What are you listening to Part the Third

[skullguise]

Mmmm....Cramps

[Dusty Chalk]

Pixel -- slightly more experimental jazz trio -- followed me on Soundcloud (which is sometimes meant as a request to follow back, so I always listen first, was immediately taken by their wildness.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

11 hours ago, Torpedo said:

 

Dude's playing a 7-string!  \m/

And this is delightfully silly:

And his song titles seem to be designed for Spotify:
(Looks Like) Somebody Got Ahead of Schedule on Their Medication

[swt61]

Very different versions, but I love both...

 

[Aura]

Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

[shellylh]

Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

[Aura]

Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries

One of the best

[HiWire]

The Cars – Shake It Up

Mobile Fidelity has gone and released a few more of the Cars albums (The Cars (1978) and Heartbeat City) on SACD. I generally avoid re-purchasing albums I already have, but comparing the Audio Fidelity gold discs (and the Elektra HDCDs) against the Mo-Fi SACDs makes for an interesting audiophile experiment. That's what I tell myself, anyway. :o)

 

Edited September 8, 2016 by HiWire

[grawk]

I struggle with the concept of an audiophile release of a cars album.

[HiWire]

Pretty specious, right? Proof that I am a sucker for punishment – I also have the Cars' Panorama as a Japanese SHM-CD. The original release seems to be out of print.

[swt61]

30 minutes ago, grawk said:

I struggle with the concept of an audiophile release of a cars album.

It would be on par with a half speed mastered Hansen album.

[grawk]

come on, hansen wasn't that bad

[mikeymad]

pure pop

[Grahame]

pure pop

[TMoney]

Synth playlist inspired by "Stranger Things" on Tidal. <3

https://tidal.com/playlist/fd74dfe5-189e-4bb1-a28b-f7c4af41fda7

[MexicanDragon]

On 8/31/2016 at 9:47 PM, Dusty Chalk said:

I love Die Antwoord, irrationally so.

Have you seen them live? Highly recommended.

**BRENT**

[Dusty Chalk]

18 hours ago, MexicanDragon said:

Have you seen them live? Highly recommended.

I have not.  Added to my bucket list.

22 hours ago, grawk said:

I struggle with the concept of an audiophile release of a cars album.

(facepalm)

So incorrect.  So very, very incorrect.

I have them all on HDCD.  EDIT:  Well not all -- the first five. 

[swt61]

I have to agree with Dan on this one. A few good songs, some fun, but I could listen to The Cars on an old transistor radio and not feel that I was missing part of the experience. 

[Dusty Chalk]

I really like the production on Cars albums.

[HiWire]

Their original self-titled album was basically a collection of hit singles... an incredibly accomplished debut. The following albums varied in quality (I'm not sure why so many people like Candy-O – it has a nice jacket cover), but their guitar/synth sound evolved into their penultimate pop album, Heartbeat City, which has a kind of era-defining quality. Nobody will ever accuse the Cars of having deep lyrics or pretentious concept albums like Pink Floyd (who I also like), but I enjoy their stripped-down approach to pop songs.

I've always been fascinated by this transition period, when classic rock morphed into post-punk, corporate rock, New Wave, synthpop, hair metal, etc., partly because it was the music of my childhood. Albums like Fleetwood Mac's Tango in the Night or Bad Company's Desolation Angels hold a kind of morbid fascination over me.

My next purchase from Mo-Fi will be the Pixies' Trompe Le Monde.

Edited September 8, 2016 by HiWire

[skullguise]

One of my favorite shows was a combo of the Pixies and Sugarcubes.  The latter opened, but they could have headlined as well, both groups were fantastically entertaining.

[grawk]

that's quite a combination of personalities

[HiWire]

Punk + New Wave = Fun

Blondie – The Platinum Collection

[Dusty Chalk]

Mucho Cars on Tidal.

[Hopstretch]

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds -- Henry's Dream

Fun fact: The amount of cocaine consumed just during the filming of the video for "Straight To You" could power a small town in Lithuania for a month.