Xpost - Martyn probably makes it for some of his post-peak work like Grace and Danger (which I love). One World has some perfectly appropriate songs but feels a bit too willfully eclectic?
― Tim F, Monday, 23 November 2015 20:58 (eight years ago) link
some fun trolling and beef too e.g. flopson and aero
― Tim F, Tuesday, November 17, 2015 9:33 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
fondly remember this beef
― flopson, Monday, 23 November 2015 21:12 (eight years ago) link
lol aw when flopson called him an unfun crank and aero said i'm sorry
― k3vin k., Monday, 23 November 2015 21:21 (eight years ago) link
:'-)
― Tim F, Monday, 23 November 2015 21:27 (eight years ago) link
I've only gone as far as One World so excited for the other two recommendations. "Sweet Little Mystery" strikes me as a perfect sophistipop song
― Heez, Monday, 23 November 2015 22:04 (eight years ago) link
"Grace and Danger" is actually just one album btw. Stuff after that might also be good but that's as far as I have gone.
― Tim F, Monday, 23 November 2015 23:08 (eight years ago) link
Yeah "Sweet Little Mystery" is the song from One World I was thinking of, "Small Hours" for avant-sophisto.
― Tim F, Monday, 23 November 2015 23:09 (eight years ago) link
Hang on....Grace and Danger is his peak!
― yugi ex, Monday, 23 November 2015 23:14 (eight years ago) link
one world is my favorite martyn record, it feels like it's going in every direction at once. "small hours" crushes me
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 23 November 2015 23:23 (eight years ago) link
― yugi ex, Monday, November 23, 2015 11:14 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I should have put "peak" in inverted commas. I think it's fabulous but it's not (or doesn't seem to be) feted in the way that a lot of the 70s albums are - also meant to say "Sweet Little Mystery" is the song from Grace and Danger I was thinking of first and foremost.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 24 November 2015 00:31 (eight years ago) link
Ah, I've been listening to the "Bless the Weather" comp and looking at my favorites from there, it would be a tough choice btwn Grace & Danger or One World. I've never seen a John Martyn thread on ilx! The vocal part on "Small Hours" is basically heaven.
― Heez, Tuesday, 24 November 2015 01:49 (eight years ago) link
One World contains some truly awesome compass point aqua funk
― brimstead, Tuesday, 24 November 2015 01:52 (eight years ago) link
"Big Muff" is amazing and completely singular but (in part because of that) I don't think I'd describe it as sophistipop.
I also listen to Inside Out heaps and heaps, which strangely doesn't seem to get talked about very much.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 24 November 2015 03:33 (eight years ago) link
"Big Muff"
― niels, Tuesday, 24 November 2015 10:28 (eight years ago) link
Well, that too.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 24 November 2015 10:35 (eight years ago) link
Danish band Liss have a sophistipop thing going, more on "Always" than "Try", but "Try" is great too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qXPPHhs6nk
― niels, Saturday, 28 November 2015 11:35 (eight years ago) link
Does Thomas Dolby fit the sophisti-pop handle? The Flat Earth is pretty damn fine. It's Immaterial's Song is excellent, too.
― Poacher (Chinaski), Saturday, 28 November 2015 13:33 (eight years ago) link
(Thomas Dolby also produced three Prefab Sprout records, including Steve McQueen)
― lazyitis, Sunday, 29 November 2015 06:27 (eight years ago) link
Not quite as luxurious and sophisticated as Kaputt or Avalon, but still quite enjoyable: China Crisis Flaunt the Imperfection and What Price Paradise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpbpxjSzZo
― lazyitis, Sunday, 29 November 2015 06:35 (eight years ago) link
Just discovered Gigi Masin. I'm only on the album opener from "Talk To The Sea" (2015), but I'm already impressed. Echoes of Tea In The Sahara-era Sting! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iq6vNW6Bh4
― pplasma, Monday, 30 November 2015 16:10 (eight years ago) link
ooh, that's lovely. good share!
― artisanally blended vape juice smoothie (bernard snowy), Monday, 30 November 2015 16:18 (eight years ago) link
so i picked up a shift last night at my bar on "college tuesday"...put this on and got surprising reactions. Lots of "who's this?" and to top it off Song for America actually had people dancing and sexy girl dancing. Although there were a few odd looks during the whole animals...deaths embrace thing. Meanwhile I was doing lots of pelvic thrusts behind the bar. Im sure this is exactly what Bejar was going for.― Beardie you disappoint me (chrisv2010), Wednesday, January 26, 2011 9:14 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Beardie you disappoint me (chrisv2010), Wednesday, January 26, 2011 9:14 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this post still haunts me whenever i listen to this record
― ciderpress, Monday, 30 November 2015 17:25 (eight years ago) link
China Crisis Flaunt the Imperfection is great! good recommendations itt
Danish singer/songwriter CV Jørgensen's late masterpiece Sjælland has more of a 90s vibe, but not far off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tujEAbQIwXo
― niels, Monday, 30 November 2015 19:38 (eight years ago) link
2)Al Stewart- Year of the Cat― Why because she True and Interesting (President Keyes), Tuesday, November 17, 2015 1:36 PM (3 weeks ago)
― Why because she True and Interesting (President Keyes), Tuesday, November 17, 2015 1:36 PM (3 weeks ago)
had somehow never heard this song/album but holy shit it would fit right in on kaputt
― gr8080, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 16:04 (eight years ago) link
You've never heard Year of the Cat? Must be a youngster!
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 19:13 (eight years ago) link
i wouldnt really associate year of the cat with kaputt except for maybe the title track, the rest is too earnest and folky to sound like destroyer ever
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 19:18 (eight years ago) link
Year of the Cat is great, and a good point of reference - Kaputt is (among other things) a perfect mix of sophistipop and yacht rock, Al Stewart's a good yacht rock example
― niels, Thursday, 10 December 2015 15:03 (eight years ago) link
i've always thought of al stewart as being the precursor to stuff like the decemberists, okkervil river, that sort of earnest high-concept storytelling rock, rather than the cynical smooth dudes that take after yacht rock. he's kind of an oddball in rock history in that way, probably why he's been largely forgotten while a lot of his peers get canonized
― ciderpress, Thursday, 10 December 2015 18:25 (eight years ago) link
point taken
― niels, Thursday, 10 December 2015 18:30 (eight years ago) link
kaputt
― ciderpress, Saturday, 28 May 2016 03:50 (seven years ago) link
not sure if i should be embarrassed by how much of spotify's prefabbed "Late Night Indie" playlist overlaps with my own playlists
― ciderpress, Saturday, 28 May 2016 03:53 (seven years ago) link
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― gr8080, Tuesday, 13 September 2016 15:51 (seven years ago) link
i was thinking about this album just yesterday, and how it's just about that time of year
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 16:51 (seven years ago) link
http://springfieldop.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/StCat_ToTheServentOf_God_IMG_0121.jpg
― nomar, Tuesday, 13 September 2016 16:53 (seven years ago) link
holy cow, Destroyer is playing here on Friday??
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Monday, 31 October 2016 12:39 (seven years ago) link
I think his current tour is just a solo acoustic one
― ufo, Monday, 31 October 2016 12:53 (seven years ago) link
fine by me!
show's at a tiny-ass campus venue, and, other than bejar himself, i will probably be the oldest person there
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Monday, 31 October 2016 13:03 (seven years ago) link
that sounds perfect
― niels, Monday, 31 October 2016 13:15 (seven years ago) link
11/01/16 Milwaukee, WI Colectivo Coffee Solo performance Add to google calendar11/02/16 Chicago, IL Art Institute of Chicago Solo performance Add to google calendar11/03/16 Madison, WI The Sett (University of Wisconsin) Solo performance Add to google calendar11/05/16 Northampton, MA Iron Horse Music Hall Solo performance Add to google calendar11/06/16 London, ON The Aeolian Performing Arts Solo performance Add to google calendar11/07/16 Halifax, NS The Seahorse Tavern Solo performance Add to google calendar11/08/16 Quebec City, QC Le Cercle Solo performance Add to google calendar11/10/16 Hamilton, ON Mills Hardware Solo performance Add to google calendar11/11/16 Saskatoon, SK Amigo's Solo performance Add to google calendar11/12/16 Calgary, AB Festival Hall Solo performance Add to google calendar
definitely an interesting choice of tour dates
― harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver), Monday, 31 October 2016 17:31 (seven years ago) link
weird -- the show here isn't on there
(it may not ~actually~ be open to the public)
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Monday, 31 October 2016 18:39 (seven years ago) link
thought we had a "sounds like kaputt" thread...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D8L40-WuIM
― gr8080, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 21:01 (seven years ago) link
roxy mentioned above but this one was sounding especially Kaputt-y last weekhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsTyNcmiXm0
― tylerw, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 21:08 (seven years ago) link
Avalon was the OG inspiration mentioned in all the interviews / press releases iirc, and Kaputt was actually my way into Avalon
beautiful track
― niels, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 13:02 (seven years ago) link
Always thought Lindsey Buckingham's Trouble had some Kaputt like elements:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO1sQPs3U8k
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 16:17 (seven years ago) link
def.
― gr8080, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 17:05 (seven years ago) link
Perhaps Mirage scratches a bit of the same itch - ethereal vibe with focus on melody and percussion
― niels, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 17:46 (seven years ago) link
Buckingham track is smooth as hell
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 21:25 (seven years ago) link
the laziest river is soo good
― just another (diamonddave85), Thursday, 16 February 2017 17:54 (seven years ago) link
yup
― niels, Thursday, 16 February 2017 17:55 (seven years ago) link
you’re a permanent figure of jacked up sorrowI want you to love me
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 10 January 2018 21:46 (six years ago) link