What are you listening to?

[mongers]

I never listened to him much. I only know him from his live  work with Pink Floyd and his one big single, Birds of Paradise.

Exactly the same here, though I keep meaning to check out his albums, but never get around to it.

[Jacob]

Listening to the Irish Rover as sung by the Dubliners and the Pogues.

[Savonarola]

Miles Davis - In a Silent Way (1968)

I see a critic from Blender described this as a proto-ambient masterpiece (and he meant that as a compliment.)  This is the beginning of Davis's electric period.  It doesn't really sound by like a precursor to Brian Eno's solo music; it sounds more like a low-key Bitches Brew (Davis's next album.)  It's certainly more accessible (and much shorter) than Bitches Brew.

[Gaijin de Moscu]

I'm listening to the sound of my fireplace and my dog gnawing on a piece of wood.

So peaceful.

[Malthus]

The Hu - Wolf Totem. My son likes to lift weights to this.

[Josephus]

The Hu - Wolf Totem. My son likes to lift weights to this.

Can't believe a band can get away calling themselves The Hu

[Eddie Teach]

Hu's the band on stage?

[The Minsky Moment]

  It doesn't really sound by like a precursor to Brian Eno's solo music

No that claim makes no sense for In a Silent Way.  There was a lot of music around that time that was trying to bridge the gap between bop and rock using a "chill" vibe - the first Charles Lloyd quartet comes to mind with Dream Weaver and Forest Flower.  ECM was founded in 69/70 and focused heavily on this style.

The proto-ambient claim could have made for more sense applied to On the Corner, which originally was conceived as blend of Stockhausen with a funk beat except it didn't quite turn out as planned. 

[garbon]

The  Weeknd - Dawn FM (album)

Lovely faux-80s vibes though I'm not sure on my first listen that I can recall any specific song lyrics.

[Syt]

Since you people are a sophisticated bunch, has anyone here tried Idagio? It brands itself as the go to place for streaming classical music. Spotify has a lot, of course, but sorting through it is woefully painful, because e.g. "Artist" for a symphony might list the composer, or the orchestra, or the conductor and there is no consistency between how the various distributors maintain their libraries on there.

[The Minsky Moment]

It's true that the conventional streaming services make a mess of indexing Western concert music.  That said, with experience it's usually not hard to find what you are looking for (if you know what you are looking for).  the service looks intriguing, but it would mean carrying another full price streaming app.  I don't think the economics work unless that's the only music you listen to.

[Syt]

Eskimo Callboy have released a new video and it returns to the 80s stylings of their Hypa Hypa clip: https://youtu.be/OnzkhQsmSag

I don't think it's quite as catchy as some of their other recent songs (Hypa Hypa, We got the moves, Love/Hate), but I did get somewhat extracted by the visuals. 

And they recorded an acoustic ballad version of the song, too. 

https://youtu.be/e3Gy9bylFOo

[Savonarola]

I was reading an anthology of poetry and came across the following from the Elizabethan poet Thomas Dekker:

Golden slumbers kiss your eyes,
Smiles awake you when you rise ;
Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby,
Rock them, rock them, lullaby.

Care is heavy, therefore sleep you,
You are care, and care must keep you ;
Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby,
Rock them, rock them, lullaby.

I didn't know that's where Paul McCartney cribbed those lyrics from.  (The anthology was from 1941 almost 30 years before Abbey Road.)

[Gaijin de Moscu]

I'm listening to a lecture on the nature of good and evil by an Orthodox Christian theologian.

[Syt]

New excellent video by Indian metal band Bloodywood, Aaj (Today).

Great energy, and a the lyrics a great motivational pick-me-up. 

https://youtu.be/kgvH6tX4Ej0

They previously released the Gaddaar, another (angrier) banger that criticized the corrupt and divisive politics in India:

https://youtu.be/7iKjSCTxke8

Can't wait for their album to come out next month. They're in Vienna in March, and I would very much love to see them live, Corona permitting. 

They're often labeled "folk" metal because they incorporate Indian instruments and stylistic elements, but they sounds too "modern" to be "truly" folk metal IMHO. Wiki lists them as folk and nu metal, and sure, they have a melodic vocalist who does the Hindi lyrics, and a more rap-ish singer who does the English lyrics, I feel it does them a disservice considering how maligned the genre generally is.