Today, I have mostly been listening to ...

Bellycaster

This is a good tune that's around currently. If it's not too blasphemous, it has "The Police" vibes to it in places.

Grunfeld

Phosphorescent



My favourite thing at the moment.

And I'm having a think about if I can get away to see them cos they're around this neck of the woods.

camf

Grunfeld said:

Phosphorescent



My favourite thing at the moment.

And I'm having a think about if I can get away to see them cos they're around this neck of the woods.

Enjoyed them at Glastonbury too. Really liked Muchacho. Might so see them in Glasgow in a couple of weeks. 

Octahedron

I bought Joe Satriani's "Unstoppable Momentum" today. Along with California Breed's album and a copy of Bounce by Bon Jovi cos it was real cheap, so I've just been listening to those.

Bon Jovi kinda made me wretch a little bit. It's not that good, is it!? The old stuff was better... waaaayyy better. But at least it was only a few bucks. Not worth any more than that! 

Meanwhile, Satch in typical fashion.

Debating whether to go see him live in November or not still. Tickets quite pricey though! But I like the album. "Lies and Truths" has some very nice fretwork in there, so does "Jumpin' In" 

As for California Breed. Wonder who produced that? Production is awful. A LOT of focus on the bass. Which SUCKS because they've got a very talented guitar player/singer. Too much Glenn Hughes. Glenn seems to have a bit of an ego, especially since Black Country Communion. In all honesty out of the two projects... BCC and California Breed, the best thing has to be, for me, the Afterglow (final) album by BCC. It's got a maturity to it which is nice. Production kinda spoils it. But it's mature and you can't feel the stench of Hughes's ego. Whether others would agree he's egotistic or not, it's just what I feel. 

not_the_dj

Blocking out the world with Daniel Lanois - Shine

Haven't listened to this for ages, but it's on my Amazon Cloud Player account so I'm re-visiting it whilst ignoring annoying salesmen in the office.

 

RocknRollDave

Bellycaster said:

This is a good tune that's around currently. If it's not too blasphemous, it has "The Police" vibes to it in places.

Heard this for the first time yesterday and thought exactly the same thing, definitely a Police vibe in places.

thewiddler

Loving the new stuff from Real Estate. Ok, I admit that originality isn't one of their selling points, but they've got the songs and if you're partial to tuneful, jangly guitar pop then I recommend checking out the album Atlas too.  Ignore the video and have a listen...

Doug

Ok, late 80's/90's ish cheese AOR but still. Dann Huff /Giant~ Quality!

and these ~

Deadman

Black flag

Octahedron

I didn't pay much attention to the Steve Miller Band until there was something on TV, recent-ish live performance. 

He's a bit good isn't he? Didn't realise he could play like that.

Some of his lyrics are a bit shit tho, mind.

therose789

Octahedron

therose789 said:

It's a great album that. Very impressed by Mastodon's output over the past few years. Blood Mountain/Crack the Skye/The Hunter/Once More 'Round The Sun, all very good albums. 

RocknRollDave

F*cking ACE.

hubobulous

I heard about this band when in Canada. I really like their style and think her voice is awesome.

EricTheWeary

RocknRollDave said:

F*cking ACE.

I have that somewhere, must dig it out again. Given my general dislike of rock music made after about 1982 I'd probably have to describe it as a Guilty Pleasure. 

RocknRollDave

@EricTheWeary To be fair, it sounds like something that could have been made pre-82.

(i.e. it's good)


Neil Fallon (if that's his name..I'm not majorly into them) is a very engaging frontman/ singer. Almost "Fervent Baptist minister" in his delivery in places, you might say.

It's fairly simple, straightforward music, but it has something about it.

EricTheWeary

RocknRollDave;297507" said:

@EricTheWeary To be fair, it sounds like something that could have been made pre-82.



(i.e. it's good)





Neil Fallon (if that's his name..I'm not majorly into them) is a very engaging frontman/ singer. Almost "Fervent Baptist minister" in his delivery in places, you might say.



It's fairly simple, straightforward music, but it has something about it.

Bit Sabbath, bit ZZ Top as I remember it. I had a free download of the album via some weird offer in Guitarist. I think they would be fun live.

Deadman

This is superb. False lights brand new cover of Polly on the shore. Love that guitar sound:

https://soundcloud.com/folk-radio-uk/false-lights-polly-on-the-shore

xSkarloey

Picked up a very cheap (and in terms of sound quality not that good) double CD of pianist Bill Evans in HMV a month or two ago. 

I've finally got round to properly listening to it in the last week and I've listened to little else since then. 

This gives a taste of his general approach (the length is just due to it being a little sign off track at the end of his debut album). 

dindude

Picked a copy of the Daltry / Wilko calibration for a fiver. For a bit of authentic R&R it's pretty decent.