What are you listening to right now?

just bought island's 50th anniv reissues of the 1st 2 Traffic albums. at rock corner. at RM39.90. great price.
but the music is priceless.
when steve winwood was vital.
and I was 17. heh.
now must look for Dave Mason's 'Alone Together'

hmm ...i have Back in the High Life Again.
Where is Rock Corner? 39.90 for CDs right?

This just came in yesterday. Recording's a bit too bright for my liking!

I very like this CD very the much! Editors have decided to do a Depeche Mode and go electronic..

Recent albums on my horizon.......dig it boys... !!

For Tonight.....

1. Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age.
2. Magic of Boney M.

cheers

Mew - No More Stories. Mew are a Danish 4-piece dream pop/rock band and sound like a poppier shorter and less progressive version of Sigur Ros.


Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence. The 3rd album of acclaimed Norwegian folk-pop duo is avail here as import pressing and their earlier 2 albums are on Amazon UK @ great price.

Today's topic is very grey hued

Sarah McLachlan - Solace. I always wondered why her 2nd album is not avail here but the 1st is. The answer is on the rear sleeve.


George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1. Had this on cassette during my student days and just had to get the CD when it was on sale on Amazon UK. Bright recording with lotsa sibilance that will sound crappy on lesser systems.


Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain. To me still the best and very different from latter albums. Best listen with lights dimmed to the max preferably in a smokey bar.

Iwan Fals - In Love and Acoustics. Good folk music, from our neighbours, Indonesia.

Wife got this for me from her recent KL trip

The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore

St. Vincent - Marry Me. St. Vincent aka Annie Clark has a great indie pop/rock/alternative debut. Can't wait to buy her sophomore album.

Massive Attack - Heligoland. Had this on order since a long long time ago and finally came in time for CNY. Nowhere near Mezzanine but certaintly better than 100th Window. I put this on repeat for > 4 hrs to help to run-in my Clearlines



Zero 7 - Simple Things. Wanted to like their latest "Yeah Ghost" but unfortunately the best review I can give is nowhere near this - their debut album. Also using this to run-in my Clearlines..

For this kind of afternoon weather........

Mary Black - The collection

The Audiophysic Scorpio works well at low volumes too. Its nearly 1am and the Missus is asleep upstairs but am really enjoying myself as well as running-in the home audition Clearaudio Diamond Powerline power cable for my amp. The Powerline really brings more poise and precision to the table..

Pink Floyd - The Wall. Perfect for late night listening..


Eddi Reader with The Patron Saints of Imperfection - Mirmama. Got this many many moons ago back when I was still a student in the UK. Eddie Reader's 1st solo album after her departure from Fairground Attraction. Really excellent recording which I've been enjoying occasionally for more than 15 years and to my ears the best Eddi Reader album and there are quite a few others..

Dear Ilsaw, u have some excellent music.
I have the Wall on vinyl, bought in UK, hmm.. or was it Ireland in '79.
It is an unbelieveably fabulous album, musically and sonically.
Prob the best engineered vinyl that i have - amazing transients in those little grooves.
Regards
SM

highcut28 wrote:Dear Ilsaw, u have some excellent music.
I have the Wall on vinyl, bought in UK, hmm.. or was it Ireland in '79.
It is an unbelieveably fabulous album, musically and sonically.
Prob the best engineered vinyl that i have - amazing transients in those little grooves.
Regards
SM

Hello SM,

Thanks. All of what I'm listening to is on CD. Vinyl is in the plan sometime eoy or early nxt year.

Nina Nastasia - The Blackened Air



Azure Ray - Azure Ray

Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites. Forget the cheesy B-grade horror movie cover. I would rate this as good as "No More Stories.." if not better. Both albums have similar musical direction..


Pink Floyd - Animals. I actually prefer this to the seminal "Wish You Were Here"

It's good to be on time off just listening to music and reading a good book.

Kitchens of Distinction - Capsule Best of KOD


The Microphones - Mount Eerie

someone reminds me of this cd i've kept in a box for years. took it out for a spin right now

Was testing the bass n tweaking spkr placement last nite so had to play some bits and played these apart from Massive Attack's latest and "Mezzanine"

Underworld - Second Toughest in the Infants


Talvin Singh - OK


Damien Rice - O. For a 'folk' album this has oodles of bass! Play track #3 "The Blower's Daughter" and you'll get what I mean.


Orbital - In Sides. My classic electronic/techno album. Have been using "Box" and "Dwr Budr" as test tracks for > 12 years.

Simple Minds - Graffiti Soul. Simple Mind's 15th studio album is IMHO their best in a long long time since Street Fighting Years..

Metheny Mehldau - Metheny Mehldau. Got this for a steal from Borders Penang of all places whom have been trying to close down what's left of their CD retail section since last year. Excellent interplay between Pat Metheny's guitars and Brad Mehldau's piano.

recording is superb. very thick with less bassy & highs. vocal pronounciation is good, no slang!

Sigur Ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (with a buzz in our ears we play endlessly). Sorry better not show the errr controversial cover. Poppier in nature than their last album the fab "Takk" but better than the pretentious (to me) and slower "()". Don't dig the last song which is in Engrish though..

yea llsaw, looks like some guys naked running across the road!! but i never heard these guys musik.

leonard ong wrote:yea llsaw, looks like some guys naked running across the road!! but i never heard these guys musik.

Hi Leonard,

Kinda difficult to pigeonhole Sigur Ros. Guess you can equate them to anything from new age to ambient to progressive/space rock to even metal to.. just Sigur Ros style. Very beautiful even though lyrics are mostly in Icelandic or Hopelandic which is the errr language created by Sigur Ros to serve their music. If you've heard of vocalised intonation music like Adiemus you'll get the picture on what Hopelandic is about. Pretentious or pompous or progressive? U decide.

The Future Sound of London - Lifeforms. Ambient music..

Do Make Say Think - Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn

These arrived at my office today. Now if only I had the time to listen to all of them before I travel again.



From L to R:
01. Toure, Ali Farka & Toumani Diabate - In The Heart Of The Moon
02. Coltrane, John - The Gentle Side Of John Coltrane
03. Galaxie 500 - Today
04. Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona
05. Armstrong, Louis - The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings Vol.2
06. Mojave 3 - Puzzles Like You
07. Lov, Sara - Seasoned Eyes Were Beaming
08. Hukkelberg, Hanne - Little Things
09. Manual - Ascend
10. Armstrong, Louis - The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings Vol.1
11. His Name Is Alive - Ft. Lake
12. His Name Is Alive - Mouth By Mouth
13. His Name Is Alive - Detrola
14. Pavement - Wowee Zowee!
15. Armstrong, Louis - The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings Vol.3
16. Morrissey - Bona Drag
17. My Favorite - Love At Absolute Zero
18. Belle And Sebastian - Push Barman To Open Old Wounds
19. Lycia - Cold
20. Lycia - Estrella

Listening now to Estrella by Lycia. Darkwave/ Ambient.

wow! awesome cds there, joydivision! musik of all ages.

Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust

leonard ong wrote:wow! awesome cds there, joydivision! musik of all ages.

It's never too yong to love old music and never too old to discover new music.

shaiful wrote:Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust

I love this album, especially the track Diamonds & Rust.

i don't have any of your cds in my collections joydivision. the diamonds & rust i know is one from judas priest.

Yeah Judas Priest covered that song. It's originally written by Joan Baez. My all time favorite Judas Priest song is Victim of Changes. I still remember I was in my younger days, I had the Painkiller tour t-shirt.

Elbow - Cast of Thousands. Elbow's one of my fav Brit alternative rock bands and this their 2nd album is IMHO the best! Most people seem to dig "Seldom Seen Kid" probably because of the Mercury win but I still prefer this..


Elbow - Asleep at the Back. Their debut album but second best to me.


And.. Elbow - Seldom Seen Kid

The Mary Onettes - The Mary Onettes (post punk band from Sweden)


Lali Puna - Scary World Theory (IDM, Germany)

Mum - Finally We are no one. Mum are Icelandic and like Sigur Ros you know what to expect though more electronic and errr.. slower and more ambient.

More IDM stuff, Boards of Canada - Geogaddi

Ray LaMontagne - Trouble. Ray's debut album sounds like alt.rock + alt.country to me. You might dig or hate his vocals.

My recent five tracks are listed below.

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago. One of the most profound singer/ songwriter around after Vashti Bunyan. Can't get enough of this guy. Bought the LP after spinning the cd endlessly for 2 months.


Damien Jurado - Rehearsals for Departure. Love this album.

The Cake Sale - The Cake Sale. One for charity Has my favourite Lisa Hannigan in it

Isobel Campbell - Amorino. The Belle that left Sebastian. I have Ballad of the Broken Seas and Milk White Sheets too but Amorino is my favorite.

XX- The XX. XX's style is an amalgation of pop, alt-rock, electronica, etc and this is their debut album. I think we also call this style rojak And great cover to depict the end of the day which is wny physical media such as CD and LP are so much more fun to old timers like me compared with downloads/files..

School of Seven Bells - Alphinism, track 3 Half Asleep reminds me a lot of Cocteau Twins. One of my all time favorite songs from last decade.

llsaw wrote:And great cover to depict the end of the day which is wny physical media such as CD and LP are so much more fun to old timers like me compared with downloads/files..

I used to download a lot few years back but my work schedule lately has been a nightmare. My life is a constant flashbacks of airports, single meal servings, foreign places and people. But on the bright side, I sometimes get to buy cds which are hard to be found in M'sia. Otherwise, I'd do online CDs purchase. I totally support mp3 downloads to discover new music, but if I like the music enough, I usually end up buying the cds. There are just too many good bands/ artist to be discovered.