Non Metal Now Listening

[Ducky]

Television - Marquee Moon.

Haven't spun this in a long time, and forgot what a total banger it is.

Hell yeah. RIP Fred Smith. Will throw it on the turntable this evening 

Ah shite, hadn't heard about Smith. RIP to the lad.

Currently spinning "Songs From The Big Chair" - came out 41 years ago on Wednesday. The passage of time, fuck's sake.

[Carnage]

R.E.M.: Perfect Square setlist

[astfgyl]

Surprise new NIN released yesterday. Remixes and unreleased things from Tron. It's great. Far better than the regular version

[ochoill]

Air - "10,000 Hertz Legend"
An all time top 10/20 whatever album for me anyway.  Immaculate album.  Can't fault it in any way, master song writing and craft.

Aphex Twin - "Druqks"
Nothing to be said really.  Magnificent.  An album I have lived with and loved since it released.  Probably why I find it hard to find anything to describe it with but I would assume everyone here has came across it in one way or another over the years.  Another untouchable album.

[Pentagrimes]

Giving the new TVAM album a go this morning. Good gear - ffo:80s goth pop,chorus pedals, VR Sex/Drab Majesty, that kinda thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=masXWpzil_Q

Also revisited Mourning  (A) BLKStar's "THe Cycle" yesterday. The rest of their stuff is grand but this album is where it's at for me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26YzTFTCWqg

Would love to find more current stuff in this vein tbh as I'm clueless about it bar maybe Sault- modern vaguely psychedelic Soul/RnB I guess, strong hip hop and Jaz influences,kinda cinematic.

[Mooncat]

Funeral by Arcade Fire has jumped up from 'fine' to 'obsessed'. Absolutely loving it. It's weird though in that it sounds like the soundtrack to every program on the BBC from that era. Like the music you'd hear on MOTD or something. But it's such a lush, melodically rich and layered album. Great stuff.

[Carnage]

The Cure: The Top

Perfect sunny morning music.

[Ducky]

Funeral by Arcade Fire has jumped up from 'fine' to 'obsessed'. Absolutely loving it. It's weird though in that it sounds like the soundtrack to every program on the BBC from that era. Like the music you'd hear on MOTD or something. But it's such a lush, melodically rich and layered album. Great stuff.

I think "Rebellion, Lies" was used on the BBC somewhere!

Was totally obsessed with this album for a time when it first came out. Still wack it on occasionally. "My family tree's losing all its leaves" from "In The Backseat" is such a devastating lyric too.

Didn't keep up with them after The Suburbs (which was also very good, the title track in particular), might just do that.

[Bürggermeister]

Never really found much beyond Funeral of interest, but it's a cool album for sure.

[Pentagrimes]

"In the back seat" and "the crown of love" are fantastic songs, can't say the rest of it grabbed me as much.

Been listening to Gil Melle's soundtracks  today for "The Sentinel" and "The Andromeda Strain". Genius.

Finally checked out the By Storm album (the post Injury Reserve project, great modern day trip hop), which reminded me in bits of Cloudddead, so it's been Clouddead's discography on repeat since then.

[StoutAndAle]

Funeral by Arcade Fire has jumped up from 'fine' to 'obsessed'. Absolutely loving it. It's weird though in that it sounds like the soundtrack to every program on the BBC from that era. Like the music you'd hear on MOTD or something. But it's such a lush, melodically rich and layered album. Great stuff.

Have you listened to Death Cab For Cutie's "Transatlanticism" or Broken Social Scene's "You Forgot It In People"?

If you like "Funeral" then you might enjoy those.

And possibly DCFC's "Asphalt Meadows" also.

[StoutAndAle]

I got the Bandcamp release of Fugazi's "In On The Kill Taker" - Steve Albini/Electrical Audio Sessions the other day and I can't get enough of it.

It's truly a great album and, even though I'm a massive fan of the band, I never sought out the bootlegs of this before.

Two things struck me after the first listen. First - it's yet another testament to how nailed-down Fugazi were as a band - the songs are whole and the lads are in complete lockstep. Second - regardless of the band and Albini's initial impressions of this session - most alternative groups would give their collective left bollock to have something sound like this.

It really shows the standards that they were adhering to and all operating at. 

[Carnage]

You lost me at Albini, a hack who (one or two exceptions aside) drained the life out of every band and recording he touched.

[Mooncat]

Earth - Hex: Or Printing in the Infernal Method

Lovely instrumental western-sounding dark drone. Like the soundtrack to an evil western. Nice mood music, if you're in that specific mood.

[StoutAndAle]

If you want some jazzy Krautrock - look no further. Can't find a YouTube link for the full KombynatRobotron record.