Getting the spins

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Nov 09, 2023 5:18 pm

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.)

TankFarm2023 · Post by **TankFarm2023** » Thu Nov 09, 2023 6:05 pm

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.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Nov 09, 2023 6:58 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 5:18 pm
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.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Nov 09, 2023 7:03 pm

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.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Nov 09, 2023 9:08 pm

Another "driving" song.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:37 am

mister d wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 7:03 pm
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.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed Nov 22, 2023 11:31 am

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.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Dec 15, 2023 7:45 pm

Pat Finnerty takes down the Jason Aldean "try that in a small town"...

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » 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?

Post by **brian** » Wed Dec 27, 2023 11:12 pm

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

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Dec 28, 2023 6:48 am

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.

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » 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?

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Thu Dec 28, 2023 7:58 am

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

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Dec 28, 2023 9:36 am

She has tickets with some friends to see him at MSG (I think) next spring/summer.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Dec 28, 2023 9:51 am

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.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu Dec 28, 2023 10:19 am

Ah...he has a 16 and a 15 year old daughter, so that explains it.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Dec 28, 2023 12:15 pm

Stick Season stuck in my head now

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Jan 12, 2024 12:08 pm

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.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Jan 17, 2024 7:33 pm

Perhaps it's my affinity for the Bacharach/Warwick song catalog, but anyone else kinda loving this jam?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Jan 25, 2024 2:02 pm

The latest Mister D "it really feels like this band is going to get big": Middle Kids

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Thu Jan 25, 2024 2:11 pm

too easy "..."

Post by **Shirley** » 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.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:44 am

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.

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:14 pm

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:44 am
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).

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Feb 06, 2024 11:09 pm

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Feb 08, 2024 7:43 am

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:

Jason Isbell Files for Divorce from Amanda Shires After Nearly 11 Years of Marriage

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Feb 08, 2024 11:44 am

I think they both admit to being a little fucked up for sure. The doc was pretty raw about that.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:26 pm

Guess who had “if we were vampires” come on in his shuffle at lunch?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:45 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:26 pm Guess who had “…vampires” come on … his … lunch?

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:52 pm

This is like the Harlem Globetrotters vs. Washington Generals... Both parties HAVE to be in on the ruse.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:53 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:45 pm
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.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:59 pm

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.

Post by **brian** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 6:06 pm

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

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:45 pm

Beyonce's new country song is pretty good. No cap.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:49 pm

I love it if for no other reason it's pissing off the right people.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » 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)

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:04 pm

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.

Yup, only Tidal pays more.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:16 pm

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.

Post by **Shirley** » 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.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:42 pm

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.