey, AMR, was that Angel Olsen?
It was. This too...