Q: What are you listening to? A: Shiina Ringo.

I like how this thread was turned into something more legitimate than when I started it. Feel free to also discuss what you are listening to, but then there are already some active threads for that.

Apropos: I moved into a new apartment this summer, with a little more noise insulation from my neighbors (and nobody above or below me). I expected to go through at least big chunks of my CD collection that I hadn't been listening to, but that hasn't happened. In fact, I find myself looking at big chunks of it and wondering why I even have it. Maybe there is wisdom in having very impermanent copies of things. It's not as though I have the money to keep my CDs freshly reflecting what I actually currently like and care about.

Still really liking this Kimbra album. A lot of the time I like the sound of her lyrics as sound. Also, I imagine this will be laughed at by the really experts on what can be done in a studio, but I think the production keeps things interesting. Least favorite track is probably "Plain Gold Ring." I don't know the Nina Simone version, but Kimbra probably shouldn't try being Nina Simone, even for a song.

I can sort of see why people find Kimbra boring, and yet, I'm not sure I feel defensive about it. (What, if anything, am I saying?) Also, I think she has a good sense of rhythm in her delivery, for this type of music.

She's going to be working with these big commercial producers for her next album aimed at a U.S. audience, and I will never like anything she does again.

Anyway Shiina Ringo. This is kind of Shiina Ringo doing Shiina Ringo again, thank goodness:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34BVyR0K_9c

Still haven't managed to hear the third song from this EP in full, which means I have been lazy.

It's another ornate mid-tempo big band track. Primary rhythm instrument is banjo.

Karen Stackpole with Die Elektrischen - Machine Shop
Perfume - JPN
Roedelius Plays Piano - Live 1985
Biber - Violin Sonatas / Sonata Representiva (Romanesca)
Jean C. Roche - Songs Through The Seasons
Louis & Bebe Barron - Bells of Atlantis
Roberto De Simone - "Secondo Coro Delle Lavandale"
Ranta / Lewis / Plank - Mu