Barbelith Underground > Radio & Music > A 'What are you listening to?' thread

Based on the example of the long-running thread in the Books forum, here's a thread where you can pop in any time you like and tell the world about music you're enjoying.. because boring friends and passersby with it all day long can become a bit of a problem after a while..

I'm going for;

Oneida – Secret Wars
Obviously. Another plug for my review. The track 'Wild Horses' is worth the entry price alone as far as I’m concerned.. it’s the sound of my psyche-rock dreams.. it’s totally the blueprint for what Henry Mountain & The Fucking Wizards should sound like! "I walk into darkness.."

The Bonzo Dog Band – Keynsham

I haven’t paid this album much attention in the past, possibly because it doesn’t have any of the more obvious comedy songs that characterise the other Bonzos albums, but going back to it now that I’ve got a bit more of a taste for zany late-60s pop, it’s absolutely superb! Tracks like "Quiet Talks and Summer Walks" are so fantastically put together it’s hard to tell whether they were meant as parodies of Sgt. Pepper style British baroque pop, or just plain superb examples of it.. and "You Done My Brain In" and "Tent" are absolute blasts, sounding weirdly like a 60s version of the Electric Six; “Let’s take a taxi to my TENT!” Obviously it’s really funny too, in that 'gentle olde english weirdness' way they do so well.

Gram Parsons – GP / Grievous Angel

Got this out of the library. What can I possibly say? It’s well good.

John Coltrane – Giant Steps

My latest attempt to understand jazz begins here. Although I think 'understand' is the wrong word, cos this sounds absolutely staggeringly beautiful, and yet I have not the slightest idea why or how or what.. I think it’s more of a feeling thing than a knowing thing, but then again it might be something else entirely..

Mudhoney - Since We Became Translucent

This is an absolute revelation! The first track sounds more like Acid Mothers Temple than 'Superfuzz Bigmuff', and it's followed by a bunch of the most rockin' Mudhoney tunes in years, enhanced by extra horns and psychedelic freakouts.. this album is what the MC5's 'High Time' should have sounded like but didn't. Congratulations to Mudhoney for emerging out of embarrassing post-grunge oblivion with a totally kick-ass album that expands their sound into cool new places.