Five Essential Albums

[kbit]

Yellow Swans - Going Places

mewithoutyou - catch for us the foxes. I always liked the tones and the fx usage

Catch for us the Foxes is flipping awesome

Hell yeah, that albums is fantastic.

[mutmoo]

For gear influence

Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
How to Dress Well - Love Remains
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca


This didn't go as expected.

[yallerhon]

For gear influence

Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver

Number one on my list!

[OblivionJones]

This is one of those lists that changes by the day. As of right now it's as follows:
(In no order of importance)
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
Dinosaur Jr: Farm
Pagan Altar: Mystical and Magical
The Dead Weather: Sea of Cowards
Tom Waits: Real Gone

[muttlegs]

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Truly - Fast Stories...from Kid Coma
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Sonic Youth - Experimental Jet Set Trash and No Star

Gear influencing albums? What a cool idea!
2) Juliana Hatfield - Only Everything

Simplicity Is Beautiful is definately a top five track for me. Never get tired of that one.

[billymick]

Pinback - self titled
Qotsa - Rated R
Tv on the radio - cookie mountain (never expected to get into this but love them)
St Vincent - Strange Mercy
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker

For now. Tomorrow I'd have five new ones

[coldbrightsunlight]

Gear influencing albums? What a cool idea!
2) Juliana Hatfield - Only Everything

Simplicity Is Beautiful is definately a top five track for me. Never get tired of that one.

God yes, that song (especially the solo) kills me every time.

St Vincent - Strange Mercy

St Vincent has also been a big inspiration for me recently, both with sounds (those cool broken synth/guitar things) and songwriting.

[billymick]

Yeah her use of synth and choppy guitar stuff is amazing, goes really well with her voice and melodic sensibility!

[tjlong]

rust never sleeps
fun house
dopesmoker
you're living all over me
psychocandy

every time i play dirt pedal for the 1st time, i almost always try to dial in tones or play stuff inspired by these records.

[adrianlee]

Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon
Black Sabbath-MoR
Red Sparowes-At the Soundless Dawn
Nirvana-From the Muddy Banks of Wishkah
Mogwai-Mr Beast

If we're speaking gear influence.

[Chankgeez]

OMG, it's taken me a while to think about this. I don't really make gear purchases based on what other people are playing. Albums are out.

That being said:
Agharta & Pangaea Miles Davis (Pete Cosey's use of Jordan Bosstone)
Jimmy Nolen w/ James Brown (Acoustic Black Widow)
Os Mutantes Os Mutantes (fuzz)
I would buy a Magnatone Mark IV (or V), if I could find & afford one, because James Brewer played one in And This Is Free

[adrianlee]

OMG, it's taken me a while to think about this. I don't really make gear purchases based on what other people are playing. Albums are out.

That being said:
Agharta & Pangaea Miles Davis (Pete Cosey's use of Jordan Bosstone)
Jimmy Nolen w/ James Brown (Acoustic Black Widow)
Os Mutantes Os Mutantes (fuzz)
I would buy a Magnatone Mark IV (or V), if I could find & afford one, because James Brewer played one in And This Is Free

God i fucking love os mutantes.

[Chankgeez]

God i fucking love os mutantes.

They might be (have been) the best band on Earth. Ever.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxwQhrfTEc8[/youtube]

[adrianlee]

God i fucking love os mutantes.

They might be (have been) the best band on Earth. Ever.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxwQhrfTEc8[/youtube]

Haha. Theyre pretty fucking great.

[phantasmagorovich]

I'm not the kind of dude that looks for specific sounds much, but there are certain references, sometimes I find myself sounding like something and it makes me recognize it and smile and like it. Sometimes I do look for some stuff though.



Sonic Youth - ca. Goo era from when they were indie rock heroes
Shellac - Terraform (rarely happens, actually. But sometimes I dial in that sound on the Harmonic Percolator and have fun.)
Sigur Rós - Agætis Býrjun (Where's my bow? I haven't done this in ages!!)
Neu - Neu
Songs:Ohia - The Lioness (That reverb & OD!!)


There are some sounds I'd like to do, and I think they are all related to the HM-2. (Slint, Gore Slut, Damnation a.d.) But I keep delaying that buy, don't know why.