What are you listening to Part the Third

[aerius]

Mozart was a dirty composer

 

[mikeymad]

7 hours ago, jose said:

 

3 hours ago, recstar24 said:

Record store day!

 

1 hour ago, blessingx said:

^ Great pick up. 
 

Regretting not hitting RSD, but from a thrift store visit a month ago - Frantic Percussion (in stereo-stereo). This works for Saturday afternoon house cleaning. 

Full album: 

 

You guys are on fire - Three things I have not heard before - and three bangers. 

Mammal Hands - was a really nice set - tight percussion throughout and very theatrical. (will explore more)

Dada - was not what I expected, but I really liked the vibes and the stories were good. Will check out American Highway Flower.

Frantic Percussion - was too short - not on QOBUZ so had to settle for the YT needledrop. Everything I wanted from the Stereo Stereo.

This is why I like this thread so much - Maybe not the Mozart Ass licking.. but still. 

 

[jose]

If you liked Mammal Hands, I think you'll also like Vega Trails' latest album. Composed by saxophonist Jordan Smart (Mammal Hands) and Milo Fitzpatrick (Portico Quartet)

I love the Rhodes/Piano played by Taz Modi:

 

 

 

I still listen to their first album very often.

PD. I'm glad to be back

Edited April 19 by jose

[recstar24]

19 hours ago, mikeymad said:

 

 

You guys are on fire - Three things I have not heard before - and three bangers. 

Mammal Hands - was a really nice set - tight percussion throughout and very theatrical. (will explore more)

Dada - was not what I expected, but I really liked the vibes and the stories were good. Will check out American Highway Flower.

Frantic Percussion - was too short - not on QOBUZ so had to settle for the YT needledrop. Everything I wanted from the Stereo Stereo.

This is why I like this thread so much - Maybe not the Mozart Ass licking.. but still. 

 

For Dada, Puzzle is their definitive album (albeit in a pretty short career) and would be my recommended next album listen

[jose]

On 3/31/2026 at 3:09 AM, blessingx said:

Trying Angine de Poitrine’s Vol. 1  noseless. 

 

I discovered them in January... I like the drums, but I admit I still find it hard to listen to them.

[mikeymad]

new to me. Pretty melodies plus soundscapes. 

[Dusty Chalk]

36 minutes ago, mikeymad said:

new to me. Pretty melodies plus soundscapes. 

❤️ Belated Happy Piano Day 

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[Dusty Chalk]

2 hours ago, mikeymad said:

new to me. Pretty melodies plus soundscapes. 

I am smitten -- this is gorgeous, right up there with Ólafur Arnalds.  Thank you for sharing.

[jose]

 

[mikeymad]

Punch Brothers just dropped a new track. 

New album out at the end of the week. This track really features new member (I am a fan) Brittany Haas on fiddle. 

Edit: oops I meant to drop this in the Video thread, oh well, leaving it. 

 

Edited April 21 by mikeymad

[HiWire]

In preparation for Forza Horizon 6:
 

 

[jose]

GoGo Penguin "Necessary Fictions"

 

The interplay between the drummers of GoGo Penguin and Mammal Hands is fascinating: Rob Turner, Jesse Barrett and Jon Scott. 

I consider all three drummers to be great, with fantastic sounds and grooves that give both trios a lot of character. I love the tracks where they play syncopated rhythms... microtextures or simply seem to be off-beat before returning to the correct tempo.

 

[jose]

[mikeymad]

So many reason...

Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue, Second Rhapsody for Piano with Orchestra, Preludes, Unpublished Piano Works
by Michael Tilson Thomas (1985)

https://open.qobuz.com/album/alx83fnr8pexa

Example:

RIP MTT - a big influence on my early classical music exploration. I didn't have any classical listeners in my circle growing up. I found it on my own with the help of Columbia House record deals, and lots of CBS Masterworks recordings. This being one of my early purchases, so much more jazz inspired than I had heard before. I became a fan. Michael was on my short list of recordings to look for.  I was lucky enough to move to the bay area for work and was able to see him in action at least a handful of times in the 90's. 

In the queue for today....

 

 

 

 

[jose]

A-Ha mtv unplugged

They have a really cool version of "The Killing Moon" with Ian McCulloch (Echo & The Bunnymen)

 

 

 

 

 

[skullguise]

Not bad at all....  I have read in some forums that people are saying how much Ian has lost his voice....you can see some strain there, but still pretty great.....

Now I want to check out the song they did with Alison Moyet! 

[jose]

I admit I don't listen to much Spanish music (ironic, right?), but she has something...

 

[skullguise]

Fun!  Adorable, manic, quirky, talented....the whole band is very good!  .....A CHAIR flute! 🤣

Edited April 24 by skullguise

[Torpedo]

Not bad, but for my taste too “Rosalia wanna-be”. The band is great nonetheless.

[Voltron]

My daughter and her partner love Rosalina.

[jose]

A little gem I bought in London

 

 

 

 

Edited April 26 by jose

[Dusty Chalk]

I love Charles Bradley!  One of the many great finds from Daptone Records.

[blessingx]

Jeremy Dutcher - Tiny Desk 

 "Jeremy Dutcher came to the Tiny Desk with sparkling, purple streams of glitter draped around his shoulders. Then he set his iPad on our Yamaha upright piano, not to read his score as pianists do these days, but to play a centuries-old wax cylinder recording of a song sung in the incredibly rare language of Wolastoq."

 

[mikeymad]

Random Access Memories
by Daft Punk (2013)

https://open.qobuz.com/album/0886443927087

Example:

Some testing - so I might as well have fun. 

[mikeymad]

Rhapsodies
by Léopold Stokowski (1961)

https://open.qobuz.com/album/qy7npo4bfqa9b

Example:

Not the version I am listening to - but it is fun.