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[Mirabell]

what do you listen to? New records recently? anything in particular moving you?

Bought myself Varcharz by Mouse on Mars today
their first ipecac recording

amazing as always
my favorite electronic band

might possibly become one of my favorite mouse on mars records. very very good. smart, catchy, disturbing and bouncy.

[Stewart]

Originally Posted by Mirabell

what do you listen to?

Favourite bands include Dead Can Dance, Einstürzende Neubauten, and Faith No More (and pretty much any Mike Patton related project). I was a big fan of dEUS about ten years ago, but they went off the boil a bit. And I'm awaiting some new Cranes material.

Bands aside, solo singers like Björk, Serge Gainsbourg, Stina Nordenstam, and, being a sucker for the old girl-and-piano combo, I can rhyme off plenty, with notable mention to Gabriela Kulka, a Polish girl whose music mixes that of early Kate Bush with some cabaret - songs in Polish and English.

Favourite song of all time, though, is Anna Begins by Counting Crows.

[Mirabell]

yes, stina nordenstam is wonderful.

And the Neubauten, especially the early stuff,
is astonishing

my favorite record being (still)
Kollaps

[nnyhav]

Analog. I've been out of touch ...
(I will amend my way: preferences are chamber classical, combo jazz & acid rock)

[Boki]

lately alot of siouxsie and the banshees, devendra banhart and conflict. like abit of smooth jazz as of late aswell

[Sybarite]

My musical tastes are pretty catholic – all manner of classical music, through jazz, musical theatre, rock and pop: I just have phases of listening to different music. Oddly enough, over the last few years, these phases have worked approximately seasonally – with me listening to predominantly classical in autumn and winter, and rock and pop in spring and summer.

However, in terms of what's new that I'm listening to, the mould has been broken – I've just bought the new Oasis album, which is the best they've produced in some years, and I've also got orders in on iTunes for the new Kaiser Chiefs and Pink albums. I very much like the current singles – Never Miss a Beat and So What? – from both of those. The videos for the latter in particular is fun.

I picked up The Courteeners' first album, St Jude and the Kaiser Chiefs' debut, Employment, yesterday, but haven't yet had chance to listen to them.

[Betelgeused]

It all depends on my mood. But genres I listen more often include MPB (portuguese abbreviation meaning "Brazilian Popular Music") specially Bossa Nova, some rost-rock (bands from Iceland and Japan tend to produce some brilliant pieces of music), some experimental music, trip-hop, noise rock, neoclassical and the good old heavy metal (Candlemass, Darkthrone, etc...). I also enjoy some "-core" things, like mathcore and grindcore.

Lately, I've been enjoy a band called The Czars, which reminds me of Leonard Cohen in a way. Their album Sorry, I Made You Cry is highly recommended.

As for buying CDs, it's been a long time since I bought something. Guess the last was The Craving by MD.45.

[Jayaprakash]

Recently I've been litening to various recordings of Brahms' 4th symphony, a cross section of Miles Davis albums (from around Miles Ahead to Live-Evil) and The August Machine by Hammers Of Misfortune. That's a fairly good representation of my tastes too, with the addition of some blues and classic rock to round things out.

[Boki]

Originally Posted by Betelgeused

It all depends on my mood. But genres I listen more often include MPB (portuguese abbreviation meaning "Brazilian Popular Music") specially Bossa Nova, some rost-rock (bands from Iceland and Japan tend to produce some brilliant pieces of music), some experimental music, trip-hop, noise rock, neoclassical and the good old heavy metal (Candlemass, Darkthrone, etc...). I also enjoy some "-core" things, like mathcore and grindcore.

Lately, I've been enjoy a band called The Czars, which reminds me of Leonard Cohen in a way. Their album Sorry, I Made You Cry is highly recommended.

As for buying CDs, it's been a long time since I bought something. Guess the last was The Craving by MD.45.

the Czars are great.
great taste

[miercuri]

Originally Posted by Stewart

Faith No More (and pretty much any Mike Patton related project).

Couldn't agree more with these words of wisdom!
Apart from Patton, my all time favourite band is U2, probably the one band that got me interested in music, when I was around ten. However, I'm not looking forward to their new album at all and I'm secretly hoping they would disband before being completely drained of inspiration.
I love Bjork to shreds and I moderately love some of Red Hot Chili Peppers' 90's stuff, Jane's Addiction, Tool, The Cure, Portishead, Slowdive, Jose Gonzales, The Knife, The Mars Volta, The Smiths, Patrick Wolf, it actually depends more on the mood.

[Stewart]

Originally Posted by miercuri

I love Bjork to shreds and I moderately love some of Red Hot Chili Peppers' 90's stuff, Jane's Addiction, Tool, The Cure, Portishead, Slowdive, Jose Gonzales, The Knife, The Mars Volta, The Smiths, Patrick Wolf, it actually depends more on the mood.

Not too keen on some of those but I'll join you in appreciation of Björk, The Cure, The Smiths, Patrick Wolf, and, to some extend, The Knife. The latter, for some reason, I like when I listen to them, but the next day the music hasn't stuck around my head at all.

[Mirabell]

Originally Posted by miercuri

However, I'm not looking forward to their new album at all and I'm secretly hoping they would disband before being completely drained of inspiration.

"before"?

[miercuri]

Well, techincally the newer stuff is not that bad, only when compared to Achtung Baby! or The Unforgettable Fire.
They have set their standards too high and now they just can't live up to my expectations anymore.

[Jayaprakash]

Anyone here into Nick Cave?