what music are you guys listening to?

[bigkg 0]

The new Beach House is pretty fantastic. I've been spinning it almost non-stop. It's beautiful.

I agree with this. I was listening to the new Four Tet, Vampire Weekend, Spoon and Beach House equally, but that turned into me listening to the new Beach House exclusively.

[Iphonenkinder 558]

I'm not sure why, but all I want to listen to this week is Neil Young.

[timwakefield 68]

I'm not sure why, but all I want to listen to this week is Neil Young.

It's probably because you've been on a quaalude bender.

[Iphonenkinder 558]

It's probably because you've been on a quaalude bender.

Ha! No, I've been listening to angry, electric Neil.

[RonBurgundy 0]

agree/disagree"Idiot Wind" off Blood On The Tracks belongs in the pantheon of GREAT dylan songs

[lvpro 0]

Been listening to "Fate" by Dr. Dog pretty consistently over the past couple months. Also enjoying "White Water, White Bloom" by Sea Wolf.

[Speed Limit 0]

New Frog Eyes coming out soon, April 27th. Pretty awesome cover.MP3 of a new song.

[timwakefield 68]

agree/disagree"Idiot Wind" off Blood On The Tracks belongs in the pantheon of GREAT dylan songs

I would quite probably choose that as my single favorite Dylan track. The lyrics are just tremendous. Some snippets, which blow me away no matter how many times I've heard/read them.

I can't remember your face anymore, your mouth has changed, your eyes don't look into mine!

I can't feel you anymore, I can't even touch the books you've read

You'll never know the hurt I suffered nor the pain I rise above,And I'll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love,And it makes me feel so sorry.

If I were better at talking about...things, then I would probably have a lot to say about how brilliant the chorus is, and how meaningful and beautiful and honest, but I'm not that good with words, so I won't try.

Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves,We're idiots, babe.It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves.

[Speed Limit 0]

The P4k music fest this year has Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, Raekwon, St. Vincent, Pavement, and more. Pretty tight.

[timwakefield 68]

Are you kidding me, J Dilla? Seriously, how the fuck.....how the fuck....did you come up with that? Quick little Dilla lovefest for a second: The artist who most comes to my mind when thinking of Dilla's technique and style is Miles Davis. I've never actually heard anybody compare them, but to me they are very similar. Dilla's music is all about simplicity - it sounds so incredibly simple and perfect, the same way Miles Davis' music in the late 50s/early 60s sounded simple and perfect and simply perfect. Again I'm not that good at talking about music or art, but all I can say about Dilla's work is that he was absolutely unmatched, and will probably always remain so. And it's not about where he got his samples from - it's about the fact that he would sample Bach or Kenny Loggins or Gil Evans and do it with absolutely no sense of irony or sarcasm - quite the opposite in fact. He sampled lots of things from mediocre, semi-forgotten albums, but the way he used the samples it's always blatantly clear that the point is about creating a beautiful song and really nothing else. I mean, he famously sampled The Singers Unlimited (a white a cappella group from the 60s), and the song he made with it is beautiful and perfect. The reason he sampled a thing is because he found something beautiful or interesting in it, not because he wanted to challenge himself or show off how cool he was for using unknown shit. I've always remembered a bit of a Jimi Hendrix documentary I saw forever ago where another guitar player who knew Hendrix (possibly Jeff Beck) was talking about him. He was talking about how Hendrix would go see a show and even if the band was horrible, instead of just saying 'man these guys suck' he would really listen, and would always find at least one thing they did, even accidentally, which he really liked and would then go back and study by himself. Even the way it sounded if they dropped their guitar, or got accidental feedback, for example, or just a riff that they played for 2 seconds which stood out to him. Rather than classifying everything into "good" and "bad" and then treating it as such, he could see the beauty in everything (Jimi, this is). Anyways, it seems to me that Dilla was exactly the same in that respect.Clair

The way he uses the 'Do do do do do do do do' is just mind-expanding.

[van patrickson 0]

bonnaroo or pitchfork fest? went to bonnaroo last year and it was a good yet grueling three days. camping sucked and enjoying the music took a backseat to the heat and the oppressive nature of the sun. also lotta mediocre acts (snoop dog). heard paul simon and mccartney might be playing 'roo this year.

[RonBurgundy 0]

snatched this wu-tang beatles mashup album. verdict: pretty cool. samples aren't too forced/mashup-y.

and criminology are probably my favorites

[Southern Buddhist 1]

I don't post here much. I'm deaf in one ear, so music has never been a big part of my life. But this article from the New York Times today (their most e-mailed article) is great:

Sinatra Song Often Strikes Deadly Chord By NORIMITSU ONISHIGENERAL SANTOS, the Philippines — After a day of barbering, Rodolfo Gregorio went to his neighborhood karaoke bar still smelling of talcum powder. Putting aside his glass of Red Horse Extra Strong beer, he grasped a microphone with a habitue’s self-assuredness and briefly stilled the room with the Platters' "My Prayer."Next, he belted out crowd-pleasers by Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck. But Mr. Gregorio, 63, a witness to countless fistfights and occasional stabbings erupting from disputes over karaoke singing, did not dare choose one beloved classic: Frank Sinatra’s version of “My Way.”“I used to like ‘My Way,’ but after all the trouble, I stopped singing it,” he said. “You can get killed.”The authorities do not know exactly how many people have been killed warbling “My Way” in karaoke bars over the years in the Philippines, or how many fatal fights it has fueled. But the news media have recorded at least half a dozen victims in the past decade and includes them in a subcategory of crime dubbed the “My Way Killings.” The killings have produced urban legends about the song and left Filipinos groping for answers. Are the killings the natural byproduct of the country’s culture of violence, drinking and machismo? Or is there something inherently sinister in the song?Whatever the reason, many karaoke bars have removed the song from their playbooks. And the country’s many Sinatra lovers, like Mr. Gregorio here in this city in the southernmost Philippines, are practicing self-censorship out of perceived self-preservation. Karaoke-related killings are not limited to the Philippines. In the past two years alone, a Malaysian man was fatally stabbed for hogging the microphone at a bar and a Thai man killed eight of his neighbors in a rage after they sang John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads.” Karaoke-related assaults have also occurred in the United States, including at a Seattle bar where a woman punched a man for singing Coldplay’s “Yellow” after criticizing his version. Still, the odds of getting killed during karaoke may be higher in the Philippines, if only because of the ubiquity of the pastime. Social get-togethers invariably involve karaoke. Stand-alone karaoke machines can be found in the unlikeliest settings, including outdoors in rural areas where men can sometimes be seen singing early in the morning. And Filipinos, who pride themselves on their singing, may have a lower tolerance for bad singers.Indeed, most of the “My Way” killings have reportedly occurred after the singer sang out of tune, causing other patrons to laugh or jeer.“The trouble with ‘My Way,’ ” said Mr. Gregorio, “is that everyone knows it and everyone has an opinion.”Others, noting that other equally popular tunes have not provoked killings, point to the song itself. The lyrics, written by Paul Anka for Mr. Sinatra as an unapologetic summing up of his career, are about a tough guy who “when there was doubt,” simply “ate it up and spit it out.” Butch Albarracin, the owner of Center for Pop, a Manila-based singing school that has propelled the careers of many famous singers, was partial to what he called the “existential explanation.”“ ‘I did it my way’ — it’s so arrogant,” Mr. Albarracin said. “The lyrics evoke feelings of pride and arrogance in the singer, as if you’re somebody when you’re really nobody. It covers up your failures. That’s why it leads to fights.”Defenders of “My Way” say it is a victim of its own popularity. Because it is sung more often than most songs, the thinking goes, karaoke-related violence is more likely to occur while people are singing it. The real reasons behind the violence are breaches of karaoke etiquette, like hogging the microphone, laughing at someone’s singing or choosing a song that has already been sung. “The Philippines is a very violent society, so karaoke only triggers what already exists here when certain social rules are broken,” said Roland B. Tolentino, a pop culture expert at the University of the Philippines. But even he hedged, noting that the song’s “triumphalist” nature might contribute to the violence.Some karaoke lovers are not taking chances, not even at family gatherings.In Manila, Alisa Escanlar, 33, and her relatives invariably gather before a karaoke machine, but they banned “My Way” after an uncle, listening to a friend sing the song at a bar, became enraged at the laughter coming from the next table. The uncle, who was a police officer, pulled out his revolver, after which the customers at the next table quietly paid their bill and left.Awash in more than one million illegal guns, the Philippines has long suffered from all manner of violence, from the political to the private. Wary middle-class patrons gravitate to karaoke clubs with cubicles that isolate them from strangers.But in karaoke bars where one song costs 5 pesos, or a tenth of a dollar, strangers often rub shoulders, sometimes uneasily. A subset of karaoke bars with G.R.O.’s — short for guest relations officers, a euphemism for female prostitutes — often employ gay men, who are seen as neutral, to defuse the undercurrent of tension among the male patrons. Since the gay men are not considered rivals for the women’s attention — or rivals in singing, which karaoke machines score and rank — they can use humor to forestall macho face-offs among the patrons.In one such bar in Quezon City, next to Manila, patrons sing karaoke at tables on the first floor and can accompany a G.R.O. upstairs. Fights often break out when customers at one table look at another table “the wrong way,” said Mark Lanada, 20, the manager.“That’s the biggest source of tension,” Mr. Lanada said. “That’s why every place like this has a gay man like me.”Ordinary karaoke bars, like the Nelson Carenderia here, a single room with bare plywood walls, mandate that a singer give up the microphone after three consecutive songs.On one recent evening, at the table closest to the karaoke machine, Edwin Lancaderas, 62, crooned a Tagalog song, “Fight Temptation” — about a married man forgoing an affair with a woman while taking delight in their “stolen moments.” His friend Dindo Auxlero, 42, took the mike next, bawling songs by the Scorpions and Dire Straits. Several empty bottles of Red Horse crowded their table.“In the Philippines, life is difficult,” said Mr. Auxlero, who repairs watches from a street kiosk, as he railed about government corruption and a weak economy that has driven so many Filipinos to work overseas, including his wife, who is a maid in Lebanon. “But, you know, we have a saying: ‘Don’t worry about your problems. Let your problems worry about you.’ ”The two men roared with laughter. “That’s why we come here every night — to clear the excesses from our heads,” Mr. Lancaderas said, adding, however, that the two always adhered to karaoke etiquette and, of course, refrained from singing “My Way.”“Misunderstanding and jealousy,” in his view, were behind the “My Way” killings. “I just hope it doesn’t happen here,” he said.

[potatoman 0]

Currently listening to Them Crooked Vultures. I highly recommend "New Fang" and "Mind Eraser."

[SuperJon 175]

Currently listening to Them Crooked Vultures. I highly recommend "New Fang" and "Mind Eraser."

Saw them on SNL, I really like the production of this album.

[LadyGrey 6]

Well, I just made a playlist and figured I'd share.I was just picking random songs I felt like hearing, and it turned into a kind of "favourites from the seventies/late sixties" playlist so I went with that. This is the tracklist:1. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (5:58)2. Steely Dan - Reelin' in the Years (4:37)3. The Who - The Seeker (3:25)4. The Eagles - Take It To The Limit (4:47)5. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way (3:43)6. Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb (3:44)7. Patti Smith - Gloria (5:56)8. The Doors - Light My Fire (7:08)9. Led Zeppelin - Going To California (3:31)10. Van Morrison - Sweet Thing (4:25)11. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze (2:51)12. Eric Clapton - Cocaine (3:41)13. The Zombies - Time of the Season (3:35)14. Bill Withers - Use Me (3:48)15. Pink Floyd - Money (6:22)16. Supertramp - Take a Look at My Girlfriend (2:40)17. Small Faces - Itchycoo Park (2:52)18. Sailor - A Glass Of Champagne (2:37)19. Carole King - I Feel The Earth Move (2:59)20. Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin (4:28)21. Cat Stevens - Hard Headed Woman (3:49)22. John Lennon - Jealous Guy (4:17)23. Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence (3:03)24. Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (5:22)25. Claudine Longet - Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (3:02)Link to download, if anyone is interested: http://massmirror.com/d19ec3eead5ac96847d37d238e1f110c.html

[JoeyJoJo 18]

I was just picking random songs I felt like hearing, and it turned into a kind of "favourites from the seventies/late sixties" playlist so I went with that.

Is there a reason why I can't go on iTunes and get Beatles songs?What is the best way to go about getting a Beatles collection?

[LadyGrey 6]

Is there a reason why I can't go on iTunes and get Beatles songs?What is the best way to go about getting a Beatles collection?

I'll hook you up.EDIT:I should add, I'm pretty sure the reason is they won't give Apple the right to sell their songs, because there was a huge dispute over the trademark of "Apple". The Beatles had their own record label or something called Apple, and they tried to sue/argue with Apple about it and basically lost I think. I can't be bothered to check all that, but I know they had a dispute over the name Apple. That's probably why they can't sell Beatles songs on iTunes.

[JoeyJoJo 18]

I'll hook you up.EDIT:I should add, I'm pretty sure the reason is they won't give Apple the right to sell their songs, because there was a huge dispute over the trademark of "Apple". The Beatles had their own record label or something called Apple, and they tried to sue/argue with Apple about it and basically lost I think. I can't be bothered to check all that, but I know they had a dispute over the name Apple. That's probably why they can't sell Beatles songs on iTunes.

Thanks.I did some googling and I did see a throwaway line about "not that Apple," so I can see that. I also see that the whole no Beatles on itunes is kind of a big deal.

[Untilted 158]

In the last two weeks, this thread has died.Is this the first sign of the apocolypse?

[LongLiveYorke 38]

In the last two weeks, this thread has died.Is this the first sign of the apocolypse?

YesCurrently spinning:Flaming LipsOwen PallettThe new Yeasayer is pretty boring.I've listened to a lot of Beirut lately.

[Speed Limit 0]

YesCurrently spinning:Flaming LipsOwen PallettThe new Yeasayer is pretty boring.I've listened to a lot of Beirut lately.

I did a review on this for the music site I'm a staff writer for. Long story short, I gave it a 3.4 out of 5.

[LadyGrey 6]

I can't get enough Fleetwood Mac lately. It just hits the spot.

[uncooper 1]

Oops (Oh My)Unironically, of course.

[timwakefield 68]

I gave it a 3.4 out of 5.

Maybe I'm crazy, but this seems strange to me unless it's just a typo. Is this how the website does it or is this how you chose to rate it? If something is rated 'out of 5' I feel like it's usually just wholes and halves, like 3 stars, 3.5 stars, 4 stars, etc. Why is it 3.4 out of 5 instead of 6.8 out of 10? Is it represented graphically as 3 stars fully lit and 2/5ths of the next star lit? That would be okay, but still less appealing to me than either the classic 5 star system or the classic base ten numeral system.