His voice, before he killed it with too much speed and cigarettes, still gives me the good shivers. 'Twas already going by the time of Floodland, though.
Had to kill it around five minutes in. The weird vocal noises actually made me jump.
Up until then it was fine though, and if I were in a different mood I might appreciate it more.
I'm going to try to run through some stuff by post rock names I know but have not heard material from.
Try it out some other time. I think you'll dig the sampling and general vibe. It's kind of like a weird scattershot precursor to GY!BE, OPN and The Books all at the same time, but with vibraphones and dulcimers and Gira and Jarboe being awesome.
^^^ I love some of Sisters of Mercy's work. Get "First and Last and Always" and "This Corrosion" stuck in my head a lot.
What always amused me is that the lyrics to "This Corrosion" are entirely about Wayne Hussey of The Mission, who as you may remember had just split from the Sisters to found his own band after falling out with everyone's favorite speed paranoiac asshole.
Hussey's a nice guy. Met him a few times. He lives in Huntington Beach, California these days, and dresses like a surfer most of the time.
I am looking more for pretty and a bit jazz-inflected stuff, like the two Tortoise albums I've now heard (Millions Now Living and TNT). Is any of that that?
it's one of my standard post rock recommendations and im rather late to the party, but tangled thoughts of leaving are a post-rock band with definite jazz influences and a use of electronics you will find interesting. 'Deaden the Fields' is their best
also you should check out her name is calla who are probably the best active post rock group in the UK at the moment, the quiet lamb is a gorgeous album and well worth a listen
vash covered all the post rock classics p well so that is some more contemporary stuff for you
I tend to listen to things alone at night so that my senses will be heightened and I can take in every nuance. This can make things a lot more unsettling than if I were to listen to them in a normal setting. And I don't like emotionally backing out of being scared by a record because it makes the whole experience less exciting.
As an aside, the organ on "Secret Friends" is dope and I want to know how they got that timbre.
Play a melody and remember how it goes. Start connecting melodies and rhythms together. In time you will have a song. That said, educating yourself about music is useful.
i listened to Lifelover's "Sjukdom" earlier. it was their last album, so it was not very post punk sounding, but it was still very awesome. the album was pleasantly diverse, witch some definite goth-y and black'n'roll vibes, and some vocal samples that evinced a very dry, self-effacing sense of humor. the only thing that would make me pause ib recommending it would be their propensity for melodramatic, plaintive piano melodies which i quite liked but my not be everyone's cup of tea.
I just took a listen to Chrome's Half Machine Lip Moves. It's a pretty fun combination of psychedelic noise guitar and post-punk beats. I'd recommend it to any fan of noise rock, since it's a crucial, albeit often overlooked, milestone in the development of that genre.
Now that I finally have my internet back, I can finally talk about this really cool club I found in NYC called The Stone. The Stone is a not for profit club that specializes in Avant-garde jazz and experimental music that was founded by and supported through the Tzadik music label. Since they're not for profit, 100% of what they take in each night goes straight to the performers. Also, to support the club, instead of donations, they sell limited editions CDs. So if anyone here is a fan of John Zorn and other Tzadik artists, like I know several of us are, you should look into going to The Stone if you're ever in NYC and check their limited edition CDs if you've got some spare cash and help support a really cool club.
I got to listen a bit of everything, only Endless Galaxy was "FUCKING AMAZING" to me.
And none of their albums sound that much like "Endless Galaxy". The closest thing is "Toccata" from One Armed Bandit. Hopefully, their next album will end up going into that sound more.
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Up until then it was fine though, and if I were in a different mood I might appreciate it more.
I'm going to try to run through some stuff by post rock names I know but have not heard material from.
also you should check out her name is calla who are probably the best active post rock group in the UK at the moment, the quiet lamb is a gorgeous album and well worth a listen
vash covered all the post rock classics p well so that is some more contemporary stuff for you
her name is calla is not really like tortoise that much, but, there are some similaarities, and they are still very good
All I have is Shrivel-Up by Devo and the end of Wind-Up Toy by Alice Cooper.
i should buy it sometime
And if you somehow ended up listening to Jaevla Jazzist Grete Stitz, that one is just atrocious.
Here's some links to The Stone's websites and all the CDs for anyone interested:
http://thestonenyc.com/
http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=0002
http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=0003
http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=0004
http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=0005
it is a religious experience that will change your life
My fave album by them is The Stix.