Currently:
Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix
Vega Intl. Night School - Neon Indian
No Love Deep Web - Death Grips
Government Plates - Death Grips
More EL than anything else right now to be honest. The other albums are more revisits, especially Neon Indian since I first listened to it way back in November, but I've been going back to it recently. It's quite a catchy and relaxing album and for some reason that is my jam right now.
RE: EL, it's my first proper album venture into Jimi's territory. Like everyone else I've tried a 'greatest hits' album and enjoyed a few tracks off of it but never really revisited. Last month I was trying to cleanse my palate again from listening to too much Death Grips with The Black Keys and some pop-rock with blues influences (on which note, if you liked The Black Keys' early work, definitely try Chulahoma, it's an absolutely fantastic cover EP).
After a while, I got tired of it and wanted something more aggressive. Considering DG takes influence from Hendrix (according to MC Ride at least), I gave EL a try cause it was apparently his 'best album' according to some people. And by God it's great. I love the production, it's so damn good that it's unfair; the track composition is so well laid out that every song weaves effortlessly into the next one (with the exception of Watchtower and Slight Return, although that might be because they're two very distinct, iconic tracks put right next to one another with nothing to give us a pause in between); the guitar work is just mind-blowingly great as it is always, but the production takes it to another level, and the soundscapes...
I'm in love with this album. It's safe to say it's my favourite Guitar-central/Rock/Blues/whathaveyou album of all time so far. There isn't a song here I dislike cause of how well put together everything is. I used to really hate Burning of The Midnight Lamp, but now I genuinely like it, and 1983/A Merman I Turn Out To Be is just an absolutely fantastic song both in message and in soundscape. It's such a striking contrast tonally to Voodoo Chile (the 15 min version) but they both work together so perfectly that they remind me of TPAB's 'u' and 'i' tracks.
House is Burning Down sounds like the guitars are dipped in oil or something, Crosstown Traffic is a delightfully punchy pop son, Gipsy Eyes has just a really strut-like defiant cool about it... every single track here is just great.
Albums lined up:
Black on Both Sides - Mos Def
Pawn Hearts - Van Der Graaf Generator (recommendation from a friend and he knows who he is)
Sunbather - Deafheaven
Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes
Silver Mount Zion - Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything
