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USCHO Music Thread: We All Have A Crush On Shirley Manson

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Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in
(Leonard Cohen)

I listened to that for the first time last night. His lyrics are comforting and I could listen to this all day.
 
This morning:

4 Non Blondes (they have some good stuff beyond "What's Up?)
Lenny Kravitz
Counting Crows
Bosstones
Deftones (White Pony is a better album than I first thought)
Billie Eilish
The Chicks
 
G-ddamn. Mozart, Verdi, and Stravinski tapping their toes in heaven. This is music!

I have two suggested playlists on Spotify that update weekly - one on Mondays and the other on Fridays. The Monday list suggests a deeper dive into artists I've liked and then similar artists that I haven't yet liked. Fridays is new releases. The Monday list when I have time to look around has been my favorite as it's introduced me to stuff like this. Of course it's hit or miss but I otherwise wouldn't find what I have since I got the app. to Z

Actually I forgot about the 6 Daily Lists. Each are slightly different grouping of artists based upon genre and/or eras. What's cool is that I have created a single list that pulls from those 6 lists, and then I sort the songs alphabetically. The lists update regularly, but once I've added them to my created list the songs remain unless I remove them. So when I'm not listening to a full album (my preferred listening method) I almost never have to hear the same song twice over the course of several weeks. That list now has over 2,000 songs.
 
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A pilgrimage to Red Rocks should be a requirement for full US citizenship.

saw Nathaniel Rateliff there tonight for my first visit to Red Rocks. Spiritual is the only word I can think of that describes that experience.
 
A pilgrimage to Red Rocks should be a requirement for full US citizenship.

saw Nathaniel Rateliff there tonight for my first visit to Red Rocks. Spiritual is the only word I can think of that describes that experience.

I love Red Rocks. I've been fortunate enough to see the Grateful Dead, Big Head Todd, REM and The Cure there. For an outdoor venue it ranks very high for me.
 
Honest question, what venues even rank near red rocks?

Although it doesn't have the aesthetics, Alpine Valley in WI is great, and I'd highly rank the Gorge in WA as well as the Hollywood Bowl. I've heard very good things about The Greek but I've never been and can't vouch.
 
Honest question, what venues even rank near red rocks?

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Dalhalla

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Plovdiv

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This morning:

4 Non Blondes (they have some good stuff beyond "What's Up?)
Lenny Kravitz
Counting Crows
Bosstones
Deftones (White Pony is a better album than I first thought)
Billie Eilish
The Chicks

My wife is going to see The Chicks tomorrow. They’re headlining the State Fair. Tonight it’s The Black Keys. Decent lineup of bands this year even if most of them aren’t my thing. I’d have loved to see the Black Keys tonight. I caught them once back in 2008, when they opened for The Black Crowes at…the state fair.
 
Out in Grand Rapids last night for Alter Bridge, supported by Sevendust. AB were very good, but in terms of energy and crowd engagement, Sevendust stole the spotlight. They aren't my favorite style of metal per se, but I was impressed.

Myles Kennedy sounded great for most of AB's set, but looked tired. Mark Tremonti seemed to be enjoying himself, at least in the, "I don't really need to be here, I just love playing, plus this tour is paying for my beach rental in Hawaii this winter" sense. :-p:p
 
Sevendust is a criminally underrated live performance. Like you their music itself isn’t exactly my thing (I like it, kinda, sorta), but I have seen them live numerous times at different shows/festivals. Lajon always brings the energy and gets everyone jumping in short order. Truly impressive.

I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve run into issues at times because of it. Some bands might be scared to have them open.
 
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Kiss Me Deadly, by GenX (William Broad, later known as Billy Idol), recorded in January 1981, sounds exactly like The Replacements.
 
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Yesterday I learned Shirley Manson is 57 years old.

When I was younger, I had a crush on her. When i started transition, i still have a crush on her and she's also Transition Goals.
 
Spotify does it again and no hyperbole this is one of the coolest things I've come across in a long time. GOAT from Sweden. Or are they?

Run To Your Mama (Live)
Live at Le Guess Who?
Live at Glastonbury

A biography from last.fm:

With an unfettered sound influenced by everything from Afro-beat to Anatolian funk, Goat are an experimental psychedelic rock band based out of Gothenburg, Sweden. The band have received acclaim for their explosive, energetic performances, during which they don elaborate masks and costumes, as well as their more structured full-length recordings, including the aptly named 2012 debut World Music and the lush, acoustic-based Requiem (2016).

Not much is known about the mysterious masked band, though an apocryphal back-story claims they are just one of many incarnations over the last 30 years of a group from a small, voodoo-worshiping northern town named Korpilombolo. Goat's sound is a fusion of world music influences, as they create a timelessly psychedelic sound that doesn't feel anchored to any single time or place. In 2012, the band released its first album, World Music, though Rocket Records, followed quickly by a live album, Live Ballroom Ritual, the following year. Teaming up with Sub Pop Records, The Swedish psych outfit returned with the exploratory and motorik Commune in the fall of 2014. After releasing the "It's Time for Fun" and "I Sing in Silence" singles in late 2015 and early 2016, respectively, the mysterious group returned in September of 2016 with its third record, the more acoustic and subdued Requiem. Fuzzed in Europe, a collection of live recordings, appeared in 2017, and the band's soundtrack to horror film Double Date was released for Record Store Day in 2018. Also that year, the band released the single "Let It Burn," written for the short film Killing G?vle.

Before I read that my appropriation sensors were tingling but I dunno this is just cool.
 
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