What are you listening to?

[SoulReaper]

Renaissance - Mother Russia

 

[Geostigma]

http://8tracks.com/solrae1202/late-nights-headlights

Going through this playlist atm. Also pretty interesting site just a bunch of playlists put together by users.

 

[Ⓐaron]

Gong - [Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1: Flying Teapot #05] Zero the Hero and the Witch's Spell [9:36]

R.I.P. Daevid

 

[Keveh Kins]

 

[SoulReaper]

Focus - Hamburger Concerto

Best Dutch Prog Epic.

 

[Ⓐaron]

Dir en Grey - [Uroboros #13] Inconvenient Ideal [4:22]

man, the Japanese sure have some weird bands. This song isn't even that weird by their standards

I'll have to check out Focus

 

[SoulReaper]

Yeah classic band, Moving Waves, Focus 3 and Hamburger Concerto are essential Dutch Prog classics.

Van der Graaf Generator - A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers

Edit; Fun fact, Enslaved are big Focus fans and as they are curating Roadburn this year, Focus is one of the bands that will be playing there.

 

[Ⓐaron]

Really, really wish I could go to Roadburn this year but as I'm unemployed there's pretty much no chance that will be happening

Dir en Grey - [Dum Spiro Spero #01] 狂骨の鳴り [2:01]

 

[SoulReaper]

Maybe sometimes in the future. It'lll be around for as long as Walter is making it happen, and it will be a long time I'm sure!


Kill The Client - Conflict Within Pandemic

 

[Ⓐaron]

Yeah, I just wish I could go to the show Enslaved are curating. Ah well.

Dir en Grey - [Dum Spiro Spero #11] Decayed Crow [3:49]

 

[SoulReaper]

Yeah, pretty interesting stuff they've got, Fields of The Nephilim rules so much, but it's not as interesting as Akerfeldt curating last year, Magma, Anglagard and Comus ftw

Coldworker - Grave New World

 

[Ⓐaron]

Yeah that would have been an amazing festival for sure

Dir en Grey - [Dum Spiro Spero #13] Vanitas [5:28]

 

[SoulReaper]

The best in the world rly

Defleshed - Stripped To The Bone

 

[Ⓐaron]

Gentle Giant - [Three Friends #02] Schooldays [7:37]

 

[SoulReaper]

Utopia - Utopia Theme

On full prog mode too here. Last week I scored on vinyl Focus - Hamburger Concerto, Utopia - Todd Rundgren's Utopia, Renaissance - Turn Of The Cards, The Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Justin Hayward & John Lodge - Blue Jays, Jethro Tull - Benefit (Signed by Martin Barre!) Peter Hammill - Enter K and Bo Hansson - Music Inspired By The Lord Of The Rings. Not fucking bad for 50 Euro's.

 

[Ⓐaron]

Awesome haul. I can't wait until I have money again so I can start picking up LPs again.

Gentle Giant - [Playing the Fool: The Official Live #02] Just the Same [5:20]

If there's a better example of a band shifting musical styles on a dime, I'm not aware of one. Zappa is the only artist I'm aware of who was as good at Genre Roulette. This has to be one of the best live albums ever recorded.

 

[SoulReaper]

Shifting in musical styles doesn't get crazier than Naked City's Torture Garden EP, imo..

Defeated Sanity - Generosity Of The Deceased

Just got the split 7" with Mortal Decay

 

[Ⓐaron]

Oh yeah, I guess Zorn in general belongs in the same league as those two. I need to explore his discography more

Led Zeppelin - [Led Zeppelin #01] Good Times Bad Times [2:47]

 

[Keveh Kins]

Man in the Box - Alice in Chains

 

[SoulReaper]

Utopia - The Ikon

Lol. 30 minutes on one vinyl side.

 

[Ⓐaron]

That's not even his longest album side. Initiation has 32 minutes on one side and 35 on the other It came with a sticker saying that if you played it with a worn needle it would ruin the record

Enslaved - [Eld #04] Kvasirs blod [7:51]

 

[Ⓐaron]

Todd Rundgren - [Todd #02] I Think You Know [3:05]

 

[Ⓐaron]

Todd Rundgren - [Faithful #02] Good Vibrations [3:44]

It's eerie how much this sounds like the original. Which is, of course, the whole point; Rundgren explained the motivation of the first album side as treating rock music like European classical music, where pieces are performed over and over in exactly the same way. He certainly succeeded in this aim.

 

[SoulReaper]

I'll need to dig more into Rundgren's stuff I guess

The Moody Blues - My Song

 

[Ⓐaron]

Yeah, he's a very diverse and engaging artist. Some really good albums you might not have heard include Something/Anything?, A Wizard, a True Star, Todd, Initation, Faithful, Hermit of Mink Hollow, Another Live (Utopia), Ra (Utopia), and Liars. If an album filled with affectionate (and dead-on) Beatles parodies appeals to you you'll also want to check out Utopia's Deface the Music.

Todd Rundgren - [Faithful #10] Cliché [4:01]