I'm late to the Mitski bandwagon. Better late than never, I suppose. I kinda hear her as somewhere between Bjork and Norah Jones.

So, I mentioned earlier that I'd used an LLM to try to generate a playlist that the standard algorithms wouldn't, to try and find some new music.

Among the discoveries is this modern darkwave outfit, Drab Majesty. If you're into e.g. New Order and the like, here's something new and good for you.

Make sure you get at least as far as the refrain before you give up on it. That's when the chord progression goes nova.

I'm hooked.

Edited September 3Sep 3 by Rimbo

I'd like to be between Bjork and Norah Jones.

On 9/3/2026 at 1:10 PM, Rimbo said:

So, I mentioned earlier that I'd used an LLM to try to generate a playlist that the standard algorithms wouldn't, to try and find some new music.

Among the discoveries is this modern darkwave outfit, Drab Majesty. If you're into e.g. New Order and the like, here's something new and good for you.

Make sure you get at least as far as the refrain before you give up on it. That's when the chord progression goes nova.

I'm hooked.

Sounds like something we would have heard at Hall’s in 1986

2 hours ago, tbone_ said:

Sounds like something we would have heard at Hall’s in 1986

Right? These guys are 30 years late for their calling. Whole discography is like this. But some good harmony/chord progressions... I'm digging it.

Edited September 5Sep 5 by Rimbo

I hate to break it to you but that was 40 years ago my man

16 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

I hate to break it to you but that was 40 years ago my man

17 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

I hate to break it to you but that was 40 years ago my man

in my defense this album is 10 years old

Again.

I don't listen to much hiphop, so I didn't ever hear that OutKast tune, since my dumb ass didn't know about them until Stankonia. pos rep

45 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

I don't listen to much hiphop, so I didn't ever hear that OutKast tune, since my dumb ass didn't know about them until Stankonia. pos rep

It was actually the first Outkast song I ever heard, when I was at College of Charleston. My buddy had a burned CD with it on it. Being down Souf we heard a lot of the Atlanta stuff before it really penetrated the rest of the country unless you were really into underground hip hop.

ETA you should check out the Aquemini album too, it has Rosa Parks on it

Edited September 7Sep 7 by G650

Good memories from 70 years ago…..

I looked for an amateur music thread and couldn't find one and didn't want to start a new thread, so I'm posting this here, because this is what I'm listening to right now. I recently let Suno AI cover a bunch of songs I have written over the years and there were a few that I liked enough to publish. Here's a link to my "album" on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L-EIgAPjpc&list=OLAK5uy_mSLHQH6NwdhgxChSOO1mTGGoExZOESANg

It was truly unbelievable how easy it was to get Suno to take my extremely rough demo recordings made on my iPhone memo app and get them somewhat close to a finished product resembling the vision I had for them.

I'm not taking myself too seriously on this shit. This post is about the full extent of any effort I am making to "promote" it, and I have no expectations whatsoever for the songs, don't expect to play any shows anytime soon, and am bracing for negativity, but fuck it. I just like the idea that my songs are out there for people to listen to if they're interested.

Cheetah Chrome RIP

1 hour ago, HenryJames said:

Cheetah Chrome RIP

This looks like Patti Smith's nose:

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haven't thought about that song since 1997

So I have a thumb drive of a couple hundred mp3s collected back when that was a thing. I'll dial up a few faves from it from time to time.

I let it play on to Kiss With A Fist by Florence + The Machine. That one really slaps, as they say, and appealed to my punk sensibilities. Then there was Dog Days, which I liked pretty well at the time. Something else I disremember got some airplay, too, but I was less fond of it.

Whatever happened to them/her? Worth following up on?

Edited September 19Sep 19 by TwiceHorn

24 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Whatever happened to them/her? Worth following up on?

Still out there. She may have done a solo thing, that seems vaguely familiar. Personally, I much prefer Wet Leg in that Brit-indie-chick-pop genre. I never really got Florence, but I won't deny that she has talent.

i love that so many of my favorite metal bands have only gotten better with age

Trying to track down more from The Lords of the Synth concert at the Necropolis from 1986.

On 9/3/2026 at 2:51 PM, jimmyjazz said:

I'm late to the Mitski bandwagon. Better late than never, I suppose. I kinda hear her as somewhere between Bjork and Norah Jones.

Fucking genius track.

Listen loud.

Well, tonight I saw yet another band that got by me the first time. TV On The Radio played Kimmel's traveling show in Brooklyn. I really like this song -- is this album Return To Cookie Mountain the best place to start?

Gran Moreno. If Hermanos Gutierrez were Mexican and grew up on Sabbath and psychedelic music.

My favorite UO tune. That takes me back.

Steel guitar like I've never heard it. This guy's arrangements are great. He knows what he's doin'.

21 hours ago, GenXer said:

Buffalo Tom and Toad The Wet Sprocket are two of my favorite "melodic college rock guilty pleasures". Here's some Toad:

Saw this chick open up for Cannons in SA night before last. Had never heard of her. Goth Daisy Jones.

I’m a believer now—

59 minutes ago, Cajun said:

Saw this chick open up for Cannons in SA night before last. Had never heard of her. Goth Daisy Jones.

I’m a believer now—

I like that. Apparently she's dating Yungblud.

That is AWESOME! It's like Lou Reed joined They Might Be Giants. Now I'm going to find a rabbit hole . . . errr . . .

On 10/5/2026 at 10:20 AM, jimmyjazz said:

I like that. Apparently she's dating Yungblud.

The way she moved on stage, he’s a very fortunate young man.

She’s also Cher’s Goddaughter I’m told by my daughters.