Author Topic: What Are You Listening To 2011 - Grefter's Grotto Edition (Read 40190 times)

Luther Lansfeld · « **Reply #600 on:** October 28, 2011, 09:26:34 PM »

Star One - Digital Rain

Because I love campy space opera metal.

Grefter · « **Reply #601 on:** October 29, 2011, 12:08:43 AM »

Neon Indian - Future Stick

Idun tunes.

Bobbin Cranbud · « **Reply #602 on:** October 29, 2011, 12:56:25 AM »

Homestuck Volume 8 - Calamity

Grefter · « **Reply #603 on:** October 29, 2011, 01:56:41 AM »

Eskimo Joe - Black Fingernails, Red Wine.

superaielman · « **Reply #604 on:** October 30, 2011, 01:52:20 AM »

Dead Confederate- Goner

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #605 on:** October 30, 2011, 03:41:30 PM »

Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #606 on:** November 02, 2011, 06:11:38 PM »

Florence + the Machine - Only If For A Night

New album is out!

Luther Lansfeld · « **Reply #607 on:** November 02, 2011, 07:18:43 PM »

Electric Six - Hello! I See You!

I'm pretty sure this song is about playing hide and seek with Satan.

Luther Lansfeld · « **Reply #608 on:** November 02, 2011, 09:22:00 PM »

Star One - 24 Hours

God, this song is so campy that I can't not smile when I listen to it.

Luther Lansfeld · « **Reply #609 on:** November 03, 2011, 07:54:38 PM »

Triplepost!

Pet Shop Boys - Only the Wind

Comparing Actually and Behaviour, Behaviour is just so much moodier and less happy. I like it a lot, but the styles are very different even among CDs made in a similar time range. I find the new PSB CDs hard to compare to the old ones; the old ones are very 80's and the ones made in this century are not (which is good).

Grefter · « **Reply #610 on:** November 04, 2011, 07:57:00 AM »

Justice - Civilisation.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #611 on:** November 05, 2011, 12:44:53 AM »

Florence + the Machine - Seven Devils

Luther Lansfeld · « **Reply #612 on:** November 05, 2011, 09:02:25 PM »

Arcade Fire - Antichrist Television Blues

Very Springsteen.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #613 on:** November 05, 2011, 10:56:44 PM »

I told you.

Florence and the Machine - No Light, No Light

Current obsession? Maybe.

Luther Lansfeld · « **Reply #614 on:** November 05, 2011, 11:56:57 PM »

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Sweetheart Come

If he touches you again with his stupid hands his life won't be worth living~

Idun · « **Reply #615 on:** November 07, 2011, 12:36:01 AM »

new copped ep: Baby Style by keepaway;

listening to Family of the Son. It's psychedelic music.

Grefter · « **Reply #616 on:** November 07, 2011, 03:54:15 AM »

I have no idea how. Bad it is, but just bought new Lou Reed and Metallica cd.

Grefter · « **Reply #617 on:** November 07, 2011, 09:44:08 AM »

Double post because goddamn this album is worth it.

Lou Reed and Metallica - Iced Honey.

I am so glad I bought this album before I read any reviews. If I had read this before I got it I would never have bought this album. It was absolutely worth buying because it is so amazingly well mixed. Seriously whoever produced this is pretty fucking masterful. They somehow managed to put together something that is straight up nearly unpublishable into something that at least could be put on the market.

Album is so very very bad. Lou Reed sings well like Lou Reed does 30 years after his prime (Velvets are great, but Lou was still going strong right into the 80s). As it is, this sounds like someone's grandfather sort of rambling over the top of Metallica just sort of tuning up their instruments. Sometimes James Hettfield will come in when he is in his countryish stuff. There certainly isn't anything like Unforgiven snarly growl here.

The best part is that it is a double disc album and I didn't realise. I had looked at the track list and saw 10 tracks. Little did I know that these were 10 very long songs. Nearly 90 minutes of music in 10 tracks . I still have the second disc to go so maybe it is better. I am not holding my breath, but that is mostly because I am laughing so fucking hard.

Grefter · « **Reply #618 on:** November 07, 2011, 10:13:24 AM »

Hahahahahahahaha oh gods this album. This is amazing. It is so bad it is hilarious.

And yet for all of it. There was a pretty cool guitar solo (from Metallica! A single cool guitar solo!) that was actually pretty Velvet Undergroundy (so James Hettfield plays with Lou Reed and channels John Cale).

I am banging my head and laughing out loud at the same time. This is some experience.

Grefter · « **Reply #619 on:** November 07, 2011, 10:15:07 AM »

Yeah I can't stop laughing. One track to go.

Grefter · « **Reply #620 on:** November 07, 2011, 10:43:04 AM »

So the last track sounds like it could just be okay. Not good, but okay, something that would be filler on almost any other album. Then the lyrics just go batshit insane again. Then there is like 4 minutes of strings playing the same chord.

Pretty fucking rad album. Certainly an experience I don't regret having. It is bad and not something you should buy at all. Worth a listen though if you are a music nerd and want a real good laugh.

If you want a good album from this month though you should check out the new Tom Waits, Florence and the Machine, or Justice albums. Also very very noteworthy from a few months ago that I am only just on the bandwagon for is the new Gotye album which is pretty fucking astounding.

Idun · « **Reply #621 on:** November 07, 2011, 04:12:25 PM »

I was eyeing that on Pitchfork yesterday, but I'm glad to use you as a surrogate experience.

Sierra · « **Reply #622 on:** November 07, 2011, 09:16:47 PM »

So basically he made Metal Machine Music Vol. 2? Except not deliberate trolling? (Probably?)

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #623 on:** November 08, 2011, 12:10:20 AM »

I'm pretty sure Lou Reed+Metallica conceptually counts as the most deliberate trolling to be pulled off by renowned musicians since Metal Machine Music.

Grefter · « **Reply #624 on:** November 08, 2011, 05:31:13 AM »

It is much better produces than that though. El Cid should totally give it a listen. Snow should listen to Gotye instead.

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Author Topic: What Are You Listening To 2011 - Grefter's Grotto Edition (Read 40190 times)

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