Sturgill Simpson - High Top Mountain 9/10

More up tempo stuff reminds me of Waylon Jennings. His slower stuff tears at you like Keith Whitley's best.

Fitzwilliam String Quartet - Shostakovich: The String Quartets 9/10 (Very tasty)
Vasily Petrenko/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphony 11 8.5/10
Les Arts Florissants - Charpentier: La Descente D'Orphee Aux Enfers 7/10

Placebo- Loud Like Love 8/10
The Birthday Massacre- Hide & Seek 8/10
The Birthday Massacre- Violet 8/10

Enjoyed these, need to get around to hearing them more.

Drive-by Truckers - Southern Rock Opera 8.5/10
Radu Lupu - Brahms: Piano Concerto 1/Sonata 3/Rhapsodies/etc 9/10
36 Crazyfists - Rest Inside the Flames 7/10

I felt Brahms was really lacking in trombone.

avenged sevenfold-hail to the king 7/10
Nothing we haven't heard before somewhere else but still pretty damn good.

New Sting cd=:| I know he's making a musical but I dunno 5/10. Couple of songs sound like Irish drinking songs but a lot is slow and boring.

Jyotsna Srikanth - Call of Bangalore 8/10

"Garage Inc."- Metallica

6.4/10 PASS

Always avoided this album except for the various singles (Turn the Page, Whiskey in the Jar). It's adequate.

I quite enjoy the "Metallica and Friends" version of Tuesday's Gone.

Loved the version of So What. good stuff, heavy.

Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed 8/10
Amici Ensemble - Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time/Theme and Variations 9/10
Melos Ensemble of London - Beethoven/Mendelssohn/Schubert: Octets/Septets 6.5/10

Soulfly - Savages 7/10 (Need to give it more listens; Max's simplistic lyrics remain as hilarious as ever)
Mitsuko Uchida - Schumann: Waldszenen/G Minor sonata/Gesange der Fruhe 8.5/10
Tom Waits - Mule Variations 7.5/10

6/10

I thought that piece was greatly lacking in the cello department. Fucking Moazrt, get your head out of your ass!

Korn- Paradigm Shift 8/10


Korn's best album in a while. Never, Never sort of sucks but the rest is solid.

Alan Jackson - The Bluegrass Album 8.5/10

Really solid album. If more mainstream country albums came out sounding like this, I wouldn't complain. "Blacktop" is a subtle counter to all those Dirt Road songs on modern country. "Blue Ridge Mountain Song" is a heart breaker.

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble - Brahms: String Sextets 8.5/10
Winston Choi - Elliott Carter: Complete Piano Works 8.5/10
Fu Manchu - The Action is Go 7/10
Marc-Andre Hamelin - Scriabin: The Complete Piano Sonatas 8/10
Gyorgy Ligeti Edition 7: Chamber Music 8/10
Deftones - B-Sides and Rarities 6.5/10

Really thought Brahms String Sextet was lacking, like one of the sextet was trying to show off and plays solos with his violin and I was like "fool, you're supposed to be a TEAM!"

Les Arts Florissants - M.A. Charpentier: Les Plaisirs de Versailles 7.5/10
Maria Kliegel/Nina Tichman - Georges Onslow: Cello Sonatas 7.5/10
Alexandra Silocea - Prokofiev: Piano sonatas 1-5 8.5/10
Spirit Caravan - The Last Embrace 7/10

Really loved Les Arts Florissants. Good to see they haven't changed their style.

Like I always say" If it ain't Baroque, don't fix it!"


HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I REALLY SAID THAT!

LOL, I try not to STRAUSS over classical music. But I do take it very seriously. I would like to compose a LISZT of all the best composers of all time. I'll be BACH to this thread in a little bit really start listing all the serious business composers. WOOOO!!

I don't listen to classical music very Offenbach :| :n:

Touche Amore - Is Survived by 7.5/10

I like them, but, the vocalist's voice is somewhat monotonous, and gets tiresome after awhile.

Did not enjoy. It was too loud.

Radu Lupu - Schumann: Kinderszenen/Kreisleriana/Humoreske 7/10
Isabelle Faust/Ewa Kupiec - Janacek/Lutoslawski/Szymanowski 8/10
Battle of Mice - A Day of Nights 8/10

Red Fang: Whales and leeches 8/10
Death Angel:The Dream Calls for Blood 8/10 Thrash the way it should be

Gyorgy Ligeti Edition 3 - Works for Piano 8/10
Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain 8.5/10
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme 8.5/10
Melt Banana - Fetch 8/10
Jean-Guihen Queyras/Alexandre Tharaud - Kodaly/Veress/Kurtag: Sonatas for cello and piano 8/10

Motörhead -Aftershock 10/10

Eminem- MMLP2 8.6/10


GREAT album. I'll post my amazon review in the MMLP2 thread.

Charles Mingus - Mingus at Antibes 9/10
Jean-Guihen Queyras - Britten: Suites for Solo Cello 8/10
Liza and Dmitry Ferschtman - Kodaly/ravel/Schulhoff: Duos for Violin and Violoncello 8/10

Nails - Abandon all Life 7.5/10
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um 9/10
Hilary Hahn and Valentina Lisitsa - Charles Ives: Four Sonatas 9/10
Talking Heads - Remain in Light 8.5/10
Les Arts Florissants - Charpentier: Divertissements, Airs et Concerts 8/10
Belcea Quartet - Benjamin Britten: String Quartets 8.5/10
Rick James - Street Songs 8/10

Jason Newsted - Heavy Metal Music - 10/10

It has been quite a while since I last posted any new albums that I've listened to; I can't be arsed naming them all, so just the four in the last week or so.

Dennis Russell Davies/Vienna RSO/Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra - Philip Glass: Symphony 2 7.5/10 (I really like the symphony itself, which I would give an 8.5/10, but the other pieces bore me somewhat)

Patricia Petibon/Paavo Jarvi/Orchestre de Paris/Choeur de l'Orchestra de Paris - Poulenc: Stabat Mater/Gloria/Litanies a la Vierge Noire 8.5/10 (I wish there was more Patricia, but you can't fault the music)

Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging inside Me 7.5/10

Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours 8/10

Shankar - Pancha Nadai Pallavi 8.5/10

Black Label Society - The Blessed Hellride 7/10

Pistol Annies - Annie Up

8.5/10

Gary Numan- Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)- 8.5 / 10
Opeth- Heritage 9/10
Opeth- Ghost Reveries 8.5/10
Wintersun- Time 1 8.5/10

I'm pretty sure I know the people in this band... my friends bands tour with them and stuff

High Violet- The National: 7.2/10
Boxer- The National: 6.7/10
Daisy- Brand New: 6.2/10

Hilary Hahn - In 27 Pieces 9.5/10

Alter Bridge - III 7.5/10

Trouble Will Find Me- The National: 8.3/10
Déjà Entendu- Brand New: 7.5/10
Do You Believe in Gosh?- Mitch Hedberg: 8.3/10 (an acquired taste for most probably)

Listened to sigh no more and babel by mumford and sons yesterday while working.

I can not listen to that kind of music through ear phones but in the background like elevator music its alright.

7/10 both albums

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Touche Amore - Parting the sea between brightness and me 7.5/10
Tia Murray - Ysaye: Six sonatas for solo violin 8/10
Fine Arts Quartet/Cristina Ortiz - Saint-Saens: Piano Quartet/Piano Quintet 8.5/10

Been catching up on listening to music lately. Here are some quickie ratings mostly for my benefit.

Deer Tick "Negativity" - 7/10
Frightened Rabbit "Pedestrian Verse" - 8/10
Daft Punk "Random Access Memory" - 9/10
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks "Wig Out At Jagbags" - 8/10
Alabama Shakes "Boys and Girls" - 6/10
American Werewolf Academy "Out of Place All The Time" - 5/10
Elvis Costello & The Roots "Wise Up Ghost" - 9/10
Hugh Laurie "Didn't It Rain" - 8/10
Eric Clapton "Old Sock" - 5/10
Broken Bells "Broken Bells" - 7/10
Eric Clapton "Me and Mr. Johnson" - 10/10
Bruce Springsteen "High Hopes" - 4/10
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings "Give The People What They Want" - 7/10
Muse "The 2nd Law" - 7/10
Bastille "Bad Blood" - 9/10
David Bowie "The Next Day" -5/10

I've been listening to this album a lot recently and would like to up the score to 8/10.

Miles Davis - Cookin' at the Plugged Nickel 8/10
Isabelle Faust/Claudio Abbado/Orchestra Mozart - Berg/Beethoven: Violin Concertos 9/10

the lawrence arms - metropole 8/10

really like this record. feels like familiar lawrence arms territory with a few additions to the formula. perhaps i expected a bit more after such a long time between full lengths, but i'm not at all disappointed.

ok so i got high and really listened to this with some damn headphones. some pretty awesome stuff on there. a definite continued evolution for them, especially on tracks like "the ymca down the street from the clinic" and "paradise shitty." maybe an 8.4 now. but i'll let you know after a few more listens.

Clutch - Earth Rocker 8/10

Dum Dum Girls - Too True 7/10

I prefer the previous album, Only in Dreams.

These New Puritans - Field of Reeds 8.5/10

Oh yeah great album, amazing cello. That cello shook me like jello!

Haw haw!

anything el vaq listens to is better than anything you listen to. without question.

Tyler, The Creator - Bastard

I accidentally stumbled across the song "Bastard" while looking for another song, and I really dug it. Had some time on my hands today, so I threw the whole album on in the background. I really dig the lyrics and flow through most of the album. While it was impressive that he was only 17/18 when this album was made AND he made his own beats, some of those beats left a bit to be desired. They hit in nice places, but they're missing SOMETHING in the middle fairly often. Still, an enjoyable listen for a hip hop head.

8/10

Favorite track: "Bastard"

These Are Jokes- Demetri Martin: 8.5/10
King Baby- Jim Gaffigan: 9.7/10
No Cure for Cancer- Dennis Leary: 9/10

Drove a long distance + picked up some comedy to make the trip. These all payed off brilliantly. I recommend all of them.

Death "For all the world to see"-9.5/10

Best album I have heard in years. Not a bad track on it.

Bobholly138 coming out of left field with a solid choice in music

It was the first new album I have bought in close to 5 years. Now if they would just tour near me.

Have you seen the documentary about Death?

Been listening to a bootleg live CD of GG Allin. It is mostly his more country sounding stuff. I wish GG had done more stuff like that. And focused less on the shock stuff.

When he wasn't trying to shock people he put out some good to great music.

yeah the doc was really good. my buddy showed it to me and i was hooked.

i've always been rather indifferent to gg allin, though.

Ulf Wallin/Roland Pontinen - Hindemith: Complete Violin Sonatas 8/10

I like most of GG's early stuff. And his more outlaw country stuff. I still hate that he decided to focus more on the shock value than the music.

A friend of mine in Vancouver got to meet Death when they were touring promoting the documentary. Maybe I will get lucky and they will play Jackson or New Orleans.

Holy shit!

Have you heard it? When I got it,I ripped it loaded it on my mp3 player and listened to it on repeat for almost 8 hours.

I am hoping they record more stuff. Not sure how good it will be.Since the brother that died wrote most of the old stuff. That album has this raw primal energy to it that very few bands can capture.

I did and then proceeded to let some of my musician friends in on the greatness of these guys.

Into some weird electro rock stuff at the moment. Loving Chvrches album. 8/10

After watching the Brits, listened to rudimentals album. Wtf? 3/10.

Disclosure I give a 5/10 for their album settle.

Not sure what I am missing with daft punks album random access memories. I tried again and I just don't feel it. 4/10

In a tidal wave of mystery by capital cities is good, but gets a bit samey after four or five songs. 6/10

If the Brits champion some act/band, then that act/band is likely to be shit...unless it is David Bowie. Otherwise: shit.

SADE - A Love Deluxe

Pretty cool fail.pass

Hilary Hahn - Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos 8/10

Some more albums I have listened to the last few weeks:

Broken Bells - 4/5
Plants & Animals - The End of That - 4.5/5
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory - 5/5
Cloud Nothings - Self Titled - 4/5
Queens of the Stoned Age - 2013 Album - 2.5/5
Foals - Holy Fire - 4/5
Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue - 4/5
Beck - Morning Phase - 3.5/5
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City - 4.5/5

Ailish Tynan - Faure: Melodies 7/10

Goodbye- Alkaline Trio: 7.8/10____ solid album

Midnight Vultures- Beck: 8.2/10____ sadly forgotten + great album of the 1990's

Pump up the Volume Soundtrack-9.8/10

One of the best Soundtrack albums I have heard. Introduced me to so many bands.

The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream: 9/10. Didn't really love any of their earlier stuff but this album is pretty amazing. They really perfected this 80s Tom Petty/Springsteen/Dire Straits sound.

Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady 9/10
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command 8/10
St. Vincent - St. Vincent 8/10

Kroumata Percussion ensemble/Manuela Wiesler - Stonewave 8/10
Shiv Kumar Sharma/Hariprasad Chaurasia/Brij Bhushan Kabra - Call of the Valley 8/10

Fucccccki hell
Markie

lol what. don't remember that post.

Percurama Percussion Ensemble/Gert Mortensen - Per Norgard: A Light Hour 7.5/10

Foster The People - Supermodel - 2 listens today. Went from a 4 to a 4.5. Not one bad song.

Trapt- Reborn 9.5/10
This album is great, most of the tracks are really good, this is the first Trapt album I have listened to in years and I am really enjoying it.

The Replacements - Please to Meet Me 8/10

Once I got past its more polished production, I thoughtthis was a pretty good album. Not as good as Let it Be or Tim, but still a cracking record.

Vasily Petrenko/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphony 8 8/10
Marc-Andre Hamelin - Ives/Barber: Piano Sonatas 8/10
Kari Kriikku/Anu Komsi/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo - Kaija Saariaho: D'Om Le Vrai Sens/Laterna Magica/Leino Songs 6/10

I felt that the Saariaho works were just ripping off Penderecki, but I may take to it more in the future.

Thomas Dausgaard/Danish National Symphony Orchestra/Danish National Vocal Ensemble/Danish National Choir - Per Norgard: Symphonies 3 and 7 7.5/10

Sibylle Baier - Colour Green 8/10

Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun 7.5/10

Not as good as Meat Puppets II, but a solid album.

Nickel Creek - A Dotted Line 8/10
Gidon Kremer/Kremerata Baltica - Mieczyslaw Weinberg 8.5/10

Alban Berg Quartet - Beethoven: Complete String Quartets 10/10

String quartets 7 through to 16 are required listening (particularly 12-16), you philistines!

Shivkumar Sharma - Rag Madhuvanti/Rag Misra Tilang 9/10
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute 8.5/10
Rolo Tomassi - Cosmology 6.9/10

Jamie Lenman - Muscle Memory 9/10 Love it!

Matthew Wilder - I Don't Speak the Language 8.5/10 Fun, but nothing really impressive

The Browns-Greatest Hits volume 1: 9/10

Great horror punk album. Too bad they have since broken up.

Smashing Pumpkins - Gish 8/10
Rwake - Voices of Omen 8/10
Linus Roth and Jose Gallardo - Weinberg: Complete sonatas and works (for violin and piano) 8.5/10

Shakti with John McLaughlin - A Handful of Beauty 9/10
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil 8/10
Gyorgy Ligeti Edition Vol. 1: String Quartets and Duets 8.5/10

Some Nights - Fun. 9/10
Different and fairly catchy; something nice to chill to.

Hakon Austbo - Janacek: Piano Works (Complete) 7.5/10
Yakuza - Beyul 7.5/10

Los secretos - sinfónico 5/10 - a bit wet

Miles Davis - Filles De Kilimanjaro 7.9/10

I don't feel it as much as In a Silent Way/Bitches Brew/On the Corner, but it is still Miles Davis, and therefore tastier than most other albums out there.

Zakir Hussain - Best of... 8.5/10
Lady Maisery - Mayday 8/10

Black Keys- Blue: 8/10

Pretty great stuff. Weight of Love is particularly great.

Miranda Lambert - Four The Record

8/10

Shakti with John McLaughlin - Shakti with John McLaughlin 8.9/10

A fantastic album, but I slightly prefer their second album. Once it comes, I will be listening to the final album of the original Shakti line-up, Natural Elements.

Janet Baker - Schubert: Lieder 7/10