1y ago

What song, album, or playlist are you listening to right now?

Hey amazing music loving community, what are you listening to right now?

Links not necessary (but always welcome), any genre answered, a wide open no judgement question!

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Right this second it is The Rolling Stones playing Ruby Tuesday.
- nice! I've always had a weird love/hate relationship with the Stones. Not sure why. Love some of their work, hate some of it, absolutely no logic behind it.
  
  Yeah...some of their work really speaks to me...early Stones & a smattering of later stuff

Right at this moment, LCD Soundsystem in Soho Radio. I mostly listen to radio stations that have live DJs but are commercial-free, like WPRB Princeton, KALX Berkeley, BBC Radio 6, WFMU, KFJC, NTS Radio 1 and 2. That's my playlist of radio stations I cycle through.
As for the one individual song I am listening to the most - and this one has been THE ONE for the full past year, it's become my favorite song ever - it has to be "Zum Wohl" by Cluster, from 1976.
The more I listen to Krautrock, the more it blinds me like staring at the sun. Utterly incredible. Post-punk before Punk had even happened yet, they transformed the world. Even early Hip-Hop artists like Afrika Bambaata fell under its' spell.
Anyway, here's another Krautrock gem:
"Time" - La Dusseldorf.

"Moment apart" by odesza... Might not be on topic for this sub but hey you asked.

I'm listening to Ghosteen by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. This album is like nothing I've ever heard before. One starts to hear shades of it on Push the Sky Away and it develops further on Skeleton Tree, and this record feels like the band finishing what they started on those two albums. Nick's lyrics are open and honest (and open to interpretation) and the influence of Warren Ellis can be heard all across this album. The title track is an absolute epic. Well worth a listen.

Jain, South African artist I think. I’m assuming her big hit was Makeba, but another one from that same album, Come, is also pretty good. Pretty solid all around.

Not music persay but I have been listening to a lot of the "salute the sample" segments by ll cool j on YouTube. Its a pretty cool dive into the samples that drive hip-hop.
- This actually sounds really cool. I may look into this later

Right now I’m checking out Bill Callahan’s YTILAER because of you @ren - but if anyone wants a recommendation, I’ve been completely obsessed with John Grant’s album Queen Of Denmark. Phenomenal stuff - check out the title track or Sigourney Weaver.
- awesome and I absolutely will!

As far as alternative music goes, I finally got around to listening to the first 5 Pearl Jam albums. I thought the first 3 were mostly pretty good.
Otherwise, in addition to the usual metal stuff I’m listening to, I’ve been listening to a lot of yacht rock and 80’s/90’s funk/r&b/new Jack swing
- The first 3 are, indeed, mostly good.

Currently - Alex Lahey, Young Fathers, going through Cocteau Twins discography (mostly listened to HOLV and Treasure before that)

I've been listening a lot to Forrest Nolan lately. He's really talented and I love his style, lyrics and delivery.

Right now im listening to Taco Hemingway - "Mgła II (Mówisz, masz)" (prod. Rumak) I know its not Indie but i saw this post on the main page so i thought i would comment here to share some music.
- that was the reason for the season! I don't listen to JUST alternative either. Gotta mix it up! Soul, prog, r&b, nom nom nom

I've been going through Animal Collective's discography lately.
They're so hard to get into, but I'm finding beauty in the noise. It's like they write music as impressionist artists. It can be recognized as a music, but it's distorted and smeared.

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