Interactive Tracks Poll: Goodbye 2023, Hello 2023!

Snicolette wrote: @ Logan:  I just read the above and am wondering if you can confirm up to 10 minute songs are OK?  If it's not too late I'd like to switch my Edenya song to the longer one, please let me know at your convenience.  I'm fine with the other two staying as is, and of course will keep the one to the shorter piece (I'd thought you'd mentioned 5 minutes or less in the OP, which may have changed since I saw it)

I had originally set it that songs should be under roughly ten minutes (I would not have minded somewhat longer), but have now decided to allow longer ones for the suggestions stage. If others want to listen to those long ones, or short ones, that's up to them. When we decide on the actual nominations for the poll, then I would like them to be on the shorter side (say less than roughly ten minutes in length) since for that part I do hope that all participants in the poll will check out the music before voting for the three choices not their own.

And since people can mention as many as they like for the suggestions stage, feel free to have posted both Edenya songs if you like instead of changing it. That's up to you.

Here's another from me

Bob Drake - The Medium's House

^ Changed it in the playlist.

richardh wrote: Logan wrote: Thanks for all of the submissions. Richard: It's interesting to wake up and see you mention the Sea of Tranquility gang lists. I just read their albums of the year last night as I saw it linked to over at Progressive Ears (I don't post there yet) and was thinking how I shared none of the same choices. There are so many furrows to explore. If Squeaky Feet is not in PA and has not been suggested, then maybe it should be. That track seems pretty clearly to be Prog to me. SOT don't tend to put a lot of 'alternative' music on their lists, no mention of your beloved Swans for instance and there is a lot of Norwegian/Scandi retro prog. I have to admire Luis for sticking up for Roger Waters DSOTM redux. He is literally the only person I've come across that had done that! I quite like the banter element of their discussions and to be fair occasionally you do get a good recommendation although nowhere near as much as here. IMO

I';ll have to listen to Roger Waters DSOTM redux. While I had a withering experience with him at a hotel restaurant in Warsaw (my fault for mixing multiple Valium and alcohol), I have not liked how hard people have been on him. But I won't get into that here.

here is the page with lists that I read last night: https://www.seaoftranquility.org/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=316

It seems that they are more symphonic and melodic rock/ metal oriented than I am.

I think we get a healthy amount of diversity at Prog Archives.

Oh, and speaking of my beloved Swans (beautiful and ornery critters), here is "Ebbing" off The Beggar.




Edited by Logan - January 04 2024 at 21:03

I haven't seen Deerhoof mentioned a lot here, they certainly deserve more attention. Even though I don't yet appreciate every single track on their 2023 album Miracle-Level, as a whole it is quite a ride, eclectic and wild, and the more I listen to it, the more I love it.

^ Thanks, Nickie. Great job as always.

I;m sorry for not being more detailed and for being kind of off-the-wall...


Christian

- Aksak Maboul " La parole de la peau" -- I really love this, and it does remind me of lots of French music I love. and I know you don't like Stereolab much, but it does have that kind of vibe, and like some Melody's Echo Chamber, and the singer from Stereolab guests on the album. It has a lovely 60s to early 70s classic chanson feel with electronics. It actually reminds me very much of a song that is on the tip of my brain. I think from the late 60s or early 70s. The closest I can think of now is Karl-Heinz Schäfer's Les Gants Blancs Diables's Couleurs
- Deerhoof "Momentary Art of Soul!" - I have not listened to much Deerhoof, but I absolutely love that!

George
- Pixie Ninja "Alpha Waves" - I won't try to describe it, but I really dig this.
- Go Go Machine Orchestra "Atom" (feat. Minyen Hsieh) -- and I really like this.
- Jack O' the Clock "The Ladder Slipped" - I like this.
- Geese "4D Country" - I thought this might be fowl, but it's very good

My particular faves of yours are the Pixie Ninja and Go Go Machine ones. My vote would Go Go to the Machine. Fantastic track.

Alan
- Grace Potter "Good Time" - this reminds me of some kind of Nashville cabaret act. It is giving me Let's Do The Time Warp again vibes from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Fun! I could imagine Tim Curry's Dr Frank N. Furter appearing in the video.
- D'Virgilio Morse and Jennings "The Weary One" - Wait is that Fank N Furter? Ah, no, it's Neal Morse. ;) Very CSNY styled, and not something I would expect in any local cabarret.
- Neal Morse "Slave Boy" - was worried aince I am not into bondage stuff, but I need not have worried.
Grace Potter's would be my choice of your three.

Nickie
- Secret Sky "Opium"
- Edenya "Another Place"
- Harp "Albion"

I like all three but my choice would be Harp's Albion"

Kees
- La théorie des cordes "BCN - Terminale envolée"
- Phil Manzanera, Andy Mackay "Blue Skies"
- OGIVES "Mighty Pumpkin"

I like all three, but "Mighty Pumpkin" is especially mighty fine for my tastes.

Cristi
- Riverside "Friend or Foe?"
- 66Crusher "Phantom"
- Host "Tomorrow's Sky"

Host takes it for me, that has a kind of sound I have been very into.

Richard
- Uriah Heep "Hail the Sunrise
- eMolecule "The Architect"
- Squeaky Feet "Little Bit Further"

Yeah, that Uriah Heep has a definitite Spinal Tap feel, which is not bad for me, because I love SPinal Tap, and not just for the humour but the music itself, and I love it unironically. eMolecule is a local to me band but it's too much of an alt metal kind for me (i obviously like lots of alternative music). Reminds me not just of Riverside, but of music by another local to me band (the drummer was my neighbour), Nickelback. I really like Squeaky Feet and that is my clear fave of your selections.

Tennyson
- Atmos "The Stardust Medley"

I'd heard this before and really like it.

Me
- Susanne Sundfør "Blómi" - my fave on the album is "Ṣānnu yārru lī" but decided to share something I have not shared at the forum before
- Sprain "Man Proposes, God Disposes" - abrasive and sweary, great start to an album! :D
- Sufjan Stevens "Sh*t Talk" - talking of sweary. I really love Sufjan Stevens music.
- Swans "Ebbing" - it's my favourite of my selections, over ten minutes, but not by very much, but I feel it's too known for me to choose to nominate
- Bob Drake "The Medium's House" - I actually would have gone for another track from it had it been on youtube.

Edited by Logan - January 05 2024 at 21:41

Logan wrote: ^ Thanks, Nickie. Great job as always. I;m sorry for not being more detailed and for being kind of off-the-wall... Nickie - Secret Sky "Opium" - Edenya "Another Place" - Harp "Albion" I like all three but my choice would be Harp's Albion"

^^ Thanks Cristi, I iull look into that.

^ And thanks for that list with descriptions, Nicki. What I have heard of Albion is really lovely, even sublime as you say.

As there is no limit to how many, it would be remiss for me not to mention a Beach House track. Since last summer, Beach House has been one of the most played bands for me -- 2012's Bloom is a masterpiece and I love last year's Once Twice Melody. RYM describes the Beach House music overall as Dream Pop, Indie Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Shoegaze, Indietronica. It was recommended to me by the youtube algorithm due to me listening to Weyes Blood (I adore Weyes Blood), although I would sooner related Weyes Blood to something like Julia Holter. This year Beach house released the EP, Become. Here I will choose a very relaxing, pretty and dreamy song off it. This, or another off it, might well be my nomination because of how important to me Beach House has been in 2023.

I need to post this, my favourite album of the year, this track especially blew me away 

Nickie and Greg. Thanks for your feedback! The instrumental tracks had their electronic blips that Nickie captured well.

2023 had a number of instrumental albums that I really enjoyed.

Would asking people to have their nominations chosen by next Monday be good? Maybe list two, but in order of preference.

And nice to see the Interactive Epics poll revived (with different variations on the usual rules), which I had missed. I like it when related topics are active at the same time. I chose a 20 minute plus track for that which I much prefer by Sprain (I went for the one in this topic due to its relative brevity and I like the contrast with the other two I first presented).

Edited by Logan - January 08 2024 at 16:58

I had the resolution to mention a non-prog (not on PA) album. My first idea would've been Sprain, but Greg nominated them already.

Edited by Lewian - January 08 2024 at 18:35