Hey amazing music loving community, what are you listening to right now?
Links not necessary (but always welcome), any genre answered, a wide open no judgement question!
Right this second it is The Rolling Stones playing Ruby Tuesday.
nice! I’ve always had a weird love/hate relationship with the Stones. Not sure why. Love some of their work, hate some of it, absolutely no logic behind it.
Yeah…some of their work really speaks to me…early Stones & a smattering of later stuff
Right at this moment, LCD Soundsystem in Soho Radio. I mostly listen to radio stations that have live DJs but are commercial-free, like WPRB Princeton, KALX Berkeley, BBC Radio 6, WFMU, KFJC, NTS Radio 1 and 2. That’s my playlist of radio stations I cycle through.
As for the one individual song I am listening to the most - and this one has been THE ONE for the full past year, it’s become my favorite song ever - it has to be “Zum Wohl” by Cluster, from 1976.
The more I listen to Krautrock, the more it blinds me like staring at the sun. Utterly incredible. Post-punk before Punk had even happened yet, they transformed the world. Even early Hip-Hop artists like Afrika Bambaata fell under its’ spell.
Anyway, here’s another Krautrock gem:
“Time” - La Dusseldorf.I’m listening to Ghosteen by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. This album is like nothing I’ve ever heard before. One starts to hear shades of it on Push the Sky Away and it develops further on Skeleton Tree, and this record feels like the band finishing what they started on those two albums. Nick’s lyrics are open and honest (and open to interpretation) and the influence of Warren Ellis can be heard all across this album. The title track is an absolute epic. Well worth a listen.
“Moment apart” by odesza… Might not be on topic for this sub but hey you asked.
I’m working on a cover of an Icehouse song, does that count ?
Peacock Tail by Boards of Canada
I’m listening to a selection of indigenous artists from the Arctic. Here are some of the albums I’ve been listening to:
Sofia Jannik - “ORDA - This is my land” and “lávvu”
Uyarakq -" whale dick" and "survival guide to the high north "
Kitok - “paradise Jokkmokk”
Riit - “ataataga”
Aasiva - “niriunniq”
Katarina barruk - “ruhttuo”
Maxida märak - “utopi”
oh wow! amazing!
I think so. I like things like joik and throat singing mixed with modern music. Also check out Tanya Tagaq. She’s as mad as a barrel full of rabid monkeys, but that’s kinda what I’m into.
thanks! will do!
I like Tanya Tagaq’s album Tongues. Anything else by her or the artists you mentioned above that you’d specifically recommend?
It totally depends on what you are into. If you’re interested in sami musik, the Norwegian state run broadcasting corporation (NRK) had a Sami radio station.
I’m not sure if it works outside of Norway.
All of the above mentioned have their discographies on Spotify, so it’s just a question of falling down the rabbit hole. Although kitok has a song which isn’t available on Spotify, which everyone should listen to.
Zha - 054/ Reprezent FM w/ Taiko https://on.soundcloud.com/CLsCW
Our Love To Admire - Interpol
Yours To Keep - Albert Hammond Jr.
Humbug - Arctic Monkeysthe three are on rotation rn
Listening to crying lightning as I type this.
Aggravating the ice cream man as I type this :^)
I was biting the time zone earlier
Right now I’m checking out Bill Callahan’s YTILAER because of you @ren - but if anyone wants a recommendation, I’ve been completely obsessed with John Grant’s album Queen Of Denmark. Phenomenal stuff - check out the title track or Sigourney Weaver.
awesome and I absolutely will!
@ren
Step On by Happy MondaysAs far as alternative music goes, I finally got around to listening to the first 5 Pearl Jam albums. I thought the first 3 were mostly pretty good.
Otherwise, in addition to the usual metal stuff I’m listening to, I’ve been listening to a lot of yacht rock and 80’s/90’s funk/r&b/new Jack swing
The first 3 are, indeed, mostly good.
We’ve been on a Barbie Official Playlist kick lol. “I’m Just Ken” is Broadway gold!!! And so many 80s cuts in there.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX0wIBbVnPvie?si=f355a211d4434c80
@ren The Stooges Down On The Street
Not music persay but I have been listening to a lot of the “salute the sample” segments by ll cool j on YouTube. Its a pretty cool dive into the samples that drive hip-hop.
This actually sounds really cool. I may look into this later
