Author Topic: What Music are You Listening To in 2018? (Read 4465 times)

dunie · « **Reply #25 on:** March 11, 2018, 10:55:56 AM »

(Lord Huron live was probably the best chill experience I've ever had-- Rhode Island folk festival or something like that I went to)

Throwback, but:

The Internet - Special Affair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNJkas_LiCM

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #26 on:** March 13, 2018, 05:22:42 PM »

Pet Shop Boys - The Boy Who Couldn't Keep His Clothes On

Also been listening to The Future Sound of London lately. Apparently, Cocteau Twins and Dead Can Dance samples mixed into harrowing electronic music are clearly my jam.

Luther Lansfeld · « **Reply #27 on:** April 01, 2018, 11:26:00 PM »

Pain of Salvation - Full Throttle Tribe

I've definitely hit a point where I need to go back to listening to new music instead of just recycling the same ol' crap. I picked up this album last year but haven't listened to it too much yet.

Niu · « **Reply #28 on:** April 13, 2018, 03:37:18 AM »

Everyone, watch this if you haven't.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFh2pytm6BU

Sierra · « **Reply #29 on:** April 15, 2018, 02:26:20 PM »

Nightwish: MASTER PASSION GREED

I am posting here at this time solely to document that this song is in fact titled MASTER PASSION GREED

Grefter · « **Reply #30 on:** April 15, 2018, 03:43:34 PM »

Their stuff from that album onwards is still LESS melodramatic than when they have Tarja, but they do get more Sierra Levels Of Prog.

The last track on the newest album has this breakdown on Genius.

Nightwish’s longest song to date, “The Greatest Show On Earth” is a 24 minute progressive conceptual song broken into five distinct movements:

I – Four Point Six
II – Life
III – The Toolmaker
IV – The Understanding
V – Sea-Worn Driftwood

The overarching theme of the song is the development of life on Earth and, hence, evolution.

The song (and the album as a whole) draws inspiration from Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, the paper which founded the idea of evolutionary biology.

The song also draws heavy influences from Richard Dawkin’s 2009 book The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution, with samples taken from the audiobook narrated by the author being used in this song.

Sierra · « **Reply #31 on:** April 15, 2018, 08:58:22 PM »

I am onboard with Rush's Natural Science Super-Extended Edition w/Power Metal Girl Vocals.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #32 on:** April 16, 2018, 01:16:04 PM »

The Magnetic Fields - '76: Hustle 76

Oh look, the Magnetic Fields released a five-disc album last year that's basically Stephin Merritt's song memoir to his 50 years old. And it's 69 Love Songs-level good. Sure, I can get behind that.

Grefter · « **Reply #33 on:** April 16, 2018, 02:23:07 PM »

Sarah Blasko - {Explain}

Sierra, this is probably another one to look up sometime if you want to check out Grefter Approved Female Singers. What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have is a good starting point

Luther Lansfeld · « **Reply #34 on:** April 17, 2018, 06:34:29 AM »

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Distant Sky

Still the best. Still the most emotionally wrecking.

Sierra · « **Reply #35 on:** April 19, 2018, 10:02:57 PM »

I will check it out sometime when I am not actively listening to another thing, Grefterperson. In the meantime,

Nightwish: Ghost Love Score

I've now listened to Once, Dark Passion Play, and Imaginaerum. I overall prefer the sound of the latter two, but damned if this one isn't proper final boss noise.

Grefter · « **Reply #36 on:** April 19, 2018, 10:23:20 PM »

Yeah that is pretty much the exact thing I was describing. I prefer Dark Passion Plays onwards, but I will always have a special place in my heart for early Nightwish.

Like pretty much because this will always be my aesthetic.

superaielman · « **Reply #37 on:** April 19, 2018, 11:33:38 PM »

Brigandine Grand Edition OST- Virtue of the Empire (Esgares Empire map theme)

Grefter · « **Reply #38 on:** April 20, 2018, 12:48:19 PM »

So Alex brought this to my attention (I think there was something in my mail), but a few pages back I posted about a cool 486 aesthetic metal artist that had an album I dug.

https://blood-music.bandcamp.com/album/direct-memory-access

New album dropped. Has lyrics. It is rad as fuck. I need to give it a few spins more to really get a taste of it, but I do like it a ton so far.

Luther Lansfeld · « **Reply #39 on:** April 22, 2018, 06:06:02 AM »

Ayreon - My House On Mars

Revisiting this album after listening to Ayreon's 'new' album (from 2017) and going to the Nightwish concert. Floor Jansen is great in this song!

Sierra · « **Reply #40 on:** April 27, 2018, 10:13:18 PM »

Patti Smith: Easter

Picked this and Horses up cheap with some store credit after some trade-ins, largely on the strength of Because the Night, because it's an incredible song and I wondered why I'd never heard anything else by her on the radio. Probably that is because she's craaaazy, but it's mostly crazy in an endearing way. There's a lot of punk sensibility in the album without it ever actually being punk rock.

Sierra · « **Reply #41 on:** April 28, 2018, 02:55:39 PM »

Hollywood Burns: Scherzo No. 5 in Death Minor

Found via linkage from Master Boot Record. Mentioning here 50% because of title and 50% because of synthwave with theremin.

Grefter · « **Reply #42 on:** April 28, 2018, 03:50:26 PM »

Battle Beast - Bastard Son of Odin

Sierra · « **Reply #43 on:** May 02, 2018, 02:00:27 AM »

Nightwish: Yours Is An Empty Hope

Final boss theme encountered. (Weak Fantasy is also pretty good for this: "Fear is a choice you embrace, YOUR ONLY TRUUUUTH")

Grefter · « **Reply #44 on:** May 02, 2018, 08:47:50 PM »

Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars.

superaielman · « **Reply #45 on:** May 04, 2018, 10:59:31 AM »

Jimmy Eat World- Just Tonight

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #46 on:** May 04, 2018, 07:05:04 PM »

Ride - Beneath

Grefter · « **Reply #47 on:** May 11, 2018, 12:01:23 AM »

Lord Huron - Lost in Time and Space.

Beautiful.

Sierra · « **Reply #48 on:** May 31, 2018, 02:14:40 AM »

Elton John: Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding

Because I hadn't heard it in a while, and because it's still fucking incredible 22ish years after I first heard it.

Luther Lansfeld · « **Reply #49 on:** June 28, 2018, 03:49:06 AM »

Symphony X - When All is Lost

Great, cohesive album that nevertheless took me so long to enjoy in its entirety. Good fantasy novel writing music.

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