Recent content by Dusty Chalk
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the album that's always there for you
Slowdive, Just for a Day -- if I'm not in the mood for it when it starts, I'm in the mood for it by the time it's over -- it has a very relaxing effect on me. I would almost say it measurably lowers my heart rate and probably blood pressure, only I've never measured it.- Dusty Chalk
- Post #68
- Forum: Music
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Deftones fans?
Considering how not into the rest of that scene I am, I really really love The Deftones. Especially the first three albums, Adrenaline, Around the Fur, and White Pony. I don't really know anything else like that -- have you checked out Devin Townsend? That's the only thing that comes to mind.- Dusty Chalk
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A good year in rock music: 1991....pick your favorite album
What? No, I was saying that Achtung Baby was U2's last hoorah. I pretty much didn't like anything that came after it, neither (in addition to Rattle and Hum).- Dusty Chalk
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Porcupine Tree - Did you appreciate them on first listen?
You should definitely check out Fear of a Blank Planet, Deadwing, and The Incident next -- those four albums are "of a kind", everything before that wasn't as hard. Unless, of course, you want to hear "not as hard", in which case you should listen to other suggestions in this thread. My...- Dusty Chalk
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Your 2010 musical predictions
Quote: Originally Posted by hardRAWKR Honestly, I think (hope) it's reached its peak. Because I doubt (hope) it could get much worse. (snicker) The loudness wars will continue. There will be many casualties. Unfortunately, it will be too many musicians, and not enough fat cat...- Dusty Chalk
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Katatonia - "Night Is the New Day" (For fans of Porcupine Tree, The Cure & Opeth)
Quote: Originally Posted by kwitel Dusty-if its good for you, im gonna have to give it a couple more listens. Ive listened to it a good 5+ times and it just hasnt done it for me. No worries, it seems very few people have come around. My love for it has grown -- it's probably...- Dusty Chalk
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What was your best album/cd find of the year?
Me: Frost* -- Milliontown and Experiments in Mass Appeal are two of my most listened-to albums last year. Contemporary prog.- Dusty Chalk
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Arnold Schoenberg
I would second Pelleas et Melisande. I am most familiar with the version from this disk: (with other works of the same name by different composers -- it's actually a really weird disk, and initially put me off from him by contrasting it against some really traditionally pretty music, but...- Dusty Chalk
- Post #26
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Classical Music - WORST interpretations on record
Schubert's 2nd Piano Trio in E flat by the Beaux Art Trio. I don't normally mind them, but I think based on this performance alone, they should stick to truly romantic music. This piece of chamber music plays itself -- it should be played stately and 'correct', and they try to put too much of...- Dusty Chalk
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More Music Like Metric?
I've got nuthin', but did you try Last.FM? You can skip the first couple -- people will always assume that another project with Emily Haines will sound like Metric, but personally, I like Metric, but don't 'get' at all Broken Social Scene, I just don't see it. I don't care if she was in both...- Dusty Chalk
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A good year in rock music: 1991....pick your favorite album
Three of those stand out to me -- Loveless, Laughing Stock, and Achtung Baby. Of the three, I go back to Laughing Stock the most -- not only was it genre-defining (with Spirit of Eden, of course), it's still one of the best examples of that genre as well. And I have waxed poetic many a time...- Dusty Chalk
- Post #85
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What Buckethead albums to get?
Praxis is kind of wonderful -- it's avant fusion with a world influence, but more of an ensemble project. I'd start with Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis), and see if that nips your buds. Death Cube K is what I've taken to calling "damnbient" -- dark ambient. The first one is still my...- Dusty Chalk
- Post #25
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What would you classify this as?
Tango -- see Astor Piazzolla, you'll love him. Specifically, from the credits, it's probably "Romantic Tango", by Dan Radlauer. And yes, fun film. The visual androgyny (correct term?) section got a little redundant, but was still good.- Dusty Chalk
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The Best Canadian Albums of the 2000s
I have the Akufen and the Metric (and love them both -- great choices), and I hate both choices for #1 (they bore the snot out of me). Sorry, no disrespect to those who like either of them, I will admit to just not "getting" them.- Dusty Chalk
- Post #14
- Forum: Music