What are you listening to Part the Third

[swt61]

My heart was weak...

[mikeymad]

säje
säje
2023

https://album.link/i/1698400328

Example:

I didn't know I needed this this morning. But I so did. I might be back on a jazz vocal kick.. 

[Dusty Chalk]

I've been on a First Wave of Post-Hardcore kick lately.

Sunny Day Real Estate, Diary
Girls Against Boys, (pretty much whatever hits my fancy, will probably end up listening to the entire discog, including EPs)
Fugazi's probably next

 

 

[robm321]

 

[TMoney]

Alvvays - Blue Rev.

I like these people! This feels like indie pop with a touch of, dare I say, shoe-gaze? How could I say no?

Planning on going through their entire back catalog.

[robm321]

^ I'm listening to this too because of your other post. 

How could anyone not like this? I'll be listening to the rest of their stuff too.

Had to look up shoe-gaze, but I'd say you're right about that. 

 

[Torpedo]

Enjoying this concert which I wish had been able to attend live

 

[luvdunhill]

[Dusty Chalk]

https://album.link/v7bntbzrkbv2k

A most unsearchable name (The Path by Light), but kinda awesome!  Mostly orchestral (not "symphonic"), mostly instrumental progressive music.  Recommended to fans of Mike Oldfield, Philip Glass, pastoral classical music.

 

[mikeymad]

^^ intersting - sampled a few tracks, didn't catch me to start with, but intrested to check it out futher.

Catching up..

Comin' Home Baby
Mel Tormé
1962

https://album.link/i/59401055

Example:

A fun Album by Mel, with the example being a highlight. Need to have some more Mel in my world.

 

Samara Joy
Samara Joy
2021

https://album.link/i/1616970429

Example:

Such a lovely voice with dynamics and power. Very well recorded set of mostly standards. 

 

Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition
Linkin Park
2023 

https://album.link/i/1668484895

Example:

Worthy of revisiting. A well recorded album that is layered really well and is able to hit hard when it wants to. I didn't need all the live versions, but I enjoyed listening to the album again. 

There are a few other things, but those are some highlights.

 

[HiWire]

Sally Shapiro - Rent (Pet Shop Boys cover)

From Italians Do It Better, Johnny Jewel of the Chromatics' label

 

[Dusty Chalk]

54 minutes ago, HiWire said:

Sally Shapiro - Rent (Pet Shop Boys cover)

From Italians Do It Better, Johnny Jewel of the Chromatics' label

 

Have you ever heard Liza Minelli's version?  She really owns it.

 

[HiWire]

Great version!

I've never heard of Sally Shapiro... turns out it is the name of a Swedish duo, Johan Agebjörn and a reclusive unnamed vocalist. They announced the end of their group in 2016, then secretly worked on more music. I'm going back to check on their synthpop italo-disco albums.

 

Disco Romance

 

Edited September 7, 2023 by HiWire

[mikeymad]

Pathways
Ezra Glatt
2023

https://album.link/i/1676302508

Example:

Good freshman effort from Ezra. It has an Elliott Smith feel. I will be interested in seeing if their writing continues to grow. 

[mikeymad]

For Dusty

Very fun

[HiWire]

The Cardigans - Emmerdale

[mikeymad]

Sextet
Carla Bley
1987
https://album.link/i/1443515986

Example:

I really did think that I posted this before. But I couldn't find it. But it is something that should be posted. 

I didn't know much about Carla's work before this. A great set and this track is just so pretty.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

7 hours ago, mikeymad said:

Sextet
Carla Bley
1987
https://album.link/i/1443515986

Example:

I really did think that I posted this before. But I couldn't find it. But it is something that should be posted. 

I didn't know much about Carla's work before this. A great set and this track is just so pretty.

 

Oh, but I think you are:  she wrote all the songs on Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports.

 

[TMoney]

New Olivia Rodrigo.

Yes, she has the full weight of the music-marketing-industrial complex behind her, but for some reason I find myself cheering for this girl.

Pretty solid sophomore effort, I say. The rocker tracks are very fun.

[mikeymad]

17 hours ago, Dusty Chalk said:

Oh, but I think you are:  she wrote all the songs on Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports.

 

Ha - my assessment remains the same.

[Dusty Chalk]

11 hours ago, mikeymad said:

Ha - my assessment remains the same.

Okay, well, you should give it a listen, it's a great -- if schizophrenic -- album.

[mikeymad]

You're the One
Rhiannon Giddens
2023

https://album.link/i/1683236541

Example:

Continually impressed with Rhiannon. Her ability to adapt to different styles and to do them all so well is amazing to me. This is an album full of solid songs. Each one has purpose and grounding. They were not just going into the studio and see what happens. It is choreographed and executed at a high level. 

 

 

[robm321]

This could be a 70s album sung by a 30-40 year old, but it's a 2023 album sung by a 20 something with rich lyrics and a sweet voice. A little Orbison Sounding. 

Edited September 14, 2023 by robm321

[mikeymad]

Heartbeat City (2016 Remaster)
The Cars
1984

https://album.link/i/1088528654

Example:

So I think in the 80s I was really listening to this album, but I was staring at the Candy-O Album Cover (so that stuck in my head).  I really liked almost all of these songs. Even found myself singing along to Drive. 

[mikeymad]

I missed this last week.. RIP Gary (Sept 4th)

The Dream Weaver
Gary Wright
1975

https://album.link/i/321974937

Example:

Go listen to Dream Weaver as well. Such a good album of tunes of their time. 

RIP Gary - Dream Weaving in the sky...