The Monthly Music Trading Post

LoathsomePete · 06-28-2009, 11:01 AM

Alright we've got 8 people including me signed up for this week, so here's the list.

LoathsomePete - Anteater
Awwsugar - FaSho
Piss Me Off - gunnels
crash_override - The Abominable Homan

Send off those albums people then come back here with your opinion on the album you receive. Also, I am not taking applicants for next week (July 4th, 2009)

Arya Stark · 06-28-2009, 11:02 AM

Hahaha Dustin. <3

Good, I think he's one of the few on that list with a similar taste in music.

FaSho · 06-28-2009, 11:04 AM

Sounds fun. I'll find something right now.

LoathsomePete · 06-29-2009, 12:09 PM

First Impressions

Anteater sent me 1995 by the band Screaming Headless Torso along with the description "I think you'll enjoy these guys quite a bit. They're a jazz fusion band with a lot of funk, energy and hip-hop sensibility, led by insanely talented guitarist David Fiuczynski and vocalist extraordinaire Dean Bowman. Great stuff!"

I'm still undecided on whether or not I'll keep it. I found them to be very much like the Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band album lucifer_sam sent me ages ago. Now not exactly sound wise, but in the sense that it was some good music, but left me feeling unsure of whether or not I'd listen to it again in a sober mindset. I was perhaps not in the greatest mindset yesterday when I was listening to it because I was suffering from lack of sleep, an empty stomach, and a bit too much sun so perhaps I didn't give it the attention it truly deserved. The one thing I really did like about the album was the fact that it could transcend so many different styles of music, but do it in a way that it sounded like the band did it all the time. When most artists try and do that transcend between genres they give off a rather mediocre experience, like trying to give two handjobs, a blow job, and DP at once(sorry best analogy I could come up with) but end up giving a rather bland experience for all parties. Screaming Headless Torso didn't give off that impression so already that shows how talented the musicians in the band are. I found myself enjoying their hip hop songs the most, they could lay down some really stellar beats. So I'll give this another listen later on in the week and will probably end up keeping it for those days where I feel like listening to something strange or I'm just fucked out of my mind I don't care what's playing in the background.

The Abominable Homan · 06-29-2009, 06:06 PM

crash_override sent me Screaming Trees - Even If and Especially When

This is a...pretty decent album. This band is basically grunge, with elements of garage rock and whatnot. The songwriting and musicianship is all solid, an makes it worth hearing a few times. My complaints are mostly just that while the music is fairly good, it never really rises above that. There's not much new happening here... you've probably already heard it done by other bands, but they do what they do well at least. Also, I never truly felt the same emotion from the vocalist that I have from other grunge vocalists. Still, it's an ok album to listen to when you don't want anything too challenging.

crash_override · 06-29-2009, 10:06 PM

The Abominal Homan sent me Estradasphere - It's Understood

This album is basically a smorgasborg of different genres which the band switches between whenever they see fit. At times having a jazzy feel, occasionally polka, grindcore, metal, folk and whatever else they feel like it seems. This album will bore you to the verge of death and then pull a complete 180 on you and leave you sayin wtf?, this formula pretty much repeats until the album is finished. They also throw a 'cover' type song of some Hank Williams for a minute. Overall this album was... Intersting, but quite the task to avoid skipping over some tracks. Not bad for a one time listen but I can't see myself wanting to listen to this again.

Overall 4/10

LoathsomePete · 06-29-2009, 10:09 PM

Estradasphere can be a tough band to get into your first time. I remember my older brother gave me that same album first and I went back to him with this perplexed look on my face and he just laughed.

WWWP · 06-29-2009, 11:42 PM

None of my trading partners have said anything about the albums I've sent them.

Fruitonica · 06-30-2009, 03:00 AM

Mine tend not to either, it's sad.

Bulldog · 06-30-2009, 06:01 AM

No-one said a thing about my Vieux Farka Toure album either. It can't have been that bad.

06-28-2009, 11:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Alright we've got 8 people including me signed up for this week, so here's the list. LoathsomePete - Anteater Awwsugar - FaSho Piss Me Off - gunnels crash_override - The Abominable Homan Send off those albums people then come back here with your opinion on the album you receive. Also, I am not taking applicants for next week (July 4th, 2009) __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

06-29-2009, 12:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	First Impressions Anteater sent me 1995 by the band Screaming Headless Torso along with the description "I think you'll enjoy these guys quite a bit. They're a jazz fusion band with a lot of funk, energy and hip-hop sensibility, led by insanely talented guitarist David Fiuczynski and vocalist extraordinaire Dean Bowman. Great stuff!" I'm still undecided on whether or not I'll keep it. I found them to be very much like the Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band album lucifer_sam sent me ages ago. Now not exactly sound wise, but in the sense that it was some good music, but left me feeling unsure of whether or not I'd listen to it again in a sober mindset. I was perhaps not in the greatest mindset yesterday when I was listening to it because I was suffering from lack of sleep, an empty stomach, and a bit too much sun so perhaps I didn't give it the attention it truly deserved. The one thing I really did like about the album was the fact that it could transcend so many different styles of music, but do it in a way that it sounded like the band did it all the time. When most artists try and do that transcend between genres they give off a rather mediocre experience, like trying to give two handjobs, a blow job, and DP at once(sorry best analogy I could come up with) but end up giving a rather bland experience for all parties. Screaming Headless Torso didn't give off that impression so already that shows how talented the musicians in the band are. I found myself enjoying their hip hop songs the most, they could lay down some really stellar beats. So I'll give this another listen later on in the week and will probably end up keeping it for those days where I feel like listening to something strange or I'm just fucked out of my mind I don't care what's playing in the background. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

06-29-2009, 06:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
The Abominable Homan Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Indiana Posts: 281	crash_override sent me Screaming Trees - Even If and Especially When This is a...pretty decent album. This band is basically grunge, with elements of garage rock and whatnot. The songwriting and musicianship is all solid, an makes it worth hearing a few times. My complaints are mostly just that while the music is fairly good, it never really rises above that. There's not much new happening here... you've probably already heard it done by other bands, but they do what they do well at least. Also, I never truly felt the same emotion from the vocalist that I have from other grunge vocalists. Still, it's an ok album to listen to when you don't want anything too challenging. __________________ Rate Your Musics Last edited by The Abominable Homan; 06-29-2009 at 06:21 PM.

06-29-2009, 10:09 PM	#7 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Estradasphere can be a tough band to get into your first time. I remember my older brother gave me that same album first and I went back to him with this perplexed look on my face and he just laughed. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

06-30-2009, 03:00 AM	#9 (permalink)
Fruitonica Pale and Wan Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Aus Posts: 917	Mine tend not to either, it's sad.

06-30-2009, 06:01 AM	#10 (permalink)
Bulldog why bother? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Posts: 4,840	No-one said a thing about my Vieux Farka Toure album either. It can't have been that bad.