What album did you last buy?

[joachimt]

I just ordered 9 cd's.

Tori Amos - Unrepeltant geraldines


Tori Amos - Gold Dust


Damien Rice - My Favourite Faded Fantasy


Threshold - For the journey


And some Belgian stuff...

Kings of Belgium - Unchained melodies
Listen here

Kings of Belgium - Très fort
Listen here

CACA - Sketches of Pain


Codswallop - Grotesque
(some more experimental stuff by Pierre Vervloesem, just like the three titles above)

And the living Belgian legend...

Arno - Future vintage

[joachimt]

Three posts in a row since early December. Nobody buys anymore?

Today in the mail...

Eels - The cautionary tales of Mark Oliver Everett



Bruce Bherman - Untagged friends
Belgian singer-songwriter hardly anyone knows. I wonder if even Chilton knows him. I really like his style.

[joachimt]

I just ordered four cd's.

Robby Valentine - Bizarro world
One of my guilty pleasure...



Neal Morse - The Grand Experiment
I LOOOOOOOOVE this guy!





Mors Principium Est - Dawn of the 5th area



Soen - Tellurian

[perceval]

The five best cds I bought lately are (taking off the top of my head):

5. Lewis - L'amour
This is really hyped out there, right? It deserves to be

4. Brian Eno - Nerve Net/My Squelchy Life
This was a safe bet

3. von Spar - von Spar
Will I ever forget finding this on a local library?

2. Joe McPhee - Nation Time
Hallelujah!

1. Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
Finally this masterpiece is in my collection

[joachimt]

I just received in the mail...

On vinyl and cd:
Hamster Axis of the one click panther & Mauro Pawlowski play the Peter Houben songbook - Insatiable



On cd:



Both Belgian obscure stuff. Mauro Pawlowski is part of dEUS, so he's a tiny bit famous.

[Noirville]

I went music shopping today and got back home with several LPs and singles including this one that I picked up just "because I listened to it once or twice and remember I kinda liked it".



And now I'm completely hooked on this group. It's surprisingly addictive.

[joachimt]

Today in the mail...



Listen to it here:

[clemmetarey]

Why wasn't I aware they released a new album, I freaking love them ! What do you thought of it Joachim ?

[joachimt]

Why wasn't I aware they released a new album, I freaking love them ! What do you thought of it Joachim ?

I love the combination of theatrical scores with the extreme metal. The last few years I'm not often blown away by black metal, but when I am, it's mostly some original mixture of different things. I absolutely loved Phantom Ship, but thought Corpses wasn't as good as that one. I've listened to Fairytale twice now, so can't make a full analysis, but it sure is an album full of contrast and diversity. Loving it so far.

[joachimt]

Today in the mail:











But I also sold As heard on radio Soulwax parts 1 to 11 today, so my cd-collection actually shrunk today.

[joachimt]

Today in the mail:



Beautiful singer-songwriter stuff from Norway. Absolutely amazing!!

[joachimt]

Today in the mail:





Same as with the last album, I needed about 10 seconds to know I was going to love the album.
Any other Leprous fans here?

[joachimt]

Today in the mail, some fine prog.

Arena - The unquiet sky

[joachimt]

And some more fine prog in the mail.

Riverside - Love, fear and the time machine

[bal3x]

Indeed - Poland represents
Need to listen to this new one, seems the quality is still as solid as before - Second Life Syndrome and Anno Domini HD are still my favs.

[clemmetarey]

Any other Leprous fans here?

I had heard of them before, but never really checked them out because prog is far from being my favorite music genre. I listen to their last album 2-3 days ago and I'm glad I did because this is some really good stuff. Diversified enough without being all over the place. Reminded a little bit of Mantric as well.

[joachimt]

Any other Leprous fans here?

I had heard of them before, but never really checked them out because prog is far from being my favorite music genre. I listen to their last album 2-3 days ago and I'm glad I did because this is some really good stuff. Diversified enough without being all over the place. Reminded a little bit of Mantric as well.

Great!
It's not typical prog, so it shouldn't advertised like that. It's very diverse indeed, but every song makes sense. My favorite album so far is Coal.

[joachimt]

I received "Slow-up", the first album of X-Legged Sally, in the mail today!!

Out of print for a very long time and the ones for sale online are pretty expensive most of the time. Finally managed to find one for a reasonable price.

Chilton, please share my enthusiasm, because the rest of the forum probably doesn't know this music.

Here is one song:

[joachimt]

I just received Bowie's Blackstar.

[funkybusiness]

I just received Bowie's Blackstar.

yeah me too. vinyl. finally showed up. (I got A Love Supreme vinyl before this).

[joachimt]

Today two new cd's in the mail:

Dream Theater - The Astonishing


Textures - Phenotype

[joachimt]

Does anybody know this?
I've loved every album so far.

[joachimt]

I accidentally bought an album I already got.

I wanted to buy part two of Chronicles... by Vanden Plas, but I accidentally bought part one...... again.

[joachimt]

For Dutchies...

This week I bought...



I love the title: "Pater Moeskroen! Nooit van gehoord? Wel 'ns van geroken ja. Telt dat ook?"

This is really youth sentiment for me. I haven't heard some of these songs since I was 12. So many great classics like "Bea" (Bea van de bakker, daar lust ik wel brood van), "Oh oh" (Heb je ooit zo vals horen zingen?) en "Klontjes in de vla". I'm having a lot of fun with it and my kids love it as well.

[joachimt]

Today in the mail:

No introduction for the first one. I'll probably get some thumbsup here for buying this.
The second is an old Belgian rocker. Famous in Belgium, but not a lot outside of it.

[monty]

You still buy albums? What's wrong with you, J-dog?

[joachimt]

You still buy albums? What's wrong with you, J-dog?

What's wrong with the rest of the world illegally downloading all this great music?

[bal3x]

You still buy albums? What's wrong with you, J-dog?

What's wrong with the rest of the world illegally downloading all this great music?

In fairness there are legal means to listen to music even for free now (if you don't mind some restrictions) and you can always subscribe to remove those restrictions. I did use to buy quite a few CDs a few years ago, especially box-sets or special editions with booklets etc., but these days buying regular CDs is a poor investment unless you never intend to sell them. Same as with DVDs and blu-rays, only Criterions or special editions hold value, the generic editions will go for peanuts, in lots.

[joachimt]

You still buy albums? What's wrong with you, J-dog?

What's wrong with the rest of the world illegally downloading all this great music?

In fairness there are legal means to listen to music even for free now (if you don't mind some restrictions) and you can always subscribe to remove those restrictions. I did use to buy quite a few CDs a few years ago, especially box-sets or special editions with booklets etc., but these days buying regular CDs is a poor investment unless you never intend to sell them. Same as with DVDs and blu-rays, only Criterions or special editions hold value, the generic editions will go for peanuts, in lots.

I know there are legal ways to listen to it digitally. I just prefer to buy a product. I enjoy music more that way.
I don't buy them with the intention to sell them later. Sometimes I sell some albums, because I'm not interested in them anymore, but that's mostly stuff from many years ago. I tend to be more selective nowadays. There was a time when I bought 20 cd's each month. Now it's about 20-30 cd's each year.

[joachimt]

Haken - Affinity

I'm going to their concert this Friday!






Intronaut - The direction of last things






Heather Nova - The way it feels






The Jayhawks - Paging Mr. Proust

[monty]

J-dog, you really ought to drastically cut back on your frenetic spending on music. Do you ever stop to consider how all this profligacy of yours will impact your kids?

[joachimt]

Did I ask for your opinion?

[monty]

Hehe, no, but it's free advice and you really should take it - esp. for the sake of your kids.

[joachimt]

Where is that ignore-button?

[joachimt]

Ayreon's live-album (cd and/or dvd and/or bluray) of The Theater Equation is out today!!

I just ordered the edition with 2 cd's and 1 dvd.

[joachimt]

Got these in the mail yesterday:

Radiohead - A moon shaped pool
Alternative 4 - The obscurants (Duncan Patterson, formerly known from Antimatter and Anathema)
Gojira - Magma

[joachimt]

Today in the mail:

Headspace - All that you fear is gone

Yes, it's prog again. But this is the kind of prog where the song is more important than the technical skills of the band members.

[joachimt]

And another one in the mail:

Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence

[bal3x]

Have been listening to some Headspace - not bad at all!

[joachimt]

Have been listening to some Headspace - not bad at all!

Great! bal3x listening to some recent prog.