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Gotye - Making Mirrors

I like it.

Phutureprimitive- Cryogenic Dreams

I'm not much into dubstep at all, but I really do like a lot of his tunes. Got to see him live with Bass Physics earlier this year. It was LOUD; my ears rang for 2 days afterwards. But fun stuff!

just brew it! wrote:

Carole King - Tapestry

Going nostalgic,

This is one of the best DVD-Audio discs in my collection.

Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record

Currently listening to Greed and Vanity by Celesty, and wishing my new receiver didn't need a full restoration so soon after I bought it. Sure, it's 40 years old, and I did get a good deal, but still... 

against my will: ice cream truck outside my window ... over and over and over and over and over and over ... ad nauseum

by choice: curtis mayfield we people who are darker than blue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjg-BBTnvFs

for all of us and special meaning for americans these days

Chuckaluphagus wrote:

Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record

IMO this is a band that doesn't get the respect it deserves. Prog-heads consider them to be sellouts (you can argue that they went too pop -- even verging on bublegum -- in their later years), and yeah their earlier albums can seem a little too self-consciously artsy (and often suffer from leaden, plodding arrangements... their screaming, trash-the-joint extended cover of Roll Over Beethoven on their second album being a notable exception). But all that aside, IMO "Eldorado" through "Out of the Blue" are excellent, successfully walking the line between art rock and pop.

Oh, and I am playing all three of the Animals As Leaders albums, in order. How the heck have I not listened to any of their stuff before yesterday? Way too much great new music being released on small indie labels these days to have any hope of keeping up with it all.

At the moment..the sound of my fans and A/C trying to keep up with the 85 degree F outside temperature.

I like this thread!
I am currently Listening to Sia feat Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

 One of my favorites:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qurVdB-HwUU

 I have an 8G high bitrate file.

I'm listening to Follow My Heart and Follow Your Heart.

seankay wrote:

I am currently Listening to Sia feat Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

I heard that playing on the radio as I was waiting in line at a business this afternoon.  It's a catchy tune.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mqbAnrtWHo


P.S.:  The rest of that Triumph live set is really good, too... unless it's just the Magic Power of the beer in me.

JustAnEngineer wrote:

P.S.:  The rest of that Triumph live set is really good, too... unless it's just the Magic Power of the beer in me.

Triumph is underrated. I think a lot of people dismissed them as Rush-wannabes ("oh look, another hard rock power trio from Toronto with a high-pitched vocalist"), but they made some great music. "Just A Game" and "Allied Forces" are classics.

Todd Rundgren - Breathless

just brew it! wrote:

jackbomb wrote:

just brew it! wrote:

Great song!

Yup! And I'll probably go deaf before I hit 50 thanks to songs like this.  :)

Hey, I didn't go deaf. But I can't hear anything above ~15 kHz any more.

So... if you're listening to it by yourself (e.g. in the car), do you sing along? Inquiring minds want to know.

Sure do! There'd be far fewer shrinks in the world if more people would just learn to sing along. LOUDLY! 

Photograph by Nickelback 

I've come into possession of every single album by Van Morrison, and I'm currently going through each one and picking out the songs I like.  There are so many good songs.  Van Morrison is supremely talented.  I am truly amazed at how many excellent songs he has done.  Even his more recent stuff is fantastic; it isn't only his older stuff that's great.

Right now it is Elastic Heart by SIA. I'm in love with her voice!

It is Sweet Nothing by Calvin Harris feat Florence Welch

Dream Theater's live cover version of Elton John's "Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding"

Very well done.

just brew it! wrote:

Dream Theater's live cover version of Elton John's "Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding"

Very well done.

Steve Hackett agrees.

Captain Ned wrote:

just brew it! wrote:

Dream Theater's live cover version of Elton John's "Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding"

Very well done.

Steve Hackett agrees.

They do a credible cover of Larks Tongues In Aspic Part 2 as well. Versatile guys.

Norphy wrote:

Gotye - Making Mirrors

I like it.

It's a fantastic album, and the variety and artistry in the music videos is impressive, too.

seankay wrote:

I am currently Listening to Sia feat Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

This is everywhere around me lately and I'm glad for it. The video for this version of the song is cute as hell; what an era for music videos!

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@thread: DJ Shadow feat. Run The Jewels - Nobody Speak. The video for this is fun. NSFW language.

Apparently this is a video-themed post, so a few more:

C2C - Delta - gorgeous animation w/a straightforward tale, and C2C's turnablism is infectious (see these four live if you can).
Junip - Your Life Your Call - weird low-budget slightly discomfiting (potentially NSFW) Twin Peaksian vignette (gasps for air) with drone-underlaid folk rock.

I'm finishing up a pool room and the table's coming soon so I have my ancient 1200 (w/new plated faceplate to match my fixtures & fasteners) spinning Anduin's Stolen Years right now in anticipation. If you like music concrete, ambient, IDM, etc, give it a try. Found sounds & field recordings with pulsating synth drones mixed really nicely with slow contemplative sax riffs from Jimmy Graphery. A great track is Dyadic Twenty Seven (the whole album's there to listen to, official). Also, there's a lovely, evocative run of screenprints included w/the CD and LP (which are still available), the creation of which was detailed here. Of my favorite albums, this is probably my most frequently-played.

/edit: double-posted, apparently. Weird.

/edit: triple posted, wth

True! Sia's videos and music both are amazing!

John Frusciante - The Empyrean (the whole album).

Periphery - Juggernaut Omega

Been on a bit of a prog metal / djent kick lately. This fits the bill nicely.

One particularly determined cricket out my office window.

Captain Ned wrote:

One particularly determined cricket out my office window.

Been having that issue off and on these past couple of weeks too. My office is in the basement, and critters (both 4- and 6-legged) like the window well.