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The Music Thread Strikes Back

Top five for the year was:

Kylie
Paul Heaton/Jacqui Abbott
The Smiths
The Long Blondes (how, they only had two albums)
OMD
 
Bon Iver
Pink Floyd
The Beatles
Fleetwood Mac
Oasis

Queen got my artist of the decade.

PS that Nick Cave song is sublime, tredman.
 
Foals
blink-182
Bring Me The Horizon
Oh Wonder
Incubus

Top artist of the decade was Incubus.

Agree with Langers, “In My Arms” by Nick Cave is a super song.
 
2 artists dominate my spotify, but that isn't a true reflection of my listening, as I only spotify at work. as a result, I tend to go for lyric less music most of the time. This year, with underworld releasing a new track every week, they've ended up top, closely followed by ludovico einaudi, who released 7 variations of an album across 7 months. lots of sigur ros too.

the chemical brothers absolutely slayed birmingham last friday. Phenomenal light show, and they played a hell of a lot from their catalogue. also, was a really good crowd. no aggro, everyone pretty happy, but blown away by the show.
2manydjs were a great support artist. wanted to check them out for years.

getting stuff together for tomorrows trip to wembley for underworld. well excited (not really a surprise to anyone...)
 
lemonjelly said:
2 artists dominate my spotify, but that isn't a true reflection of my listening, as I only spotify at work. as a result, I tend to go for lyric less music most of the time. This year, with underworld releasing a new track every week, they've ended up top, closely followed by ludovico einaudi, who released 7 variations of an album across 7 months. lots of sigur ros too.

the chemical brothers absolutely slayed birmingham last friday. Phenomenal light show, and they played a hell of a lot from their catalogue. also, was a really good crowd. no aggro, everyone pretty happy, but blown away by the show.
2manydjs were a great support artist. wanted to check them out for years.

getting stuff together for tomorrows trip to wembley for underworld. well excited (not really a surprise to anyone...)
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I was there mate...easily gig of the year for me!
 
Got tickets for an intimate Bombay Bicycle Club gig in Oxford in January to launch their new album. And their new song is also decent.
 
first cd list prepped. fairly tame, i hope disc 2 will be more challenging. next week's job

Too Real - Fontaines D.C.
Come Down on Jupiter - The Orielles
Stimulus For Living - Drahla
VTr - The Twilight Sad
New Love Cassette - Angel Olsen
drained - The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Fashionista - CHAI
More Is Less - The Murder Capital
Drunk II - Mannequin Pussy
Sword In the Stone - Gnoomes
Orange - Big Thief
Snickersnee - Oh Sees
Andromeda - Weyes Blood
Flash - Gauche
xoxo - Wand
Texas Instruments - Priests
Half Painted House - NOTS
Sunglasses - Black Country, New Road

all on spotify too
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7rBIQBioaUzDD88kDBudo5?si=m7-9HoHaTnG_TxtgLG5UgA
 
I think I have heard of one of those bands :)
 
Do you honestly like all that though, I mean I could understand a mix of the familiar with your selection but to have a whole selection of tunes by relatively unknown bands surprises me, do you like the fact that they are not 'mainstream' ?

Please this is not a dig, I'm just intrigued :)
 
Paul said:
Do you honestly like all that though, I mean I could understand a mix of the familiar with your selection but to have a whole selection of tunes by relatively unknown bands surprises me, do you like the fact that they are not 'mainstream' ?

Please this is not a dig, I'm just intrigued :)
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hard to know how to respond without sounding like a tit or slightly condescending. the idea was that it's meant to be stuff i bought or heard during the current year. on that basis what do think I should be listening to that i might be missing out on?

in short, i love/like all of this stuff and wouldn't put it out there if i didn't.

i don't think mainstream exists any more to be honest but most of that list or stuff like it I think you would hear on radio 6 and so it has an audience.
and the list is not particularly edgy tbh. finding interesting stuff can be time consuming so you get lazy
i think 8 bands on that list have featured on previous year cds so even I embrace familiarity if i like it enough.
 
Paul said:
Do you honestly like all that though, I mean I could understand a mix of the familiar with your selection but to have a whole selection of tunes by relatively unknown bands surprises me, do you like the fact that they are not 'mainstream' ?

Please this is not a dig, I'm just intrigued :)
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I've heard of black country new road, but only because they've played on some of the underworld releases over the past year.

I've heard of a few bands nimrod has listed, and a couple have been on cds he's sent me before. Thing is, you have to explore this new stuff, it can't be the case that you only ever listen to stuff you've heard before?

There must have been a time when you'd never heard of led zep, the beatles, cream or any of your other faves.

I say this as someone who posts on this thread a lot, being certain most other posters either can't stand my tastes, or don't know who the fuck I'm on about :)

I think there is less of a mainstream now, because of so many different ways to access music. It used to be the main radio stations - you'd have ideas of a persons tastes based on their station of choice. Now, with vastly more stations, digital radio, streaming platforms, youtube and the like, there's an easy route to eclecticism.
 
:drummer:

Six - these New Puritans
Seeker's Reflection - Waste of Space Orchestra
Alone together - Ritual Howls
Not - Big Thief
Rabbit - Deliluh
Listen To Me - Fufanu
Open - Patio
Above Us - The KVB
Energy - TOY
Ypsilanti - Protomartyr
Patience - Mannequin Pussy
Breaking wheel - Bad Breeding
Burn - Under the Skin
We - DIÄT
Ducter - black midi
Definitely infrared radiation sickness - The Uranium Club Band
The ecstasy of infinite sterility - Krause
Moth Like Me - Guerilla Toss
Motorcycle - Blacklight Holywater

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5g6Ho74UgrHu8bz4N4wzlO
 
nimrod said:
:drummer:

Six - these New Puritans
Seeker's Reflection - Waste of Space Orchestra
Alone together - Ritual Howls
Not - Big Thief
Rabbit - Deliluh
Listen To Me - Fufanu
Open - Patio
Above Us - The KVB
Energy - TOY
Ypsilanti - Protomartyr
Patience - Mannequin Pussy
Breaking wheel - Bad Breeding
Burn - Under the Skin
We - DIÄT
Ducter - black midi
Definitely infrared radiation sickness - The Uranium Club Band
The ecstasy of infinite sterility - Krause
Moth Like Me - Guerilla Toss
Motorcycle - Blacklight Holywater

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5g6Ho74UgrHu8bz4N4wzlO
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Loving the Mannequin Pussy album. Pretty much ticks all my musical boxes: nice melodies bubbling under a blanket of fuzzy guitars , shouty female singer... Actually those are the only two musical boxes I need ticking.

The shoutier songs remind me of Babes in Toyland which is only ever a good thing.
 
SLA said:
Loving the Mannequin Pussy album. Pretty much ticks all my musical boxes: nice melodies bubbling under a blanket of fuzzy guitars , shouty female singer... Actually those are the only two musical boxes I need ticking.

The shoutier songs remind me of Babes in Toyland which is only ever a good thing.
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yeah it's a great album. hopefully will get sent out between xmas and new year
 
On a less cool note, went out to a Christmas 'do' at our local yesterday, really top entertaining show, 50/60's rock n roll with a few crimbo songs (not my usual fare, but my missus loves it). A packed pub, a few beers and loads of folk having fun, really enjoyed a great party band.
 
Paul said:
Do you honestly like all that though, I mean I could understand a mix of the familiar with your selection but to have a whole selection of tunes by relatively unknown bands surprises me, do you like the fact that they are not 'mainstream' ?

Please this is not a dig, I'm just intrigued :)
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nimrod said:
hard to know how to respond without sounding like a tit or slightly condescending. the idea was that it's meant to be stuff i bought or heard during the current year. on that basis what do think I should be listening to that i might be missing out on?

in short, i love/like all of this stuff and wouldn't put it out there if i didn't.

i don't think mainstream exists any more to be honest but most of that list or stuff like it I think you would hear on radio 6 and so it has an audience.
and the list is not particularly edgy tbh. finding interesting stuff can be time consuming so you get lazy
i think 8 bands on that list have featured on previous year cds so even I embrace familiarity if i like it enough.
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I thought of this discussion when I read this article:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/dec/28/overload-ambush-and-isolation-the-decade-that-warped-popular-culture-simon-reynolds
 
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