[linglingjr]

Awesome, awesome guitar riffs all throughout this album:

 

[PFULMTL]

 

[TJ Elite]

monaca:factory - アフタヌーン・グラビティー (Afternoon GraviTea)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/afternoon-gravitea/id910859922
 
I saw this when it was coming out but forgot to check it out because of the somewhat forgettable artwork. Now I finally grabbed it for a fiver and it's the familiar monaca:factory quality you've come to expect. I'm liking it!
 

Wendy Sutter - Glass: Songs and Poems for Solo Cello
 
Wow, this is most certainly stuff that needs to be heard on my B&Ws instead of trying to listen to it on the tiny Genelec 6010As connected to my computer. Really powerful stuff. "Song II" alone has me entranced. I can't believe how much this music resonates with me.
 

Gidon Kremer, Wiener Philharmoniker & Christoph von Dohnányi - Glass: Violin Concerto / Schnittke: Concerto Grosso no. 5
 
This pairing of Glass and Schnittke is so good. I can't count how many times I've listened to the violin concerto.
 

John Abercrombie Quartet - Wait Till You See Her
 
Listening to this for the first time. So far sounds very much like "The Third Quartet" – which I liked at first, but got tired of upon repeated listens.
 

Joy Division - Closer
 
Can't recall when I last heard this one.
 

Kalevi Aho - Chamber Symphonies nos 1–3
 
These were a lot to digest the first time I heard them. Looking forward to enjoying them a lot more the second time around.
 

Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden - Jasmine
 
I've had this for a while but only now listening to for the first time. It's not bad actually; very enjoyable. A sort of a spiritual companion to "The Melody at Night, with You", which I love.
 
Warmly recommended.
 

Keith Jarrett - Paris / London: Testament
 
Over two and a half hours of solo improvisation.

 

[PleasantSounds]

 

[OddE]

 

[Androb]

 

[DLeeWebb]

 

[ssrock64]

"Neon Bible" - Arcade Fire

While the songwriting and musical style wasn't quite as frenetic or creative as it was on Funeral, that awe-inspiring church organ made up for it all. Have you ever heard Peter Gabriel's cover of "My Body Is A Cage"?

 

[DLeeWebb]

 

"Neon Bible" - Arcade Fire

While the songwriting and musical style wasn't quite as frenetic or creative as it was on Funeral, that awe-inspiring church organ made up for it all. Have you ever heard Peter Gabriel's cover of "My Body Is A Cage"?

I have liked Arcade Fire since the early days following the release of "Funeral" after Davey, a legendary head-fi contributor with impeccable taste, recommended it. Yesterday there was an interesting profile of the band on "CBS Sunday Morning." I saw them on the "Neon Bible" tour at The Tower Theater with Modest Mouse (...great concert). I saw them again in March in Philadelphia. They were good. "Ocean Of Noise" is my favorite song on "Neon Bible." I think that their next album will determine whether they fall into the mainstream alternative rock n' roll rut. I really liked "The Suburbs," and "Reflektor" has its moments, but I am concerned that they are moving in that direction. I am finally ready to admit to myself that U2 is already there and probably has been for sometime. I cannot bring myself to listen to their latest album. That's kinda weird ya know???!!!

 

[markm1]

 
 

Cult of Luna - Salvation
 

God why did I listen to that last one? I knew I've never enjoyed it, but instead of making me yawn like in the past, it now made my head hurt. God, so obnoxious. And I listened through the whole thing, too. Now I need some passive-aggression to calm my nerves – I need salvation.

 

 
 
 

 
I love Salvation. Cult of Luna is absolutely one of my favorite bands! That is a beautiful post metal album for sure.
 
 
Listening to:
 

Bob Dylan and the Band-Basement Tapes, 2009
 
-So great. If you haven't listened to this because you're a casual Dylan fan and it's not a purely Dylan album, this one should be on your must listen to list. Basically, Dylan and the Band  playing folk, bluegrass, country, blues and rock-roots music for sure.
 

Pig Destroyer-Book Burner, 2012...enter with caution.
 
 

 

 
Torche-Harmonicraft 2012-one of those metal albums that non metal fans would enjoy. Pretty "alternativeish"...sort of pop doom/stoner rock melded w/ gungeish alternative rock. I call it good heavy rock music.

 

[TJ Elite]

 
I love Salvation. Cult of Luna is absolutely one of my favorite bands! That is a beautiful post metal album for sure.

I prefer Neurosis to them but at their strongest Cult of Luna is certainly very enjoyable.

 

[MrTechAgent]

 

 

[markm1]

  I prefer Neurosis to them but at their strongest Cult of Luna is certainly very enjoyable.

Neurosis is great, too...Beatles or Stones kind of thing to me

 

[moriez]

 

[philo50]