Obscure music listener's club

[Snuffkin]

Which Murakami books? I've read Sputnik Sweetheart and Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World, and so far my favorite's the latter.

I could probably just send you a .pdf if you wanted, though I also prefer reading them in physical form. I know the Timberland Regional Library System has a copy or two of that circulating.

[enagemegane]

Which Murakami books? I've read Sputnik Sweetheart and Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World, and so far my favorites the latter.

I could probably ujust send you a .pdf if you wanted, though I also prefer reading them in physical form. I know the Timberland Regional Library System has a copy or two of that circulating.

Yeah, I need to read them in physical form. It's the only way! I SHOULD just get em' from the library. I'll probably check next week when my study group is on holiday.

1Q84, Dance Dance Dance, and Kafka on the Shore.

[Snuffkin]

Apparently trying to type one-handed doesn't work too well for me. How were those?

[enagemegane]

Apparently trying to type one-handed doesn't work too well for me. How were those?

I tried opening an orange and typing with one hand before. RIP USB Keyboard.

I usually can't describe something without spoiling it because I get too excited, (sigh) yes I'm that person.
But I can say that I liked them all, mostly Dance Dance Dance. -I just deleted an entire paragraph because I did it again after typing "because"-


Edit: I reaaally want to read Wind Up Bird.

[Snuffkin]

Sputnik was alright, if a little anticlimactic and a little unsatisfying ending-wise. Hardboiled Wonderland was a goddamned masterpiece, and the only problems with it whatsoever was the amount of pop-cultural references and how the plotting needed to be stretched to establish the proper mood.

[enagemegane]

Sputnik was alright, if a little anticlimactic and a little unsatisfying ending-wise. Hardboiled Wonderland was a goddamned masterpiece, and the only problems with it whatsoever was the amount of pop-cultural references and how the plotting needed to be stretched to establish the proper mood.

Hardboiled is now on my MUST READ list.

[enagemegane]

I wish I could drum like I was in a Japanese math-rock band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3AQwcA4ZEs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qsXxKawUos



Also random vocaloid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN16vzyaCzs

[Snuffkin]

Ein Astronaut:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXxMbiUN-YA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDwsKH1hHBI
Cody Weber may be an emotionally shallow, priggish bordeline piece of human-shaped sputum, but at least he's a pretty good musician. It's kinda like Kurt Cobain: a weak, dimwitted (he managed to misspell Buddha in his suicide note) emo kid who was also a damned good artist.

Scala & Kolacny Brothers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axrqVfuGHh0
Some of my favorite vocals in any music ever.

Dog Fashion Disco:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW5DJMLXD4c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRB5tQbhPV4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijE4I32bang

[enagemegane]

Ein Astronaut:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXxMbiUN-YA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDwsKH1hHBI
Cody Weber may be an emotionally shallow, priggish bordeline piece of human-shaped sputum, but at least he's a pretty good musician. It's kinda like Kurt Cobain: a weak, dimwitted (the latter managed to misspell Buddha in his suicide note) emo kid who was also a damned good artist.

Scala & Kolacny Brothers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axrqVfuGHh0
Some of my favorite vocals in any music ever.

Dog Fashion Disco:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW5DJMLXD4c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRB5tQbhPV4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijE4I32bang

Wow, they were all pretty awesome. Though I've yet to listen to all of the songs (since I listened to one of each).

I got hardcore frisson from Scala & Kolacny.

[Snuffkin]

I'm in a bit of a punk mood right now, so...

Anti-Nowhere League:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH7pOUm5s9k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvCbzfieLLA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvCbzfieLLA

Dead Kennedys (not exactly obscure, but so what? They were kickass, they deserved some measure of success.):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A95yLXVgrn4 My favorite song of theirs, mostly for the lyrics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_McNViN7js
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI_hozYGZ9k

[Snuffkin]

I normally hate anything that sounds even a little like screamo, but this is pretty damn good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3xbsvf8Srw

[Brasse]

Contribuchion toiyme

Anna von Hausswolff - Funeral Pop/Drone Pop
Killdozer Heavy Blues-rock/Stoner Rock
The 21st Century Monads - Various
Häxhammaren - Organ-driven Psychedelic Pop/Jazz
Trummor & Orgel - Organ-driven Psychedelic Pop/Jazz
Hansson & Karlsson - Organ-driven Psychedelic Pop/Jazz
Teeth of Lions Rule The Divine - Drone Metal

Mah bad if it isn't obscure enough.

[Snuffkin]

Killdozer's awesome, not too familiar with the other stuff.

[Snuffkin]

Metz:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4KkZI7ebPg

Neutral Milk Hotel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2NJ-alquqM

Why is it that songs about beating your significant other or killing and/or raping kids are always so great?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtqPlB-oC4w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeuAIrUkXRA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jItz-uNjoZA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6JzT0LulvE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuCs1aKzWiQ

[Brasse]

Dead Kennedys, obscure? Right.

[Snuffkin]

Like I already said, they ain't obscure but they're still awesome. Just be thankful I didn't post any Tool.

[enagemegane]

I rediscovered 24 Effects in my old MP3 player.

It's a bunch of awesome remixes of Yume Nikki songs.
http://vgsoundtrack.blogspot.com/2010/1 ... fects.html

Also:
Hotline Miami soundtrack is sooo good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKD-MVfC9Ag

Sort of related I should add some Kavinsky:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5FKNViujeM

Fleet Foxes make good adventure music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFrWak4hU2Y

Maps & Atlases too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSlA7x98Yfw

Lastly Active Child:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-OoisekXIA

[Snuffkin]

La Dispute:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIIzxeBUqug
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCtgFS0zMI8

If the vocalist were replaced by James Maynard Keynen or Ian Curtis' ghost, this would probably become my favorite band ever. As it stands, they're pretty okay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_FWA6HTmis
... Okay, yeah, they're still pretty fucking good.
King Crimson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufNetZfgoTk

Devo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 43gKl9xIME

A Perfect Circle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDSUu38rMmw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0aBncEcCHE

Some Big Black. I know I've already posted some Steve Albini stuff, but that's because he's awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89af3LcuzAo

Goddamn do I love those lyrics.
"On the wall there's another earth
At my neck there's another knife
Another wrinkle in my skin
Another kick that I can't feel
I started out hating myself and when I'm through
I've gotta have something to hate, and I guess it's you
Man's gotta have something to hate, guess I'll do
And when I'm through with myself, I'll start on you"

[Brasse]

Have some music from the stoner rock spectrum! I'm using the term in a very broad way.

Kamchatka
The Egocentrics
Nadja, perfect for the winter.
The Heavy Eyes
Witch Mountain

[Ninja]

For the past several years, I've been getting music pretty much exclusively from Bob42jh. He makes mixtapes of cool finds of the jazzy/melodic hip hop variety and posts them for free. I believe he gets to know many of the artists he features, but this is unclear a bit. He doesn't upload much to his YouTube channel, but posts links on Facebook quite frequently.

Some samples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g6FxnkkViA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfI7cqnkAyc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8HrvjQL06I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i1S2TBfVeg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu3vfI0vNZA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfIDn5rEtRA

Also, Blockhead is all kinds of awesome.