[MUSIC]What Are You Listening To?

Out of curiosity, do you guys know that new music is being made all the time and is usually released on Friday?

 

Finding new music in a "singles" and "one off" DIY world is difficult for old-timers who are primarily album-oriented for music that stands the test of time. The fragmented and declining music industry does not help. I appreciate when folks turn me on to new music but get disappointed when the one posted song is the only thing worth listening to in the band's entire oeuvre. Give me an album's worth of good stuff to listen to...

I do my best to find new music to enjoy, but find the current evolution and trends in music has strayed from what sounds good to me. I'm long past going to bars or other music venues for new stuff and SXSW has devolved. I favor the stuff that harkens back to my musical heritage. It's like comfort food.

That said, I like the stuff you bring to the table and usually give it a listen, so keep posting it and thanks.

I've found good stuff here at KEXP:

 

i have several of their albums, love them. check out his old band "the drones"
anywho, i don't listen to singles EVER. i am old and have zero problem finding new stuff- I LIVE FOR IT. do you not read pitchfork or bandcamp or https://open.substack.com/pub/thene...5-insecure?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

do you have a streaming service other than youtube???
it is not at all difficult...

just a PSA

 

I hadn't heard of this guy until I found this cover. Apparently he was on The Voice. He's pretty damn talented...

 

The Elysian fields
where we shake this pain away

 

My brother sits by me
buckled into the car seat

 

So an infection
not a phase

 

watching an old fight film last night
Ray Mancini and Duk Koo Kim
the boy from Seoul was
hanging in good
but the pounding took to him
and there in the square
he lay alone, without face
without crown
and the angel that looked upon him
she never came down

 

I remember
how the darkness doubled

 

I can tell you all I know
the where to go
the what to do
you can try to run
but you can’t hide
from what’s inside of you

 

RIP Mark...

 

Totally underrated great album, especially for a "one-off"

 

Not sure about underrated, perhaps it is now but it’s definitely great. I suspect that part of the reason it was only a one-off was simply because of Layne’s inability to handle multiple projects as he was killing himself. The last AIC album that he was on was good but it felt like he was already gone. I know he lasted another few years but I think it was solely as a final stage junkie, which is incredibly sad. Thanks for the comment.

 

Loved Nirvana and Pearl Jam and Soundgarden...but AIC was my favorite from back in that time and place

I re-listen to their stuff so much more than the others, these days.

I guess by "underrated" I meant "underappreciated" or "unnoticed" wrt Mad Season