Last Complete Album Listened To?

[PIE-GUY]

you're really digging in... That's some serious 20th Century music. The Penderecki, especially. You gotta be in the right frame of mind to listen to that shit. It's not for the faint of heart.

The Reich is awesome, though. And the Stockhausen is just the right kind of weird... and set the stage for a lot of the Krautrock that I grew to love. 

I love all that shit, honestly. I used to do a radio show in college that was 2 hours a week of Contemporary Concert Music... all of it was vinyl or CD's I took out of the extensive music library at the music school on campus.

Check this one out, too...

[PIE-GUY]

Actually, the original recording is better - just over 10 min vs. 40 minutes... gotta love a piece played by an orchestra that can correctly be played in 10 minutes or 40 minutes or 2 hours if they want and still be played "as written."

[ytowndan]

I love the Steve Reich piece.  I went through a minimalism/post-minimalism phase last year and came out of it with some new favorites.  I dig a lot of Phillip Glass and Max Richter, too.

I'll have to check out Penderecki.

[PIE-GUY]

I love the Steve Reich piece.  I went through a minimalism/post-minimalism phase last year and came out of it with some new favorites.  I dig a lot of Phillip Glass and Max Richter, too.

I'll have to check out Penderecki.

The Penderecki will literally drive you mad. Proceed with caution.

And, yes, I love Philip Glass. In fact, I make it a point to watch Koyaanisqatsi at least once a year. Soooooo good.

[ph92]

Steve Reich - Music For 18 Musicians
Penderecki - Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima
Stockhausen - Kontakte

you're really digging in... That's some serious 20th Century music. The Penderecki, especially. You gotta be in the right frame of mind to listen to that shit. It's not for the faint of heart.

The Reich is awesome, though. And the Stockhausen is just the right kind of weird... and set the stage for a lot of the Krautrock that I grew to love. 

I love all that shit, honestly. I used to do a radio show in college that was 2 hours a week of Contemporary Concert Music... all of it was vinyl or CD's I took out of the extensive music library at the music school on campus.

Check this one out, too...

I'll have to pick your brain then!  I'm just starting to really dig into this stuff. Honestly I was reading an interview Richard D James (Aphex Twin) and he was talking about some of his influences. 

And you're not kidding about Penderecki, that shit fucked me up for sure. Good thing I was sitting in bed at home. Other than that I've just been listening to a lot of Choplin, Lizst, and Erik Satie at work to keep things calm. I have always listened to some solo piano compositions. But have not delved into the weird until now. I really dig the Stockhausen, any other recs? Really dig his work since he incorporates big ol modular synths and messing with vocal sampling.

I love the Steve Reich piece.  I went through a minimalism/post-minimalism phase last year and came out of it with some new favorites.  I dig a lot of Phillip Glass and Max Richter, too.

I'll have to check out Penderecki.

The Penderecki will literally drive you mad. Proceed with caution.

And, yes, I love Philip Glass. In fact, I make it a point to watch Koyaanisqatsi at least once a year. Soooooo good.

Oh! I have yet to see that movie, I have that and the sequel on a HDD somewhere.

[anthrax]

Blues Traveler - Four
Drive-by Truckers - Decoration Day
Manowar - Fighting the World
Johnny Jenkins - Ton Ton Macoute!
Temple of the Dog - self titled

[sls.stormyrider]

Spun this one in a long time - the delay was much too long. I love this album.


Old and In the Way

[natronzero]

Actually, the original recording is better - just over 10 min vs. 40 minutes... gotta love a piece played by an orchestra that can correctly be played in 10 minutes or 40 minutes or 2 hours if they want and still be played "as written."

My favorite version

[GBL]

Feels like I have been waiting forever for this album!

The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding

[ytowndan]

I love the Steve Reich piece.  I went through a minimalism/post-minimalism phase last year and came out of it with some new favorites.  I dig a lot of Phillip Glass and Max Richter, too.

I'll have to check out Penderecki.

The Penderecki will literally drive you mad. Proceed with caution.

And, yes, I love Philip Glass. In fact, I make it a point to watch Koyaanisqatsi at least once a year. Soooooo good.

I'm listening to the Penderecki now.  Holy fuck!  I see what you mean.  If you were to ask me to imagine the soundtrack to an avant-garde nuclear holocaust film from the late 1970s, this would be it.  I can close my eyes right now and see the slow-motion mushroom clouds.

[Hicks]

Feels like I have been waiting forever for this album!

The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding

I wrote about it here:

https://www.aperionaudio.com/blog/the-war-on-drugs-achieve-studio-perfection-with-a-deeper-understanding

[GBL]

Fantastic review, I really think you nailed the album.  A few nuggets I liked:

Overall, I can't say that A Deeper Understanding really expands upon or takes The War on Drugs' music to another place, but I do think they have achieved what they set out to accomplish and have reached a new pinnacle. The production on Lost in the Dream was already meticulous, but here they really have taken their craft to its logical endpoint.

I will also add that this is probably the last time this particular juggernaut will pay off. You can only perfect the marriage of 70s-80s rock with today's techniques for so long and I really don't see the band improving on their execution of this artistic vision. The next time around I think the vast majority of their audience will be hungering for something a little different.

+K

[Hicks]

Fantastic review, I really think you nailed the album.  A few nuggets I liked:

Overall, I can't say that A Deeper Understanding really expands upon or takes The War on Drugs' music to another place, but I do think they have achieved what they set out to accomplish and have reached a new pinnacle. The production on Lost in the Dream was already meticulous, but here they really have taken their craft to its logical endpoint.

I will also add that this is probably the last time this particular juggernaut will pay off. You can only perfect the marriage of 70s-80s rock with today's techniques for so long and I really don't see the band improving on their execution of this artistic vision. The next time around I think the vast majority of their audience will be hungering for something a little different.

+K

Thanks man!

[jam>]

"dad rock masterpiece"

[gah]

"dad rock masterpiece"

Yeah, I liked that whole segment in your piece too hicks... and I don't even know the band or the album, but now I want to listen to it, so I'd say that was a solid write up.