What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XII)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 01 January 2016
2016 has arrived today, so time to start this thread afresh.
Last year's thread (and links to previous years) can be found here;
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(2014)
The Black Keys getting a little more psychedelic and exploratory with their rock, a cracking way to start the day.
Captivating album....
Nutty African Blues and Bass soul funk - Demo'd a first Naim system with it last week and had the dealer on edge I think... all good
apye! posted:
On vinyl...
What is the name and title of the album please ?
Thanks
Al
Starting with this - great first album and then down the dumper after with the second. Shame.
Jem - Finally Woken
al9315 posted:apye! posted:
On vinyl...
What is the name and title of the album please ?
Thanks
Al
Laura Gibson - La Grande
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(1971)
Time for this good sounding Definitive Edition before heading out into the garden to make the best of this fine sunny weather and get on with some chores.
2015 - Tidal...
apye! posted:al9315 posted:apye! posted:
On vinyl...
What is the name and title of the album please ?
Thanks
Al
Laura Gibson - La Grande
If you like that one, have a listen to Empire Builder, her latest and best album to date.
Not my usual music staple, but enjoyable none the less. 'Foreclosure Of A Dream' was in heavy rotation at the time on MTV and that made me buy the album.
Best appreciated loud 
Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
1995 - Tidal...
The band the Mondays should have been had Shaun not been off his head and talking b....s all the time.
1990 - Original vinyl...
Elvis, Reggae and Zep all rolled into one. Nutters.
Borders Nick posted:Mandolin Orange - Blindfaller. Tidal.
Sorry to post this one again but it's really getting under my skin (in a good way). Well worth a spin if you have any leaning towards Americana. Lovely harmonies & stripped back production.
Nick, thank goodness you did post this one again, as I missed it the first time. It is a lovely piece of work. I much prefer stripped back, thoughtful, carefully crafted music, which this certainly is. I am very much in the 'less is much more' camp.
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(2008)
I quite like this snippet from a reviewer's summary of the album:
`Carried to Dust` is Calexico's most mature work to date, arguably the best synthesis of their frontier atmospherics and Latin-inflected country songwriting. The follow-up to 2005's much-dismissed `Garden Ruin', `Carried to Dust' makes the `South-Western noir' tag stick better than any other Calexico album. It's a record of great dusky beauty, varied and unusual musicianship and haunting songs.
Borders Nick posted:Mandolin Orange - Blindfaller. Tidal.
Sorry to post this one again but it's really getting under my skin (in a good way). Well worth a spin if you have any leaning towards Americana. Lovely harmonies & stripped back production.
Nick, If you like stripped back country/bluegrass like Mandolin Orange, then you might like the following (Nickel Creek, Reasons Why for those with seeing difficulties):
I just think the songwriting, musicianship, vocals and production are top notch. Great stuff to simply relax to.
It is also on Tidal.
Got to work this evening so I thought I would dig up this 4-CD box of Lady Day's Columbia recordings to accompany my night at the keyboardface...
On CD:-
james n posted:This is one of my favourite live albums - the stripped back songs and atmosphere of the recording make this a great listen.
Nirvana - Unplugged In New York
I particularly like the cover version of Bowie's The Man Who Sold The World on this album. The final song Where Did You Sleep Last Night is another favorite.
On CD:-
The excellent new album from Kate Rusby.
A treat before dinner.
On CD:-
