Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - OT: What music is everyone listening to?

The frickin Toasters. Damned ska is awesome. It's the last completely unpretentious, unabashedly unhip, completely totally fun thing you can dance to. Specially in London. Man I just hope there isn't a 4th wave.

imoncrank, you got me putting this on:
http://www.moonskaeurope.com/cd_pics/055.jpg

Depeche Mode, yeah one of those kind of nights...

ha glad i could help. can you send me that album i haven't heard them in years.

i have read maybe 10 posts on this thread, not that it matters.

i recently made a mix of what i'm calling 'val's guilty pleasures' meaning either songs i grew up with or have perhaps been overplayed but still i like them. so VGP vol I includes: the rolling stones(x3), the pixies, annette peacock, CSN(&Y), jefferson airplane, the crystals, alice russell, stevie nicks, mazzy star, fleetwood mac, the ronnettes, the jesus and mary chain, jim white, the red hot chili peppers.

i'm also in the process of making tour de val volume II which I must finish before 2006 to keep with the (one year) tradition of making a tour de val. The tour de val is meant to fall between the tour da chicago and the "real" tour in france, but I slacked off this year. oops. tour de val I is awesome and reminds me a lot of my life in late winter 2004. if anyone wants it, i'll burn you a copy. ask teadoggg he seems to like it alot. definites for tour de val II include: sole, daedelus, jim o'rourke (he was on vol. I too), p.o.s, and potentially controller 7 and the restiform bodies and then various yet to be determined others.

i'm very particular about what I throw together because i want it all to convey a meaning. i love sounds in general and music specifically. i love aural landscapes. i love listening to the white noise of life. i love conveying emotion through sound.

and if you haven't noticed my longest, most un-bike related posts come when i should be doing something productive, like studying.

Anyone who likes the ronnettes is damned fine people. Have you been listening to A Christmas Gift to You from Phil Spector?

Anyone who likes the ronnettes is damned fine people. Have you been listening to A Christmas Gift to You from Phil Spector?

not recently, but last time i was visiting my parents around xmas i did. i have my dad to thank for many of my musical guilty pleasures (so many others not listed above) as I grew up listening to his old 45s, his huge ass vinyl collection and various local AM stations which played the 'real' music from the 60s and 70s. the crap on FM doesn't count.

> Medeski Martin & Wood :: Notes from the Underground


+ 1

lately: saviours, sunn 0))), dead meadow, electric magnolia company...

Sinaloa "Footprints on Floorboards"
Sinaloa / Life at These Speeds 7"
sweet jams.

i have read maybe 10 posts on this thread, not that it matters.

i recently made a mix of what i'm calling 'val's guilty pleasures' meaning either songs i grew up with or have perhaps been overplayed but still i like them. so VGP vol I includes: the rolling stones(x3), the pixies, annette peacock, CSN(&Y), jefferson airplane, the crystals, alice russell, stevie nicks, mazzy star, fleetwood mac, the ronnettes, the jesus and mary chain, jim white, the red hot chili peppers.

i'm also in the process of making tour de val volume II which I must finish before 2006 to keep with the (one year) tradition of making a tour de val. The tour de val is meant to fall between the tour da chicago and the "real" tour in france, but I slacked off this year. oops. tour de val I is awesome and reminds me a lot of my life in late winter 2004. if anyone wants it, i'll burn you a copy. ask teadoggg he seems to like it alot. definites for tour de val II include: sole, daedelus, jim o'rourke (he was on vol. I too), p.o.s, and potentially controller 7 and the restiform bodies and then various yet to be determined others.

i'm very particular about what I throw together because i want it all to convey a meaning. i love sounds in general and music specifically. i love aural landscapes. i love listening to the white noise of life. i love conveying emotion through sound.

and if you haven't noticed my longest, most un-bike related posts come when i should be doing something productive, like studying.

why's jesus and mary chain a guilty pleasure?

Nilsson: The Point
Colin Newman: Commercial Suicide, A-Z, CN1

I'm gonna pile on here cause I just got back from Streetlight with an armload of goodies and I'm waiting for them to finish ripping:

deadbeat -new world observer (duuubbbb)
ulrich schnauss - far away trains 2cd re-issue
gridlock - formless (guilt purchase, i've had it on mp3 for awhile)
dj/rupture - gold teeth thief (ditto)
john tejada - logic memory center
bright eyes - wide awake + digital ash in 2cd promo pak

lately: saviours, sunn 0))), dead meadow, electric magnolia company...

sunn o))). **** yeah.

donkey, donkey dick
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The Mall

The Virgins

Les Savy Fav

I'm surprised there isn't a FG/SS Last.FM group.

http://www.last.fm/group/FG%252FSS




for me over the past week it has been some serious Eastern Youth. if you do no know this band but enjoy indie rock and/or things of/from japan, you should check them out. they rule so hard it hurts. i'd actually just sent this track to a friend a couple days ago or something, so you guys can suck up the last of this ysi link.

http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=362LTAK8RI9V22DWWOM3MDBCAS


i saw eastern youth one year in high school and they were awesome. their english was totally broken but everyone was rocking out and they were into the crowd and that is all that matters.

and since everyone is dropping the obligatory last.fm link, here's mine (http://www.last.fm/user/brandonrocks). in heavy rotation: yann tiersen, mf doom, stereo total, vive la fete, rjd2, mike relm, kings of convenience.

and no one mentioned pandora (http://www.pandora.com) yet. it is very similar to last.fm but instead of users' tastes directing the music you discover, the have a team of musicians and what not analyzing all the songs in their database based on certain characteristics. so you hear new music based on what characteristics/styles you like rather than what john doe is listening to. i enjoy playing around with it and i use it at work.

David Crowder* Band: A Collision
This is one of the most awesome albums (are they still called that?) ever. violin solos, industrial metal, bluegrass, a rock opera (#15) You gotta listen

"Originally Posted by evanyc
Sinaloa "Footprints on Floorboards"
Sinaloa / Life at These Speeds 7"

sweet jams."

thanks, i released both of em :)

if anyone wants it, i'll burn you a copy..

Me, me!

i saw eastern youth one year in high school and they were awesome. their english was totally broken but everyone was rocking out and they were into the crowd and that is all that matters.


i have a lot of eastern youth, but it is from when they were still an oi band. that stuff is amazing. i haven't heard any of their later stuff, but word on the street is they went poppy/emo sound.

Me, me!

it's definitely awesome.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000AY9OVW.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

AL Green, Falco, Pet shop boys, Led Zepplin, Blues Masters slide guitar,

i have a lot of eastern youth, but it is from when they were still an oi band. that stuff is amazing. i haven't heard any of their later stuff, but word on the street is they went poppy/emo sound.

How long ago? I saw them in about 1998/1999. They were pretty poppy then but far from being emo but definitely not OI.

early 90s... they were on a few comps and released a few records as far as i can dig up information. they were on "fight back for the rising sun" that vulture rock re-released in 2000.

its slower stuff, bulldog vocals. totally different than what they are now i'm sure.

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stinky onions, are you talking sort of an american steel sort of sound?

Nifelhiem
Wehrmacht
Ccr

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AL Green, Falco, Pet shop boys, Led Zepplin, Blues Masters slide guitar,

There's a musical in vienna coming out about falco and mozart. Austrians are whack.

Hey, can someone recommend some good ska to check out?
My collection only sports oldies like the skatalites
and the two tone stuff. None of that bullcrap from the past few years
that was labeled by mtv2 as ska please.

Hey, can someone recommend some good ska to check out?
My collection only sports oldies like the skatalites
and the two tone stuff. None of that bullcrap from the past few years
that was labeled by mtv2 as ska please.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000IBBB.03._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

^^^^
Cool. Thanks Sashae

Stovokor:

http://www.pdxbands.com/imgs/stovokor_stovokor_live_pic.jpg

Klingon death metal ... obviously.

Stovokor:

http://www.pdxbands.com/imgs/stovokor_stovokor_live_pic.jpg

Klingon death metal ... obviously.

omg, they rule. I'd totally be their groupie, 'cept I prefer klingon women ;)

pinback
the monks
the mummies
clap your hands and say yeah (the singer's vocals are somewhat irritating but good otherwise)
orchid (hell yes, vinyl was on sale :B)

amongst other crap. I really want a computer again so I could make cds and d/l stuff :( but I must get over my materialistic desires and bang on rocks.

Jody Wisternoff + Nick Warren = Way Out West

Their individual sets and/or their Way Out West sets off of hybridized.org

And Nick Warren's Global Underground: Shanghi album.
http://www.7digital.com/shops/assets/sleeveart/%5C0828272202867_350.JPEG

The monks own. Hard.

'core:

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currently on the turntables its Valdy...
In the Cd player its DCfC We've got the facts and we're voting yes
On the Mp3 its a toss up; Belle and Sebastian, American Analog Set, Nick Drake, The Shins, Elmore James, The Postal Service, Tilly and the Wall, and I think theres some Dolorous Canter ( Naz's band, good stuff BTW)

http://www.vinyltap.co.uk/gallery/pr/pretts5012408775100580.jpg
Pretty Things | S.F. Sorrow

Hey, can someone recommend some good ska to check out?
My collection only sports oldies like the skatalites
and the two tone stuff. None of that bullcrap from the past few years
that was labeled by mtv2 as ska please.

any of the trojan box sets are really good... my favs are probably the mod, skinhead, ska, reggae sisters, suedehead and by far the best is the creole box set.

as for other ****:
1st wave - derrick morgan, laurel aitken, desmond dekker, jimmy cliff, roland alphonso
2nd - skinhead reggae->2 tone; joe the boss, specials, older madness, rico, judge dread
3rd - traditional bands; skoi-dats, slackers, ny ska-jazz ensemble, skavoovie and the epitones

if you want old ****, start with those trojan box sets and move on from there. it's a good sampling of stuff

MLP - don't forget Toots and the Maytals!

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www.pandora.com

Goblin Cock:
http://www.absolutelykosher.com/AK034_400px.jpg
http://www.absolutelykosher.com/goblincock.html

why does that snake have a doorknock attached to its face?

Dude Goblin Cock rules! Their stuff was all over for CMJ (my last weekend in ny before moving out). Sorta stoner metal though...

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awesome