i like m83 alot. i cant believe i never heard them till a couple months ago. perfect cross b/t air and my bloody valentine, which is right up my alley. id heard of jaga jazzist by way of their ninjatune connection. thanks to rhapsody, im listeing right now. reminds me of a more jazzy four-tet or more electronic tortoise. jazz-tronica!
about m83: the same here. I almost accidentely stumbled over that band and now I am infected. And as you say the mix of my bloody valentine and air couldn't be better. I just made a compilation cd for a girl I like with following content: m83 - I guess I'm floating death in vegas - girls m83 - don't save us from the flames (from the new record) the postal service - such great heights lali puna - micronomic my bloody valentine - sometimes the notwist - pick up the phone (postal service remix) squek e clean & karen - whenever I wake up kings of convenience - the weight of my words (four tet remix) beck - broken drum (boards of canada remix) boom bip - lets walk around mirror lake (boards of canada remix) boards of canada - everything you do is a balloon m83 - run into flowers (abstrackt keal agram remix) jaga jazzist - all I know is tonight (piethopraxis rough rough remix) dntel - the dream of evan and chan (lali puna remix) lali puna - together in electric dreams stratus - curio kevin shields - goodbye I guess this should work out with her.
Check out Ms. John Soda from the Lali Puna/Notwist/two-hundred-other-bands group. They've only got one album and an EP, I think. The album is much better than anything Lali Puna has released (Scary World Theory and the one you're listening to are very good, Tridecoder is boring.) Also, the Tied & Tickled Trio are a band from the same German collective--they make incredible electronica-jazz instrumentals. Observing Systems is their best, though I haven't heard the latest one.
Right now, the Pat O'brien Voicemail or Answering Machine Messages in WMA. "You" - 52 times "f*ckin" - 36 times "hot" - 26 jk
Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall - The Complete Concert - Miles Davis At Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore East - Miles Davis
We went to see Steve Winwood last night at Verison. Now I have been listening to Stevie for close to 40 years But he's out with new bandmates from Brazil that add a whole new polyrythmic world beat thing that just made an awesome show. Of course the highlights were when he pulled out the Blind Faith, Spencer Davis and Traffic tunes but the arrangements were totally new and different. The show closer, Gimmie Some Lovin' started out as a funk song and ended up as a negro spiritual. If you like world beat jazz rock check out his new CD 'About Time' It's a great new sound for an old favorite and course his distinctive singing voice is still the same as it ever was! Good tip on the Exploding Hearts by the way. I just read a review that said some or all of them were killed in a car wreck though.
never been a big fan, but he played at the austin city limits festival 2 years ago and he put on a great show. aside from a great voice and that hammond, he wasnt any slouch on the guitar. busted out quite a few solos. i would definately see him again.
The Low-End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest Tonight's the Night - Neil Young (thanks Batman) Beat - King Crimson Also added 6 Radiohead CDs to my car CD changer: The Bends Pablo Honey OK Computer Kid A Amnesiac Hail to the Thief
Oh man, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Thee Billy Childish. Are you familiar with his other work (Thee Headcoats, Thee Headcoatees, Thee Milkshakes, Del Monas, Pop Rivets, Buff Medways, etc?) He used to want to be Hendrix, but all the new Buff Medways stuff sounds like The Who worship. Seriously, Billy Childish is one of my favorite artists ever. In fact, I got Elementary Headcoats in the car right now.
I also have a couple of Milkshakes CDs. The bass player in my old band in LA turned me onto Billy Childish, and we used to do a cover of "You'll Be Sorry Now" when we played live. Viva Billy!
man I love the song "krafty" on the new New Order CD. Soooooo uplifting typical melancholic NO stuff. An instant classic.
saw mars volta last nite (and made it home in time for the entire 4th quarter!) best show ive seen all year and might creep into my top ever. 2:15 set with no opening band, breaks, b/t song chatter or encore. vox, guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, sax/flute, percussion. they sounded like early 70's electric miles davis doing intense psychedllic hard-core. they were really going out there and pushing each song into different directions. they arent a jazz group persay, but their approach was definately akin to that 70's miles or herbie hancock style. its was one of those shows where you feel like you might piss your pants or like the hand of god is reaching out at you from the speakers and grabbing you by the throat (no, i wasnt on drugs) the intensity of fugazi or trail of dead (on a good nite - they are hit or miss for me). see them if you can!
i'm a little late for this thread, but my listening lately has been pretty eclectic (lately? it's always freakin' bizarre!) -Wagner: Tristan and Tannhauser. I've been on a Wagner kick of late and I don't know either of these works well. Tristan in the famous 1964 Bohm recording live from Bayruth, Tannhauser in Domigo's recording with Sinopoli. some bizarre tempi, but "Placi-risotto" sounds great, even if his german is, ahhhh, a bit eccentric. -Bach: Italian Concertos, played on a modern steinway by Alexandre Tharaud. My daughter, who is 2, has gotten me on a Bach kick, and i find it oddly stimulating and peaceful, at least the keyboard works and solo cello suites. -Solomon Burke: Make Do With What You Got. Follow up to last year's Don't Give up on Me. not quite as good, but great modern soul/blues music by a real master. -Richard Shindell: Sparrows Point. Older CD by moder folk singer. i can't get "On a Sea of Fleur-de-Lis" out of my head. -Playlist of three CDs from the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. Great, modern big-band sound, not unlike the Dave Holland Big Band.
Lou Reed - R 'n' R Animal and Lou Reed Live. - It has been a long time sense I dragged these two out, but still marvel at the guitar work of Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter. All the more impressive because it is live. Really, these two (both culled from the same tour) are unlike anything else Lou has/had ever done before or sense. As a guitarist I find the interplay (and seeming improv)between Steve and Dick to be without equal. Still, Lou, contrarian that he can be went on to slag the live releases adding that he was in complete controll of everything thay played (and over half the lp's are guitar work with no vocals), something I have always doubted. So popular was R'n'R Animal that it's follow up was Metal Machine music. Ans such does sum up Lou Reed. The DelGados - Hate. Man, I REALLY love this LP after having owned it a few weeks now. Not sure why they are not even a little bit popular in the States. Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak. Another LP I have only owned a few weeks but really love. These guys got it going on. The singer is seriously F'd up (like Rod Stewart with the flu) as are his vocals and subject matter. The band is made up of brothers and cousins and the tightness really comes thru. Seems they are alreadty stars in Europe, which is no surprise. Genesis, Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. I have already raved about this one so will not do so further. My only concern is Manny (someone I am POSITIVE would love this) may never give it a fare shake as he reloads his 6 disc cd player w/ Beastie Boys et al. Finaly, just ordered the Exploding Hearts 'Guitar Romantic' based on glowing reviews here. I had some how gotten them mixed up with the Wyldehearts on my initial Amazon searches.
