The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 4:03 pmI Really like the Silversun Pickups song, need to give them a listen too.
You already did!
(They're one of the few bands where I'll commit to the "it all sounds the same" bit.)
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 6:05 pm
by TankFarm2023
I'm very late to the party, but thanks to Justin Hawkins, I'm digging the Knower/Louis Cole stuff. I'm Tight!
Also, thanks to my F.i.L., I became a convert to Wagner after seeing the Ring Cycle in Seattle years ago (he sang in the opera chorus). Lately I've been falling asleep to various recordings of Gotterdammerung.
The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 4:03 pmI Really like the Silversun Pickups song, need to give them a listen too.
You already did!
(They're one of the few bands where I'll commit to the "it all sounds the same" bit.)
Yeah, I don't think there's any need for a Silversun Pickups deep dive. I kind of remember one or two other songs on Carnavas that I liked, and that was it.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 7:03 pm
by mister d
mister d wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:41 pmApparently they're doing some Wu-Tang tribute with the Empire State Building (I imagine black and yellow?) so I might drive up to the rich people neighborhood and see what it looks like tonight.
mister d wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:41 pmApparently they're doing some Wu-Tang tribute with the Empire State Building (I imagine black and yellow?) so I might drive up to the rich people neighborhood and see what it looks like tonight.
Stupid trees.
Turns out when you light something in yellow and black, you just light something up in yellow.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2023 11:31 am
by DaveInSeattle
I just did a couple of long days of driving with my oldest daughter (LA - Seattle) where she had control of the music most of the time.
Wow....there are a lot of bands who sound like the Lumineers out there these days.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2023 7:45 pm
by DaveInSeattle
Pat Finnerty takes down the Jason Aldean "try that in a small town"...
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2023 11:05 pm
by Jerloma
What might be the Swamp's position on Noah Kahan? My friend is obsessed with him and sent me a list of like 20 songs to listen to and it all seems overwhelming and I'm probably not gonna do it, but just want to make sure I'm not missing out anything really cool. I listened to the Sticks one and it's a well written tune but a bit twangy? Is it a lot of that?
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2023 11:12 pm
by brian
I love “Alma Mater” by Bleachers so much and yet still can’t help thinking it’s almost like something some music AI bot would spit out if you asked it to make a Bon Iver song
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2023 6:48 am
by rass
Jerloma wrote: ↑Wed Dec 27, 2023 11:05 pm
What might be the Swamp's position on Noah Kahan? My friend is obsessed with him and sent me a list of like 20 songs to listen to and it all seems overwhelming and I'm probably not gonna do it, but just want to make sure I'm not missing out anything really cool. I listened to the Sticks one and it's a well written tune but a bit twangy? Is it a lot of that?
Is your friend a 17 year old girl? My oldest and some of her friends love him, dating back a couple of years at least, when I think he was still just a social media phenom. She could (and does) listen to music I dislike listening to more.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2023 7:56 am
by MaxWebster
one thing that's really difficult for me in middle age is to not be overwhelmed with how much music is "out there" and how much of it has grown huge and I'll never know. Noah Kahan I'd never heard of before September when my daughter started sending me daily links to his music, demanding I listen to him and the "Stick Season" album. I'm sure it's the influence of my daughter but I really like the album quite a bit - it's not usually my first choice of genre and I almost never pay attention to lyrics in general (unless they're obvious in a good or - more often - terrible way) but a lot of his hit me.
Also as perhaps a quick reaction to said daughter's initial struggles in college (things got better) I bought the fam 4 tickets to see him 5 hours away on a midweek May night.
Apparently tiktok has helped make him *huge*. I was expecting a little theater but this is a large outdoor shed and tickets are fking EXPENSIVE.
Jerloma wrote: ↑Wed Dec 27, 2023 11:05 pm
What might be the Swamp's position on Noah Kahan? My friend is obsessed with him and sent me a list of like 20 songs to listen to and it all seems overwhelming and I'm probably not gonna do it, but just want to make sure I'm not missing out anything really cool. I listened to the Sticks one and it's a well written tune but a bit twangy? Is it a lot of that?
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2023 7:58 am
by MaxWebster
MaxWebster wrote: ↑Thu Dec 28, 2023 7:56 am
one thing that's really difficult for me in middle age is to not be overwhelmed with how much music is "out there" and how much of it has grown huge and I'll never know. Noah Kahan I'd never heard of before September when my daughter started sending me daily links to his music, demanding I listen to him and the "Stick Season" album. I'm sure it's the influence of my daughter but I really like the album quite a bit - it's not usually my first choice of genre and I almost never pay attention to lyrics in general (unless they're obvious in a good or - more often - terrible way) but a lot of his hit me.
Also as perhaps a quick reaction to said daughter's initial struggles in college (things got better) I bought the fam 4 tickets to see him 5 hours away on a midweek May night.
Apparently tiktok has helped make him *huge*. I was expecting a little theater but this is a large outdoor shed and tickets are fking EXPENSIVE.
Jerloma wrote: ↑Wed Dec 27, 2023 11:05 pm
What might be the Swamp's position on Noah Kahan? My friend is obsessed with him and sent me a list of like 20 songs to listen to and it all seems overwhelming and I'm probably not gonna do it, but just want to make sure I'm not missing out anything really cool. I listened to the Sticks one and it's a well written tune but a bit twangy? Is it a lot of that?
Rass: nailed it
rass wrote:
17 year old girl
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2023 9:36 am
by rass
She has tickets with some friends to see him at MSG (I think) next spring/summer.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2023 9:51 am
by The Sybian
There is one Kahan song on my daughters drive to practice playlist. Not sure what song, but it was one that I asked who sang it because I liked it. Usually when I ask it’s because it’s horrible.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2023 10:19 am
by Jerloma
Ah...he has a 16 and a 15 year old daughter, so that explains it.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2023 12:15 pm
by rass
Stick Season stuck in my head now
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 12:08 pm
by Giff
I'm at the point with several bands where if they're putting out new music, I'm just happy if it doesn't suck. The Black Crowes' new one passes the admittedly low bar.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 7:33 pm
by Jerloma
Perhaps it's my affinity for the Bacharach/Warwick song catalog, but anyone else kinda loving this jam?
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 2:02 pm
by mister d
The latest Mister D "it really feels like this band is going to get big": Middle Kids
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 2:11 pm
by P.D.X.
too easy "..."
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2024 11:41 pm
by Shirley
My Twitter tonight was completely dominated by the Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs rendition of Fast Car and I love it. It's rare that we can all come together to be wowed by a particularly spectacular piece of art.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:44 am
by EnochRoot
Shirley wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 11:41 pm
My Twitter tonight was completely dominated by the Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs rendition of Fast Car and I love it. It's rare that we can all come together to be wowed by a particularly spectacular piece of art.
Good for her. I loved her debut. Played it a lot delivering pizza. IMO yet another casualty of the wake of Nirvana.
Shirley wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 11:41 pm
My Twitter tonight was completely dominated by the Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs rendition of Fast Car and I love it. It's rare that we can all come together to be wowed by a particularly spectacular piece of art.
Good for her. I loved her debut. Played it a lot delivering pizza. IMO yet another casualty of the wake of Nirvana.
Yeah, I listened to that album a lot too. It's not just Fast Car.
And Twitter is still going strong on it today. I haven't seen anything other than love for the performance - and from a wide variety of accounts that I follow (and don't follow too).
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 11:09 pm
by mister d
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 7:43 am
by rass
brian wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 12:10 pm
HBO is releasing a documentary about Jason Isbell filmed by Sam Jones on April 7.
Not entirely shocking, especially if you watched that doc:
A_B wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:26 pm
Guess who had “…vampires” come on … his … lunch?
Things someone who works night shift might utter on a really bad evening.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:59 pm
by The Sybian
A_B wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:26 pm
Guess who had “if we were vampires” come on in his shuffle at lunch?
Still better than mayo.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2024 6:06 pm
by brian
Just heard the Deftones cover of Jawbox’s “Savory” for the first time. Not bad.
(For Your Special Sweetheart by Jawbox might be the most underrated album ever. They should have been huge.)0
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:45 pm
by A_B
Beyonce's new country song is pretty good. No cap.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:49 pm
by Giff
I love it if for no other reason it's pissing off the right people.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:55 pm
by sancarlos
I’m now where Romero was a year ago. Ready to start streaming my music. We’re doing a trial with Apple Music, but they don’t have a duo plan - only a family plan, which is two bucks more per month than Spotify’s duo plan. Anybody got an argument why I shouldn’t go with Spotify?
Also, I do have some extensive playlists on Apple - is there an easy, fast way to copy them over to Spotify?
EdRomero wrote: ↑Sat Jan 28, 2023 7:04 pm
I've finally decided to pay for streaming music. Amazon Prime Music changed a lot and now sucks. I've had a free Spotify account forever and that seems to be the easist choice to simply upgrade. I would just like o hear songs on demand which Prime Music doesn't do anymore and get back to listening to complete albums (I said this with vinyl but that never happened). Any suggestions to go with something other than Spotify or are there any discounts/deals I can take advantage of? (I don't use Apple)
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:04 pm
by Giff
sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:55 pm
I’m now where Romero was a year ago. Ready to start streaming my music. We’re doing a trial with Apple Music, but they don’t have a duo plan - only a family plan, which is two bucks more per month than Spotify’s duo plan. Anybody got an argument why I shouldn’t go with Spotify?
Also, I do have some extensive playlists on Apple - is there an easy, fast way to copy them over to Spotify?
EdRomero wrote: ↑Sat Jan 28, 2023 7:04 pm
I've finally decided to pay for streaming music. Amazon Prime Music changed a lot and now sucks. I've had a free Spotify account forever and that seems to be the easist choice to simply upgrade. I would just like o hear songs on demand which Prime Music doesn't do anymore and get back to listening to complete albums (I said this with vinyl but that never happened). Any suggestions to go with something other than Spotify or are there any discounts/deals I can take advantage of? (I don't use Apple)
If I wasn't so lazy I'd probably switch to Apple. I think they pay a lot more, relatively, to the artists than Spotify does.
Yeah I’m lazy too, but justify it by buying tshirts, vinyl, and concert tix from artists I fanboi on. Which is still the best way to put $ in their pocket regardless of streaming service.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:22 pm
by Shirley
I've had Spotify Family for several years now. Share it with my boys (and technically my wife, but she doesn't use it). Never really shopped around. I mostly like Spotify.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:42 pm
by The Sybian
Shirley wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:22 pm
I've had Spotify Family for several years now. Share it with my boys (and technically my wife, but she doesn't use it). Never really shopped around. I mostly like Spotify.
This is me. My son wanted Spotify for his birthday, and it was only $1 or $2 more for a second plan, so I got it. Never looked into any options. It's great having access to just about everything I could ever want, but it's overwhelming. I miss having "my music" on my phone. I know it's ridiculous, but there is something satisfying to playing a downloaded CD I bought into my phone and playing it vs playing songs/albums off Spotify. I also find it incredibly overwhelming when I don't know what I want to listen to. It was easy to browse iTunes by genre and find what I didn't realize I wanted to listen to. Spotify, I usually just play random playslists. It's nice hearing new (to me) artists, but it's rarely what I want. Other problem is I usually listen while driving, and it's not easy to search while driving. I listed a bunch of artists in my library and usually just hit shuffle on songs by one artist.
