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What song, album, or playlist are you listening to right now? (lemmy.world)

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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm working on a cover of an Icehouse song, does that count ?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've discovered Municipal Waste a few hours ago. Absolute banger band.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Our Love To Admire - Interpol
Yours To Keep - Albert Hammond Jr.
Humbug - Arctic Monkeys

the three are on rotation rn

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Listening to crying lightning as I type this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@ren

https://pandora.app.link/67gDFrkCWBb

"Lovely Day" radio (Bill Withers)

Actually yields a surprisingly good mix...

#music #NowListening

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If I may recommend - I'm a HUGE fan of old school R&B and soul, but once Sharon Jones hit the scene over the past 15-20 years, what I call "revival soul" has been so so so amazing! So many modern bands going back to the old sound! I have a spotify playlist here https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5o3TgsTajPiYH1JUqLuAm6?si=1c45e206d663444c

But, if you aren't on spotify, try a pandora station built off Sharon Jones, Curtis Harding, Lady Wray, Lee Fields, The Tesky Brothers, Durand Jones, - ugh! so much good music!!!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@ren okay, this playlist is SO GOOD. So effing good!

And now I have a bunch of bands to delve more deeply into.

Nice work! #music #nowlistening #soul #revivalSoul

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@ren I was going to ask for recs but here you are way ahead of me! 🙌🏻

(And yeah not a fan of spotify but I should be able to use #soundiiz to export your playlist and pull it into #qobuz) #music

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Awesome! Soul revival is just 👩‍🍳💋

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@ren When they were on tour just before her death they played Santa Cruz CA, where I was living at the time, and I REALLY wanted to go to the show (even though I really didn't know anything about them at the time) but couldn't due to personal commitments.

I SO wish I'd been able to go to that show. -sigh-

#SharonJones #SharonJonesAndTheDapKings #music #santaCruzCA

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I feel so lucky to have seen her 3 different times. Once before she hit, once after, and once more in NYC post-cancer recovery. Just amazing.

The first time we saw her we went down to Jacksonville and saw her in a dive bar on Super Bowl Sunday. Just 10 of us in the whole crowd dancing to get putting it all on on this tiny stage.

Amazing and unforgettable.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@ren Imported!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Perf!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

RIGHT NOW?

John Corabi - Unplugged

I watched the new "I Wanna Rock: The 80s Metal Dream" series this week and was again reminded that Corabi has always been interesting to me, but I've never given him a fair shake. Once this album is over, I'll listen to the album he did with The Scream and then wrap it up with the Crüe album he did.

Decent series though. I think that keeping it's scope focused on just like 5 or so people was both a strength and weakness. But certainly other ways to hear other voices and perspectives if you want it.

So alternative. 🤣

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Right this second it is The Rolling Stones playing Ruby Tuesday.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@ren The Stooges Down On The Street

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm listening to a selection of indigenous artists from the Arctic. Here are some of the albums I've been listening to:

Sofia Jannik - "ORDA - This is my land" and "lávvu" Uyarakq -" whale dick" and "survival guide to the high north " Kitok - "paradise Jokkmokk" Riit - ataataga Aasiva - "niriunniq" Katarina barruk - ruhttuo