the waeve. band of graham Coxon (ex blur) and rose Dougal. of passing interest beabadoobee. english teacher. one off track, old school classic rock, just been listening to it, blodwyn pig 'see my way'. taking a break to have a cuppa then i'm going to watch the main video ( ,no this isn't a song title).
Oh, so much!!!! Here's a sampling: Rocket Clairo Alcest Ekko Astral Fathom Porridge Radio Haley Heynderickx Illuminati Hotties The Microphones Cloud Nothings Astronoid Fievel Is Glauque Car Seat Headrest Melody's Echo.Chamber Water From Your Eyes Omg, and YES--LIZ PHAIR! I just discovered that album a couple of months ago! It's great! It's so so so delicious!
A lot of synthesizer music and avant garde music as new discoveries But I definitely reconnected with old music like The Rolling Stones and John Lennon
Joan As Policewoman. I had only heard her in passing, and one day late last year I heard The Barbarian again and it really hit me. The whole "The Solution Is Restless" album is amazing.
I so appreciate that you have a system, Nancy. Thank you for sharing it. I make all these playlists with all the new stuff I want to listen to but they inevitably get unruly. Stuff does manage to sink in but hardly anything sinks in the way it did in my youth. Yes, of course that's part of it. Nothing will ever become part of my soul to the extent the Beatles did and that's not only because the Beatles are the Beatles, but because I was young and impressionable and also because I had nothing but time to listen to stuff over and over and over and over and over again. But--and here's where your system comes in--it's also true that when I *do* have time, I have so much more available to me now that it's hard to really just lend my attention to a small number of albums, falling ever deeper into them. So your system is a welcome reminder that just because I *can* listen to a million things doesn't mean I *have to* listen to a million things. So maybe I'll try proceeding with more intention, keeping my playlists to maybe three albums each. I'll see what happens.
I am so with you on Willow’s Empathogen. Such a shockingly WONDERFUL and original album. She scored a couple of Grammy nods, but it’s gone practically unnoticed here in the States, mainly because it was pigeonholed as jazz album and ignored by all but the coffee house crowd.
This was fun! Having watched a lot of your album vids, I always enjoy your breakdowns and analyses. You know your stuff and we share similar tastes. I won't say that today's music doesn't measure up - there's lots of great music - it's just that you have to dig a little deeper to find it. Appreciate that you don't restrict yourself to only new albums - I've got lots in my own collection that I need to revisit. But when I see Todd (I call 'em "slash" chords), Ani, Radiohead (BTW - start with OK Computer!) and Liz Phair on the list, I'll immediately give you the benefit of the doubt on some others that are new to me! Thanks for doing this!
It's always a pleasure to listen to whatever you choose to share with us. I spent some time listening to old jazz albums that were my mom's in 2024... and found great comfort and pleasure in it.
I have a system too.For the last 60 years (68 on Sunday 🥳) I have my bedrock of the 3 ‘Bs (Bach,Beethoven and the Beatles) supplemented by a deep dive into an artist in any genre.The last three were Nick Drake,Kate Bush and Benjamin Brillen,kicked off by going to a production of his War Requiem,is there a greater work of art in the whole 20th Century except Abbey Road 😂. Love your show
This channel deserves way more subscriptions. Excellent music discussion. From the list Improvement Movement really caught my ear. Thanks for the discovery
Fantastic! I'm only familiar with a total of one of those 24 albums - and "How Are You?" is my favourite on it, too. I'm a sucker for a bouncy piano-crotchet song. I'm shamefully bad at listening to new albums all the way through, I tend to throw them into the big shuffle bucket which is a terrible way of doing it. But I've really enjoyed The Last Dinner Party's 2024 debut album Prelude To Ecstacy - they have a great vibe and a great ethos, and some real growers on there. An older one which I wasn't expecting to love as much as I did was Alan Hull's first solo album, Pipedream. It's much more rock than Lindisfarne, which surprised me. The track Money Game is absolutely gorgeous, I can't count how many times I've listened to it on repeat. A wonderful combination of aching melody and tricksy rhythmic choices. th-cam.com/video/Wvro0Lha2AY/w-d-xo.html
I used to have an album or cd come on an hour or so before I have to actually get out of bed for work. Id do that for a week or so. I would find myself in a state of half awake/half sleepiness kind of mode that would cause me to listen to music more deeply. Something would stick in my brain and suddenly, a song or album grew on me. This is how I first listened to All Things Must Pass. Isn’t It a Pity was burned into my soul.
The way I have been listening to music lately is not album-oriented. I've been listening to Radio Paradise. When I hear a song I like it might tempt me to listen to an album. I think I need to find another human-curated radio station or two I can give a listen to. I will check out some of these albums. I think you happened upon Radiohead's greatest and most balanced album, by the way. I've listened to most of their stuff and that one is good. I remember listening to Liz Phair and Juliana H. back in the day and really enjoying their stuff too. All the rest is new to me (except Journey and Toto and I have given those a listen back in the day). Thank you for what you do. I love your passion about music.
I realize that this doesn’t really match up with the music that you usually present but, your comment about sitting and being with the music made me think of one of my favorite albums to lay back ( ideally with good headphones) , relax and give myself over to the melodic enchantments of the music. The album is “ Close to the Edge “. Yes is usually classified as prog-rock which most people think is going to be loud, complicated and raucous. Close to the Edge is only loud if you set the volume too high. There are so many beautiful passages on this particular piece that I really love for their melodic , ethereal beauty. It’s a long piece ( 18 minutes, 42 seconds), so plan on taking some time to listen to its intricacies. It will be worth it. BTW, I’m aware that Yes may end up not being your cup of tea ( my daughter once looked at me in bewilderment saying, “Dad, this album only has three songs on it!”) , however, I’ve suggested people who usually listen to classical to try it and have gotten a lot of positive feedback. So anyway, this is my suggestion for music to lay back and give a serious listen to. 😎
PS; I try to listen to music that I haven’t heard before, all the time. I do like new twists on older music as well. Playing for Change is a fantastic project and uses musicians from literally around the world to recreate old and new favorites. Well worth checking out.
Thanks for the rec! Close To The Edge is the first Yes album I ever owned, although it's been a while since I last gave it a good listen. Maybe I'll make it one of my first three albums for February!
Very informative and most enjoyable! I'm interested in hearing quite a few of these albums you've mentioned! If I may make suggestions? If you haven't heard this yet, I recommend either "Overnight Sensation" or "Apostrophe" by Frank Zappa: classic stuff and Zappa at his best. I also recommend "Goodthing" by Bette Smith: she is a modern day R&B singer from New York whom I just discovered recently--this is her latest album and, dare I say, her best (and, whew, she has released some excellent albums in the last few years)!
My method for discovering new music I would relate closely to a tree. Where in I plant a bases with certain artists in certain times and branch out from there ie: Sgt. Peppers/psychedelia, Mitski/Modern music
a. in my opinion readiohead lost something after 2001, i do recommend everything they did before but kid a and insomniac is more techno so i don't know if you will vibe with it. b. if you take recommends from viewers i think you will enjoy the album emotion by carly rae jepsen, also the album stand up to your mother by the band young and sexy which was the last album i had a physical cd of. c. the most contemporary music that i listen to and enjoyed is cowboy carter by beyonce.
cheap trick are infectious. juliana hatfield's beautiful creature is a good album: 'hotels' is a favourite and 'when you loved me' heart wrenching. thinking further afield i watched thomas ades's opera the tempest on TH-cam and that blew my mind. if rolling stones 500 songs knocked on my door canvassing i would tell them i'm a bit of an atheist when it comes to their good book. ' but don't you ever think there's a higher power guiding you' they'd say. no I hear things and make up my own mind, i would tell them. if they offered to pray for me, well then it would pain me, but i'd have to tell them to naff off. i know you have to remain on top of things nancy and that's why you're channel is so good and important. but sorting your listening seems to be working well. we saw some of your organizational skills and a notebook in the video with abby. systems and i don't go well together. i like happenstance but i can never find anything and sometimes don't know why i've walked into a room. i recently got deeply into roxy music's eponymous debut: i don't know why i did i just did and i like that. i've been enjoying putting spotify playlists together and that's been fun. thanks for this nice surprise.
Love this take, Alan. Although I'd say my relationship with organisation is inconsistent at best. Would you believe me if I told you I can't keep a tidy home to save my life?
What great music did you discover in last year?
the waeve. band of graham Coxon (ex blur) and rose Dougal. of passing interest beabadoobee. english teacher.
one off track, old school classic rock, just been listening to it, blodwyn pig 'see my way'.
taking a break to have a cuppa then i'm going to watch the main video ( ,no this isn't a song title).
Oh, so much!!!!
Here's a sampling:
Rocket
Clairo
Alcest
Ekko Astral
Fathom
Porridge Radio
Haley Heynderickx
Illuminati Hotties
The Microphones
Cloud Nothings
Astronoid
Fievel Is Glauque
Car Seat Headrest
Melody's Echo.Chamber
Water From Your Eyes
Omg, and YES--LIZ PHAIR! I just discovered that album a couple of months ago! It's great! It's so so so delicious!
A lot of synthesizer music and avant garde music as new discoveries
But I definitely reconnected with old music like The Rolling Stones and John Lennon
dEUS "The Ideal Crash" (1999)
Joan As Policewoman. I had only heard her in passing, and one day late last year I heard The Barbarian again and it really hit me. The whole "The Solution Is Restless" album is amazing.
I so appreciate that you have a system, Nancy. Thank you for sharing it. I make all these playlists with all the new stuff I want to listen to but they inevitably get unruly. Stuff does manage to sink in but hardly anything sinks in the way it did in my youth. Yes, of course that's part of it. Nothing will ever become part of my soul to the extent the Beatles did and that's not only because the Beatles are the Beatles, but because I was young and impressionable and also because I had nothing but time to listen to stuff over and over and over and over and over again.
But--and here's where your system comes in--it's also true that when I *do* have time, I have so much more available to me now that it's hard to really just lend my attention to a small number of albums, falling ever deeper into them. So your system is a welcome reminder that just because I *can* listen to a million things doesn't mean I *have to* listen to a million things.
So maybe I'll try proceeding with more intention, keeping my playlists to maybe three albums each. I'll see what happens.
I am so with you on Willow’s Empathogen. Such a shockingly WONDERFUL and original album. She scored a couple of Grammy nods, but it’s gone practically unnoticed here in the States, mainly because it was pigeonholed as jazz album and ignored by all but the coffee house crowd.
The Cure's new album was probably my favorite album of 24.
It's so good!
Thanks for introducing me to Bobbing.
Aw, thanks so much for the mention, Nancy. It's been an honor to serve.
This was fun! Having watched a lot of your album vids, I always enjoy your breakdowns and analyses. You know your stuff and we share similar tastes. I won't say that today's music doesn't measure up - there's lots of great music - it's just that you have to dig a little deeper to find it. Appreciate that you don't restrict yourself to only new albums - I've got lots in my own collection that I need to revisit. But when I see Todd (I call 'em "slash" chords), Ani, Radiohead (BTW - start with OK Computer!) and Liz Phair on the list, I'll immediately give you the benefit of the doubt on some others that are new to me! Thanks for doing this!
It's always a pleasure to listen to whatever you choose to share with us.
I spent some time listening to old jazz albums that were my mom's in 2024... and found great comfort and pleasure in it.
I have a system too.For the last 60 years (68 on Sunday 🥳) I have my bedrock of the 3 ‘Bs (Bach,Beethoven and the Beatles) supplemented by a deep dive into an artist in any genre.The last three were Nick Drake,Kate Bush and Benjamin Brillen,kicked off by going to a production of his War Requiem,is there a greater work of art in the whole 20th Century except Abbey Road 😂.
Love your show
I appreciate you and thank you for making content.
This channel deserves way more subscriptions. Excellent music discussion. From the list Improvement Movement really caught my ear. Thanks for the discovery
I'm so glad to hear it! I rate the whole album. I hope you enjoy!
Genius!
Fantastic! I'm only familiar with a total of one of those 24 albums - and "How Are You?" is my favourite on it, too. I'm a sucker for a bouncy piano-crotchet song.
I'm shamefully bad at listening to new albums all the way through, I tend to throw them into the big shuffle bucket which is a terrible way of doing it. But I've really enjoyed The Last Dinner Party's 2024 debut album Prelude To Ecstacy - they have a great vibe and a great ethos, and some real growers on there.
An older one which I wasn't expecting to love as much as I did was Alan Hull's first solo album, Pipedream. It's much more rock than Lindisfarne, which surprised me. The track Money Game is absolutely gorgeous, I can't count how many times I've listened to it on repeat. A wonderful combination of aching melody and tricksy rhythmic choices.
th-cam.com/video/Wvro0Lha2AY/w-d-xo.html
Last Dinner Party really took me by surprise. I'm so pleased that they're doing as well as they are.
I used to have an album or cd come on an hour or so before I have to actually get out of bed for work. Id do that for a week or so. I would find myself in a state of half awake/half sleepiness kind of mode that would cause me to listen to music more deeply. Something would stick in my brain and suddenly, a song or album grew on me. This is how I first listened to All Things Must Pass. Isn’t It a Pity was burned into my soul.
This is a great system, too! Thanks for that!
The way I have been listening to music lately is not album-oriented. I've been listening to Radio Paradise. When I hear a song I like it might tempt me to listen to an album. I think I need to find another human-curated radio station or two I can give a listen to. I will check out some of these albums.
I think you happened upon Radiohead's greatest and most balanced album, by the way. I've listened to most of their stuff and that one is good. I remember listening to Liz Phair and Juliana H. back in the day and really enjoying their stuff too. All the rest is new to me (except Journey and Toto and I have given those a listen back in the day).
Thank you for what you do. I love your passion about music.
I realize that this doesn’t really match up with the music that you usually present but, your comment about sitting and being with the music made me think of one of my favorite albums to lay back ( ideally with good headphones) , relax and give myself over to the melodic enchantments of the music. The album is “ Close to the Edge “. Yes is usually classified as prog-rock which most people think is going to be loud, complicated and raucous. Close to the Edge is only loud if you set the volume too high. There are so many beautiful passages on this particular piece that I really love for their melodic , ethereal beauty. It’s a long piece ( 18 minutes, 42 seconds), so plan on taking some time to listen to its intricacies. It will be worth it. BTW, I’m aware that Yes may end up not being your cup of tea ( my daughter once looked at me in bewilderment saying, “Dad, this album only has three songs on it!”) , however, I’ve suggested people who usually listen to classical to try it and have gotten a lot of positive feedback. So anyway, this is my suggestion for music to lay back and give a serious listen to. 😎
PS; I try to listen to music that I haven’t heard before, all the time. I do like new twists on older music as well. Playing for Change is a fantastic project and uses musicians from literally around the world to recreate old and new favorites. Well worth checking out.
Thanks for the rec! Close To The Edge is the first Yes album I ever owned, although it's been a while since I last gave it a good listen. Maybe I'll make it one of my first three albums for February!
@ Yay! 😎
Last year was a definitely a wild one because I played music while I was driving or at work before I actually played the music I made from a playlist
Sudden memory...an interview with Joni Mitchell in the 90's (?) in which she said "I like what Cheap Trick are doing'. So there you go...
Very informative and most enjoyable! I'm interested in hearing quite a few of these albums you've mentioned! If I may make suggestions? If you haven't heard this yet, I recommend either "Overnight Sensation" or "Apostrophe" by Frank Zappa: classic stuff and Zappa at his best. I also recommend "Goodthing" by Bette Smith: she is a modern day R&B singer from New York whom I just discovered recently--this is her latest album and, dare I say, her best (and, whew, she has released some excellent albums in the last few years)!
Great, thanks very much for the recs!
My method for discovering new music I would relate closely to a tree. Where in I plant a bases with certain artists in certain times and branch out from there ie: Sgt. Peppers/psychedelia, Mitski/Modern music
The Much Much How How . . . this reminds me of Ween's The Molusk, which I recmoned checking out if you have never tried it.
Great album!
I'll check that out now, thanks!
You mean the subjunctive mood.
Glad you said that. That's what I thought she must mean.
a. in my opinion readiohead lost something after 2001, i do recommend everything they did before but kid a and insomniac is more techno so i don't know if you will vibe with it.
b. if you take recommends from viewers i think you will enjoy the album emotion by carly rae jepsen, also the album stand up to your mother by the band young and sexy which was the last album i had a physical cd of.
c. the most contemporary music that i listen to and enjoyed is cowboy carter by beyonce.
This ammount of planning stresses me out. It’s like going on vacation with my girlfriend lol
Nice system and overview. I also was impressed with Willow's album. I don't know about the nepo baby thing though. Who ?
Ah, "nepo" as in "nepotism". She's Will Smith's daughter.
@@fathommusicnz Thanks, I knew what repo means, I just didn't know who she was related to. Thanks for the clarification. Love your vid's.
Hi great video what is the spelling of the name of the artist who released En Fin please? I'm seeming to hane trouble finding them
Santi Ló. Here is last year's new album: open.spotify.com/album/3btUmkJrlCehaBINivv1xg?si=ewDCPVWcQS2BJUOBBXrPMA
cheap trick are infectious. juliana hatfield's beautiful creature is a good album: 'hotels' is a favourite and 'when you loved me' heart wrenching. thinking further afield i watched thomas ades's opera the tempest on TH-cam and that blew my mind.
if rolling stones 500 songs knocked on my door canvassing i would tell them i'm a bit of an atheist when it comes to their good book. ' but don't you ever think there's a higher power guiding you' they'd say. no I hear things and make up my own mind, i would tell them. if they offered to pray for me, well then it would pain me, but i'd have to tell them to naff off.
i know you have to remain on top of things nancy and that's why you're channel is so good and important. but sorting your listening seems to be working well. we saw some of your organizational skills and a notebook in the video with abby. systems and i don't go well together. i like happenstance but i can never find anything and sometimes don't know why i've walked into a room. i recently got deeply into roxy music's eponymous debut: i don't know why i did i just did and i like that.
i've been enjoying putting spotify playlists together and that's been fun. thanks for this nice surprise.
Love this take, Alan. Although I'd say my relationship with organisation is inconsistent at best. Would you believe me if I told you I can't keep a tidy home to save my life?
@fathommusicnz i believe i applaud, simpatico. we've both got art to think of.