Music

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I'm a huge fan. Own every one old and new, vinyl and CD. But the more I listen to "Back on Top" can't stop thinking to me its the the best record hes made. That's among 5-6 killers. If your out and about and see the CD used, grab it! The slow ballads are freaking killer. Listening now, track 5, when the leaves come falling down. GREAT MUSIC!!

MUSICDIRECT - NINE INCH NAILS - THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL (180g 2LP) 9/9/08

Wow, for one reason or another I never ripped this album to my ipod .. so I haven't listened to it for at least 5-6 years... just popped it in and am grooving to it. I remember when I bought it when it first came out and was at a friend's house. I put it in the cd player to just "preview it" before we went out and was immediately floored enough to just lay on his apartment floor and listen to the whole thing through. They all left without me, but I didn't care, I was immersed in the music. </random pointless story>

This may be old news for some of you, but I just listened to this guy for the first time, Jeebus! He sounds like an orchestra. Enjoy http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=829401773913198414

Meet Viktoriya Yermolyeva: Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktoriya_Yermolyeva Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/vkgoeswild Webpage: http://www.vkgoeswild.com/ I have been playing this nonstop: If you like piano and rock/metal, you will LOVE her. Very accomplished classical pianist crosses over to rock/metal and does not suck? Awesome!

Mark Linkous, aka Sparklehorse, takes his own life, his family says [updated + Corrected] | Pop & Hiss | Los Angeles Times I am going to go listen to Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot again.

The greatest radio station in the US has its annual CDs/LP/DVD sale coming up. For those in NY area, sounds like fun. WFMU Record + CD Fair

I hope to be adding more to the list. I will be uploading a few I grabbed off KG to Youtube (inc one of Sonny Rollins) Blue Note Records doc: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrHldDh74dI Documentary on Cecil Taylor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sfiN9tvcbM

this awesome japanese jazz-spazz-blaghblaghblagh album is practically a religious experience. and hungrych liked it a whole fucking lot http://www.megaupload.com/de/?d=T5M2WDUE it's supposed to be capitalized how i had it in the topic... recommended to all.

MTV MUSIC - I Want My MTV There's some epic 80s stuff in there, if that's your bag baby.

I'll start: Inu (contemporary indie/alternapop, new project from former Halou member)

Here's a short Stereophile blurb on the classical music download site Primetone. It seems like a nice alternative to the label stores although the article seems to indicate that they are trying to retain some control of their holds. Anyway, I kind of like the way that Primetone includes news and interviews so visiting the site is a quick way to see what's hot. This is in contrast to ClassicsOnline that seems to be a more traditional online music store. Be sure and note how different sites vary in price and formats. BTW, looks like most of these sites have streaming in the making. http://www.stereophile.com/content/primephonics-hi-rez-classical-downlo…

So, I figured my first post should be in the music forum, since that is what interests me the most, and I was disappointed that there is only one thread. Oh well, perhaps once we get more people in here, that'll change. So, what dark music (metal, goth, industrial, noise, experimental, etc.) have you been listening to lately? I'm really enjoying the new Android Lust release, Devour, Rise, and Take Flight. Technically in the goth/industrial vein, but not really sticking with any one genre. This is more of a ensemble sounding release than The Dividing -- the drums, in particular, sound more live than usual. It also goes off on some seriously weird tangents (which, to …

Might as well start it up. This last week: Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile (previously damaged) Kaki King - Legs to Make Us Longer Kaki King - Everybody Loves You Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood

I've never been able to get last.fm to work with foobar when using ASIO4All. Basically last.fm starts up when foobar does, but I get an an error message similar to when another program has been opened before foobar. I'm sure the answer is simple, but google provides no solution. Computer as source folks, help me out?

I decided to expand on my mid-year report card for my end-of-year ranking. Any one of the albums receiving an A could be considered my Album of the Year, but if forced to choose one it would have to be Rasputina's Oh Perilous World. The rest of my ramblings are as follows... A | Catherine Anne Davies - The Piano EP Another haunting collection of songs from Ms. Davies. Nothing groundbreaking here, but the simple and straight-forward songs and her voice create a haunting atmosphere that's difficult to describe but not easily forgotten. Samples available here. A | Epica - The Divine Conspiracy Since picking this up, I've explored their back catalog and came away unim…

Which is worse? Exhibit A: Exhibit B: Lou's ambient music used to accompany his Tai Chi... Jesus, can't some people just stick with the drugs and be done with it???

The last surviving member of the LA 4, Bud Shank, has passed away at 82. Everybody has heard his music. Among other things he played the flute solo on California Dreaming for the Mamas & Papas. Godspeed Bud.

I remember listening to his show on WNEW with my parents growing up. http://www.ny1.com/content/ny1_living/entertainment/160152/local-dj-pete-fornatale-dies-at-66

( Article: http://www.antimusic.com/news/07/june/0608.shtml Her new project: http://www.myspace.com/aguadeannique And I repeat: (

I thought it would be interesting to see people post their absolute favorite albums of all time. Your desert island albums, albums with huge personal significance to you, whatever. Those albums that you know note for note and can always listen to and be blown away by. I thought by doing this we could all expand our own musical horizons, or something. This is in no order (well I guess it has to be in an order, but it's of no significance): John Coltrane - A Love Supreme IMO this is the greatest single musical statement ever. People usually recommend My Favorite Things as a first Coltrane album, but I got this instead. If I remember right it was the second pure…

...on Twitter and a bunch of live blogs.

Thinking about buying a copy of Metallica's S&M CD, noticed there is both a normal US release and a Japanese SHM-CD release. Never seen SHM-CD before, so no idea if it is worth the extra money. Is it different mastering, or just some sham to get more money out of folks? The actual encoding cant be all that different, unless they dont care about backwards compatibility.

I've been kinda wondering lately why nobody in audiophiledom seems to talk about rap. Do audiophiles just not like rap? Nobody seems to care about ripping CDs or bumping classics on vinyl, which doesn't make much sense to me, because rap is a very popular genre. It's weird, because obscure shit like tech death or black metal gets plenty of love on forums. But not rap? Well, rap is my second favorite genre after rock, and I hope some of y'all want to talk about it with me. I'm not really into that 80s bboy shit; my tastes only stretch back to early 90s gangsta. My personal favorite rap group has pretty much always been Jedi Mind Tricks, especially the Violent by Design …