Non-Classical Music Listening Thread!

[brewski]

From the 1980 debut album by Japanese new wave band Plastics, "Robot"

[Philo]

Speaking of AI, another massive win for the Insta algorithmic bot.

Landroid's Imperial Dunes: https://landroid.bandcamp.com/album/imperial-dunes



Dream pop in the vein of the Cocteau Twins and Portishead.

[Todd]

[drogulus]

     Hey Clarence, is that a Strat pup in the neck position?

     I didn't much care for this Byrds iteration nothwithstanding Clarence White. It's not really them without Clark, Crosby and Hillman. I did go that weekend, though I don't know if this was from the same show or not.
     

[Philo]

Going way back, Bree Sharp's A Cheap and Evil Girl



One of the many cds I discovered at my favorite store ever, CD Trader, a used cd store - yes, it was the 1990s, lol.

[Philo]

Decided to look up who composed the music for McGee and Me: James Covell, and he composes some excellent music:
Ambient Chill in LA

[steve ridgway]

Aeon Of Horus – Existence

Browsing archive.org for something new to me .

[Kalevala]

Going way back, Bree Sharp's A Cheap and Evil Girl



One of the many cds I discovered at my favorite store ever, CD Trader, a used cd store - yes, it was the 1990s, lol.

That's "way back" [recording is from 1999]?!

Oh Lord, take me now!   

K

[Kalevala]

@Todd

Perhaps you might enjoy this non-pop recording?

Or a live version?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht4kMUsu_Yo&list=RDht4kMUsu_Yo&start_radio=1



K

[Todd]

After learning that an LLM null output may just equate to sacred silence, this is the obvious album to listen to.

[71 dB]

Postman delivered two CD singles ordered from a Discogs seller:

Adamski - The Space Jungle
(MCA Records 1990)

N.R.G. - The Real Hardcore
(R&S Records 1992)

[Philo]

Edu & Judgitz's Nuku:

[Philo]

It is truly amazing what one can find on the web if you are tenacious. Came across a vinyl on Instagram, Nathan Drew Larsen's Prairie Path Frustration, based on the iconic path that runs through the suburbs of Chicago, and as near as I could tell it didn't exist anywhere online that is until you simply searched for the last name and placed quotation marks around the track, and all of a sudden it popped up on this website:

https://www.audiosoulproject.com/a-solo-flight/

A website that just so happened to be an archive for the Fresh Meat Podcast, the label who distributed the vinyl.

Was it worth it - hell yeah!

[Kalevala]

I ran across an article on the BBC's website about a folk/singer/songwriter named Connie Converse who I had not heard of before now.  She was an American composer and guitarist who wrote some very clever and ground-breaking songs, but struggled to find musical success.  So far, I've listened to a couple of her songs on youtube and enjoyed them.

The article is here:  https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260413-the-mystery-of-a-missing-folk-music-pioneer

And you can hear some of her music here: 

K

[Kalevala]

From the NYT today:  "Dave Mason, the English singer, songwriter and guitarist who wrote mainstays of the classic-rock canon like "Feelin' Alright?" and "Only You Know and I Know," and who was a founding member of the seminal band Traffic before starting a successful solo career, died on Sunday at his home in Gardnerville, Nev. He was 79."

More here:  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/arts/music/dave-mason-dead.html

K

[71 dB]

On Spotify:

Jonny L - Politix EP

My favorite track on this release:

[Todd]

Festival season is underway, and I spent yesterday at two different events.  One was a local parade where I was treated to some Mexican music, some teenagers covering Stacy's Mom (sung by a young woman), and a marching band cover of Crazy Train.  (Forty years ago, no one would have even thought of that.)

The second event was a New Year celebration including Cambodian, Laotian, Thai, and Burmese music and dancing.  Most of the music was "folk" music backing the dancing, but some of it was fusion techno-folk, which was quite intriguing.  The Cambodian and Burmese fusion music was most compelling.

[steve ridgway]

Blut Aus Nord – 777 - Sect(s) (Atmospheric Black Metal).

Satisfyingly gloomy and plodding although it has its manic episodes  .

[steve ridgway]

Mother Witch & Dead Water Ghosts – Ruins of Faith

I like the female vocals in this bit of Ukrainian stoner rock. From 2015 when there was plenty of electricity  available for this sort of indulgence  .