Today I'm listening to.....

[OldBloke]

A suggestion, do what I do. Listen to a radio station you like and when a piece of music piques your interest then checkout the artist's catalogue.

My personal fave is Radio Paradise. It's an internet station with no commercials and excellent quality streams (including FLAC) over multiple devices.

[albert]

I'd rather get recommendations as I'd like to hear some new music that I'd not normally listen too.


I like;

pop
jazz
rock
classical
dance

I think you mentioned you use Spotify right? On there you have a bunch of Daily Mix Playlists, also Discover Weekly, where you get recommendations based on what you tend to like already. I suggest you try these out for a quick load of new songs, I know after years I still get 15+ new songs per week from Discover Weekly.

[TheDvEight]

Nice cheers

[Mikep1212]

new BFMV album has been in my car since release:

[video=youtube;UUTXLdbmGEA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUTXLdbmGEA[/video]

It's not as good as previous stuff but worth a listen IMO

[faust82]

Greig, really good tip on Big Boss Man. I've been missing that kind of music, I find myself listening to stuff like that from time to time. (Particularly after re-watching Lock, Stock...)


The past couple of days I've been going back to recordings of old punks doing acoustic versions of their better stuff.
Links to original punk version below the videos for comparison.

Tony Sly (front man and main writer for No Use For A Name) did several albums like that up until his death in 2012. I think the acoustic versions are sometimes even better than the originals, as they let the lyrics shine more and also reveal more of the brilliance in the melodies. Also, it broadens the audience, people who would otherwise never hear the songs get to take part.
Even live, the stuff was great. Justified Black Eye and Soulmate are especially good in their acoustic dress.

[video=youtube;9k4Hk3nbVkw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k4Hk3nbVkw[/video]
Album version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgrXvgwlFSE

[video=youtube;WuNbMNkND1k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuNbMNkND1k[/video]
Official video of original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEzw9B1cwP4


Dr. Greg Graffin of the band Bad Religion (yes, he really is a doctor. He holds a PhD in Zoology from Cornell, the title of his dissertation being "Evolution, Monism, Atheism, and the Naturalist World-View: Perspectives from Evolutionary Biology) also has a few acoustic versions on his consciense. He's also done a couple of solo albums in the genre of bluegrass, of all things.
[video=youtube;RBW6nwbfsUc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBW6nwbfsUc[/video]
Lyric Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m9bEMejTKI

[faust82]

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[faust82]

Today, norwegian singer/songwriter Sondre Justad. Positive chap..
The lyrics may escape a lot of you, so helpfully included below.
[video=youtube;3WeSlMcXAB8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WeSlMcXAB8[/video]

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[Verse 1]
Kor e sangen vi pleide å hør? | Where's the song we used to hear?
Kor e lukta av vår? | Where's the smell of spring?
Her e bare menneska uten ansikt, uten stemme | Here's just people without faces, without voices
Kor e følelsen av å vær fri? | Where's the feeling of being free?
Av å vite at sola fins? | Of knowing the sun exists?
Her e berre fugla uten vinga, fugla uten klør | Here's just birds without wings, birds without claws


[Pre-chorus]
Liv uten fremtid | Life without a future
Forgifta håp og tru | Poisoned hopes and faith
Himmelen forsvinn | The sky disappears
Og tia renn snart ut | And time is running out


[Chorus]
De e ingenting | They are nothing
Ingenting fins lenger | Nothing exists any more
Ingenting | Nothing
De e ingenting | They are nothing


[Verse 2]
Kor e fargan vi pleide å se? | Where's the colors we used to see?
Kor e alle drømman? | Where are all the dreams?
Her e berre hav uten vann, ord uten meining | Here's just oceans without water, words without meaning
Kor e bilde av familien? | Where's the picture of the family?
Av vennan og dansen? | Of the friends and the dance?
Her e berre minna uten farge, blikk uten varme | Here's just memories without colors, looks without warmth


[Pre-chorus]


[Chorus]


[Bridge]
Det e tomt | It's empty
En sommer uten varme, vinter uten kulde | A summer without warmth, winter without cold
Det e tomt | It's empty
Storm uten vind og regn uten vann | Storm without wind and rain without water
Helt tomt | Completely empty
Ingen puls, tomme gata uten hus | No puls, empoty streets without houses
Helt tomt | Completely empty
De ler ikke, de fins ikke, de e borte | They're not laughing, they don't exist, they're gone


[Chorus repeats]

[faust82]

Brass Against, covering Rage Against The Machines with a full horn section.

I'd say their instrumentation is more showband, a brass band is after all a much loved respite from woodwinds (though a saxophone is far preferable to a clarinet).

https://youtu.be/0JrlKcoD1Qw

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[TeaLeaf]

Lane 8 in the LAB.  Old, but still a great set.

[video=youtube;sWa7GdYiYUQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWa7GdYiYUQ[/video]

[albert]

Love how this guy uses ancient gear but the guitar and bass sounds just roar. Then it's alt. country americana - Mountain of Mind by The Suitcase Junket

[video=youtube;mBqPR-DpgZE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBqPR-DpgZE[/video]

[albert]

So I just watched the episode of Luke Cage where Gary Clark Jr plays Bright Lights. There's a spoiler there so I won't repeat the story but if anyone else likes that set of shows, you'll know there is a music thing going on in the Harlem's Paradise Club and they have music played live throughout the show.

Well Clark playes 3 songs on the show, Bright Lights being one, and it was the first song in his Glastonbury performance.

I recommend Luke Cage for a bit of a slower but still quality Marvel hero but the music, oh boy, season 1 was amazing, 2 is taking shape.

Anyway, Gary Clark Jr, I could watch this end to end:

[video=youtube;IlJ24DhMq2A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlJ24DhMq2A&t=2281s[/video]

[faust82]

A bit of a departure from my normal fare. Sometimes, I do love a bit of brass band music.

This is a particularly good recording of Concierto d'Aranjuez, from the 1996 film Brassed Off. Also well worth a watch by the way.

[video=youtube;zo8hIc7DpuE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo8hIc7DpuE[/video]

[DiseasedBunny]

Been working my way through the discography of the greatest band to come out of Wales...Manic Street Preachers.  Some epic songs, especially those after Richie Edwards went missing (still no-one knows what happened to him).

[OldBloke]

The new Radioparadise web player in FLAC quality

https://new.radioparadise.com/player

[TheDvEight]

Been working my way through the discography of the greatest band to come out of Wales...Manic Street Preachers.  Some epic songs, especially those after Richie Edwards went missing (still no-one knows what happened to him).

I enjoy listening to these now and again.