Who are you currently obsessed with musically ?

[stonerblue]

Cracking band, got tickets to see them next March at the Apollo.

As for me, Kurt Vile has been putting out incredible stuff consistently for years. This was his last single (although I think he's just done a cover of a velvet underground tune for a compilation album coming out soon).

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[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

Keane, great band and v good live

Clarkie?

 

[Bill Walker]

I am still discovering Neil Young in all his genre-defying guises.

I was pretty obsessed with his 1st Album for quite a while, then After the Goldrush.
Both superb.
That was like 50 years ago.
Bloody hell.

 

[BimboBob]

Idles and Billy Strings

Not Strings and Billy Idles?

 

[PragueBlue]

Mostly opera and classical (especially Dvorak, Mahler and Smetana).

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

Amy Winehouse.Been watching some of the docs on telly and realised I might have been missing something.
Not interested in her lifestyle stuff,just her as a performer.

Never really taken to her but been watching some of the recent documentaries - very talented, very sad...........

 

[bluejon]

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Great tune. Particularly fond of the Smoke Ring For My Halo album, one of those albums i usually listen to from start to finish when it goes on.

 

[journolud]

Currently listening to a few complete Beatles albums - not something I've done before although I enjoy many of their popular songs.

Been listening to lots of albums from two of my favourite artists: John Mellencamp and Beck.

Re: You comment about reading/watching anything by an artist - I went one stage further earlier this year. I researched and wrote a detailed article about one of my favourite albums of all time - "Living With The Law" by Chris Whitley. Whitley is a criminally underrated artist who sadly died in 2005, but not before releasing about 16 albums. As a singer/guitarist/poetic lyricist, he is a prime candidate for people discovering his music and wondering why the hell he isn't more well known.

In the spirit of spreading knowledge of his work as far and as wide as possible, here's my article on on the "Living With The Law" album and also one on "Dust Radio: A Film About Chris Whitley".

Living With The Law – Chris Whitley

Few albums mean as much to me as Living With The Law. Released in 1991, Chris Whitley’s stunning debut album was met with universal praise from critics and fans alike, and nearly thirty years …

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Review – Dust Radio: A Film About Chris Whitley

Dust Radio promo photo – ©2005 Jonathan Mayor Dust Radio: A Film About Chris Whitley Introduction When discussions take place about who might be the greatest guitarist of all time, Chris Whit…

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I've also been listening to a few complete Beatles albums recently, prompted of all things by watching the film Yesterday. I'd previously only really listened to the red and blue compilation albums but there is obviously so much more to explore.

I gave your man Chris Whitley a listen earlier on Spotify, probably unfair to make a quick judgement but didn't sound like my cup of tea. I'm always happy to give new things a go though and might come back to him.

I've been listening to a lot of Jackie Leven:

I don’t know why Jackie Leven isn’t better known – he should be revered | Folk music | The Guardian

The Sexual Loneliness Of Jesus Christ - Jackie Leven - YouTube

I was a big fan of his original group Doll by Doll and especially their "lost classic" album;

Julian Cope presents Head Heritage | Unsung | Reviews | Doll By Doll - Gypsy Blood

The Thin Air | Irish Music & Culture With a Local Accent

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Demis roussos

 

[Stelea]

New album by Garbage really good