l0u1s jagg3r's 23 Best Songs Of The Decade!

I'd like to hear frogbs take on the Lapsus record.

Your description of The Terse Crimp is bang on LJ, I love that song.

I'm sure I've said this before, don't sleep on the Sea Nymphs records and also the Shrubbies record which was produced by Tim.

http://shrubbies.bandcamp.com/

Ah this is cool. Forgot to say that North Sea Radio Orchestra's last album (I A Moon) is really superb and not far from any Top 50 list I could make (it's also dedicated to Tim Smith, albeit a little folkier and mellower than Cardiacs usually are). Similar personnel to Shrubbies iirc.

ah yes, the 'nice little songs then monster title-track wig-out' trick. tends to obscure the littler songs a bit

good album tho

last two tracks bringing the epic as well tbf

I've heard the other two NSRO albums, both of them are pretty good. They sound a lot like Penguin Cafe Orchestra but I like NSRO better. You may like Birds a lot if you haven't heard it.

Just heard the Ulver album, metal isn't really in my wheelhouse (yet) but this is much different than that, very interesting and definitely not something I can really discern on one listen. I decided to listen to an earlier Ulver album too and it's very interesting, I can see why you like them.

Now listening to Mansun - Six...reminds me a bit of Mars Volta but not quite as over-the-top or obnoxious. Very good stuff so far.

lj what do you think of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6GUq__yp24

deeply melancholy, effective synth build, simple melodic themes; basically a 3-minute mogwai song without guitars

v pretty but without the complexity or subtlety of narrative that really sets me off

some solo eno does appeal to me; my favourite stuff is on 'here come the warm jets', especially the cataclysmic descent into misanthropy that is 'driving me backwards'

my favourite stuff is on 'here come the warm jets'

my man!

jets is the most lj friendly of the 70s song lps for sure

do you know on land? probably the most lj friendly of the ambient serie

Not at all. May investigate. I'd like to get into electronic music more, but artists like NWW, Current 93 etc have punishingly enormous discographies, dissuading me from the whole enterprise. Even The Fall took a long time to click.